Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

ScornFlakes

@scornflakes.bsky.social

470 followers 510 following 920 posts

Information from various sources and topics - science, political news and activism, journalling and bookbinding, and the occasional dash of art or photography. (She/her)

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

ScornFlakes @scornflakes.bsky.social · Mar 10

Trump and Elon's whole march and baiting of government workers will leave illness and a mess that will take years or decades to mend. Nobody should have to go through this.

Lord of Flies, indeed.

#PoliticsArt #PoliticalCartoon #E3 #TrumpArt #PoliticalSatire #PoliticalMeme #PoliticalComedy #Resist

Fools on a beach, serving food. Drumph with crap-covered bills, and Melon with a bottle of poison. The public and members of government look on, unsure of what to make of this spectacle.

2 4 15

Reposted by ScornFlakes

Ian Campbell @neurovagrant.bsky.social · Jul 8

DomainTools Investigations worked with OSINT analysts & journalists to help uncover the connections between websites involved in the harassment of Ukrainian personnel and their families, and the people and infrastructure involved.

Technical writeup below!

www.domaintools.com/resources/bl...

RDAP and BGP in Investigative Journalism - DomainTools | Start Here. Know Now.

One of the things we’re most proud of at DomainTools is our Grants program. We offer free access and training to investigative journalists, as well as security researchers involved in community-benefi...

www.domaintools.com

1 9 10

Reposted by ScornFlakes

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 12h

Debbie Brockman of WGN in Chicago has hired an attorney and plans to fight back against her unlawful arrest and detention by ICE.

Freedom of the press is under attack.

Tackling and arresting journalists is another step towards state run media.

Bring on the lawsuits.

WGN-TV producer hires attorney to ‘pursue all legal avenues’ after ICE detention

Debbie Brockman and her legal team “adamantly deny” allegations that she assaulted federal officers during an immigration enforcement action.

www.chicagotribune.com

7 110 350

Reposted by ScornFlakes

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h

The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.

Remigration Wikipedia Page.

Not to be confused with Return migration.
Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry.
It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement. Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.

83 1.2K 2.8K

Reposted by ScornFlakes

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 5d

Corporate income taxes are $77 billion lower than last year, primarily due to the Republican tax cuts for the rich.

itep.org/trump-tax-la...

Well, That Was Fast: Trump Tax Law’s New Corporate Breaks are Already Worsening the Deficit

Corporate income taxes for the fiscal year that ended in September are $77 billion lower than in the previous year, a 15 percent drop.

itep.org

19 360 740

Reposted by ScornFlakes

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

California just banned employers from forcing workers to pay a debt, fee, or penalty to leave their job.

Bosses have increasingly been trapping workers with debts incurred in training and other exploitative fees.

Now that's illegal in the nation's biggest state.

110 1.5K 6.1K

Reposted by ScornFlakes

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 23h

At least 10 states already lose more than $100 million per year in tax revenue to data centers, according to @goodjobsfirst.org.

goodjobsfirst.org/cloudy-with-...

Cloudy with a Loss of Spending Control: How Data Centers Are Endangering State Budgets - Good Jobs First

goodjobsfirst.org

4 130 310

Reposted by ScornFlakes

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15h

They’re freaking out!!!

Trump’s cabinet secretaries falsely claim Dems are keeping the government closed because of the “No Kings” mass protests, and Mike Johnson calls it the “hate America rally.”

The truth is: we love America, but we hate tyrants. That’s why we’re doing this.

See you Saturday.

130 1.2K 3.5K

Reposted by ScornFlakes

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16h

Trump’s administration laid off thousands of federal workers, gutting critical departments: Treasury, HHS, and Education.

What we’re seeing now isn’t new. The shutdown is the new excuse. Create chaos, starve the government, and leave folks struggling while Trump’s billionaire buddies get richer.

48 450 890

Reposted by ScornFlakes

Iraq War Vet @corgwynmom.bsky.social · 14h

Good. Keep fighting back.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

4 10

Reposted by ScornFlakes

Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 1d

That does horrible things to a community, to people's ability to function. There are families who haven't left their homes in weeks, relying on networks of trust to bring them essentials. Kids staying home from school, fear about every unknown car on the block. And those fears are not unfounded.

1 51 200

Reposted by ScornFlakes

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity is the only way

800 5.5K 23K

Reposted by ScornFlakes

Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 1d

In an early taste of CBS News’s editorial direction under its newly anointed editor in chief, the anti-woke pundit Bari Weiss, the storied outlet elevated a hit piece on Zohran Mamdani, the progres...

Would CBS News Have Run This Story a Week Ago?

Bari Weiss’s fingerprints can already be seen.

newrepublic.com

2 3 8

Reposted by ScornFlakes

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

820 7.3K 30K

Reposted by ScornFlakes

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

"Support the troops, y'all!"

510 4.6K 11K

Reposted by ScornFlakes

Firstconsul @firstconsul.bsky.social · 2d

26 390 1.1K

Reposted by ScornFlakes

NPR @npr.org · 1d

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

310 2.9K 10K

Reposted by ScornFlakes

David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 1d

Full @rollingstone.com report here

The Right's Secret Plan to Help Billionaires Buy Elections

J.D. Vance and other MAGA interests are working to get the Supreme Court to end restrictions on campaign-spending limits.

www.rollingstone.com

4 32 92

Reposted by ScornFlakes

David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 1d

Worth adding: This is not something that only works if every other state does it.

When operating in a state, out-of-state corporations must comply with the same state laws that in-state corporations are subjected to. So each state can do this in a very real way.

David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 1d

This is some of the best political news I've seen in a very long time.

There's a clear a way to end the Citizens United precedent by changing state incorporation laws - and now luminaries in both parties are forcing a vote on it in the 2026 election.

2 60 180

Reposted by ScornFlakes

Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 4d

ok I finally caught up on the Argentine credit swap deal and lol. lmao even

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected US billionaire

A $20 billion US rescue package is a gift for a hedge fund manager with ties to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

www.motherjones.com

5 41 140

Reposted by ScornFlakes

Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 4d

Seeing a lot of "wow they voted against their own interests!"

Alas, they really didn't. Most US farmers are millionaires now- it's not the same farm country your grandparents left.

Most US farmers are just... rich people who voted for tax breaks.

youtu.be/badGHJLDpP8

Why Farmers Voted For Trump

YouTube video by Farm to Taber

youtu.be

2 49 180

Reposted by ScornFlakes

Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 1d

Taylor Bruck, a county clerk in upstate New York, has been pulled into a legal battle that will test whether Texas can enforce its abortion laws in other states. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/ken-paxton-new-york-abortion-lawsuit/

How a Local New York Official Became Ken Paxton’s Most Wanted

The Ulster County clerk has been pulled into a legal battle that will test whether Texas can enforce its abortion laws in other states.

www.texasmonthly.com

6 12

Reposted by ScornFlakes

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 2d

“Dr. Paige’s husband, a chef, can support the family. But the sudden loss of her work, especially as Ebola rages on, has plunged her into a deep depression, she said.
To keep busy, she volunteers at an animal shelter and takes long walks…But she feels, she said, as if she were “walking through mud.”