Kheti The Scribe
@kheti.bsky.social
To writing you must turn your mind. See for yourself, it saves one from work. The farmer's back is bent from labor, the washerman has a crocodile for a neighbor, but the scribe's only threat is the whims of corrupt officials.
I'm a biological determinist. Boomer lead poisoning leads to erratic voting behavior while microplastics in zoomer brains suppresses voting activity. Millennial cellphone radiation actually suppressed hitler particles and leads to enlightenment.
the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist)@merovingians.bsky.social · 2d agounfortunately they are lead-poisoned and they vote
"This is wrong because, if cost wasn't a constraint, I would prefer the more expensive product" -All of Bluesky, somehow missing the point in the same way.
Max Dubler 🏳️🌈@maxdubler.com · 3d agoI think my most genuinely unpopular take is that a widely held and genuine consumer preference for cheaper, lower-quality goods, not private equity, is driving the decline in quality of consumer goods like clothing and housewares.
Credit to the author for anticipating that rich neighborhoods could demand either more or fewer dumpsters than the rest of the city, and either would be proof that dumpsters are bad.
Neil Flanagan 🧱🗃️@jgbollard.bsky.social · 4d agoThis is it boys, the platonic "New York can never get better" piece www.archpaper.com/2026/07/litt...
loath to spread this but it has so many likes so: "black power" is a response to centuries of systemic oppression and inequity, a call to empower from disempowerment. "white power" is an expression of racial supremacy. thinking them the same because they share a word is how babies think
Freethinkers United For Change@freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 2w ago
Unfortunately, this is an example of Trump thinking and speaking like the median voter.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.Trump: "The famous Strait of Hormuz -- nobody ever heard of it, but that is some big money machine, I'll tell you what"
“To stop AI companies training on my art, I left Twitter, a site whose policy on third-party API access is to send you anthrax in the post, and moved to Bluesky, where they have a publicly available stream of every single post live as it comes in that they call ‘the firehose’”
As long as we're bribing famously corrupt international sports federations, I don't think FIDE would charge too much to rig the next candidates forum for Nakamura.
It was probably a relief for POTUS that someone outside of Russia and the Gulf states responded to a briefcase full of money in the manner Trump expects when he offers a personal bribe.
Mike Black@mikeblack114.bsky.social · last mo."President calls FIFA to complain about bad call and maybe offer up some bags of cash" is like table stakes for most of the rest of CONCACAF lol
I'm a classical moderate on immigration: I believe we should also test for active infectious diseases before doing the perfunctory paperwork to let every immigrant in.
Dalassa@dalassa.bsky.social · last mo.I want maximal American citizenship. You show up? Congrats, you are on track to become a citizen after signing some paperwork declaring your intent.
Ezra Klein inteviewing Chris Rufo is like a flightless island bird matching wits against a cat
The Appalachian Mountains extend north through New England all the way to Newfoundland, so technically Bernie is himself a homegrown Appalachian Socialist.
Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 2mo agopeople are so hungry for appalachian socialism. and it keeps returning 404 movement not found
Venmo's public transactions are weird, but Cash App is more predatory. Worse transaction security, but they make up for it by heavily marketing to under-banked minority populations and push crypto scams. peopleofcolorintech.com/front/why-ar...
Why Are Black People More Likely To Use Cash App Despite Security Concerns?
Despite the app's popularity, many have shared their concerns about potential vulnerability to hackers and scammers.
peopleofcolorintech.com
mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 2mo agoGuys I'm sick of hearing about this app all the time. Let's talk about other apps. Give me your venmo takes
A lot of replies being like “Wait something good!?” No you morons, republicans want to be able to allow chud truck drivers to speed through your neighborhood without consequence. You are a fucking sucker if you think congressional republicans care about privacy. This stupid country I swear to god.
dell cameron@dell.bsky.social · 3mo agoNEW: In the morning, lawmakers plan to introduce an amendment to a $580 billion transportation bill that would make federal highway funds contingent on states and cities killing off their automated license plate reader programs, i.e., Flock, in most cases.
This isn't about legality or decency or suddenly growing a spine. The Attorney General has promised that Republican Senators will be eligible to claim from the pot of money, and they don't want to split it with cop-punching riff-raff.
BeshearStan@beshearstan.bsky.social · 3mo agoHow bad do you have to fuck up for TUBERVILLE to break against you??
When Minneapolis felt under heavy siege, people from everywhere helped and reached out and it was really heartening and made a difference. Memphis deserves that too, all the more so because there appears to be a concerted effort to keep their occupation out of the news
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 3mo agoMemphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.
A surprising amount of what made the USA a functional country was put into place during the very brief period where white southerners didn't have the ability to veto it
Michael Damian Thomas@michaeldthomas.bsky.social · 3mo agoFun fact! Land-grant public universities were opposed by the southern states and only happened due to the The Morrill Act of 1862 while they were off being the Confederacy. I WONDER WHY THE MODERN GOP HATES THEM NOW?!?! It is a DEEP MYSTERY!
graphcel poasters like me: there is no omnicause that combines us imperialist atrocities abroad with cost of living issues at home; in general american hegemony serves the material interests of the electorate, so . . . Trump: AT LONG LAST I HAVE INVENTED OMNICAUSE, THE WAR CRIME THAT MAKES YOU POOR
Meanwhile, IT at the major City Hall where I work refuses to un-block anthropic.com (not Claude, or any of the AI tools, just the place where they put research papers) because they're "still figuring this AI stuff out"
I don't think people have really grappled with what the mass decline of violent crime in the US has meant for the economic ecosystem of superheroes, which is rapidly approaching a demographic cliff, as street-level crimefighting becomes a thing of the past, and avenues for promotion dry up.
I have the utmost respect for Senator Kaine and Senator Warner but we do not need “coaching” on redistricting coming from a cuck chair in the corner. How about you all stay focused on the fascist in the White House and let us handle redistricting in Virginia. 10-1
Not a coincidence that the two things in the last decade that most involved rich people not being able to do whatever they want at any time — MeToo and COVID restrictions — are also the two things that seem to have driven a lot of people to reactionary madness
It's 2,000 ICE agents, which is in itself a nauseating number. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
2,000 federal agents sent to Minneapolis area to carry out 'largest immigration operation ever,' ICE says
The surge dramatically expands the federal law enforcement footprint in Minnesota amid heightened political and community tensions.
pbs.org
Cooper Lund@cooperlund.online · 7mo agoLike, 20,000 people isn’t a lot on a national scale, but if you put them all in one place it *is* a lot of them. That’s a third of the population of my hometown, where ICE is currently operating!
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
journalism is often functionally the institution of paying young people who speak Left and Young fluently to justify the behavior of the establishment, which is neither Left nor Young
Bill McKay@mckay4senate.bsky.social · 9mo agoEvery journalist post: hey guys I know you think that we should have said something about the child trafficker who hung out with our boss and emailed with our coworkers, but you guys are making some real journalistphobic assumptions and forcing us to do emotional labor, please examine your attitude.
Whatever her other faults, Clinton spent her entire political career scheming to find ways to get as close to universal health coverage as possible and took repeated political defeats while trying. Then based on a vague reputation for centrism, people go, "Pfft. Didn't even try."
The average medieval peasant could not buy a gas station delta 9 gummy and watch “Scooter Fail Compilation 5” on YouTube, which makes it difficult to compare GDP across time
