This is such a good point. Systems enable cruelty. Capitalism enables cruelty. The most compassionate billionaire is still a mass oppressor, a murderer because it's baked into how wealth is accumulated. A project can't just be focused on replacing people, it has to replace the systems.

nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir)@nora.zone · last wk.

like i get it. when you make a group of people psychologically evil and just have to get those evil guys out of power, that is much simpler than addressing the rot at the heart of america, which is that cruel people seek power and power rewards cruelty

"It's narrative structure is gimmicky. The writing is abysmal. None of the characters has convincing motivation for their actions or words." Okay...so what you're telling me is that it's one of the Good Nolans.

Miles Klee 🦉@milesklee.bsky.social · last wk.

Emily Wilson DESTROYS Zoomer culture with one cutting remark

If I were adapting the Odyssey I'd avoid historical inaccuracies by making it horny and in space. Polyphemus as a big old penis looking worm, Calypso is a sexy alien fungus, Odysseus is dressed like Sean Connery in Zardoz.

Wonder if the right knows Moby Dick is gay. Oh right they don't read.

My bad posts being noticed killed me.

Soviet artillery hammering the outskirts of Berlin is pretty humiliating I suppose.

Here in the PNW someone having a mental health crisis or some high person acting a little weird and off putting, but minding their own damn business, will immediately turn a white liberal into a stone cold fascist.

That guy with the ignorant third space take just didn't have friends.

John Carpenter has released a statement on the passing of Sam Neill: "The world has lost a remarkable actor, father, farmer, and friend. Thank you, Sam, for your extraordinary work, kindness, and the memories."

Murray: Is it true that people making under $184,000 pay a 12.4% Social Security tax rate? Dahl: Yes. Murray: And what is the rate for someone making $1,000,000? Dahl: 2.2%.

Rape apologia for the Blackwater Nazi huh? This is why women don't trust men--with dudes like these they fucking shouldn't.

looks like ken's being a little bitch on twitter

It seems notable that women who made mistakes about Platner are being the most forthright and contrite. Cannot say the same for most of his primary backers.

Naomi Klein@naomiaklein.bsky.social · 4w ago

I truly fucked up not doing my due diligence on Platner before offering high praise for his communication skills. Enough was out there at the time that I should have been more cautious. Especially because I met adventurer dudes like him reporting in Iraq. Deep respect to all who got it right. 1/2

This guy did it. That's the definitive answer.

John Leavitt@leavittalone.bsky.social · last mo.

Just let David Byrne run the whole thing

I'm so fucking mad about the Platner thing. I knew who he was after the Nazi tattoo lies, but so many people I respect made excuse after excuse for him as red flags and accusations mounted. So many red flags. Lot of respect and trust lost for so many people. It hurts.

You going to own it or pretend what you were doing over the past months didn't happen? We fucking told you over and over.

Who could have seen this extremely obvious thing coming?

Solomon@solomonrmissouri.com · last mo.

www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

pickett's charge is one of the stupidest military maneuvers ever ordered and I do not have to die on that hill because so many confederates did it for me

Ken Childs@thekenchilds.com · last mo.

Every year around this time I watch Gettysburg, and every year I'm so impressed as to how both Ronald Maxwell and Martin Sheen do a great job making Lee look like an absolute dumbass for four straight hours without being obvious about it.

American Liberals are so embarrassing. They don't know the history of what they support.

R. Souissi@rsouissivibes.bsky.social · last mo.

Well... You wasted less than 300 characters and still didn't: 1. Provide an example of the DSAs winning in a red district. 2. Providing the DSA's Black Agenda. 3. Providing an example of a successful Socialist Government. So, I guess your dumbass is the biggest L.

The pose he struck in this image was in protest of violence in the Congo & his overall tribute is a protest against imperialism. His very presence opens minds & raises important questions so I’m disappointed but not surprised that he is not welcome in the current imperial core. No doubt targeted.

Bradford Pearson@bradfordpearson.bsky.social · last mo.

dog shit country, truly

otoh if Maradona wasn't 20% cocaine by bodyweight by the late 80s, we would never have got he pre match warmup so iconic it defeated Bayern in a UEFA semi before a ball had been kicked www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU2J...

Diego Maradona - Live Is Life 1989 (HD)

YouTube video by AD4MUSIC

youtube.com

How have I never seen this before? I laughed so hard I choked.

Kelsey Atherton@atherton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

thinkng about the best tweet

Maybe don't defend the transphobic bigot next time. Or if you simply must be a contrarian and defend the transphobic bigot, make sure you're not like...going to bat for him defending a literal Nazi War Criminal.

Lenin and Stalin didn't even use their real names a century ago, but sure Duncan, let's throw anonymity into the trash and trust the authoritarian surveillance state because godfart69 with a Goku profile pic was mean to you online

Duncan Weldon@duncanweldon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I’m open minded on real names. We should definitely ban “cartoon avatar coupled with cutesy or “funny” name and behaves like an absolute tool” though.

Jfc the libs are going to bat for Blackwater.

Spending the day with the Ranged Touch crew, learning a lot about basketball and the X-Men

cmrn knzlmn@ckunzelman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We're going strong! We need to reach $20,000 in the next hour so that we can PREVENT DANNI FROM EVER LEVELING UP! Come on in to support abortion access! www.twitch.tv/rangedtouch/

We really need a mass media reeducation of what the Luddite movement was because they were correct. The colloquial understanding of them just isn't true, and I'm sick of seeing their name dragged through the dirt.

jess m. 🌤️@jametc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Because more and more websites are implementing anti-scraping measures, and if AI cannot continually steal and scrape it begins cannibalizing it's own training data, spiraling into entropy lol This is why it isn't a luddite situation. It needs to actively keep consuming or the algorithm fucks up

This is underestimating the power of his seeping presence. I've had him blocked for years, yet he inevitably leaks back into my feed. His blight is unavoidable. Michael himself is spreading it. Im already wondering what awful opinion prompted this. I don't need to search for it. Soon I'll know.

michael lutz@ztul.bsky.social · 2mo ago

if you insist on making a person who's not in charge of anything some sort of in-range punchable figurehead for whatever your political frustrations are, at least be mildly productive and do it to someone in your immediate family who disagrees with you rather than someone who can make it a brand

Tired

Sick of this baby shit.

Corey Atad@coreyatad.com · 2mo ago

i think, end of the day, the real problem with Bluesky is that most of its users are here *because* they want to be in a bubble. and they can tell themselves that it’s just about not being around Nazis it supporting Musk, and that’s part of it, but also there’s a palpable desire to be ensconced.