travis @tvontheinter.net · 15/10/2026Bold message going into the midterms: “yes $10 diesel is our fault but it’s because we’re very brave” 000 0
Reposted by travisjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/10/2026will try to answer these in a piece next week but for now i will say that part of the *point* of court expansion, in my mind, is to create a disequilibrium — a potential race to the bottom — that will force a truce. 1793691529 0
Reposted by travisMicah @rincewind.run · 13/10/2026as a card carrying nerd I don’t think there is any single individual who makes me want to say “shut up, nerd” more often than palmer luckey 3579673 0
Reposted by travisJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I think Ds have largely avoided big discussions of Musk because the other messages they're concentrating on our landing so well and you can only concentrate on a few things. But it's worth saying clearly that the GOP is the tool of maintaining Musk's power over American society. 551317377 0
Reposted by travisChristine Loriol @christineloriol.bsky.social · 12/10/2026The NYT in 2024: Defending democracy a partisan act (and they won't do it). I never got over it. presswatchers.org/2024/05/new-...presswatchers.orgNew York Times editor Joe Kahn says defending democracy is a partisan act and he won’t do it | Press WatchJoe Kahn, after two years in charge of the New York Times newsroom, has learned nothing. 071 0
Reposted by travisjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/10/2026is there anyone thinking/writing about the actual mechanics of disentangling the US government from elon musk? 35374051062 0
Reposted by travisTim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Musk has funneled more than $276 million into Republican groups and his PAC since July, building a huge turnout operation for the midterms. “The staggering amount of money makes Mr. Musk, the richest person in the world, by far the largest known donor in the midterms” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...nytimes.comInside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for RepublicansThe world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history. 167683370 0
Reposted by travisFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 12/10/2026Weird to come out in favor of Elon Musk’s Child Sexual Abuse Material Emporium in public like this, but OK John 1521526 0
Reposted by travisJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 12/10/2026odyssey of the mind -> bluesky pipeline undefeated 4866441 0
Reposted by travisJames Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I'm taking my "Norway's wealth tax didn't reduce tax revenue" victory lap. 181620367 0
Reposted by travisDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 10/10/2026Way too many people are responding to this saying that it would involve paying musk money, when the option of seizing all his assets after prosecuting him for fraud and election interference and his many many other alleged and sometimes almost seemingly admitted crimes is like… right there. 211360254 0
Reposted by travisAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The right wing crash out over asian students celebrating at a UT football game reveals that all along the true goal of reactionary colorblindness was never “meritocracy” but resegregation. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1... 312220551 0
Reposted by travisJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I genuinely mean this. I cannot imagine a more bleak dystopian notion than the idea of all art being turned into slop designed to coddle my exact perceived intentions. The point of literature, film, music, and art is to be exposed to the interior lives of others. Who are these people. 8746181092 0
Reposted by travisJoe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The thing about Michael Tracey is that if you've seen him before, you go into this video knowing he's gonna look greasy, but he still manages to shock you with the level of greasiness. 4123 0
Reposted by travishappy brickentimes day @bigblocks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026no bro you have to live for spite and become even more furious than you ever imagined possible 1233 0
Reposted by travisghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 07/10/2026you can do three things: 1) basic "where's the bathroom" familiarity with agents 2) fundamental concepts (may or may not be relevant in three months) 3) broad critical reasoning skills the road is long but it leads back to liberal arts, basically 82039 0
Reposted by travisJames O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 07/10/2026Holy shit. Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt it in Rust and released it as open source. Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update. getartcraft.com/appsgetartcraft.comCrafting Apps: open-source creative toolsImage editing, vector illustration, video, photography, PDFs, motion graphics and page layout: seven native, open-source apps from the ArtCraft team, built in Rust and free to use. 19944411246 0
Reposted by travisAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 05/10/2026At this point I actually don’t really care if they do impeachments that won’t remove him anymore but why would you frontload an “ethics reform package” when the option to launch hundreds of aggressive investigations that at minimum gum up the works and slow down a violent fascist White House is… 9648174 0
Reposted by travisgeoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 06/10/2026there is a deep moral and social rot in rural and red state america and people pointing it out are not the cause of it 151643225 0
