Susan Collins is trying to appear moderate to win her reelection there is no courage in her no vote she deserves no credit thank you for coming to my Ted Talk

Centrism is extremism wearing a face of deep concern and an attitude of reasonability.

rev. howard arson@theophite.bsky.social · 4d ago

i'm sorry what the fuck. gillibrand attends a church which teaches that COVID was God's punishment for permitting gay marriage?

Jesus Fucking Christ.

This is entirely the point 👇

Erin Biba@erinbiba.bsky.social · 3w ago

Let’s be really clear about this lettuce situation: it’s not just the destruction of public health tracking, it’s also years and years of ending regulations that would have prevented conditions causing outbreaks in the first place, combined with climate change that makes them more likely to happen.

Herbert Cola

kim@kimmymonte.bsky.social · 3w ago

your baseball pitcher name is your grandfather’s first name and the last thing you bought i’ll go first mine’s Dominic Sandals

I know it gets clicks to call conservatives stupid but they have a pretty fucking coherent and effective (and insidious) theory of change.

James Goodwin@jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 3w ago

My god. The Heritage Foundation, which mercilessly attacked transgender kids in order to protect the "integrity of women's sports," is now attacking the legal basis for women's sports. The transgender student decision is barely 2 weeks old.

A soul is finally free of the hateful, indoctrinated, and self loathing individual it was trapped within.

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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈@jaspar.bsky.social · 3w ago

Today is a great day to not resort to casual homophobia

Siri, through CarPlay, just described a photo someone texted to me. How do we opt out of this? I don’t want Apple’s AI analyzing every texted photo I get.

See, I think he actually knows better but knows that there are plenty of people out there who actually don’t. That explanation fits his MO better IMO.

Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · last mo.

Trump actually thinks asylum seekers are people from “insane asylums”—and he’s enabled by people in the administration and the media who do not correct him.

I mean, “hate” is a *really* strong word. I try not to allow hate into any part of my life even for the most despicable people out there. And I really enjoy a good VR game. Half Life Alix? OMG.

Happy Father’s Day!

If you are an aspiring writer and what motivates you most is to bring characters you know and love into new spaces and situations, DO IT! With joy! You aren’t clogging anything. Whatever gets you writing! We are storytellers by nature. Don’t let anyone gatekeep you from that.

Finally some good news!

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 2mo ago

McDonald's is frying up some apple pies to honor America's 250th birthday, for the first time in more than three decades.

If you like and support small, independent publishers, think about pitching in to help Red Hen Press, a great California press facing some hard times www.gofundme.com/f/we-need-yo...

Donate to We Need Your Help to Save Red Hen Press, organized by Red Hen Press

A Message from Kate Gale, Publisher and CEO, and Tobi Harper Petrie, Deputy and… Red Hen Press needs your support for We Need Your Help to Save Red Hen Press

gofundme.com

Any song from the Riverdance soundtrack. (I worked at a store called Learningsmith)

Rodger Sherman@rodger.bsky.social · 2mo ago

every person who has ever worked retail for even a week has at least one song they can never hear again without being involuntarily transported back to the store

Yay pride month! Enjoy this opening scene our local production of La Cage Aux Folles, running all month at the Nevada Theater

The way this guy happily professes his "hate" for another human being, ostensibly on Christian grounds, which profoundly contradicts Jesus's teachings on hate and love.

I wrote about Elon Musk's attack on Lupita Nyong'o, and how it is important to put that in the context of the fact that Musk launched an actual ongoing genocide against non-white people which has already killed hundreds of thousands. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/musk-attac...

Musk Attacks Nyong’o For The Same Reason Hitler Attacked Jewish Art

It is a tactic of genocide.

everythingishorrible.net

This is top notch satire.

Zoë Schiffer@zoeschiffer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Welcome, valued employee: www.wired.com/story/ai-or-...

Evergreen advice

ashley fairbanks@ziibiing.com · 3mo ago

it’s timeeeeeee! time for what? for your quarterly reminder that when we are angry we take a breath. drink a glass of water. talk to our therapists and friends. and we don’t do what? post anything that could be read, in any way, even ungraciously, as a threat of violence. that’s right.

So much about how things are heading right now feel like they're ripped right out of the future world Atwood built for Oryx and Crake.

David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · 3mo ago

most of the time when people say things like "technofeudalism" or "serfdom" to talk about modern conditions, I would urge you to consider instead the "company town."

Today is the last day you can post a comment to the FCC about their plan to label content that includes representation of LGBTQ+ people. Keep it brief and succinct. What I wrote follows: (1/4) glaad.org/FCC

Tell the FCC that LGBTQ Stories Don’t Need a Warning Label | GLAAD

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is targeting LGBTQ stories. They are trying to control what you see on television. This government overreach is dangerous...

glaad.org

MAHA: Make Agribusiness Happy Again. Atrazine should be banned. It persists in water and soil for decades. And we're only still just understanding its harms. www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-...

Trump admin clears pesticide at center of frog gender debate, MAHA fumes

Trump's administration cleared the pesticide of the frog gender debate pushed by Alex Jones of potential risks asserted in previous research.

newsweek.com

Hi Bluesky 👋 I’m Phil Loring, Global Director of Human Dimensions Science. I’ll be taking over this account to share insights from my work and what I’m learning from diverse voices shaping solutions for people and the planet. -Phil @philiploring.com

Hey Bluesky science friends! 🧪

The Nature Conservancy Science@science.nature.org · 3mo ago

Join us tomorrow for a Bluesky takeover! We’re excited to welcome Phil Loring as he takes over the TNC Science Bluesky account for the day. He’ll be sharing perspectives from his work and offering insights you won’t want to miss. 📻Tune in, follow along, and bring your questions! @philiploring.com

Join us tomorrow for a Bluesky takeover! We’re excited to welcome Phil Loring as he takes over the TNC Science Bluesky account for the day. He’ll be sharing perspectives from his work and offering insights you won’t want to miss. 📻Tune in, follow along, and bring your questions! @philiploring.com

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Amber Woods@amberspeaks.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I refuse to believe that people are meant to spend their entire lives surviving systems that keep wounding them faster than they can heal.

So much depends on whether our system, and our leaders, speak to what is best in us - or what is worst in us.

What a beautiful world it would be, for everyone. ~sigh~ No lack of food, public schools (& supplies!), no lack of housing, or higher education, no lack of healthcare for all. The research, inventions, cures, discoveries to be made & found! It would be unbelievably wonderful, @philiploring.com 🙏💙☮️

Philip Loring@philiploring.com · 3mo ago

Corps are putting hundreds of billions each year into AI. Imagine if we put that investment into people instead. Into human intelligence. It would be the biggest humanitarian effort in human history. Imagine what we'd be capable of.