Why would a person be upset by a celebrity advocating for good things?
Mekka Okereke
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There. Are. No. Trans. Women. In. The. WNBA. This whole conversation is a racist trap and long circuitous argument that always comes back to insulting cisgender Black women by calling them not women. In particular it attacks: Brittany Griner, Liz Cambage, and A'Ja Wilson.
This article is poorly thought out trash. He presents the false choice of either taking the right-wing hateful position, or being silent. He doesn't look at all of the athletes and sports personalities that speak with clarity on political issues from the position of kindness shared by 80%+ of people
The Athletic@theathletic.com · 4h agoAaron Rodgers spoke out about Dr. Anthony Fauci. Sophie Cunningham spoke out about transgender athletes. Caitlin Clark chose not to weigh in. Three different approaches, one common result: criticism. Steve Buckley on how athletes can't win on social media: nyti.ms/3Sa9A7D
Wyoming, Alaska, and Montana have the highest suicide rate for the same reason I've been telling y'all about for *checks notes* 20+ years now. For the same reason that GOP and Dem pols with anti-Black policies ignore. Eg Bernie not knowing that more gun deaths happen in NH than NYC or Chicago. 🤷🏿♂️
Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12h agoWhy are Wyoming, Montana and Alaska the suicide belt in the US? "Isolation of living in a sparsely populated state and easy access to guns. Suicide attempts are typically more impulsive than the common understanding suggests, and those made with guns are far more likely to be lethal.".
In 1986, contracting HIV meant you were going to die, usually slowly, painfully, and alone. Now it's a chronic illness like hypertension. In 1986, gay and lesbian couples couldn't have their relationships legally recognized and had to adopt elaborate legal workarounds.
Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 14h agoFood, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.
🤔Stolen v-AI-lor? No one wants to work anymore! People used to have to dress up and leave the house to play soldier and disrespect veterans with stolen valor.
Top 5 Classic Stolen Valor Cases
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The Daily Beast@thedailybeast.bsky.social · 15h agoThe five-time draft dodger imagined himself outranking two of America’s most iconic generals.
This went a little different than his nightly interviews with Sean Hannity.
🤔His daughter allegedly told him exactly what this dude did two years ago. And yet he defended her abuser up until a few weeks ago? But now he's got tough words? Don't bother trying to explain it to me. I don't want to understand. I know I should seek to understand! But no. I just don't want to.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayMoreno on Max Miller: "My daughter lives in constant fear of this man ... you can't fathom what that makes me feel like when the dad's number one job is to protect your kids... if there's any minimum standard for being an elected official, he feels to meet it. I don't care about the politics at all"
Yet another one of the strengths of how Bluesky is growing, or more specifically how BlackSky* is growing: you don’t have to miss Link Go here, and sign in with your regular Bluesky account, and Link is available again because he is over on Blacksky * Not to ignore the others, but BlackSky is 👑 rn
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I would like to propose the Taco Bell Principle When a person/institution Did A Problem, & IMMEDIATELY fesses up & takes proactive steps to solve it That's exactly what we want them to do? So how bout we let them live ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 3w agoA quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!
In the USA, racists and nazis can still bully most (non-Black) people, simply by suggesting that they are in a "liberal bubble" or are "wild progressives," or hinting that they care about other people. Rather than have the confidence to say, "Those opinions are in bad faith," they fold.🤷🏿♂️
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
Lots of people rightfully pointing out how the Democrats fought against Mamdani. Sure. 🤷🏿♂️ But I'm less interested in if they've changed their viewpoint on Mamdani, and more interested in if they've changed their viewpoint on upcoming progressive candidates. Seriously. Have they changed?
Democrats@democrats.org · 2d agoHUGE: Under Mayor Mamdani, New York City just recorded its safest first 7 months of a year in history—and its safest July ever. In July: Major crime dropped 13% Murder dropped 32% Robberies dropped 15% Vehicle thefts dropped 25% Democratic mayors are putting public safety first.
See? This is why Jiu-jitsu can be dangerous. Dudes take a few years of jiu-jitsu and watch some UFC on TV, and then think they can fight. They can't.🤷🏿♂️ And at this point, everyone's "taken a few years of jiu-jitsu." I encourage every jiu-jitsu player to spar a few rounds of MMA. It's different.
