Dr Elisabeth Kosters (@elisabethkosters.bsky.social) reposted
Pay attention Canadians: Alberta premier Danielle Smith is copying the worst of the worst US fascist States (Florida!). Book banning is anti-democratic. Ban Danielle Smith instead!
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view profile on Bluesky Dr Elisabeth Kosters (@elisabethkosters.bsky.social) reposted
Pay attention Canadians: Alberta premier Danielle Smith is copying the worst of the worst US fascist States (Florida!). Book banning is anti-democratic. Ban Danielle Smith instead!
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social)
I can't get angrier...who am I kidding... www.instagram.com/reel/DMq_oau...
Dex Anderson (@dexanderson.com) reposted
Yeah to be clear: I just avoid scheduling stuff around those dates anyway. Mostly because any excuse I can have not to have a meeting, I'll take.
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMh4... Graham Greene
Dimitra Rizou (@ahoyuniverse.bsky.social) reposted
My cartoon for issue 1640 of @privateeyenews.bsky.social, out now
Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack.bsky.social) reposted
Well-meaning people will make well-meaning noises. No action will be taken. Because America has decided its ok to sacrifice her children for the gun lobby. Because America is broken. michaelianblack.substack.com/p/the-second...
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social)
can't wait.
Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist (@drandrealove.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
mRNA vaccines are safe, have been in development for decades, & have far broader applications than older vaccine technologies. New vaccine technologies evolve when scientists have tools & knowledge to make something more elegant or complex that wasnβt possible before. 5/
Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) reposted
We can't even play basketball π π€¬
"Velshi" on MSNBC (@velshimsnbc.bsky.social) reposted
PragerU's "conservative" alternative to PBS has hit classrooms in 10 states, but βthey have a 50 state strategy,' warns βͺ@msnbc.comβs @ahylton26.bsky.social. What these videos present is "not just a little wrong -- it's really insidious." #Velshi
Undo Damage (@humanecosystem.bsky.social) reposted
I vaguely remember tweeting something like the country that effectively captures this free energy source at scale will rule the 21st century. whelp.
Sweasel von Trapp (@irritatingly.gay) reposted
A reminder that Henry VIII's juices leaked out of his coffin and was lapped up by dogs while his unembalmed, bloated, feculent corpse was lying in a church pre-burial. So that's another thing we could try again.
Insta Science (@instascience.bsky.social) reposted
Lovebird collects paper strips and tuck them between their tail feathers to transport back to the nest as building material.
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social) reply parent
Excuse you?
Charlotte Clymer (@charlotteclymer.bsky.social) reposted
"Ashli Babbitt was a grown ass adult who made a series of conscious, ill-advised decisions to engage in treasonous behavior, and she got exactly what she deserved. She was a traitor. She was a threat to national security. There is no nuance needed here."
Burrito Justice (@burritojustice.bsky.social) reposted
someone please print this out for Schumer & Jeffries
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD (@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social) reposted
Dear people who are saying that the CDC directors who quit yesterday should have βstayed and foughtβ, With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr. He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve on the Minnesota shooting: "The sad thing is we can't sit here and tell them that help is on the way. Because we're not going to do a damn thing about it."
Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) reposted
70 years ago, on this date, Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered by white men. His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary
Patrick Vallely (@pjvphotography.bsky.social) reposted
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
NerdNonsense (@nerdnonsense.bsky.social) reposted
This country couldnβt care less about kids.
Krassensteins (@krassenstein.bsky.social) reposted
BREAKING: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey after Annunciation Catholic School shooting: βDonβt just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying!β Stop paying for a f-cking minute and demand action by people and not just God.
Hillary Rodham Clinton (@hillaryclinton.bsky.social) reposted
On the left, my warning from September 2024 about what Trump 2.0 would look like. On the right, recent headlines. I wish I'd been wrong. But because Trump is following a classic authoritarian playbook, itβs up to state and local governments to push back on this tyranny while itβs still possible.
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social)
all of this. www.instagram.com/reel/DM0PT0S...
Marjorie James Keenan (@unenthusiast.com) reposted
I'm not sneezing with you, I'm sneezing achoo
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social) reply parent
I know.
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted
this stuff is such a disgrace. a free citizen of a free country should be ashamed to engage in it.
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social) reply parent
sorry that's what people thought about Harris and Gaza and you know full well things would be different if Harris won while cheeto lets Net continue to murder. one is not like the other.
