Metroplex
@metroplex.northsky.social
Powerfully Plural | Tantalizingly Trans | Seductively Scizospectral | Alluringly Autistic | Amazingly Alliterative | in our 40s | 18+ follows only plz
Even this stopped clock sees the archetype of modern reactionaries as a bad thing, that's how you know you screwed up.
The Hill@thehill.com · 54m agoSen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) says he will vote against acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to serve in the role permanently, putting more pressure on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to limit GOP defections on the high-profile nominee.
This feels like it would be the plot of a Hannibal episode.
Django Wexler@djangowexler.bsky.social · 55m agoSomehow things that would have been a background gag in a Verhoeven movie are now just real
I feel like it might have been a bad idea to hand the world over to sociopaths
Django Wexler@djangowexler.bsky.social · 55m agoSomehow things that would have been a background gag in a Verhoeven movie are now just real
We've reached a point that all 3 major Linux distro families have a gaming derivative (though all of Linux can be readily used for that). Debian: Pop_OS Fedora: Nobara Arch: CachyOS
The 'audience' on meta platforms is one of the worst I've encountered Brain-dead, mostly
every single nintendo direct is written like its advertising the first video game ever made. in this “game of strategy” you can choose to attack with swords [8 second clip of a guy attacking with a sword] or with spells [8 second clip of a guy attacking with a spell]
Wrote about how I'd regularly recommend the Series S to my more casual gamer mates, the broader disastrous trend of console gaming increasingly becoming a hobby for the monied, and how the new & totally unviable Series S price is a searing alarm for another iceberg the industry is sailing toward
Respec@respec.net · 9h agoValid complaints about power levels and development strain be damned, the Xbox Series S was the best value in console gaming. That experiment has now utterly failed: https://www.respec.net/feature/135-the-xbox-series-s-was-best-value-in-consogaming-that-experiment-has-now-utterly-failed
It's pretty outrageous that the GOP Senate candidate is smearing a trans public school teacher in Wake County as a predator (and also sharing a picture of her from her social media where she is doing literally nothing but existing).
I can't stop thinking about how this is the mostly absolutely wild way to declare that you want to be "of the people" but also you really, actually do believe everyone else's opinion is invalid because they don't have the very specific set of credentials you have and thus are plebians.
katie@supermathskid.bsky.social · yesterdayokay now he's gone too far
Taking my time to really listen and learn from the very valid concerns of the MAHA movement:
Memento (artemis) Morty 🌙@mementomorty.bsky.social · 4h agowe should hear MAHA out about this they might be onto something
We are not having an appropriate response to repeated recent lynchings AT ALL.
Mississippi Free Press@mississippifreepress.org · 18h agoJackson police are investigating the death of an unidentified Black woman who was found hanging in a tree behind a vacant home in Mississippi’s capital city on Monday night. www.mississippifreepress.org/black-woman-...
Yeah, this is unfortunately what I think a lot of us were expecting. I would assume that the days of EA putting out functional or good games are drawing to a close, as this acquisition completes.
Push Square@pushsquare.com · 8h agoEA Studios Brace for Layoff Bloodbath as New Owner Debt Demands $700 Million Cost Cuts.
While the SCREEN Act failed in the committee, KOSA did move forward. Contact your senators immediately demanding it be opposed, and keep the pressure up until it comes to a vote in the Senate
Fight for the Future@fightforthefuture.org · 4h agoThe Senate Commerce Committee just passed KOSA out of committee with zero debate & failed to move the SCREEN Act. punchbowl.news/article/tech...
cause that's exactly what it is
War Against War@waragainstwar.bsky.social · 5h ago#Haiti ICE shackles Haitian workers with GPS monitors after stripping legal status The electronic branding of Haitian immigrants resembles nothing so much as the Nazi policy of forcing Jews to wear yellow stars of David. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
This is fitting in a fucked up way that arguably the first instance of inter-planetary littering and space junk was caused by a billionaire's hubris.
Bela Lugosi's Dad 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸@belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 12h agoWe're literally just letting the richest man in the world commit vandalism on an extraplanetary scale.
Holy FUCK that is a relief. I know with how bad capital wants this this bullshit isn't an if, but a when, but the longer we can delay this, the more we can organize and fight back. Just like we did with the payment processors, just like we're doing to ICE, etc.
Alison Boden@alisonboden.bsky.social · 5h agoThe SCREEN Act just failed to pass in the Senate Commerce Committee! 🎉 Enormous thanks to the thousands (!!) of you who told your Senators to vote no! Your voice matters and you should feel good that you made a difference. Obviously, the fight isn't over, but this was an important victory.
The SCREEN Act just failed to pass in the Senate Commerce Committee! 🎉 Enormous thanks to the thousands (!!) of you who told your Senators to vote no! Your voice matters and you should feel good that you made a difference. Obviously, the fight isn't over, but this was an important victory.
Counting the seconds until states start getting sued for "anti-business practices" because their police departments DIDN'T kill protestors.
The only time I ever used so-called AI was to black box test it so any criticism I have as an IT expert would be informed by real world data. I have never used it to assist in any other task and frankly I don't see myself ever wanting to unless something major changes.
this made me so, so happy. and she CRUSHED that little piece of shit!
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 8h agoIn other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname
Saw a post saying "I don't want NSFW accounts to talk about voting, just let me jack off" Buddy, NSFW artists and sex workers are being constantly attacked by a government of nonces trying to distract from their own crimes by pinning the blame on porn. They have the right to speak up about this.
Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
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"Department of justice" 🙄 abcnews.com/US/judge-rel...
Judge 'reluctantly' grants DOJ motion to dismiss final prosecution in Jan. 6 attack
A federal judge has "reluctantly" granted the DOJ's move to dismiss the final remaining prosecution stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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FDR put American citizens in concentration camps and passed the New Deal specifically because he was worried the people would overthrow capitalism if he didn't. We shouldn't be wanting "a return to FDR."
Hey, Washingtonians, Oregonians, Canadians et al—your resident “never stopped masking because my lungs and immune system suck” pal here. Just like when selecting a mask for virus protection, you want the mask that provides the best seal. Check for gaps around your chin, corners of your mouth, nose.
They could always sign up to give comment at a public meeting.
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 18h agoNew York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
If you wanna know how much Shirow's thumb is on the scale of the latest Ghost in the Shell anime, the Puma Sisters make an appearance in the latest episode.