Reposted by Todd WalkerLex Roman @lexroman.com · 8hI'm making a tech watch list because y'all ask me enough IS THIS COMPANY OK?!?! And I'm keeping eyes on lots of tech companies so best to just make a single source for you of who I think is potentially gonna cause problems for us *coming Thursday* 131
Reposted by Todd WalkerThe Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 8h“A medication can’t help the people who need it if the cost is out of reach,” Ashton Jenkins writes in an op-ed.sltrib.comVoices: A drug changed my son’s life. Now it costs $1.3 million a year.“A medication can’t help the people who need it if the cost is out of reach,” Ashton Jenkins writes in an op-ed. 1146
Reposted by Todd WalkerKPD Max von Sydnow @mpdeejay.bsky.social · 9hFrats are engaged in racketeering. 091
Reposted by Todd WalkerNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 10hThis is a reminder that the fraternity system was created to oppose race and gender integration on college campuses. White men who wanted to keep their schools—and all the power that comes with college education—to themselves. It is not a coincidence that they are hotbeds of violence. 110525
Todd Walker @toddwalker.bsky.social · 10h“According to US Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Apple has no evidence to support claims that apps raised safety concerns. Instead, the lawmaker accused Apple of using immigrant deaths with no connection to the apps to justify censoring Americans who have the right to record ICE activity.”arstechnica.comApple pressured to explain Trump role in ICE-tracking app removalsLawmaker rejects Apple excuse for banning ICE-tracking apps as unconstitutional. 021
Reposted by Todd WalkerHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 11hEugenics 🤝 ai www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/h... 55906313
Reposted by Todd Walkervortex_egg @vortexegg.com · 29/09/2026Type of guy who chooses to work at the vampire factory 415130
Todd Walker @toddwalker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The people on here explaining what they use AI agents for… you’re a bunch of weirdos. 000
Reposted by Todd WalkerAmanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 28/09/2026I'm interviewing Bluesky execs on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt in a few weeks, so it's only fitting to ask on Bluesky... what do people want to know? 547922
Reposted by Todd Walkergamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible. 4421151221
Reposted by Todd WalkerRude Law Dog @esghound.com · 28/09/2026Wells Fargo is getting brigaded (good!) on linkedin as well. Orgs like this aren't as quick as they should be, but their Cornell 7 junior employee will certainly be canned. Gotta run it through the bureaucracy 0353
Reposted by Todd WalkerJohn Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"This is a transparent and despicable attempt to once again drive the victims of the Nazis in Heidenau out of the city and dispose of them where, in the AfD’s view, remembrance has long belonged: in the cemetery." Local CDU councilors backed the AfD in this effort. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...nytimes.comGerman Town Votes to Stop Adding Memorials Outside Homes of Slain JewsCouncilors in an eastern German town voted to stop installing memorial plaques outside homes of Holocaust victims, saying they would instead build a memorial at a cemetery. 002
Todd Walker @toddwalker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026How many times we gotta do this?cidrap.umn.eduTylenol during pregnancy not linked to autism, ADHD, major review finds 000
Reposted by Todd Walkerhammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 28/09/2026GOP Consultants : what do you mean she just fucking tweeted it out 733488738
Reposted by Todd WalkerGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Lots of talk about defending "Western civilization" these days, so here's Richard Wright on what it means to be Western: 14568127
Reposted by Todd Walkernick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays. 3848191882
Reposted by Todd Walkerjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026this is legitimately very funny 83124471869
Todd Walker @toddwalker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One especially galling thing about the Cornell horror show is comparing the offenders’ slaps on the wrist to the draconian sentences a lot of minorities get for relatively minor non-violent offenses. 020
Reposted by Todd WalkerMike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It took me a minute wondering how they got permission to use this, but I remembered that Tim Robinson is from MI I have to wonder whether Michiganders who do not suffer from Meme Poisoning will be swayed by this 2103
Reposted by Todd WalkerJulia Allum @juliaallum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Giving this another plug... My 2027 calendar, UK Landmarks is now available to preorder from my website - juliaallum.co.uk/product/2027... 0115
Reposted by Todd WalkerGregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 21/09/2026For profit concentration camp operators GEO Group and CoreCivic are just the tip of the iceberg. 084
Todd Walker @toddwalker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Look what the algorithm bubbled up for me today. Pretty great stuff. And a cool album cover.music.apple.comStep Up by The Flying Hats on Apple MusicSong · 2026 · Duration 5:09 000
Reposted by Todd WalkerNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026California's ballot proposition system is not *only* a rent-seeking venue but it is largely for rent-seeking disguised as unmediated democracy 317827
Reposted by Todd WalkerDan Ancona @danancona.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"The love that was given me, I will repay you now." AOC gives this speech ➡️ rural indies D+40 051
Todd Walker @toddwalker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Design by me. Type is Darka by Gabriel Martinez Meave and Degular from Oh No Type Company. Photographs by Mike Petrucci and William Zhang. 010
Todd Walker @toddwalker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is only happening because student journalists refused to let a horror show be swept under the rug by the Cornell administration. Journalism *can* make a difference. Someone tell the TV news people.theguardian.comInvestigation of alleged gang-rape at Cornell University fraternity house reopenedOutrage over treatment of alleged offenders, members of Chi Phi fraternity, has grown since lawsuit was made public 041
Reposted by Todd WalkerDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 28/09/2026Women who have been in abusive relationships understand the kind of man Trump is better than any journalist & if we had a better media system we would have heard from those women more from the beginning. Journalists often *sound* like people trapped in those relationships! Same rationalizations! 1023046
