Jay
@jaycarmona.bsky.social
Decentralized organizing and basebuilding expert. Labor. Technology nerd. Nonbinary. Views mine.
the whole "women's sports exist to protect women from men" framing is hilarious, given that a lot of these divisions were initially formed because men were deeply embarrassed any time a woman beat them at a sport olympic shooting was mixed gender right up until a woman won the gold
The White House didn’t weigh scientific merit or alleged noncompliance of grant terms when they cut billions in life-saving research, they just looked for words they didn’t like. Blue states were specifically targeted for defunding.
Sarah T Roberts, PhD@ubiquity75.xyz · 2w agoA reminder that UC _faculty_ and Faculty Associations — not the universities themselves nor their administrators — are waging this battle in court, demonstrating great bravery and moral clarity.
I am endlessly fascinated by right wingers' obsession with Sparta. I can understand an initial vibes based appeal I guess - like if you opened the first page of a book on timocracy and were twelve. but the thing about history is you can find out what happened to those guys
Gingerspiced@gingerspiced.bsky.social · 3w agoPete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
It’s Bastille Day not goal day what do you want?
maura quint@mauraquint.bsky.social · 3w agoI respect France's commitment to not working on a holiday.
REMINDER: Hakeem Jeffries represents the moderate wing of the pre-Trump Republican party. Letting him and Schumer continue to offer pro-genocide, pro-ICE, pro-corporate, Vichy-style leadership to the Democrats is the path to entrenching MAGA fascism. #CallThemOligarchs #PeoplePower
Politico@politico.com · 3w agoHakeem Jeffries says he will oppose bid to cut off Israel aid
Every congressional Democrat voted against this. Almost every congressional Republican voted for it.
Lizzy Lawrence@lizzylawrence.bsky.social · 3w agoPowerful, important read from @rosebroderick.bsky.social. As states absorb Medicaid funding cuts, family caregivers face financial ruin: www.statnews.com/2026/07/13/f...
The horrors persist but I just ate a ripe, sun-warmed fig off the tree in my yard. 🌞
This is bigger than one incident. At events across Texas today, Indivisible groups are standing with immigrant communities and demanding accountability from DHS and ICE.
ICE agent fatally shoots motorist during traffic stop in Houston
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed by immigration enforcement as he was looking to hire workers, his son says
theguardian.com
haven’t seen America this thoroughly embarrassed on the world stage since we lost that war we started with Iran like 3 weeks ago
It’s been six months since the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Here is how the federal government has stonewalled investigations, and how Minnesota law enforcement is attempting to push for accountability anyway
The Death of Renee Good Has Yet to Be Properly Investigated
Six months after she and Alex Pretti were shot on the streets of Minneapolis, little has come of the probes into their killings.
theatlantic.com
Quick thoughts @atrupar.com & @juddlegum.bsky.social piece on prediction markets in the news: 1) The higher the visibility & influence of the price, the greater the incentives to lose money in expectation on the contract to score points in the news. We saw this back in 2012 with the Romney Whale ...
Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social · last mo.1. Since December, CNN and CNBC have promoted Kalshi to viewers extensively, frequently vouching for its accuracy. The existence of a financial relationship between the networks and Kalshi, however, is disclosed to viewers inconsistently. w/@atrupar.com
I got a bunch of Swiss chard in my CSA. Someone tell me what to do with these leafy leaves..
Since taking office, the Trump administration has aggressively attacked the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender children. It's part of a trend worldwide: https://bit.ly/4oPFouc
Protecting Children Means Defending LGBT Rights
Around the world, governments are scapegoating LGBT people to build popular support for their erosion of individual rights—often under the guide of protecting children.
bit.ly
I never would have been able to predict that tracking every detail of every employee's activities could lead to mistakes that create enormous legal exposure.
Katie Drummond@katie-drummond.bsky.social · last mo.NEW: Insane screwup inside Meta. The company exposed worker keystroke data that was being used to train AI — making it potentially accessible to anyone at the company. The data included personnel and performance info, private convos, full transcriptions…imagine your coworkers seeing all of that.
Yes, this really *is* a law that is binding on all agencies of the federal government, and that is as batshit crazy as it sounds.
Forrest Gump: That's All I Have To Say
ALT: Forrest Gump: That's All I Have To Say
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Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · last mo.AIPAC knows - among other things - that in order to stop arming Israel, Congress would need to repeal the law that requires the US to ensure Israel has a Qualitative Military Edge (QME) over other countries in the region. So it funds candidates that won't repeal that law (22 U.S.C. § 2776).
It kinda got lost in the madness, but the federal conspiracy case against anti-ICE activists in Minnesota - the Minneapolis 15 - is a big deal It's not just the 1st Amendment abuse. It's part of their plan to crush dissent ahead of a stolen election My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
The Minneapolis 15 ICE-protester indictments are meant to shut you up | Will Bunch
An outrageous federal conspiracy case against 15 anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota really seeks to silence all dissent.
inquirer.com
Accidentally microwaved a spider this morning and it came out looking angry af.
And 2 Minnesotans. Renee Good was killed after being shot in the face by ICE agent Jonathan Ross while turning her car around. Alex Pretti was shot ten times by multiple federal agents after being disarmed across from a donut shop.
5 Eyewitness News@kstptv.bsky.social · 2mo agoA new report from Northstar Policy Action said claimed Operation Metro Surge cost Minnesota 4,600 jobs, 3.8 million working hours and $71 million in lost wages over three months.
Goddammit. I don't have the emotional bandwith for this. There's no real explaining how important Buffy was to me in the late 90s early 2000s. Tony Head was a lovely person both on and off the screen. He went to most of the PBPs and was just great. This fucking sucks.
Anthony Head: Buffy and Ted Lasso actor dies at 72
The British actor, who also appeared in Merlin and Little Britain, died of complications from pneumonia.
bbc.com
because bluesky is only a few years old a shockingly large number of accounts here are actually active - even if your follower account here is smaller it’s much more likely to be made up of real people and most of those people are very angry about what’s happening and want to do something about it
Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social · 2mo agoI believe I ran the first Bluesky-first congressional campaign in the country. Some folks thought I was nuts. But it was absolutely the best move. Bluesky has better fundraising metrics and engagement for candidates, and the site isn’t overrun with Nazis. Take note. youtu.be/XOfkMBMpw3s?...
The US is now spending more on data center construction than on public transportation infrastructure
We are in the making AI slop against AI data centers hellscape grift now. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Story by @mjgault.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/ai-grifters-...
