Reposted by Torties Rule paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A gold-coated statue of a naked Trump on display at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. “The Orange Plague.” by Danish artist Jens Galschiø Inscription: "I am sitting on the back of a man. He is sinking under my burden. I will do anything to help him. Except step down from his back -Leo Tolstoy 18620293
Reposted by Torties Rule Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Knowing history -- the truth, not the myth we've been taught -- changes your understanding of this nation, its people, and how we got where we are. 142
Reposted by Torties Rule Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I genuinely don’t know how else to say this other than to repeat that Kennedy is a eugenicist who wants *certain* kids to die www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-jr-tox...thebulwark.comRFK Jr.’s Toxic WorldThe HHS secretary uses fear of contamination to denigrate modern medicine and advance a project rooted in vulgar eugenics. 35617
Reposted by Torties Rule rm [-r] lininger @0xdaeda1a.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is really good. “The correct way to practice politics in 2026 is to read The New York Times but remember that much of the essential news to save our democracy has been fit to print elsewhere.” 17726
Reposted by Torties Rule Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026When Jane Doe's name is eventually exposed, as it most likely will be, let us all promise that we will not use that name. We won't link to articles that name her or discuss her life and character. We will protect her as Cornell should have done. 093
Reposted by Torties Rule jon christian @jonchristian.net · 28/09/2026NEW: After we published an investigation into Brown Brothers Media, a company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills, we got a tip that completely gobsmacked me: one of the brothers has extensive connections to Ghislaine Maxwell futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comYou Know Those Three Brothers Who Buy Struggling News Sites and Turn Them Into AI-Powered Content Farms? It Turns Out One of Them Has Extensive Connections to Ghislaine MaxwellIdeapod, a cornerstone brand of Brown Brothers Media's AI empire, has deep ties to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. 181274556
Reposted by Torties Rule Susan Slusser @susanslusser.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Despite calls for Krukow and Kuiper duo to enter Cooperstown, Hall of Fame isn’t budging. Here’s the latest: www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant... via @sfchroniclesfchronicle.comDespite calls for Krukow and Kuiper duo to enter Cooperstown, Hall of Fame isn’t budging. Here’s whyEven with legendary sportscaster Bob Costas advocating for San Francisco Giants announcers Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper to go into the Baseball Hall of Fame together, it’s unlikely to happen. 5207
Reposted by Torties Rule Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My thoughts about AI Data Centers and stolen labor on About the Authors TV. In which I say, "Racism was invented to justify stolen labor." www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRgl...youtube.comNPR/WBUR's CELESTE HEADLEE TALKS A.I. DATA CENTERS & ENERGY AFFORDILITY ON LIHEAP LEADERSHIP CHANNELYouTube video by About the Authors TV 041
Reposted by Torties Rule Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Coming out in just 17 days! If you pre-order, you'll be among the first to read the book that everyone is talking about. (Pre-orders are super important for authors, but you probably already know that.) 0103
Reposted by Torties Rule Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Almost thought this was satire. 2132175
Reposted by Torties Rule Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 15/09/2026You can search this database to find all the organizations and individuals who've paid the SCOTUS justices, in dollars or gifts. Holy cow, this is great work, @propublica.org projects.propublica.org/supreme-conn...projects.propublica.orgSupreme Connections: Search Supreme Court Disclosures — ProPublicaSearch Supreme Court financial disclosures for organizations and people that have paid justices, reimbursed them for travel, given them gifts and more. 077
Reposted by Torties Rule Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 04/09/2026NEW: The typical worker at the 100 lowest-wage U.S. companies made just $36,571 in 2025. That's less than 1% of their CEOs’ average pay of $17.5 million. @veronicaricco.bsky.social & Jonathan Easley in @levernews.com:levernews.comCEOs At The Lowest-Paying Corporations Gave Themselves A RaiseCEOs at the lowest-paying corporations made roughly 614 times more than their median worker in 2025. 11012
Reposted by Torties Rule Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 06/09/2026God, this BS statistic is the bane of my existence. Mehrabian never said this; it was a bone-headed misreading of the science that has somehow persisted. 192
Reposted by Torties Rule surlyspice she/her @surlyspice.bsky.social · 26/08/2026FREEDOM'S DAUGHTERS by @celesteheadlee.bsky.social comes out 10/6/26 from @flatironbooks.bsky.social @macmillanlib.bsky.social #nonfiction #history #literacy #education #resistance #BlackEducation #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 9/1! 083