Reposted by travisElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 56120333576 0
Reposted by travisjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026pedocon theory is a theory like gravity is a theory www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...nytimes.comDennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sexual Abuse, Dies (Gift Article)The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84. 843493629 0
Reposted by travisK @kate10010.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It’s really crazy that the President of the United States might be in the top 5 worst people to ever live Just an absolute monster with not one redeeming quality 711520258 0
Reposted by travis4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026You really didn't need a study 👇 74297532355 0
Reposted by travisFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 06/10/2026It should be illegal for the President to openly try to bribe people for votes, imo 716730 0
Reposted by travisAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/10/2026this taxpayer-funded agitprop just aired on Newsmax reminder as you watch this that the Trump administration's line is these are "public service announcements," not propaganda 781014278 0
travis @tvontheinter.net · 05/10/2026Hell yes they will. I hope the fear consumes him for the rest of his days! 010 0
Reposted by travisteddyfan.bsky.social @teddyfan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026🤯 Not sure how “abstract” an unintended pregnancy or a botched back alley abortion is. Another sociopath. 12163 0
Reposted by travisJennifer Diascro @jenniferdiascro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026He’s the perfect evidence for term limit arguments. Completely disconnected from reality as he sits on his lofty perch, high on his own supply. Not a single sign of empathy. Just remarkable. 1163036 0
Reposted by travisJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A whole political movement should be stood up against this arrogant and sociopathic bullshit www.politico.com/newsletters/... 951991569 0
travis @tvontheinter.net · 05/10/2026Hey that’s cool I’m happy to do this if Sam is willing to accept some bad things happening to him for the benefit of the rest of us! 010 0
Reposted by travisjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/10/2026not that you should expect anything more than rank idiocy from this pair of racists, but the idea that whiteness means a "high trust" society of "social cohesion" is some of the stupidest shit i have ever heard. these people live in a fantasy land that you could dispel by simply opening a book.talkingpointsmemo.comChris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a ThingTo the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in... 25561501145 0
Reposted by travisThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/10/2026You Can See Everything review – Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes doc is a modern masterpiece of deceittheguardian.comYou Can See Everything review – Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes doc is a modern masterpiece of deceitNo spoilers here – TV’s grand illusionist meets his match when he moves in with Theranos founder and her family 115621 0
Reposted by travisWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026remember: it saved no net money, social services US citizens are getting cut, and left the US in a weaker place geopolitically. none of the debates about fiscal responsibility, obligation to US citizens first, or 'hard choices' actually apply. they're all bullshit. killed people for nothing at all. 453860923 0
Reposted by travisruthkub.bsky.social @ruthkub.bsky.social · 30/09/2026People used to think Elon was a tech genius. Now we know he's an evil little slime whose only real talent is using Daddy's money to buy cool tech companies out from under their founders. 2819 0
Reposted by travisW.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I think one of the undercurrents of our fractured political reality is that basically everyone has come to realize that the people who rule the world do not possess any particularly impressive level of intelligence or capability 1843199694 0
Reposted by travisFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 30/09/2026yes, i think this is a big factor in our current weirdness burst 1423731 0
Reposted by travisDan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026When you have no concept of how people engage with music 5818260886 0
Reposted by travisAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Tech industry is laser focused on solving the problem of humans enjoying each other’s company bsky.app/profile/down... 724358643 0
Reposted by travisJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026New Evidence Shows Just How Badly One Republican Senator Beclowned Himself in the Jack Smith Hearing talkingpointsmemo.com/news/eric-sc...talkingpointsmemo.comNew Evidence Shows Just How Badly One Republican Senator Beclowned Himself in the Jack Smith HearingTPM has found fairly definitive evidence proving Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) misread... 1935969 0
Reposted by travisPatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The fact that we've gotten to the point where this man feels comfortable speaking his mind in public is such an indictment of the 21st century as a whole 54945240 0
Reposted by travisjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot” 639106091976 0
travis @tvontheinter.net · 26/09/2026And THIS big galute’s an antisocial moron child but he’s gonna see consequences soon so we’ll just leave him to it. 000 0