This thread is a description of the ways in which the west deliberately smashed up the Russian economy and gave all the infrastructure and money to a small group of corrupt oligarchs, followed by this, where they say it's all a conspiracy and Russians not taking responsibility.

Ruth Deyermond@ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 3d ago

If Russia hasn't fulfilled its historic destiny, that can't be the fault of the Russians - let alone anything to do with Putin and those around him. Instead, it must be the result of a great conspiracy against Russia. It must be the fault of the West.

Capitalism is inherently predatory. What is the difference between profiting off of a gambling addiction and profiting from hoarding houses, healthcare, food, or education?

ProPublica@propublica.org · 2d ago

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

it would save so much money if we just provided everyone with healthcare, housing, food, and insurance we’re literally wasting $trillions because people are afraid that someone undeserving might enjoy the benefits of a social safety net it’s tragically stupid… these people need to fix their heart

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What it's like to be an AI artist

YouTube video by ToadBurger

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Skylor Beck@skylorbeck.website · 6d ago

I am crashing out so mega hard today. AI generated games are beating me in a jam. Players are downvoting me and telling me AI can do it better. All my life people told me my art was shit but I believed I could be better. Now a robot makes better art than I do, and people would prefer that.

I wish there were a single sentence that could simultaneously encapsulate and explain every single problem we have in modern society.

Rob Delaney@robdelaney.bsky.social · last wk.

youre not gonna lose your job to magic beans, you'll lose your job to someone who traded their cow for magic beans

Overthrow capitalism

Dilek Sayedahmed@dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · last wk.

I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️

Charge is stored in the balls

Luke@lukeacl.com · last wk.

good morning

Zach Cregger should be able to hunt Resident Evil fans for sport

kate bush’s husband@airbagged.bsky.social · last wk.

Now seated for #ResidentEvil  #HotDog #Gamecube Sponsored by Nathan’s Famous

(cont) That's A.I. store.steampowered.com/curator/4594... Does This Game Use GenAI? store.steampowered.com/curator/4566... No AI store.steampowered.com/curator/4518... No AI Games store.steampowered.com/curator/4525... AI_Detected store.steampowered.com/curator/4556... I hope that helps.

There are quite a few, but your mileage my vary. Some describe a game as 'AI slop' without saying why. Others give more detailed descriptions. Here are some I've been following: AI Check store.steampowered.com/curator/4525... AI Check 2 store.steampowered.com/curator/4550... (cont)

I'm not really an Ed Sheeran fan, but I think we really need to also focus on the fact that the owner of a stadium didn't just deny an act, they unified other rich stadiun owners to join in. Right in time for sport events to kick back up. Just think about that.

Dearest liberals, It is *your task* to join leftists in building a new world. We don't owe you loyalty, votes, or baby-talk. You are the ones lacking solidarity. You are the ones lacking anything approaching a strategy. You are the ones supporting war-mongers. Fuck you and your entitlement.

Toby Buckle@polphilpod.bsky.social · 2w ago

"why are liberals so on edge about voting abstention?" because bernie-or-bust was a real thing & it cost us 2016

Hi dog guardians! If you are fortunate enough to live with a dog who loves to play, make sure you *let them win*. Not every time, but more & more the longer you play. This lets them disengage on their terms, and that gives you an opportunity to praise them with love! Big changes in my guy

I hate living in the age of self-important tech fetishist dipshits ruining our economy and lives for their private profit. You know what would *actually* change humanity? Providing homes, food, education, and health to everyone. Literally any goal other than communism is objectively wrong.

yaoi gagarin@mel.bzky.team · 3w ago

huge fan of the "give the means of creating software to the 4 companies making the models (3 of whom were part of the tech oligopoly before this all started)" as a way of somehow breaking tech monopolies

He created an above-the-law gestapo and multinational trafficking operation with no oversight that targets and persecutes his enemies. You can wield power however you want, and I want a presidential candidate who will do that and not make nice with these people. So do a lot of people.

Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.

lol

So this is murder. And this is what they get to do to us. If they are ever held accountable their victims are already dead. LAPD, NYPD, ICE, DHS, are all tools of imperialistic oppression.

Joey Scott@joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 4w ago

New from me: LAPD released video from an in-custody death that occurred in July. Jose Carlos Hoyos-Munoz appeared to be in crisis as 6 to 9 officers beat him three separate times. One officer is seen putting his knee into the back and neck of Munoz. He died 20 min later. lataco.com/lapd-beat-ha...

Behold: the most masculine color

much like your posting@mlyp.bsky.social · 4w ago

Tucked and Cucked

Google says YOU must wait 24 hours if you download an app onto your OWN DEVICE if it's from an "Unverified developer". What ever happened to user choice and Android freedom?! 😡 Find out more: tuta.com/blog/android... Sign the petition: www.change.org/p/keep-andro...

US historians! Tax, revenue, and public sector scholars! Please help me out. My students ask good questions. This week, they asked where the federal government got revenue before the 16th Amendment okayed income taxes. Can anyone answer, or refer me to good sources on this?

Least serious people alive. This is beyond childishness.

Nied [5'7"]@nied.bsky.social · last mo.

You should write a book about how "they" are forcing this struggle on you. You can call it "My Struggle".

We have more technology, more productive capacity and more wealth than any civilisation in history. Yet we are exhausted, insecure, in debt, struggling to afford homes, food and energy, while a tiny minority accumulate more than they could spend in a thousand lifetimes. We. Are. Being. Robbed.

americans, my one big hope for you, and i am really rooting for all of us here on this one, I want you to remember you really can just take control of your society. you don't have to worship money and police and domination and elites. you can despise them and penalize them

Here comes the

morrowind.txt@morrowind-txt.bsky.social · last mo.

Rain again.

My fingers, typing: I must not fedpost. Fedposting is the freedom-killer. Fedposting is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fedpost. I will allow it to pass over me and through me. My brain:

Erin Fogg says Free Link@criminalerin.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Anyway girls 💅🏻 like the mans are saying and singing

I have yet to meet anyone who is kind yet unattractive. Mean people are ugly as dog shit.

Playboy@playboy.com · last mo.

There’s a viral theory called "Shrekking" that beautiful college women are “dating down,” but they don’t quite see it that way. “I would rather be with someone who treats me well but isn’t as good looking than have someone who doesn’t treat me well but has good looks.”

the biggest AI companies have spent over a trillion dollars and generate barely $50 billion in annual revenue. the math doesn't work, so they’re racing to IPO – forcing us to buy in automatically through index funds, and leaving us holding the bag while investors cash out.

“Surely if there were a good reason, I would know about it” is what a lack of class consciousness does to a mfer. Self defense against systemic abuse is our right, no matter what feckless liberals say.

Dmitry Grozoubinski@explaintrade.com · last mo.

The guy who opened fire at Comet Pizza because he'd cooked his brain online and believed they were a child sex trafficking hub was exactly as confident the people he was aiming at deserved it as Luigi Mangione, which is just one reason it's a bad idea to lionise vigilante murder.