There is a custom on here of defending positions of essentially libertarian self-interest (I want to speed without consequence, I should have cheap delivery food) with left-flavored language (“well the rich can pay the ticket but the poor can’t”) that I find very annoying
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It Is Past Time for You to Quit Elon Musk's X
Yes, I'm talking to you. 🫵
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Have seen people call speed cameras modern redlining and just nope. The usual reply seems to be they're just revenue generating schemes, and like sure cool whatever. If the state wants to levy a tax on me I can choose not to pay by not speeding then let's fucking go. Optional tax!
no dummy, them being nice to you is the lie, being horrible to everyone else is who they are
"I DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING EXCEPT THE VROOM VROOM SOUND!" Everyone is twelve now theory holding strong
if i were making a theme park about politics in the 2020s, you'd be greeted by an animatronic figure advocating for and also misspelling martial law
Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 5d agoRep. Ralph Norman, who’s in a Senate runoff with Lindsey Graham’s sister Darline, secretly urged a military-backed coup in 2021 to keep Trump in power. But the NY Times thinks it’s no big deal. In its last 92 stories mentioning Norman over 3 years and 7 months, it hasn’t stated that fact once. 1/7🧵
These people all have the same journey to the far-right. Kate is in the “retweet far-right freaks who think woman are property” phase before the final step which is just saying “women are men’s property” herself.
Post-Left Watch@postleftwatch.bsky.social · last wk.This is so incredibly disingenuous holy fuck
confirmed: renewable energy developer clearway is pivoting away from developing a gas fired data center on federal lands in nevada, days after i exposed their internal plans my latest scoop on @heatmap.news and the impact journalism we provide
Scoop: Clearway Cancels Plan to Swap Solar Farm for Data Center and Gas Plant
The energy developer is backing off after a Heatmap report.
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These guys can get mad at actually existing camps any time now
Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · 2w agoThese guys are freaking out over their own imaginations again.
Ok now it's official. She's stuck in the House
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 2w agoThere is pervasive corruption across our healthcare and agricultural systems that defy party lines. I meet with MAHA activists because a lot of their concerns are bipartisan issues that major corporations paint as partisan. The fight isn't left and right, it's top and bottom.
Democrats should never do anything to constrain Trump, because it might have the perceived side effect of giving cover to Susan Collins
Dante Atkins@danteatkins.bsky.social · 2w agoDem Senators who are allowing Collins to.give herself moderate cover are either stupid or evil. I am completely out of patience with this quisling behavior
A good comparison to the Mamdani grocery stores are commissary stores, which sell at ~25% discounts compared to other grocers If you read their financials, commissaries provided 1.6 billion in savings, and got 1.57 billion in subsidies. So subsidies are basically 1:1 with savings.
Gotta shut down the factory that makes this kinda guy
Ideally everything will be broken and fucked up at all times in my city. If you don't like it, go back to the burbs where things are implicitly superior
Fist of the Nice Star@hokutonokenburns.bsky.social · 3w agospeaking as someone living in NYC now vs growing up in the burbs, if vandalism on public transportation bothers you this much you were always a huge asshole piece of shit
Yes, there will be lines wrapped around the block (because that news story is half the point!)
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 3w agoNew York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that fresh produce, meat and other staples will be sold at a 30 percent discount in the city-run grocery stores he wants to open in every borough. Mamdani said the stores would save the average shopper about $1,000 annually.
Most statistically illiterate, anti-data person you’ve ever met: I will ensure an equitable distribution of material resources across hundreds of millions of people.
Lesser known cousin of the Madman Theory is the We're All A Bunch Of Morons Gambit. (Unfortunately hard to test because it's only known to have been used by actual morons).
David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 4w agoUm wut
The whole McConnell / Kentucky thing at this point is so incredibly revealing. Literally every day a new person goes mega viral on bluesky screaming that Democrats are worthless sellouts if they don’t actively help Republicans, and then turning furiously on anyone who points this out
It's time for Beshear to "get tough" and illegally appoint a Senator Maybe he should get extra tough, appoint 2 senators. Hell, appoint 3 or 4 or 40
Yes, when I of prominent US leftists, I think of leftist Gavin Newsom
We Don’t Serve AI Here@aistinks.bsky.social · 4w agoThe US left and right both support patriarchal feudalism. They see ICE killings and book burnings as less horrible than me too and BLM. We are on a whole a right leaning country on both sides of the aisle. Just look at Gavin Newsom. Admit to that.
The National Bureau of Standards, an agency within the US Department of Commerce, made a bigger contribution to plumbing science and standardization than any other entity in the world. It’s referenced either directly or in tables or methodologies in nearly every national standard even today.
Cato Institute@cato.org · last mo."The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus." — Milton Friedman. They were driven by individual liberty and free markets. And they always will be.
Thinner, Miracle at St. Anna, Dragonheart, First Knight, Orgazmo, Fatal Affair, some dumbass flick where Vin Diesel is on a planet so hot that sunshine incinerates you instantly but the shade is comfortable, Saw
Defector@defector.com · last mo.What's the worst movie you've ever watched in a theater? defector.com/whats-the-wo...
