this is the ultimate end point of capitalism, ai will completely atomize everyone and there will be zero shared experiences. there will be no culture, only pure consumption. this must be resisted
Matthew
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Jesus rides beside me He never buys any smokes
One thing I do miss from pre-pandemic America is the ability to go to Walmart at 1am. Mundane surrealism is an important part of the American sublime.
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Friends, can we stop with all the performative hand-wringing? We Christians gather every day to honor one who was publicly executed, and many of our churches have been live-streaming for years.
Kim's Convenience pretty much did this to me. The final season is pretty awful, but I love the other seasons so much...but I haven't watched any episodes recently... People say this about Slider S3. I disagree. Trying to think...BSG? Yeah, BSG. And I say this as someone with my handle.
Nev Fountain@nevfountain.bsky.social · 6d agoWhat TV show got so bad it effectively destroyed your appreciation for the show when it was was good?
I wish I were more irreligious than I am because all I can think is how utterly morally corrosive this all is for all of society. What a profound rotting of the soul
$350 a month for health insurance that doesn't cover anything until I spend $5,000, that's America baby.
just a morally sick society, in constant need of the death-fix that will stave off that sickness for another few hours
I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...
Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · 3d agoThe news just since I left work: -A planned livestream of an execution by firing squad -Trump basically trying to incite a pogrom against Somalis Nothing mysterious or complicated about what's happening.
I just don’t think you can honestly worship a man executed by the state and abide the death penalty.
jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoOssoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
"Dignity ... belongs to every human being simply by virtue of existing, of having been willed, created and loved by God. No sin, failure, humiliation or exclusion can diminish the profound value of a human life that God has willed and called into being" (Leo XIV, Magnifica Humanitas 52).
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d agoWASHINGTON (AP) - Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed in December.
A lot of white people are going to tune into this having never seen anything like it and are going to be confused when their bodies do not like how it makes them feel
Faytuks Network@faytuksnetwork.bsky.social · 3d agoBREAKING: The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed
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You know, no one claims Paxton is a better Christian than Talarico. But they are all rejecting Talarico for claiming that his faith demands that he advocates for the vulnerable. So they quite simply reject the gospel in favor of Mammon
Aman Batheja@amanbatheja.bsky.social · 3d agoI have never before seen a political hit dragged out this long. Texas Tribune is now reporting on the FOURTH(!) leaked clip from a Paxton fundraiser from two weeks ago. "The person who recorded it declined to share the full conversation. It was unclear how many more leaks there may be."
The American white collar workforce started working from home three days a week for like six months a year into COVID and executives so thoroughly lost their minds over this that they installed Trump II. If anything, AI will create the 7-day workweek.
Gianmarco Soresi@gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 3d agoMan who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon
marx and engels were both exvangelicals. this deserves more study
Whenever I think about Measles, I think about, "Somehow Palpatine returned."
He's in several movies I enjoyed, but he never sticks in my mind. *Shrug*
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 4d agoI think we know what this means
Sorry to be morally elitist or whatever but I don’t get the appeal of The Hulk. He represents the need to repress anger. Okay. It’s not complex enough to be worth being a main character in film after film after film. Like we get it
Prime Days is a bait and switch. Everything is more expensive.
It's been over sixty years since the 1964 Civil Rights Act and people are still being knuckleheads about the inherent dignity of all people.
Sepultura just announced a surprise show on the 5th of November. I got actual tickets! Not just the promise of tickets. I'm stoked.