you mean to tell me you can just identify who your antidemocratic opponents are and use your democratically-won power to prevent them from attempting to dismantle democracy

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 6d ago

BRAZIL'S LULA: WE NEED TO REGULATE DIGITAL PLATFORMS

There's a depiction of attempted feminine sexual assault against a man.

A Dead, Weird Carnie@ecarney.bsky.social · last wk.

And THEN, thers a scene where an entitled white girl confesses to the grieving mother that she's responsible for her son's drowning. High drama. Friday the 13th prequel series.

Later in the same episode, a grieving mother has dialogue with a frightened child who believes that her presumed-dead son is haunting the woods as a kind of boogeyman. This show rules.

A Dead, Weird Carnie@ecarney.bsky.social · last wk.

I find it absolutely astonishing that the FRIDAY THE 13TH PREQUEL SERIES starts its fifth episode with a scene in which a black police chief, in 1972, explains to a middle aged white guy why he's likely to be convicted even if innocent. #CrystalLake

I find it absolutely astonishing that the FRIDAY THE 13TH PREQUEL SERIES starts its fifth episode with a scene in which a black police chief, in 1972, explains to a middle aged white guy why he's likely to be convicted even if innocent. #CrystalLake

There was a fucking hole in our planet’s *atmosphere* Like a legit, no joke, “this will unravel our entire ecosystem” hole in the world, and then we fixed it by working together across national and political lines As a species we decided, “we will survive” Let’s do that some more

Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app · last wk.

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

A helpfully clear exchange here Hasan: "So your argument is that [Minnesota ICE protesters] should stay at home because immigration is a salient issue for Donald Trump. Opposing ICE is only going to help Trump. Wait until we win the election in 2028." Yglesias: "Yes that is what I would have said"

Society is dying a death of a thousand cuts, all inflicted by some variation on: "This all sucks but it's already happening, so let's make the best of it."

Charles Louis Richter@richterscale.bsky.social · last wk.

four minutes of talk about stolen IP, data center problems, environmental and labor issues—followed by the assertion that you can't change any of that when using AI, which you ARE going to do, so maybe say something about how society should be improved somewhat

the billionaires of our world want us to avoid empathy at all costs when it comes to other people, but they demand that we exercise empathy with their machines

Today I learned that Coleen Gray and David S. Pumpkins share a birthday.

The opportunity to argue about observable reality with someone actively demonstrating their unwillingness to observe it is not as attractive a proposition or as necessary an activity as many people seem to believe.

A.R. Moxon@juliusgoat.bsky.social · last wk.

"You won't debate me because you can't beat my IDEAS"—no, loser, I won't debate you because your ideas have been considered and rejected and no longer warrant debate, and the very act of engaging in debate frames you as better than you are and your failed ideas as worthy of anything but contempt.

The election lacks integrity because what if EVERY SINGLE PERSON who votes for "Daniel J. Sullivan Jr." actually intended to vote for "Daniel S. Sullivan (Registered Republican) Incumbent"?

ILuvPolitix@iluvpolitix.bsky.social · last wk.

DOJ claims the election will lack integrity of Republican Dan Sullivan doesn't win.

Even if this were viable as a concept (that there's an afterlife; that it allows conversations with others; that enslavers are going the same place as you), who cares? Oh, are you mad at me, Ben Franklin? Tough shit.

the stupidest shit is how we keep repeating the same stupid back and forth whenever progress is made I KNOW lets constantly flip back and forth nationwide on whether weed is safe lets flip back and forth nationwide on abortion how about we conduct 300 studies showing UBI works

Veronical@veronicalbluesky.bsky.social · last wk.

Worcester City Council Votes Unanimously to Oppose Massachusetts Ballot Initiative That Would Repeal Recreational Marijuana Sales themarijuanaherald.com/2026/10/worc...

There's a scene in the documentary Room to Move in which the subject celebrates turning down high-paying work because she's chosen to prioritize recovery following an autism diagnosis. I'm thinking about this as I wage an internal war over my desire to back out on a project that pays ZERO dollars.

The very reason why I usually don't wear a helmet is that I feel it sends the wrong message to motorists and policymakers. I know I'm putting myself at greater risk. I'm not naive. But I want people to see that I and other cyclists are vulnerable and to feel personally responsible for our safety.

