And You Thought It Was Safe(?)
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A writer of fiction, like yourself...And occasional movie & video game reviews. | https://www.youtube.com/c/Aytiws | Portland, OR, USA, C-53.
Saw a post saying "I don't want NSFW accounts to talk about voting, just let me jack off" Buddy, NSFW artists and sex workers are being constantly attacked by a government of nonces trying to distract from their own crimes by pinning the blame on porn. They have the right to speak up about this.
“Generative A.I. was not used to create or research any part of this magazine, that shit is for pathetic losers, smooth-brained dipshits, thieves and fascists.”
Phil McAndrew@philmcandrew.bsky.social · 4d agoHERMIT MAGAZINE #1 is now available as a downloadable PDF on itch for free / pay what you can. I've been working on this zine for a long time with a lot of help and contributions from friends!
On top of everything else (AQI like fucking Venus, my roommate's seizures triggered by same, the fact it takes 3 hours to get seven stitches put in, apparently) Chrome for Android sucks now.
“Everyone has a strong incentive to lie about how much AI is delivering for their companies”: Cory @doctorow.pluralistic.net on why the people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
The Democratic Party texting and emailing me for donations like
I feel like I've spent half my life explaining why being poor is expensive to people people desperate to avoid confronting it.
katie@supermathskid.bsky.social · yesterdayokay now he's gone too far
Peter Jackson and more reflect on 'The Frighteners,' their first Hollywood film, and the growth of Wētā for its 30th anniversary. Oral history.
‘The Frighteners’ Turns 30: How Peter Jackson’s Lost Horror Movie Helped Build Wētā and Pave the Way for ‘Lord of the Rings’
Peter Jackson and more reflect on 'The Frighteners,' their first Hollywood film, and the growth of Wētā for its 30th anniversary. Oral history.
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And I urge the [redacted] of all fossil fuel company CEOs.
News Analysis@newsanalysis.com · yesterdayOregon is nearing its all-time wildfire acreage record, with over 2 million acres burned so far this season. With continued dry conditions and fire danger, the state could surpass the record soon. Officials urge caution with fire restrictions and prevention. #wildfire #News
Sick to distraction of these personal essays masquerading as cultural criticism. I see folks struggling in public more than ever, but because this writer doesn't, stoicism becomes A Thing
New York Magazine@nymag.com · yesterdayOn social media, a broad consensus is that you can’t admit to struggle — at least not while you’re struggling. Doing so represents a failure so profound it’s almost existential. How did it become mandatory to demonstrate perpetual growth and progress online?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OumN... Y'all watch this animated Russian short film adaptation. It's fucking incredible. #Filmsky
Watch: There Will Come Soft Rains (1984) | The Rediscovered Soviet Animated Warning
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Rachel A. Rosen 📚💙🪐@darkerthanvanta.bsky.social · yesterdayHappy "There Will Come Soft Rains" Day to all those who celebrate.
The history lessons are clear: liberals gotta stop attacking the left with more fervor than they attack the right or they are going to cut their own throats (or just end up going MAGA). thenation.com/article/soci...
Liberals Are Shaming Howard Zinn’s Memory Yet Again
Zinn saw firsthand what happened when liberals did more to fight the left than the right—they sabotaged their own power.
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Republicans love pushing vocational-only education instead of comprehensive-education because they want a healthy supply of low-cost servants and less competition for the professional and boss jobs they want their own kids to have.
Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · yesterdayIn a college sociology class in the late 1980s I was assigned a Marxist analysis of education that argued that the US education system is designed primarily to produce efficient workers for the labor market. And now Trump’s Department of Education is just tweeting it out.
If you are scared of the word socialism or clutching pearls about it frightening imaginary republicans who were totally going to vote D this time for real, I do not care about your opinions because you are capital d Dumb <3
Well, at least the sun's the right color again.
I had issues with Luke Skywalker's pedagogical techniques before hand, but now that I've seen Book of Boba Fett episode 5 I know exactly what happened with Ben Solo.
Empty our concentration camps & fill them back up with oil company CEOs. Get them out there fighting the fires instead of some guy convicted of walking while black within sight of a country sheriff's deputy.
Aside from the utter sadness of fires, this article also shows that we _have_ to get governmental/emergency information off of facebook as a primary source.
Carol F@cfpdx.bsky.social · yesterdayAs of this morning, Mt Hood Meadows is under a Level 3 - GO NOW - evacuation. #GrasshopperFire www.kptv.com/2026/08/04/o...
