okay straight off, this kind of thing is VERY bad to use as a proof. One thing that I recognize immediately is that black people tend to deny by litigating our own innocence. Mostly because instinctively we know that our word is rarely trusted

Eric Blair@protecttruth.bsky.social · 3d ago

I once had a longtime criminal defense attorney tell me he felt guilty people often said “there’s no way this could have happened because of X, Y and Z,” instead of ”this did not happen because I did not do it.”

I once had a longtime criminal defense attorney tell me he felt guilty people often said “there’s no way this could have happened because of X, Y and Z,” instead of ”this did not happen because I did not do it.”

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3d ago

Rep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"

Dear personal data bots: I am a dedicated vegan who eats meat. I voted for Trump, and I voted for Hillary, which I can do as I am an Australian. I am married to a man, and am a single lesbian with a girlfriend. Because I am not Australian I live in Kentucky, where I am English. I own 680 cars.

Oh, thinking about Babylon 5 put me in mind of the late great Peter David. He's been gone a year, but his family still need help with the doctor bills. Send them whatever you might pay for a Babylon 5 teddy bear, or a Londo Mollari action figure. :)

Donate to Help Peter David's Family, organized by Graham Murphy

It is with a heavy heart that I relay that Peter David passed away on May 24th. Many have bee… Graham Murphy needs your support for Help Peter David's Family

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(((grinninfoole)))@grinninfoole.bsky.social · 2d ago

JMS has opened up a new Babylon 5 channel on YouTube, which has complete episodes you can just watch. If you have never watched one of the best shows ever made, treat yourself to it.

JMS has opened up a new Babylon 5 channel on YouTube, which has complete episodes you can just watch. If you have never watched one of the best shows ever made, treat yourself to it.

The Gathering (Pilot) | Babylon 5 Full Episode

YouTube video by Babylon 5

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Interesting take about uses for data centers. Not benign.

it really cannot be overstated that every active mormon is a danger to you, your family, and your friends. they give money to an increasingly reactionary cult and arm of the john birch society, that actively spends money and brings labor power to take away your rights and murder you

A$AP Clock¥@feminicide.bsky.social · 6d ago

How much have you tithed to the mormon church in your lifetime and do you feel at all guilty for their campaign of bigotry worldwide? The lds church pushes anti-LGBT policies in the US and here in Africa. How much blood is on your hands ken? Do you know? Enlighten us.

So basically an adversary could attack any blue state and Trump wont care because he doesn't see himself as the President of the "United States" Without a doubt the most worst president we've ever had. Anti-republic, anti-democratic, anti-constitutional just devoid of basic dignity

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

Trump: "We heard in Minnesota there was a cyberattack and they blame it on Iran. I don't think so. I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent. Iran's got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota."

this one?

christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times

Blogged it. Happy Hater Week. aftermath.site/war-crime-n6...

Do Not Buy The War Crime N64

There's so many ways to play the N64. You do not need to support Palmer Luckey's little project.

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This seems bad.

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 6d ago

1. In the aftermath of forcing the Ohio Progressive Caucus to delete criticism of Amy Acton for calling trans girls "boys," progressives were promised a meeting with Acton. Now, we have learned she didn't show up, and kicked trans people out of the meeting. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Fantastic thread. I'm not that old, but I am apparently already unusual in having adult grandfathers back in 1926.

Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 7d ago

Enough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?

The horrors are unending.

Epstein, 46 others linked to decades of sex assaults at Interlochen, over 70 victims

An investigative report two years in the making was released Tuesday, July 28, detailing decades of sexual abuse at Interlochen Center for the Arts by staff, trustees, visiting artists and Jeffrey Eps...

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It's going to be a close call, but it now appears more likely than not that July 2026 will be the warmest month on record in the Contiguous U.S. As of today, we are essentially tied with July 1936 and July 2012. 🔥

Basquiat seyde that "art ys how we decorate space, and musique ys how we decorate tyme." It doth followe that poetrye ys how we decorate thoughte and sense, and narratyve ys how we decorate memorye. And all are middel fingeres agaynste death. Make art, or else.

Because nothing new ever happens: this was the exact same pattern after the Black Death lead to crippling labor shortages in Western Europe - the ruling class's reaction was increasingly harsh and deranged attempts to crush worker power via laws and violence

Imagine if you mailed the IRS a check to pay your taxes, but they left their mail unopened for years and then arrested you for failure to pay taxes. That’s effectively what ICE is doing to increasing numbers of people now; people out of status only because of GOVERNMENT delay.

“Fandom replacing appreciation and criticism is one of the worst plagues affecting art.” LOUDER

Marty Suncreme@martinobeat.bsky.social · last wk.

Absolutely. I loved the review, even though I'd seen the movie and genuinely enjoyed it. I thought it was a great movie, I thought she wrote a great review panning it! Fandom replacing appreciation and criticism is one of the worst plagues affecting art.

I will reiterate: Christians in the West evangelize in public for the same reason men catcall. Neither is trying to persuade you; both are reminding you that the public sphere belongs to them and you exist in it at their sufferance.

You are welcome to look up the definition in any dictionary or encyclopedia. It has never meant “hatred of all people who speak Semitic languages” (e.g. Arabs or Maltese people), and the only reason it has “Semite” in the word instead of “Jew” is because it was coined by Nazis acting in bad faith.

you'll be unsurprised to hear it does not work in reverse! we actually did try to weaponize "parents have some concerns" for good instead of evil back when I was working with Portland Catholic schools opposing the archbishop's transphobic new student policies, and they couldn't even get a meeting 💀

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · last wk.

So, what happens if I'm a parent and I know that my kid needs highly paid teachers, a library full of books with diverse characters, trans-inclusive bathrooms and extracurriculars, and a curriculum unpacking topics like systemic racism, colonial oppression, economic inequality, and climate change?

HAPPENING NOW Thousands of protesters are occupying Madison’s State Street and vowing to shut down businesses as a way to demand justice for Corey Ruiz.

"Blackmail isn't as profitable as ads". 🤯

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Data

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Data

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The thing about someone ‘improperly receiving benefits’ is I don’t care. Oh no did someone get food or health care? Good!

What if the left did January 6th to US???

Laura Jedeed@laurajedeed.bsky.social · 3w ago

Here's Stephen Miller saying that assaults against ICE officers are coordinated terrorist action by left-wing organizations, and that members of the juries who acquit them are engaging in "jury nullification" that aids terrorism and must be stopped by any means necessary

Every accusation continues to be a confession.

Laura Jedeed@laurajedeed.bsky.social · 3w ago

It is very funny that Stephen Miller of all people is talking about how "deformed" his political enemies are, but let's be clear: this is both eugenics and a blueprint for state punishment of anyone who does not conform to Miller's idea of "normal" (eg: heterosexual marriage with kids)

I know it's cliché, but seriously: with friends like this, who needs enemies?

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 2w ago

1. In major news, the Ohio Dem Party has banned the Progressive Caucus from criticizing candidate for Gov. Amy Acton's transphobia. It has now applied more pressure to quiet criticism of anti-trans politics than it has on its own nominee to stop embracing them. Subscribe to support our journalism.

One of the biggest misunderstandings of politics in our time is that the Left has become all about identity politics. The opposite is the case. The Left has (nearly everywhere) completely given up on shaping, representing, and mobilizing identities. Instead, the far right has successfully done it.

Tim Bale@timbale.bsky.social · 3w ago

"The right rarely starts with ideology. It starts with identity. It starts with the feeling that somebody understands your frustrations. Agreement comes later. The right isn’t just building audiences. It’s building participants. It isn’t trying to persuade. It’s trying to join them."