Carly Putnam 🦖
@cputnam.bsky.social
“this short hair quiet slightly angry woman from the middle of the country with a don’t mess with me attitude.” Herds cats at OK Policy. Opinions are mine.
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖
just think of all the successes nurtured by David Brooks’s advice to date
"Jon Ossoff, my advice to him is, if you start calling your political opponents Nazis, maybe it's time to shut up. That's just not what we do here in this country." -- David Brooks, this evening. Remember, Brooks still gets very handsomely rewarded by the fossilized media for saying shit like this
October 11, 2026 at 8:28 PM
just think of all the successes nurtured by David Brooks’s advice to date
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖
“I tried a thing because I might not like it, but I like sharing stuff with other people” is an incredibly prosocial and awesome impulse.
every time I see that "what if video games 100% personalized to me" post go by, I think about how you sports weirdos have gotten so agitated over sports events that I *went and tried to watch baseball* just for the joy of experiencing it with you, and I wonder what it is like to not feel that.
October 11, 2026 at 8:32 PM
“I tried a thing because I might not like it, but I like sharing stuff with other people” is an incredibly prosocial and awesome impulse.
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖
You can kill as many people as you want, but you target a beautiful precious data center? The one that hosted all 40,000 Sexy Ladies For Ken Paxton accounts?
Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?
October 11, 2026 at 8:16 PM
You can kill as many people as you want, but you target a beautiful precious data center? The one that hosted all 40,000 Sexy Ladies For Ken Paxton accounts?
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖
wait youre telling me we can make the internet livable again by just giving ukraine more money to blow up more of these??
October 11, 2026 at 8:34 PM
wait youre telling me we can make the internet livable again by just giving ukraine more money to blow up more of these??
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
October 11, 2026 at 12:15 PM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖
Will never not be shocking...
The "Party of Reagan" has the United States siding with Russian aggression against NATO allies and a brutal war on a European democratic US partner.
Yes, the whole party. If they didn't, they would impeach and remove the president who is blatantly breaking US law to help fund Russia's war effort.
Yes, the whole party. If they didn't, they would impeach and remove the president who is blatantly breaking US law to help fund Russia's war effort.
October 11, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Will never not be shocking...
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖
I’m in the horror movie I’m in the cautionary sci-fi tale I’m in the combination horror movie cautionary sci-fi tale
There are a lot of details in here about Zuck releasing a half-baked product, but one thing that really stands out is just how weird these folks are. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
October 10, 2026 at 8:46 PM
I’m in the horror movie I’m in the cautionary sci-fi tale I’m in the combination horror movie cautionary sci-fi tale
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖
Having watched these for more than a year now, I can tell you the young people almost always look back bsky.app/profile/gill...
Here's a young man, appears to be a teenager, shackled at the wrists and ankles, stopping on the stairs to give Seattle a long last look. If you watch the feed, you see that last look a lot.
October 10, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Having watched these for more than a year now, I can tell you the young people almost always look back bsky.app/profile/gill...
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖
BREAKING NYT:
The Trump Justice Department is investigating whether the major television networks — ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox — violated federal antitrust laws when the group briefly suspended their pooled coverage of Trump, according to six people with knowledge of the department's action.
The Trump Justice Department is investigating whether the major television networks — ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox — violated federal antitrust laws when the group briefly suspended their pooled coverage of Trump, according to six people with knowledge of the department's action.
Justice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool Coverage
Major TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was looking into whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2026 at 11:15 PM
BREAKING NYT:
The Trump Justice Department is investigating whether the major television networks — ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox — violated federal antitrust laws when the group briefly suspended their pooled coverage of Trump, according to six people with knowledge of the department's action.
The Trump Justice Department is investigating whether the major television networks — ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox — violated federal antitrust laws when the group briefly suspended their pooled coverage of Trump, according to six people with knowledge of the department's action.
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖
I converted to Catholicism two weeks ago. Here’s why I think Jesus would’ve supported live streaming executions.
October 10, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I converted to Catholicism two weeks ago. Here’s why I think Jesus would’ve supported live streaming executions.
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖
Peter Thiel is about to turn 59 and a half this year, so he’ll be able to withdraw his more than $5 billion in capital gains tax free because he legally gamed the Roth IRA system. Superrich just have different rules.
Propublica’s 2021 report: www.propublica.org/article/lord...
Propublica’s 2021 report: www.propublica.org/article/lord...
Lord of the Roths: How Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account for the Middle Class Into a $5 Billion Tax-Free Piggy Bank
Roth IRAs were intended to help average working Americans save, but IRS records show Thiel and other ultrawealthy investors have used them to amass vast untaxed fortunes.
www.propublica.org
October 10, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Peter Thiel is about to turn 59 and a half this year, so he’ll be able to withdraw his more than $5 billion in capital gains tax free because he legally gamed the Roth IRA system. Superrich just have different rules.
Propublica’s 2021 report: www.propublica.org/article/lord...
Propublica’s 2021 report: www.propublica.org/article/lord...
