Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialTim Osborne Photography 🍁 @timosborne.ca · 6hFrom @atlanticbirding.bsky.social, today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Black&White, any shot in black and white. With that in mind, here's a Great Grey Owl showcasing their impressive wingspan! #owls 211616
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 6hI don't think we ever really find out, Steve... 419921
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialGod @thegodshow.com · 10hThis loser wants you to believe he’s a warrior. He’s not. He’s a war criminal. He belongs in prison.thegodshow.comThou Shalt Put Hegseth In Prison For His War CrimesDear Humans, 1192618542
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialJocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 4hI rarely see Tennessee Warblers in the Spring but happily see quite a few of them in the Fall. Most of them fly across the Gulf of Mexico to get to their wintering grounds. Safe travel little birdies! 230738
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialTask & Purpose @taskandpurpose.com · 3hReturn of the Blackbird? An SR-71 is missing from its retirement spot trib.al/YRvn7cWtrib.alReturn of the Blackbird? An SR-71 is missing from its retirement spotNASA appears to have a longshot-plan to once again kick the tires and light the fires of the iconic spy plane after 30 years of retirement. 252
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialJocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 3hA pair of male Northern Flickers chasing each other around in the tree tops. 124135
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialLorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 4hNixon was a crook. Confederates lost. Hitler lost. Reagan was a cunt. Bush committed war crimes. Israel is committing genocide. The Holocaust happened. White South Africans aren’t being oppressed It’s not ok to blow up boats The first amendment exists Unconscious does not equal consent / 710517
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialThe Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · 6hAsk not for whom the Smudge lurks, he lurks for thee 19115596
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 12hData center construction has migrated to places of low resistance: poor, often Black areas where corrupt deals are commonplace and the harms to residents invisible. Lowndes County, Alabama, in the heart of the Black Belt, is one of those places. 🧵 prospect.org/2026/10/01/d...prospect.org‘I Know I Couldn’t Live Here’: Standing Up to a Data Center in Alabama’s Black Belt - The American ProspectFaced with little transparency about a mammoth facility, Lowndes County fights back. 7365146
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 12hCan't work, have a cat on me, could be here all day 70149052
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialOlivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Chloe Renae Freeman, 33, was charged with instigating or assisting the escape of a person under arrest, according to a criminal complaint filed August 28 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a fine. 241613118
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialJeremy Kun @jeremykun.com · 29/09/20263rd circuit rules AI training on copyrighted material is NOT fair use. Wow! chatgptiseatingtheworld.substack.com/p/breaking-n...chatgptiseatingtheworld.substack.comBREAKING News: Third Circuit affirms summary judgment rejection of fair use defense by ROSS Intelligence in AI trainingOpinion under seal for now. 10926266
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 21hHegseth is obviously a dumb animal but Jesus Christ is he ever a poser too. Trotting around in front of that giant Patton the Movie flag 1120617
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 19ha righteous act 343548343
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 17hSteve, you leaf me otterly exhausted. 533430
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialLouis @louisevans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Skipped the Nazis, huh. 2695529904
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialJax (the original) @jacqueline321.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Religious affairs? 621041
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026Read all of the stories in our new series about ICE's less publicized, but more effective strategy: www.theguardian.com/us-news/seri... 1107
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 30/09/2026Taken together, these policy changes are less showy but they have ramped up arrests, detentions and the number of people forced to leave the United States – and put millions more at immediate risk of the same. Read the full timeline of the strategic pivot:theguardian.comFrom mass raids to quiet crackdown: a timeline of Trump’s strategic ICE pivotAfter switching tactics, federal agents are detaining and deporting record numbers of people from the US 183
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialKameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 30/09/2026It's new Hurley story day! For a buck you get 120+ pieces of short, weird fiction you can read instead of doom scrolling. Join the 1000+ other folks who think that's a GREAT idea www.patreon.com/kameronhurleypatreon.comKameron Hurley — creating Short StoriesGet more from Kameron Hurley on Patreon. creating Short Stories. Support Kameron Hurley and get exclusive access to their work. 08634
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 30/09/2026New: USPS is to put cameras in its trucks that continuously record. This is to gather data on roads, signage, and to improve "community safety," the agency tells me. The cameras are marketed to capture passing license plates too, but don't run ALPR software www.404media.co/usps-to-put-...404media.coUSPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more. 44364152
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialRichard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Good morning via @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social 119938
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialGod @thegodshow.com · 30/09/2026Every single person in this cursed photograph looks like they just realized they’re going to hell.thegodshow.comThe Last Supper But Make It PedoNightmare blunt rotation. 1732183512
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.social404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.404media.coHow Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance ProgramHow the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program. 26638
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026New: Through a series of complex agreements with cities, the White House built a massive license plate camera database accessible to the feds. The program aggregates data across license plate companies (Flock, Axon, more) & is searchable by many agencies: www.404media.co/how-cities-a...404media.coHow Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance ProgramHow the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program. 8177132
