Tina Davis (she/her)

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"That we're not human is just the lie they tell themselves so they don't have to feel bad about how they treat us.” - N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season

AI BRO - “The tech future is coming! The godmachine is inevitable!!” <me, casually walking over to the wall socket> AI BRO - “The singularity is nigh!!! You don’t understand how powerful these models are!!!!” <me, slowly bending down> AI BRO - “IT WILL KILL US ALL!!!!!” <me, unplugging it>

So it would appear that the White House has banned the importation of Crown Royal, Canadian Club, and all other Canadian whiskeys/scotches. Stock up if they're one of your favorite brands, because the U.S. might not get any new supply for the next couple years...

A picture of Canadian Whiskeys from the Wikipedia page "Canadian Whiskey." It shows, left to right, bottles of R&R (Rich & Rare), Pendleton, Seagram's VO Gold, Crown Royal, Wiser's Very Old, Canadian Club, and Black Velvet.
Thomas Seal@twseal.bsky.social · yesterday

Proclamations on bans are here. Details are in annexes. Booze: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... Dairy: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... Motor vehicles: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

8 million times this. I can't share this post enough. If our feckless "opposition party" hasn't seen enough of the Trump Horror Show to realize that people need to be punished, immediately, then they do not understand the undertaking ahead of us. We're talking decades of fixing shit.

Sam@samd.bsky.social · 2d ago

the necessary step 1 of rebuilding trust with our allies is prosecuting almost everyone in the trump administration for the countless crimes they have committed against the country and the world

I worked for pwc at the time and, as much as consulting firms have an (earned) bad reputation, I will say the execs at pwc stood up for botham jean as soon as it happened-when there were still rumors he was “smoking weed” or whatever-and set up a scholarship fund in his name at his alma mater

I Travel Like Sound Dog@chadstanton.blacksky.app · 4d ago

We remember Botham Jean. It’s been 6 years to this day when he was killed while sitting on his couch eating ice cream.

A picture of Botham Jean in a suit and tie

The right-wing organizing around the Lindsay Clancy trial is growing and it’s frightening. A lot of people overlook these culture wars revolving around women’s issues, because, well, they’re women’s issues. But the right doesn’t. It’s how they regained such a massive cultural foothold.

A Wikipedia editor put it well: "You almost want to pat them on the head and say 'Yes, of course it will' in the same way you'd tell a small child that Santa Claus will be delivering their presents."

Other platforms will soon follow, a senior administration official told POLITICO on Tuesday. “We got Lake America changed on Google Maps, and many other maps are changing in a couple days. And Wikipedia is going to change as well,” said the official, who was granted anonymity to speak frankly.