Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social) reposted
A perfect afternoon in Astoria.
shahidkhan.bsky.social (@shahidkhan.bsky.social) reply parent
Hell yeah
Zach Dorfman (@zachsdorfman.bsky.social) reposted
Wario Intelligence Agency
đžđâđ¸â (@gorangligovic.bsky.social) reposted
actually Verhoeven didn't make things stupid enough
Joshua Erlich (@joshuaerlich.bsky.social) reposted
usually you have to work harder for evidence admissible in the hague
Steven Beschloss (@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social) reposted
This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law. May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
Ar-FredazĂ´n (@thefred.bsky.social) reposted
This will be an exhibit at trial for violation of the Posse Comitatus Act.
Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) reposted
I think this may be what they're worried about ... Is This The Hidden Part of the Trump-Epstein Drama? talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/is-th...
Roberto Baldwin (@strngwys.bsky.social) reposted
Important to remember that everyone involved in renaming the DoD to the Department of War is afraid to take the subway.
CHOAM Nomsky (@samthielman.com) reposted
I think if there was actually anyone whoâd committed a crime of any significance on that boat we blew up for no reason, everyone in the world would know their names by now
Department of Shoe (@shoe.bsky.social) reposted
Basically fucking a pig on TV levels of disgrace
shahidkhan.bsky.social (@shahidkhan.bsky.social)
I've read the stories on how Florida's demographic time bomb is getting worse but there's no way they are able to change it around relative to other states if they have these stupid policies
âď¸ Jeremy Diamond (@dmnd.me) reposted
Zohranâs videos have reached Prestige TV levels of production value. They KNOW people are going to freeze frame stuff to catch everything so they have to spend the time to add these touches. And then of course people share the inside jokes, which amplifies their reach even further!
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) reposted
One of the few remaining serious journalists at Fox News asks a very good question about reports that Hegseth just had 10 *stealth fighters* deployed to Puerto Rico allegedly for "counter-narcotics."
Julian Sanchez (@normative.bsky.social) reposted
An entire government department has been derailed from its extremely valuable work and is now dedicated to validating the risible delusions of a single crackpot.
Second Ave. Sagas (@2avesag.as) reposted
Hey folks, can I ask you to do something quickly today? Allegedly, constituents aren't urging Jeffries to endorse Mamdani. Do you live in CD8? Are you sick of this guy's generally antipathy toward the duly-elected Democratic nominee for mayor? Give his office a call. Ask him to endorse.
shahidkhan.bsky.social (@shahidkhan.bsky.social) reply parent
That's most buildings, even near transit, right?. Going more than that ends up with non timber construction which has bigger union share anyways?
Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon.bsky.social) reposted
Quite the tale: In 2019, President Trump sent SEAL Team 6 into North Korea on a mission to intercept Kim Jong-un's communications. The mission "was so risky that it required the presidentâs direct approval." It ended in failure, with "two or three" North Korean fishermen dead.
Dave Infante (@dinfontay.com) reposted
â Iâm Bari Weiss â Iâm Nellie Bowles â Iâm Coleman Hughes â And Iâm that boomer who rage quit NPR over pronouns in email signatures âŚthose stories and more, tonight on 60 Unwoke Minutes
Crystal Storm đâď¸ (@thecrystalstorm.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
meta ai is out here asking some wild questions
Nolan Hahn (@nolanhahn.bsky.social) reposted
Gonna keep beating this dead horse but as a Yimby it pisses me off to see this group try to co-opt a progressive movement that I believe deeply in. This lady's family shot at me and Bureau of Land Management staff and now shes an invited speaker. I want cities and trains and these people do not
Sharon (@sharonk.bsky.social) reposted
honestly probably the strongest argument for the postmaterialist voter thesis
Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted
Mamdani: Why should I debate Trump's puppet when I could debate Trump himself? If Trump is serious about this, he should come to New York City. We can have as many debates as he wants about why he is cutting snap benefits for hungry New Yorkers just to fund tax cuts for his billionaire donors
Mike Elk (@mikeelk.bsky.social) reposted
450 were napped by ICE at a Hyundai construction site in Georgia, where 3 workers had been killed. Workers complained about the deaths to Trump's OSHA, which did nothing. Instead, ICE showed up in an act viewed as retaliatory. paydayreport.com/450-napped-b...
