Normal 1990s parenting is now called "criminal child neglect." Even putting affordability aside, many people don't want kids because we've made parenting too burdensome.
Joyce Park@troutgirl.bsky.social · 2d agoA lot of things that were considered reasonable or even good parenting will now get you arrested in many jurisdictions.
This is deadass every republican campaign ad here in the south. I'm not even REMOTELY JOKING.
It’d be pretty fucking stupid for any politician to craft their platform solely to appeal to a demographic notorious for inventing reasons not to vote. It’s bizarre how many of them can’t grasp that.
Author Myron J. Clifton@deardean22.bsky.social · 4d agoThose uncommitted chickens are coming home to roost aren’t they?
Someone asked this black man about Elvis one time and it didn't go well at all.
Chantal James@chantalalive.blacksky.app · 4d agoAll I’m saying is don’t ask Black folks how we feel about Elvis. Black folks how we feel about him?
My unvaccinated brother died of COVID in 2021. I was about a year and a half into my epidemiology career. Healthcare staff did absolutely everything they could but they cannot cure ignorance. They cannot cure an anti-science belief and culture. Thats YOUR responsibility. Not Dr. Fauci’s.
Trumpworld goes crying to John Roberts about "defamation" every time they read something about themselves that they don't like. But they brazenly lie about anyone and everyone, destroying the reputations and jeopardizing the safety of anyone in their crosshairs. And yet nothing gets done about it.
OKC405@okc405.bsky.social · 5d agoTrump is asking the Supreme Court to step into his long-running legal fight with writer E. Jean Carroll and overturn an $83.3 million defamation verdict.
Republicans are publicly flogging Dr. Fauci simply to create content for right-wing media. There is no legislative purpose whatsoever. They understand that nothing animates the MAGA base like culture wars and hatred for shared villains. Susan Rice, an OG villain, explains the game:
Hijacking this comment to recommend the PBS documentary on Isaac Woodward to anyone interested. Required viewing. www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard | American Experience | PBS
In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, l...
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Strictly 4 My Navigators@lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · last wk.The racist attack on WWII veteran, Isaac Woodard, 2 years prior was a factor in Truman desegregating the military.
That would force Zeus to answer a LOT of questions his publicist doesn’t want out there.
Saeed Jones@theferocity.bsky.social · last wk.I think it would be fun to watch an adaption of THE ODYSSEY or THE ILIAD that’s entirely from the gods’ perspective. Like, let’s just stay on Olympus and watch those petty heauxes go at it.
Of all the reasons for work absences, nothing gives employers more time to plan than the birth of a child. Yet employers still make it so difficult. People suddenly get sick/injured all the time. And workplaces find a way to deal. But with the birth of a child, they act like they can't compensate
🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷@msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · last wk.1st child—fired for being pregnant, no one would hire a pregnant woman. 1st and only time I was ever fired. 2nd child—1 week off, no pay, told if I didn’t return in 7 days I’d be replaced (I was the Accounting/HR/Safety mgr). This was 1 year before fed protections were a thing.
Which lets you know that championships are not and never been the criteria that matters the most in these senseless ass debates
Tiricohairline@trejames.blacksky.app · last wk.Bill Russell doesn't get mentioned enough in the GOAT convo.
CASE IN POINT: Trump famously lost among all women by 13 points in 2016. But still won 52% of *white* women. So, he went in front of cameras multiple times and talked about how he won 52% of women. A dog whistle to his racist base that the only women *who matter* are white women.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · last wk.On some level, fact-checking Musk's "zero died" claim misses the point. He's communicating in a coded race-war trope that his global fascist audience will instantly grasp: Zero people died *who matter.* He sees these USAID cuts as a dry run for much worse to come. newrepublic.com/article/2135...
It's actually kind of heartwarming to see Republicans honor Mitch McConnell by using his decaying corpse to maintain their Senate majority. Mitch would have wanted to die as he lived: Ratfucking democracy. I'm sure it was in his last will and testament.
