Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you want to know who would join a lynch mob, look at the writers who rage at accused individuals before all the facts are known. The saddest thing is clickbait writers know rage sells better than reason. 131
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Price of capitalist healthcare: “Insurance delays and denials have become an infamous feature of the American healthcare system, with nearly 7 in 10 adults calling them "a major problem”” 001
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Today’s question I never thought to ask: velvetshark.com/ai-company-l...velvetshark.comWhy do AI company logos look like buttholes?A humorous exploration of the uncanny resemblance between AI company logos and human anatomy. Discover why circular, gradient-based designs dominate the AI industry, and what this design convergence t... 000
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In 2008, Netanyahu provided fodder for people who link the 9/11 bombing to Israel. www.democracynow.org/2008/4/17/he...democracynow.orgReport: Netanyahu Says 9/11 Has Been Good for IsraelThe Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv has reported that Israel’s former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly said the September 11 attacks have been good for Israel. Netanyahu said, “We are benefiti... 000
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Canada finds that privatizing healthcare makes it worse. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...policyalternatives.caNot adding up: Surgical and diagnostic privatization in Ontario | CCPAThe Ontario government favours for-profit delivery of surgeries and medical imaging, but the evidence shows this isn't good health policy 200
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you’re interested in rats or history or archaeology or Minnesota: How I Accidentally Pinpointed the Arrival of Rats in MN Through Environmental Archaeology - racketmn.com/how-i-accide...racketmn.comHow I Accidentally Pinpointed the Arrival of Rats in MN Through Environmental Archaeology - RacketTurns out ‘Steamboat Willie’ was actually a documentary. 011
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Our representatives should have to release the results of physical and cognitive exams every three months. Mitch McConnell is proof that we need stricter standards than “can he appear to do the job if his aids carry him in and remind him how to vote.” 000
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“we reconstruct an event when we remember it — and information we encounter afterward can slip into that reconstruction. Psychologists call this the misinformation effect.” www.zmescience.com/science/news...zmescience.comAI Summaries Can Rewrite What People RememberOur memories aren't as fixed as we like to believe, and AI can alter them in surprising ways. 000
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Meme to post a vampire that isn’t Dracula? Pick any capitalist. 011
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026[A positive interest rate policy is] basic income for those who already have money.” —Warren Mosler 000
Reposted by Will ShetterlyCarl Wilson @carlzoilus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026RIP to the greatest, champion of champions, who sang for the underbirds. youtu.be/u6k9U6vQ8Mk?...youtu.beCapitalism Gone MadYouTube video by Mighty Sparrow - Topic 0216
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Israel tells you as much about Judaism as Italy and Germany told you about Christianity during WW2. Nations and religions are fundamentally antithetical, which is why the separation of church and state matters enormously. 111
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Why don’t Christian Zionists care that ”During the Nakba, 90,000 Palestinian Christians were expelled and nearly 30 churches forced to close”? palestineembassy.ie/news/facts-a...palestineembassy.ieFacts about Palestinian ChristiansA response to war criminal and ICJ fugitive Netanyahu’s outrageous lies. Before the 1948 Nakba: Palestinian Christians made up 12.5% of the population of historic Palestine. […] 200
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Zionists dare not ask why this is: CNN: “Israel’s favorability all negative — not just with Dems, the general electorate has turned against Israel… not just a left issue, an American issue… a SIXTY-SEVEN POINT SHIFT AGAINST ISRAEL…” 010
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Social media brings out the people who love to judge without learning the facts. themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...themomoftheyear.substack.comI’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night. 010
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“New analysis of demographic data shows that union men under age 35 are more likely to get married, have kids, and own their own homes—especially young men without college degrees.” - UAW 000
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Ralph Nader’s ”Chamber of Commerce Tour – Ignores 250 Years of America’s Socialism” lists 20 US socialist programs. If you doubt they are socialist, note that conservative capitalists want to privatize them all. mailchi.mp/nader/chambe... 000
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026When I note that Ashkenazim and Sephardim spoke European languages, Zionists sometimes respond that they used Hebrew letters. English uses Latin letters and Arabic numerals, but that doesn’t entitle Protestants to conquer Rome or Mecca. 000
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Thanks to Trump posting slop of himself as a soldier, I’ve been thinking about “stolen valor”. it isn’t limited to the military. Politicians are guilty of it when they cite leaders whose principles they don’t follow— Republicans citing Lincoln, Democrats citing Roosevelt, etc. 000
