Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 7m

Being a billionaire drives people insane & we should help them by taxing the hell out of them

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

3 10

Reposted by Miles Grant

Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 3h

Absolutely brilliant way to make it totally obvious to normies that Republicans are shameless liars about violent protests, cities burning down, etc.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 13h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

6 20

Reposted by Miles Grant

Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 3h

Republicans are currently shutting down the federal government to prevent the release of the Epstein files that document President Trump's connections to sex-trafficking pedophiles

Meanwhile, the word "Epstein" is not mentioned on the home pages of NYT, WaPo, CNN, NBC News or ABC News

5 16

Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 3h

Republicans are currently shutting down the federal government to prevent the release of the Epstein files that document President Trump's connections to sex-trafficking pedophiles

Meanwhile, the word "Epstein" is not mentioned on the home pages of NYT, WaPo, CNN, NBC News or ABC News

5 16

Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 3h

Absolutely brilliant way to make it totally obvious to normies that Republicans are shameless liars about violent protests, cities burning down, etc.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 13h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

6 20

Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 3h

Kind of like how casinos & sports make billions exploiting gambling addicts, but if one player throws one pitch to make a few bucks, his career is over

Can't wait to find what fresh horrors of unregulated capitalism await in 2026!

🎃 a frightful hoxgoblin 🎃 @kellenhoxworth.bsky.social · 4h

Higher Ed in 2025 is opening your mailbox to see that your institution has sent you:

1. A Center for Teaching and Learning call to integrate AI into your classroom; and

2. An Office of Academic Integrity email encouraging you to crack down on students who use AI to cheat.

7

Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 4h

Why couldn't those STUPID VOTERS tell Democrats were the anti-fascism pro-democracy party in 2024??

Anyway, here's Democrats explicitly trying to criminalize speech & throw genocide protesters in prison for years

Suffolk prosecutors file felony ‘promotion of anarchy’ charges against 13 pro-Palestinian protesters - The Boston Globe

The new charges are based on a Boston police review of postings on the Instagram account of march organizers that includes the phrase “Students For Justice in Palestine."

www.bostonglobe.com

4 8

Reposted by Miles Grant

Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 7h

White House staff should just make and show him an AI-generated video where he wins, fly him to Duluth and tell him it’s Oslo, and dare the New York Times to say anything more than “Experts disagree about whether Mr Trump was awarded the Nobel Prize”.

51 580 2.8K

Reposted by Miles Grant

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 16h

When prices were going up under Biden there was a constant deluge of news stories about it because the media did not like Biden and wanted him to lose. Under Trump there is not a constant deluge of news stories about coffee prices because they like Trump and want him to win

delrayser @delrayser.bsky.social · 16h

everything is on fire these days, sure, but how is it that 50% of all news stories are not about how I just spent $20 on a bag of store brand coffee at fucking costco

44 990 3.9K

Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 15h

Booking the most conservative Republican to debate the most conservative Democrat has been TV news m.o. my whole life

But corporations always eventually cross a line making it clear progressives were always right

No one will admit it out loud, just grind their teeth & deny progressives’ next point

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 15h

Democrats and Republicans so it looks like a debate with two sides, but everyone sitting there agrees on the actual subject of the discussion.

1 8

Reposted by Miles Grant

Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 1d

Perfect parody of elite centrism. The insistence on means testing every bowl 🤌

Alan Partridge volunteers at a soup kitchen - BBC

YouTube video by BBC

youtube.com

8 20

Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 18h

Compared to Larry Bird & Bob Cousy, Jerry West may not seem like the greatest basketball player ever. However,

6

Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 19h

Sitting on the sidelines critiquing the action on the field, pretending he's powerless to do anything about it, as always

Impeach or retire

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 19h

This is what tyranny looks like. President Trump is using the Justice Department as his personal attack dog, targeting Attorney General Tish James for the ‘crime’ of prosecuting him for fraud—and winning.

