John Saunders

I thought about what to write today, but I am so tired of us all ignoring the twelve years that Ukraine is defending Europe. I remain in awe of the resilience of the people of Ukraine, and will keep supporting them. This artwork is by Ukrainian artist Bogdana Chilikina: ‘TUT LYUDY’ (‘PEOPLE HERE’).

The hard part about doing propaganda is that the past changes so quickly you have no idea what will happen yesterday.

Tonight! Mutual aid telethon ftw, featuring some of the folks who make Bluesky a place with good things to read. It'll be like sitting with the cool kids at the most interesting table in the cafeteria, all while raising money for helping folks in MN & elsewhere. No kings except rat kings! 🐀👑

Jen Jordan

Miracle Rankin

I cannot stress enough how big this is.

All 3 GOP-appointed Georgia State Supreme Court Justices now have challengers in the MAY 19TH non-partisan general election:

Jen Jordan
Nikia Sellers
Miracle Rankin

This is a once-in-a-decade chance to flip *1/3* of the court.

All hands on deck, folks.

YouTube video by Freedom of the Press Foundation We’re workin’ FOIAs: Learn best practices for your Freedom of Information Act requests

Thanks to those who joined our webinar today about filing FOIA requests and prying loose documents from the government, and a special thanks to our panelists: @laurenleharper.bsky.social, @mattacpc.bsky.social, and Mukta Joshi.

Did you miss it? Watch it here:

Active reappraisal over mindless reverence: necessary for continuing good governance.

Very interested, but no problem waiting for posting.

While I'm glad that Dario is standing up to Hegseth here, as a person who studies tech regulation for a living, I'll just point out that the difference between "medium responsible usage" and "The Full Orwell" being the moral backbone of One Guy is not a governance system we should feel good about

New Englanders being kind but not nice means that, yes, we'll help you shovel your car out of its icy tomb after you chose not to yesterday, but we'll also spend the entire time mocking you for your poor decision-making skills

Tanks hide, evacuations take days, and drones cause 80% of casualties: how Ukraine’s war transformed in 4 years – Reuters Drone-inflicted casualties surged from under 10% to 80%, rewriting the rules of ground warfare.

Drones now cause 80% of casualties - up from under 10% in 2022. Four years of war have rewritten ground combat in Ukraine.

Tanks act as stationary platforms, troops can't cross open fields, and evacuations take days instead of hours.

euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/24/d...

It's impossible to overstate the degree to which the thugs at the PBA have been violently holding the city hostage for years.

congrats to the mens hockey team for letting a demented 80 year old sex criminal steal your shine and make himself the center of your accomplishment

www.standwithminnesota.com

This will be one of the more vexatious issues wrt a new constitution.

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I understand why chatbot cheating happens but every time I read about it I want to gently remind everyone that the point of schoolwork is not for the submission to exist. Teachers are not just greedy for more essays or solved equations. The point is to do the work WITH YOUR OWN BRAIN, FOR LEARNING.

"We have seen the Epstein files and cannot trust this regime anywhere near children." h/t @mrlinas.bsky.social

Despite the current state of affairs, that the effective range of action of current law wrt free speech is too small for that ideal to be realized must be rectified, if we get past this.

A lot of quiet work like this article will be necessary.

After the penguin avalanche.

The first and biggest skill challenge already happened, and its result is the current composition of your software organizations

Something that remains fuzzy to me is when documents were removed or replaced in the DOJ documents, importantly if after they were made publicly available.

Meanwhile, even without primary documents, resources like @jmail.world 's wiki could yield traffic and relationship analysis results.

California's gubernatorial choices spoil my sunny illusions about the state part <bignum overflow>.

This is about Trump benefiting from obliterating institutional trust, because mistrust in neutral referees makes it easier for him to become the only “trusted” source of truth, consolidate power, and evade accountability.

For the first time since @projectsaltbox.bsky.social launched their DHS warehouse acquisition tracker, the number of canceled sales is higher than any of the other warehouse-related figures. We've reached a tipping point, folks.

lookerstudio.google.com/reporting/b0...

More like this, please. Also, what a world(hanging on) .

Am I in a mood, or is Bluesky in a mood?

I know it’s not literally this simple, but

GIVE HOMELESS PEOPLE HOMES

it’s literally this simple

#catsofbsky

This shit is why you need to be taught to drive by someone who bikes (or walks/runs) regularly. Cars don't give you an inherent right, they give you more responsibility.

In all my years of driving I've never received a ticket, hit a rabbit, anything, because I'm a fucking adult and a car is a job.

#catsofbsky