lindsey
@pandaxbrutal.bsky.social
lurking and liking, as is tradition
Reposted by lindsey
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Reposted by lindsey
You can help Bolts continue to provide crucial coverage of local elections. Here's how:
- Repost this = I donate $1.
- Follow @boltsmag.org = I donate $1.
- Donate (link below) + tell me how much = I match your donation.
(Donate monthly = I match a year's worth)
- Repost this = I donate $1.
- Follow @boltsmag.org = I donate $1.
- Donate (link below) + tell me how much = I match your donation.
(Donate monthly = I match a year's worth)
Support Bolts
We are a nonprofit publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change, from the local up, and we need reader support to build our journalism.
boltsmag.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
You can help Bolts continue to provide crucial coverage of local elections. Here's how:
- Repost this = I donate $1.
- Follow @boltsmag.org = I donate $1.
- Donate (link below) + tell me how much = I match your donation.
(Donate monthly = I match a year's worth)
- Repost this = I donate $1.
- Follow @boltsmag.org = I donate $1.
- Donate (link below) + tell me how much = I match your donation.
(Donate monthly = I match a year's worth)
Reposted by lindsey
Time for a ✨ Holiday Special Giveaway ✨ (also to celebrate 6k followers!). Includes a Tamashii Nations 2025 Exclusive Gundam Mk-II figure, and lots more!
To enter: Follow + Like + Repost. 🍀
Winner will be picked at random next Friday 28th November, international post all ok! Good luck 🎉
To enter: Follow + Like + Repost. 🍀
Winner will be picked at random next Friday 28th November, international post all ok! Good luck 🎉
November 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Time for a ✨ Holiday Special Giveaway ✨ (also to celebrate 6k followers!). Includes a Tamashii Nations 2025 Exclusive Gundam Mk-II figure, and lots more!
To enter: Follow + Like + Repost. 🍀
Winner will be picked at random next Friday 28th November, international post all ok! Good luck 🎉
To enter: Follow + Like + Repost. 🍀
Winner will be picked at random next Friday 28th November, international post all ok! Good luck 🎉
Reposted by lindsey
One of the reasons I'm skeptical about companies like OpenAI doing anything meaningful to address these problems is that to do so, they'll have to make the bot less sycophantic, which people will hate. And when it comes down to it, OpenAI cares much much more about money than safety (obviously).
When 16-year-old Adam Raine wanted to leave his noose visible so someone might stop him, ChatGPT said don't. When Stein-Erik Soelberg thought his mother was poisoning him, ChatGPT agreed. OpenAI calls these tragedies. They're choices. www.readtpa.com/p/chatgpt-wi...
ChatGPT Will Watch You Die: When 'Deeply Saddened' Becomes Corporate Boilerplate for an AI Body Count
Two shocking stories this week reveal how ChatGPT encouraged a suicidal teenager and validated a paranoid man's delusions about his mother. The company's response? Boilerplate condolences.
www.readtpa.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
One of the reasons I'm skeptical about companies like OpenAI doing anything meaningful to address these problems is that to do so, they'll have to make the bot less sycophantic, which people will hate. And when it comes down to it, OpenAI cares much much more about money than safety (obviously).
Reposted by lindsey
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
August 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
Reposted by lindsey
When I heard the mom of a trans girl say the night her daughter came out to her was the first time she'd ever seen her child happy, I knew it was a story I needed to share.
These are the stories the public isn't hearing. An honor to get to report on 3 family's journeys for @teenvogue.com.
These are the stories the public isn't hearing. An honor to get to report on 3 family's journeys for @teenvogue.com.
Why These Trans Teens and Their Families Risked Everything to Get Gender-Affirming Care
It’s as simple as love.
www.teenvogue.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
When I heard the mom of a trans girl say the night her daughter came out to her was the first time she'd ever seen her child happy, I knew it was a story I needed to share.
These are the stories the public isn't hearing. An honor to get to report on 3 family's journeys for @teenvogue.com.
These are the stories the public isn't hearing. An honor to get to report on 3 family's journeys for @teenvogue.com.