Stilgherrian (@stilgherrian.com) reposted
âA surgeon who froze his legs so they would require amputation to satisfy a sexual obsession before making nearly ÂŁ500,000 in insurance claims has been jailed.â www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Bryce Covert (@brycecovert.bsky.social) reposted
A scoop: Connor Clegg, former Charlie Kirk employee who was ousted as student body president over his racist social media posts, is working at the EEOC talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/fo...
m (@keptsimple.bsky.social) reposted
you can always identify the blank stare of a child with mitochondrial challenges
shahidkhan.bsky.social (@shahidkhan.bsky.social) reply parent
The best part about this is the median voter credits trump for the superdole and blames Biden for the lockdowns and summer of BLM. Responses to 'Who was President in 2020' captures everything about COVID breaking millions of people
Zane Selvans (@zaneselvans.org) reposted
The one thing I'd add to this is that Republicans aren't just going to *hope* the public blames renewables for the electricity price spike now being engineered. They'll put that explanation on infinite repeat via every media channel they can find. www.youtube.com/watch?v=39YO...
Tom Scocca (@tomscocca.bsky.social) reposted
There's nothing chaotic about the race! The runaway winner of the Democratic primary has a comfortable ongoing lead in the polls! The only chaotic element is the mind-traffic of the small circle of self-appointed civic elites melting down over their refusal to accept a straightforward situation.
shahidkhan.bsky.social (@shahidkhan.bsky.social) reply parent
Yimby demsoc is unbeatable
GPT-Ern Malley (@denam.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
The Leftist/YIMBY debate was over when the Leftists conceded all the substantive points and the YIMBYs conceded to be called Leftists
Folk-Punk Demon Hunters (@gonebabygone.bsky.social) reposted
Mom can you come pick me up, the Justice Department is posting NotesApp apologies
Ned Resnikoff (@resnikoff.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I don't think it's actually possible to have a coherent abundance movement that includes both people who want to reinvigorate American cities and people who want to militarily occupy them and disappear large numbers of their residents into camps.
Charlie Savage (@charliesavage.bsky.social) reposted
Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers The move to treat criminals as if they were wartime combatants escalated an administration pattern of using military force for law enforcement tasks at home and abroad. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
Jason "Red5" Lyall (@jaylyall.bsky.social) reposted
Nine grafs deep into the article and we find out: "Pentagon officials were still working Wednesday on what legal authority they would tell the public was used to back up the extraordinary strike in international waters."
shahidkhan.bsky.social (@shahidkhan.bsky.social) reply parent
It was so nice to walk from the hotel in Florence to SM Novella and take a train directly to FCO. Felt so amazing to take a one seat ride to the airport of another city!
Marxist-Glonzoist (@primaryschool.bsky.social) reposted
I kind of like how Fetterman has gone out of his way to be like "yes, it's the stroke, the old me died in the summer of 2022 and the new me is destined for hell"
Lilly âď¸ (@mothcub.bsky.social) reposted
Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
Jillian (@nogoodwyfe.bsky.social) reposted
holy shit dude using a fake deployment for wildland fire crews from a fire thatâs only 13% contained during peak western US fire season to detain multiple firefighters and remove the crews from the fire is a scale of evil & dangerous I canât fully communicate to people not from wildfire regions
Charles Johnson (@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com) reposted
Heâs finding that heâs got a taste for mass murder now that he can actually do it with no consequences.
shahidkhan.bsky.social (@shahidkhan.bsky.social) reply parent
Local carpet magnate fail daughter vaults into billionaire class by crying about woke. It sounds fake but it's all true!
Luke Kawa (@ljkawa.bsky.social) reposted
This is America: Access to public services restored thanks to a gambling website so people can get to a football game. www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/fanduel...
Matthewăăă (@matthewseiji.com) reposted
Itâs 2050 and a teen girl is torrenting a .tar.gz file of all the consciousnesses of all the tech bros who uploaded themselves into the cloud in a bid for immortality and modding them into The Sims 4
David Roberts (@volts.wtf) reposted
The contemporary Republican Party has gathered together, under one banner, the worst human beings in the country. It barely even has an ideology any more beyond "be your worst self."
Lisa Song (@lisalsong.bsky.social) reposted
Holy shit: Stateline spoke to nearly a dozen firefighters, agency staffers and contractors, who said that top officials assigned to the fire deployed the crews to a remote location under false pretenses so federal agents could check their immigration status. www.hcn.org/articles/fir...