Captain Lancaster ✨ USS Duchamp : NCC - 83006@trekkielancaster.bsky.social · last wk.Mitch McConnell has been a corpse for 6 weeks.
My wife and I have decided that we don't want to have kids. We're going to tell them tonight at supper.
Crazy that there's a landmark court case (Dodge v. Ford Motor Co.) that decided corporations have no moral responsibility, only to maximize profit. And any moral actions a corporation takes legally cannot interfere with profit maximization. Corporations are required to behave like sociopaths.
𝐋𝐲𝐝𝐢𝐚@lydiasalara.blacksky.app · 2w agoSo basically, if the government doesn’t tell these companies not be dirty & poison us, they will. Why should you need to be instructed not to fertilize produce with human feces. They gotta tell you to wash the salmonella off the eggs? Luckily, I’ve been washing my eggs and apples with soap,
Sam Cooke only started making music for you godless heathens because his checking account was overdrawn.
There is a certain demographic that doesn't take these threats seriously because they think that when shit really pops off, the Nazis won't come looking for them first.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump jokes about serving a third term — and gets laughs at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
“That’s What I Thought” never hit so hard! Imagine getting ate the fuck up by an unsaved number while your battery is dying?! PLEASE! It’s giving Do Not Resuscitate. 🪦🏴☠️☠️
Our Man Tho 🇻🇮 🇵🇷@hitdogsholler.com · 2w agoDamn
Just like Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ryan and John Boehner before him... ... Mike Johnson is learning that it's impossible to control a caucus whose organizing principles racism and oppositional defiant disorder.
Ray Beckerman@raybeckerman.bsky.social · 2w ago“Sick of This Sh*t”: Mike Johnson Snaps Over Republican Dysfunction newrepublic.com/post/213490/...
Between the COVID deaths & the USAID deaths, Trump is out here doing Genghis Khan numbers. ph.ucla.edu/news-events/...
Research finds more than 14 million preventable deat...
A study co-authored by a UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researcher finds that recent U.S. foreign aid cuts may lead to more than 14 million additional...
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Rebecca 💙🌊🌈🗽🇺🇸@rwaymack.bsky.social · 2w agoLast time Trump was president, his incompetence resulted in over a million COVID deaths. How many innocent lives does his evil cult take this time.
$100 to any reporter who asks him, "so you're saying Capitol Police should've shot dead everyone who breached the Capitol on January 6?"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoHoman on people getting killed by ICE: "It comes down to one simple fact -- these people failed to comply with law enforcement ... all they had to do is comply. If they did, they'd be alive today."
Yes! Sad to say I doubt this can happen in the US. Germany was decimated in a war and then went through years of foreign occupation and denazification. No foreign government is going to occupy and denazify the US. The American Nazis are here to stay.
Author JL Meredith@jlm-writes.bsky.social · 2w ago81 years on, the German education system has done a good job in educating its citizens about fascism, its causes, its symptoms, its dangers.
Stop letting the GOP set the terms of political discussions! The reason we talk about this issue so much is that the GOP wants bigotry front of mind for voters. Every election, we let bigots decide the terms of the political debate & we end up playing defense against white culture war BS.
Garnet Henderson@garnethenderson.com · 2w ago“I do not support boys playing in girls sports.” - Amy Acton on June 30
These AC units ain't built for the climate apocalypse.
a thing about these “priorities” is that they cannot be achieved without comprehensive Supreme Court reform, which means THAT is your actual priority
Daniel Drezner@dandrezner.bsky.social · 3w agoKlein asks Allen what liberals should prioritize if they win the trifecta in 2028. Allen suggests the following: 1) Putting an end to Citizens United; 2) Creation of national service; 3) Ending gerrymandering
Remember when George Dubya Bush Jr seemed too stupid for office?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoTrump on the CHIPS Act: "If you weren't transgender, you didn't qualify. So they'd get the money, they'd look all over for transgender people to run the company."
