Reposted by Stevie WonderishAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Tax billionaire wealth. I frankly don't care if a billionaire can make a second billion. I'd rather have the average person be able to make their first $100k. 252142473549
Reposted by Stevie WonderishMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22hNEWS: Eight major U.S. allies—including Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan—have issued a joint rebuke of the Trump regime’s sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court. They vow “unwavering support” for the ICC’s independence. 46898393418
Reposted by Stevie WonderishDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16hMy man ended USAID, condemning millions to death 423185657
Reposted by Stevie WonderishGeorge Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 12h🧵Spotted at a Zinefest in Aotearoa New Zealand: Two young humans (10?) with big hair and punk rock attitudes are explaining to a customer that their zine about what life was like in the 80s is not ACTUALLY accurate, but, like, MIGHT be accurate. (There is a dinosaur on the cover.) 721935
Reposted by Stevie WonderishMovies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 03/08/2025This week, I review THE WHOLE DAM FAMILY AND THE DAM DOG (1905), an Edison comedy based on the wildly popular picture postcard that had become a phenomenon across the country. I cover the history of the gag, the postcard craze and the film's uncredited cast. moviessilently.com/2025/08/03/t...moviessilently.comThe Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog (1905) A Silent FIlm ReviewAn entire silent comedy based on… a postcard? That’s right, this little comedy played with the popular “whole Dam family gag” that was enjoying a moment in jokes, postcards, novelty songs and more.… 916640
Reposted by Stevie WonderishAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20hJD Vance blatantly lies: "We've made a lot of progress. Inflation is way lower today than it was when we took office." (Inflation has gone up!) 44643141083
Reposted by Stevie WonderishDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 09/10/2026This is the proper response & the energy Democrats need to matching. ICE is kidnapping, maiming, & killing people over administrative civil infractions. Like… Imagine getting gestapoed for expired tags on your car. This shit is unconscionable & ICE must be destroyed. Good on Mamdani for saying so. 128357
Reposted by Stevie WonderishMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026ICE is a militia of serial abusers. 161216252
Reposted by Stevie WonderishKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Of course the Trump Savings Accounts for kids turns out to be scam. In effect, "our president is helping rich donors offload overvalued stocks onto children, who are forced to hold the stocks for five years whether they want to or not." www.rawstory.com/trump-accoun...rawstory.comTrump rigs kids’ piggy banks so billionaires can dump falling stock on them: analystA quiet change to President Donald Trump's namesake savings program for children amounts to a gift for billionaires, according to an economic analyst.In an article for The Bulwark on Thursday, economi... 851857900
Reposted by Stevie Wonderishc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A 2010 paper reported findings of mitochondrial DNA (passed only from mother to child) in several family lineages in Iceland from haplogroup C1. C1 is associated with North American & some East Asian ancestry, but excludes most Inuit. We have to be cautious here! These types of findings...onlinelibrary.wiley.comA new subclade of mtDNA haplogroup C1 found in icelanders: Evidence of pre‐columbian contact?Although most mtDNA lineages observed in contemporary Icelanders can be traced to neighboring populations in the British Isles and Scandinavia, one may have a more distant origin. This lineage belong.... 162
Reposted by Stevie WonderishGeorge Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 09/10/2026🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: Two EXTRAORDINARILY DRAMATIC huskies are singing the song of their people. Their heads poking out the side of an electrician's van that's driving down a busy street. People laughing as they go. AWOOOOO! 430342
Reposted by Stevie WonderishMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This would sink a presidency in any other era. I would bet most Americans will never hear it even happened.wapo.stTrump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policyThe purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk. 6238061389
Reposted by Stevie Wonderish🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 06/10/2026In other news, I spent a couple hours learning about the math involved in large language models and I AM SO MAD! IT IS LITERALLY JUST SPICY AUTOFILL IDKY I THOUGHT THE DIP$h!+s IN MY OLD PROGRAMMING CLASSES WOULD BE SMARTER THAN THEY ARE THEY ARE LITERALLY JUST WORSHIPPING A REFLECTION OF HUMANITY 2754582
Reposted by Stevie WonderishCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Never forget: www.theguardian.com/media/2019/f...theguardian.com'Germs are not a real thing': Fox News host says he hasn't washed hands in 10 yearsPete Hegseth denies existence of germs, saying: ‘I can’t see them, therefore they’re not real’ 1435785
Reposted by Stevie WonderishRebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026A new Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology has just been published, in which it is claimed that the human species is polytypic: not only is race biologically meaningful but the races are distinct enough to be considered subspecies. Published by Elgar. In 2026. 62459133