2 9

Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 19h

Went to Latin Academy across from Fenway. One day we were walking past Gold’s on Lansdowne & saw Greenwell walking at us - white cowboy hat, pink shirt, gator boots, Florida Man in full. Friends froze. Me: “Uh hey Mike.” He gave us a big smile: “Hey guys!” We were gods at school that day.

RIP 🐊

The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 22h

Breaking news: Mike Greenwell, who spent his entire 12-year major league career with the Red Sox and was inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame, died this week, just months after being diagnosed with medullary thyroid cancer.

Former Red Sox left fielder Mike Greenwell dies at 62 after cancer diagnosis - The Boston Globe

Greenwell, who spent his entire 12-year major league career with the Red Sox, announced in August that he had been diagnosed with medullary thyroid cancer.

www.bostonglobe.com

1 3

Reposted by Miles Grant

Kevin Tompkins @ktompkinsii.bsky.social · 2d

HELL YEAH #AEWDynamite 🤼‍♂️

ICE fears Hangman at AEW Dynamite in Jacksonville

26 72

Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 20h

Don’t want to hear anything from Dems except impeachment

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20h

CNN: We have just learned that Letitia James has just been indicted by the DOJ

2 10

Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 21h

Citing Yglesias right away is a real “it is my job not to understand this”

1 5

Reposted by Miles Grant

Hannah Weinberger @trailanderror.bsky.social · 21h

Local reporters: I am your biggest champion which is why I hope you’ll trust I have your best interests in mind when I ask you to read Warren’s thread here before you cover new bike infrastructure.

Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 21h

"Local news serves as the lifeblood of democracy, informing citizens about events in their community."

(reads local news coverage of bike lanes)

"Fuck local news."
sanjosespotlight.com/palo-alto-ce...

Palo Alto celebrates new bike lanes, few appear to use them - San José Spotlight

State and local officials on Monday celebrated the completion of the suddenly popular but sparsely used bike lanes on El Camino Real with a ribbon-cutting ceremony that was attended by dozens of cycli...

sanjosespotlight.com

1 7 18

Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 21h

I tend to think the people who own & run our media see bike riders as Liberal Others & the social media hate clicks are a fringe benefit

2

Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 1d

I always tell people we don’t have shoulder seasons in New England - it’s late summer, then it rains for a week, then it’s early winter - and they laugh & think I’m kidding

Well

It was 71 & sunny yesterday, and here’s our week of rain, and then …

What I’m getting at is, repent 2 ur weather lords

MY LOCATION
Fairhaven
53° | Sunny
• HOURLY FORECAST
10-DAY FORECAST
Today

42°
55°
Fri

40° -
59°
Sat

51°
64°
Sun
117
85%
55°
-
62°
Mon
100%
58°
-
• 63°
Tue
90%
57°
-
62°
Wed
60%
54°
-
62°
Thu
60%
52°
-
60°
Fri
60%
49°
58°
Sat
45%
47°
59°

2

Reposted by Miles Grant

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1d

the gop brand has been "fuck your health care" for more than a decade and a half since obama signed the aca. they think they can pivot to "we love health care" in a week and it isnt working.

6 21 87

Reposted by Miles Grant

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

Wolf being absolutely destroyed in Jeopardy by Andy Richter

160 760 6K

Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 1d

Why would Republicans drag this out? Maybe because there are 8 House Democrats over 80 (8 of the 10 oldest House members are Dems). Never retiring has consequences!

1 8

Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 1d

Downloaded (and already preordered the book) 🤘🏻

Why Car Propaganda Is Destroying Our Cities (ft. The War on Cars Podcast)

Podcast Episode · Cancel Me, Daddy · 10/09/2025 · 56m

podcasts.apple.com

2 6

Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 1d

Perfect parody of elite centrism. The insistence on means testing every bowl 🤌

Alan Partridge volunteers at a soup kitchen - BBC

YouTube video by BBC

youtube.com

8 20