Nick Felker

This brings me no joy

Will Sommer@willsommer.bsky.social

Pro-ICE conservative blogger Samuel Sey, a prominent figure on the evangelical right, has himself been arrested and held for potential ICE deportation.

G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com

Our investigation into allegations of data fabrication at the firm SoCal Strategies, and an alleged association with the admittedly fraudulent firm Wedgewood Polls, has resulted in the pollster wiping itself from the face of the earth. Full story at 50+1: blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/more-polls...

nytimes.comOpinion | The Affordability Crisis Isn’t About Affordability. It’s About Something Much Bigger. (Gift Article)Whatever you call it, we can all agree this doesn’t feel good.

Yes life is confusing and often out of your control. But that has always been true. Specific quantities like unemployment rate can change month to month. There are more curmudgeons than optimists today and that's probably a consequence of gerontocracy.

Judah Grunstein@judah-grunstein.bsky.social

I think this explains in the language of econ what @tressiemcphd.bsky.social has been arguing in the language of sociology, but which many people deny because it doesn't show up in the charts. People grasp how vulnerable they are to life's vagaries, even if the lexicon they use is affordability.

I know the midterms are approaching because I had a dream about Nate Silver

I've built 10 fires as an engineer. 0 have been on purpose.

Zach Weinersmith@zachweinersmith.bsky.social

I was thinking maybe panel three should have been Engineers, but then you have to account for who is building the fire.

It's not that bad when you realize I count in binary

It's odd to say this when France is on the verge of electing a far right government

Dr. Manhattan@thenewthinker.bsky.social

people in the US don’t protest like they do in France because the propaganda in the US is so strong that people internalize their failures instead of correctly seeing it as a product of a immoral, capitalist system

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Ned Resnikoff

@resnikoff.bsky.social

Bluesky today reminding me that there are a lot of homeowners out there who consider themselves diehard progressives but will turn into Grover Norquist the second you suggest that taxing the wealth held in their homes is fine and good.

jacobin.comThe War in Ukraine Is Spiraling Out of ControlAfter years of warnings that the war in Ukraine could spiral into a full-on Russia-Europe conflagration, the conflict has reached a point where this is a real possibliity. It’s a prospect that threatens not just European lives but the entire globe.

Jacobin is correct, which is why Russia must be defeated swiftly and decisively.

Jacobin@jacobinmag.bsky.social

After years of warnings that the war in Ukraine could spiral into a full-on Russia-Europe conflagration, the conflict has reached a point where this is a real possibliity. It’s a prospect that threatens not just European lives but the entire globe.

This isn't too surprising if you have read about the internal politics of the DSA.

Chris Sommerfeldt@c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social

Pro-Palestinian protesters gather outside City Hall to call out Mayor Zohran Mamdani for what they see as his betrayal of the movement. "Mayor Mamdani, you can't hide we charge you with genocide" was a chant that just rang out.

One can make arguments for this policy, but the Green party is British. How would they even do this without the consent of the people who are currently living there? How would they actually establish that?

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One of my favorite weeks

Nobel Prize@nobelprize.org

Tomorrow we start announcing the 2026 Nobel Prizes! Our Executive Director Hanna Stjärne shares her excitement about discovering which achievements will be recognised with a Nobel Prize this year. Join us for a week of celebrating discoveries and achievements that have improved our world.

I've been working on a novella about a guy who uses AI to solve a problem and win the Fields Medal. It turns into a murder mystery.

SMBC Comics@smbccomics.bsky.social

That janitor just goes from building to building helping people. COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/equati... PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm... STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com

People really underestimate how many millionaires the country has. The ratio is far more than 1000:1

Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social

I was thinking to myself earlier this week that it's better for the economy and the world to have 1,000 people who can afford a Rolls Royce than one person who can afford 1,000 Rolls Royces. It's weird to see a similar message in a political ad as if I manifested it. I agree with this 100%.

thebulwark.comThe Daily Wire Is Quietly Shooting a Pro-ICE Movie. We Got the Script.Locals aren’t happy about the film’s take on the ICE shooting of Renée Good.

