okay straight off, this kind of thing is VERY bad to use as a proof. One thing that I recognize immediately is that black people tend to deny by litigating our own innocence. Mostly because instinctively we know that our word is rarely trusted

Eric Blair@protecttruth.bsky.social · 3d ago

I once had a longtime criminal defense attorney tell me he felt guilty people often said “there’s no way this could have happened because of X, Y and Z,” instead of ”this did not happen because I did not do it.”

What if I took a huge loan without security, used it to buy a multi-billion dollar company, took an even bigger loan in the name of that company, used the new loan to repay the first loan, and then left the company holding the debt whilst I kept the profits

Due to popular request... the oscilloscope can produce mind-boggling effects 2.0 (Kiwi edition)

May May the Nard@maymaythenard.bsky.social · yesterday

Please please please.. we need the Kiwi

After talking to a young writer last night, I want to remind you all that it's okay to write without an assignment or goal. Write to explore a new technique, get an idea out of your head, or as emotional exhalation. Write for the raw joy of it. For you alone. It doesn't need to go into a portfolio

Never put off to tomorrow what you can do badly right now.

Nothing is a bigger argument for the fact that sexuality is an inborn unalterable trait than straight women

i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys

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Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · yesterday

"History involves sorting and organizing hundreds of thousands of facts" I remain astounded by how loud and wrong people are about what history actually is.

Tough day at the office.

The thing about using slop flyers for advertising is that there’s no way to visually differentiate between a lemonade stand, a BBQ joint, a car wash, and a laundromat. They all look exactly the same and from a branding perspective that’s bad, actually

better yet you know the sheer revulsion some people feel upon seeing the combination of brown shoes with black pants? how certain fashion choices absolutely nope people out to such a degree that all avenues of future social interaction are effectively nullified right there and then? we can use that

jess m. 🌤️@jametc.bsky.social · 19h ago

okay but, this is the way we fight AI in everyday life we need to foster an atmosphere of disgust and repulsion of AI, like AI is like seeing a roach in a google review. Get up and leave the restaurant. "um, I just saw some AI stuff, I just... I dunno, it's gross haha. I'm good. thanks. Thank you"

The surprise sequel to Fried green tomatoes (1991)

onion person@junlper.beer · 20h ago

suspiciously green bananas is sadly one of the funniest things i’ve read in awhile

"Why does every post I see on my timeline about Survivorship Bias have a huge number of likes?" Well, funny you should ask

Bluesky is at its scariest when you happen into a flow that has embraced its status as elder millennials, acknowledged its impending mortality, and then proceeded to go at an appropriate speed from there This is also us at our best, so let's keep it up

I cracked open Sagan's Demon-haunted world, and it was like reading an episode of the X-files

It's a fun book. When reading it, you'll be thinking "am I reading an episode of the X-Files right now?" because that's what you'll be reading

the xfiles may have been heavily inspired by the satanic panic of the 80s and 90s and frequently brings up debunked ideas like age/past life regression hypnosis but on the other hand gillian anderson

THIS. This has been a NIGHTMARE where I work and has caused SO many problems.

Heather Burns@heatherburnstech.bsky.social · yesterday

The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.

Related ghost question: I don’t believe in ghosts. And people tell they’ve seen them. And I believe they saw what they saw. But is there any way to communicate this that doesn’t sound condescending? Like “I believe that you thought you saw a ghost” sounds like an asshole thing to say.

That boy needs therapy

Yellow dress, yellow boots yes there are ancient beings among us, more powerful than they let on, who insist on the simple pleasures of life best leave them to their ways

Derek Faraci@whwoolhat.bsky.social · 2d ago

Bet you didn't know that the Little Morton Salt Girl is an immortal being who existed before there was life on Earth.

fascists will be like The Noble Wisdom of our Ancient Past but then you'll open an actual book and the noble wisdom will be "snakes flee at the sound of the mandolin because they have no spleen, the organ of lust" and "electrum makes you gay"

WHAT DO WE WANT oldtimey sci fi about spaceships going really slowly into the infinite void of space, with no chance of rescue or arrival WHEN DO WE WANT IT hopefully before departure

"What will the taxp-" the county is under the waterline, Bob, if we do not fund the dykes your property will flood and become valued at zero. your confusion as to whether this refers to something gender-related is orthogonal to our capacity to keep existing as a geographic entity

"What will the taxpayer think of-" whatever comes next is an argument to reduce taxes. The implicit argument is that if the reason for an expense is not immediately intuitive, it is illegitimate. Even if it stems from decades of proven efficacy

The thing about "the taxpayer" as a rhetorical figure is that it only ever points in one direction: towards lowered taxes. It reduces the workings of government to the complexity of being able to be understood by a single person, and then points at a systemic necessity that eludes individual fathom

Frances Ryan@francesryan.bsky.social · last yr.

One more time for ministers at the back: it’s entirely possible to be a taxpayer and to receive benefits. As someone currently in the mid-tax band and on PIP, I’m more than happy for my earnings to help people who can’t work - and to pick up the state support I’m entitled to.

That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

right, ok, enough self-pity, I need to turn my shit pub around. it's in Stratford, it's got a (small) stage, there has to be someone who has something cool they want a space for queer-run, extremely diverse venue (we even let mumbling old white geezers in) what I'd call 'mostly accessible'

Person: whatcha thinkin'? Me: when you store small amounts of grain in your pantry, it's safe as can be. but when you store large amounts of it in a silo, it's suddenly an explosion hazard, liable to spontaneously combust without provocation Person: that's some macro quantum interactions for ya