it's two things, to me: 1) trans rights matter because trans people matter and deserve rights, not just because failing to stand for trans rights is a bellwether for inauthentic progressivism more broadly 2) if you can't be trusted on trans rights you can't be trusted on anything
Cardi B’s ‘I Like It’ is a modern-day re-telling of ‘These Are a Few of My Favorite Things’. In this essay I will
RT if you’ve never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
Veronica Bailey (she/her)@empheliath.bsky.social · 6d agoRT if you’ve never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
feels like everything's out of our control with public health these days. but there's really important stuff within your control, too—such as getting your vaccines!
public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · last wk.from one of the CDC flu vaccine campaigns RFK Jr. has shut down
Medicare for All. Abolish ICE. Tax the rich. We don't just need a democratic majority in the Senate. We need a progressive majority.
A quick story about how "inevitable" AI is... My company is striving to "ethically" employ AI in various job functions. I have many, MANY issues with that, which I've mostly kept to myself. I have brought up the environmental issues and have been told "we're looking into that," but we'll see. (1/)
"All this trans stuff is annoying I wish we could just focus on basketball" yeah imagine how fucking annoying it is for trans people
Normalize making fun of people when they’re all proud of having used generative AI to do some trvial task. Yesterday’s example: A colleague made a sign that said ‘USE THIS DOOR, OTHER DOOR IS BROKEN.’ Yup. AI for that. 1/?
The where a classic Soviet Anekdot with a pensioner who looked at the front page of the paper and declined to buy it. "What are you looking for?" "An Obituary." "Those aren't on the front page." "The one I'M looking for will be."
The anti-data center movement is like "I don't want to pay more money for a thing that will not benefit me at all and will actively make my life measurably worse in a bunch of ways" and the pro-data center movement is like "We want it to be illegal for you to not like us."
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2mo ago😬
I worked at Disney a while ago. Do you know why theme parks are so safe? Because OOSHA reps can walk the track on any ride at any time and any safety violation they see is a $10,000 fine. Each. Theme parks are not safe because the company cares. They're safe because it's cheaper to comply.
Jon of The North@krauza.bsky.social · 2mo agoTurns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.
Transphobes are uniformly trash and we don't need to pretend otherwise. It isn't complicated.
"Trans people require lifelong medical care" Everyone requires lifelong medical care you fucking dipshit
The claim “RFK Jr. does not fuck chickens” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that RFK Jr. fucks chickens.
An autistic man with a special interest in the Harry Potter series has made the decision to value the lives and dignity of his trans friends more than a book about a wizard who grows up to be a cop, sources have reported.
Autistic man with special interest in Harry Potter gets over it, leaving you with no excuse
An autistic man with a special interest in the Harry Potter series has made the decision to value the lives and dignity of his trans friends more than a book about a wizard who grows up to be a cop,…
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Totally not related to any situation that might be going on right now in the hobby community : Being political neutral doesn't exist, it is a political stance in itself. And why would you want to be neutral against fascists, homophobes and transphobes?
Mamdani: "The sky is blue." Conservatives: "He WISHES the sky were blue! That's the future commies want for you everybody, blue skies, breathable air, and water that won't turn you into some kind of chunky, red smear. He wants you to have the healthcare you need and a living wage. This fucking guy."
this comparison leaves out a key point: the Edsel sold roughly twice the Cybertruck's volume at a time when the overall car market was just 6m units/year instead of the current 16m units/year that makes the Cybertruck the much, much bigger flop, hands down
Anne Cronin@annecronin.bsky.social · 2mo agoFREE LINK > Tesla Cybertruck sales have been so weak that it's challenging Ford's Edsel to become the biggest automotive flop of all time. Great tale by Bethany Benjamin > www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
A wild Jimothy appears! Encounter the beloved raccoon in your D&D adventures: dndbeyond.link/DnD-Jimothy
Why didn't the eagles just fly Odysseus straight to Ithaca
