Angela Taylor
@angieptaylor.bsky.social
Jersey-born. Currently a NC academic.
I've been a supporter of commercial spaceflight since I was old enough to understand what it meant. I was pleased when governments lost the long battle to keep private companies locked inside the atmosphere. And I'm still saying that SpaceX stock needs to COMPLETELY crash for the good of humanity.
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 2d agoSpaceX shares are down by half from their June peak as investors worry Musk may have oversold them on its future prospects.
"Dinner in a pill" is quite possibly the stupidest of the popular fancies about the future, given that A) no sugar or protein is concentrated enough to fit into a single pill; and B) the human digestive system requires bulk, as the fiber cultists of the late '80s could tell you.
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Outspoken™️@out5p0ken.bsky.social · 5h agoThe economy you live in is on the ballot. #BlueWaveIn90Days @thejenniwren.teamlh.social
I do think some people should be pushed out of public life permanently
Andy Burnham Accepter@jorisbinned.bsky.social · 11h agoHello I'm an idiot
I've made the observation before that the Tory party misunderstands a lot of Thatcher's economics, but I think Kemi's defence of a neo nazi turned Twitter troll is the real nail in the coffin of "there's no such thing as society" as they internalise it to mean the opposite of what was intended.
There’s no actual alternative to polling but I just don’t believe they capture public sentiment in any reliable way anymore
Universities “are increasingly acting like other employers, finding “complicated and sometimes pretextual reasons” to fire employees, even those with tenure. “What we’re seeing at the New School is emblematic of the rising pressures on higher education as a labor market and as an industry”
He Had Tenure. The New School Laid Him Off Anyway.
The professor, a longtime critic of the university, was among 19 educators who lost their positions as the institution navigated financial woes.
nytimes.com
As of Aug 5 NC election deadlines: 30 days until absentee ballots go out Sep 4 65 days til regular registration ends Oct 9 71 days early vote starts Oct 15 76 days til absentee request deadline Oct 20 87 days early vote ends Oct 31 90 days until election day Nov 3. #ncpol
What is truly "shocking" about the polling miss in Michigan is that it is completely average for a primary "The expected error on the margin between two primary candidates in a race for governor or U.S. Senate is a whopping 13.0 points." blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/2026-texas...
Do we really know who's leading the Texas Senate races?
Primary polls have historically been rather unreliable, and a surge in new primary voters means turnout assumptions matter more than usual
blog.fiftyplusone.news
|horses|@chemotaxis.bsky.social · 13h agoPolling is like really fucked. Strikes me as a huge problem honestly.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is adding North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District to its “Districts in Play” program, targeting longtime Republican incumbent Rep. Richard Hudson. ncnewsline.com/2026/08/05/n... @christinezhu.bsky.social #ncpol
National Dems to target GOP congressional leader in NC • NC Newsline
North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District has long been considered a safe Republican seat. National Democrats are hoping to flip it in 2026.
ncnewsline.com
With every passing day, my observation that people are gonna miss this era (particularly Phase 4) get truer and truer every day. People asked for experimentation and diversity post Endgame and rejected it. Now we are here.🤷🏿♂️
The Office: Who Saw That Comin'?
ALT: The Office: Who Saw That Comin'?
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🎶SCHOOL IS IN SESSION🎶@rochardscott.bsky.social · 11h agoI love how everyone was complaining the MCU was “overstuffed” and a case of “the law of diminishing returns.” But now that they’re scaling back, people are crying foul.
the other guys really are that bad and there’s plenty of things you’ll like about whoever you spent the last couple weeks getting worked up about even if they weren’t your first choice. I promise.
I meant to post this last night but if you’re mad about any of the primary results you got 24 hours to bleed, try not to say anything you’ll regret in 48, and then it’s Blue No Matter Who.
if you’re currently waiting to post bitter and divisive cheap shots within the next 24 hours then PLEASE STAY IN LINE
post malone ergo propter malone@proptermalone.bsky.social · 11h agoI meant to post this last night but if you’re mad about any of the primary results you got 24 hours to bleed, try not to say anything you’ll regret in 48, and then it’s Blue No Matter Who.
Living on this planet, especially as a member of a privileged society, our lives are intimately bound with the lives of others, including those who live thousands of miles away. We cannot excuse ourselves from the responsibilities we owe to each other.
I fear we might see a new alignment between a radical right death cult and a rural revivalist "simplicity" drive, which views collapse and a return to "organic" communities as a solution to decadent urbanism. A century ago this convergence led to a very bad place. www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...
The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People
The astonishing story of how a movement’s quest for rural simplicity drifted into a formula for mass death
monbiot.com
'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)
I wish there were more mainstream legal scholars pointing out that the United States does not have a unified identity record system and thus efforts by the federal government to enforce "biological sex" classification come with serious problems in the law. cf. www.metroweekly.com/2026/04/atf-...
ATF Rule Could Criminalize Transgender Gun Buyers
New ATF requirements could force transgender gun buyers to choose between outing themselves or facing criminal penalties.
metroweekly.com
A friend dug up a piece I did on my experience running NYP Ryan F. Larkin Field Hospital during the COVID crisis in NYC. In light of all of the madness this week I updated it. I was there. I saw what this disease did and the desperate fight we were in to stop it. It was much worse than you know.
Revisiting a unique moment: How hard can it be?
As it turns out running a Covid Field Hospital in New York City was actually pretty hard
open.substack.com
As mentor to the emerging postwar generation of Black radicals, Randolph presided over the conception and planning of the first Freedom Rides. prospect.org?p=142103
On a wide range of issues, Trump II (and the broad coalition it channels) has taken the absolute worst-case scenario and decided, Actually, that's good.
George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14h agoI fear we might see a new alignment between a radical right death cult and a rural revivalist "simplicity" drive, which views collapse and a return to "organic" communities as a solution to decadent urbanism. A century ago this convergence led to a very bad place. www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...
he won by the same margin as Trump, which represented "a huge mandate" back then.
Politico@politico.com · 15h agoProgressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted
"Congressional candidate Amir Hassan, whom President Donald Trump endorsed... trails rival Thomas J. Smith, who suspended his campaign and endorsed another candidate less than three weeks before Election Day." can any Michigan understanders explain this one www.newsweek.com/trump-endors...
Trump-endorsed Michigan candidate loses to rival who stopped campaigning
Thomas J. Smith's lead exceeds the estimated number of remaining ballots, leaving Amir Hassan with no path to victory.
newsweek.com
“Regardless of the eventual winner, the results of the Michigan Senate primary were a poor showing for the polls, with 3 of the 4 most recent nonpartisan surveys showing double-digit leads for Abdul El-Sayed. The fourth, which showed Haley Stevens leading by 7 percentage points, will also be off”
Update from Evan Reynolds
nytimes.com
The media's takeaway from an El-Sayed win is the same as it would have been from a Stevens win, and the same as it will be if El-Sayed wins the general, or if he loses it: everyone, no matter who they are, needs to take several steps to the right.
The US is governed by a racist regime. But you know that. "The State Department is making permanent a program under which citizens from 50 countries, mainly in Africa, are required to post bonds to apply for a U.S. visa, & raising the cost as well, to as much as $20,000." www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
U.S. will make visa bond program permanent, affecting mostly African countries
A draft notice published Friday in the Federal Register says a nearly year-long review “provided sufficient data” to suggest the bond program effectively enforces compliance with visa conditions, and ...
pbs.org
