the hobbit is about successful folks mistaking chance for their own cleverness. lord of the rings is about nepotism and interpreting it as “being the chosen one”. no wonder tech guys love these books
jakarta methhead
@sweetmax.bsky.social
if your name is max too please dont embarrass me
looking at this latest ballot count, i don’t think mcmorrow can pull this off
Stronger Together 🇺🇸@snqohst.bsky.social · 18h agoMichigan Senate Primary
I hope this guy just drives around town cheering everyone on.
Next Madden soundtrack will be all public domain. Hope you like choosing your team to Camptown Races
Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 21h agoEA officially goes private tonight, meaning: - EA will no longer trade on the NASDAQ for the first time in 36 years - All stockholders of EA (including many employees) will receive $210/share - EA will take on $18 billion (!) in debt, putting it on the hook to pay ~$1.8 billion/year in interest
I haven’t done this in a few years, but due to budget cuts I wasn’t able to order any new supplies for my classroom, so I am sharing my Amazon wishlist. I teach in a self-contained ID classroom for kids with severe disabilities. Even just sharing this would mean a lot to me. Thanks!
Check out my list on Amazon
amazon.com
The environmental cost being churned out by AI data centers is getting absurd. It spells out a worldview where tech capital and extreme power moves matter more than people, nature, and democracy. It’s a system operating completely without a moral compass.
The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It's Almost Incomprehensible
The extent of the pollution being put out by thousands of data centers is shocking. Some developers are exploiting regulatory loopholes.
futurism.com
asking for help again in shoring up some money for cat supplies and food while we deal with SNAP appealing and scrambling to get sorted. everything's appreciated, anything helps, sorry to be asking paypl/vnmo megagarbage or
Donate to Support Megan and Her Girlfriend's Transition Care, organized by Megan Dross
Hello, I'm Megan, a trans woman in central ohio, my girlfriend and I ar… Megan Dross needs your support for Support Megan and Her Girlfriend's Transition Care
gofund.me
hey. so. it brings me great shame to be posting this again so soon, but due to life and debt and other bills my wife and i are broke, like can’t pay rent or buy groceries broke if any of you can help in any way it would mean the world Paypal: @elcrowing Venmo: @PhosphorGlow
that gum you like is getting stuck in your hair while you sleep
I know there's going to be a mixed response to this but there's only one week - until August 4th - left to leave a comment about the ATF's change to background check forms that would de facto single out and ban trans people from legally buying firearms.
One day left to leave a comment. Even if you disapprove of firearm ownership this rule is likely being used to set a legal battle that may strip blue states of the ability to change gender markers on IDs and other documents.
IllCaesar@illcaesar.bsky.social · last wk.I know there's going to be a mixed response to this but there's only one week - until August 4th - left to leave a comment about the ATF's change to background check forms that would de facto single out and ban trans people from legally buying firearms.
Seems like a good time to note that IWW membership in the mid 2010s was ~2,000–3,000, roughly still at parity with just before the start of the Cold War. Current IWW membership in 25/26? ~12,300... Don't ever let them tell you that Socialism is dying. It's just getting its engine running again.
rents gonna be due in 4 days and even the 250 goal probably will not cover everything, but might get us within striking range. sorry again for all the spamming but im pretty desperate here if anybody can help out
⛈️@fracturedpane.bsky.social · 2w agounfortunately im gonna have to ask for help one more time as i havent been able to find an appropriate replacement job yet (+ some expenses). starting this one earlyish, trying to put together ~$250 before the 6th of august. sorry to clog up your tl with begging 💙 venmo: longtail7 can dm for p*ypal
hello, i am your danger broke, unemployed, in five figures of debt friend OnLine. anything you can do is A Help
regretagarbo | Linktree
Linktree. Make your link do more.
linktr.ee
demon core vidal@regretagarbo.rip · 2d agoluv 2 keep getting my utility payments declined
If at least 50 of you don't re-post this painting of Nicholas Cage sunning his wiener-knot in the next 24 hours,, AN ANGEL WILL DIE. I'm serious.
FOR SOME REASON PEOPLE DONT WANT TO GO TO THE MOVIE THEATER ANYMORE! ITS THE BEST WAY TO ENJOY THE ART FORM!!!!
Gore Vidal Sassoon@jimmyjazz1968.bsky.social · 2d agoAMC is always finding new and exciting ways to keep me from going to one of their theaters
when pundits talk about democrats taking control of the senate in november, are they taking into account that fetterman is gonna switch parties between election day and swearing in
“Armed w/ precedents like Callais & Harvard, pro-colorblindness advocacy groups have filed a wide range of lawsuits challenging scholarships for minority youth, targeting groups that promote minority-owned businesses, & even trying to prevent universities from conducting surveys of Black students.”
How a fringe idea about race took over the Supreme Court
A brief history of “colorblindness,” the idea that gutted the Voting Rights Act.
vox.com
#MutualAidRequest #MutualAid I'm going to need help paying for movers because I haven't been able to pack effectively due to physical constraints stemming from my recent vaginoplasty. Please donate and share widely! www.paypal.me/FloraRacine cash.app/$FloraRacine
𝚕𝚒𝚕' 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚎 𝙵𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚊 🏳️⚧️@flora.northsky.social · 2d agoI got my apartment keys!
[1/2] With Trump reportedly preparing to begin construction at Big Bend’s Mariscal Mountain, I led Texas Democratic members and other concerned colleagues in urging delay to potentially irreparable destruction. doggett.house.gov/media/press-...
There was, however, one exception to this: Minneapolis-St Paul. There, a finance bro, the mob, and a crooked lawyer really did buy the trains and sell them for scrap - but that was the exception, not the rule. 12/12
How a Lawyer, a Businessman, and the Mafia Destroyed Public Transit in the Twin Cities
There is a common folk theory that the North American streetcar disappeared because of a conspiracy. Allegedly, industrialists connected with the auto and motor bus industries bought up North Ameri…
lithub.com
if i was qui gon gin i woulda just given anakin a playstation instead
