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elon musk spent hundreds of millions of dollars demonizing trans people in texas and democrats flipped the entire fucking state trans rights forever baby

I know everybody is understandably focused on the US Senate, but it looks to me like more than 75% of Americans will reside in states with Democratic governors, which seems like a very very big deal too.

It’s incredibly important to recognize that Democrats running up the score so high they exceeded the margins of fuckery is not a sign of democratic health. It is a time-limited reprieve to secure the government before we lose it. This was the failure of the Biden Era that cannot be repeated.

Honestly in shock. @nytimes.com terminated the contract of romance fiction columnist Olivia Waite because she reposted on Bluesky criticism I and @markjacob.bsky.social had of the paper’s lack of coverage of the new rape allegations against Donald Trump. Details and a statement from Olivia here:

The New York Times Terminates Contract with Romance Columnist Olivia Waite After Bluesky Repost - Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

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Trying to convince my non-computer-touching friends that AI is not inherently evil is a very difficult task Also trying to convince them that we don’t know if AI has an internal experience yet

Underrated election story is California voters are about to approve Super Prop13 and permanently fuck over state and local finances for the foreseeable future, and it’s being bankrolled by billionaires mad about Prop 40

Political Poll Bot@pollresults.org · last wk.

California Ballot Issue (Prop 42: Prohibit New Taxes on Personal Property) Oct 16 - 22, 2026 Yes 51% (+4.0%) No 47% Don't know 2% Public Policy Institute of California (A/B) 1086 LV View Poll