Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorOrange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 23/05/2025“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” ― Malcolm X, The greatest of all time *Stares at the NYT* 16658188
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorProudly Blue @proudlyblue.bsky.social · 23/05/2025ILLEGAL INSIDER TRADING 101: 1) Trump tipped off insiders yesterday at 3:19 pm that he would announce a 50% tariff on the EU before the next day's opening. 2) Insiders buy triple-leveraged reverse ETFs at 3:20 pm. 3) Trump announces tariffs before market opening & insiders get rich. 023
Vincent O'Connor @vdoc.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Since the entire current administration sucks, this isn't surprising. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkGN...youtube.comAllowing customers to cancel is a burden & may kill you - THIS FTC SUCKSYouTube video by Louis Rossmann 010
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorKatrina Miller @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social · 22/05/2025an overwhelming percentage of cuts at the NSF are to STEM education. experts see it as part of a broader attack on DEI, as well as on education as a whole. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/s...nytimes.comFunding Cuts Are a ‘Gut Punch’ for STEM Education Researchers 13309103
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorAmyville Hoyrror @amyhoy.bsky.social · 22/05/2025what could go wrong you should definitely use the hallucinatory slop machine that can call the authorities on you 4285
Reposted by Vincent O'Connorjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/05/2025i think it should be a bigger story that the president held a meeting with a foreign head of state where he ranted about the most gutter white supremacist propaganda you can find on the internet 379273696270
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 22/05/2025“If they can be charged, we’ll charge them. But if they can’t be charged, we will name them...and in a culture that respects shame, they should be people that are ashamed. That’s the way things work.” That is, with good reason, not the way DOJ has worked, actually!! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...nytimes.comIf Justice Dept. Can’t Prosecute Trump’s Foes, It Will ‘Shame’ Them, Official Says 2215740
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Today’s bonus issue of “One First” takes a closer look at Judge Ho’s galling concurring opinion on remand in the A.A.R.P. Alien Enemies Act case—which accused #SCOTUS of showing “disrespect” to the district judge and President Trump by … protecting due process: www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-152-...stevevladeck.comBonus 152: Judge Ho, Due Process, and "Disrespect"Some thoughts on Judge Ho's rather galling claim that the Supreme Court "disrespect[ed]" the district court and the President in Friday's ruling in the "A.A.R.P. II" Alien Enemies Act case. 57840215
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorErika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 22/05/2025The persistent myth that Steve Jobs just had genius ideas emerge out of his genius brain without incrementally building on prior work or observing humans or learning from huge mistakes continues to make people stupid. 1322227
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorZack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 21/05/2025After a Microsoft Build talk was disrupted by protesters, Microsoft’s head of security for AI, Neta Haiby, "accidentally switched to Microsoft Teams while sharing her screen, revealing confidential internal messages about Walmart’s upcoming use of Microsoft’s Entra and AI gateway services." Whoops.theverge.comMicrosoft’s AI security chief accidentally reveals Walmart’s AI plans after protestProtesters interrupted Microsoft’s AI security chief at Build 46822
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 21/05/2025I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few: 1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order. 15783223857
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorJustice Demands Wise Awakes @inforwars.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Get the #1 counter to #Project2025 and that is "Project 2026, It is the Constitution Stupid!" - It is the BLUEprint for getting back every seat and steering not just the U.S. but the global relationships to a better place and away from this #idiocracy #project2026 #free www.amazon.com/dp/B0D53QK6S4amazon.comProject 2026 It’s the Constitution Stupid!: How Democrats Stop Project 2025 and Save America-AgainAmazon.com: Project 2026 It’s the Constitution Stupid!: How Democrats Stop Project 2025 and Save America-Again (Audible Audio Edition): J.D. Wise Awake, Independently Published, Virtual Voice: Books 12817
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 20/05/2025They want disease tear through the population because they think it’d be an easy way to remove “weak genes.” 411540
Reposted by Vincent O'Connorjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20/05/2025“you should have a choice” means “we get to choose for you” 667138664023
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 14/05/2025The sooner mainstream pundits, Dems, and journos accept that none of the reasons given by this administration for harming people are genuine and all the accusations they make against their opponents are confessions, the better 9553171
