The GOP doesn't get punished if this country doesn't elect more leftists.
Chris Ferdinandi
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I help people build the web better. I love pirates, puppies, and Pixar movies. ADHD AF. he/him 🏴☠️ https://gomakethings.com
I shouldn't have to convince adults that science is real.
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babs ✨@itsbabs.bsky.social · last yr.I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: our punk and drag shows have more covid mitigation than disease foundation summits and physicians conferences. Why can we do what people whose careers supposedly depend on the knowledge—with far more resources— can’t? #WeKeepUsSafe
I often wonder if this is another advantage of neurodivergence. AI is so obviously fake superficial bullshit wrapped in a thin veneer of intelligence. I see right through it, and I don’t understand how so many other people do not.
Dan Sheehan@dansheehan.bsky.social · 4d agoIt is funny that as more people get duped by AI, the response more frequently seems to be to insist that the models are developing godlike intelligence and we all need to be sooo careful when the real lesson is clearly that the human psyche can get absolutely one-shotted by personalized flattery
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What is happening inside the Dilley ICE detention center is state-inflicted trauma. Babies & toddlers caged for weeks. Children developing suicidal ideation. Families being fed expired food & denied medical care. We must close Dilley immediately & free our children.
For years, I had a tough time understanding why Paul Jarvis quit the Internet. Today, it feels like he could see into the future.
‘Just not Trump’ is the exact platform you would have if your goal was to ensure the conditions that produced Trump remained intact.
Hot take: Republicans will say EXACTLY the same things about centrists that they will about DSA members (i.e. call them commies). The difference is that DSA candidates will actually fight for the things real people WANT and thus will be less vulnerable than do-nothing centrists to bullshit attacks.
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2w agoThe vibes may be exciting, but if Democrats are going to win this year and in 2028, they must reject the DSA. If you’re tempted by a democratic socialist this year, think of what use Republicans will make of these victories, and ask whether you want to do favors for fascists.
Any recommendations on a good **accessible** JS calendar library (framework agnostic). Trying to code my own, and holy shit there are a lot of moving parts! But of the dozen OSS options I've found, not a single one works for non-sighted/keyboard.
My god. A young dad, visiting from Mexico, with two kids including a baby
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2w agoNEW INFO HAS REVEALED that the 28-year-old Mexican man killed while running from ICE last week was just visiting on short tourist visa—and already had a plane ticket to go home. newrepublic.com/post/213277/...
"What about the productivity loss if people don't engage with AI???" they keep asking me.
Abilu Tangwa.@abilutangwa.bsky.social · 2w agoWhat they don't teach you about heatwaves: It's not just heat. It's: • Your crops dying • Your river drying (Rhine is low again, disrupting shipping) • Your lungs burning from wildfire smoke • Your power grid collapsing It's everything at once.
The Luddites loved technology. They owned looms at home and would ‘mod’ them to count threads. Their battle was against worker exploitation. The degradation of their rights, safety and wages. They were against a handful of rich businessmen owning the means of production. Sound familiar?
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w agoGeorge Lucas likens AI sceptics to luddites clinging to horses and carts
Nearly half of house Democrats voting to stop sending aid to Israel feels significant AF considering where the party was on Palestine liberation this time last year.
My dad's in his 70s and we just had a good conversation he initiated about how trans-reactionary doctors are fuckups so again I am asking you to not let people off just because they're old
The whole thing with the last two ICE murders where the person they killed was not the person they were looking for? Well guess what, *that* person also shouldn't be murdered by ICE either.
For many, their wheelchair is a lifeline. My constituents shared with me how my FAST Repairs for Wheelchairs Act to remove burdensome requirements for wheelchair repairs would be essential to their mental & physical health, mobility, and everyday lives.
Regular degular Black folk are not the enemies of US progressive politics. Please, I implore you, take a page from Zohran Mamdani's book and TALK TO BLACK PEOPLE. Treat us like we're human! It's how a progressive like Rashida Tlaib won easily in Detroit. It's how Abdul El-Sayed is moving as well...
A loud subset of white leftists really, really want the world to match their theories, where only materialism and class matter, except the real world keeps showing that non-material factors such as racism matter a great deal, but the theory can't be wrong, so they blame Black people for caring.
Charles Gaba ✡️@charlesgaba.com · 4w agoHoly Shit. 👀 www.huffpost.com/entry/surgin...
My mom just called to tell me that she went to a museum about the Underground Railroad, where one of the exhibits talked about the locals having horns that they would blow to warn people when the slave catchers were in town “It’s just like your whistles!”