weird how men built societies in which women could only access basic resources through men and are now trying to return us to that while also complaining that women who try to access resources through men are gold diggers

It's funny, dishonest and telling when people project that the idea in this thread is "poor people want BMWs" when really the point is that it's a deliberate choice of planned obsolescence and poor tax to never build durability/sustainability at lower price levels where it is possible.

The Torment Nexus doesn't love you back@bankuei.bsky.social · 20h ago

LOL LMAO. It's also... not a new idea to anyone who has been poor. You buy a beat up junker car, it will die sooner than the new car you cannot afford. In 20 years you've paid more for cars than a richer person has.

Your little oopsie "mistakes" had me worrying for a year of my life about my partner going to jail for up to a decade based on lies likely fed to you by the top of the federal government. Show everyone what you're covering up in these emails and texts. There's a reason you don't want them released.

Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed

Chicago's top federal prosecutor noted in a court filing that his office has already dropped charges in the case, implemented “robust root-cause changes” and started the process of reviewing over 1,00...

chicago.suntimes.com

Broke: Kermit plays Bond. Stoked: Kermit plays M Bespoke: Kermit plays the villain Besides, Miss Piggy isn't having any script where Kermit flirts with anybody but her.

G. Willow Wilson@gwillow.me · 2h ago

Finally

There. Are. No. Trans. Women. In. The. WNBA. This whole conversation is a racist trap and long circuitous argument that always comes back to insulting cisgender Black women by calling them not women. In particular it attacks: Brittany Griner, Liz Cambage, and A'Ja Wilson.

current state of the US military, as observed by Ozzy Osbourne: GENERALS GATHERED IN THEIR MASSEESSSSSSS HORDES OF MEN WIRH UNWASHED ASSES

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 21h ago

Surely someone has studied our modern epidemic of conservative men with unwashed asses.

For those still catching up, Twitler is a con man. He doesn't see trials as an effort to make findings of fact to which findings of law may be applied. He sees it as a forum to run a con because he sees everything that way. He's mad at Pirro because she's balking at lying in federal court.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 7h ago

Let's not lose sight of how abnormal this is. Trump is demanding prosecutions over Reflecting Pool fiasco even though his own DOJ has shown conclusively it isn't supported by facts or law. On the pod, @barbmcquade.bsky.social is brilliant on the bigger stakes here: newrepublic.com/article/2139...

If AI disappeared tomorrow, literally the only thing about my life that would change is I would spend less time explaining to people that an AI gave them a wrong answer.

Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 9h ago

My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.

No no no, unity is when leftists join with ME or it's their fault when Republicans win. Me having to join with leftists doesn't feel like unity, and if Republicans win it's their fault for asking me.

Air and water. People don't understand how much pollution got cleaned up since I was a kid. You couldn't see Manhattan as you came over the bridge. Cleveland's river used to catch fire.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 16h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

If the existence of one terrible Jewish person makes you think that Hitler was “onto something”, you were always predisposed towards bigotry and were just looking for a paper thin excuse. Neither Jews nor gays deserve collective blame for the existence of Roy Cohn, may his name be erased.

Mizrahi Israelis present a problem for knucklehead antizionists who need to believe that Middle Eastern Jews lived in harmony with other groups until Ashkenazi colonialists screwed everything up

Dalassa@dalassa.bsky.social · 18h ago

Reposting with alt text because this is jaw dropping racism

To those who are at home. THEY DO NOT DO SHIT LIKE THIS FOR NOTHING. IF SOMEONE IS TELLING YOU NOT TO VOTE THEY ARE MISGUIDED AT BEST. Yes, I was yelling.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · yesterday

The NAACP has released a statement while the Tarrant County Commissioners Court considers a proposal today that would cut the number of Election Day polling locations nearly in half "Let's call this what it is… voter suppression"

This will get a fraction of the attention that Zohran Mamdani got for calling Netanyahu a war criminal.

Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · yesterday

Depicting Jewish people with horns is a centuries-old, dehumanizing, antisemitic trope. Democratic Gov nominee Phil Weiser is outspoken about his mother’s birth in a Nazi concentration camp, his family members killed in the Holocaust, and the threat posed by antisemitism today.

1,4,0

B_Rye989@brye989.bsky.social · 2d ago

3 5 4

A rare opportunity, folks.

Elizabeth Bear@matociquala.bsky.social · yesterday

Hey folks! I'm going to have a little medical downtime in early September (cataract surgery) so I'm taking advantage of that enforced rest to offer 4 writing mentoring sessions at $750/each.

You cannot overestimate how blessed I feel to never had heard of Rod Liddle until people were talking about how much his death improved the world. The more I learn of him, the more I hope the final phase of his life was something his Attending Physician will discuss for years to come.

Well, it appears that, sometime in the last 17 hours, Gwen Pepperoni was suspended for the crime of pointing out Ken Jennings' transphobia.

The more people remind me of the guy from Superbad, the more I think we're better off leaving him forgotten.

Adelia@blightedstars.bsky.social · yesterday

I'd say get some therapy, but I remember the public accusations of emotional abuse and manipulation of his ex-girlfriend, surfer Sarah Brady, where he used therapy speak to do so.

Since a certain Main Character claims Boots Theory doesn't apply because Pratchett is a fantasy author (with the implication he is just Making Things Up), let me instead posit the Dana F Purse Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness. 1/4

I see we are hearing from people who've never read any Terry Pratchett today. And the thing they're bringing up is coffee makers because they haven't read about Sam Vines and the Boots Theory of Economic Unfairness. OK, let's talk about coffeemakers. I have a coffeemaker. (1/)

Pentagon out of ideas to end Iran war after Hegseth killed 'woke' www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

Pentagon out of ideas to end Iran war after Hegseth killed ‘woke’

As Trump’s war in Iran rages on, the Pentagon is seeking suggestions on how to deal with it.

dailykos.com

I have taken the 2-3 lbs of copper that were in the camera which you were probably saving for surveillance Forgive me they were so accessible so valuable and so disruptive

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 2d ago

chat can anyone verify that every single Flock camera has about 2-3 Ibs of copper and about 1-2 grams of gold

Trumphumpers are sad once again that decent reject their company. The rubric is that we should hear diverse ideas, ignoring that trumphumpers (like all conservatives) haven't said a single new thing since they complained about the colonies rebelling against their god-appointed monarch.

"don't make enough money" is a fig leaf All those degree programs--social work, art, etc.--have disproportionately female student bodies. This is designed to make it harder for women to attend college--college education being a key factor in women's autonomy from men & left-leaning voting pattern.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

When it happens, one element that will be missing from the celebration: the lamentations of his women.

Not gonna lie, I remain delighted that Bluesky management hates that the platform was immediately co-opted by artists and queers.

The focus on the worker doesn't help. People who do the necessary work to keep society going should be honored and supported, but work should not be the measure of a person's worth.

persephone@sirensplight.bsky.social · 3d ago

There is soooo much ableism on the left it is ridiculous. I think it’s the hardest ism for them to unpack bc it challenges a lot of what we consider to be the morality of productivity in our society

Does everyone here know that @craigbrittain.com, who is currently masquerading as an anti-MAGA warrior, was fined in 2016 for operating a revenge porn website? A *lot* of y’all follow him. ⚠️ Marked as unsafe. ⚠️ www.ftc.gov/news-events/...