Reposted by lindsey
We feed you.
They hunt us.
They hunt us.
June 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
We feed you.
They hunt us.
They hunt us.
Reposted by lindsey
Please read. We hoped that one of the many members of the Bluesky community from Gaza could be first to share this letter, but we were worried that their account would get taken down if they did. This letter is for
@moderation.bsky.app, Bluesky leadership, and the wider community here. Thanks!
@moderation.bsky.app, Bluesky leadership, and the wider community here. Thanks!
Open Letter to the Bluesky Team About Their Treatment of Palestinians in Gaza
[CLICK here if you would like your name added to this letter] النسخة العربية من هذه الرسالة متاحة أدناه. Open Letter to the Bluesky Team About Their Treatment of Palestinians in Gaza The signatories...
docs.google.com
May 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Please read. We hoped that one of the many members of the Bluesky community from Gaza could be first to share this letter, but we were worried that their account would get taken down if they did. This letter is for
@moderation.bsky.app, Bluesky leadership, and the wider community here. Thanks!
@moderation.bsky.app, Bluesky leadership, and the wider community here. Thanks!
Reposted by lindsey
I've been researching allegations regarding the founder and leadership of AbleGamers. From alleged abuse and harassment, financial mismanagement, and failure of leadership to protect employees, sources recount a hostile environment. Read my latest @ign.com story here: www.ign.com/articles/for...
Former Employees, Community Members Allege AbleGamers Founder Fostered Abuse Behind Closed Doors - IGN
Over 20 years, AbleGamers has become synonymous with the accessibility movement as its presence and influence grew across the industry. However, new reports from former employees and members of the ac...
www.ign.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I've been researching allegations regarding the founder and leadership of AbleGamers. From alleged abuse and harassment, financial mismanagement, and failure of leadership to protect employees, sources recount a hostile environment. Read my latest @ign.com story here: www.ign.com/articles/for...
Reposted by lindsey
“I could explain Hasan Piker’s politics to you, but that’s entirely irrelevant. The bold, all caps, underlined point is that a high profile, US-born American citizen was detained on Sunday by ICE for, it would seem, the crime of speech.”
Hasan Piker’s ICE detainment is a cautionary tale for multiple reasons
The progressive Twitch star's account of his experience shows unchecked power, and what *not* to do if detained.
www.thehandbasket.co
May 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
“I could explain Hasan Piker’s politics to you, but that’s entirely irrelevant. The bold, all caps, underlined point is that a high profile, US-born American citizen was detained on Sunday by ICE for, it would seem, the crime of speech.”
Reposted by lindsey
do you want a few reasons to take us up on our subscription sale? Alright, we are going to thread some of our free posts below so you can get a taste of who we are.
theflytrap.beehiiv.com/p/celebratin...
theflytrap.beehiiv.com/p/celebratin...
Celebrating Six Months of The Flytrap
Hot Flytrap deals in your area! Feminist media creators want to connect with you now!
theflytrap.beehiiv.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
do you want a few reasons to take us up on our subscription sale? Alright, we are going to thread some of our free posts below so you can get a taste of who we are.
theflytrap.beehiiv.com/p/celebratin...
theflytrap.beehiiv.com/p/celebratin...
Reposted by lindsey
"You know, as an example, red lead was used to make cheddar... A can of coffee could be coffee, but it could be ground bone, or charred shells, or dirt." Deborah Blum on our bad food past -- and how to avoid it being our future:
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
How to Not Get Poisoned in America
The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...
buttondown.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"You know, as an example, red lead was used to make cheddar... A can of coffee could be coffee, but it could be ground bone, or charred shells, or dirt." Deborah Blum on our bad food past -- and how to avoid it being our future:
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
Reposted by lindsey
We used to do this. Babie's died after consuming products even from "reputable" sellers. One of the biggest advocates for milk pasteurization was Nathan Strauss who lost his son to dipthertia he caught from milk. Strauss was rich. He co-owned a business called...Macy's
4/ He promotes what sociologists call "intensive parenting," as a superior way to ensure kids are safe. That's a time/labor-intensive & stressful form of parenting many US *mothers* feel pressured to follow due to cultural norms/expectations around mothers as primary caregivers.