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Capitalists consider this a feature, not a bug. 000
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“Systems don’t matter; people do” is a sweet idea I often see from people who mean well, but if they were right, we might as well have kept feudalism and slavery. Systems decide where the wealth flows. They matter enormously. 110
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa: “When I visited Trump at the White House, when he said the Golan Heights belongs to Israel, I made the joke, “Why don’t you give New Jersey to the Israelis? You don’t own the Golan Heights to give, but you own New Jersey.”” 000
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026”I, Claudius” hold up remarkably well—it’s still the best show about Rome and one of TV’s finest moments. They didn’t have the budget of HBO’s Rome, but they were smart enough to keep the focus small so you rarely notice the scenes where a bigger budget would’ve been nice. 010
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Some socialists argue basic income props up capitalism, which is why capitalists on the right and left support it. I am a socialist who supports #ubi anyway, just as I support Medicare, Medicaid, and anything that helps the working class now. 250
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This only makes sense if you’re planning to fight your own people. www.npr.org/2026/09/20/n...npr.orgTrump says his D.C. arch will serve as 'military complex' with snipers and dronesPresident Trump has claimed that military operations are needed at his proposed triumphal arch in Washington D.C., in order to protect national security. A federal court is weighing the arch's legalit... 011
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Liberal identitarians like to say black Americans get the worst public schools, but the states with the worst school systems do not have large black populations: 46 Arizona 47 West Virginia 48 Oregon 49 Oklahoma 50 Alaska 51 New Mexico wallethub.com/edu/e/states...wallethub.comStates With the Best & Worst School Systems in 2026States With the Best & Worst School Systems in 2026 100
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Not especially funny, but a nice summation of the situation. 001
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"Germany and the United States supply 99% of the weapons exported to Israel... They could stop this conflict overnight if they stopped the weapons killing Palestinians." - UN Special Rapporteur Prof. Ben Saul 000
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If tips ensure good service, all jobs should be tipped instead of paid. 000
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Capitalism fact of the day: “McDonald's prices have doubled in the last ten years. The profits have gone mostly to shareholders, who got nearly $40 billion in dividends over the past decade while customers suffer and workers are underpaid.” - More Perfect Union 000
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Billionaires should not have to pay a wealth tax of 2%. They should have to pay one of 98%. No tax that leaves members of the 1% in the 1% is a punishment—unless you think being in the 1% is a punishment. 010
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A reminder for Constitution Day that rich Americans have always ignored the most important clause: “promote the general Welfare”. 120
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 17/09/2026#M4A now! www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...nbcnews.comYour health insurance bills are about to go upThe premium increases stem in part from rising healthcare costs, including higher prices for medical care and expensive prescription drugs. 010
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Any business that gets US funds should have to respect free speech. 000
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Still amazed that Ed Sheeran thinks you can fire someone for speaking and claim you’re not taking a side. When people speak, the only way to not take a side is to let everyone speak. #FreeSpeech 010
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Why do we excuse nepo babies by saying “But they worked hard!” and don’t excuse crooks who work equally hard? Because the unfair advantages of the rich are legal. And the rich write the laws. 000
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Alas, they don’t include a recipe, but the article suggests the happy taste point is 20% spinach. Researchers Made White Bread With Spinach and It Was Surprisingly Easy to Eat www.zmescience.com/medicine/nut...zmescience.comResearchers Made White Bread With Spinach and It Was Surprisingly Easy to EatA small trial hints that redesigning staple foods could make better nutrition easier. 000
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026When talking about Israel, we should talk more about the cultural Zionists who lost to the political Zionists. Cultural Zionists wanted the one-state solution, a cultural home for Jews where everyone was equal. Political Zionists wanted an ethnostate. 000
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I haven’t seen Mitch McConnell 2.0 in action. Are the animatronics convincing? 111
Will Shetterly @willshetterly.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Given his take on oil, coal, and AI safeguards, Trump must dream of becoming the last American President. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...usatoday.comTrump dismisses AI guardrails, calling concerns a 'conspiracy'President Trump dismissed the need for more guardrails around AI technology after three industry leaders raised concerns about the pace of AI growth. 000