Matty

@matty4000.bsky.social

He/him 43 years old. Just trying to survive the current fascistic state we are falling into.

I think that not only is this good politics, but the stability of American society depends on it. Liberal American normies are out for blood, but *everyone* is in an anti-system mood. If we don't feed that beast some sacrifices, it'll find someone who can, and those sacrifices will be innocent.

Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · 2mo ago

Chaperoning a preschool trip to the aquarium and one of the other dads who is vaguely familiar with what I do comes up to me and goes “man I sure hope we get some Nuremberg-style trials at the end of all this”

I think the most underestimated source of elite radicalisation is that ordinary people can call you a moron directly when you say stupid shit online. Sends wealthy and powerful people in to spirals every time.

AOC: Is the answer to our problems to turn to the same playbook over and over again? A playbook that says, in order to win, Democrats must rely on the same dark money—$50 million and counting—from the same people who backed 35 election deniers to Congress who voted to overturn the 2020 election.

Whatever could be said about that claim when he made it in 1962, it soon became undeniable that government vaccine research, distribution, and mandates are objectively among the greatest achievements of civilization. Claiming otherwise is embarrassing, it's like saying you don't wash your hands.

Chart of the polio vaccine obliterating poliochart of the measles vaccine smashing measles into bits
Cato Institute@cato.org · 2mo ago

"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.

SPOCK: you are being.. highly illogical ME (WATCHING TV): ok he's got you there kirk KIRK: but mr spock, mankind did not, endeavor to, reach out and, touch the stars, armed only with, cold hard logic, but driven, by our passionate impulsive, illogical humanity ME: hey yeah fuck you spock

So far this year we've had: the warmest winter on record in the mountain west, a record-shattering heat wave in Europe, once in a thousand year rainfall and flooding texas and forest fire smoke blanketing the mid west and the north east. Feels like something's going on with the climate!

Flock's platform is far more powerful and invasive than they and police pretend when they are at town halls talking to the public. You just need to look at what it's actually used for and how they teach cops to use it to see that: www.404media.co/how-cops-use...

How Cops Use Flock to Track People, Not Cars

Cops have used Flock's FreeForm search feature to look for people with tattoos and wearing specific sport shirts, and searches sometimes include the target's race, according to data reviewed by 404 Me...

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