Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 6hThe AI backlash is completely the fault of the dishonest hype merchants whose only talent is innovating new ways of lying. You pissed people off, now everyone hates you (justified) and your tech (less justified, but again, your fault) 271321152
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 22hthe Vice President of the United States has gone on record citing this man as one of his biggest intellectual influences if you didn't know this, it's probably because for some reason literally no mainstream political media outlets think it's worth mentioning 773710919
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Look, this is bad. Yes. But the Trump admin sent six (6) people to Maricopa and Pima. Where, by my count, there are 404 polling places, spread across 18,000 square miles (each county is ~9k sq mi). What they want is the FEAR to discourage the voting they can't actually prevent. 231258411
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"De-Trumpification" has to be one of the top agenda items if Dems win power. All the lawlessness and every last one of his efforts to turn DC into an imperial capital should be undone. 1163367696
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Yes, 100 percent. There's no reason why a Democratic House can't defund both the Office of Remigration and third-country deportations more generally. As I reported recently, here's what's being discussed: newrepublic.com/article/2157... 17675157
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialceej @ceej.online · 06/10/2026Interesting. I guess the New York Times thinks it’s appropriate for their employees to threaten to bonk me on the head and play horseshoes with my prominent goose egg. To fill my mouth with piano keys that fall out while tweety birds circle around my noggin. To turn my head into a giant whistle, 879153
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.sociallauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 06/10/2026Aries: Your enemies are buying a product today, Aries. Buy a product before it's too late Taurus: Pull up a comfy blanket, Taurus, it's time to purchase a product Gemini: Girl, get ready for a new product to enter your life Cancer: Take time today to ask your loved ones if they need a new product 18103389
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialMatt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026When Trump posted a video of the Obamas as apes the NYT claimed "it was unclear if Mr. Trump was aware" that he posted it 491867394
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialgeoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 06/10/2026very tired of being told it is the responsibility of urban democratic voters never to risk possibly maybe by chance seeming less than respectful of rural red state life and then watching thousands in nebraska cheer on the president joking about a nuclear strike on me and millions of my neighbors 754147836
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialCohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 06/10/2026got into it with this guy myself 581201120
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialtoilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately 190113683092
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 25797293026
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Seems like if you're going to make a national story out of Hasan Piker, who campaigned a few times with the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, saying Israel causes antisemitism, you should also make a national story out of the favorite intellectual of the US Vice President supporting Hitler. 322938639
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026When the bad man finally drops dead we can all move on. We'll still be sharing a country with countless people who gleefully aided and abetted his crimes but they probably won't do it again 482514326
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialPatrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 05/10/2026Liberty Biberty has barricaded himself inside a courtroom in Clark County Family Court. Eight confirmed hostages, including the judge overseeing his custody dispute. Situation is fluid 11895102
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Wilber was finally able to undergo surgery on Thursday—11 days after he was shot. “When ICE can shoot a man in the back and then barely give him any medical treatment and let him suffer, there’s a reason for that because we have gotten to a point where we see people as less than human.”texastribune.orgAustin man has surgery 11 days after being shot by ICE agentThe surgery on the Venezuelan national, who has been in custody since his Sept. 20 run-in with an immigration officer, removed the bullet lodged in his back. 25908396
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialHemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026the response should be immediate contempt proceedings all the way up the chain of command to the ICE/ERO directors including escalating fines and orders to personally appear in court. if that doesn't do the trick, criminal contempt, throw them in jail. play stupid games, win stupid prizes 443774
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sad news everyone. Our beloved friend the computer has now become a hated enemy 167124012647
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.social Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 22/02/2026Literally 403854634
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialspooky cannoli @boner.ink · 03/10/2026does anyone know if it will be better tomorrow or not really 66610
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The term “remigration” is associated with the extreme right and only came into widespread usage in 2023-4. Even Germany’s AfD avoided using the term in 2024 for fear of scaring away voters. Today the US government is celebrating the “victories” it’s racked up in the “ethnic cleansing” column. 771583645
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialdan sinker @dansinker.com · 03/10/2026You'd think that the Democratic party would be making hay over their opposition's biggest donor fighting to let his bot keep making revenge porn. 10244541335
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialnotjewelosco.bsky.social @notjewelosco.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Do you ever think about how society looped back to medicinally branded sodas 8647113
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialroterote @roterote.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I think Greg is correct, but Americans need to be aware that Magyar’s Tisza government is aggressively going after every Fidesz official, removing them, using every lever of the state to yank them out of power. This is far more aggressive and rapid than anything proposed in the US so far. 281275335