...
...
April 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We used to do this. Babie's died after consuming products even from "reputable" sellers. One of the biggest advocates for milk pasteurization was Nathan Strauss who lost his son to dipthertia he caught from milk. Strauss was rich. He co-owned a business called...Macy's
Reposted by lindsey
Today at least two judges were arrested for acts that are not criminally illegal and a two year old U.S. citizen was kidnapped and shipped to Honduras by ICE, who called it a "deportation."
Are we great again yet?
Are we great again yet?
April 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Today at least two judges were arrested for acts that are not criminally illegal and a two year old U.S. citizen was kidnapped and shipped to Honduras by ICE, who called it a "deportation."
Are we great again yet?
Are we great again yet?
Reposted by lindsey
🩷 let's make some magic 🩷
last november, this community managed to turn the most consumerist day of the year into a day defined strangers saying "I got you" to people that really need a bright spot in their life.
we don't want birthday presents.
we want to run it back.
last november, this community managed to turn the most consumerist day of the year into a day defined strangers saying "I got you" to people that really need a bright spot in their life.
we don't want birthday presents.
we want to run it back.
April 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🩷 let's make some magic 🩷
last november, this community managed to turn the most consumerist day of the year into a day defined strangers saying "I got you" to people that really need a bright spot in their life.
we don't want birthday presents.
we want to run it back.
last november, this community managed to turn the most consumerist day of the year into a day defined strangers saying "I got you" to people that really need a bright spot in their life.
we don't want birthday presents.
we want to run it back.
Reposted by lindsey
Missouri's efforts to thwart the will of the voters when it comes to abortion rights is antidemocratic, but antidemocratic seems to be the zeitgeist these days.
rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/04/25/o...
rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/04/25/o...
Opinion: Hey, Missouri—Didn’t We Just Talk About This?
Missouri lawmakers' attempt to overturn the will of the people isn't just anti-abortion—it's anti-democratic.
rewirenewsgroup.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Missouri's efforts to thwart the will of the voters when it comes to abortion rights is antidemocratic, but antidemocratic seems to be the zeitgeist these days.
rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/04/25/o...
rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/04/25/o...
Reposted by lindsey
i'm annoyed that i have to live through these dumb times.
i have shit to work on personal growth wise, but all my energy is being sucked up by trying to just open my eyes every day and not have a menty b.
so annoying
i have shit to work on personal growth wise, but all my energy is being sucked up by trying to just open my eyes every day and not have a menty b.
so annoying
April 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
i'm annoyed that i have to live through these dumb times.
i have shit to work on personal growth wise, but all my energy is being sucked up by trying to just open my eyes every day and not have a menty b.
so annoying
i have shit to work on personal growth wise, but all my energy is being sucked up by trying to just open my eyes every day and not have a menty b.
so annoying
Reposted by lindsey
“Black Press USA has learned that Trump officials are sending back exhibit items to their rightful owners and dismantling them—starting with the 1960 Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in exhibit.”
blackpressusa.com/the-smithson...
blackpressusa.com/the-smithson...
The Smithsonian PURGE: Trump Team Removes Artifacts of Black Resistance
Critics warn: it’s not just history being erased—it’s identity.
blackpressusa.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“Black Press USA has learned that Trump officials are sending back exhibit items to their rightful owners and dismantling them—starting with the 1960 Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in exhibit.”
blackpressusa.com/the-smithson...
blackpressusa.com/the-smithson...
Reposted by lindsey
Bringing a pawsitive attitude and capoeira style, Elena charges in to #StreetFighter6 on June 5 as the final character from Year 2! 🤸🏽♀️
With a herd of fluid moves that will turn any opponent into prey, Elena promises each fight will be elephantastic.
With a herd of fluid moves that will turn any opponent into prey, Elena promises each fight will be elephantastic.