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) reposted
đ¨NEW: Declarations filed in the lawsuit against the rushed attempt to deport 600 Guatemalan children reveals the chaotic way the Trump admin carried out the operation. Children were taken out of bed after midnight to be rushed onto planes. One girl "was so scared she vomited."
Aubrey Gilleran (@aubreygilleran.bsky.social) reposted
People got mad at me when I said that this man's state shouldn't be prioritized for any kind of bailout until its citizens drive him from office.
Ryan Marino, MD (@ryanmarino.bsky.social) reposted
Vinay Prasad, a former adult oncologist, has moved to disrupt the childhood vaccine schedule by asserting - against all evidence - that administering multiple vaccines at the same time âcould blunt their efficacy.â The added burden/delay of separating shots would sharply reduce US vaccination rates.
the beastly fido (@theophite.bsky.social) reposted
mamdani had his fourth meeting with jeffries, and jeffries continues to withhold an endorsement in a race against a corrupt cop, a fascist, and a sex criminal who intentionally handed the state senate to republicans and gerrymandered against the democrats.
derek guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) reposted
strange. fabric doesn't normally fall like that across an arm.
Will Stancil (@whstancil.bsky.social) reposted
The United States is rapidly going fascist and is the most materially prosperous large nation in human history by a huge margin. If thatâs not rich enough to prevent a fascist resurgence, there simply is no amount of wealth that will stave it off and the problem is social and political.
Marco Chitti (@chittimarco.bsky.social) reposted
One Hundred Eighty Five Billion 185,000,000,000 Let this number sink in.
Ned Resnikoff (@resnikoff.bsky.social) reposted
Yeah this is pretty much explicitly white supremacist. Not sure how he could make it more obvious short of screaming the N-word.
Adam Isacson (@adamisacson.com) reposted
Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social, with the claim that 11 people aboard the boat were killed. There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea. Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) reposted
Drug trafficking is not a capital crime; it doesnât carry a death sentence. I genuinely cannot think of anything under U.S. law that would permit premeditated government assassination of people suspected of drug trafficking.
Senator Scott Wiener (@scottwiener.bsky.social) reposted
Not building housing screws young people, pushes them out & tanks future economic success. We need to make it easier & faster to build the homes we need for a bright future. Our current vetocracy need to change & weâre working to change it.
Tom Scocca (@tomscocca.bsky.social) reposted
It's called "Blue Sky" because you can just sit on Twitter and imagine it to be anything you want it to be, apparently
CJ Ciaramella (@cjciaramella.bsky.social) reposted
I have a lurker account on X so I can look up posts for work. It follows zero accounts, but whenever I log in it shows me the most brain-rotted fascist shit. For example, the first post X wants me to see this morning is Eva Braun Barbie.
Grudgie the Whale (@grudgie.bsky.social) reposted
The United States had one of the worst COVID outcomes in the entire world from a body count standpoint. Anyone who argues with a straight face we were TOO cautious is an unserious imbecile.
ICE must be destroyed đłď¸ââ§ď¸đ´ (@miawong.bsky.social) reposted
Taylor Lorenz was Jesse Singal's original podcast host for his terf show before the pilot bombed and he switched hosts (they were also dating at the time) she's always been a fascist dog and I'm glad she's finally being open enough about it for people to see Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
shahidkhan.bsky.social (@shahidkhan.bsky.social) reply parent
You got a remember that the total boat arrivals never even equaled the average US SW border crossings (on a per capita basis).
mtsw (@mtsw.bsky.social) reposted
if people yell at you for advocating "moderation" on trans rights on Bluesky but not on Twitter the reason for that might be because Elon Musk, the guy who runs and owns Twitter, explicitly censored trans people's accounts and posts.
Kashmir Hill (@kashhill.bsky.social) reposted
Great story by my colleagues on the constant political realignment of Grok, the generative AI chatbot over on the other site. This change to Grokâs answer about the greatest threat to Western civilization is particularly ironic/meta. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...
genna (@genna.bsky.social) reposted
case study of how a non-meaningful tweak to a prompt can result in dangerously wrong output. Search A: prompt has typos in âassociationâ & âblood clots.â AI output has medical misinfo (Yaz&Yasmin ARE NOT drospirenone-only). Search B: same words, same order, correct spelling. Output factually correct
leon (@leyawn.bsky.social) reposted
i met anubis in the realm of the underworld, big strong guy by the way, had a dogâs head, iâm not so sure about that. and he said to me, mr president, youâve got the heaviest soul weâve ever weighed down here. can you believe it? theyâve never seen a soul that heavy in all of duat
Philip Gourevitch (@pgourevitch.bsky.social) reposted
What a gang of mindless amateurs in Washington accomplished in Beijing:
Dr Alex Cruikshanks (@alexsaysstuff.bsky.social) reposted
If we were talking about an ethnic minority who'd changed their name for whatever reason, using their birth name would obviously be recognised as clear-cut racism.
