For the past five months the only refugees the USA has accepted are white South Africans fleeing equality & safety meanwhile they are disappearing or strapping ankle monitors on any Haitian they can get ahold of. It needs to be understood how thoroughly connected these two things are.

The President of the United States is a liar.

Stop saying "log into a portal." Sounds way too cool for what's happening.

automatically running signal messages through a stranger's AI is, I think, the worst pitch and idea I've ever been cold pitched in my life and that is saying a lot

The founders are calling. They suggest you read the damn Constitution.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Cornyn: "There's nothing we could do to rein in the president"

I'm 48. I transitioned when I was 42. It's never too late.

Hannah Who@notablyuncool.bsky.social · yesterday

If you have transitioned later in life, please know how deeply you are needed here. Your story is the exact proof someone else needs to finally take their first step.

because this asshole so happens to be jewish, i would like to note that, in judaism, it's ethically and morally forbidden to evade taxes because you are robbing the poor of their share in your wealth that god has generously blessed you with so that you may benefit spiritually from helping them.

'viktor shtrum'@viktorshtrum.bsky.social · 24h ago

death penalty

I voted (derogatory)!

$1,300 a month is almost exactly what I make, including Patreon.

Gordon Gil@gordonrams.bsky.social · 2d ago

An 84-year-old woman living on $1,300 a month was allegedly tricked into a $113,000 solar loan for panels that never produced a single watt of electricity. Now the loan is canceled, the lien is removed, her credit is being repaired and Sunlight Financial is paying $100,000.

TY Seattle

The “best” thing about genAI (the quotes are doing heavy work here) is that it’s really lowered the bar on getting into hand-made art. Literally anything you make is better than ai. There’s never been a better time to throw away your fear and start learning that craft you’ve always wanted to learn.

Every 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

Blazing Saddles (1974) Years before the concept of being politically correct existed came the masterful wit of Mel Brooks in his lampoon of prejudice and stereotypes.

the cops are a social construct. "being arrested" is a social construct. allowing armed terrorists to abduct you and take you to a second location is a social contract, unnatural and not made in good faith, that you have no obligation as a free human being to satisfy or tolerate

running away to live in the Backrooms. if you need anything, please don't. Hesitate to ask

Christians should be banned from playing sports. Jesus provides them with additional strength, which gives them unfair advantage.

We’re also funding death squads but what’s really offensive is that somewhere out there a poor person might be able to eat

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

It really sucks watching some of the cleverest people you know get bamboozled by the dumbest bullshit that a pedo death cult can say. Like, what the fuck are you doing? Do you have a fucking concussion I wasn't aware of?

i personally don't think child molestetion should be required to play volleyball

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

Watching my dog stand stock-still in the yard. She looks thoughtfully up at a bird calling out; looks down at the toy at her feet; looks at me; back to the toy; the bird; me; then the toy, for a long contemplative moment. She picks it up and frolics with it. I love this existential little weirdo.

i think the party of sick freaks who want to inspect kid's private parts should be branded as such

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

Well I wholeheartedly endorse the idea of only children throwing darts

Micah@rincewind.run · 3d ago

lmao this is a truly world class Take she isn’t even talking just video games here, this is a blanket ban on sports, board games, cards, darts, all of it

A confirmed ICE vehicle that has been seen at at least 3 abductions was left parked on the street in Williamsburg for a few days. It received an NYC makeover: its side windows and windshield smashed, two tires flattened, and the message “ICE OUT” scrawled on the side. Pic sent in anon:

Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency

David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”

The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.

vox.com

If you have to tell people you're creating satire, you're not. Satire should be obvious. You're just lying for fun or money.

I was just thinking about how "you need to become an influencer to sell books" is ruining everything

Delilah S. Dawson@delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 5d ago

I hate how what I need to do is write books, and yet I keep thinking, "Maybe if I wore increasingly weird glasses and sat in front of my taxidermy with a bubble pipe and did unhinged houseplant reviews I could go viral and sell some books." Doing the work doesn't feel like enough, some days.

This is gross as shit. I'm embarrassed for you, @kenjennings.bsky.social You should genuinely know better.

Ken Jennings@kenjennings.bsky.social · 6d ago

This may be true of others but I actually got express permission from the trans community to keep NYT games and recipes. I also have a news subscription, which is arguably worse, so I had to specifically send in a written request. Took 30 days but I got approved.