Reposted by Torties Rule Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/08/2026If you appreciate me rising bright and really early in Oregon to bring you the newsiest clips from the Sunday shows, please support what I do by signing up for my newsletter. I'm proud of our political coverage at PN and paid subscribers make my work possible. Thanks!publicnotice.coSubscribe to Public NoticeSign up for independent, incisive coverage of US politics and media, right in your inbox five times a week. Click to read Public Notice, by Aaron Rupar, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousan... 16620115
Reposted by Torties Rule Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 22/08/2026This destroys the narrative about the wealthy 'earning' what they have or that they are "self-made men." It's not hard work; it's wage theft. 0197
Reposted by Torties Rule A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Hey let’s all help a writer out. We’ve all known lean times or if we haven’t we’re closer to knowing them then we know. 18949
Reposted by Torties Rule Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026"...findings that 3 [insts] violated civil rights law by tolerating antisemitism were predetermined by political priorities that blew past the evidence and cast aside standard investigative procedures..." Reading the whistleblower statement and taking rage breaks www.ms.now/news/frame-u...ms.nowWhistleblower says probes into antisemitism at colleges were ploys to harass and strip millionsA former Justice Department lawyer says the Trump investigations squeezed Ivy League universities for millions before they were even concluded. A top Democrat is demanding answers. 10905375
Reposted by Torties Rule Amy Spitalnick @amyspitalnick.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I also want to be very clear: Heidi has been a tireless ally and partner to the Jewish community in fighting antisemitism. If we can’t stand up for her now, I don’t know what we’re doing. 321476
Torties Rule @tortiesrule.bsky.social · 16/08/2026@brat2381.bsky.social what food sealer do you recommend? I need to buy a new one and there are so many ones out there I got stalled 020
Reposted by Torties Rule Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 15/08/2026Now THIS is a beautiful sight. ✈️ Less than 4% of U.S. commercial pilots are Black. Thousands gathered in Chicago to celebrate 50 years of the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals. #SheShed 421730526
Reposted by Torties Rule Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Please don't let the people of Puerto Rico get lost in the noise. Keep talking about this. www.reuters.com/pictures/pue...reuters.comPuerto Rico is rationing water amid historic droughtPuerto Rico is rationing water across the island in response to intense drought, a plan that forces tens of thousands of people to go without water for 48 hours at a time. 261366753
Reposted by Torties Rule Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10/08/2026www.nj.com/politics/202...nj.comProtesters speak out against Delaney Hall ICE ‘dungeon’ a week after detainee deathThe protest is part of nationwide protests against ICE on Saturday. 11802295
Reposted by Torties Rule Ambassador (ret.) Janet Sanderson @jastucaz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026“Ripen and rot”. Ugh, @djrothkopf.bsky.social, I will now have that ghastly image in my head! Another pithy but spot-on piece. 1257
Reposted by Torties Rule Las Vegas Aces @lvaces.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Special Agent 0 continues to make her mark 🤫 Jackie Young becomes the 27th player in the WNBA with at least 4,000 points and 1,000 assists! In 275 career games, she passes Sheryl Swoopes as the 7th-fastest to this milestone. 08921
Reposted by Torties Rule Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/08/2026Incredible. When E—n M—k & his crew obliterated USAID in a weekend, they deleted a vast trove of publicly-funded knowledge: the Development Experience Clearinghouse. A Canadian high school student (!) happened to have downloaded the entire thing for a project. AidData has now posted it for all.aiddata.orgBefore reimagining development data, remember what we’ve learnedWhy we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports. 374392807
Torties Rule @tortiesrule.bsky.social · 12/08/2026If you have a bit you can spare. Can you help below. I know we are all in a hard position right now but anything helps 131
Reposted by Torties Rule David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Too many people here are mocking her point or saying the solution is just no AI. That ship has sailed. The solution is listening to her, hearing her and figuring out how to do what she says we must learn to do. 74612
Reposted by Torties Rule Dan Shafer @danshafer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026A reminder, as polls open in Wisconsin: Wisconsin has same-day voter registration. So, if you haven’t registered or need to re-register, you can do so at your polling place (with ID and proof of residence) TODAY. Every state should do this. It’s great that Wisconsin does this. Go vote. 9453200
Reposted by Torties Rule Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Russia has no intention of stopping its war and is convinced it can outlast the West. Moscow relies on Western fatigue to win a war of attrition. It is long past time for Europe to stop hesitating and hand frozen Russian assets to Ukraine 216647
