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aramtopwitch

@fireflyathon.bsky.social

Not getting any younger, Pratchett fan, Supernatural forever. UU, cat lady

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Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 2w ago

Black, queer, radical, female, femme people & orgs literally diagnosed the problem so well that "them goons are coming" became accepted wisdom and so now everyone thinks THEY had the idea and don't need to acknowledge the work that so-called Woke Movement damn near killed themselves to teach you.

Nicholas Mitchell@nicholasemitchell.bsky.social · 2w ago

All of these think pieces about the woke movement (for lack of a better term) yet none ask the first question we ask about any socio-political movement- The woke movement claimed there were individuals and institutions who wanted to erode civil rights protections. Was the movement wrong?

aramtopwitch@fireflyathon.bsky.social · last mo.

I was way too young when I saw this movie for the first time. This scene scared the bejeezus out of me, but it's so brilliantly done.

Animation Obsessive@ani-obsessive.bsky.social · last mo.

Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts are amazing even now. He animated the sequence by himself for more than four months -- without computers or even an easy way to check his work. We're looking into how he did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-ray-ha...

🗽LOLGOP🗽@lolgop.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Stepping off of Marcy's "Machine for Fascism" concept, I tried to lay out "The GOP’s Large Hadron Collider for Fascism," all of the right's advantages that don't go away when the current Republican president turns out to be the worst president in history, again. www.thefarce.org/why-trump-be...

The GOP’s Large Hadron Collider for Fascism Fox News, 24 hours of hate. Not a network with a conservative lean — the GOP’s assignment desk that decides what counts as news for the entire right side of the country, every hour of every day, with nothing on the left built at that scale to compete. X, rigged for Elon’s pleasure and influence. Marcy Wheeler calls it, “The Machine for Fascism.” A randomized 2026 Nature study put nearly 5,000 real users on the algorithmic feed for seven weeks. They moved right, grew more sympathetic to Trump and to Russia’s position on Ukraine — and switching them back to a plain chronological feed didn’t undo it. The shift stuck. Meta, running the same play without Elon’s erratic tells. Mark Zuckerberg didn’t just deprioritize political content on Instagram and Threads; he neutered fact-checking and algorithmically choked news distribution, handing the advantage directly to right-wing outrage machines that thrive on engagement over accuracy. Now it’s just basically an AI hell of casual racism and boobs bouncing in your face—forever. CBS, now Diet Fox. One more legacy outlet that used to be a check drifting into stenography while killing the stories 60 Minutes would likely be telling about the horrific corruption of Trump’s Gilded Age. Fox’s imitators and AM radio. The infrastructure that reaches the voters who never opened a newsletter or a podcast app in their lives. The Bro-Cast Pipeline. While Democrats buy billions in ads, conservatives dominate low-information environments—the endless web of comedy, sports, and lifestyle podcasts where millions of politically disengaged voters get passive, low-key right-wing messaging without ever tuning on Hannity. Local TV and Sinclair Broadcasting. For voters who still tune into local news for traffic and weather, conservative syndicates deliver forced, scripted right-wing editorials directly into living rooms across battleground states—disguised as trusted hometown journalism. Elon’s money, spent like he’s running a scam, not a campaign. Musk has abandoned the traditional ideas of targeting high-propensity voters. He wants to hook anyone, and he knows that the less informed a mark is, the more Trump-friendly they are likely to be. It seems comical but if you doubt Elon Musk can be successful shamelessly selling people crap based on fraud, think harder. The money. Flush with Trump’s tax cuts for the rich and an AI bubble inflated beyond all human ken, Republican-leaning donors have outspent Democratic-leaning donors $880 million to $290 million in just the first half of 2026, per a Washington Post analysis. Musk alone has put in roughly $90 million since June. In 2024, his PAC ran an 18-day “$1 million a day” sweepstakes for registered voters — his own lawyers later admitted in court the “winners” were preselected. That’s not the gentle old approach of two candidates shaking hands with somebody’s baby. That’s a mark getting worked. The Voting Rights Act, finished off this spring. The Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais on April 29, 2026 left Section 2 what Justice Kagan called “all but a dead letter.” States are already redrawing maps because of it. A neutered FEC. No quorum since April 2025. It cannot investigate, cannot enforce, cannot do anything but watch super PACs and dark money run past whatever’s still nominally on the books. The lag from Biden’s real shocks. Inflation exploding, Roe dying, and Democrats failing to stop a second Trump term all happened on the last watch. That damage to trust didn’t clear when the administration changed. It’s still being spent down. Corporate centrists and “Never Trump” Republicans who barely exist as voters but dominate the microphone. The persuadable, Republican-aligned Trump-disapprovers — the actual data says — are 89% already going to vote Republican anyway.
JLRay@jlray.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The latest from YouGov: Donald Trump is historically unpopular. Why aren't Democrats doing better in the race for Congress? Many voters who disapprove of Trump are also the type of voters who don't participate in, or pay attention to, midterm elections yougov.com/en-us/articl...