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖
Even in *apartheid South Africa* white Zimbawean "Rhodesians" who fled black rule were known as "way back whens" for their absurd nostalgia for a mediocre state
If you praise the Confederacy, everyone knows what you're doing. If you praise Rhodesia, though, you still get that little frisson of naughtiness, the little tingle of rebelliousness that can power you through the drudgery of your eight-hour shift at your dad's car dealership.
How a defunct white supremacist state became a cult favorite on the Right
From battleground candidates to Elon Musk, Republicans can't stop posting wistfully about Rhodesia.
www.motherjones.com
October 10, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Even in *apartheid South Africa* white Zimbawean "Rhodesians" who fled black rule were known as "way back whens" for their absurd nostalgia for a mediocre state
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖
He quite literally has no idea what health insurance is. Truly none.
Trump: "We will pass a truly great healthcare plan that will stop all payment to big insurance companies"
October 10, 2026 at 1:39 AM
He quite literally has no idea what health insurance is. Truly none.
This is why people don’t believe me when I say Oklahoma is a real state
Oklahoma’s voter registration portal failed on the last day to sign up for the November election. The State Election Board didn’t return calls. Oklahoma Watch tested the system and confirmed it wasn’t working.
https://ow.ly/V6BV50ZWyhp
https://ow.ly/V6BV50ZWyhp
October 10, 2026 at 2:34 AM
This is why people don’t believe me when I say Oklahoma is a real state
Incidentally this is how I feel about my job some days
Star Wars Galactic Racer combines my two favourite elements of racing games: crashing into things and losing
October 10, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Incidentally this is how I feel about my job some days
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖
Kree!
Hey @amazon - get this right. ❤️ (Also - have kino, will travel. 😜)
October 10, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Kree!
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖
Pentagon To Livestream Firing Squad Execution https://theonion.com/pentagon-to-livestream-firing-squad-execution/
October 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Pentagon To Livestream Firing Squad Execution https://theonion.com/pentagon-to-livestream-firing-squad-execution/
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment.
www.nber.org/papers/w35854
www.nber.org/papers/w35854
October 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment.
www.nber.org/papers/w35854
www.nber.org/papers/w35854
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖
Obviously isn't going to happen before unified Dem government, but the time to push for it is now and soon - Dems should be making DC statehood (and PR if they want it) a key plank in the democracy agenda and a litmus test for presidential candidates.
dc statehood is non-negotiable after trump's actions in his second term. republicans despise the people of the city that hosts them, and there is little reason to think that, now that the seal is broken on treating them as an occupied population, a next republican president will be more restrained
October 9, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Obviously isn't going to happen before unified Dem government, but the time to push for it is now and soon - Dems should be making DC statehood (and PR if they want it) a key plank in the democracy agenda and a litmus test for presidential candidates.
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖
I begin to see why Alaska is in play
October 9, 2026 at 10:18 PM
I begin to see why Alaska is in play
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖
Pretty damning pile of evidence here that GOP Sen. Roger Marshall’s office seems to have been systematically — and illegally, and quite smugly — using taxpayer money to subsidize his campaign www.ms.now/news/roger-m...
Roger Marshall’s complicated history of blurring the line between taxpayer dollars and campaign cash
In a joint investigation, Kansas Reflector and MS NOW obtained records from Marshall's first Senate run that raise concerns about his use of office resources.
www.ms.now
October 10, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Pretty damning pile of evidence here that GOP Sen. Roger Marshall’s office seems to have been systematically — and illegally, and quite smugly — using taxpayer money to subsidize his campaign www.ms.now/news/roger-m...
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖
did i have to double check the date on this story
i had to double check the date on this story
i had to double check the date on this story
Reuters: “The Republican president filed his appeal after a federal judge threw out the case and imposed nearly $1 million in sanctions against Trump and one of his lawyers for bringing a ‘frivolous’ suit.”
Trump takes suit against Hillary Clinton over 2016 election to Supreme Court
President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court on Friday to revive his dismissed lawsuit against his 2016 Democratic rival Hillary Clinton accusing her of conspiring along with former FBI Director...
www.reuters.com
October 10, 2026 at 1:00 AM
did i have to double check the date on this story
i had to double check the date on this story
i had to double check the date on this story
Reposted by Carly Putnam 🦖
My man ended USAID, condemning millions to death
elon musk has more empathy for lines of code than a majority of humanity
October 9, 2026 at 10:16 PM
My man ended USAID, condemning millions to death
I may have immediately texted this to everyone I know
"Are my migraines hormonal, or am I thinking too hard about how Peter Thiel has more money than all nurses on Earth combined?"
buff.ly/oLdL54C
buff.ly/oLdL54C
Is It Perimenopause or the Fascist Death Knell of Late-Stage Capitalism?
“Is my hair thinning, or am I ripping it out because a thirty-four-time convicted, sexually abusive steak salesman with a Hannibal Lecter fetish is five poin...
buff.ly
October 10, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I may have immediately texted this to everyone I know