Reposted by Torties Rule Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The League rocks. You should join. 041
Reposted by Torties Rule The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/08/2026This part 944275897
Reposted by Torties Rule Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 09/08/2026"What his executive orders really promise to restore is a sense of comfort contained in the most reductive and sanitized stories about the United States — the bliss of ignorance." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Is Trying to Force Americans to Unlearn What We Know (Gift Article)This is how we decide who we are and who we want to be. 183
Reposted by Torties Rule Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 09/08/2026A national boycott is needed here. Please, regardless of where you are living, please help protect your neighbors in DC and don't use DoorDash. 02311
Reposted by Torties Rule Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026As anyone in publishing will tell you, women do not resist reading books by men, but men will often dismiss books by women. This is not a publishing problem or a failure to target men. It's a misogyny problem. 361115812291
Reposted by Torties Rule Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 08/08/2026And double yikes - it's especially Black women who are taking the hits. As always. theblackwallsttimes.com/2026/08/05/6...theblackwallsttimes.com600,000 Black Women Pushed Out of the Workforce: New IWPR report examines why"A new IWPR report finds systemic barriers are pushing highly educated Black women out of jobs, with 600,000 sidelined since 2025." 02122
Reposted by Torties Rule Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Trump is confessing to a crime here. Federal law prohibits super PACs from coordinating with or donating to candidates. 2109
Reposted by Torties Rule Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Please help with my research into perspectives on wealth. This survey takes only a few minutes and it's anonymous. Share widely! form.typeform.com/to/gOQ2PJIBform.typeform.comNew formTurn data collection into an experience with Typeform. Create beautiful online forms, surveys, quizzes, and so much more. Try it for FREE. 064
Reposted by Torties Rule Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 07/08/2026NEWS: Knox County is Tennessee's 3rd largest county, and it voted for Trump by 20%. It has a GOP-run school board known for banning books & approving controversial charter schools. Democrats last night flipped control of the school board in Knox County. 424346911
Reposted by Torties Rule Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 07/08/2026This is incredibly disturbing. The number of cases in Mississippi alone of Black people who met their deaths in dubious/highly suspicious ways, only for authorities to shrug it off and do a piss poor job if investigating...there are so many namesmississippifreepress.orgTasia Fortune Identified as Woman Found Hanging in Tree Behind Vacant Jackson HomeThe woman whose body was found hanging from a tree behind a vacant Jackson, Mississippi, home is 29-year-old Tasia Fortune, the Hinds County Coroner’s Office said. 431949808
Reposted by Torties Rule Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 04/08/2026From our magazine: The Inside Books Project, a nonprofit operated by volunteers, sends about 40,000 free books to prisoners each year. But their vital work is endangered by a new rule banning used and hardcover books.texasobserver.orgThrowing the Book at Books in PrisonInside Books Project volunteers have sent used books to Texas inmates for nearly 30 years. A new crackdown is threatening their work. 0209
Torties Rule @tortiesrule.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Please help share and take the short time for this research. 022
Torties Rule @tortiesrule.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Walk don’t run to listen to this episode. I didn’t know Celeste was going to be on today. Every time she talks to Pete my blood pressure regulates. Helps me see into the depths. This is what I needed today 010
Torties Rule @tortiesrule.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I work for a company in Europe but in the States. I was just assigned a training course on active shooters. Can we just fix this with guns instead of us needing to learn how to avoid getting shot at work? Why is this so hard? 000
Reposted by Torties Rule Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 02/08/2026An Atlanta-area police chief accessed Flock cameras 500 times to track the movements of his ex-girlfriend and her teenage daughter. At least 50 cops have been similarly charged with misusing Flock "including to stalk women without their knowledge or consent"wapo.stHow rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalkingFlock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems. 219668
Reposted by Torties Rule Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 03/08/2026If you are an expert on air quality and have 10-15 minutes to talk to me today or tomorrow about important things journalists should know while reporting on wildfires and smoke, my DMs are open, or you can email me at karen at OpenNews dot org. 25324234
Reposted by Torties Rule Sort of Damocles @sortofdamocles.bsky.social · 02/08/2026RFK Jr and wife had a soiree at their Hollywood mansion during COVID and required proof of COVID vaccination with RSVP. Watch what they do, not what they say. –Rachel Maddow 322220667343