Reposted by Stevie WonderishJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over two decades The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.ms.nowTrump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decadesThe decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors. 30033622044
Reposted by Stevie WonderishKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/10/2026I attended a seminar by freshly minted Nobel Laureate Francis Halzen many years ago and something he said stuck with me, but it takes some explaining, so this will be a (short) thread. The talk was about neutrino telescopes, and he started by explaining how rarely neutrinos interact with anything. 638883
Reposted by Stevie Wonderishalice e marwick @alicetiara.bsky.social · 06/10/2026These are absolutely horrible. All the incidents with descriptions are terrifying and heartbreaking. I just keep thinking: what if this happened to me? What if this happened to someone I love? Why is this happening to anyone? (I'm a naturalized citizen.) 0165
Reposted by Stevie WonderishRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Three U.S. citizens arrested and detained by immigration agents are the first Californians to sue federal officers under the No Kings Act, hours after it was signed by Gov. Newsom last week. 16064912435
Reposted by Stevie WonderishElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 56120113571
Reposted by Stevie Wonderish California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Every. Single. One. Of. Them. 😎✨ 912205850
Reposted by Stevie WonderishIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Can't say it enough: it's NOT MY JOB to prove to bigots I don't deserve their bigotry. Fuck those guys. Fuck those impotent idiots and their desperate, babybrain need to feel superior. They're fools and weaklings, and idiot tools for the worst people on Earth, PERPETUALLY. Fuck 'em. 154871
Reposted by Stevie WonderishAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I believe in Medicare for All like I believe in public schools. There for you no matter what. 282136913465
Stevie Wonderish @zz5555.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Blythe Spirit with Rex Harrison. Saw it on TV in, I think, the late ‘60s and, as a young boy, it scared the crap out of me. Even though I know it’s a comedy, I still have difficulty watching it. 000
Reposted by Stevie WonderishKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A man in the UK pled guilty to drugging and raping his wife for 20 years. She believed him to be a “good man”. He was inviting strangers off the internet to rape her. 12 other men have been charged and go on trial this week. Throw the book at them: www.cnn.com/2026/09/14/u...cnn.comUK man pleads guilty to drugging and raping his wife for 20 years | CNNA British man has admitted to drugging and raping his wife without her knowledge for a period of more than two decades. 913339
Reposted by Stevie WonderishHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 04/10/2026Ninety years ago today, Oswald Mosley tried to march his Blackshirts through the Jewish East End. 🧵 He had thousands of uniformed fascists behind him and 6,000 police clearing the way. But the people of the East End got there first. 18893359
Reposted by Stevie WonderishDr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If this is truly the plan, why wait? Republicans have had control of every branch of government for almost 2 years. The opportunity to act has been there all along. They could deliver results now. Ask yourself why are they waiting? This is another empty promise, just like all of the others. 32111
Reposted by Stevie WonderishLCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 01/10/2026Trump has already moved to strip protections from more than 86 million acres of American public lands. Trump's attacks on our public lands are unprecedented in American history. These lands belong to us. He has no right to sell them off to private developers. 02213
Reposted by Stevie WonderishProf Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 03/10/2026🗳️ AI could leak your secret ballot Georgia held an emergency meeting after researchers showed AI tools could expose how people voted from supposedly anonymous data, ahead of the midterms. 🔗 theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/02/midterms-ai-ballot-privacy #AI #Elections #Privacytheguardian.comGeorgia holds emergency meeting on AI exposing voters’ secret ballotsA Princeton researcher found that publicly available election records could be combined with AI to link voters to their ballots 062
Reposted by Stevie Wonderishroterote @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. 281275336
Reposted by Stevie WonderishThomas Long @rayosunlong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Simple solution… don’t eat at McDonalds. I gave it up 25 years ago and I’m doing great. 0103
Reposted by Stevie WonderishDr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Newly released evidence from Jack Smith’s investigation sheds light on how Trump aligned organizations funded and organized the Jan. 6 mobilization. Also, a federal court has found that the campaign paid Event Strategies for equipment connected with the rally. 63312
