This young man deserves to be a sports lawyer or whatever else he wants to be when he gets older.

Eddie Kane Sr.@badapple17.blacksky.app · 6h ago

Where do I donate to his education?

Ok! bookshop.org/p/books/just... this is about the survival story of an assault survivor, written as police procedural, c.1472 France.

Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor

A spellbinding narrative history that defies modern assumptions about women's lives in the Middle Ages and informs contemporary debates about sexual violence and the limits of justice In the winter of...

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As with Trump's coup attempt, there is a class of pundit whose attitude appears to be "Stop worrying about the guy shooting at you; he's missed so far."

Walter Olson@walterolson.bsky.social · 13h ago

The WSJ is out with an editorial suggesting there was no need for “all the hyperventilating about what Mr. Trump might do” to meddle with the midterms—after all, they went forward without incident. I think that's as wrong as wrong can be, and say so in my new Cato post.

It's true. Salon is closing its doors. I'm scared, but I have a lot of plans, and it's just a matter of implementing them. If you want to hire me, DM me! I'm easy to work with, ask anyone who has. I started a Patreon. It will explain more. Please subscribe! www.patreon.com/AmandaMarcot...

Striking out on my own! | Amanda Marcotte

After 11 years at Salon I'm going back to the blogging/freelance lifestyle. Technically, so is everyone, since we're the latest victim of AI

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By the way, Jordan Peterson - the favourite philosopher of the CPC - was praying on stage with Russell Brand FOR UNJUSTLY PROSECUTED JAN 6ERS bsky.app/profile/juli...

Julie S. Lalonde@julieslalonde.bsky.social · 15h ago

Fuck Russell Brand. Fuck his defenders. Fuck the people who spent years being silent or complicit. Fuck his Christo-fascist pivot to salvage his image. And while I'm at it, fuck Jordan Peterson for literally *praying* with this loser.

this is a must read

Walter Olson@walterolson.bsky.social · 13h ago

The WSJ is out with an editorial suggesting there was no need for “all the hyperventilating about what Mr. Trump might do” to meddle with the midterms—after all, they went forward without incident. I think that's as wrong as wrong can be, and say so in my new Cato post.

Why the FUCK is apt not cryptographically authenticated by default in the year of our lord 2026?!?!? ubuntu.com/security/CVE...

CVE-2026-109518 | Ubuntu

Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.

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this is an preview of how over the next two years ostensibly “objective” media figures will try to protect trump and his allies from legislative power

Anthony L. Fisher@anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 2d ago

That’s the thing. DOGE didn’t dot any i’s or cross any t’s. They ransacked the govt illegally, destroyed careers, got many people killed, then burned all the documents on the way out the door. Demanding criminal investigations — including of libertarian-god-king Elon — is the moderate position.

I am so fucking tired of "seeking justice" being framed as "getting even." Arresting and/or impeaching people who are legitimately guilty of actual crimes is not revenge. It is justice. Innocent people should be released from detention and guilty people should be in prison. Again, that is JUSTICE.

"I have no doubt that the devastating losses, while painful, will motivate the party to create an energized, more dynamic, and ideologically diverse coalition capable of attracting new voters, accommodating competing philosophies, and, of course, preserving all the racism." buff.ly/sHW6vxw

The Midterms Were a Reckoning, but I Have No Doubt the Republican Party Will Emerge Stronger, More Unified, and Still Extremely Racist

“I have no doubt that the devastating losses, while painful in the short term, will motivate the party to create an energized, more dynamic, and ideologicall...

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And more than that: people died due to decisions made by people in this administration. In ICE detention, by the closure of USAID, etc. Do these lives lost matter at all to anyone? Does this just get chalked up to being just politics? Will their families ever see justice?

Maralago delenda est.

David J. Bier@davidjbier.bsky.social · 2d ago

ICE HSI agent Kent Blacklidge, who racially profiled and tackled US citizen Leo Venegas while trespassing at his worksite (the first of Leo's three illegal detainments), was just arrested for rape and child sex crimes. The agent's duties had previously included child sex investigations.

