if i was a democrat, i'd probably take up routinely calling various republican officals 'oath-breakers'
A thing I think is true: there has always been child sexual assault but various facts about social norms meant that well into the early 21st century it was considered shameful to mention it or bring it up. However, this very silence led to different interpretations of what the status quo ante was...
in the minds of many, the only acceptable protests are ones that they don't have to ever know about...and they like to pretend that the protests of the past that they do know about magically would not have intruded on their precious minds back then
Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 9h ago"The Jews who went to Mississippi didn't take selfies and post tweets." Okay, but honestly, if tweets had been a thing in 1961, many of them probably would have done.
The Israeli government is trying to foment violence between Jews and Palestinians, and to make it impossible for Palestinians to harvest their olive groves, drive on their roads, or live in their homes.
A woman went to jail because someone used her stolen SSN/personal details to open a Cash App account. That scammer then committed fraud using that account, so she's been blamed for it. The woman can't get details from Cash App bc they say the account isn't hers www.404media.co/amanda-smith...
Someone Opened a CashApp In Her Name. She Faces Years in Prison
Amanda Smith spent three nights in jail after a Facebook Marketplace scam led to a CashApp account in her name. She says she didn't make it.
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I think the calculus of the Ohio ad is that they believe it’s good for them if voters are reminded Acton was an abuse victim. In their sociopathic hierarchy of power, abuse victims are inherently inferiors and unworthy.
"Ardea alba (Great Egret) [has] been split from their Old World counterparts, resulting in [a] new American endemic, A. egretta (American Egret)" taxonomic lumpers be like 'make america great again'
Oscar Villaseñor Johnson, PhD@henicorhina.bsky.social · 2d agoThis year's taxonomic update of North American birds is out! There are a host of exciting new splits and other rearrangements, including changes to Willets, Marsh Wren, Great Egret, and Yellow Warbler. Plus, Guatemala's first endemic bird species! americanornithology.org/split-decisi... #ornithology
Huge follow-up reporting to my scoop: The Guardian confirmed America Next—the conservative nonprofit founded by Bobby Jindal that was offering students $ to disrupt El-Sayed events—paid a firm registered to Tommy Teepell’s dad Timmy $250k for “canvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed.
Michigan heckler the son of Republican adviser paid for ‘influencer marketing’ against El-Sayed
Timmy Teepell’s firm paid $250,000 by America Next, which has been trying to gin up ‘organic’ opposition to El-Sayed
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yeah man, we want less billionaires
Cato Institute@cato.org · 3d agoMost billionaire wealth isn't in yachts or jewelry — that's just a few percent of it. Most is productive business capital: companies that employ people, build things, and fund research. Tax that wealth and you're taxing the businesses that employ us all. Cato's Adam Michel explains.
your strategy of actually solving the issue pales in comparison to my strategy of having meetings about it. fuck you!
will they have legs this time? last time they never delivered on legs.
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 3d agoNVIDIA CEO JENSEN HUANG SAYS HE BELIEVES MOST PEOPLE IN GERMANY WILL MOSTLY WORK INSIDE A DIGITAL TWIN OF THEIR COMPANY, BUILDING DIGITAL CARS WITH DIGITAL BRAINS, WITH AI ROBOTS BUILDING ROBOTIC CARS INSIDE ROBOTIC FACTORIES
What do you call it when secret police round up people of a certain ethnic background, concentrated in over-crowded camps, and mistreats them until many die?
Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social · 4d agoA 56-year-old Mexican man held at a federal immigration facility in Laredo was found dead in his cell Saturday morning. His family says the center would not give him medicine for diabetes, high blood pressure and a heart condition. He is the 7th person to die in ICE custody in Texas this year.
The thing about Jan Crawford’s “diatribe” and CNN’s “heated” is, we all could see the whole exchange with our own eyes, but it suggests they’ve fucked up a lot of coverage of things we couldn’t see.
Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · 4d agoThis is a really striking tweet.
you know, somebody should really track down how often the ‘concerned citizens’ publicly asking bad faith questions or offering bizarrely scripted comments to the media (etc etc) are 3rd generation republican party operatives
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d agoSCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.
the whole thing makes sense when you just internalise the fact that these are really fucking stupid people
cutting down trees to spite future generations
Politico@politico.com · 4d ago“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?” Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.
SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.
'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist ties
Thomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.
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chuds never realize until it’s too late why their boy kirk only ‘debated’ random college freshmen
Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 5d agoThis is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.
the populace of isreal is out of control and it's only a matter of time until this kind of ungovernable behavior points fully inward
FRANCE 24 English@en.france24.com · 5d ago🔴 BREAKING - Israeli settlers beat French mayor, attack European diplomatic cars in West Bank
i gotta say, at this point we have an obvious revealed preference in much of america for getting scammed into paying more for shittier things. also, complaining about it. people love to do that. but they’ll volunteer for it all the same.
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 6d agoWhich of these is not like the others?
American WaPo veteran photojournalist Heidi Levine was severely beaten by Israeli “settlers” in the West Bank, along with Palestinians harvesting olives. Story: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/1... Here she is in the ambulance:
well, that seems like a problem that suggests its own solution
Raw Story@rawstory.com · last wk.A tearful federal agent facing assault charges tied to President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown told a judge he "can't live" because of a job he was "forced" to do.
while in principle i believe people have the inherent right to alter their physical appearance, i gotta say, these creepy monsters the republicans keep rolling out are really putting some practical pressure on that