“Even if you don’t agree with our specific solutions to problems, we will make sure government is responsive and accountable to you” could be a pretty seductive take for people who think that corruption is bad and voters should have more power
Bluesky oldheads will remember that brief period of time when the conservative trolls tried to storm the place and were flummoxed by the idea they would have to organically grow an audience and that someone who didn't want to talk to them could nuke every interaction they ever had from orbit
Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
I think it also revealed just how quickly a bunch of otherwise very hard problems can be to solve with global collective action. The fuckin Ganga was running clear water for the only time in my lifetime because for 2 weeks nobody threw garbage in it. The canals in Venice had fish.
Dave Andress@davidandress.bsky.social · 3d agoCovid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.
biiiiig referendum the GOP has put on the ballot that could kill direct democracy in Missouri on Tuesday. this Tuesday
Bolts@boltsmag.org · 4d agoUnder a proposed rule for citizen measures in Missouri, all five popular initiatives that voters in the state have approved since 2020 would have failed, a Bolts analysis found. On Tuesday, Missourians will vote on the measure:
Trump 2 has shown that the bulk of federal, state, and local "law enforcement" don't perform any useful functions at all. If they did, it would not be so easy to re-task them to brainless gestapo work like rounding up whole neighborhoods and waiting outside public buildings.
Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 6d agoI wrote about how immigration arrests are at all-time highs, even as ICE is trying to assume a lower public profile. How are they doing this? Look to your local police.
“PSA: Now that my case is settled, you are free to refer to @FBIDirectorKash as a ‘chud,’ a ‘googly-eyed Kremlin bitch,’ and a ‘traitor’ without fear of legal repercussions!” trib.al/e8IVBnp
cashier today told me he knew me from twitter and said him and his partner still use “the butter’s penthouse” 😭
In this house we appreciate the historically correct samwise gamgee
hammancheez@hammancheez.bsky.social · 2y agoHe should have worn a mesh workout crop top the whole movie
Cannot get over how electable just drifting away from a constituent who asked you a challenging question makes you.
Heist movie set during ‘The Day It Finally Happens’ where the heist crew use the rampant celebrations across the city as a cover to pull off the job.
This is the bike of one of the cyclists who was "bumped" by the pick-up truck driver. This sort of language is one way that media outlets downplay traffic violence.
The Durango Herald@durangoherald.bsky.social · 2w agoMedics and law enforcement responded Tuesday to a crash south of Durango where a pickup truck driver – suspected of impairment – allegedly bumped several road cyclists and seriously injured one.
(donning my little sherlock holmes hat and holding a magnifying glass at the part of neera tanden's bio that says she left CAP in 2021 and returned in 2025) what could it MEAN!!!!!!!!
Sal r.r. tamarkin@sal.gay · 2w agocenter for american progress (2021): "Trans inclusive policies "which allow transgender athletes to compete in accordance with their gender identity, should be implemented nationwide." Center for american progress in (2026): "restrictions may be appropriate under some circumstances"
hang on lemme try something ah well gate's open to hell now, sorry
My country of origin is in great disrepair
It's not quite "gobsmackingly bananas" but monster forecasts for the record El Nino brewing the Pacific Ocean get pretty close. Here's what to make of it in my first for @nature.com: 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
This El Niño is set to be the largest on record by a ‘mind-blowing margin’
Forecasters predict that the monster climate pattern will combine with global warming to push global temperatures in 2027 to new heights.
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This should be a lightbulb moment for Democrats: You are free to run on this platform because Republicans are going to accuse you of it whether you do or not!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump: "The Democrats are gonna terminate the filibuster as soon as they have a chance and then they're gonna approve DC and Puerto Rico as states. They get 4 more senators, 12 more congressmen, like 40 electoral votes ... you don't want to see me cry."
Not a single network aired this on their nightly news broadcasts yesterday. They described Trump overseeing a "somber ceremony" and called it a "moving moment." The only way to know what trump actually said about the soldiers he killed is to follow aaron rupar which no offense to aaron is insane
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump on fallen US troops: "All of them said very strongly, 'We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.'"
Can't have berries or salad cuz of explosive shit parasites well that's fine just have some eggs ope can't have eggs cuz of salmonella well just have steak and cheese oh you have from alpha gal from manmade climate disaster tick bites well have some fish oops you are blind now and hungry, as well
Poultry firm recalls nearly 1.6 mln dozen eggs over potential salmonella, US FDA says
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday that Midwest Poultry Services is recalling nearly 1.6 million dozen white shell eggs and brown cage-free shell eggs produced in Texas, as the...
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Erin Fogg says Free Link@criminalerin.bsky.social · 4mo agoIf you get alpha-gal from a tick bite, caused by climate catastrophe, and become allergic to red meat & dairy, well, there's always shrimp, which, certainly also thanks to climate catastrophe increasing oceanic temperatures forcing new zoonotic disease pathways to form, can now make you go blind
if this flag offends you i'll help you pack
heaumeau e. rotacism@vashwood.bsky.social · 2w agojoining the war on taco bell on the side of taco bell
Hear me out: this is even wilder than it looks. Out in the ag world, Taylor Farms was THE instigator for a lot of the big food safety moves for lettuce over the last 20 years. That's a legacy that just should NOT have ended up like this.
public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 2w agoit does actually sound like taylor farms and the white house teamed up to try and blame taco bell for the outbreak. unprecedented corruption
As it's now been more than 10 months since he died, I want to point out that the TikTok account for Charlie Kirk's show is still Cartman, making Kirk the embodiment of this 2014 Onion article. theonion.com/dead-faceboo...
These are the kind of data overlays the Meta glasses will add.
Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · 2w agohow's your week been?
MULDER [slapping down plane tix]: Hope you packed your rain coat, Scully. SCULLY: Seattle? Mulder it's the weekend, what- MULDER [handing her a file] Confirmed sightings, Scully. This is big SCULLY [eyes wide]: My God Mulder, what am I looking at here? MULDER: The locals are calling it.. JIMOTHY