The Embodiment of the Paradox of Tolerance
@seltsamerweise.bsky.social
Minnesota transplant. Beard appreciator (moustache envier). I HAD A DOCTORATE IN INDUSTRIAL/ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY BUT ON JULY 1ST 2024 I BARGAINED AWAY MY KNOWLEDGE FOR MADNESS AND A VARIETY OF SILLY COSTUMES AND I HAVE YET TO REGRET THIS EXCHANGE.
As a connoisseur of sirens, today's awoo sounded thready and higher-pitched than usual. AND GREAT TO HAVE BACK.
The only thing I would add to this is that there was a very reasonable concern that folks wouldn't do this. It is freaking AMAZING to be wrong! (And I will need a longer pattern of support from folks before I stop worrying and/or pressuring party members and leaders to get in line.)
politiburb@politiburb.bsky.social · 14h agoIt gets an actual chuckle out of me seeing people on here say "now the TRUE test is whether the shitlibs can live up to their own words and line up behind El-Sayed!" only for Stevens, Whitmer, every prominent Michigan Dem, the DSCC, etc. to have endorsed El-Sayed before they can finish the sentence.
I am going to be spending the rest of my day and possibly my week thinking about "Werner the Herzog" and quite frankly it's the last thing I needed
MaksonLima@maksonlima.bsky.social · 19h agoJuro que tem dias que eu acordo pensando nisso aqui:
ACAB includes THE PROTEIN POLICE.
The Embodiment of the Paradox of Tolerance@seltsamerweise.bsky.social · yesterdayI enjoy telling people that my breakfast has gotten me, "THOROUGHLY PROTED UP!" Fortunately, I can tell people this regardless of my protein intake. How would they know? THEY'RE NOT THE PROTEIN POLICE.
Cis Friends PLEASE watch this. PLEASE take this in. PLEASE sit with it. PLEASE act accordingly in your allyship.
Are Trans People Just Purity Testing Ken Jennings?
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I always appreciate Birthday Betty’s announcements about birthdays! That’s because I know that Birthday Betty has no other job of any consequ… … I have just now learned that Betty McCollum is a sitting member of Congress. May Birthday Betty also learn of this development soon.
Congresswoman Betty McCollum@mccollum.house.gov · 2d agoHappy 236th Birthday to the United States Coast Guard! On August 4th, 1790, Congress commissioned the building of ten cutters to start the storied history of the USCG.
Her should resign. SPPD needs to be audited by an outside entity to see what kind of culture they're fostering there. They also need to be investigated for the response to Rose Ave.
"I stand with my trans friends and family members." You also crack jokes about supporting anti-trans institutions and get trans people suspended on Bluesky for daring to point out that your behavior isn't allyship.
Ken Jennings@kenjennings.bsky.social · 4d agoSo that’s the thing to know, if you’re a tabloid that’s going to name-check me in another round of transphobic shit about Bluesky discourse. I don’t stand with you. I stand with my trans friends and family members. ⏹️
"It is an interesting and somewhat macabre parlor game to play at a large gathering of one’s acquaintances: to speculate who in a showdown would go transphobe," @sandyernestallen.bsky.social writes. "By now, I think I know." www.welcometohellworld.com/who-goes-tra...
Who goes transphobe?
by Sandy Ernest Allen It is an interesting and somewhat macabre parlor game to play at a large gathering of one’s acquaintances: to speculate who in a showdown would go transphobe. By now, I think I ...
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and then these same people attack progressives as "not realistic." ok, what does the party establishment think is realistic? getting republicans to "finally see the light" and "repudiate trump" and support democrats that shit is more delusional than the most whackadoo bernie bro
However, plenty of us are going broke as a consequence of congressional Republicans.
Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 3d agoNobody ever went broke underestimating the courage of congressional Republicans.
I somehow missed yesterday’s anniversary of the publication of one of my favorite headlines in St Paul history. (upper right column)
I do not have it in my heart to forgive my congresswoman, Betty McCollum of Minnesota's Fourth Congressional District, for releasing statement after statement of concern when she had the authority to enter government buildings in 2025 and physically citizen's arrest members of DOGE.
There are people on this planet who, if they contracted magical diarrhoea that caused their lower halves to divorce from partnership with their upper halves in explosive and aromatic fashion, I would not mourn. Perhaps this makes me a poor example of bonhomie.
I'm calling it. Today we are celebrating what I have deemed THE CAVALCADE OF ARRRRRRGGHHS! Celebratory events include (but are by no means limited to): - Ugh. - ARRRRRRGGHH! - Fuck this as asexually and as punitively as possible. - Substances? - MAKE ME QUEEN OF AMERICA I GODSDAMN DARE YOU.
want to be clear there are absolutely big differences b/t Dems & GOP, don’t ascribe to all-the-same, and that said, it’s awfully telling how many high profile Dems now profess to prefer a Republican in office than a progressive and how that appears to be driven by who is closer to their values
Today is my birthday (turning 30), which is the only time each year when I ask you for a repost should you like my art. Have a good day! 🦦🌿✨️ - Simon
looking at the headlines and reflecting once again on how all the smart, hard-working, honest people I know feel like they’re going at least a little insane in our era of total Stupid Immoral Asshole ascendancy
this notion that people like haberman or jake tapper have some kind of conscience that is troubled by their corruption does not translate through their actions. these people don't care. the only thing they care about money, and that mostly comes through book deals. they. don't. care.
I have worked very hard to break away from my linguistic prescriptivist tendencies. Some exceptions remain, and they aren't going anywhere: "Come with" - WITH WHOM, YOU SENTIENT ANUS!? UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES? BELLS? JOLLITY? IT'S NOT ABOUT THE PREPOSITION, IT'S ABOUT COMPLETING A SENTENCE. 1/3
Sanjay Srivastava@sanjaysrivastava.com · 7d agoWhat is an extremely nerdy/obscure/specific thing you hate with a white-hot wrath?
Friday: Up to heavy rain and strong thunderstorms are occurring this morning. Flood Watch continues. #TurnAroundDontDrown #mnwx Watch latest forecast here -
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I've been seeing a new ad for Angie Craig, Professional Asshole. This one features Minnesota's own Boy Mayor providing her with a ringing endorsement. The contempt our rulers feel for us is palpable.
Dear @mayorher.bsky.social, You’ve brought embarrassment on our city. In the months during the ICE Surge, you were sexually harassing city employees to the point that they resigned. You made lewd, inappropriate jokes that many found offensive. You made art projects while St Paulites were abducted.
Craziest part is that she just took office in January, now we're told the investigation started in April. So at least 50:50 odds some of this was happening while the rest of us were standing in the Minnesota winter protecting the local elementary school from being raided by ICE.
Sometimes I just sit around stewing about how ride or die so many Minnesotans have been, how they showed up through sacrifice big and small. They made the bad guys push through them at every step. Gave up nothing for free. And the best governor we’re being offered is Klob. It’s embarrassing.
and the truth is--a lot of us are going to have to sit with a lot of choices that feel imperfect. the point of "there is no ethical consumption" etc etc isn't "so don't worry" I'm doing my best to try to minimize harm as I move through the world in a way that allows me to maximize my own good.