I don't watch Daily Wire movies, but it seems clear they understand the value of cultural persuasion.

Kate Burns@katerqburns.bsky.social

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liberalcurrents.comThe Return of the Cutting-Off WayStructural changes are driving us towards a more chaotic world, defined by "neither peace nor war, but conflict."

Mass mobilization does make it politically unpopular to wage wars. But in an era of cheap mass production drones, what is to stop mad men?

Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com

"The future of warfare will be defined not by war but by 'neither peace nor war:' states of conflict characterized by endemic raiding, diplomatic posturing without resolution, and an increased unwillingness to distinguish between military and civilian targets."

I find these memes interesting because the actual stats end up being less impressive. 43% of Finland has a college degree while the US is at 50%. On the PISA, the US ties with Finland on science and math while doing better on reading. Having tuition or not doesn't seem to make a difference.

Pissedoffpundit@pissedoffpundant.bsky.social

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The problem with Republican senators today is none of their staffers have normal hobbies, like sports

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social

A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED

Nihilism is the step before fascism

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liberalcurrents.com“Network” at 50: Now We’re All Mad as HellPaddy Chayefsky’s take on television captured the Long 1970s—and anticipated the rise of social media.

It's amazing just how cynical this movie is in retrospect. But I disagree with the author's blame on corporations. Many people who were "mad as hell" decided the right approach was to reject New Deal liberalism and vote for Reagan's neoliberalism in 1980 (even more in 1984).

Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com

"What sociologist Ulrich Beck called 'the causes of our affliction' became ever more abstract and complex, impersonal and apocalyptic all at once. Pollution, radiation, inflation: invisible killers all. So, what do we do about it? The answer has been the same since the late 1970s."

You can have a professional job and wear an event T-shirt with holes in it. There's dozens of us!

SMBC Comics@smbccomics.bsky.social

The worst part is how she's wearing a suit instead of an event t-shirt with holes in it. COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/taken PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm... STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com

Everyone talks about health *insurance* but don't know what *insurance* means

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Dr Oz says the Trump administration will kick more than a million people off health insurance because some of them have "never filed a claim"

22 Sept

If Mamdani can get Sunnyside Yards built it'll be great but the federal government won't give the money and it won't be built in just 4 years.

Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social

Mamdani: "We also know the president not just as the leader of the country, but also as someone who has built quite a lot of housing in our city."

21 Sept

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kyivindependent.comEditorial: The world must force Russia to end mass starvation in occupied OleshkySome 6,000 people — 200 of them children — are right now starving to death in a humanitarian catastrophe orchestrated by Vladimir Putin's Russia. The town of Oleshky and its surrounding district in t...

20 Sept

The acute crisis in Oleshky is tragic and warrants immediate action kyivindependent.com/editorial-th...

20 Sept

It's sort of odd when people say "my country" when they're American. Piker is from New Jersey just like me. Sure I can give you opinions about Ireland influenced by my Irish heritage but I don't live there so my opinions aren't worth a whole lot.

Joe Stieb@joestieb.bsky.social

Not only is this not what happened, this shows that Piker is tankie scum and an authoritarian at heart.

18 Sept

What do you get for the guy who has everything?

Elle@elleisanisland.bsky.social

Pope Leo XIV has been gifted a massive green orb and honestly not now massive green orb

"Regulating social media is bad and anti-science"

Guardian US@us.theguardian.com

Can social media be addictive? @taylorlorenz.bsky.social says no. “You wanting to communicate and chat with your friends every day is not an addiction,” says Lorenz. “And to frame it that way is incredibly harmful and anti-science.”

Too few people take LLMs seriously. Yeah they probably won't become terminators but there are legitimate concerns.

