I wish to return to the time when going on bluesky didn't mean having to see and/or interact with Discourse™️
Explaining the concept of a memorial to an American: imagine a parking lot
We're approaching the 10 year anniversary of the election of Roy Cooper as governor of North Carolina, whose win was significantly impacted by the backlash the state received over its trans bathroom ban
The top 10 wealthiest Americans have an amount of wealth equal to about 2x the annual deficit. Like, "broad base" is an interesting social concept but not really meaningful in the current US context
Like idk maybe this time it actually is different but they have 0 credibility, it's clear they just support austerity
In love with how google alternates between serving me boner pill ads and ads for pads
It's really quaint going back to 10 year old YouTube videos and hearing apologies for video lengths of like, 45 minutes, an hour, an hour and a half, etc
Democratic candidates probably would do well to actually have to pass purity tests on some issues
AN URGENT EXCLUSIVE: Ahmed Soliman, the 30-year-old gay man ICE expelled in April to Equatorial Guinea, a country he has no ties to, was arrested this morning and cannot be located, his attorneys say. They fear he may be in one of EG's torture prisons. prospect.org/2026/09/11/i...
Immigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say - The American Prospect
Ahmed Soliman’s attorneys fear he may have been sent to one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious torture prisons.
prospect.org
"Post 9/11 unity" is such an insane thing to pine for. Every post-9/11 action that the unity provided was a terrible idea, either racist or authoritarian or both. Less unity after 9/11 would have been much better in both the short and long run
Every day I'm reminded that I'm a native English speaker and am horrified
Happy Labor Day Unions are good. They're the reason we have weekends, safer workplaces, and the list goes on You should be in a union. Help organize your workplace if it isn't already. I've done it; it's very difficult but worth it. We got better pay, insurance, and job stability, and you can too
Was gonna question why I'm so tired this morning but I suppose I might already know the answer
I love having internet neutrality and definitely not being throttled for using more data than the company that gives me unlimited data thinks I should be allowed
I think modeling human brains as if they're LLMs is the likely successor in imperfect models of brains to brains as computers, and before that, brains as steam engines
Who knew tossing around a cubic meter of grass twigs and kitchen scraps could be such hard work
Like no, this is building political capital that he is spending on yimbyism without being called a shill
Okay idk why but the musk chess thing is just like so so so embarrassing lol. Maybe because it's a subject I know relatively more about but he just like, does not align with material reality
"Strategic Retreat" is quite an interesting spin
NBC News@nbcnews.com · last wk.In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the U.N. acknowledges that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming’s harms. So now the world must figure out how to get temperatures below the danger zone and back to safety, officials say.
Average american liberal transportation policy, this country is so cooked
Third Way@thirdway.bsky.social · last wk.More than 10 million Americans take out a used car loan every year, with an average rate of an insane 11.4%. We lower those rates by 4 points with our FHA for Car Loans proposal, saving the typical borrower $6,000 over the life of their loan.
Sometimes I am simply irresponsible at night and stay awake until 5 in the morning
No, you are not immune to propaganda just because you're a millennial