MOBSTERS @anntelnaes.bsky.social

The Roberts Court previously treated the “Purcell Principle” (can’t change electoral rules close to an election) as important. But that was in instances doing so advantaged Republicans. Faced with a situation where Republicans want to change rules while voting is already underway, the Court says OK.

🔥 AOC on whether she'll run for Senate or President in 2028: "They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go... But single payer healthcare is forever. A living wage, worker's rights are forever. ✊🏼

Oh and PS. OP says "The Searchlight Institute found that 59 percent of voters in battleground states are “bothered that climate change has become such a political issue,” " Because they think caring about reality should be bipartisan, not because they think it should go away, you silly donut.

In no particular order... 1. Climate has never been central political messaging in the US. Yoking climate to progressive issues which ARE central in messaging is a different thing than climate qua climate. "It's green therefore left, therefore if left fails, green caused it" is circular reasoning.

It’s super weird that all these empires rapidly went from ‘the sun will never set on us’ to ‘we’re gonna compost all our people’

“The politics they're trying clumsily to recreate comes not from the founding fathers in the 1770s, but from the era of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers in the 1950s.”

“This is not an effort to rededicate the nation to Christ, or even to God. It's an effort to deceive the country into thinking it was always meant to be dedicated that way.”

Historical research does not need to be done faster or in greater volume for any social or intellectual purpose whatever; if anything, it needs to be done more slowly and deliberately than at present, by people allowed the training, time, space, and resources to do it that way.

> @pittbaster.bsky.social: "I just had the dumbest thought: mix together Picard’s awkward laugh so it’s the main guitar riff from “Can’t Stop” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers." ... 🤔

we need a strict liability regime for AI. that’ll sort this stuff right out.

Cape May Warbler in the yard this morning! This bird is passing through on his way north to his summer breeding grounds. A super nice find for my area. 🪶

at his is some seriously creepy suspect shit

Ukraine offers an interesting hypothetical for countries like America to consider: What if the government was run by people who give a shit about the country's future instead of stupid and corrupt assholes with weird racist and sexist obsessions?

People are asking a lot of questions already answered by my I'm Not Worshipping A Golden Calf tshirt

here we go again, the new york times calling an increase of 115k jobs under Trump "solid" while it called similar or considerably bigger gains under Biden "disappointing" or "weak"

While Americans were trained to fear immigrants, trans kids, and each other, the billionaire class quietly extracted trillions from the middle class and captured the nation’s politics, media & courts… hartmannreport.com/p/how-rightw...

personally I think it's a very big deal that the Canada bureau chief for the @nytimes.com — certainly one of the highest-paid journalists in the country — asked an unspecified "AI tool" what Poilievre said & published its AI-hallucinated quotes in her reporting.

Also, not to speak for @aoc.bsky.social but for me, I have high opinion of human potential but a low opinion of using that potential to maximize personal wealth to the exclusion of all else. People who behave that way are not good people.

The Bezos Post is essentially becoming Jeff Bezos’ personal blog to whine about people who criticize the idle rich like him. A hit dog will holler. Imagine arguing that hoarding billions of dollars is the peak of “human potential” with a straight face.

*infinite scream*

Red states can cancel elections and redraw the maps to cut out Black representation without any voter input, and no one stops them. Blue state asks the voters if they wanna redistrict, the voters say yes, and the court strikes it down.

Oh come the fuck on man how come every morning it’s more Airbud shit to wake up to, except the dog can only play basketball if it’s racist or whatever

This is really terrible, & my editor has been among the employees impersonated. “This list is not exhaustive.” us.macmillan.com/publishing-f...

Good morning! I hear a lot about fear of speaking out and standing up for science. A friendly reminder that I haven’t experienced a SINGLE blip of retaliation & science whistleblowers at 2 of 3 agencies who were retaliated against have been reinstated. Do NOT obey in advance. GET LOUD!

It’s staggering How swiftly states in the South can still move to stymie Black voters And how ready they were to do so

“Everyone in Arthurian legend is a little gay” “I want to do something creative with the incest” “What about that whole Furry extravaganza. That was a scene” “The King is low key useless and it’s because he’s a man” (Things people said during their oral finals in Arthurian Legend today)

Modern technology could learn from older stuff that does what it's supposed to and doesn't bother you. My toilet just works and never sends me emails like "Good news! Flush® is now Floosh®"

Today I went into the yard To enjoy the beauty of mid-Spring In view, the flowers and the dew And the breeze was swaying ev’rything Couldn’t ID that flying insect Passing by my feet along the ground

NEW: 404 Media’s experimentation with Haotian AI marks the first time a journalist has managed to test this deepfake software to see how it really works. What did we learn? Haotian AI demonstrates its tool as a way to impersonate at least one US police department. And it's extremely effective.

NEW: The Trump administration blitz that flooded Minnesota with immigration agents hobbled federal efforts to pursue serious crimes. By April, prosecutors had brought charged just eight people with drug or gun crimes, the fewest in more than two decades. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Why is everything the worst

I DO NOT WANT TO 'CHAT WITH MY FILES'

For anyone unaware, the Colosus datacenter is in violation of the clean air act. They operate two dozen methane gas burning turbines without legal permits www.democracynow.org/2026/4/22/me...

The supreme court betrayed Black voters, they betrayed America, and they betrayed our democracy.” - Barack Obama

This.

On Saturday, Leo Garcia Venegas was wrongfully detained by ICE for a 3rd time in a year. Officers followed him home; he said he’s a citizen and had his REAL ID in hand. But they didn’t care. They tackled and shackled him, no questions asked. We’ve got a hearing tomorrow on our prelim injunction.

Also, y’know, sometimes people deserve to be insulted and should be, so as not to encourage others to emulate their shitty behavior. This is especially true of those with power.

Really sums up a favorite right wing grievance: what's offensive here aren't my actions, but your accurate descriptions of them

Upset about the costs of lawn fertilizer? There is another way:

Republicans are going to make taxpayers pay for Trump’s ballroom. All Trump’s claims over 16 months that “donors” were going to pay for it was always a lie and just another con. You will pay for it.

NEAT

A message from Mary, a 72-year-old Amazon worker from North Carolina projected onto Jeff Bezos’s $120 million penthouse before tonight’s #MetGala, chaired by Bezos.

Today, the day of the Met Gala, the unionized workers of the Met posted this image to their Instagram. www.instagram.com/p/DX64ioYjecG/

Glyphosate — Roundup — is being sprayed across national forests in record amounts in 2026. Trump even invoked the Defense Production Act to protect it. Our public lands are being poisoned. Wake up. 🧪🌲#voterizer#sheshed

ICYMI: Craig Long gets arrested in Human Trafficking sting. All of these people are the same. Trump buddies.

A stark difference btwn pseudoscience & correct science. Correct science builds upon the discoveries of others. One scientific paper does not solve a problem. Confidence grows when multiple independent studies prove the same thing. Each puzzle piece matters. 🧪 theconversation.com/a-study-show...

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