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i admit i live in an echo chamber of leftist politics, the only exception being when i hear things said by the president, the next president, the supreme court, members of congress, people on the news, my family, or people i encounter in my daily life.
i know you’re looking for it. here she is, girls. here she is, world
mattie lubchansky@mattielubchansky.com · 3y agoposting this Classic over here in honor of the big man himself. adios bitch
Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.
"For the generations coming up behind the baby boomers, what this analysis describes is less a temporary stumble in an otherwise upward march than a long-running warning sign that has been building for decades." studyfinds.com/americans-bo...
Americans Born After 1970 Are Dying Faster Than Previous Generations Did At Their Age
Americans born after 1970 are dying at higher rates than earlier generations, and a new study warns the worst is still ahead.
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I like how the right claims the left control all media and are backed by George Soros when the reality is that an Indigenous film crew pranked a bunch of white supremacists and the backlash was so intense from anti-free speech anti-comedy censors that they killed the show
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This is also why art is important. I learned about the Troubles because of the Cranberries song Zombie. I was only six or seven at the time, but it was such a powerful and terrifying song and music video that I asked my family what it was about. They told me as best they could.
Hands@anem.bsky.social · 5mo agoThere is something deeply funny seeing racist dipshits who try to say there is no meaningful cultural difference between cultures in Africa or Asia turn around and crush down European cultures the same way. "English, Welsh, Scots and Irish people are basically the same" buddy there have been wars.
As @daedsider.bsky.social has rightly noted, "Once you understand that a driving principle of American politics is there is no such thing as a compassionate solution that's cheap enough or a cruel solution that's too expensive, a lot of things click into place." I think about that a lot. :(
Watched a friend go through Unpacking last night and kept thinking about this article. Yeah there is a happy, "wholesome" ending, but that would mean nothing without the 2010 chapter. You need that part where you move in with a dickbag and abruptly end up back at your parents place.
doc@docseuss.bsky.social · 2y agonew article. it's about what cozy and wholesome games are, why shitty people like them, and why I really liked I Was A Teenage Exocolonist. docseuss.medium.com/i-was-a-teen...
If you are not at risk it is your civic duty to tell these guys they are embarrassing worms if you see them patrolling a supermarket to arrest people that the government is intentionally starving
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 9mo agoCalifornia police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
"New Far Side comics" was definitely not on my bingo card for this week. They're not bad! www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
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radley #1 jace fan@robotrad.bsky.social · 10mo agohmm. seeing people acting really angry on this website right now. everyone should take turns saying something beautiful and true. i'll go first: i drank a soda today and it tasted pretty yummy 😌
There are a lot of Onion/Clickhole articles that have become meme-ified to the point that they serve as short-hand responses to posts - "Worst Guy You Know Makes Great Point," "No way to stop this says only place it happens," etc, but I feel like this is an underutilized one.
Researchers No Closer To Understanding What The Fuck You’re Talking About
CAMBRIDGE, MA—Finding themselves increasingly frustrated after years of fruitless analysis, researchers working with a Harvard-coordinated international multi-university research initiative published ...
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All those statements of user centrality, composable moderation, and safety for marginalized users on this platform, that’s all a bunch of bullshit, right? They could restore Link’s account tomorrow and Jay and company would still be a bunch of transphobic, racist hypocrites.
If you were wondering why the sudden ban wave seemed inconsistent and illogical, that's the reason. The bluesky moderation team essentially ignored their own TOS and instead used rightwing outrage from twitter to decide who to ban. They then sloppily issued a post hoc statement to justify it.
After using nazi outrage as a list of users to ban on bluesky, the moderation team immediately changed their terms of service to include "glorification" of violence in a statement posted to @safety.bsky.app The ceo @jay.bsky.team also made a mealy-mouthed statement protecting the dead fascist
Jay: suspends a dozen people entirely on the sayso of an article from The Federalist calling them 'demonic', rewrites ToS after the fact to claim that the mere suggestion of speaking ill of the dead counts as "glorifying violence" Three weeks later:
Jay 🦋@jay.bsky.team · 10mo agoHarassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.
Give folks their flowers No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier "They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
Murlin@murlin.bsky.social · 10mo agoFrom bravewave.net/interviews/t...
I’ve said it before, any judge who so comfortably and clearly shows their prejudice should immediately be barred from their jobs, but we don’t live in a world that makes sense. We live in a world where white people get to deem racism as a simple inconvenience and be the sole arbiter of its weight.
JazzReads📚🏀@jazzreads.bsky.social · 10mo agoSo exhausting..