Truck nutz on a food truck: Ingesticles

Charles Louis Richter@richterscale.bsky.social · last wk.

truck nutz on the coroner's van: inquesticles

I am not a BURN IT ALL DOWN person, because revolutions hurt vulnerable people most. But this -- the economy, the government, corporate culture -- is not sustainable. Without a big change to how we work, what we are paid, what things cost, and what the government provides, we're looking at serfdom.

I purchased digital tickets for the first time in a while and what is this shit? At the risk of being an old man yelling at the cloud, I'll note that it wasn't very long ago that I could just download a pdf and open it normally. Now there is literally no option other than to give Google more data.

If there's one thing I find annoying about Bluesky, it's the prevailing impulse to respond to, "Look out for [bad thing]" with, "Oh, so you're saying there's no point in trying to avoid or counteract [bad thing]?? Nice try, doomer. In MY reality, the future is all sunshine and rainbows."

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · last wk.

I didn't realize anyone was going to interpret a warning about a 2028 coup attempt as an argument that winning the midterms doesn't matter or would somehow be bad. It's the opposite. Getting some federal institutional power now is a major, crucial step to prepare to counter a 2028 coup attempt.

Me, all week long:

jordyn 🦬@birdjay.bsky.social · last wk.

i sure wish i had any motivation to do anything right now

I don't think it's very helpful to rank these problems as primary and secondary. I think the overarching problem is the feedback loop they create. Social media does create bad incentives in its users, but corporations profit off of them, so they actively push us to keep chasing those incentives.

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · last wk.

This may be unpopular but the companies’ bad incentives are only a secondary problem. The primary problem is the bad incentives social media creates for ALL OF US, which is why even platforms not owned by tech giants become these ideological spaces divorced from truth.

This is as if an entire Bond movie plot was subverted because the government got together and was like "actually Blofeld is fine"

Karl Bode@karlbode.com · last wk.

decisions that imperil U.S. military allies and the fight against global authoritarianism is a decision best left up to sociopathic authoritarian billionaires with a headful of recreational ketamine

I read headlines like this and I can only conclude that tech companies want us to cede every one of our decisions to their product, including decisions about whether or not we'll remain alive.

Luke Ontario@coolhand.bsky.social · 2w ago

Get the fuck away from me

"But there is a growing percentage of voters who say that they wish EVERYONE was dead, including themselves."

The Onion@theonion.com · 2w ago

Is Pete Hegseth's Bold Pledge To 'Kill Everyone' By 2028 An Unrealistic Pipe Dream?

Watching episode 2 of Crystal Lake: This show has no idea what it wants to be (somehow very complimentary?)

A Dead, Weird Carnie@ecarney.bsky.social · 2w ago

I started watching the new Crystal Lake series, and I feel like this was scripted to be a parody of various media properties from the late 1970s, but then someone decided to film it earnestly.

“Why won’t more Americans buy EVs even with high gas prices” idk maybe because policymakers made it unnecessarily difficult and expensive which is irresponsible and embarrassing in two thousand twenty six???

I started watching the new Crystal Lake series, and I feel like this was scripted to be a parody of various media properties from the late 1970s, but then someone decided to film it earnestly.

May he live to see levels of socialism beyond his wildest nightmares.

Keith Edwards@keithedwards.bsky.social · 2w ago

"I would rather have the Republicans keep the house." - James Carville

I keep seeing shit like this, and it's getting harder and harder to deny that tech companies are trying desperately to drain us of all the money they can before the systems that we all rely on begin collapsing.

Elliott Bledsoe@elliottbledsoe.bsky.social · 2w ago

For the first time I have witness the two link per month limit on a client's Facebook Page. The impact of this on nonprofits will be significant. When fully implemented every arts and cultural nonprofit will have to pay A$17.99 a month for Meta One. #Meta #MetaOne #Facebook #Instagram

Let's be straight: a lot of Baby Boomers really expected to invest in their home as an asset, then make no further investment into its maintenance and improvement, and have a comfortable retirement.

Politico@politico.com · 2w ago

“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?” Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.