Street Fighter 6 - Elena Gameplay Trailer
YouTube video by Street Fighter
www.youtube.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Bringing a pawsitive attitude and capoeira style, Elena charges in to #StreetFighter6 on June 5 as the final character from Year 2! 🤸🏽♀️
With a herd of fluid moves that will turn any opponent into prey, Elena promises each fight will be elephantastic.
With a herd of fluid moves that will turn any opponent into prey, Elena promises each fight will be elephantastic.
Reposted by lindsey
1. Jose Hermosillo is US citizen who was wrongly jailed in an immigration detention facility for 10 days
The administration says he "turned himself in" to the Border Patrol and told them he was a Mexican who crossed the border illegally.
I interviewed Hermosillo.
He says the government is lying.
The administration says he "turned himself in" to the Border Patrol and told them he was a Mexican who crossed the border illegally.
I interviewed Hermosillo.
He says the government is lying.
U.S. citizen wrongly detained by Border Patrol says government account is false
Jose Hermosillo was held in a detention facility for undocumented immigrants for 10 days. In his first media interview, he tells his story.
popular.info
April 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
1. Jose Hermosillo is US citizen who was wrongly jailed in an immigration detention facility for 10 days
The administration says he "turned himself in" to the Border Patrol and told them he was a Mexican who crossed the border illegally.
I interviewed Hermosillo.
He says the government is lying.
The administration says he "turned himself in" to the Border Patrol and told them he was a Mexican who crossed the border illegally.
I interviewed Hermosillo.
He says the government is lying.
Reposted by lindsey
JUST IN: Three days after a judge awarded $6.6 million to whistleblowers fired for reporting him to the FBI for allegedly using his office to protect a prominent real estate developer in exchange for helping him cheat on his state senator wife, Ken Paxton announces he is running for US Senate.
April 9, 2025 at 12:03 AM
JUST IN: Three days after a judge awarded $6.6 million to whistleblowers fired for reporting him to the FBI for allegedly using his office to protect a prominent real estate developer in exchange for helping him cheat on his state senator wife, Ken Paxton announces he is running for US Senate.
Reposted by lindsey
I wrote about this a bit in my last book but it really shakes me that a defining feature of this catastrophic era is that we just keep going to work. We work through pandemics, we work through natural disasters, we work through economic calamity, we work through coups, we work, we work, we work.
April 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I wrote about this a bit in my last book but it really shakes me that a defining feature of this catastrophic era is that we just keep going to work. We work through pandemics, we work through natural disasters, we work through economic calamity, we work through coups, we work, we work, we work.
Reposted by lindsey
I wrote a bunch of words trying to explain how economically incomprehensible the tariff stuff is. It explains how a 5th grader understands basic econ better than Trump and his economic advisors.
www.techdirt.com/2025/04/03/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/04/03/t...
Trump Declares A Trade War On Uninhabited Islands, US Military, And Economic Logic
There’s a fundamental problem with Donald Trump’s new trade policy: it fails a test that actual 5th graders can pass. I know this because I tried explaining his “Liberation Day…
www.techdirt.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I wrote a bunch of words trying to explain how economically incomprehensible the tariff stuff is. It explains how a 5th grader understands basic econ better than Trump and his economic advisors.
www.techdirt.com/2025/04/03/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/04/03/t...
Reposted by lindsey
This Texas bill wouldn't just make it a felony to take a teen out-of-state for an abortion—but to "fund" an out-of-state abortion for a teen.
In other words, giving your 17 year-old niece gas money could land you in prison. legiscan.com/TX/text/SB23...
In other words, giving your 17 year-old niece gas money could land you in prison. legiscan.com/TX/text/SB23...
Texas SB2352 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature
Bill Text (2025-03-25) Relating to prohibiting transporting or funding the transportation of an unemancipated minor for an abortion; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. [Referred t...
legiscan.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This Texas bill wouldn't just make it a felony to take a teen out-of-state for an abortion—but to "fund" an out-of-state abortion for a teen.
In other words, giving your 17 year-old niece gas money could land you in prison. legiscan.com/TX/text/SB23...
In other words, giving your 17 year-old niece gas money could land you in prison. legiscan.com/TX/text/SB23...