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialMargaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Reading, and writing, are holy. I love reading novels because they tell me something. They say: "this is what someone believed enough to dedicate months or years of their life to say." This is just as true for the trashiest pulp as it is for the highest literature. 6661175
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialMargaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 30/09/2026But i'm 100% sure whatever garbage I threw out in those 3 days would be more interesting than an AI novel, and it would still, on some level, be human expression. 51603
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialPoorly Drawn Lines @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social · 05/09/202620% off everything in the store this weekend only! Prints, t-shirts, and lots of other cool stuff! poorlydrawnstore.com 021630
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialPoorly Drawn Lines @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social · 10/09/2026New guy. 154886
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialPoorly Drawn Lines @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social · 18/09/2026travel mug 350787
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialRichard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026For the evening crowd 0619
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialAffirmationCoyote.bsky.social @affirmationcoyote.bsky.social · 29/09/2026You made it through Monday! Was there ever any doubt? 07412
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialAffirmationCoyote.bsky.social @affirmationcoyote.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Tuesday. We should not be this tired on the second day of the workweek but we are. The only way out is through. 16412
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialAffirmationCoyote.bsky.social @affirmationcoyote.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Its is National Urban Wildlife Refuge Day! Affirmation Coyote appreciates having places amidst human habitation where they can hang out. nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations...nationaldaycalendar.comURBAN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE DAYOn September 29, Urban National Wildlife Refuge Day celebrates the 101 urban national wildlife refuges in the United States. That is nearly 1/5 of the country's total refuges. 33810
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Please give these journalists their flowers. 340870
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 30/09/2026Minor thing but seriously another big fuck you to tech companies who immediately updated their maps when king dipshit decided he was changing the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario but aren't updating a thing now that he's calling their emotional support ponzi scheme "super intelligence" 736658
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026From Josh Helfgott: ICE detained a Los Angeles car washer and father of four for six months. His kids ended up in therapy, his family lost its income, and he is still fighting to stay in the country. José Padilla, 41, was detained by ICE on January 27 while he 542114913
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The main reason you haven’t heard about campus sexual violence in a few years is because Trump and SCOTUS have made it much, much harder for survivors to come forward. You might vaguely remember that Title IX was a big battleground in his first term. And that we lost. 31865637
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 30/09/2026*the boys are back in town by thin lizzy kicks in* 2704
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialLorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Can we just all take a moment to appreciate that Jack Smith is a WNBA fan? 452233248
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026just can not get enough of the reaction of his staff when the realization hits lol (around 9:30) 2856590
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialJoey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026CBP agents love drugs, drinking, and being a danger to their family. 0133
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialMatthew Ford @warmatters.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Latest publication: Hammers & Nails: Military Innovation as a Strategic Dead End In this article I argue that innovation has become an end-in-itself, supplanting the much harder challenge of defining a meaningful, justifiable and achievable strategy. www.militarystrategymagazine.com/article/hamm...militarystrategymagazine.comHammers and Nails: Military Innovation as a Strategic Dead End - Military Strategy MagazineThis article argues that contemporary Western military innovation has become a strategic dead end. Tracing the evolution of military innovation from the Revolution in Military Affairs through counteri... 36226
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialJocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Lately the position of the sun has been making for long shadows along the boardwalk, even for the marsh birds like this Virginia Rail. 243546
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/09/2026In which Eric Schmitt, rumored candidate for VP in an (ugh) JD Vance 2028 presidential run, pre-emptively loses 22 electoral votes in Georgia and Iowa 1061563275
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialJohn E Marriott Photography @johnemarriott.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Who's coming to Banff to catch my show with wildlife artist Susie Cipolla? It's live now at Canada House Gallery or you can check it out online at: canadahouse.com/collections/... 0309
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Steve wants to write to you. Let me know what you think: www.inotternews.co.uk/steve-in-the... Steve in the post is exactly what it sounds like: a monthly envelope full of Steve stuff, delivered to your door. I write it. He "helps". 513421
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialRepublicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Former special counsel Jack Smith: “Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation.” 38989324
Reposted by @u-mach.bsky.socialDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Jack Smith made it crystal clear that his investigation was sound and lawful, that the president had committed crimes and that the GOP attacks on him were the actual weaponization of our justice system. He showed courage and moral clarity and continues to be one of the heroes of this moment. 10463931555
