Reposted by ZhaanderBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/10/2026We're repeatedly told that the killer app for pervert glasses - Meta's AI-enabled camera glasses and their imitators - is that they will remind you of someone's name and spare you the social awkwardness of not recognizing them. 1324695
Reposted by ZhaanderThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Tucker: “I never understood why 🇬🇧 fought World War 2?” 😕 Rees-Mogg: “It was good vs. evil…We did the right thing…” Tucker: “Has 🇬🇧 benefitted?” RM: “We defeated Hitler… We’d all be speaking German…” Tucker: “Who cares?” 🤔 8062136596
Reposted by ZhaanderAnnie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026NEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/cali...propublica.orgA Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But... 421028496
Reposted by ZhaanderMark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026deadline.com/2026/09/naza...deadline.comThreats Against 'NAZA' Directors Must Stop, IDA Tells IsraelIsrael's government must stop threatening 'NAZA' filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the IDA is urging in a public letter. 6367107
Reposted by ZhaanderPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The first architect of the White House ballroom resigned after warning repeatedly that Trump was insisting on designs that violated fire and safety codes, the Washington Post reports. “I am the code,” Trump said www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... 1281679574
Reposted by ZhaanderMike Levin @mikelevin.org · 16/09/2026Here is the reality. We have the votes to impeach Pete Hegseth tomorrow. Mike Johnson knows it, we know it. So he’s sending us all home to avoid the vote. www.cnn.com/2026/09/16/p...cnn.comHouse to adjourn early, stave off Hegseth impeachment vote | CNN PoliticsSpeaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday announced he is sending members home from Washington early for their seven-week campaigning recess ahead of the midterm elections, a move that will stave off a vote o... 14326791073
Reposted by ZhaanderBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“A series of impeachments would destabilize the Trump administration…This works best if Trump himself is not impeached. Democrats can claim they’re merely going after government corruption by underlings, not fighting the will of the great and good American people.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...open.substack.comImpeach Them. All of Them.Hegseth is only the beginning. 992142491
Reposted by ZhaanderShefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...19thnews.orgTierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken PaxtonThe case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.” 730277208070
Reposted by ZhaanderBostonJoan 🏳️🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026How many times can I scream that AI agents enabled by LLMs will hack every website, payment system, hospital, every credit union etc BECAUSE IT CAN. Resignations from Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta etc are just the smart rats fleeing the ship. We need more whistleblowers now! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTUyRCEn5/tiktok.comA former Anthropic researcher is raising new concerns about artificial intelligence, warning the technology could become uncontrollable by late 2027. #news #ai #anthropic #artificialintelligenceTikTok video by Good Morning America 24015
Reposted by ZhaanderThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/09/2026"Iran has imposed a strategic defeat on America without a single Iranian soldier firing a rifle. Hegseth obsessing over soldiers’ physical fitness in 2026 is like a European general fixating on his troops’ horsemanship in 1940."lnk.thebulwark.comPete Hegseth 💩 the Bed AgainThe secretary of WAR is obsessed with doing pushups in the age of drone warfare. America will pay for his stupidity. 551763375
Reposted by Zhaanderjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/09/2026and what makes them less qualified? well, don’t you see that they are black people and women (and sometimes black women!)? 452598437
Reposted by ZhaanderMichael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Following up on our big glyphosate investigation.... Watch the News Hour piece.motherjones.comThe fight over spraying Roundup in California’s forests has only gotten bigger“It seems like it’s poison that they’re putting into the woods,” one resort owner says in our collaboration with “PBS NewsHour.” 38734
Zhaander @zhaander.bsky.social · 25/08/2026static.klipy.comDolly Parton Smiling in Pink DressAlt: Dolly Parton Smiling in Pink Dress 000
Reposted by ZhaanderAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account. 229114165343
Reposted by ZhaanderProPublica @propublica.org · 17/08/2026Babies were found with dead brain tissue similar to what follows cancer and the kind of bleeding seen after a stroke. Their autopsies all came to the same conclusion: Their deaths could have been prevented with the long-standard vitamin K shot. (Published May)propublica.orgBabies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at BirthA lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement. 19134391741
Reposted by ZhaanderBex @bexg93.bsky.social · 16/08/2026🚨 The archived version of the suppressed Amnesty report into the anti-trans network operating to dismantle human rights in the UK has been "excluded" from the Wayback Machine. JKR is working very hard to scrub its existence from the eyes of the public. Thankfully, I kept screenshots. 6461083476
