The Democratic Establishment is trying to rig a primary in Massachusetts. And they're using AI money to help. Stand up to this by going to bethfordemocracy.com and donating to help us reboot democracy

as i keep saying, the things to do to secure elections are to volunteer to work the polls or to serve as an observer, & to pressure your *state representatives* to take steps to further secure voting locations and ballots. you should also learn about how election administration works in your area.

I could sub this in with countless moments from Andor or Mandalorian or the action scenes from Acolyte, but gotta give Skeleton Crew some love too! This one got a belly laugh out of me despite seeing it coming. The Kathleen Kennedy era made me into a Star Wars fan.

Zingo Mewes@attimowens.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Hey, post a moment you love from Kathleen Kennedy's stewardship of Lucasfilm.

I loved @alexandermfreed.bsky.social’s latest Star Wars novel (“The Mask of Fear”) and it’s really stuck with me, so I just had to write about it. TLDR: if you liked Andor, you’ll definitely like this book! It’s more of *that* kind of Star Wars. polhem.us/posts/book-r...

Book Review: "Star Wars: Reign of the Empire - The Mask of Fear"

Yes, that title is a mouthful (I’ll just call it "The Mask of Fear" from here on out). Yes, this is a tertiary piece of media in one of the biggest franchises in entertainment history that assumes a c...

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There you go. A real plan for those who want someone to #DoSomething

Malcolm P. Johnson@admiralmpj.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Your to-do list for 2026 1) Pick a Campaign in your corner of the country. Pick a Democrat you like no matter what the level. 2) Staff or Volunteer for that Campaign. 3) Vote in that Primary and General for your Democrat or another Democrat. 4) Get that Democrat and other Democrats elected.

WHO GIVES A DAMN? It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts. Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.

CNN@cnn.com · 7mo ago

The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone. https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF

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I’ve been sitting on the sketch for this for four years but I FINALLY turned it into a painting last night! #art #pokemon

Saw an interesting piece of advice recently: ask the AI search engines for an answer in a field in which you are very knowledgeable. The results will make it clear just how much they get wrong, and how brazen they are about it. Now, apply that to every subject in which you are NOT an expert.

Charles Soule@charlessoule.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Looked up “what mobile parking app do I need for <this town>” - AI summary on Google confidently gave me the wrong answer, which I ignored because **it is wrong a third of the time, about ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING** (according to the last study I read.) The shit just doesn’t work.

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He’s so good at this.

Pete Buttigieg@petebuttigieg.bsky.social · last yr.

I want politics to be about a better everyday life. Here's what that can look like:

Just finished reading Timothy Zahn's novel "Thrawn". My first Star Wars book ever, and I really enjoyed it! Felt like a nice companion to some of the better Star Wars shows of late, particularly Andor (with lots of thematic parallels) and Ahsoka (given the title character is actually in that one).

Imagine DOGE opens your mail and finds your household electric bill. To eliminate this cost, they burn your house down without warning. Then they total up the bills that, as a homeless person, you will never again pay. On its website, DOGE boasts about the money it has saved you.

18F did things like making online government forms (like filing your taxes or submitting VA claims) easier to fill out, create text message notification systems for govt agencies, and streamlining internal data sharing. They were literally making govt more efficient & user-friendly. This sucks.

Ryan Mac 🙃@rmac.bsky.social · last yr.

18F, a digital services unit inside the General Services Administration, has been completely laid off, according to an email I’ve seen. The email says that 18F was deemed “non-critical” and the decision was made with the “explicit” direction of the administration and GSA leadership.

Your regular reminder that the more often you own your mistakes, the easier it gets. It is like any muscle-- work it more and it gets stronger. All people mess up, and sometimes we do so publicly. It's not the end of the world to acknowledge that we missed the mark; it's how we clean up.

If you see this, post a Spider-Man.

Alan Sepinwall@sepinwall.bsky.social · last yr.

If you see this, post a Spider-Man.

In my latest blog post, I unpack the Jewish value at the heart of Spider-Man and what it can teach us about activism and justice in the present moment: “Whoever saves a single life is considered to have saved the whole world.”

I Believe There’s a Hero in All of Us

There’s a scene in Spider-Man 2 (2004) where Peter Parker has, for the time being, given up the superhero gig. He’s been walking on air from that weight being lifted off his shoulders, but he soon lea...

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"I called it ethnic cleansing. But when I saw the images of starving babies in Gaza I had to upgrade my language." By Art Spiegelman (Maus) and Joe Sacco www.theguardian.com/world/pictur...

TRUMP AND MUSK TO AMERICA: DROP DEAD.

Trump and Musk to America: Drop Dead.

In 1975, President Gerald Ford rejected New York City’s request for a bailout, prompting the New York Daily News to publish its now-famous “FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD” headline.

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33% of registered voters in the country voted for this clown. The rest of us need to do something. It's all hands on deck.

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No one voted for Elon Musk. An unelected billionaire is trying to raid the Treasury Department and take money from the American people. This is a constitutional crisis and we choose to fight. We’re taking action to stop the Trump-Musk power grab this week. Join us: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

Elon Musk's DOGE commission gains access to sensitive Treasury payment systems: AP sources

The move by DOGE means it could have wide leeway to access important taxpayer data, among other things.

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Just posted a new article to my blog, basically gushing over Bluesky's AT Protocol as an antidote to the social media walled gardens we've all been stuck in for the past decade-plus and how exciting the project is as both a software engineer and a proponent of the open web.

Bluesky’s AT Protocol is the real “everything app”

The blatantly fascist owners of certain established-but-declining social networks like to wax poetic about a world where everything you do online might take place within their own restrictive ecosyste...

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Spider-Man is really important to me. For all intents and purposes, Spider-Man is my religion. I am super non-religious--really more anti-religious. But in discussion with people who like religion, all the things they say they got from it that were good things? I got those things from Spider-Man.

"if you could have dinner with any scientist, alive or dead, which one would it be?" "Schrödinger"

I won’t spoil the guest appearance but if you’ve listened to basically any comedy podcast in the past decade you will HEAR his lines out loud in your head.

Scott Aukerman@scottaukerman.bsky.social · 2y ago

OUT NOW! Astonishing Spider-Man issue 9: Spidey continues his battle with Flame War! Jonah is starting a podcast! And a character from the @cbbworld.bsky.social universe joins the cast! Available on the Marvel Unlimited app - written by me, art by Salva Wspin & edited by @cracksh0t.bsky.social!

A heads up that some states & cities with 2025 local elections - especially those who vote in the spring - have filing deadlines as soon as THIS MONTH. It’s not too late to get started - @runforsomething.bsky.social will help. runforwhat.net

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