Motherhood week three: I have never been this tired in my life but it IS worth it.

Yeah I actually hate ai *and* capitalism. I can do both.

We’re not posting photos of her on social media but @kellysue.bsky.social I want you to know that Artemis (my five day old daughter) is already perfecting her duck face selfie.

Man who was held up as a visionary due to a movie that only became watchable because others (including his ex-wife) were able to salvage it doesn't see why people aren't impressed with the machine that does all the work for you. Also, I'm souring on cars too.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w ago

George Lucas likens AI sceptics to luddites clinging to horses and carts

I got a notification like within the last week that the last person who was still using an Iron Lung because of childhood polio just died! Parents had SEVERAL children because a portion of them were guaranteed to die before adulthood because of childhood diseases! VACCINATE YOUR FUCKING KIDS!

There is absolutely no link between vaccines and autism And even IF THERE WAS I would rather have an autistic kid than a dead one. Vaccines save lives and people just forget because they have been around for long enough now that they don't know what life was like before vaccines.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 3w ago

RFK Jr. asked the National Institute of Health to dedicate $5 billion (!) to finding a link between vaccines and autism. "That would have dedicated more than a tenth of the NIH’s annual budget to investigating a hypothesis already refuted by scientists worldwide."

That's about 2/3 the annual National Science Foundation budget.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 3w ago

RFK Jr. asked the National Institute of Health to dedicate $5 billion (!) to finding a link between vaccines and autism. "That would have dedicated more than a tenth of the NIH’s annual budget to investigating a hypothesis already refuted by scientists worldwide."

The Luddites' actual argument was that automated looms meant expensive, skilled workers were being replaced with literal children, who were then getting maimed and killed, and maybe this is bad.

SlacktivistFred@slacktivistfred.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Luddites were “clinging to horses and carts” because it was the early 19th century and cars hadn’t been invented yet.

OSSOFF: “.. Isn’t it humiliating to be unable to answer this question? To have to indulge the President’s delusions?”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

OSSOFF: Who won the 2020 election? CLAYTON: Uhm, you know, I'm not going to do this with you O: This is a job interview. You have an obligation to be honest with the committee. Who won the 2020 election? C: I'm not gonna get into that with you O: You're not being honest or forthright C: ...

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TarZangief 🔜 CEO 2026@tarzangief.bsky.social · 3w ago

While most people knew him for his movies lets not forget the incredible human Sam Neil was too

That man traded love and companionship for wealth and power and in the end didn't even get to enjoy his money and died carrying water for Trump. No adopted kids. No devastated secret partner coming forward. Just a tweet from Trump and his peers circling like vultures.

lotta folks are going to get extremely & very uncreatively homophobic about lindsey graham being dead & i think it’s important to remember you can simply celebrate the fact a warmongering bigot is dead without being shitty. drink some champagne! go for a nice walk! fuck your loved ones about it!

first thing i saw when i opened this app, what a rush

bakoon@bakoon.bsky.social · 4w ago

All of us waiting here on McConnell Death Watch being hit in the face with Graham suddenly dying Did Graham get sacrificed to save McConnell???? I can’t believe this came out after 9PM PST I have to just sit here and wait for everyone else to wake up to react to the news. His final injustice

it rocks that Lindsey Graham lived to see the US lose a war with Iran and then immediately died lmao

Wait are we gunna get several crab races in one month????

Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 4w ago

Breaking: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has died at the age of 71 after what his office called a “brief and sudden illness.”

Again. This is the author. What are we doing here?

New York Times Opinion@nytopinion.nytimes.com · 4w ago

“Birthrates have fallen almost continuously for nearly 20 years,” Lyman Stone writes. “They have fallen through good economies and bad, through Republican administrations and Democratic ones, through every tax credit and child-care subsidy.”

Many things he’s done to date are things establishment dems keep telling us “take too much time/red tape to do or initiate” and then he just does it and exposes it all as a blatant lie. And rather than work w/ him they just go “socialism bad! Brown man scary rarrrr” and honestly it speaks volumes.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 4w ago

This is what governing on behalf of the people looks like. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Holy shit I’m giving birth in less than two weeks If you feel so inclined (since I’m still searching for work) and are able, here’s a link to our baby registry. Every little bit helps, including money towards diapers/food. ❤️❤️ my.babylist.com/yvmewkqsb

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For everyone wondering about the stories behind all of the WPBL team names, here is the announcement video narrated by the wonderful @sarahspain.com!

Wyatt Sinclair@crumblsucks.wyattswickedgoods.com · 4w ago

WPBL team names have been announced! I need to get to updating the feeds here soon.

Is Graham Platner’s alleged inability to hear “no” a personal failing, or a symptom of how late-stage capitalism has hardened the hearts of our economically anxious oyster-farming veterans? by Matt Stoller

Less people die when no-fault divorce is an option. Just facts.

Deanna Raybourn@deannaraybourn.bsky.social · 4w ago

It also literally used to mean “Meemaw fed Peepaw rhubarb leaf pie and everybody looked the other way.” I think it was @karnythia.blacksky.app who did a brilliant thread on this one day. Mariticide rates dropped quite sharply after no-fault divorce.

AAA gaming is effectively dead... until GTAVI comes out makes billions of dollars and then the suits are like "well how do WE make billions dollars?" to which the industry responds "5-7 years of development with a stable team youve fostered over decades" and the suits go "well we're not doing THAT"

Please don't let this stall here y'all. TBH been kinda trying to resolve this all year just took a break from asking 💸💕

Ari is afraid to change pfp now@raantuva.blacksky.app · last mo.

I want to thank that one person for irritating me enough to log off. This has stalled at $466. It'd be great to get the momentum back so I can shut up about this. I'm focusing on my midterms today. Find safe things to do, everyone.

I do not understand these conservative octogenarians in Congress. Like liberal ones are more understandable because stances are like “oh I want to secure child care funding and healthcare!” And I can see that being motivating What is motivating about being in Congress as a conservative?

Just so everyone knows, Seth Abramson has now blocked me for calling him out on his approval of sexual assault as long as the victim is on the wrong team.

Before the whitewash comes in, a reminder that because of Mitch Mconnell American women are dying and bleeding out because they were denied abortion care. Because of McConnell the Russians were free to interfere in our elections. Because of Mitch billionaires are coddled while kids get screwed over.