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorFWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social · 13/05/2025dlvr.itOn Trump’s executive order on prescription drug prices, don’t believe the hypeOn the surface, Donald Trump signed an executive order on lowering the costs of medications. Just below the surface, his plan is largely meaningless. 0189
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorOn the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 12/05/2025“The reason they’re doing [this] is to try to create an environment of fear, to try to get people like myself... to shut the fuck up,” Piker said on a stream recounting the details of the incident. www.usermag.co/p/hasan-pike...usermag.coHasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics"They straight up tried to get something out of me that I think they could use to basically detain me permanently" 5940961184
Vincent O'Connor @vdoc.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Police and federal agencies have a new way to skirt the growing patchwork of laws that curb how they use facial recognition: an AI model that tracks people using attributes like body size, gender, hair color and style, clothing, and accessories. www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/12/1...technologyreview.comHow a new type of AI is helping police skirt facial recognition bansAdoption of the tech has civil liberties advocates alarmed, especially as the government vows to expand surveillance of protesters and students. 010
Vincent O'Connor @vdoc.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Fuck RFK Jr! Also, fuck religious objections to vaccinations. Failure to vaccinate affects others as well, not just the objectors. Yes, I am a Christian. And yes, I swear when I feel it's appropriate, and believe me, it's appropriate. 020
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorThomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 12/05/2025The thing is: He didn’t just phrase this awkwardly - this guy’s view of the world is entirely shaped by eugenic ideas that he pairs with wild conspiracy theories. And then you have Oz talking about the “patriotic duty” to be healthy… Eugenics and aggressive nationalism - down that path lies evil. 9441122
Reposted by Vincent O'Connorbadly drawn boo! 🎃👻🧛🏼♀️ @soapachu.bsky.social · 10/05/2025We saw you from across the bar. Can we have your blood? 69618
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Meta's PR absolutely lost its shit at us a few months ago when we wrote about how a student added facial recognition to its Rayban smart glasses, the underlying implication being that it would not do that itself. Well Well Well. WELL WELL WELL www.404media.co/well-well-we...404media.coWell, Well, Well: Meta to Add Facial Recognition To Glasses After AllMeta previously lost its shit at 404 Media when we reported that someone had paired facial recognition tech with the company's smart glasses. Now Meta is building the invasive technology itself. 241167347
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 08/05/2025We are living in the dumbest timeline 2556176272739
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorJef with one f @monhegan.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Trump's shipping migrants to prisons run by a Libyan warlord—where torture, rape & extortion are routine. It's not about safety. It's about profit, cruelty & deterrence by atrocity. This dehumanizes them—and corrodes us. Don't look away.rawstory.comMAGA's warlord scheme should shock the hell out of youGood God.America stands at a moral precipice, and we’re about to tumble over the edge. The Trump administration is now planning to transport immigrants on U.S. military planes to detention centers in ... 35319
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorKelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 08/05/2025The last of the fully public loss datasets is gone. 19847
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorFWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Why older Americans are Trump's biggest nightmare www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comContributor: Why older Americans are Trump's biggest nightmareIf you're over 60, you viscerally get the need for, say, the Clean Air Act, functioning Social Security and affordable dolls at Christmas. 2156
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorChesh 🇨🇦 @chesh.bsky.social · 08/05/2025It's the, I voted for this to happen to OTHER people. Not yo MEEEE 041
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorSilverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 04/05/2025War for Ukraine Day 1,164 update has posted.balloon-juice.comBalloon Juice - War for Ukraine Day 1,164: Ukraine Establishes a Another First in the Annals of WarTwo quick housekeeping notes. First, I’m going to be very busy – not bad busy, just busy busy – for the next two weeks, so unless something really major happens I’m just going to be running through th... 032
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorDr. Jaimi Gray @jaimiagray.bsky.social · 29/01/2025We CT scanned thousands of vertebrates from US natural history collections and made them freely available. Countless people have used the data for research (>200 pubs) and to learn anatomy/morphology. www.morphosource.org/projects/000... 462443941
