it's a strange thought but I think part of the inability of the Trump administration to adjust for the fact that we are in fact at war is that the traditional childhood forms of war-in-microcosm like gangs, organized physical bullying etc have been stamped out in American society for some time
SCREEN Act, which would have required mandatory age-verification for sites (like this) that allow "material harmful to minors" failed to pass out of committee after thousands and thousands of people called their Senators. More work ahead!
Alison Boden@alisonboden.bsky.social · 6h agoThe SCREEN Act just failed to pass in the Senate Commerce Committee! 🎉 Enormous thanks to the thousands (!!) of you who told your Senators to vote no! Your voice matters and you should feel good that you made a difference. Obviously, the fight isn't over, but this was an important victory.
tickled at the idea one can vandalize a stellar object defined by being covered in craters by adding another crater of considerably lesser size
a lot of bluesky site culture makes more sense when you understand the structure of its follower networks, which were by and large imports from twitter of the fading millennial shitposters whose light had started to go out before Elon caused them to flee into exile
its worth keeping one relatively normie queer friend around to remind you that to most people Queer Art is comprised of works titled as unsubtly as [Number] [Identity Label]s do [Activity] for reasons of extreme social-artistic stunting
if you think that's impressive wait til you remember than McClellan's great grandson was commissioned to write gay vampire fiction but was too squeamish to follow through
Zebulon Vitruvius Pike@vitruviuspike.bsky.social · 23h ago
"it looks like you're using an adblocker to visit our site." yep! ha ha! it rocks!
i think a lot about how a huge swath of people under 40 or so are literally, categorically, provably incapable of reading, because theyve taught wrong, on purpose.
QATARI DIPLOMAT: *calling Iranian diplomatic corps* Are you willing to talk with the Americans yet? IRANIAN DIPLOMAT: No. Please stop calling me every morning. *hangs up* QATARI DIPLOMAT: Did you hear that? He talked back! AL JAZEERA: "Talks ongoing" says Qatari official
pedocon theory is a theory like how gravity is a theory
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
Embracing total war like on the Marne can foster social dynamism and the overthrow of the old order. A future with mountains of corpses is a mode of creative destruction, as if it were the will of Shiva. #futurism #vivamarinetti #vivafiume
Futurism@futurism.bsky.social · 7mo agoEmbracing diverse browsers like Vivaldi can foster a more open web, promoting user privacy and innovation. A future with varied choices empowers users against monopolies. #futurism
i'm of the opinion that a proper adaptation of the Odyssey would spend about two thirds of its budget paying master mosaicists and plasterers to create dense, vivid recreations of ancient greek cityscapes
When the Siberian Bacteria with Stem Placenta Baby Drips $165,000 hits
聖☆Alex Degen@adactivity.bsky.social · 4d agoJust got an advertisement on the internet that is making me insane
while it's obviously terrible it's very gratifying that my position that insane evangelicals having veto power over all economic activity is Very Bad has gone from "why does this crank care" to "mass action now." Plutarco Calles Thought will be in the 2028 Democratic Party platform at this rate
Suzanne ✨🌑@tendermiasma.com · 4d agoThe TOS being so strict that they control you offsite is the problem; sites like Patreon and Kofi have offsite clauses too. The social criminalization of the suggestion that somewhere you might be doing nsfw is a problem. It's branding a person as obscene and we need consumers to stand up for us
NEW poll in 18 toss-up districts (with a sample that voted Trump 48-45) shows independents & moderates are *not* looking for the archetypical Moderate candidate — and are not dissuaded if outsiders are labeled too far left. Strong support for Israel was the *least* appealing quality in a candidate.
EXCLUSIVE: New Poll Shows Swing District Voters Prefer 'Outsiders' to Boring Centrists
Survey shared with Zeteo has a sample skewed towards Trump voters but shows strong support for Israel is the least appealing candidate trait. Plus, is Trump about to pull his controversial AG nominee?
zeteo.com
the effect of this is to silence victims and let the perpetrators get away with it. which, I suspect, is the real reason it's done
Maxi Molina@maximjdev.bsky.social · 2mo agoI feel so weird trying to get people to read my free memoir. Like "hey y'all! Don't you want to know the horrible ways I was abused? :D " but that IS the point. That I'm reclaiming that I did nothing shameful; my scars are mine, and they're the ones who should be hiding for inflicting them
a funny thing about Europe is there's several different kinds of mysterious underground structure that get archaeologists going "uh, its for rituals or cheese or something probably" and none of them are related to each other at all
Honestly, I'd be cool if people treated black and white comics like coloring books. Like obviously you have the original but just let anyone who wants to colorize it and see what happens. I'd be interesting even just in how different people's color choices would reflect different perspectives
Josephine "beckbook.com" Riesman@josie.zone · 6d agoI'm usually against colorizing B&W comics, and I'm definitely 100% against doing it digitally... But I gotta say... The hand-colorized Epic Comics reprints of AKIRA were fucking _gorgeous_ Like, I am in awe of even just this one randomly chosen series of panels from issue two:
Conspiracy Theory Time: I think a lot of the "SJW" esque psuedo-wokeness (or, if you will, false consciousness) was a deliberate effort by the ruling class to appropriate and sanitize genuine progressive movements until they were as unchallenging and inoffensive as possible
