Evil begins when you treat People as Things
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52 - Major Domo of Powertrip Productions. Quisque dies quo supervivo victoria est contra tyrannidem Dei. A Family. An Experience. Pronouns: Depends on who's driving If you don't want me following you, let me know and I'll stop
Also a regular reminder that the public are fickle and the job of a moral party is to lead not follow
BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 4h agoIn some places elites were markedly less homophobic than the public and helped drive a shift in public opinion. Support for decriminalization was 18% in the UK in 1957, when the extremely establishment Wolfenden report made it a public debate: by the time the law passed in 1967 it was 63%
Hey California! Be careful this election because the big money creeps are trying to trick you (again).
Multiple things are true here. This is a fascist, authoritarian administration. It has not yet fully consolidated power. Some of its efforts to do so have been frustrated. Trump is a doddering, confused egomaniac who started an unpopular war that's costing everyday people a lot of money.
The demagoguery doesn't work as well when people are paying high gas prices. The GOP is in bad shape ahead of the midterms. This is going to be a time of desperate Trumpian shenanigans because, as y'all may recall, they don't believe in fair fights and never admit to losing anything.
Some people, and I don't just mean Trump, have been moving through the world as though they would never face a potential consequence for any choice ever again, because they never planned on losing power. That means they think they can't afford to lose now. There are a lot of desperate moves ahead.
So Danny Trejo was manipulated and tricked into being in Ben Shapiro's newest film. Holy shit.
i have now seen the straight pride flag for the first time and my jaw genuinely dropped. you're right heterosexuals, strict binarism, black and white thinking, is a kind of imprisonment, 10/10 no notes
The future is in the hardware that people can actually buy.
〽️ax krieger wants to port YOUR indie game to switch!@maxkriegervg.bsky.social · 8h agothis is what i'm talking about. you need to be paying attention to this, since it will change the video games industry very shortly. this reddit vid from 19 days ago (src: kent1146) shows steamos on an ayn thor, launching+playing BALL X PIT w no problems. you can get a compatible thor for ~$350.
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
There is absolutely no viable path forward for this country that doesn’t hinge on extreme accountability for everyone involved in this administration. They’re going to whine about politicization and credulous media types will echo them, but the thing is, they’ve committed tons of obvious crimes!
Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 14h agoI do not think an exec branch led by a man who thinks he is entitled to treat federal agents as an arm of his firm, refers to Somali Americans as “garbage” and has said racist things specifically about Omar is capable of neutrally applying the law to her, to put it mildly apnews.com/article/ilha...
Why are supermarket freezers connected to the internet? Or, more specifically, a strong argument why they shouldn't.
AFP News Agency@en.afp.com · 12h ago🇫🇷 Major French supermarket chains on Monday said they had been hit by a cyberattack that caused their refrigerators to defrost in hundreds of stores, forcing spoilt food to be thrown away and raising concerns about food security. ➡️ u.afp.com/SCxU
Reminder that HSI should be wholly abolished and none of its staff kept. Their mission is to investigate "the illegal movement of people, goods, money, contraband, weapons and sensitive technology." They're just letting that happen, too busy doing this and guarding the reflecting pool Trump ruined.
Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say
Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That’s according to people familiar with the matter.
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I've been thinking and arguing about this shit for 20 years, & let me tell you it is SO WEIRD to see discussion around "machine consciousness" come so forcefully into the public sphere, & in exactly the wrong ways, just because some billionaire CEOs are claiming their fancy text iterators in which…
…they've invested billions of dollars, they've tied to every facet of the global economy and culture, *Wholly Own And Control*, but/& say we should defer to & trust over OTHER HUMANS— that THESE SYSTEMS deserve "rights" & moral consideration… in only ever the exact way said CEOs define. Real weird.
Some of the escalations we're seeing, including the attack on Ilhan Omar's home (I will not pretend this act was "investigatory"), are desperate acts. But we must remember that desperate people can be very dangerous. A domestic abuse victim, for example, is in the most danger when trying to leave.
Why would a physical search of Omar’s home in 2026 be relevant to or necessary for an investigation into whether her dad filled out a form incorrectly decades ago?
Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social · 13h agoIf there’s evidence of fraud or other financial crimes, let’s see it. But trying to denaturalize and deport a sitting member of Congress over mistakes a parent allegedly made on immigration forms when she was a child is immoral and reprehensible. We can’t stand for it.
Stalkers will be delighted, and their targets way less safe. Especially since we know cops abuse these features egregiously.
404 Media@404media.co · 14h agoRaven, previously called GeoSpy, lets cops figure out what specific Airbnb or Zillow property a photo was taken in.
Full Federal Fascism... as I said on here a couple of days ago, whatever lines people have been waiting for to be crossed, there are no lines.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 15h agoFederal agents searched Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say
remembering when hakeem jeffries sponsored a resolution to censure Omar in order to reach across the aisle with his republican buddies on "anti-semitism"
Brandi Buchman@brandibuchman.bsky.social · 15h ago
It's very significant that the raid against Omar was conducted by HSI. That means that whatever justified the warrant isn't related to corruption or misconduct. They're specifically looking for evidence that she committed immigration fraud so they can denaturalize and deport her.
lmao that even a SUCCESSFUL AI-slop video game is driving its creators into massive debt kotaku.com/ai-driven-dr...
AI Driving Game Demo Already Putting Developers Into Debt
Hoping to launch next year, Teach My Little Sister How To Drive is prematurely sending its creators into the red over exhaustive token use
kotaku.com
yknow, one thing about this massive bot farm outtage that's kinda made me feel optimistic, is just... how inorganic this massive swing towards the right we've all had to endure over the last decade is. It's all fucking fake, it was fake from the start, and we know how to kill it
People are discussing how Halloween candy is so terrible these days. A reminder that alot of the candy we eat is made with women’s prison labor. Russell Stover’s factory in Kansas busses in 150 women a day via a convict leasing program to staff their candy factory.
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woke WEREWOLF 🐺🎃@wolfgirlcassie.bsky.social · yesterdayhey, i hate asking this but does anyone wanna help a bitch afford various medical stuff? $50-$60 will have me set for the time being more or less but any bit helps, if i can get $7 i can get at least get my ADHD meds cash.app/$wolfgirlcas...
an interesting and, imo, important read. what does capitalism begin to consume (and/or accelerate its existing consumption of) as it exhausts material avenues for expansion? how do we (as workers, as storytellers) push back?
Current Affairs@currentaffairs.bsky.social · 2mo agoAround the world, people are pumping themselves full of caffeine, amphetamines, and other performance-enhancing drugs just to survive their working hours. This isn’t sustainable. www.currentaffairs.org/news/a-socie...
Not to mention that we could’ve gotten plenty of diesel fuel-and cheaper, too-without helping Putin kill innocent Ukrainians. But now, the stain of their blood will forever remain on the hands of Trump and his soulless, hypocritical acolytes in the Republican party May they rot in hell
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 3d ago"Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." — Senate GOP, July 28 Ten weeks later, Trump is making oil deals with Putin. A brief history of Republicans being against this, until they weren't 👇
I did the math and this is the last month I have the money to pay my bills. I could use every bit of help I can get to survive November.
Darryl Mott@gamerstavernshow.com · last mo.On Christmas Day 2025, I fell in my kitchen baking cookies for Santa and broke my back, leaving me paralyzed. I'm currently in a long-term care facility with my benefits severely cut and could use financial help with bills and groceries. You can donate to my GoFundMe or see links in the reply.