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorBlue 💙 Greenhills @greenhills-united.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Worthy of a thorough read: 12512
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 30/04/2025RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM. They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone. www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...wired.comRFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop ResearchNIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm... 74699475668
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 30/04/2025my reaction to this is not "oh Trump's losing it" it's "the entire point of fascism is that the leader declares reality and everyone else has to follow it". 904472911
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Life in A Blue Bubble report (sorry): They just sent out what they're doing in 7th grade sex ed and the "everybody's got body parts" section includes a lesson on intersex people centering intersex voices and THIS IS THE US WE COULD HAVE EVERYWHERE DAMMIT 1267260
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Republicans are pushing to restrict abortion pills based on a garbage new 'study.' We’ve seen fake data like this reach SCOTUS—but if we make it politically toxic now, we might stop it before it spreads. Feel free to steal these images, or read the full debunk in my newsletter 5402221
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorRachel Klein @racheleklein.bsky.social · 30/04/2025There’s a reason he was picked to succeed Pelosi. Large, “stable” organizations almost always prefer leaders who are risk-averse. 322
Reposted by Vincent O'Connorsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 27/04/2025We had actually very little to do with the existence of the Suez Canal. 841250126
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorVyoma, Sanskrit for Sky or Space @vyomanya.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Debate Pub; April 2025 - Dire Wolves. America vs The WORLD and ITSELF! www.youtube.com/live/QrLx-4r... via @chesh.bsky.social @dapper-dinosaur.bsky.social @landonnoll.bsky.social #America #WorldTradeyoutube.comDebate Pub; April 2025 - Dire Wolves. America vs The WORLD and ITSELF!YouTube video by Debate Hub 065
Reposted by Vincent O'Connorsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Trump’s nominee to run NASA once kited checks at his Atlantic City casino, among others. www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-... 521188379
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorRachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 26/04/2025👇👇👇👇👇 22595081937
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/04/2025President Trump and Elon Musk promised taxpayers big savings. Now, as he prepares to step back from his presidential assignment to cut bureaucratic fat, Musk has said without providing details that DOGE is likely to save taxpayers only about 15% of what he originally pledged to save.nytimes.comWhat Elon Musk Didn’t Budget For: Firing Workers Costs Money, TooAn expert on the federal work force estimates that the speed and chaos of Mr. Musk’s cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year. 146519158
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorAkela Lacy @akelalacy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025SCOOP: Trump's Equal Opportunity office is investigating Barnard's employment practices. Professors received texts to their personal phones on Monday, linking to a survey asking if they were Jewish and if they had been subjected "unwelcome discussions" theintercept.com/2025/04/23/t...theintercept.comTrump EEOC Texted College Professors’ Personal Phones to Ask If They Were Jewish“Barnard was not given advance notice of this outreach,” the college’s general counsel wrote in an email to faculty. 61714338
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/04/2025Three users on X who feuded with Elon Musk in December saw their reach on the social platform practically vanish overnight, The New York Times found, signaling that Musk or others at the company have the power to punish critics and that they may be willing to use it.nytimes.comThey Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed.Three users who disagreed with the site’s owner saw views for their posts plummet. 111893310
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorSy Brand @tartanllama.xyz · 23/04/2025The most important thing for you to know as a software engineer is that if you destroy the computer with a hammer it cannot hurt you anymore 25796196
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 19/04/2025Judge James Boasberg said he would start contempt proceedings against the Trump administration for showing “a willful disregard” to his order to return a wrongfully deported Maryland man. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comJudge Finds Cause to Hold Trump Admin In Contempt Over Alien Enemies Act RemovalsRead more here. 531430319
Reposted by Vincent O'ConnorFWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social · 09/04/2025WATCH this! And then tell the Republicans in Congress that when they're burning down this house, there's people still inside. #HandsOffOurMedicaid 23816