KALSHI is a MACHINE that turns A CHILD'S COLLEGE FUND into CONTEMPLATING IF THAT EXTENSION CORD WILL HOLD YOUR BODYWEIGHT

warrior cop@wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 2d ago

Canadian business leaders are already suggesting that the midterm results signal a return to normalcy -- and the need for an immediate trade deal with Trump. Ignore them, Prime Minister. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/11/04/o...

Keep those elbows up, Canada

The massive win by Democrats in the midterm elections has some people thinking Canada can let down its guard and go back to business as usual. They're wrong

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The more I think about this the more irritating it is. It’s not just feckless, it’s actively & entirely voluntarily adopting the inevitable Republican talking point that accountability for rampant criminality is just “getting even.”

MS NOW@ms.now · 2d ago

"The American people don't want us to get even; they want us to get things done on their behalf." House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who is now poised to become the next House Speaker, says that Democrats will focus on affordability concerns and not retribution after their midterm wins.

Remember that the DOGE guys literally just showed up at federal buildings with zero authority or authorization and started demanding shit. It's not good for society or our government to let that kind of thing pass without consequence.

Becca@sciencelizard.bsky.social · 2d ago

I think we can go for retribution against DOGE. It's most important to pass laws so that never happens again. It's also important that the personal lives of actual people who did that are at least as disrupted as every civil servant who lost their job based on some spiteful child's idea of the lulz

With the Canadian government saying it won’t issue visas for Russia to compete in the World Junior Championship and Czechia saying the same for the WU18 in January, the next two events on the IIHF calendar are set (the upcoming Women’s World championship was exempt due to the tight time frame).

Exactly this - people are usually keen on the reconciliation-part, while skipping truth, which is the prerequisite first step. And sometimes acknowledging the truth means that there can be no reconciliation...

Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 2d ago

Dear Mr. President: but we want accountability; you cannot have reconciliation without truth, a full reckoning of the crimes and cruelty of the past two years cannot be avoided, we cannot sweep this under the rug.

No amnesty, no bipartisanship, no forgiveness. Transparency. Accountability. Retribution for those who are guilty. Justice

NYT: “DEMOCRATS ROUT G.O.P.” WSJ: ” DEMOCRATS TAKE CONGRESS IN STUNNING REBUKE OF TRUMP.” WaPo: “DEMOCRATS RIDE HISTORIC BLUE WAVE.” POLITICO: “TRUMP’S WHOLE THEORY OF POWER IS IN RUINS.”

Star Wars: Kylo Ren Screams 'MORE!!!'

ALT: Star Wars: Kylo Ren Screams 'MORE!!!'

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I think that so many elite institutions and people with important jobs staying on X persuaded many of them the median american voter was a greek statue avatar hailing the thousand year trumpenreich and complaining about race mixing bsky.app/profile/sara...

sarah jeong@sarahjeong.bsky.social · 2d ago

lmao at all the tech billionaires who saw 2024 and went "mandate???" and tied themselves and their entire fucking industries inextricably to a sinking ship

Abolish ICE. Close the camps. It won’t be simple, but it has to be done.

I’m a historian, not a pundit, but my two cents. With the richest man failing to earn political prestige at home, I expect Musk will now attempt to lead an army into Parthia.

To all those Republicans (and sadly some Canadians) who said we needed to give Trump what he wanted because we couldn't beat the US in a trade war. We just did.

It’s not just Talarico beating Paxton. It’s Abbott losing. It’s Dan Patrick losing. It’s Mayes Middleton losing. It’s Bo French losing. It’s every single statewide race in Texas—including four (of the nine) seats on the Texas Supreme Court. Holy. Shit.

Texas is now more liberal than BC

Courtney Theriault@ctheriault.bsky.social · 2d ago

Texas is now more liberal than Alberta

Reminder that tonight was only possible because judges repeatedly blocked efforts to undermine the elections. In a stable democracy, you don't need the legal system to prevent the President from subverting the result.

It appears that America understood the assignment. Congratulations to all my American friends.

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