Reposted by ZhaanderBradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 16/08/2026We. Warned. You. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/u...nytimes.comYears of Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport.The case represents a new front in President Trump’s mass deportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history. 129940149
Reposted by ZhaanderDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Is this just business as usual in politics? No. Approval rates of federal disaster aid requests were about the same regardless of the state and did not vary much with the party of the President. This graph powerfully conveys the scale of the partisan discrimination now. 231485547
Reposted by ZhaanderSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026STOP calling it a DECOY plane. It was a BAIT plane. When a threat is only hypothetical, it’s a decoy plane. This happened once before—WITH press knowledge. When a threat is KNOWN to exist, leaving the press to face it uses them as BAIT. TELL THE TRUTH.washingtonpost.comTrump’s secret flight echoes Clinton’s Pakistan plane swap, with key differenceBill Clinton’s White House used a similar plane-change maneuver in 2000. But unlike July’s flight, the press corps was briefed on the operation and its dangers. 49988342
Reposted by ZhaanderGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/07/2026“Ms. Moreno, the daughter of Senator Moreno ... has said that Mr. Miller scalded her chest and stomach by throwing hot water from a skillet at her body; held a gun to her head; pushed her against a wall and hit her head; and fractured their daughter’s collarbone and bruised her shoulder. ... 87089514140
Reposted by Zhaander404 Media @404media.co · 22/07/2026The emails give insight into the process cities face while deFlocking themselves after voting not to renew a contract with the AI surveillance company. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Read the full story by @jasonkoebler.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/flock-object... 211851
Reposted by ZhaanderAG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 13/07/2026BREAKING: My office is suing Paramount/Warner Bros to block their proposed $110 billion merger. Combining the two Hollywood giants would unlawfully reduce competition in the film and tv industry and raise prices for consumers. You shouldn't have to pay the price of corporate greed. 644326760
Reposted by ZhaanderGoldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 12/07/2026Here is Graham gloating about "killing all the right people." Just in case you see anyone try to do the whole "we should have decency for the dead" nonsense. 310121334562
Zhaander @zhaander.bsky.social · 12/07/2026If you don't have anything nice to say.... just make something up. 000
Reposted by ZhaanderSan Antonio Express-News @expressnews.com · 08/07/2026Texas AG Ken Paxton appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years, including in May’s runoff that made him the Republican nominee for U.S. senator. bit.ly/4p8sIPr 13014
Reposted by ZhaanderBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 27/06/2026More than a decade ago, a group of young, internet-connected Belarusian dissidents launched a series of increasingly high-stakes, increasingly surreal confrontations with the corrupt, authoritarian government of Alexander Lukashenka, a man who is often called "the last Soviet dictator." 1/ 8582258
Reposted by ZhaanderPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Anthony Head, best known for his roles in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Ted Lasso,” has died at 72bbc.comAnthony Head: Buffy and Ted Lasso actor dies at 72The 72-year-old British actor also had roles in shows including Merlin and Little Britain. 841473495
Reposted by ZhaanderMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/06/2026NYT headline when the economy added 266,000 jobs under Biden vs. NYT headline when BLS says the economy added 172,000 jobs under Trump. 36154311909
Reposted by ZhaanderJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 29/05/20261. A Popular Information reveals that two more "progressive" super PACs are linked to House Republicans and Speaker Mike Johnson. They've worked pretty hard to cover their tracks, but not quite hard enough. Follow along for details.popular.infoTwo “progressive” super PACs linked to House GOPTwo newly formed super PACs which purport to be progressive are linked to House Republicans and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), a Popular Information investigation reveals. 13596406
Reposted by ZhaanderWeird Alex @jackalpants.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Hey so if you're in the USA, the FCC is floating the idea of making shows put a warning up if they include or discuss trans people and trans lives. A short paragraph saying this is messed up would help a lot! You gpt less than a week. Submit your comment by May 22: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings... 9321692103
Reposted by ZhaanderProPublica @propublica.org · 15/05/2026NEW: U.S. citizen Leonardo Garcia Venegas appeared before Congress after he was held twice by immigration agents. Even though his story went viral, and top immigration officials have claimed citizens are not being arrested, he was detained a third time.propublica.orgWhy Have Immigration Agents Detained This American Citizen Three Times?Leonardo Garcia Venegas, a U.S. citizen whose prior detentions went viral and were detailed by ProPublica, was recently detained for a third time — and shackled. “I just want to live in peace,” he say... 16564268
