Jim Broderick (η sandwich)
@jarma.bsky.social
An AI with a bout of materialism. i.e. The No Body Problem.
THIS IS A BFD!
Joyce White Vance@joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14h agoWe’ve been studying Trump’s EO on mail voting & the way he’s weaponizing USPS to suppress the vote. It’s complicated & the new whistleblower revelations make it more urgent. Tonight, I explain what you should be doing now to protect your right to vote. joycevance.substack.com/p/i-doubt-yo...
This is low-level propaganda that elides the real story, which is that the younger candidate in this race is an anti-trans clown and the older candidate is one of the Senate's strongest progressives. Please vote for Markey in MA, friends. The old guy is the only choice here.
NBC News@nbcnews.com · yesterdayTuesday’s primaries in Massachusetts have turned into the latest battlefield in the Democratic Party’s generational divide, with several longtime legislators facing off against younger challengers.
This does seem interesting, though like anything related to dark matter, I'd be cautious about getting too excited just yet: www.science.org/content/arti...
World’s biggest dark matter detector spots a single weird particle
It’s far too early to declare a discovery, physicists with the LZ detector say
science.org
It would be amazing if cis people could attempt to grasp how it feels for trans people to hear that large groups of Americans are being tested to see if one of us is hidden among them - because they'll be testing for your personal minority next.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoMichele Tafoya: "If you want to play and make money and have opportunities as a person in the WNBA as a woman, it should not bother you to take a cheek swab test to just prove that you've the chromosomes to play in that league"
Ron and Cassie DeSantis: These two crooks stole $10 million from a settlement with a charity, wired it to Cassie’s fake “charity,” laundered it through two puppet organizations, and then used it for political ads in an election year. They should be in jail.
It’s a lesson that if in 2029 or 2033 or ever we get a chance to fix what’s broken, we have to fix it and ignore institutionalist complaining. Cause they will complain.
Sam@samd.bsky.social · 4d agowe can learn a lot how Magyar launched “Operation Cleansing Fire” to reform the courts and completely de-orbanize Hungary the funniest things to me though is that 1. this has been an extinction-level event for Fidesz 2. human rights Watch is mad about it for some reason, truly beyond parody
Kristol has done more than perhaps anyone on the right to a) not let his principles be overcome by prior tribal affiliations and b) publicly affirm as much while c) not turning into a resistance grifter or celebrity seeker.
Bill Kristol@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4d agoIn the midst of an awful lot of ever-so-sophisticated equivocating and oh-so-thoughtful-chin-stroking and too-clever-by-half-over-thinking, I just want to say, simply and unequivocally and for the record: The Resistance Libs Were Right.
I assume what AP means is: "Lies about noncitizen voting are being used by Trump to attack elections his party is set to lose and to set up an authoritarian effort to overturn the results" If so, they should just say that.
Blueprint for a corruption investigation right here. Who will do it first, the Democrats or the media? 🧵 by @djrothkopf.bsky.social
David Rothkopf@djrothkopf.bsky.social · 4d agoSo, let me get this straight, the US illegally attacks a country, kidnaps its president, threatens its government with massive military force, gets them to hand over to US control a huge portion of their national assets, hails the billions it has already brought in and promises billions more...
The news media instead told us that "it's not clear what Elon Musk's politics are" right before he became the #1 Republican donor in history then told us "Elon Musk is leaving politics" right before he was going to become the #1 Republican donor for a second consecutive cycle.
Scott Lemieux@lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 4d agoNot a fan of Hasan Piker but he's a guy who streams monologues to a small audience. Elon spends hundreds of millions of dollars trying to get Republicans elected and was for weeks the second most powerful member of the federal government, but oddly Republicans are rarely grilled about his views
Don't take my word for it watch the entire segment! bsky.app/profile/john...