Reposted by Todd WalkerAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The rise of 287(g) programs has meant that ICE is increasingly using local police as a very significant force multiplier, with up to 1 in 8 arrests of noncitizens in the interior now being carried out by state and local police. This is going to have profound impacts on community relations. 44865398
Reposted by Todd WalkerErika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026All my professional work has become distilled to going around and saying "Oh you're intentionally intervening in other people's lives? You need to care about and understand and listen to them first, for many reasons." This will remain necessary to infinity, along w/ repeating that it's necessary. 45312
Todd Walker @toddwalker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Avoid language that gives [AI] human characteristics"futurism.comAI Bros Are Having a Meltdown Because the Associated Press Stylebook Clarifies That AIs Don't Have FeelingsThe Associated Press Stylebook posted a reminder not to anthropomorphize AIs because they can't think, trigger a meltdown among AI bros. 000
Reposted by Todd WalkerLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026Been avoiding this but it’s Super Important to have access to knowledge & experience w neurodivergence ASAP. A big source of lifetime torture among people with ADHD roots from inability to contextualize & put into words what we are experiencing both within & from how the outside world responds to us 281162278
Reposted by Todd WalkerSpace Witches, Esq. @popelizbet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I feel like Dolly Parton would have written a nice note to the young lady who's broken a record with a chart topping record breaking single instead of trying to scold people who haven't heard it, and that there are people who are "sad about Dolly" that also reflexively look down on country music. 3486
Reposted by Todd WalkerKylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I can't recommend @nbedera.bsky.social's book 'On the Wrong Side' enough. I interviewed her in 2024, this part really stuck with me. Rapists often don't just not face consequences but reap benefits bc the school is so sorry for even investigating them/afraid of seeming 'biased': 120545
Reposted by Todd WalkerEmilyTav @emilytav.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The companies crying for a slow down are the same ones that have been jamming their half-baked tech into critical systems (including schools, hospitals & our military) Apparently the only risk they care about is the literal extinction of our species — everything else is acceptable collateral damage. 1174
Reposted by Todd WalkerFred, His Enemy Getting a Vote @thefred.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You don't need to do accounting fraud any more when you can just trade at 100x revenue. 27719
Reposted by Todd WalkerRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026@jkbjournalist.bsky.social reopened the Epstein case; Heidi Blake seems to have restarted the UK prosecuting Andrew Tate; Ronan Farrow, Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor made the system finally go after Weinstein for real. Journalism has again and again made the justice system do its job. 111569371
Todd Walker @toddwalker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One of my kids got me hooked on Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. I’m on episode 21. Sooooo good. 000
Reposted by Todd Walkerderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Pope reminds me of a version of Catholicism I knew growing up as a young man attending anti-war and anti-death penalty protests, where I met elderly Catholics who shared their version of faith with me. I learned that Catholicism was about love and mercy for the weak, the condemned, and the poor. 1136515881
Reposted by Todd WalkerMolly White @molly.wiki · 28/09/2026i love that the doxxed guy's response is to tell the chatbot "you gotta never do that ever again" 281003132
Todd Walker @toddwalker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Dirty Dozen (1967)youtube.com"What's your name, son?" - The Dirty Dozen (1967)YouTube video by More Movies 000
Reposted by Todd WalkerBiggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Fun Fact: And they didn't need a ballroom built..... 24719
Reposted by Todd WalkerMore Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026@aoc.bsky.social on organizing in rural communities to block data centers: "Once somebody starts to see you show up for them, then they will open up their ear to you on any number of other issues." 114331
Reposted by Todd WalkerLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 27/09/2026"'Network' was in search of what came after television. And it caught on to the idea that telecommunication could bring the Colosseum to your living room with ever-escalating horrors to deaden one’s delighted senses." www.liberalcurrents.com/network-at-5...liberalcurrents.com“Network” at 50: Now We’re All Mad as HellPaddy Chayefsky’s take on television captured the Long 1970s—and anticipated the rise of social media. 13411
Reposted by Todd Walkerprince egregious, heir apparent @sonofahurricane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026REBUILD is the ONLY organization doing the important work of connecting people impacted by incarceration (including ICE detention) with free therapy. I'm pledging $50 of each paycheck for the rest of the year. Can you give $10? www.mightycause.com/story/Rebuil...mightycause.comSupport REBUILD 2025: Free Therapy on MightycauseREBUILD provides FREE therapy for justice-involved and formerly incarcerated people of color. 022
Reposted by Todd WalkerDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 27/09/2026yesss yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeesssssssssss 718411
Todd Walker @toddwalker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A bit of needed good news.dw.comGermany sets out plan to phase out fossil fuels by 2045Germany has said it plans to phase out the use of coal, oil and gas by 2045, reaffirming a climate strategy focused on electrification. 000
Reposted by Todd WalkerMatt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 27/09/2026To understand what it's like inside ICE's Aurora detention center, @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social and @sethklamann.bsky.social spoke to current + former detainees and reviewed 911 records and audio recordings from emergency calls. “They treat you as if we’re animals, basically,” a Venezuelan told themdenverpost.comPepper spray, health crises and rotten food: Inside Colorado’s only immigrant detention centerIn interviews with The Denver Post, current and former detainees described frequent fights and feelings of hopelessness. They say they’re often served inedible or rotten food that frequently gives the... 11616