Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialBill Barnwell @billbarnwell.com · 01/10/2026Mike Tomlin is showing us the public bathrooms he built in Minecraft on Youtube 1433915
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026i’ve been in cambridge for literally 10 minutes and already saw elizabeth warren’s husband and her dog 22134236
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialZach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 27/09/2026Fewest women I've ever seen in a single event space, and I cover comic conventions for a living. 542626437
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialMichael Glotzer @mglo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Someone should write an article documenting the NYT republishing articles and see if the NYT republishes it with a buried link to the original. 1735
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialBrendan Quinn @bfquinn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A forewarning that this one is difficult. But it’s a credit to Duncan Robinson and his family for telling it. They hope it’ll help others. And maybe it’ll be a good reminder that “we can all be a little less certain about knowing what someone is going through.” www.nytimes.com/athletic/761... 911750
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026One of the reasons my mid-tenure leave at Stanford was so jarring is that I've always lived in racially diverse spaces (even if segregated) and nobody had prepared me for Palo Alto 823622
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"Gentlemen, our 29% approval rating is too high. Let's start take away people's health care." 742729440
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialelias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 22/09/2026imagining the discourse if basically any other high-profile Dem alive made this argument, which just btw is barely distinguishable from the one clinton and gore made in the early 90s. 1727434
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialcam winter @spaghetmonster.bsky.social · 20/09/2026They were all in love with dyin' They were drinkin' from a fountain that was pouring like an avalanche Comin down the mountain 162
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I strongly encourage this line of thought. Every Republican running for office in 2026 and every Republican who hopes to run for office in 2028 should be on camera as often as possible leaving a permanent record of their embrace of Trump's record. 013629
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialSteven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise. 160191163861
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialMichael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026"they've taken their chances, Sunderland. City haven't taken all of theirs" u sure about that 4234
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialAlex Winter @alexwinter.com · 16/09/2026True story. 166155213044
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialSam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 13/09/2026And by the poor we mean the rural poor, who live on Staten Island and inherited their dad’s chain of car dealerships 1832
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialSam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 13/09/2026All the tech goblins were philosophy students; the problem isn’t the thing you’re educated in, it’s the capture of institutions and disciplines by anti-intellectual bigots, which I have to say is a bigger problem in philosophy than in mathematics. 3756
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialNute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Two of the major conclusions I personally have drawn from following politics in my adult lifetime are that: (1) increased immigration is basically a cheat code for greater national prosperity and material wellbeing (2) most people increasingly fucking despise it 445582
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialCUrbanism Club @curbanism.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The city of Champaign just eliminated minimum parking requirements citywide!!! 414418
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialJay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Not sure how i missed the Trio (Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, and Linda Ronstadt) covering After the Gold Rush but this is just positively ethereal m.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Xc...m.youtube.comHarris, Parton, Ronstadt on Late Show, March 24, 1999 (full, stereo)YouTube video by Don Giller 4324
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialMapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026We’re not changing it. 17536228111516
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialMichael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Another London dispatch: If any of you know any Broadway producers or investors, I am begging you to convince them to transfer "My Neighbor Totoro" to NYC when it closes in London in January. It is one of most enchanting, moving, heartwarming shows I've seen & I want audiences here to experience it🙏 16627112
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialPatrick Fenelon @patrickfenelon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026"Senator Schumer, do you condemn the Acme company for supplying Wile E Coyote with faulty products?" 1221
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialPatrick Fenelon @patrickfenelon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026This is an all out psychosis by centrists & right wing media 1134
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialbrett g porter @bgporter.net · 29/08/2026A childless couple from Arizona cares for a quintuplet. 123497
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialDan Szymborski @dszymborski.fangraphs.com · 28/08/2026Ten-year-old me would be absolutely thrilled to know I'm in the same general circles as @johnthorn.bsky.social , even if I'm way less important, with my apologies for possibly making him feel old. 381
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialPatrick Fenelon @patrickfenelon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026God, what a fucking own goal by democrats to try & triangulate on the issue of immigration. Democrats will never be perceived as being "tougher" on immigration, & voters who view "getting tough on immigration" as a deciding factor are simply not going to vote for democrats in the first place 2143