Singularity's Bounty e/CC@catblanketflower.yuwakisa.com

"Instead, the chatbot serves as a kind of front-end to a database of earlier hacking challenges that is repeatedly queried by a simple program written in Python, an easy-to-master programming language" OK this is simply false, and the rest of the article after that is irrelevant

It's yet another boring day at the office... I should say I'm sick and spend the rest of the day bramblin around

PokéJungle — Friend of Malamar@pokejungle.bsky.social

Rollin', rollin', rollin' — these Pokémon tumbled in with Pokémon Scarlet & Scarlet! Our Pokémon Professor @felker.dev breaks down some of the real-world inspirations behind Bramblin and Brambleghast's designs! Read his latest article: pokejungle.net/2026/09/15/b...

theverge.comThe Boox Palma 3 gets stylus support and a sleek redesignThe Boox Palma 3 could be your next digital notepad.

I have the Palma 2 and it's exactly the handheld eink Android device I wanted.

The Verge@theverge.com

The next version of Boox’s smartphone-sized e-reader ships with Android 16. www.theverge.com/tech/995826/...

12 Sept

We used to have the perfect simulation box as a philosophical idea of something ultimately bad, but maybe we actually should stick some people in there instead of giving them real power.

southpaw@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social

pls find my edits attached thx

11 Sept

It's unfortunate the president has decided to spend the weekend golfing rather than visit ground zero. But much like Al-Queda he hates our freedoms.

8 Sept

I don't think it's inherently bad to make a profit for creating new medicines. However, Maha is based around making a profit while not improving health.

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8 Sept

If FDR was president today he'd announce funding for the TVA and spend his 16 years in office waiting for the environmental study to be done

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Alan Elrod

@aselrod.bsky.social

7 Sept

One of the worst kinds of posts on here is when people just quote or reply with the OPs profile picture as a way of saying “you’re ugly and therefore unimportant”

7 Sept

We need a spinoff of Derry Girls set during the New York City ice cream truck territorial wars.

5 Sept

There's a surprisingly large overlap between people who say housing is a human right and who also propose laws that would infringe on that right.

Sam@samd.bsky.social

it’s awesome that Zohran and Nithya are true YIMBYs but it still pains my soul every time I see a left-NIMBY candidate running @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social just a heads up that unfunded inclusionary zoning mandates just make housing less affordable! please get a more serious housing policy!

5 Sept

Fox News doesn't broadcast biased opinions because it's not broadcast.

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David Roberts

@volts.wtf

4 Sept

I know we're all supposed to be herding onto the anti-data center bandwagon, but man, I worry a *lot* that it's going to overspill its borders & become a more generalized anti-wind & solar, anti-battery, anti-grid-infrastructure, anti-transmission, anti-anything mega-glonzo that leaves us worse off.

ted.comWe’ve solved many medical mysteries. Where are the cures?Science communicator Saloni Dattani traces the quiet revolution of medical innovation that has slashed death rates from conditions like heart disease and malaria — and reveals the broken incentives th...

4 Sept

Everyone should watch @scientificdiscovery.dev's TED Talk www.ted.com/talks/saloni...

4 Sept

Most of these are dumb ideas but we really do need more homes and energy.

Third Way@thirdway.bsky.social

NEW: To defeat MAGA now and in 2028, Democrats need a positive economic vision to change Americans' lives. We’re proposing 20 bold, practical ideas with a simple premise: If you bust your butt, you should get ahead. Here are some of the big ideas in our New Economic Bargain, first in @politico.com.

3 Sept

In the future popular authors won't get a movie or even a TV miniseries based on their novel. Instead, their work will be broken into microdramas that cut out all the nuance and worldbuilding.

Daryl Sng@darylsng.com

There’s a category called Microdramas on Peacock and every show just looks bizarre. Like the streaming equivalent of a B-movie or pulp fiction, except without the kitsch/camp

scifi.felker.devAdapting to the Small Screen“Hey there kiddo.”

3 Sept

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