one thing we need to beat people over the head with is that picking class solidarity over shit like transphobia and racism is not only morally correct but also benefits you materially
Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 3d agoJust a reminder that when Dems turn against trans people for power, it's also a reminder that they'll do other things for power that you might not like too, such as supporting billionaires.
Just a reminder that when Dems turn against trans people for power, it's also a reminder that they'll do other things for power that you might not like too, such as supporting billionaires.
CalMatters@calmatters.org · 4d agoGavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.
The Knesset barred today the only two Palestinian led parties from running in the coming election. According to an overwhelming majority in the Knesset, the constitutional meaning of a Jewish State is a state where Palestinian citizens cannot run for parliament.
wife saw this and immediately said “this is you” for some reason
other thing about all this shit is if shitting on trans people to prove your bonafides to conservatives the winning play, isn't trans people being mad at you a good thing, making you look more authentic to the voters you're courting. why you looking for "shit on trans people but they smile for it"
it’s funny every single time the coyote falls off a cliff or gets blown up
the people who yearn for america's post-ww2 dominance have literally no idea how that was achieved, they're just kneecapping themselves and everyone else over and over again in the name of gutter racism
Reuters@reuters.com · 2mo agoTrump administration issues pause on visa appointments for applicants worldwide reut.rs/45NtKHO
i don't like clanker because it's cringe but seeing who it pisses off makes me see it a little more favorably
once at a trader joe's i was right next to a black guy who had a some medical issue and passed out hard on the floor. i called 911, cops showed up before paramedics, and when the guy started coming to and trying to stand up the cops told him to stay down or they'd tase him.
Elon Green@elongreen.bsky.social · 2mo agoMy formative interaction with police was during my first months in New York, when I lived in Queens. A roommate was ODing and I, in my ignorance, instinctively looked for a cop. I ran outside and saw one standing on the corner. I explained the situation. "Well," replied the cop, "she's an adult."
i think the real focus on AI should be that it's a means to privatize all human knowledge and interaction. the only way a technology that requires ingesting every work of human creativity to barely function should be allowed is if it were publicly owned and controlled.
my dad got me some gherkin stuffed olives and they're good but kind of disturbing
ghost in the shell: stand alone complex (2002-3)
William B. Fuckley@opinionhaver.bsky.social · 4mo agoman that Montreal incel shooter thing is grim. decentralized para-ideological terrorism is the future, I think. no organizations to infiltrate, no sponsors to sanction, no bases to bomb. we should take nihilistic violent extremism much more seriously than we currently do as a security threat
how are gas prices going down again? nothing makes sense to me anymore