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 22/08/2026trade war with Canada is the worst because obviously Canadians are mad about it and obviously they're mad at Americans about it and they're totally right on both those things and also I am an American 391453159
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialDylan - Traductor de videojuegos (EN>FR) 🎮 @dylanvegac.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I am bilingual as well and also a translator. I've had clients send me AI analysis of my translations to check and believe me, it's a mess. Being bilingual does not automatically make you good at translating (it's in fact, speaking from experience, a handicap if you're bilingual from birth!) 011
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Most transphobia, or so it seems to me, is about wanting culturally contingent hierarchies and identity scripts to be Inscribed in Nature in some deep way that obviates the need for reflective examination, and getting very anxious and angry about anything that makes it clear that’s a fantasy. 41955368
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialMike Masnick @masnick.com · 19/08/2026For example, during Woke 1.0 @davekarpf.bsky.social made a joking reference to Bret Stephens being a begbug, causing Stephens to try to get Dave fired. That was crazy. 161174154
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialGurt Sherm @gurtsherm.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I love Devo btw 011
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialmore mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 13/08/2026if you met Beetlejuice at a house party in your 20s you would think he's so funny and cool but then you'd bump into him again fifteen years later and be like, jesus christ he's still like this? wait.. I'M still like this?? and still in this house? turns out you died at a house party in your 20s 324125
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026There are 100x more pieces about cancel culture than there are victims of it. It’s a fucking ridiculous obsession. 4638
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Let Steven Cheung be press secretary you cowards. 2932837
volcanicsand.bsky.social @volcanicsand.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Basically none of what woke one asked of anybody was even on the same level as the expectation that when you go to a baseball game you stand up for the national anthem, or that kids “pledge“ “allegiance” at school 000
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialinteresting dracula @partnardy.bsky.social · 26/05/2024I still remember at school on 9/11 they wheeled out one of those wheeled TV carts so we could watch the live feeds. in retrospect it’s kind of weird how they brought them out at 8:35am EST and said “just watch for a few minutes. Something important is about to happen” 535643
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026For my latest premium newsletter, I wrote up my thoughts on Ross Douthat's particular style of argument, and how reactionaries hide their real beliefs when writing for liberal publications.stringinamaze.netAbstraction And Lies In The New York TimesRoss Douthat's final column is a feat of dishonesty 2096291
volcanicsand.bsky.social @volcanicsand.bsky.social · 11/08/2026My “we are not suffering from any shortage in missile stockpiles” t shirt etc etc 000
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialMichael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Final stage of the Tour de France Femmes is on Peacock. The top two riders are separated by eight seconds and the course is four laps of one decent-sized climb around Nice, which is ideal for forcing action in the GC battle 3125
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialSEIU_ORG @seiu.org · 07/08/2026Not only is the Trump admin forcing immigrants to lose their livelihoods, upending key industries in the process, it’s also costing taxpayers as we struggle to make ends meet. 12 million additional people could receive Medicaid with the money being spent on deportations!seiu.coTrump deportations cost taxpayers $2,358 eachThe projected $268.9 billion could otherwise fund major safety-net programs. 11813
volcanicsand.bsky.social @volcanicsand.bsky.social · 07/08/2026For a junk drawer to legally qualify as a real junk drawer, what is the ONE absolute mandatory item it must include? an assortment of random pills that are almost certainly boring otc stuff…but maybe—just maybe! 000
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 06/08/2026When people say "what do you expect the media to do about trump dismantling democracy that they aren't already doing" like you can see what that is by how they treat anti-Israel candidates! They know the playbook 7623121
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 05/08/2026hah I was wrong, 405 for reps bsky.app/profile/eke.... 151
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I'm calling it: "Start smoking" is going to be mainstream MAHA / Republican health advice by 2028. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1142245436
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialslate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 03/08/2026my neighborhood 7-11 closed a couple years ago and tried to reopen but couldn’t get the permit approved because there’s a preschool next door and 7-11s sell alcohol (the previous permit was grandfathered in). i saw a fence going up around the lot recently and looked up what was moving in: a gun shop 12353571325
volcanicsand.bsky.social @volcanicsand.bsky.social · 02/08/2026my internal monologue at least once every approximately five minutes 000
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialDart Adams @dartadams.bsky.social · 01/08/2026It's the 4th anniversary of Bill Russell's passing. Please read "Bill Russell Changed What It Meant To Be An Activist Athlete" by Dart Adams for Boston Magazine: www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2022/08...bostonmagazine.comBill Russell Changed What It Meant to Be an Activist AthleteThe Boston Celtics legend leaves a legacy just as impressive off the court as on it. 27927
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Fox News being a completely dishonest propaganda outlet in every single way except for running a totally straight-arrow unbiased polling operation is one of American media's longest running and most hilarious bits. bsky.app/profile/mari... 1577579
Reposted by @volcanicsand.bsky.socialSeth Trueger @mdaware.org · 31/07/2026my “new bombing campaign” tshirt is raising a lot of questions already answered by the shirt 0321
