Erin Thomas
@erincthomas.bsky.social
Tech Director @ Data for Progress Making music as chelliah 🏳️⚧️
idk why everyone is complaining, i think it's cool that they are building the ship from CONTACT (1997) on the white house lawn. the liberal media says it won't work again but they are IGNORING that approximately 18 hours of static was recorded on that fateful day. explain THAT
this is why there’s been mass revolt and opposition to data centers being built in communities. it is genuinely a health hazard to live this close to something emitting this much sound. these need to stop being built
funniest part of the 'Sam Altman is a sociopath' New Yorker piece is the casual mention of Rick Rubin being friends with Jared Kushner's brother. What if the creative act is actually the martini lunches you have with billionaire hedge fund managers???
Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility! We're everywhere and we're cool. Here's the trans pride flag 🏳️⚧️ on a mid-90s Pentium running DOS.
My partner's father sent me a package with an external hard drive and NO NOTE WHATSOEVER that is apparently his entire music collection that he wanted me to have. It's 700 gigs and I think also includes all his hippy friends iTunes libraries???
Many of the world's problems could be solved if we all stopped listening to podcasts
America is respected perhaps like never before
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5mo agoHow it’s playing in France. 🤡
Reuters Exclusive "U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school." "The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East."
Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say
Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...
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Jesse Singal: “I don’t understand why all these experts with degrees keep disagreeing with me. So demoralizing. What could the explanation be??”
Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 5mo agoJesse Singal now appears to be siding with Ken Paxton on forced mental health conversion therapy for trans youth.
I do think the best response to these kinds of questions is essentially a variant of "ma'am this is a wendy's"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo agoNANCY MACE: What is a woman? Have you learned that lesson? WALZ: I'm the governor of Minnesota. I'm not here to be a prop for your obsession.
the kind of thing that gets played at a war crimes trial
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo agoHegseth: "Death & destruction from the sky all day. We're playing for keeps. Our warfighters have maximum authorities granted personally by POTUS & yours truly. Our rules of engagement are bold, precise designed to unleash American power, not shackle it ... we are punching them while they are down"
Surely the author of a book called "Cis White Gay: The Making of a Gender Heretic" has no ulterior motives or grifts to profit off of.
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 5mo ago“Society still has an irrational fear of effeminate boys, who should be free to live their life without altering anything about themselves,” Ben Appel argues.
What's scary about this story is the surveillance it hints at. This trans woman had changed her name, legally, but chose not to change her gender marker. She was apparently flagged in the DMV system as trans and her license was invalidated under a law that supposedly only concerned gender markers.
Assigned Media@assignedmedia.org · 5mo agoThis story, from @natezuke.bsky.social, is absolutely wild. A trans woman who never changed her gender marker was issued a letter invalidating her license. At the DMV they cut up her license, which had an "M" marker. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
why is a war criminal genocidal leader in another country telling us this
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo agoNetanyahu: "This is not an endless war. This is something that will usher in an era of peace."
The Department of War regretfully informs you your husband has died lethalitymaxxing in Operation Epic Furry
It’s been terrifying to have almost every year in the past 20 years be a lesson in how many people with power make decisions about who lives and dies with little thought or care or even a clear idea as to why they’re doing anything, and it’s terrifying that it seems to be getting worse
