people get all excited about international sports competitions like the olympics or the world cup but (and i know i'm no fun) it's worrying how much jingoism and racism these competitions seem to legitimize on social media. Say the most offensive shit you want, it's ok because sports.

just noticing how blue hair went from being a descriptor that signified that someone is very old to now signifying that someone is very young.

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸@patriottakes.bsky.social · 3mo ago

GOP Senator John Kennedy tells supporters they might be “a blue-haired lefty” if they don’t send him money

seeing a lot of left-populists online disparagingly refer to non-rapist politicians as "grown in a vat to run for office," as if the idea of a person not being a rapist is just so unnatural to them. It must be hard having such a negative view of humanity.

Happy Pride Month 🙃

“All politicians are corrupt” is what corrupt politicians WANT you to think because then they become the average

i kinda hate it how everyone has apparently forgotten that the reason SS, Medicare, etc. are called "entitlements" is to remind people that they are, in fact, entitled to receive them. It expresses an obligation the government has to the people! You can't cut spending people are entitled to!

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5mo ago

People who get Social Security and Medicare from the government are not getting "entitlements"—they are getting the money they gave the government back. Unlike when Elon Musk got at least $38 billion from the government in contracts, loans, subsidies, and tax credits over the past two decades.

A drag ball in Paris, 1931. Police had to give special permission for drag performers. While crossdressing was not illegal for men, dancing with others while dressed as a woman was.

when conservatives say they don't believe in the separation of church and state, that's just a sanitized way of saying they want the state - with its monopoly on violence - to force people to follow their religion.

after covering MTG's extreme transphobia for years, it's disheartening to see anyone on the left side of the aisle say that she deserves anything but our contempt. Yes, people who change their minds should be welcomed, but no, she has not. www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/hous...

House passes Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill to criminalize gender-affirming care for trans youth - LGBTQ Nation

The bill would jail doctors who provide gender-affirming care for trans youth.

lgbtqnation.com

part of the reason i had the word "capitalism" muted on socials before was because 90% of people have no idea what it means. Yes, local government services, famous examples of capitalism!

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 6mo ago

My husband, explaining to my 8-year-old why Jaws is an anti-capitalist movie: If the mayor had just listened to the experts and closed the beach instead of trying to make more money, the movie would've been over 5 minutes after the first shark attack.

OK there's this but also there is a little trans girl in WV who wanted to run cross country with her friends and now she'll probably be stopped and 40% of the country probably thinks it was worth it.

Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅@cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 6mo ago

i don't think this is the end of things, but if it is and we walk away from this with explicit Iranian authority over the Strait and a bunch of lifted sanctions it will easily be the biggest American strategic failure in our lifetimes

I'm still mad that the stupidest fucking people in 2024 believed that Trump would be against war. Republicans always want more war bc that's just who they are and they will never change.

You know what? I'll admit it. The credible threat by a madman to wipe out a nation of 90 million people for basically no reason (presumably using nuclear weapons) successfully distracted me. I am now distracted.

Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock@warnock.senate.gov · 6mo ago

Don’t let the President distract you from his mission of funneling wealth from the bottom to the top.

On the Trans Day of Visibility, no less. And I imagine that some of the SCOTUS justices might still be mad about the whole TDOV/Easter thing from a few years back so it might not be a coincidence.

LGBTQ Nation@lgbtqnation.com · 6mo ago

Supreme Court rules against conversion therapy ban in 8-1 decision - buff.ly/Htx5eZh

The way people talk about governments/electeds as if they spring forth fully formed from clams is insane. LA doesn't have a Mamdani bc they didn't elect one.

Jordan Grimes@cafedujord.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Mamdani is an absolute nightmare for every other mayor in the United States, because all of the sudden people from everywhere else in the country are realizing how much their governments are simply choosing not to do for them

The idea that there was ever a point where working class households could live comfortably with only the dad working is a fucking lie, a core tenet of fascism and happily repeated by a lot of people who consider themselves leftist or feminist. It’s so wrong that if you say it I think you’re stupid

I only really knew about Bigflo & Oli from their old hit "Dommage" which was so goofy that it was impossible to take seriously. I didn't pay much attention to what they did after but got a notification for this today and they have changed so much, this is really cool. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3CL...

Bigflo & Oli - FOCUS 🌀

YouTube video by Bigflo et Oli

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I'm mildly annoyed that I have to sit through a few days of "omg gay men believe they'd be transed if they were kids today, they're so dumb!" because The Atlantic decided to publish someone who could never get published in LGBT media.

Free Sage Blair

this person understands gen z

hammer and sickle account literally scolding liberals for hating trump.

why is the HHS secretary trying to negatively polarize people against exercising

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The US Department of Health and Human Services just released this video.

it's so tiring to debate an election that's 3 years away, let's see what they're talking about on the other site-

It is so weird how we're in the beginning of 2026 and so many people are acting like Gavin Newsom already won the 2028 primary. The primary hasn't even started. We haven't even had the midterms yet. It's very unlikely that anyone right now can predict who will win.

trump is literally putting tariffs in place over personal drama and openly admitting it. www.joemygod.com/2026/02/trum...

Trump: I Raised Tariffs On Swiss Because PM Was Rude - Joe.My.God.

The Economic Times reports: US President Donald Trump sharply raised tariffs on Swiss imports following a tense phone call with Swiss leader Karin Keller-Sutter. “I didn’t really like the way she talk...

joemygod.com

people should get more comfortable with hearing bi people refer to themselves as "gay" or "lesbian" as they sometimes do, just like gay people sometimes call themselves "queer" or "not quite straight." Labels are useful but people don't have to be so literal. www.out.com/gay-music/do...

Did Doechii just come out as a lesbian?

The Grammy-winning rapper dropped a hint about her sexuality in an Instagram bio.

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i do appreciate lady gaga

AOC: We are going to have to reckon, as a country, with this time. And I hope that that reckoning includes prosecution of people who are involved with the lawbreaking and human rights violations they are knowingly engaging in right now.

It could be the front page of every newspaper for the next 6 months and he will not be impeached and removed.

Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The president constantly lying about stolen elections, after staging a coup attempt, & now threatening to federalize & steal future elections, should be the primary news story in the country 24/7 & on every front page until he is impeached & removed next week.

if ever one needed evidence that press coverage of protests is an effective tool for protestors, the feds just arrested a journalist for covering a protest in MN.

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · 8mo ago

guys the thing about being a decentralized leaderless network is that there are really no clear leaders to consult. what we have seen, though, is that careful press coverage of minneapolis community networks has massively benefited their cause, harmed ICE, and seemingly not led to anyone being IDed.