“the jewish immigrant communists are trying to undermine america with race mixing!” became “the muslim immigrant socialists are trying to undermine america with transgenderism!” so gradually that its almost like its aways been the same bullshit
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Playing TTRPGs for 20 years. Still bad at it. Music preferences are loud and fast. Bonus points for angry and/or horny. Bad at the Social part of social media.
if you're reading all these articles as they come out and assuming the story is "these models are escaping containment and causing danger" and not "this is a PR campaign by companies desperate to build hype" I think you are very silly.
Alex Hanna@alexhanna.bsky.social · 7h agoIt keeps happening... It'd be great if these companies could spend a little bit more time on network security and a little less time vibe coding.
“As his confirmation to lead the Justice Department hung by a thread last week, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told faith leaders on a private call that he was preparing to take action to roll back abortion access nationwide.”
Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’
The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.
politico.com
When scientists say it’s not too late to address the climate crisis, we really mean it. Resources to work through your climate emotions and then get involved in activism are always linked in my bio.
In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname
“The family of a Haitian immigrant who froze to death in early March at a bus shelter in Pittsburgh after she was dropped off in the city by [ICE] is poised to file a lawsuit this month against the United States and ‘multiple other governmental and non-governmental entities’.”
Family to sue after woman released from ICE custody froze to death
Exclusive: Daphy Michel, from Haiti, was dropped off in Pittsburgh in 20F temperatures wearing summer clothes
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We are so far beyond the horizon for ICE needing to be dismantled. Prosecution should be the moderate stance for these assholes. www.koco.com/article/okla...
'I’ve done nothing wrong': Body camera video shows OKC officer helping US citizen detained by ICE
Body camera video shows an Oklahoma City officer stepping in after ICE detained a U.S. citizen on Interstate 44.
koco.com
the obsession with trans women in sports is, apart from the abject bigotry, a symptom of how we take amateur sports participation way too seriously in this country.
The people who demand gross, obtrusive genital monitoring of children in the name of protecting girls sports will immediately pivot to using the gross, obtrusive genital monitoring as an argument against letting girls play sports at all.
Timnit Gebru@timnitgebru.blacksky.app · last wk."As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...
And here is the same Alex Jones bullshit appearing in Rolling Stone. Unbelievably embarrassing to publish this.
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 7d agoThe conspiracy she’s referring to here is a Slack chat among scientists in 2020 where they went, “it could be a lab leak, let’s look into it!”
Reading about AIDS denialism for the show and it's wild how much these features align with the tactics of the anti-trans "reasonable concerns" brigade. web.archive.org/web/20060615...
This week, Newsmax announced it had struck a deal with Meta. Under the agreement, Meta will “draw upon Newsmax’s significant current reporting as well as archived content across its platforms to support AI queries across Meta’s apps and devices.”
Meta will train its AI on far-right media outlet
This week, Newsmax — a far-right news organization with a strong allegiance to President Trump and a history of pushing wild conspiracy theories — announced it had struck a deal with Meta.
popular.info
I know they meant this as a joke but this really is pretty solid casting. The smile needs a bit of work but I assume Elliot can figure that out.
Good-faith concern on this issue would be going, "hmm, professional sports leagues should probably have some standards in place to ensure trans competitors aren't getting an unfair advantage," googling for 5 minutes, realizing every sports league already has those standards and dropping it.
Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 7d agoi don't believe anyone has "good-faith" concerns about trans women in sports in 2026. there's been too much time to hear the actual evidence, the actual people affected, and the role the debate plays in attempts to purge trans people from American life. anybody picking that side has made a choice
The conspiracy she’s referring to here is a Slack chat among scientists in 2020 where they went, “it could be a lab leak, let’s look into it!”
Ernie Piper@whoisernie.bsky.social · 7d agoZeynep Tufekci is still completely insane over the lab leak idea. "There is a conspiracy to cover this up" is not evidence for "covid was a bioweapon that escaped from a lab". It could also be evidence for my theory, "please stop talking about this stupid idea"
we should charge the C-suite with fraud and theft if they take a tax credit meant to keep people employed and then cut staff anyway.
Paula Wirth@paulawirth.bsky.social · last wk.Pixar receives a $26.2 Million Tax credit to keep film jobs in CA, and immediately lays off 10% of its work force, after making over a billion from Toy Story 5, the highest-grossing film of 2026.
“If you live near a military base, there’s a chance you’ll soon find that a privately owned data center has moved into your area. A year ago, President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the Department of Defense to lease land to private developers for this purpose."
Trump’s push to build data centers for the US military
Claims about national security are running into widespread backlash.
motherjones.com
The only responsible attitude for liberals and progressives to align on is that all right-wing grievances, claims and believes are not only false, but malicious lies. Nothing passes the mouth of an American conservative in public life that is not meant to harm and destroy the lives of millions.
And I thought I was jaded. Good lord. The rant and immediately disabling the comments, while ending with grow a spine. 'chefs kiss'.
Wonton 🇺🇦 🇵🇸@wonton.bsky.social · last wk.Everyone in the community is desperate to sweep this under the rug because they want to unconditionally love their unproblematic fave again and it's pathetic. Grow a spine.
The pitch to join the military isn’t “to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon” it’s “we’ll pay for you to go to college and you’ll get to see a dentist”
No idea how to reach people who thought conservatives could ever even approximate caring about women in any way at all. Of all the bad faith efforts, this was that the most.
The Heritage Foundation only wanted to protect women's sports when it was about trans athletes
Not anymore.
motherjones.com