I thought "the president's just a wannabe king who flies a shit-dropping plane over his own country" is something his enemies would say about him but you do you

It's like the nursery rhyme says: Oh, the former Duke of York, He had 12 million quid, He gave it to victims he "never met," For things he "never did."

Don’t let the frogwater that’s boiling us alive let you skip over this: we murdered another country’s citizens in cold blood, and when their leader objected, we called him a drug dealer and cut off aid to his country. That’s freakish.

Mike Johnson sputtering that it's no big deal that he hasn't sworn in Grivalja yet, it's such a small stupid thing, why are you people still asking about it, I can do it anytime, but no, I'm not going to do it now, or later, or anytime soon, there's no big deal here, shut up, stop asking about it

With alt text. Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters

What a perfect formulation: “This is, in many ways, the dynamic that defines reactionary centrism: the right must be understood, but never blamed. The left can be blamed, but need not be understood.” www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...

📺 I thought I was #depressed. Then I went outside, put my hands in the dirt, and sat with my #plants for an hour. Turns out I just needed #sunlight, #freshair, and a reminder that #growth takes time, even mine.🖤  #spinsterliving #gardening #spinstercore youtube.com/@spinster.li...

Chat is that good?

After adding new data to our spreadsheet, our central estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

they gave *me* 10%

At this point, if you're interviewing a Republican about the president's latest transgression and you *don't* have the video or post or whatever cued up and ready to show them when they pretend they haven't seen it yet -- I'm just going to assume you're in on the con yourself.

I'm excited to Bari Weiss to finally get the keys to the cathedral, only to find that there's not a big lever labeled "wokeness" in the control room, just a bunch of journalists doing their job that she now has to manage

The True Believers in meritocracy know that their position is the reward for their superior talents; it follows that everyone underneath them is inferior, unskilled, undeserving, and easily fired or replaced with another faceless peon. This is now US business management at all levels.

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

So far, Russia has succeeded in deterring Trump from imposing further sanctions — or sending more powerful weapons to Ukraine — by continually dangling hopes of a peace deal, while it ramps up attacks. wapo.st/4ndU83Y

I love the frothy exuberance of 1974's 'Navy Strut'. Here it is glowing in the sunshine,making a lovely contrast with the yellow variety behind it. #iris 🌱

Folks will be quick to ridicule people who do this, but it can’t be separated from the media hype and ai boosters telling us the tech is a magic answer wizard that knows all and sees all.

OHHHHHH they had to get them survivors out and home before journalists could get to them. Oh yeah he did some serious ass war crimes

Hark, Speaker Mike Johnson! Looking at all the many, many pics of the enormous, joyous “No Kings” rallies throughout the United States today, I am struck by what lovely weather your Lord and Savior provided. Apparently, God is a fan of, as you claimed, "America-hating Antifa terrorists." Glory!

So basically, Trump is such a sucker for flattery that not only a murderous tyrant like Putin but even a convicted two-bit grifter like George Santos can play him like a fiddle. bsky.app/profile/mari...

Annie Pearl Avery, a long time civil rights activist, with her head in her hand after speaking at a “No Kings” protest at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on Oct. 18, 2025. Avery told the small crowd that people have the power. (Anna Barrett/Alabama Reflector)

Oh they’re really protecting the pedophiles this is bad

Oh right this one I took specifically for @rincewind.run

Have you noticed? Trumpers have no problem spending money on what they want. They don’t seem to be inconvenienced in anyway. So, think about it...do you really think they care about what YOU might need? Trump/his family are hauling in a treasure trove of money. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

the idea of antifa paying protesters is so funny. if i wanted to get paid to destroy the government i’d run for congress

From the Manhattan #NoKings march. Imagine.

#A_NewHope ✊

“AI has turbocharged the spread of bullshit and falsehoods. It is not able to produce actual, qualitative academic work, despite the claims of some in the AI industry. As researchers, as universities, we should be clearer about pushing back against these false claims by the AI industry.”

Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.

Cleek's Law finds its limit, as this is not at all triggering, merely sad and small and pathetic.

#NoKings Miami!

new "self-driving by the end of the year" just dropped

No King but King Swiftie

"Sunset. The Light Changes By The Moment" At Sovereign Land Of Frogs, An East Japanese Tree Frog. 2025/10/17.

Found this video while explaining the Portland Frogs to someone. Enjoy!

I get the sense that lurking just beneath the surface of all these AI boosters is a seething resentment of anyone who does anything creative

I've been saying over and over that this is why ChatGPT etc. appeals to them. they like the idea of "PhD level intelligence" (lmao) at their beck and call, but without ever doing the work of earning an education. they won't even do the work of reading through some search results!

The entire conceit is the desire to make something meaningful minus struggle, and they don’t understand what a pointless fantasy this is.

It’s tiresome at this point, but again, their entire pitch is “wouldn’t it be great if there were no such things as talent, craft, and skill,” and what that means is a bland, slop-filled world. www.businessinsider.com/marc-andrees...

New York is not for sale.

There is always more money for bombs and grift, but never any money for healthcare www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

This is a very good point about DHS. They direct harassment campaigns on Twitter using quote-tweets.

I'm aware that the Trump Administration's HHS Dept is now on Bluesky. Due to concerns the account and other branches of HHS will share medical/vaccine misinformation using #Medsky feeds, I've made the decision to preemptively add the HHS account to a Misinformation Blocklist hosted by @medsky.info.

Barking tree frog waiting for the right moment to strike.🐸 #frog #nature #wildlife #amphibian #herps #treefrog #macro

I haven't had the capacity to keep up with moderation lists for a bit, but this one is really obvious, so I'm stealing some energy from Future Me: a list for the extremely obvious wave of inauthentic accounts following today's newly-created US gov accounts bsky.app/profile/did:...

your dog has no idea what a protest or a king is, but he will be shot the moment something goes sideways, if you must be daft like this do it with your own life

And you better not dare upset Mari Lwyd!! www.tiktok.com/@mhara_starl...

ProPublica is actually doing the kind of work all these soggy brunchlords at our collapsing billionaire owned media institutions like to pretend they're doing