A masked man seen on camera stealing trays of mail from the postal truck in Sacramento, CA. There is a 100K reward if you know who he is. #Pinks

I've known a few people with dementia / alzheimer's. I sometimes find myself watching the news for reports of Trump biting someone. Just as one more cue.

"Are you honestly trying to tell me that the Klan voted twice for Obama?"

Eddie Smith@eddsmitty.bsky.social · yesterday

🧵 "The KKK were Democrats!" is one of the most tired political talking points on the internet. It relies on a 19th-century fact while completely ignoring 150 years of political history. Let's put this BS to rest, my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #USDemocracy #ResistanceUnited #Voices4Victory

One of the things that keeps me from being completely sucked into social media is the frequent realization that I'm telling someone on the internet that they're wrong. Thank you, Randall, for helping me keep my sanity. xkcd.com/386/

Duty Calls

xkcd.com

"The Bell Curve" author.

Basic data literacy 😆

Stop, wait, what? The court doesn't have jurisdiction over the laws its legislature passed?

Joyce White Vance@joycewhitevance.bsky.social · yesterday

Alabama Sup Ct says it doesn’t “have jurisdiction over the question of Tuberville’s residency, and that political parties, not courts, need to decide who can run for office.” www.al.com/news/2026/10...

In person early voting in Texas begins Monday October 19 and ends Friday October 30. The specific dates and times are not yet posted but _I_THINK_ all counties will have locations available Monday through Saturday in that period, early through late enough that you can make it before or after work.

ICE is opening a prison for children on a toxic waste site in Louisiana. www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

I awakened with question to ponder. What sort of impact would musk's death have? At 55 and no known ailments it's unlikely, but he's still human. And he's the biggest example of a set of people with outsized wealth who are kingpins rather than heads of dynasties.

I'm getting a lot of GOP text spam against Talarico and Hinojosa - no surprise there. The thing is, it all alludes or flat out claims that both are full on trans supporters, if not (in T's case) one "them". Then I flip to some "D"s who wail at how we should look out because both are so anti-Trans.

Why when they take away chairs on the front line do they never remove those of management and executives? I'd also suggest conference rooms but meetings and briefings are the only places the front line will get.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last wk.

TSA says it is removing chairs at document checks in airports, requiring staff to stand for their shift. TSA explained the reason as twofold: to ensure its employees meet its fitness standards and to create an amiable environment for travelers.

This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...

Honestly, some 40 or 50 year olds show up in costume yelling trick or treat I AM going to let them stick their hand in the mystery bowl. Even if they're just wearing sheets with "bull" and "chicken" scrawled across the front and back. Because some childishness should always be rewarded.

KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞@mary1kathy.bsky.social · 5d ago

As we enter voting season in Texas I'd like to point out that Vikki Goodwin is polling as tied with to slightly ahead of Dan Patrick. For non-Texans let me translate. Lt Gov in Texas is the most powerful seat in Texas, and the female Democrat is tied+ with the 4 term incumbent Texas Republican.

Abolish. Fire. Prosecute.

hilzoy@hilzoy.bsky.social · 6d ago

😱 Thread.

Today is Monday October 5. If you are in Texas it is the last day you have to make sure you are still registered to vote and do something about it if you are not. In person early voting starts in two weeks.

Kirklin (he/him)@kirklins.bsky.social · last wk.

If you're in Texas your last day to register to vote is Monday; three days from now. www.votetexas.gov/register-to-... If you think you're registered to vote, check to make sure. www.texas.gov/living-in-te...

I keep seeing the 2007-2009 subprime crisis in today's AI funding. Nobody's actually making anything and selling it, all the gains are on the refinanced and expanded loans. I keep waiting for OpenAI (to name just one) to not get its flip one of these cycles.

Read the thread and restore some of your faith in humanity.

Gail Simone@gailsimone.bsky.social · last wk.

You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.

If you want to stop the shenanigans in Texas, run up the score. Make sure you're still registered and if not you just have today and tomorrow to do so.

Kirklin (he/him)@kirklins.bsky.social · last wk.

If you're in Texas your last day to register to vote is Monday; three days from now. www.votetexas.gov/register-to-... If you think you're registered to vote, check to make sure. www.texas.gov/living-in-te...

If you're in Texas your last day to register to vote is Monday; three days from now. www.votetexas.gov/register-to-... If you think you're registered to vote, check to make sure. www.texas.gov/living-in-te...

Dear Senator Schmitt of Missouri. Atlanta is not in Maryland. #GeographyMatters

Some Republicans are good to some people some of the time. Same could have been said in the past about Klanners, Nazis, and Stasi. It does not absolve them of the evil that they do.

Republicans distancing themselves from Trump ahead of the midterms is the same as an asshole trying to suck a fart back in. 🍑💨 It can't be done. The stench of Trump lingers—literally. *sips*🔥☕️ #ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

I have a wish, I believe I've said before, that the orange one is demonstrably out of office (for one reason or another) after the midterms and before the end of the year. Demonstrably to prevent hiding it. After midterms so no "in memory" red rally. Before Jan to frustate JD.

I seem to recall a few times in recent history when the generals of nations were purged. None turned out well for the purging side.

David Dixon@dixondaver.bsky.social · 2w ago

The problem with Hegseth's plan to fire everybody with a more successful military career than his own is that there'd be nobody left.

I wild like to be dismissive about the shield law suit. Unfortunately even if i thought the seditious six weren't seditious, I've read about the fugitive slave act of 1850 and Dred Scott. I'm thinking Taney Roberts can't pass this up.

A quick observation. Democrats would have to win almost every Senate race to have a veto-proof majority. Without that majority wins with /him/ as president will be trickier. Not impossible, but trickier. Likewise, impeachments will be difficult.

Why should they be different from everyone else? I mean, do you really go through your days not hearing men and women bitch about their lives, both current and past? (The snarky extra stuff has been removed, and I apologize whether you saw it or not for the hurt it may have given.)

Friday Strout@isfriday.northsky.social · 2w ago

if there's one thing that every trans woman has to learn, it's that your trauma isn't other peoples' problem. Go to therapy & read books. Understand a lot of your body issues are similar to what cis women deal with. Make a cis friend. Stop trying to control everyone's behavior around your hangups

Maybe. Might be some time next year instead.

Schooley@schooley.bsky.social · 2w ago

So is he just going to keep running ads until election day and then courts rule they are illegal sometime in December?