Derek Powazek@fraying.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For anyone taking note of what’s getting posted to the president’s little homepage, I just wish you’d remember that lots of people post to that account, not just the presidential pissbaby, and their stated strategy is to flood the zone with shit, so reposting the shit is actually helping them.

Movies Silently@moviessilently.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I was thinking about the rise of serialized television and cinematic universes in the era of Everything is a Subscription Instead of focusing on appealing characters and making every episode good (though both certainly happened), they could lock people into a subscription via cliffhangers! Splunge!

Brosephine “no more hospital” Wires@joparkerbear.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Can’t sleep? Simple methods that work: • study hurricane forecast • who hates me • what did i forget • relive supreme humiliation • win 12-yr-old argument • buried alive? could happen • what i did vs should have done • dead people i miss • what if i’m bad • why do i say stuff • what’s my fuckin deal

Laura Jedeed@laurajedeed.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hi hello I was going to do a full thread on the Great American State Fair later but it seems I'm starting early: why in the fuck are PragerU, Patriot Academy, and other far right groups the ENTIRETY of the Department of Education booth

Two banners First banner reads: Welcome to the Great Experiment 250 years of American invention - a story still in the making Two hundred and fifty years ago, America made a bet: that ordinary people with extraordinary ideas could build a nation unlike any before. That bet is still paying off. The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention presents this exhibit in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Commerce - home of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the institution that turned creative freedom into economic fuel. At the Cade, we believe so deeply in thinking and acting like an inventor that we gave it a name: Inventivity.® This exhibit is brimming with it. The race is well underway, but it's never too late to jump in. So gear up, strap in, and take a lap GEORGE WASHINGTON April 30, 1789 - March 4, 1797 Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefito, and humbly to implore his protection and favor SERVICE "Let me serve voluntarily; then I will, with the greatest pleasure in life, devote my services to the expedition without any other reward, than the satisfaction of serving my country" RELIGION "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports." CHARACTER "To the distinguished Character of Patriot, it should be our highest Glory to add the more distinguished Character of Christian."the journey continues from here" with QR codes to Wallbuilders, the American Journey Experience, Patriot Academy, PragerU, and AmericanMinute.comStickers with a QR code to sign up to be a constitution coach with Patriot Academy
Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started@gothamgirlblue.com · 2mo ago

Anyway, Happy Union Victory Day to all who celebrate, as the military successes on July 3 and 4th would ultimately enable the liberation of 4 million enslaved people and the attempt to forge a new birth of freedom on the basis of equality

Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started@gothamgirlblue.com · 2mo ago

But why are we even trying to defend Lee when his mythology rests on the lie of honorable competence when he was really a selfish monster who abandoned his sworn oaths as soon as it challenged his spiritual, economic, and social investments in human trafficking.

Erin Maye Quade@erinmayequade.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm very glad Rep. Kean was able to take time off of work and get treatment for his depression. Rep. Kean also voted for the OBBB, which will kick Americans who need to take a month from work to seek mental health treatment off of Medicaid because they're "able-bodied adults".