I just subscribed to this block list, and I really appreciate the public service provided here

Tess is Surviving the Horrors@mothmother.com · 4d ago

I started getting followed by some "film festivals" and "writing festivals" and thought "oh, these are cool!" Then I looked a little closer. They're all part of a network that preys on writers, charging us for reviews, and feeding our stuff into slop generators. So I made a list.👋🏻🖕🏻😠

I keep on getting surprised by "Hadestown." I know this story, I thought I knew what I was in for. I was wrong. The thing I come back to is this: When gods and men come into conflict, men must fight against the gods, even though they will lose. Because power, unopposed, is an evil not to be borne.

there are definitely downsides to the nuclear block but the reason I keep coming back to it as necessary and good is that it completely ruined the whole MAGA engagement model to the point that they prefer to mock us from the nazi bar rather than come here to troll us directly

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2d ago

Bluesky oldheads will remember that brief period of time when the conservative trolls tried to storm the place and were flummoxed by the idea they would have to organically grow an audience and that someone who didn't want to talk to them could nuke every interaction they ever had from orbit

NEW: 2 people in Michigan have just died from Cyclosporiasis — the first deaths reported from the outbreak sweeping the nation. This after Taylor Farms gave *$2 million* to Trump & Republicans as they postponed a rule that could've limited the spread of outbreaks like the ongoing epidemic.

‘Explosive Diarrhea’: Company Tied to Outbreak Donated to Trump as He Delayed Food Safety Rule

Taylor Farms contributed $2 million to Trump and Republicans as they postponed a rule to help the government limit the spread of foodborne illnesses.

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Every vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general is a vote to continue the coverup of the Epstein Files.

💯 A campaign donation is almost the same as a vote. Only people who can vote for someone should be able to donate to someone. No corporations No charities No churches NO OUTSIDERS. When someone "donates" to candidates/causes in states where they don't LIVE, they're stealing votes from residents.

The Office Stop

Alt: I just want it to stop.

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Lydy@lydy.bsky.social · 3d ago

I truly wish there was a way to restrict campaign donations to people who could vote for the candidate that they are donating to. This would eliminate outside money and corporate donations in one fell swoop. But, no, I don't expect it to happen. I just wish it would.

I truly wish there was a way to restrict campaign donations to people who could vote for the candidate that they are donating to. This would eliminate outside money and corporate donations in one fell swoop. But, no, I don't expect it to happen. I just wish it would.

I cannot rest from discourse. I will see that film again tomorrow. I will drink life to the lees. Again I will enjoy greatly, will suffer greatly, both with those that love me, and in Pleasantville NY. I am become a meme. Film showing: burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/the-...

The Odyssey : Jacob Burns Film Center

The Odyssey, Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Christopher Nolan, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Odysseus, Greek, Classic, Antiquity

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This whole thread!

Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 6d ago

Seems like if we need a rural movement, we've already got one! That's a pretty solid foundation! If anybody would like to enlighten me on why those rural areas "don't count," be my guest!

Brighten up your desktop or phone background with a tiny turtle or two. This is one of my most popular wallpaper packs - 9 different wallpapers for $10: ko-fi.com/s/e88d1dfbf9 (Looks like #TurtleOfCalm is going to need to keep the bills paid while I figure out the US shipping issues.)

Heads up for anyone who may be looking to buy a car in near future: GM's CEO loves Trump.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

GM CEO Mary Barra is introducing Trump at his rally. Something to keep in mind if you're in the market for a vehicle anytime soon.

Hey, Twin Cities people: if I wanted to get nice cookies, say a dozen of them, better than what I can get at a Cub bakery, where should I go? I would prefer not to spend the earth.

PIN Number ATM Machine UPC Code LCD Display We regret to inform you that this phenomenon has a name: RAS Syndrome. Redundant Acronym Syndrome…Syndrome.

There is a lot to say about the Nolan Odyssey movie. But one point that I think has not been emphasized enough is: this is a film about living in LA, as Nolan, my erstwhile British compatriot and age mate, has done for years. I gather it’s a strange place.