Mike Okuda (@mikeokuda.bsky.social) reposted
Retailers warned that raising wages would "force" them to raise prices and to use automated checkout. Fed min wage remained flat, but they raised prices & used automated checkout anyway. Result: Workers got even poorer as customer service plummeted while prices & profits soared.
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social) reply parent
done! had to pay for shipping, doesn't work for up here I don't think. but that's ok, your print isn't expensive. and thanks!
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social) reply parent
do you have one in your store? and do you deliver to Canada?
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social) reply parent
I absolutely love the heart with the gold running through it.
Cathy Edgar (@cathyedgar.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) reposted
π₯ CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON: "We're not gonna surrender our humanity to this tyrantβ¦ Chicago has a long history of standing up against tyranny-- resisting those who wish to undermine the interests of working people. We're not gonna back down.β
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
F*ckβΌοΈ Fort Bliss Army base used for a WWII Japanese internment is now the nation's largest ICE detention center.
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social) reply parent
the chip reference is GOLD
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social)
WTF
Alan Elrod (@aselrod.bsky.social) reposted
A man understandably refused to hand over his ID or get out of the car for a bunch of masked thugs who refused to identify themselves. And when he drove away, they opened fire on him. This isnβt how you do any sort of enforcement when your goal is to uphold the law. This is gangsterism.
The Volatile Mermaid (@ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social) reposted
How is it not a bigger story that Republicans essentially kidnapped a political opponent who happens to be a Black woman?
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (@theradr.bsky.social) reposted
"Why on earth should everyone deserve the things to which I believe me and mine are entitled" "but gimme"
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
That was one of the most batshit press conferences of Trump's public life. He brandished a photo of Putin and promised to deploy the US military to occupy Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. A sane country would be moving toward impeachment and removal right now.
Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted
Just saw all your comments from last nightβs post and someone shared a pic, Orlando showed up and used chalk to bring the rainbow crosswalk back! We love this so much!!! β€οΈπ§‘ππππ
Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social) reposted
theonion.com/atrocities-k...
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social)
wow some good news www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Kamala Harris: When Robert Garcia walks the halls of congress, people pay attention if not try to catch upβ¦
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
MEIDAS CANADA. COMING SOON. π¨π¦
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social)
they really are just garbage.
jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted
one question to ask the editorial board is whether there is a minimum bar for what constitutes "american democracy." if most people in most states are gerrymandered out of effective political representation, is that democracy?
Charlotte Clymer (@charlotteclymer.bsky.social) reposted
"The Republican Party has a long and proud history of producing the nationβs finest male cheerleaders. In the past 50 years, more Republican presidents have been male cheerleaders than seen combat."
God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted
There are no words for how much I despise the average American idiot. Scum of the Earth, selfish to the core, apathetic cowards.
I Post Animal Vids... π (@realjfairclough.bsky.social) reposted
Because you all needed a Turtles meeting... π€£π€£ #bluesky
David Ho (@davidho.bsky.social) reposted
A pelican tried to eat my bike.
Chris Murphy (@chrismurphyct.bsky.social) reposted
Private equity looted 3 Connecticut hospitals. Services cut, nurses buying their own supplies etc. They will do it to your hospital if we don't stop this trend right now. 1/ Today I'm releasing a report on the truth about private equity in health care. tinyurl.com/adangerousprospect
Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen.bsky.social) reposted
WOW. @marcelias.bsky.social goes off on the failures of legacy media: "We have an absolute collapse and failure by the institutions that have promised us that democracy would not die in darkness, that in fact, they stand for the proposition that democracy will die in plain sight of daylight."
Mark Chadbourn (@chadbourn.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Over 2.5 million Israelis joined todayβs anti-Netanyahu protests, organisers estimate. 300,000 are now in Tel Aviv's Hostage Square. (Haaretz)
derek guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) reposted
This is a beautiful garment. Let me show you what makes it special. π§΅
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social)
yup. I feel bad for kids with stupid parents.
I Post Animal Vids... π (@realjfairclough.bsky.social) reposted
Daily smile for today... π #bluesky
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social) reply parent
American liberals seriously have no idea what is happening in their own country right now that they think they have choices...especially when Mamdani is an excellent choice.