Tim Carvell (@timcarvell.bsky.social) reposted
Oh god it just hit me that whenever it happens, theyâre gonna put him in the Emmys âIn Memoriamâ reel that year.
Karl Bode (@karlbode.com) reposted
using a website owned by an overt white supremacist to tutscold a website full of trans activists and scientists
Sharon (@sharonk.bsky.social) reposted
gambling addict trying to lecture people on what's normal is a incredible bit
SE Gyges (@segyges.bsky.social) reposted
pregnancy fetish man thinks birth control is evil, news at 12
âď¸ Starshine (@starshine.bsky.social) reposted
Look i agree the covid policies were all misguided but rfkjr is trying to murder my young autistic son Thank you for your cool head brother. Perhaps think less of your son and think more of the bars remaining open in Hawaii
Sarah J. Jackson (@sjjphd.bsky.social) reposted
Okay. I just came back to this and you arenât calling these efforts resegregation yet, you absolutely should be
Will Jennings đłď¸ (@drjennings.bsky.social) reposted
The failure of the government and many Labour MPs to leave X after the 2024 riots suggests they just don't get the challenge they face or the power they have to fight back. Completely weak and callow.
Sam (@samd.bsky.social) reposted
itâs kind of annoying how complaining about transplants has become the new hipster xenophobia
Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
The message Trump is trying to quote-tweet there with âNEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFEâ:
Maia (@maiamindel.bsky.social) reposted
Yeah it's not exactly subtle what's going on here
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Post a video of yourself with todayâs newspaper saying this
shahidkhan.bsky.social (@shahidkhan.bsky.social) reply parent
Now with Executive Hours
shahidkhan.bsky.social (@shahidkhan.bsky.social) reply parent
Aldi + Costco is the ultimate life hack
Katherine the Sixth (@luigithirty.bsky.social) reposted
www.rawstory.com/trump-infuri... lmao theyâre activating them for 29 days over and over so they donât get full active duty pay
shahidkhan.bsky.social (@shahidkhan.bsky.social) reply parent
I can be in and out with a week's grocery within 15 mins. It's so fast.
Dante Atkins (@danteatkins.bsky.social) reposted
I don't think most liberals realize the degree to which Fox News and the Republican Party exists to propagandize exurban and rural communities into believing that American cities are warzones
Stan Oklobdzija (@stano.bsky.social) reposted
Over the past 20 years, CA cities held outreach sessions where stakeholders were engaged with and community input was collected for project scoping and impact study in order to foster an inclusive agenda and present revisions for relevant follow up and broader envisioning of strategic goals...
Michael McDonald (@electproject.bsky.social) reposted
Also known as ethnic cleansing
Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg.bsky.social) reposted
The extent to which ICE is ignoring all civil rights and due process is astounding â and indicative of a culture where theyâve been told they can do literally no wrong. Agency and admin leaders must face sanctions and legal consequences.
Hayes Brown (@hayesbrown.bsky.social) reposted
welp. i just went to try to schedule a covid vaccine at the local duane reade and got this pop-up
David Ho (@davidho.bsky.social) reposted
Cyclists, don't forget to wear hi viz!
Quantian (@quantian.bsky.social) reposted
The commonly cited AI water usage statistics are based on a methodology where, if your data center buys green energy from a hydroelectric dam (as lots do, including the hyperscalers), then ânatural evaporation of the water from the lake behind the damâ is counted as that data centerâs water use.
Jason Garcia (@jasongarcia.bsky.social) reposted
The Free State of Florida is now trying to ban *sidewalk chalking*
James Fallows (@jfallows.bsky.social) reposted
This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.) h/t @joshuajfriedman.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
David_j_roth (@davidjroth.bsky.social) reposted
If I'm an investor I would be absolutely pounding venture capital into the AI ghoulspace. Virtual Zombies are already changing the way we live....and it's only going to get better from here. You need only look at the success of The Schizophrenia Machine to see how well it will work.