Reposted by Stevie WonderishReuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 02/10/2026Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company pursues a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.reut.rsUS appeals court blocks Minnesota's AI 'nudification' law for now in XAI lawsuitElon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company pursues a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional. 75513265
Reposted by Stevie WonderishKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026$100 to the first reporter who asks Eric Schmitt what he plans to do next now that his political ambitions are over 551879194
Reposted by Stevie WonderishNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“No NEW wars” was the trick, and I can’t believe people fell for it, but many did (including most media). If Americans have to hear about war in a new location, that is bad and the US president’s fault (Libya, Ukraine). Trump Term 1 worsened Syria, Iran, Yemen, Afghanistan, but that doesn’t count. 1235968
Reposted by Stevie WonderishScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Friend of Putin oligarch Konstantin Sokolov makes a nice fat donation to Trump's ballroom project, and gets relief from Treasury Department sanctions in exchange. This is known as a quid pro quo transaction. It's a felony. www.esquire.com/news-politic...esquire.comA Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity. 18528333
Reposted by Stevie WonderishGeorge Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 03/10/2026🧵Spotted on a Rainy Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand: A small human (3?) is clutching a wheel of camembert cheese to her chest and wearing a big watery frown. Dad asks what's wrong and she bellows with utmost distress: "MY CHEESE IS SAD!" Dad trying to commiserate in between belly chuckles. 624940
Reposted by Stevie WonderishAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026CNBC on the September jobs report: "A bit of a disappointment. Expecting 90,000, comes in at 29,000. And we see two month revisions down 60,000 ... average hourly earnings -- this is a big miss. Big, big miss. We were expecting up three tenth. This comes in at one tenth." 1431644527
Reposted by Stevie WonderishPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The GOP promised their tax cuts for the rich would lead to growth. But growth slowed down. They said their tariffs would bring back manufacturing. But factory jobs are down under Trump. Republican policies don’t work. Change begins on November 3. 421626455
Reposted by Stevie WonderishMike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026We’ve got the inside story of how Trump’s displeasure with seeing homeless people in D.C. became the first domino in a series of actions that culminated in the administration’s stunning decision to weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans to live in their homes and communities.nbcnews.comHow Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rightsAfter issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community. 26854497
Reposted by Stevie Wonderishemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026WaPo reports that Trump is stealing money again, this time money appropriated for (among others) Eastern Europe and sending it to Latin America. But I think stealing $$ from Iraq is just as important. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... 10354125
Reposted by Stevie WonderishCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“.. The department is reviewing whether the special prosecutor’s office that investigated the famed Watergate break-in committed misconduct ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... 205714216
Reposted by Stevie WonderishDr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I haven't seen any news coverage yet of Cameron Hamilton's announcement that he has re-defined the entire field of emergency management to include only preparedness and response activities related to coordinating police, fire, and EMS. Seems like something that should get some attention. 66328
Reposted by Stevie WonderishJohn Light @johnalight.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The DOJ is reviewing "whether the special prosecutor’s office that investigated the famed Watergate break-in committed misconduct, according to people familiar with the matter, more than half a century after that scandal led to Nixon’s resignation."wsj.comExclusive | Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw DealA revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly. 4214144
Reposted by Stevie WonderishColin McMillen @mcmillen.dev · 01/10/2026this is completely unhinged, even by Trump's standards. 311953
Reposted by Stevie WonderishMichael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“I can say with 100 percent confidence I was raped,” she told the police investigator about what happened by the end of that night, in a statement that did not make it into the six-page summary report. How does this not make the report sent to the DA? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...nytimes.comThe Cornell Rape Investigation: Five TakeawaysThe New York Times obtained more than 1,000 pages from the university’s internal inquiry into accusations by “Jane Doe.” Here are the revelations so far. 0105
Reposted by Stevie WonderishJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Since the Hormuz crisis, EU gas prices are up 132% and oil 52%. Electricity is up 44%, after falling through spring. Every boiler, car and furnace that switches to electricity is less exposed to the energy crisis. Electrification is increasingly energy security. 317955
Reposted by Stevie WonderishMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media. 9734681080