Dan of the Year@downwithdan.bsky.social · 2d agoHe will never understand that being "the fat guy from Superbad" is infinitely better than being "the martial arts chud nobody likes"
...should I start posting reminders about doomscrolling, posture and drinking water again? Do people still need them?
What is he talking about? All of the top US cities are Blue cities!🤷🏿♂️ The biggest red cities are Jacksonville FL and Oklahoma city. The minute you start talking about real cities of any size, LA, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, etc, they're all Blue. Because diversity brings prosperity and vice versa.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: "Look at the blue cities. What do they have in common? They're all dirty. They're filthy dirty. Their streets are dirty. Their streets smell. Their storefronts are broken. Their trees are all gross. Everything about the place is dirty. It's really all of them."
Good news, they're not worms! Bad news, they are mosquito larvae. I'm not an entomologist. I've just heard people complain about getting sick from having to drink prison and jail water with mosquito larvae and clumps of rat fur and brown dust and lead in it before🤷🏿♂️ And yes, Adelanto was a prison.
How a private prison giant has continued to thrive in a state that wants it out
As California passes laws aimed at ridding the state of private immigration detention centers, GEO Group continues to expand.
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@strea3m.bsky.social · 2d ago"lawyers for DHS said the drinking water had been [tested] and determined to be clean per FDA standards” What amount of things wriggling around in your drinking water meets that standard, I wonder?😡😡 Hope they serve those AHs a glass of this crap next time they're defending this inhumane treatment🤬
starting to think progressive policies might be popular outside of NYC??? difficult to say
The fact that student loans can’t be eliminated by bankruptcy is an often under appreciated aspect of this. And it’s pure evil.
"There are specific types of people we need to be purposefully hurting" has been the most consistent American policy stance of my lifetime.
Trump voter: 'He's not hurting the people he needs to be hurting'
I've seen plenty of memorable quotes from Trump voters, but "he's not hurting the people he needs to be hurting" is among the most striking.
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"Hey rich New Yorkers! It's me, Mamdani, offering you a service that isn't available to rich Californians! Many poor people can't afford groceries. In CA you're considered a bad person, because you are super rich, but don't invest your time and money to help. In NYC, we take care of this for you!"
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
🤔I know I'm reading too much into a low-effort Islamaphobic slop cartoon but... The message seems to be: "Once the Muslims eat the communists, we will finally be big enough to take on the fascists!🤡" I accept! I don't see anti-racism fish but I'll go get some Baharat Samak to sprinkle on myself!
Yes! Subsidize public good, not private wealth accumulation.
The irony of this is that what should be happening is the complete opposite: degrees that don't make enough should have their student loans forgiven. Yeah I said it. Go to law school and study corporate finance law? Pay back your loan. Go to grad school and study social work? Pay back nothing!
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
🤔I blame every person that ever played golf with Trump except Suzann Petersen, that one woman golf pro. The rest of y'all let him cheat for years, enabling his completely deluded sense of his own capabilities. She was the first one brave enough to just say that he sucks and he cheats constantly.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: “My REAL Polling Numbers, not those made up by the Fake News Media, are the best they have ever been”
The WNBA has never had a trans woman play in the league’s 30-year history and now the right and other anti-trans activists are hammering the league over something that has never been an issue, proving once again it isn’t about protection but exhibiting cruelty toward trans people.
I like that the Dems are at least being honest that their social media bans are less about child welfare and education, and more about their misguided belief that the reason that positions like unconditional support for Israel or "tough on crime" Democrats, or centrist positions, is TikTok videos.🤡
Govs. Kevin Stitt and Wes Moore say civility can win general elections but primaries promote partisanship
Stitt and Moore said social media contributes to negativity and polarization in politics and urged more in-person connections.
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This is good messaging. I don't know Maine well enough to know how this will land with Maine voters, but it works for the rest of us.
Troy Jackson@troyjackson207.bsky.social · 3d agoMy response to Elon Musk.
No one's apolitical because you're either with the status quo or not. If you're not, you fight against it. If you are, we're battling you to change it. If you think you have no politics it's because you're ok with how things are, & how things are is fascism.