Dave Against The Machine🏴@johnbrownbread.bsky.social · last wk.Here's the entire segment, which was dishonestly clipped by the media, where Hasan is talking to an anti-zionist jewish chatter who is seeking advice about how to talk to people in his shul about the Israel-Palestine issue. There was no "call for violence". Listen for yourself.
US media: Why in the world are people voting for democratic socialists? Financial Times: “US corporate profits have hit a record high while workers’ slice of the pie has sunk to historic lows.”
Okay friends, I have some recommendations for you. The first is the book “A Pox on Fools”, by @tomlevenson.bsky.social. I know a lot about the anti-vax movement and still learned a lot from this extremely engaging book. Special shout out for the phrase “verbal squid ink”, which I will purloin.
A Pox on Fools by Thomas Levenson: 9798217155002 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
An urgent and profound history of vaccine skepticism, seeking to understand how our three most common fears about vaccines hardened into a lethal ideology—from a leading science writer “Brimming...
penguinrandomhouse.com
Kamala had a plan for farmers. They overwhelmingly voted for Trump instead. And we all know why.
In case you wanted about 3,700 words on the problems with today's "settlement" that gives Meta way more power over how the internet works than it should have.
Techdirt@techdirt.com · 7d agoMeta Just Paid Nearly $17 Billion To Make Sure It Gets To Write The Kid Safety Rules For Every Other Social Media Platform By now... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/26/meta-just-paid-nearly-17-billion-to-make-sure-it-gets-to-write-the-kid-safety-rules-for-every-other-social-media-platform/
Costco runs it's own rigorous food inspection program. And they didn't bend the knee on DEI. Plus, they dropped Callaway Golf after their horrific ad depicting violence against women. And they are refusing to carry trump meat. So that's where I'll be shopping.
Submit YOUR public comment here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... (2/2)
Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA or Department) is proposing to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule (2001 Roadless Rule), which established broad prohibitions on road construction...
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MS NOW: "The Talarico campaign is filing a legal motion to unseal two depositions Ken Paxton gave in 2019 and 2022. A source tells MS NOW the Talarico campaign has reason to believe Paxton admitted to crimes in those depositions."
What do you do when you've launched a moral panic about transgender athletes in the WNBA, but there has never been an active trans player in the league? Simple: you start a conspiracy theory about every single woman on the court.
There Are No Trans Women in the WNBA, so Right-Wingers Are Making Some Up
As culture warriors continue to stoke the flames of a gender panic in professional sports, wild conspiracy theories are coming into play.
wired.com
In a world overflowing with indecency and the worst human impulses, she always embodied the best of them. Full stop.
Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social · last wk."We love Dolly Parton’s music, but that’s not why we love her. We love her because she spent her entire life unconditionally loving us."
Really bewildering to watch the MAGA midterm message shaping up to be “we hate women.”
Media Matters for America@mmfa.bsky.social · last wk.Fox host: WNBA players are “proving that women shouldn't have a league. It's too dramatic.”
Also: re Dolly - I get in fights routinely with my family and hometown people about how bad white Evangelicals are about making people find anything appealing about Christianity (mostly because of open bigotry) and they ask me who IS a good “witness” and I always point to Dolly Parton
On behalf of the DNC, DSCC, DCCC, DGA, and Leaders Schumer and Jeffries, this afternoon we filed a new amended lawsuit and motion to block Trump's anti-voting executive order and the USPS rule implementing it. We will not stop fighting to protect voting rights and when we fight we win.
Could there be a clearer sign that America’s political parties’ primary function is self-enrichment than a “midterm convention,” that includes no nominations, no platform, no votes—just speeches, swag, and sponsorship deals. www.fox4news.com/news/sneak-p...
Sneak Peek: Dallas to host first-ever Republican midterm convention featuring Donald Trump
The Republican Party will host a first-of-its-kind midterm convention in Dallas on Sept. 9 at the American Airlines Center, with President Donald Trump headlining the two-day event aimed at energizing...
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