Reposted by ZhaanderPolitico @politico.com · 05/04/2026‘Proactively fall in line:’ Holocaust Memorial Museum quietly changed content after Trump returned to officedlvr.it‘Proactively fall in line:’ Holocaust Memorial Museum quietly changed content after Trump returned to officeTwo former employees said they believed the museum was altering its content preemptively to avoid unwanted negative attention from the Trump administration. 1711354
Reposted by ZhaanderKirk Rudell @rudell.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Just to give a sense of the insane scale of billions of dollars…MacKenzie Scott got about $38 billion after divorcing Bezos in 2019. She has become the world’s most generous philanthropist, giving away over $19 billion…and she’s currently wealthier than she started. Just. Tax. Them. 5953501556
Reposted by ZhaanderMitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Until Netanyahu, the American public was overwhelmingly pro-Israel. It was a boring, bi-partisan position. Israel had over 75% support. Netanyahu's conduct has decimated that support. It's now a bi-partisan position NOT to support Israel & likely to get worse. www.inss.org.il/social_media...inss.org.ilIsrael is losing America’s youth | INSSA Pew Research Center survey conducted at the end of March and published last week indicates that a majority of the American public—including Republicans under the age of 50—view Israel unfavorably or... 25618
Reposted by ZhaanderJamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Constitutional lawyer here. I don't think it would violate the Constitution for the VP/Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment, but the intended constitutional remedy for this behavior is impeachment & removal. The fact that that remedy is politically impossible is a scandal and a crisis. 280129153323
Reposted by ZhaanderMike Masnick @masnick.com · 14/03/2026A story in two farcical acts. Would be nice to have a President who has reached the stage where he has object permanence. 261095250
Reposted by ZhaanderNPR @npr.org · 25/02/2026More than 1,000 American nurses have successfully applied for licensure in British Columbia since April, a massive increase over prior years. n.pr/4cMnDImn.prHundreds of American nurses choose Canada over the U.S. under TrumpMore than 1,000 American nurses have successfully applied for licensure in British Columbia since April, a massive increase over prior years. 9587209
Reposted by ZhaanderDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 24/02/2026The feeling of having known something to be true, deep within your very being, only to have it confirmed as such. There's just nothing like it: defector.com/jeffrey-epst...defector.comJeffrey Epstein And His Network Of Rich Freaks Were Obsessed With The Chiropractor | DefectorAs the number of powerful, wealthy people revealed to have associated with Jeffrey Epstein increases, so too does the coherence of their collective excuse: They only knew Epstein as a genius of math a... 873333605
Reposted by ZhaanderThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/02/2026They locked up a Colombian child coming to go to Disney World with her family. What the hell are we doing? And why in the world would anyone come here for the World Cup/Olympics? www.miaminewtimes.com/news/immigra... 44388004084
Zhaander @zhaander.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Things are so bad out there that even I'M considering running for office... and I'm an idiot. 000
Reposted by ZhaanderSimon Mahan @simonmahan.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Alabama moves to end Public Service Commission elections after Democrats win in Georgia www.al.com/politics/202...al.com 01512
Reposted by ZhaanderSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11/02/2026I and millions of Americans believe exactly the same thing Kasparov does. Too many troops, too many new prisons, too much money not under Congressional supervision. We're not just witnessing a mass deportation scheme anymore. This is something significantly bigger and scarier. 342110225227
Reposted by ZhaanderMary L Trump @maryltrump.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Every American needs to watch this: 5972080710426
Reposted by ZhaanderMother Jones @motherjones.com · 02/02/2026A peaceful protest in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday broke into chaos as federal agents deployed tear gas on demonstrators—including families with young children.motherjones.comFederal agents launch tear gas at nonviolent anti-ICE protesters in Portland—including childrenThe city's mayor Keith Wilson said that it was a “peaceful daytime protest” that “posed no danger to federal forces.” 14271130
Zhaander @zhaander.bsky.social · 29/01/2026So....is that audit done yet? 10 years seems like enough time. 000
Reposted by ZhaanderSam @samd.bsky.social · 24/01/2026January is almost over and there have only been 3 homicides in Minneapolis so far this year 2 of them were committed by ICE agents. 31184339
Reposted by ZhaanderDefence Scheme Enjoyer 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽🇵🇸 @maxp94.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Why do I have to read an Irish paper for a feature about this?irishtimes.com‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily lifeCanadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary 511439757
Zhaander @zhaander.bsky.social · 19/12/2025How long before he suggests changing the national anthem to YMCA? 000