Brian Cardone (@cardonebrian.bsky.social) reposted
This is how everyone should treat this masked thugs!! βThis is cowboy country and we donβt get down with that bullshit!β¦You got two options you can get the fuck off my property or we can get down.β Bravo, sirβΌοΈπ₯π₯π₯
Imani Gandy (@angryblacklady.bsky.social) reposted
sue literally everyone
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social)
not crazy, he deserves it. we are on fire.
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social) reply parent
not crazy, he deserves it. we are on fire.
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social) reply parent
agreed but making fires when they know they shouldn't...I would add jail time.
Dare Obasanjo (@carnage4life.bsky.social) reposted
Multiple times this year Iβve had coffee with fellow immigrants who grew up in corrupt third world countries and the shared sentiment has been that Americans donβt understand how bad things are going to get.
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social)
I get between 5-10 texts a day for βjob recruitmentβ βare you free to talk for a bit?β. These scams are out of control donβt tell me Rogers canβt do anything about it.
AskAubry π¦ π (@askaubry.com) reposted
Jason Ritter every time β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social) reply parent
omfg. leave this man STAT.
jj skolnik (@modernistwitch.bsky.social) reposted
yes, this happened to a cis person in this case. yes, it will happen to more cis people. i would love it if people could stop acting as if that is now the reason to care
ProPublica (@propublica.org) reposted
NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned. Today, weβre publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social)
FFS
Charlotte Clymer (@charlotteclymer.bsky.social) reposted
There's a research paper making the rounds in the tech world that predicts AI will go rogue in 2027 and lead to humanity's extinction within a decade. That's incredibly pessimistic and insulting. I think humanity has every ability and potential to go extinct in the near future without AI's help.
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted
aging well, unfortunately π
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social)
YUP www.instagram.com/reel/DNJSvFm...
Sammie McFarland (@sammiemc.bsky.social) reposted
βIt is absolutely true that you are as likely to get Covid in summer as in winter,β said @daltmann.bsky.social, an immunologist at Imperial College London. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a... #Summer #SummerHolidays
Prisonculture (@prisonculture.bsky.social) reposted
One reason I can't get exorcised about the defunding of PBS is because it would take 4 rich Liberals 6 months to raise enough to cover the funding cut. They should do that. Yes I subscribe already but Liberal elites should fucking make themselves useful.
Dr. Allison Wiltz (@allyfromnola.bsky.social) reposted
Fresh words β¨ allyfromnola.medium.com/why-white-pe...
JohnnyMangu (@johnnybarbu.bsky.social) reposted
#ICE Agents Tear Down Cameras And Break Doors And Windows At Restaurant in Burbank Only criminals would need to do this. They know they're breaking the law, and they're destroying anything that can give evidence. #Nuremburg style trials can't come fast enough.
Uppity Black Woman (@uppityblackwoman.bsky.social) reposted
Ha Ha Ha ... He's eventually going to get his 'But You Ain't White, Boy!!!' wake-up call. www.thedailybeast.com/margaret-cho...
Uppity Black Woman (@uppityblackwoman.bsky.social) reposted
The Air Force will deny early retirement benefits to transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of military service, even in cases where an early retirement was already approved, according to a new memo. share.google/yl4gMHrqjGgX...
Matt Seyfang (@mseyfang.bsky.social) reposted
Millions of people will suffer and die needlessly because of the Trump Administration and it is entirely correct to blame white voters for this. We are stumbling backwards into a new Dark Age because of their choice to put that monstrous human being back in power.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted
If youβre wondering how ICE recruitment and training is going under Kristi NoemβSouth Park already nailed it.
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social)
can we have a world with just elephants please?
Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) (@axidentaliberal.bsky.social) reposted
Since 2021-even with current limitations-there have been 3,000 cases where drones impeded aircraft-including 2 collisions which required evasive action Plus the use of drones raises myriad security concerns Not to mention noise and other potential pollutions Folks Get your Starbucks another way
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social)
damn right!! love her.
Lynda Carter (@lyndacarter.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Theme and closing credits of Partners in Crime, starring me and Loni Anderson π
RisaC Cola ππ»β€οΈπ€ππ¨π¦ (@risacohenrocks.bsky.social)
I don't know anyone who didn't like Loni Anderson. π www.youtube.com/watch?v=bohq...
CajunBlueAZ βοΈπΊπΈ πΊπ¦ (@cajunblue.bsky.social) reposted
π MSM has caught up and Maddow is on point.