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I think the thing the racist prof defenders imply but don't like to admit is there's no benefit to hiring/debating a guy who says mushrooms are created by fae because it's obviously silly but they do think it's worth your time to debate a race science guy because they think he's partially correct
BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 13h agoIf I turn up at the physics department ranting about the ether nobody is obliged to pretend that I must be given a job.
They're always like "it's the principle! Of course I don't agree with what the guy says" but they always at least kind of a little bit agree with what the guy says as you can tell from the other guys they don't show up for
Sometimes society at large rejects certain ideas because they’ve been thoroughly shown to be wrong and also because they suck and the people who espouse them suck and when someone comes around arguing those ideas should be part of some edgy modern debate we can and should shun them and move on.
this is absolutely correct and the other piece of it is that there’s this little thrill they get from defending the worst views imaginable because it lets them feel like they’re deeply principled about free speech after all, the worse the views they defend the more principled they are, right?
Christina Holland@mortalwombat.info · 13h agoI think the thing the racist prof defenders imply but don't like to admit is there's no benefit to hiring/debating a guy who says mushrooms are created by fae because it's obviously silly but they do think it's worth your time to debate a race science guy because they think he's partially correct
Cannot overstate how much receiving this text from my mother unprompted was like being hit with a brick
These guys: "Haha! We just fired a professor for a student talking *to them* about trans people!" Also these guys: "No, you don't understand how SACRED the job of this babbling idiot racist is!"
“if we don’t stand up for the free speech of racists, it puts everyone’s free speech in danger.” - guy who only ever talks about free speech when it’s racism
One of the first things you learn when you venture beyond "The Lord of the Rings" into the deeper parts of Tolkien's legendarium is that the history of Middle-Earth involves more werewolves than you'd intuitively expect.
the prediction is that very gradually cis people are going to land on "the animangavideogame character is a trans girl if it makes the ship f/f but a femboy if it makes the ship m/m"
before you appears a button where if you press it trans women become completely invisible in the media and the news and everywhere and are never mentioned again but every tgirl in the world gets a million dollars a week for medicine and housing and art to make anything they want from the shadows
Tired of seeing editorial "think pieces" that try to blame everything but men's behavior for women's lack of interest in dating them. Oh, women won't date a man with conservative politics? Maybe its more that women dont want to date men who support pedophiles and voted against abortion rights.
Sure, Trump's an unhinged conquerer, but the rest of the world really doesn't grasp how USians have zero notion of "national sovereignty" being a thing or sacred. If you have nukes then USians might consider you a country, otherwise, you're just playing pretend. Even when you defeat the US in war.
May we meet again, in reality. #HonkaiStarRail #pixelart #ドット絵
When it comes to signing open letters about academic freedom, “We have to take a principled stand!” doesn’t work if there have been loads of other much more obvious and serious instances of violations of academic freedom to which you said absolutely nothing.
Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 17h ago“if we don’t stand up for the free speech of racists, it puts everyone’s free speech in danger.” - guy who only ever talks about free speech when it’s racism
New prison projects across the US champion reforms that appear progressive: trauma-informed (in NJ); a wellness center (in PA); a model for rehabilitation (in SD). Each reform justifies and usually expands carceral budgets, logics, and footprints - normalizing prisons. truthout.org/articles/sta...
States Claim to Invest in “Humane” New Prisons — But Prisons Were Never Humane
The historical record shows that the glossy language of “reform” contributes to the normalization of prisons and jails.
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"leftist" but you don't mask "disability advocate" but you don't mask "community care" but you don't mask "we keep us safe" but you don't mask "healthcare access for all" but you don't mask "do no harm" but you don't mask "liberation for all" but you don't mask
everyone saying ff17 should have a majority female cast or at least a female protagonist ... im sorry everyone but they lost the ability to do that after ff13. they don't have the technology anymore
NESbot@nesbot.bsky.social · 3d agoWould you like to see Final Fantasy 17 go for more a Sci-fi approach again after Final Fantasy 16 went full Fantasy www.resetera.com/threads/16...
Action movie that takes a hard "murder is always wrong" stance, but still has the hero kill a ton of dudes, taking great care to establish that each killing adheres to the legal definition of self-defence in the jurisdiction in which it notionally occurs. There's caselaw citations in the subtitles.
SNK one of the only companies that could get into a situation where huge fans of the company are actively rooting for the death of the company.
ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · 2y agobtw the "pretend a right-wing activist is just a Concerned Citizen" is the go-to move for crypto-reactionary NYT people. Jeremy Peters did this for a militia member at Charlottesville, I pointed the error out to him on Twitter and he blocked me theracket.news/p/how-the-ne...
Jeremy Peters job at the NYT is to launder far right propaganda. He was also the staffer who got people to sign off on a letter condemning the NYT union for saying the paper was anti-trans. www.nytimes.com/2022/12/10/b...
Critics Say Musk Has Revealed Himself as a Conservative. It’s Not So Simple. (Published 2022)
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there is a meaningful distinction in your level of internet poisoning depending on whether you know the lore around HPMOR or not
Butt teeth! Butt teeth! Butt teeth!@panic.gay · 2d agoEveryone on here is filled with a fresh batch or loathing for JK Rowling, so it seems like a good time to bring up that a shockingly large number of leaders within the AI world know each other because they were all part of a niche fandom that centered around a pretentious Harry Potter fanfic.
Everyone on here is filled with a fresh batch or loathing for JK Rowling, so it seems like a good time to bring up that a shockingly large number of leaders within the AI world know each other because they were all part of a niche fandom that centered around a pretentious Harry Potter fanfic.
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Wikipedia
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I do not like how Navalnist some American libs are getting about our neighbors. It's a dark path, and they have absolutely no idea where it leads
Kids are going to die from this. No question at all.
Kelly@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · yesterdayPublic outcry has resulted in Omaha agreeing to remove the “Shock Gloves” from the school system. It’s a win… but other Nebraska districts are still allowing them to be used on kids. Worse, stronger shock devices are used on disabled kids in schools & institutions. They should all be banned.
I am very curious how The New York Times, our paper of record, arrived at the claim, in a reported piece, that “many “ leading activists in DSA do not pay rent. If you can believe it, Jeremy Peters’ article offers no further details on this. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/n...
Imagine if the NYT asked all of the Republican staffers in Congress where they live & who pays their rent.
Osita Nwanevu@ositanwanevu.com · yesterdayI am very curious how The New York Times, our paper of record, arrived at the claim, in a reported piece, that “many “ leading activists in DSA do not pay rent. If you can believe it, Jeremy Peters’ article offers no further details on this. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/n...
I get it. The american audience is craven. Its politically astute. But as an ally an attack on us really should be bad enough. Why is trump trying to dictate our language policy? could you call that out specifically?
