I try not to use this image often because it’s basically every day in America now but like
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 4h agojesusfuckingchrist
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 4h ago
"It is an interesting and somewhat macabre parlor game to play at a large gathering of one’s acquaintances: to speculate who in a showdown would go transphobe," @sandyernestallen.bsky.social writes. "By now, I think I know." www.welcometohellworld.com/who-goes-tra...
Who goes transphobe?
by Sandy Ernest Allen It is an interesting and somewhat macabre parlor game to play at a large gathering of one’s acquaintances: to speculate who in a showdown would go transphobe. By now, I think I ...
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I was banned by BlueSky (then apparently unbanned) for calling for the trial & death penalty for Ralph de la Torre, former CEO of Steward Health Care, a man directly responsible for the deaths of disabled Americans. I stand by my analysis - the full writeup is here: www.patreon.com/mattbc/posts...
Ralph de la Torre, Steward Health Care CEO, Is A Murderer (And I've Been Banned By BlueSky) | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland
nb. I have been suspended from BlueSky. Patreon — now with new, easier URL, ShoudntNeedToBeALawyer.com or ShouldntNeed.com — is the best pla
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i don't know if people who don't live in the PNW are aware of this but there's like a regional conspiracy theory that's closely aligned with QANON and sort of holdover reactionary anti-BLM sentiment, the idea is that the fires are all arsons, all started by arsonists working for (((them))) etc
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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Sorry to be Uncle Marxism but employer-based healthcare is a tool of social control for the ruling class
NPR@npr.org · 2w agoAbout 24% of U.S. employees stay in unwanted jobs just for health insurance, a report out Wednesday finds. Up significantly since 2021, the uptick in "job lock" is a concerning sign for the U.S. economy. n.pr/4gQIY5E
Loot drop after defeating me: - small brown dog (cursed) - kobo - large bottle of methylphenidate - unused natural fiber fabric, 20yds per character level - crop top - 1d20 half-used planners, bullet journals, and notebooks - wondrous item: European Brassiere (+2 Diplomacy, -1 Acrobatics)
Kingfisher & Wombat@tkingfisher.com · 2w agoLoot drop after defeating me: - bird guide - 1 pair masterwork binoculars - Hat of Magnificence (+1 to Intimidate and Performance, -2 to Stealth) - Wondrous Item: Author Copies* - Book Contract (cursed) - random cheese - cat hair (also cursed)
I love realizing after 6-8 hours that I’m cranky and tired and everything’s too loud and smells are too strong because I have a migraine.
This morning I logged in after a long weekend to find 71 new emails, 50 of which turned out to be from a good old-fashioned reply-all debacle. The old internet isn’t dead yet.
Thank you grandpa Dutch for the starting advantage, but unfortunately the last thing I bought was four packets of Jacquard iDye.
Elizabeth Bear@matociquala.bsky.social · 3w agoyour baseball pitcher name is your grandfather’s first name and the last thing you bought I'm Hank Scootboots
you've heard of Hot Rat Summer, now it's Short Raccoon Bummer
There is a raccoon running around Capitol Hill who has Shortened Spine Syndrome.
it amazes me how many people have made it to adulthood and not noticed yet how many if not most vocal critics of Rural America are people who are themselves FROM rural America, and who would rather eat broken glass than go back
So I'm gonna just keep linking to this report, which JKR has threatened to bankrupt the foremost human rights organization in the world over because it accurately called her and her buddies a bunch of bigots working to strip human rights from people. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mafq8...
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Watching Jurassic Park for the first time in decades and all of the jokes about it being a bisexual awakening on par with The Mummy are, in retrospect, entirely correct
NPR reports that the Department of Health and Human Services will not be finalizing a proposed rule that would have blocked all Medicaid and Medicare funding for hospitals that provide pediatric gender-affirming care. www.npr.org/2026/07/13/n...
Trump's HHS abandons threat to withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding over trans care
NPR has learned that the Department of Health and Human Services will not be finalizing its most aggressive attempt to end gender-affirming care for youth nationally.
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Here is Graham gloating about "killing all the right people." Just in case you see anyone try to do the whole "we should have decency for the dead" nonsense.
To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.
Griddle just laid the biggest goddamn egg I have ever seen from a chicken. My hands are not small. If I baked with this egg I’d have to double the recipe.
anyway, due to accidents of history we’ve learned that there was a very coordinated effort to simply extract hundreds of millions of dollars of public money and put it into private pockets on threats and vibes. but saving transit is beyond the pale. got it.
Rip City Not Rip Off@ripcitynotripoff.bsky.social · 4w ago1/ OK! We analyzed all ~5,300 pages of public records on the Moda Center deal — every email, text, contract, and invoice produced so far. Before Portland commits ~$850M+ ($1.12B after interest), here’s what every Portlander should know. It’s not the story you’ve been told. 🧵
"They just want to turn it off." A fascinating story of the librarians who have started teaching classes showing people how to remove AI "features" from their phones and apps. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/02/m...
These Maine librarians are helping patrons resist AI and Big Tech
Despite breathless reporting on how AI is going to change the world, Hannah Cyrus, a Bangor librarian, said that, in her experience, most library patrons aren’t finding it helpful.
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as far as I am concerned nothing Mamdani does will ever top booping the nose of the most beautiful woman in the world
SinnamonS@sinnamonscouture.bsky.social · 4w agoHelen of Troy, Lupita Nyongo sparkles in Christian Cowan for the London premiere of #theodysseymovie.
America keeps trying to get me to go to her birthday party and I’m like no girl u need to go to the hospital
*I do not endorse any pope, I just endorse consequences and would like the democrats to be to the left of the fuckin pope
If my spouse loves me half as much as he loves the complete works of Genesis, I am a very lucky person.