I am so fucking tired of "seeking justice" being framed as "getting even." Arresting and/or impeaching people who are legitimately guilty of actual crimes is not revenge. It is justice. Innocent people should be released from detention and guilty people should be in prison. Again, that is JUSTICE.
listen up democrats: we did not vote for you for y'all to find common ground and reach across the aisle. we voted for you to crush our enemies, to see them driven before us, to hear the lamentations of their women
For the record, yesterday was good. But especially in California, it resulted in a critical eye and a shrugged. "Okay. We can work with that." Rebuild what was destroyed, STRONGER. Accountability. Reaching across the aisle only to deliver subpoenas.
The only way I want Dems to “reach across the aisle” is to hand out subpoenas
Some motherfucker rolled up with a "you know none of this matters, they're all puppets" comment and I blocked him so hard he might have gotten launched into orbit Take your "brave truthteller" act and shove it up your ass, my dude, we're fucking celebrating tonight
Oh, captain. My captain. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Patrick Stewart, ‘Star Trek’ Captain and ‘X-Men’ Superhero, Dies at 86
He’s forever known for playing Jean-Luc Picard and Charles Xavier, whom he “admired for their morality, for their kindness, for their sensitivity, for their compassion.”
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Never a mourn a life this long, well lived, that brought such joy. Celebrate it. This calls for mariachis.
Star Trek: Q's Mariachi Serenade for Picard
Alt: Star Trek: Q's Mariachi Serenade for Picard
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Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2w agoLOS ANGELES (AP) — Stage giant Patrick Stewart, of ‘Star Trek’ and 'X-Men' fame, dies at 86. -
I see we're having a debate about whether it's okay to go back to "X," the site owned by a trillionaire fascist who is currently bankrolling the GOP's midterm, throttled Ukraine's war effort, and still winkingly allows vast amounts of CSAM on his service Answer: No, what the fuck is wrong with you
FUCKING THIS. The process of inquiry is almost the WHOLE POINT. It's why we keep fucking going when the experiment fails, the hypothesis doesn't work out, the chords are discordant, or the words don't come together.
猫好きな人@valoisdubins.bsky.social · last mo.I was really struck by this comment today, about how using AI to solve maths problems is not only missing the point of these problems but damaging maths as a human activity in the process. bsky.app/profile/carl...
“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap
We can’t allow this man to get within striking distance of a viable presidential candidacy.
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 2mo agoNewsom has vetoed a bill that would have prohibited future governors from handing over abortion providers, helpers, and patients to red states for criminal prosecution. The bill also barred extraditions involving transgender care.
I want to remind my fellow Christians that supporting the right to abortion and trans health care in particular and basic standards of living and access to healthcare in general IS a hill to die on. It even has a name. We call that hill Golgotha.
Sarah Tuttle@niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 2mo agoYeah, I *will* die on this hill, because this hill will literally kill us. I will fight for my kids & yours. I will fight for folks who can get pregnant to have access to all medical care they need. I will fight for trans kids to have access to anything their doctor thinks will help.
why is always folks saying JKR made Daniel, Emma, Rupert rich and not the three kids who worked their childhoods to make JKR's books make her even more money? she didn't give those kids money out of kindness. they worked hard for it. they're a reason she has a theme park.
Dorian Lynskey@dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 2mo agoSo this is where the Proclaimers are at now
FYI for journalists reporting on Dolly: not being publicly party political ≠ not being political. She was very political.
BEING THE PERSON WHO EVERYBODY MOURNS MEANS STEPPING UP WHEN NOBODY ELSE WILL IT DOES NOT MEAN WATCHING POLL APPROVAL NUMBERS
Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · 3mo agoDolly made times less hard for a lot of people thoughtcatalog.com/nicolestawia...
Yes. And how do that is to do what you know to be right and just all the way through. Dolly showing up for queer and trans people, for example, was not the easy or crowd-pleasing move, especially for her audience. And she funded a vaccine that got *incredibly* politicized. For example.
dan sinker@dansinker.com · 3mo agoit's possible to live a life where everyone grieves its end
also - as I have said before and will say again - the problem with AI isn't that there's zero positive, helpful uses to which it can be put; it's that none of them, whether singly or collectively, comes remotely close to justifying the dystopian shitshow that goes into making and selling the tech
Johnny Normality (Spooky Mode)@probgobl.in · 3mo ago"A bunch of people would rather post on Race War Now Dot Swastika rather than Bluesky because you keep making fun of their imaginary computer friend" is a RESOUNDING endorsement for the concept of hostility.
Folks, this is one of the best pieces of indie sci-fi around. Go. Listen.
The Sojourn Audio Drama@thesojourn.bsky.social · 3mo agoAnnouncing The Sojourn Audio Drama Season Two Volume Four, including the Season Two Finale, coming Winter 2026. #scifi #audiodrama #sciencefiction #booksky #audiobook #indie #indiebooks #scifibooks
One of the...uh, persistent disconnects I'm seeing here is people thinking that Hollywood standards for optioning movies are identical to legal standards. They are not. Hollywood options extremely liberally for a number of reasons.
Important: Trump’s executive order is NOT legislation. Though the executive order promotes more misinformation about vaccines, nothing has changed about the availability of childhood vaccines. For evidence-based guidance, please follow and share American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations.
like most dangerous bad advice, there's an inkling of truth. If you want to succeed in a creative profession you DO need to be willing to work long hours for free. But this has nothing to do with employment. And certainly shouldn't extend to employment. Therein lies the trap.
✨👹 [redacted] 👹✨@britculpsapp.bsky.social · 3mo agoi encourage all of you, regardless of your age, to not take this shit advice
"I don't understand why you, a fantasy writer, don't appreciate the value of making bargains with the fae."
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 3mo agoEvery now and then someone takes a run at me along the lines of "I don't understand why you, a scifi writer, don't appreciate 'AI'," and I'm all, motherfucker, it's *because* I'm a science fiction writer I have the positions I have, how many times do we have to fucking yell "torment nexus," my dude
It's impossible to scream at artists on the internet loud enough to make them answer accurately if a huge project involved AI or not You're not Batman. Most of them are just individuals doing their jobs. Fuck AI, but don't let it rob you of your humanity towards human artists.
Stephan Krosecz@stephank.bsky.social · 4mo agoGonna be real: it's deeply shitty to aggressively demand that artists who worked on a large project guarantee to you that nobody who touched the project used AI. They can't know that and they're not responsible for that. They can only know things within the scope of their own job.
Nobody wants predictive data models to stop working for the people in medicine. Or translating ancient Pompeii texts. Or the other ways we were already using it. We want it to stop replacing workers, killing the environment, and stealing from artists. Hope that clarifies.
Never. And it was BECAUSE it was such a good organizing tool. Labor movements, BLM, Arab Spring, #MeToo? All because of Twitter. He wanted (I continue to believe) to break solidarity and communication and he did, very effectively. (or maybe it was just ego + foolishness. Maybe.)
The Volatile Mermaid@ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 4mo agoI know Elon has done a lot of truly evil things, but I’ll also never forgive him for stealing Twitter from us.
