HexBear
@hexbear.bsky.social
No, not affiliated with the .net I just thought the image was funny a long time ago and too stubborn to change it. I was here first.
@lcrw.news in a cafe overhearing middle aged Moms talk about trans kids. One kept repeating so many anti trans talking points while otherwise seeming to be supportive of trans folks. I succeeded my willpower roll and resisted chiming in. I’m glad bc one Mom corrected her at length and kindly. ✨
Apparently at the Sacramento Book Fair a fascist got inside aaaaand dropped a flintlock pistol and confederate memorabilia? Whut?
Putting scare quotes on Trans doesn’t exactly help the “i am not a bigot” thing.
Barent W@barentw.bsky.social · 3w agoYeah, they're all "trans," all hate Israel, and all attack everyone to the right of Lenin. And they're real big in the quote posting. The best was them reading my profile and accusing me of both exploiting my kids and being in favor of eugenics (???).
Dear people who leave a full load of dishes on a table at an establishment that clearly isn’t a place with full table service: You are lazy, overprivileged, and another reason why working folks in the bay hate tech workers.
What? In Europe the Liberals are considered a moderate to conservative political movement and socialists are well to their left.
The Dark Prince of Donair@erisianrite.com · 2mo agoIt wasn't invented online per se, it was Americans being exposed to European* politics where this difference does exist * mostly western european countries
“Most people are ignorant of political distinctions therefor the distinction is made up.”
wariziles@riziles.bsky.social · 2mo agoI'd go so far as to say that 95% of America doesn't understand the distinction between liberal and leftist we invented on social media
My 1,000pt Votann list is complete! Well, complete enough. I’ll be adding details forever I’m sure. Went mostly Ironkin just to crack jokes if I play against Mechanicus. “no abominable intelligence here! Who wants to get all up in fighting my golden beepboop lads?
Really truly was not expecting to see the second part of this after the quote that's just straight analysis of labor under capitalism in PC Gamer of all places????? Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Ian Boudreau@ianboudreau.com · 2mo agoThe quotable Tarn Adams: "It just reminds me of like a fucking Dead Kennedys song or something."
Snails are land clams and it’s honestly kinda weird that people are so grossed out by eating them.
According to Similarweb (the source cited for this data), ~27% of Threads' alleged half a billion monthly active users came from Taiwan (or ~135M people) Taiwan's actual population is ~23 million
Christopher Mims@mims.bsky.social · 3mo agoSo I guess either Bluesky becomes a nonprofit or we all start sharing our Threads handles on here…?
I remember when someone tried to argue with me about this on here, saying it was survivorship bias, and not my own comparisons of the same brands' material quality and stitching over the past 30+ years. Anyway, yes shit is actually more poorly made now than it used to be even a short while ago.
Not your imagination: from backpacks to food, consumer goods are getting worse
Is it possible to avoid the continuing decline in quality of consumer products brought on by corporate greed?
theguardian.com
Ironkin Steeljack #1 complete. Started my Theyn so I only have to deal with that crest once. There is no socket to easily orient it so i drilled a small hole after it slumped to the side and got crooked the first time. I had to break it off and glue it again. The model quality is AWESOME though.
The LAPD declined to renew its Flock contract after an internal audit found 161 false stolen-vehicle alerts in just two months — a 32.3% false-positive rate. www.gadgetreview.com/one-in-three...
One in Three Alerts Wrong: High Error Rates and Data Concerns Force Cities to Drop Flock
Flock Safety license plate cameras are being dropped by 82+ municipalities across 28 states over false alerts, privacy risks, and immigration data fears.
gadgetreview.com
in my personal life I’ve more recently run into conservative/libertarian people I know (workplace) tell ME about some fresh new outrage. I think this fascist movement might be creating more types of opposition than it is realizing.
My Ironkin Steeljacks arrived. It is assemblin and paintin time!
just got added to a list called “dirty leeds” and it seems to be a football (soccer) thing but no idea what i did to offend them or why i am associated with leeds.
New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
FITM 2026 (Fire in the Mountains) is a thing i am still processing, in all the good ways. First off, the Blackfeet Nation and its people are some of the most welcoming, friendly, easy to talk to, deep thinking, proud, and goddamn hilarious people on this planet. Their humor is very endearing.
I am once again asking drivers in the Portland area to read literally anything about proper lane choice on the highway. You don’t need to be going the same speed as the three drivers next to you with a mile of open road in front of you.
what is “capitalism”? in a relatively short & concise 🧵 you may want to bookmark “Periodic reminder that ‘capitalism’ refers to an economic power structure rather than a natural process.”
A BlueSky thread by Toronto GDC on Skyview
Periodic reminder that
skyview.social
“boy george admits he used AI to create his new pro-israel song” is now a sentence we can say
I would be playing the entire discography of Bad Religion at full volume until they sit the fk down.
Hemant Mehta@friendlyatheist.com · 3mo agoEvangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...
antifa is not a group. it is a movement & an ideology opposing fascism. it amounts to scattered local collectives so no organization. there is no membership roll, no command hierarchy & no funding structure. there is no leader of antifa.
The antifa terrorism threat the Trump administration describes does not exist
Antifa is a scattered movement of local collectives that opposes fascism. It has no leader, command hierarchy, funding structure or record of deadly attacks.
theconversation.com
INBOX: the last dedicated science reporter at The Wall Street Journal, @aylinwoodward.bsky.social, has left the newsroom. This came after the Murdoch-owned newspaper dissolved its Health and Science Bureau last October. NPR, CBS, and WaPo also gutted their climate desks in the last eight months.
