Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by mae 🏳️‍⚧️

zach @extrafabulous.bsky.social · 17h

Reposted by mae 🏳️‍⚧️

Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 21h

“Let Republicans have the literal blood of American citizens on their hands—and make that the central issue of the shutdown. Otherwise, enjoy having your health care subsidy debate in the gulags these people would happily send us all to. I hear that poll-tests great.”

The Case for the Forever Shutdown

Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.

newrepublic.com

11 150 320

Reposted by mae 🏳️‍⚧️

Spheal Posting @sphealposting.bsky.social · 19h

Low effort meme featuring a picture from pokemon legends za of a spheal, sealeo, and shiny walrein
Text by walrein says "grandfather full of lead"
Text by sealeo says "father full of asbestos"
Text by spheal says "me full of microplastics"

5 300 850

Reposted by mae 🏳️‍⚧️

Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 1d

The horror

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

7 17 180

mae 🏳️‍⚧️ @buysomedoubt.bsky.social · 1d

oh nooo ❤️

mae 🏳️‍⚧️ @buysomedoubt.bsky.social · 1d

😔

3

mae 🏳️‍⚧️ @buysomedoubt.bsky.social · 2d

Tobias Funke, after explaining that "it never works, but somehow these people delude themselves into thinking it will" saying.... "but it might work for us."

1

Reposted by mae 🏳️‍⚧️

Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 2d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

41 2.9K 10K

Reposted by mae 🏳️‍⚧️

Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 2d

Hopefully the whole Bari Weiss thing and Ezra Klein thing starts waking people up to the fact that corporate media is mostly populated with mediocre people who have made millions and gained unbelievable influence because they threaten nothing and tell wealthy people exactly what they want to hear.

210 3.1K 11K

Reposted by mae 🏳️‍⚧️

Lilly ⭐️ @mothcub.bsky.social · 2d

A day at the skull museum.

A four panel comic about a skeleton looking at skulls in the skull museum. In the first panel, the skeleton stands below a shelf displaying two skulls. Text reads, "looking at skulls in the skull museum".

In the second and third panels, the skeleton looks closely at two skulls.

In the fourth panel, the skeleton stands next to a tiered display of three skulls. Text reads, "none of them look like me lmao". A non-skeletal man nearby looks at the skeleton.

1 53 410

mae 🏳️‍⚧️ @buysomedoubt.bsky.social · 2d

but Glitch had such goddamn charm 😭

Reposted by mae 🏳️‍⚧️

Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 3d

“Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.”

CNBC @cnbc.com · 3d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

cnb.cx

12 65 520

mae 🏳️‍⚧️ @buysomedoubt.bsky.social · 3d

she's soooo cute

Reposted by mae 🏳️‍⚧️

Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 4d

I think my friend Io said it best www.etsy.com/listing/1743...

A silver foil sticker featuring a computer with a bunch of arrows in it. The text says "BULTERIAN JIHAD NOW! Send AI to hell. If you make a robot I will kill you"

4 130 590

Reposted by mae 🏳️‍⚧️

Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 4d

not interested in awful personal humanity stories rn btw this is not individual therapy hour this is stubborn hope hour

Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 4d

here's my take: I think humans are really fucking good. inherently. I think we are amazingly kind and giving. and everything about the world we live in is an attempt to stop us from being that. I think our societies step in to stop us from being good. I think our culture punishes us. but we ARE good

6 11 180

Reposted by mae 🏳️‍⚧️

pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 4d

It’s bigotry to hate those inflatable flappy arm guys from outside car dealerships

41 170 1.4K

Reposted by mae 🏳️‍⚧️

vada 🧚💙 @vadathegreat.bsky.social · 4d

picture that says “pls don't try to get to know me
i am better as a concept” with a opossum screaming

5 440 1.3K

Reposted by mae 🏳️‍⚧️

ciil 🦭 @ciil.bsky.social · 4d

1am delirious motivational comic from moi #comic

comic of seal being self conscious abt sucking but evil ominous aggro positive seal screams at her that actually its cooler to try and flop than not try and not flop. seal screams AT LEAST I DID IT BROOOO

20 1.3K 3.1K

Reposted by mae 🏳️‍⚧️

🇵🇸 Caleb 𓇼 ⋆｡˚ 𓆝⋆｡˚ 𓇼 🏳️‍⚧️ @littlestpersimmon.bsky.social · 4d

Comics hot take: I love comics

2 18 97

Reposted by mae 🏳️‍⚧️

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 4d

wow I wonder why my entire body was in the air in the first place

Meatball Rob @wrenispinkle.bsky.social · 5d

Absolutely INSANE use of passive voice in this CNN piece

just incredible

@katmabu.bsky.social “landed on the ground” during the protest???

At least one other person, who identified herself on social media as Kat Abughazaleh, a former journalist also running for Congress, landed on the ground during that same protest after she was pushed by a federal law enforcement agent in a camouflage uniform wearing a full face covering, sunglasses and a helmet, video by CNN affiliate WBBM showed.

230 1.6K 8.2K

mae 🏳️‍⚧️ @buysomedoubt.bsky.social · 5d

Something about how each is rowing with another's tail is really tickling me

mae 🏳️‍⚧️ @buysomedoubt.bsky.social · 5d

bsky.app/profile/matt...

Matt Aytch Taylor @matthtaylor.com · 5d

these westerns zine restrictions are odd

Important:

The Westerns Zine does not accept any material that contains horses,; adult or sexually explicit content; abuse or harming of women or children; horses; any rape scenes; gunslingers; horses; firearms; horses for horses' sake, or steampunk. We do not accept any religious, horse or political themes. We do not accept any submissions written in Old West English, Cowboy Vernacular, horse-speak, or 19th Century styles. We do not accept any submissions told in a diary or letter or journal format, written in numbered chapters, told as memories, or told entirely as from horseback (someone recounting past events while on a horse). We do not accept any submissions created with the use of, or any assistance from, Artificial Intelligence (AI). We do not accept fan fiction. We do not accept horse fiction.

1

Reposted by mae 🏳️‍⚧️

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 5d

comic book authors: we invented the punisher as a cautionary tale about vigilante crime fighting
the director of the fbi: at long last, we are implementing the ethos from the classic comic book the punisher

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 5d

reddit occupied government

Ken Dilanian
@DilanianMSNBC
Follow
The challenge coins being handed out by @FBIDirectorKash. Seems someone put a lot of thought into this.

220 1.2K 5.3K

mae 🏳️‍⚧️ @buysomedoubt.bsky.social · 5d

a horse standing in the rain looking at the camera .

Alt: sad horse in the rain looks at you. sad horse. sad horse for horse's sake.

media.tenor.com

6

Reposted by mae 🏳️‍⚧️

An actual goat @kokorozek.satan.social · 5d

Why doesn't the userbase, the larger organism, not simply eat the bluesky mod team?

1 23 310