I just saw "Hadestown" and occasionally, I am getting the "Odysseus" discourse confused with "Hadestown" and honestly, it's kind of great and terrible at the same time.

Just in case anyone was wondering, "Hadestown" is brilliant. Yeah, yeah, you all told me. I just wasn't listening. It was fucking _amazing_.

There's a ton in the Middle East that I am absolutely not qualified to speak on. But it cannot be that the answer to war crimes is more war crimes.

Remember when it was an absolutely stunning achievement that all of the computer power that used to take up lots of big rooms was now able to fit in your phone that you carry around in your pocket? 2026 computer whizzes: We need acres of your land & all of your resources to make this AI stuff work.

One trip to Safeway, having pressed the "Need Assistance?" button, I started my stopwatch, committed to the bit and got ready to Wait As Long As It Took. At ~9min mark, the employee at the balloons/florist came over to ask if I needed help. They also said "Oh, that button is broken." [1/?]

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · last wk.

As good as many of you said. I really appreciate the unambiguous point that this primarily a racist moral panic before unpacking the nuanced second-order explanations. dannykatch.substack.com/p/we-used-to...

To catch you up, MN state Sen. John Hoffman was shot in the same targeted attacks that killed Mark and Melissa Hortman. US Rep. Angie Craig then sent someone to ask for Hoffman’s endorsement for her U.S. Senate primary campaign ***while he was in the ICU*** and again when he was recovering at home.

ash 🏳️‍⚧️@rollingfor20.bsky.social · last wk.

senator hoffman has released a new statement regarding angie craig’s actions towards him, released via EMQ’s Facebook: she is so cooked

senator hoffman has released a new statement regarding angie craig’s actions towards him, released via EMQ’s Facebook: she is so cooked

I chaperoned a middle school field trip, and when my group saw a cybertruck in the wild they all pointed and cackled at it. They have a song they all sing about how stupid these cars are. Feel like this universal middle school disdain should be a variable in the historical car sales failure index

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)@iwriteok.bsky.social · 2w ago

bloomberg has a fun article today arguing that the Cybertruck is the biggest flop in automotive history. it includes this glorious graph.

This I Believe: If I order a flat white, I should not be given a latte. If I wanted a fucking latte, I'd have _ordered_ a fucking latte.

"Do the thing you can do instead of beating yourself up over not doing the thing you're not doing" is honestly life-changing, even life-saving, advice.

Leiracal@leiracal.bsky.social · 12mo ago

This concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.

Wile E. Coyote, despaired, takes a bucket of paint and a brush and paints a beautiful two-bedroom house on a mountainside. He paints a beautiful coyote wife in the window, and two adorable coyote kids running around in the yard. He tries to enter this new coyote life, but it is inaccessible to him

"Excuse me," the man at the bar said, "but I couldn't help overhearing. Are you really saying you refuse to pick one?" "I don't see why I should have to." "It's a core part of one's identity!" "My gender and sexuality-" "Oh!" He looked relieved. "I thought you were talking about football teams."

They moved on from lindsey graham's death so quickly you'd think he died in a school shooting.

interesting to me that as the administration treats democratic-voting states like conquered or occupied territories, you don’t have pundits demanding the president respect “half the country”

tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

Oh, we're putting tariffs on countries that don't do enough to stop slave labor? Can we tariff ourselves? Because the US has the largest slave labor population in the world! Again, periodic reminder that our slave labor population is larger than the workforce of Norway. Not a typo.

Mekka Okereke@mekka.mekka-tech.com · 9mo ago

🤡I love it when US folk unironically try to reply to a Black civil rights advocate🙋🏿‍♂️, about how it's bad to enslave people to make cars. Your car parts were made in a jail by a Black man that has not been convicted of any crime. The US prison labor population is larger than the workforce of Norway.

No ICE agents have been killed or seriously injured by vehicles, yet we have multiple videos of ICE agents using their cars as weapons against protesters. ICE can weaponize their vehicles whenever they want, but if someone else even drives *near them* they'll use it as pretext for summary execution.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Homan: "It's only a matter time when you weaponize that two ton vehicle where an officer is not going to be able to react in time and we're burying an ICE officer ... so the vehicle stops are back on"