TAKEN AT HER COURT HEARING. To all those Americans deceiving themselves that ICE is only going after rapists and murderers, another reminder that’s a lie. They are targeting folks doing the right thing, because it is easier and otherwise they don’t have enough people to arrest. Wake up now.

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

It's cool how we keep proving over and over and over again that there's a significant market for narrative-heavy, character-driven, single-player experiences in video games and publishers just categorically refuse to believe us

this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.

Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."

THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF NoVA

A pro-affordability, anti-Trump-corruption message unites the party. Every candidate can run on that, and every candidate can have their own take to fit that to their constituents. There's really no need to find fights to pick when the party agrees on more than it disagrees

Was pretty disappointed with The Fort Bragg Cartel by Seth Harp. Seems to be solid investigative reporting but also a whole lot of bizzaro conspiracy shit. It’s hard to say if it’s leftist or conservative conspiracism, too, it fits either side (although it feels pretty dirtbag left to me).

So tired of "this shouldn't be SNAP eligible discourse!!" on Twitter right now with the exception of stuff like cigs and alcohol, honestly, just let people buy what they want from the damn Publix you have better things to do than police the shopping habits of poor strangers

It's my birthday, so have a present. SLIPPERY CREATURES (Will Darling Adventures book 1) is going on cheap over the weekend. 1920s pulp adventure m/m romance with plots, spies, Bright Young People, and emotional support knife, all for 99p!

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵

neat trick the "centrists" love to pull: just blankly asserting that all of their personal biases are popular and the things they don't like are unpopular and dragging the party down we see the transphobia, folks

i'm fine with a deeper focus on economic issues over social issues but man does plank 2 give the game away

“How long, you think?”

Marjorie Taylor Green is literally the Jewish space lasers lady She’s an anti-semite! That’s why she opposes Israel, not because she supports human rights Do not fucking circulate her saying “oh she’s being reasonable” jfc

it's very hard to distinguish between Trump's cognitive decline and his cognitive never-having-inclined

Taking food from hungry American children to send to Argentina to prop up the regime there. Seems like that might not be super popular.

Throughout the RotS novelization (which I can’t stop thinking about), Anakin obsesses over a thought: “All things die. Even stars burn out.” Anakin’s fear drives him to seek power and he thinks he finds the answer in Palpatine. That through his rage and will he can hold on to the things he loves.

Women invented science fiction — at least twice: Mary Shelley in 1818 Margaret Cavendish in 1666 publicdomainreview.org/essay/mistre...

In the Revenge of the Sith novelization, when Obi-Wan talks with Padmé about Anakin she’s says she’s happy that he’s been appointed to the Jedi Council and Obi-Wan says: “It is perhaps less than he deserves—though I’m afraid it may be more than he can handle.” There is this great version of RotS.

[bravely] i would also not support janet mills were it revealed she had a nazi tattoo

Me: I’m reading too many books, it’s stressing me out, it’s likely a sign of mental illness. Also me: Let’s start 2 more…

Hey, you, stop right now. You need to watch Piplup Step again (or for the first time). youtu.be/bm0nLJuRNbw?...

I’m officially reading 10 books all at the same time. Help… 🫠

#BookSky Does anyone have recommendations of queer books that have a Fast & Furious vibe? Found family, action, heists, teams coming together all good/important element, but specifically looking for the ✨vibe✨

Something I’ve learned from TikTok this week: cats really don’t like it when people laugh

NYC Mayoral Debate MAMDANI: I want to make NYC a better place to live CUOMO: I want Mandala over here to admit he can't do anything, because I can't do anything SLIWA: I would drink a $27 Moscow mule from Andrew Cuomo's skull

QotD: Hunter or creature of the night? Hola readers! I'm still outlining this, but what the hey, I'll talk about it. I'm working on a brand new story! So far the project is just called Project Night Hunters, and you can blame @carterkalchik.bsky.social for the story idea lol. 🧵/1

“If there was ever a Cinderella, her glass slippers shattered under her weight and she limped home bleed from the ball.” - Rosemary and Rue, Seanan McGuire

Chotiner interviews Janeway

Are you an MM romance author and have a book coming out next year that you’d be willing to share with an MM romance community to read as an ARC (and get paid for it) sometime between Jan-Mar next year? Let me know!

the idea that anything other than the most transient organizing is dangerous is corrosive to the type of civil society resistance which is necessary now but not occurring

great news! you're not actually seeing karl rove, john yoo, and david frum criticize the administration's lawlessness more stridently than dem leadership. you, reader, were infected with rabies by a brown bat 36 hours ago and this is all just the virus working its way through your nervous system

If you need a break from… all of this… boy can I recommend Breakout Year by KD Casey. I’m about 60% through and it’s a treat. Highly recommend even if you’re not super into baseball or sports romance, it’s more of a fake dating and gay awakening story anyway.

Can large language models stand in for human participants? Many social scientists seem to think so, and are already using "silicon samples" in research. One problem: depending on the analytic decisions made, you can basically get these samples to show any effect you want. THREAD 🧵

We must support our colleagues working in autocratic regimes

Moskowitz: "We just heard there were no riots on the right. We're literally sitting in a building where there was a giant riot by supporters of POTUS. We also heard only leftists have said Trump is a Nazi. In 2016, the current VP said 'Trump is either a cynical asshole or he's America's Hitler'"

Folks are having critically important discourse in the fantasy football Reddit

Reminder that this is my view every morning when I leave my apartment to go to the gym 🫨

I totally forgot I even had a Bluesky there for a few months. In the meantime, I started a small community of queer romance lovers and we’ve spent most of our time discussing what words for penis are bouba or kiki. My mental health has never been better! 😊

At Toronto’s Billy Bishop airport. The Friends of Desoto seem to run maintenance here? @greatesttrek.com @benjaminahr.mobi

The Khan declares, in honor of its 10th anniversary, that all tracks from Carly Rae Jepsen’s EMOTION are the 2025 songs of the summer

May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?

🖖 Jonathan Frakes

People are STILL minimizing b/c the worst hasn't happened. Sure, DC now has military checkpoints, but isn't crime bad there? Sure, people are being dragged away by goon squads, but aren't they mostly illegal? Sure, universities and the media are being strong-armed, but aren't they too liberal?

Pin this to the door of Bluesky, it’s evergreen