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 02/10/2026i think we could convince donald trump that republican candidates need to all legally change their names to donald trump 1323224
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 29/09/2026the plainly stated thesis of this article is that democratic voters disproportionate want and would benefit from a policy proposed by the party, and therefore they should not pursue that policy. apart from being tautological this is bizarre. 860143
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states 125301167
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.sociallauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 29/09/2026what keeps me up at night is these guys have basically never received real pushback and they still lost their minds and shredded the federal government's regulatory capacity when employees started griping too much in the company slack. What if you actually arrested one of them for their crimes 181144134
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialcait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 29/09/2026this is the rape culture btw. the one women have been warning you about, and were told we were hysterical and over-sensitive and couldn't take a joke, and that rape allegations ruin men's lives, and now we live in a meritocracy where the only "merit" is who has hurt the most women 92536540
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialUrvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which. 142523874
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Campus rape is really widespread; statistics suggest a significant percent of women who go to college will be raped there; feminism opened up a good conversation about it around 2012-13; it's weird when people treated Cornell like an isolated rather than dramatic example of a pervasive problem. 402411525
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialJudah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Megan McArdle's WaPo column celebrating the end of the woke left's ability to "cancel" right-wing voices over their social media posts, while making no mention of @karenattiah.bsky.social's legally enforced reinstatement to the WaPo after being fired for her social media posts, is chef's kiss. 201460207
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialKylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I think its important to understand the campus sexual assault crisis is way worse than you think. universities suspend just 1/12,400 students each year for sexual misconduct & expel 1/22,900. once you read title ix administrators in their own words, you get a sense why that is:jezebel.comNot Only Do Campus Sexual Assailants Go Unpunished, They Often Get Special TreatmentSince 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth. 1766275
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I like that in becoming a nazi, you get glowing coverage as a brave iconoclast, and then when you stop being a nazi, you’re get glowing coverage as a brave dissident. Money coming and going. Only way you lose is having normal opinions like “racism bad” bsky.app/profile/trac... 4954201200
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved 12771111698
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Trump regime has killed at least 234 people by bombing boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean since last September. Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it. This is a danger to us all. 21833071503
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 23/09/2026Vaccines were once so uncontroversial that McDonald’s restaurants put the childhood immunization schedule on their tray liners. Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back. (Published March)propublica.orgHow Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood PlaguesThe health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back... 862173853
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialponder @ponder.ooo · 24/09/2026calling this "misalignment" instead of "negligence" is an accountability dodge. we already have laws about cyber crimes and there's no scale of ML model you can incorporate into your code that makes you not responsible for running it 161065228
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.sociallauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 23/09/2026look, you can't just punish trump when dems are in power. that might make republicans do something crazy, like stage a coup, illegally shred the federal bureaucracy, or even vstart abducting people off the street and extraditing them to torture sites all over the world 434438786
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 23/09/2026New Jersey has fined a huge data center in New Jersey over $1 million for installing and operating 62 large gas powered generators without state permits. This comes as other data centers, like Elon Musk's facilities in Memphis, pollute communities with unpermitted turbines and face no consequences.gothamist.comNJ fines data center $1 million for illegally powering facility with gas generatorsGov. Mikie Sherill said it was the largest fine handed out to a data center in state history. 39755211
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialCharles Pulliam-Moore @charlespulliam.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The Emma Frost x Miss Piggy comic has hit the internet and it's so, so, so much more magnificent than I ever could have hoped for 358861791
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialHemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 22/09/2026we have to stop imports because that's other countries stealing money from us, and we have to stop exports because that's other countries stealing goods from us at last we will throw off our shackles, no longer a nation plagued by trade 1257888
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you. 340250604784
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.socialPapageno but with IBS @papagenobutwithibs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026From transphobia to Hasan Piker to state officials approving of the Ellisons’ media takeover to no longer even bothering to talk about abortion, Dems are signaling that they won’t lift a finger to reverse the Trump administration’s most egregious abuses. 314127
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.sociallauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 22/09/2026there are so many amazing, life-changing things you can do with computers and i think it's a serious problem the companies that make them keep trying to sell them by saying "do you hate everyone in your life? are you less of a person than a hollow automaton waiting to be told what to do by me?" 958161
Reposted by @veegegray.bsky.social🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people 16886292302