me when I'm paid to be a technical advisor on a platform with millions of active users

57!! Wow!

Map of Virginia showing the results of the April 21, 2026 redistricting election.

It may not look like it at first, since the finally tally appears rather close at a surface glance.

However, tonight's redistricting results were a CATASTROPHIC loss for Republicans and the fascist movement.

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I was asking “how?” then I saw the category and it was instantaneous.

Now they want to ARREST us if they don’t approve of what we are WEARING, the misogyny does not stop

Reminder that the WaPo and most legacy newspapers are owned by right wing billionaires and serve Republican agendas.

Alternatives in the thread!

Etsy Witch?

i have just checked the rule book and there is no rule that a dog can not be a tailor

@seattletimes-rss.bsky.social you can do better than this.

Backstory for tonight's victory in Virginia. 🔺🐘❤️

FASCISTS!

“It rolls back the age of forgivable past socialism from 16 to 14. If you had a pinko poster on your wall at 15, you’re out of here. And even if you’ve never breathed a word about economics, you can be denaturalized & expelled under this bill…it includes parallel rules against “Marxism.”

The Iran war’s economic shockwaves have now hit condoms.

The surge in costs underscores how the Middle East conflict, which has already upended energy markets, is disrupting virtually every aspect of life for consumers. bloom.bg/4cCUPAf

📷: Samsul Said/Bloomberg

Texas republicans illegally gerrymandered their maps and never once asked voters how they feel about it.

California and Virginia let voters decide.

That’s the difference. They started this fight and Democrats are going to fucking finish it.

The message of the Right reacting to Virginia is the same as the message of "2020 was rigged": no victory by anyone but us is ever legitimate. We are the only ones allowed to win.

These people are cartoon villains entitled to no respect and no trust. Rabid dogs.

Twitter taught Microsoft’s AI chatbot to be a racist asshole in less than a day The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in vi...

Microsoft did this 10 years ago www.theverge.com/2016/3/24/11...

Check out this incredible Purple Rain movie homage by Cliff Chiang. Good day to repost.

Had only just started collecting comics again when it came out (2015) so it snuck by me. Bought it immediately when I found out it existed, within the hour. One of my fav covers ever created.

The implicit media consensus is that urban voters should not be able to overrule rural voters, but that rural voters should be able to overrule urban voters, an assumption so axiomatic and unquestionable that nobody even understands they're making it.

A reminder while Republicans bitch about Dems finishing the redistricting fight they started: they have full control of gov’t— they can pass a law banning gerrymandering any time they want. They won’t. Republicans aren’t mad gerrymandering exists; they’re mad that they’re not the only ones using it.

Democrats did not step back. We fought back. When they go low, we hit back hard. We won Prop 50 in California, reclaimed a seat in Utah, pushed back extremists in Ohio and halted toxic GOP efforts in Indiana, New Hampshire, Nebraska and Kansas. Tonight, thanks to the relentless work of Virginia Democrats, led by Governor Abigail Spanberger, Speaker Don Scott, State Majority Leader Scott Surovell and President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas, “YES” won and Donald Trump lost. Virginians spoke with a crystal-clear voice, voting to stop the MAGA power grab and protect the integrity of free and fair elections. This war is not over. Next week, Ron DeSantis is hauling the Florida legislature back into a special session to redraw maps because Republicans know they are on the verge of an epic defeat in November. DeSantis is clearly more interested in illegal gerrymandering than lowering the high cost of living or fixing our broken healthcare system. Right now, nearly 5 million Floridians are facing higher premiums because Republicans failed to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits. If Florida Republicans proceed with this illegal scheme, they will only create more prime pick-up opportunities for Democrats, just as they did with Trump’s dummymander in Texas. We will aggressively target for defeat Mario Díaz-Balart, Maria Elvira Salazar, Carlos Giménez, Kat Cammack, Anna Paulina Luna, Laurel Lee, Cory Mills and Brian Mast. We are prepared to take them all on, and we are prepared to win. Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time.”

Hakeem Jeffries puts out a FAFO:

"We will aggressively target for defeat Mario Díaz-Balart, Maria Elvira Salazar, Carlos Giménez, Kat Cammack, Anna Paulina Luna, Laurel Lee, Cory Mills and Brian Mast....

Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time"

it is very funny how these people are so accustomed to essentially bullying democratic politicians that they meltdown when met with appropriate pushback.

in any case, the process to amend the virginia constitution has multiple stages where, at any point, an amendment can be defeated.

Did I just argue with a joke? Part of a Bluesky educational series

Good news! We found the cats a home! But they still need a foster home for the next month! Please help us spread the word so we can find a good foster home for them!

NOOOOOO Only WE get to CHEAAAAT

Nooooot FAAAAAAIR

lol suck my ass, NYT, you fucking rag.

The first epidemic of the 1918 flu in the United States occurred at the military’s Camp Funston, Kansas (later Fort Riley).

Infected soldiers headed to WWI battlefields carried the flu to Europe. Millions died

It’s not *vaccination* that weakens force readiness.

Sigh, terrible that I don't even need sourcing, I know this quote so well. The cite for this is in the alt but you can also learn about it's context here.

theintercept.com/2022/08/25/s...

#38 in Patel v. Figliuzzi (S.D. Tex., 4:25-cv-02548) – CourtListener.com MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Granting 25 Opposed MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM (Signed by Judge George C Hanks, Jr) Parties notified. (knp4) (Entered: 04/21/2026)

JUST IN: FBI Dir Kash Patel loses libel suit he filed against former FBI agent Frank Figliuzzi for saying Patel "reportedly" has been "visible at nightclubs far more" than at FBI HQ. Judge George Hanks (Obama/TXSD) says it was "rhetorical hyperbole." Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I would so much time throwing on the wheel. Bowls and mugs and planters and who the hell knows what else.