Reposted by Ed is ReadingJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 6hI see we're having a debate about whether it's okay to go back to "X," the site owned by a trillionaire fascist who is currently bankrolling the GOP's midterm, throttled Ukraine's war effort, and still winkingly allows vast amounts of CSAM on his service Answer: No, what the fuck is wrong with you 15580171847 8K
Reposted by Ed is ReadingA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 16/10/2026If you would try to win by abandoning trans people (or any targeted group) you can save this “we need to win” talk; there is no “we.” I am about solidarity, and you have chosen anti-solidarity. You are not any “we” I recognize. You are the enemy I’m trying to defeat. Beating you is how my “we” wins. 4136521007 3.7K
Reposted by Ed is Readingspooky lerrrgan 👻 @lerrrgan.bsky.social · 13/10/2026(slapping the back of my own head) you can fit so many intrusive thoughts in this thing 41243 124
Reposted by Ed is ReadingTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 10/10/2026My latest @newscientist.com cartoon 3045561660 4.6K
Reposted by Ed is Readingspooky lerrrgan 👻 @lerrrgan.bsky.social · 11/10/2026halloween is german for “hello vienna” 7885 88
Reposted by Ed is ReadingNicholas Pegg @nicholaspegg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026In the 1985 Doctor Who serial Vengeance on Varos, an authoritarian regime run by a weak man keeps the downtrodden population in line by broadcasting public executions to distract from the fact that it has tanked the economy through a combination of incompetence, arrogance and institutional cruelty. 6564214 564
Reposted by Ed is ReadingOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026these people would say it was "unclear" why more people in germany didnt openly identify as jewish in 1942 4242391219 4.2K
Reposted by Ed is ReadingKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I said this in a NY Times story last week about the WA millionaire tax, but let’s bring back shame. Even if billionaires don’t know it’s wrong to do shit like this, they should know it’s embarrassing.fortune.comGoogle co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | FortuneThe state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax. 491680234 1.7K
Reposted by Ed is ReadingRobert Mahon @bedform.org · 03/10/2026Reminds me of the old saying “republicans believe government is ineffective and determine to make it so” 051 5
Reposted by Ed is ReadingJoshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 03/10/2026It’s weird to see so many higher education leaders beat their chests about “the decline of trust” from the public while refusing to acknowledge the conservative movement organizing to destroy it. Imagine someone stabbing you repeatedly while you complain about not having enough blood to bleed out. 5447133 447
Reposted by Ed is ReadingThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Accurate as fuck. 783834759 3.8K
Reposted by Ed is ReadingTekknoNerd @tekknonerd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"There's nothing I like more, literally nothing, than making the people that generate my fabulous wealth homeless and destitute, while I squeeze more and more from the peons who remain," he said. 1123 12
Reposted by Ed is ReadingIrrefutable proof cats are evil @cats-are-evil.bsky.social · 01/10/2026#caturday #cats 2087373714 7.4K
Reposted by Ed is ReadingSpooky Isaac @onlinehomo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Happy best month of the year! 191 9
Reposted by Ed is ReadingJaz @jaz.sh · 27/09/2026Okay so I've built a new Atlas, this time it lets you explore the conversations on Bluesky over the past 7 days graphically. It should update every ~6 hours and help you navigate the information environment that exists on here. I've learned a LOT about what people do here today... atlas.jazco.devatlas.jazco.devAtlasA living map of what Bluesky is talking about: the past week's conversations, grouped into topics and regions and rebuilt every six hours. 1171427428 1.4K
Reposted by Ed is Readingмɑгκ @drumrollplease.bsky.social · 21/09/2026𝗖𝗼𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿: 𝖧𝗈𝗐 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗅𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍? 𝗠𝗲: 2485 48
Reposted by Ed is ReadingJim Scott @jimscott.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“Will saying this outlandish thing make me money? I’m going to do it because we live in the Grifted Age” —GenAI CEO 1204 20
Reposted by Ed is ReadingJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026If a generative AI CEO is telling you something, take it with a grain of salt the size of an iceberg. So if they want regulation now, it is more likely something to do with finances than an immediate existential threat. These dipshits do not care about existential threats other than going bankrupt. 371775430 1.8K
Reposted by Ed is ReadingWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We need to prosecute all of these corrupt, destructive administration officials, right up to the president himself. It’s the only way. Then we need to set about dismantling everything the right has built since the 1970s. Wipe away every bit of power the fascists have. 454988 549
Reposted by Ed is Reading🎃 Found Star Trek Episodes 🎃 @foundepisodes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The original foldable phone 312126 121
Reposted by Ed is ReadingMono 🐒 @3anx721.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Happy 60th birthdaystatic.klipy.comStar Trek Enterprise Orbiting PlanetAlt: Star Trek Enterprise Orbiting Planet 0212 21
Reposted by Ed is ReadingThe Picture Of Jared Gray 💀 @misterjaredgray.bsky.social · 07/09/2026It’s Todaybor Day!!! 0175 17
Reposted by Ed is Readingwww.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026gm to all the woke kids who didn’t vote for the AFD on Sunday — and won’t be voting for them in Berlin ☕️ 👋 🌈 1225 22
Reposted by Ed is Readingj a k e @jakeismaking.bsky.social · 05/09/2026ABAB (All Billionaires Are Bastards) 3651 65
Reposted by Ed is Readingceej @ceej.online · 03/09/2026I do think “every rich person went insane during covid because it was the first time they’ve been inconvenienced in decades” felt a little reductive at first but damn if isn’t more and more compelling as the years drag on 193218794408 21.9K
Reposted by Ed is Readingwww.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Gm to this highly accurate sign 🍦 🫡 017430 174
Reposted by Ed is ReadingRobert Mahon @bedform.org · 02/09/2026To what end? Go read the shit Thiel and those lunatics subscribe to. They want to amass so much wealth that they can transcend the earth they’ve destroyed and flee to space leaving us to collapse. That’s literally their ethos. They care nothing about our end. In fact the plan on it 1114 11
Reposted by Ed is ReadingShane @ligetisplit.bsky.social · 02/09/2026What if Mitch McConnell is alive and just working very hard to prepare to be the next Oh, Mary 0204 20
Reposted by Ed is ReadingSam T @theevilsamt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I am terrible for romanticising autumn, but honestly, the ‘ber’ months arrive, and it’s like rest for the soul. It’s time to get cosy under blankets with books, eat wholesome food, visit a pub with a real fire, feel the leaves crunch under your feet, get spooky. My absolute favourite time of year. 072 7
Reposted by Ed is ReadingThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/08/2026You can’t say you weren’t warned 305110673634 11.1K
Ed is Reading @wanderinged.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Google can go fuck itself. I don’t want to hear mealy mouthed nonsense about following country-based standards. Wrong is wrong and they know it. 120 2
Ed is Reading @wanderinged.bsky.social · 29/08/2026If your vibe is “hey i forgot about this app for a while,” miss me with that. kthx 000 0
Reposted by Ed is ReadingMono 🐒 @3anx721.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The correct names are: Gulf of Mexico Lake Ontario That is all 110511 105
Reposted by Ed is ReadingAlexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026the year is 2027. gas costs $83 and lettuce is at war with us. however every location on every map now says AMERICA 226147222818 14.7K