Rob Talks Nonsense

Mark Cuban@mcuban.bsky.social

Hypothetically. If complimenting trump meant that there would definitely be 2026 elections and the Dems would sweep Congress in a landslide , would you compliment Trump ? Or, Is is that thought so abhorrent, you couldn’t bring yourself to do it. Even at the expense of staying the minority?

jamelle@jamellebouie.net

the reason this discourse will never end is because it is completely untethered from any kind of evidentiary standard. as long as there is a 19-year-old barista somewhere saying “cultural appropriation,” guys like nichols will complain that “democrats” use alienating language.

Walker Bragman@walkerbragman.bsky.social

NEW: Earlier this month, HHS announced it was discontinuing mRNA vaccine research.To justify the move, it linked to a document purporting to chronicle COVID vaccine harms. The document was authored by prominent anti-vaxxers—some with ties to a supplements company that sells a spike protein “detox.”

importantcontext.news‘Experts’ Cited By RFK Jr. to Justify mRNA Vaccine Funding Cut Have Ties to Anti-vax Supplement CompanyFour authors of the non-peer reviewed, anti-vax bibliography cited by Kennedy’s HHS are involved with The Wellness Company.

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com

The purveyors of AI want us to believe that AI is the perfect educator. Because they want us to believe that it's more effective to invest tax dollars in private companies than in public services.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

UPDATE — DHS spokesperson confirms delivery worker Cristian Enrique Carias Torres was brutalized by six ICE agents in DC on Saturday for being undocumented and having traffic violations. The administration says they’re “proud” of their agents. The full despicable statement provided to me here:

Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social

“I was skeptical about a Stewart candidacy, but maybe ‘The Daily Show’ host is the right person to shake up the Democratic presidential primaries.” Me for Zeteo on the debate over ⁦‪Jon Stewart‬⁩ and 2028:

zeteo.comShould Jon Stewart Run for President in 2028?I was skeptical about a Stewart candidacy, but maybe ‘The Daily Show’ host is the right person to shake up the Democratic presidential primaries.

Rob Wolfe@rob-wolfe.com

My name is Rob Wolfe. I am a middle school social studies teacher in Pender County, North Carolina I will be posting mostly about cats, electronics, educational issues, and how not to be too sweary on BlueSky. I will often fail at the last bit, but I will try. #OneGoodThing is important

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

🚨 Trump's new BLS nominee E.J. Antoni suggests pausing the monthly jobs report: Until it is corrected, the BLS should suspend issuing the monthly job reports but keep publishing the more accurate, though less timely, quarterly data

CNBC@cnbc.com

President Trump said he will nominate the economist E. J. Antoni as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

cnb.cxTrump says he's nominating E.J. Antoni as Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner

jamelle@jamellebouie.net

i really think the only reason we haven't created new states — which was a common political tactic in the 19th century, see nevada and the dakotas — is that 50 is a round number

Ken Klippenstein@kenklippenstein.bsky.social

PETE BUTTIGIEG: "I think that we as Israel's strongest ally and friend, you put your arm around your friend when there's something like this going on and talk about what we're prepared to do together."

Mark Cuban@mcuban.bsky.social

Want to use rich people like me to your advantage? Incent us to help those who need it the most. Lower corp taxes for comps that pay a min of $25 per hour. Lower corp taxes if employees get stock at the same pct as the CEO. Bottom up incentives work. Dems never innovate. They bitch

Craig Baird-Canadian History Ehx@cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social

On this day in 1841, Oronhyatekha was born at the Six Nations Reserve. He was the first known Indigenous person to attend Oxford, and the first to obtain a medical degree in Canada. Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇 canadaehx.com/2022/09/10/o...

Andrew Lawrence@ndrew.bsky.social

“there are a dozen or so trans kids playing high school sports, this is not an issue that affects you and its time we start asking why the guy who has repeatedly bragged about being sexually attracted to children wants to look at your kids genitals” is an entirely true thing you can say!

Craig Baird-Canadian History Ehx@cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social

On this day in 1921, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was stricken with a paralytic illness while at his summer home on Campobello Island in New Brunswick. It left him paralyzed from the waist down. Originally diagnosed with polio, it is believed he had Guillain-Barre Syndrome.

Chrissy Stroop@thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social

The Bugbear Dispatch is leaving Substack. Please bear with me if this takes more than a week. This newsletter is a smalltime, one-person operation bringing in about $17k per year, and I’m not a tech person. When I’m done, more regular posting will resume www.bugbeardispatch.com/p/leaving-su...

bugbeardispatch.comLeaving Substack and Other Thoughts on Cutting Ties with Old AffiliationsThe Bugbear Dispatch is, as of today, two years old!

The Mouthy Renegade Writer@mouthyrenegade.bsky.social

Republicans are working harder to arrest Texas Democratic politicians than child rapists on the Epstein list.

Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social

We just walked into an animal shelter because we drove by and saw they were having an adoption drive. Then the volunteers there told us that this sweetheart has been in the shelter for over a year. But they’re waiving the adoption fee for folks who come in to adopt Radar or another cat today.

Angus Johnston@angus.bsky.social

Fifty-one years ago today.

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com

My question for Justice Sotomayor on her claim that you cannot retroactively take something that you’ve earned away by constitutional amendment is whether she thinks the thirteenth amendment had the power to end slavery.

AZ Intel@azintel.bsky.social

NASCAR Xfinity driver Connor Zilisch taken via ambulance to the infield care center after suffering traumatic fall during his first place celebration at Watkins Glen International. He was alert.

Jennifer Ouellette@jenlucpiquant.bsky.social

James Lovell, the steady astronaut who brought Apollo 13 home safely, has died arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

arstechnica.comJames Lovell, the steady astronaut who brought Apollo 13 home safely, has diedJames Lovell, a member of humanity’s first trip to the moon and commander of NASA’s ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, has died at the age of 97.

Force Ghost™@fieldmontgomery.bsky.social

I'm kind of glad I was a kid in the 70s. Adults had it so rough.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

President Donald Trump is rushing to break ground next month on a giant White House ballroom, but has not yet submitted the project for a review that experts said is required by law and often takes years to complete.

washingtonpost.comHow Trump plans to get the White House ballroom built so quicklyThe National Capital Planning Commission has taken years to approve much smaller White House projects than a ballroom planned by President Trump.

Philip Bump@pbump.com

The administration that’s restoring monuments to the Confederacy is rewarding Russia for territory it “earned” by invading Ukraine.

Liz 🧡 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸@circaliz.bsky.social

#MMIWG2S #MMIWG "#MMIWG2S #MMIWG This series of posts will cover the Calls for Justice published by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. I invite settler people to join me in consideration of what needs to be done and to think about why the Calls are needed.