I’ve noticed a real resurgence in homophobia in non-right wing spaces since Lindsey Graham died. Making fun of people by either implying or asserting that they’re gay/queer (and/or for being potentially closeted) is bad, no matter what their politics are.
TODAY: It’s the final day of GOTV before Election Day in Minnesota. A real Democratic fighter needs our help to overcome millions in outside spending from AIPAC, data centers, and crypto. Let’s get Peggy Flanagan over the finish line by contacting Minnesota voters: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
@mark-carney.bsky.social NO. MORE. FOSSIL. FUELS. OUR HOME IS ON FIRE. Thousands of people displaced, 23,000 acres of forest killed, God only knows how many innocent animals are dying. This is not an accident, this is a direct result of corporate greed. This was preventable.
David Eby@davidebybc.bsky.social · 2d agoWe've declared a provincewide State of Provincial Emergency as the new, fast-moving Bald Range wildfire forces thousands of people from their homes in the Summerland area. At every step, we're focused on ensuring that emergency crews have the tools they need to protect people and communities.
I finished Into the Manosphere, on Netflix. Holy shit. These men are so vile. Every word out of their mouths is obscene. theyre so clearly an active threat to the women in their lives. To everyone, but especially women. Everything is content, it’s all for the camera—yet it’s all too real.
I’m so tired of this Not only is it trans erasure, they’re all black related too
ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social · 2d agoDisney has now shelved three episodes featuring storylines centered on transgender characters and gender identity. The episodes, from ‘Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,’ ‘The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder,’ and ‘Win or Lose,’ were either cut from release or have since leaked online.
"We just gotta have the plagiarism resource burner cause we call it ai and we call other unrelated algorithms that are useful ai and that means its good" Someone calling 2 unrelated things a term that neither is does not magically make it a defense of one of them through transitive properties.
Its made extra absurd by it being marketing teams that labelled a bunch of tech "AI" that is objectively not AI to specifically conflate them & make it appear better than it is. Not only are none of these things AI, they're being a stooge to capitalists by participating in conflating different tech.
Corey Brickley@coreybrickley.bsky.social · 4d ago"mmmm you say ai bad BUT ai actually refers to a lot of different things and actually we've had what could be considered ai technology for a long time now" bro shut UP you KNOW i'm talking about the algorithms they shoved all recorded information and one trillion dollars into
I guarantee if your small business steers hard into a “graphic design is my passion” aesthetic with your posters and posts you will feel the warm embrace of customers.
Aftermath@aftermath.site · 4d agoHello local business, your AI ads are costing you customers: aftermath.site/ai-poster-ad-f...
Democratic lawmakers are calling for an investigation into Eric and Don Jr.’s ties to 15 companies that have received $3.2 BILLION in defense contracts. Here's what you should know about their ongoing grifts.
Just so we’re clear: there is not, nor has there ever been, any way to undo the consequences of a merger or the merger itself if the company decides not to fulfill the pinky promises it made to get approval. There are no meaningful legal consequences prepared for ignoring the guarantees given.
U.K. Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
The U.K. cleared Paramount Skydance's $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. on competition grounds on Thursday.
variety.com
If AIPAC doesn’t want to be singled out, they shouldn’t be spending so much goddamn money to buy politicians and sabotage anyone that stands against Israelis genocide of Palestinians.
Elon Musk & his DOGE boys wouldn't shut up about the billions in "waste" they were finding. Turns out most of that was a lie (shocker). This was never about "waste," it was about undermining Americans’ faith in govt & grabbing big govt contracts for Trump's billionaire buddies.
Elon Musk’s DOGE made big errors in claims of government savings, GAO finds
The government watchdog found that billions of dollars in DOGE’s public tally could not be verified and that some claimed cuts never happened.
washingtonpost.com
this is why "it doesn't even work!!!" arguments are bad. you're just inviting them to find another vendor stop demanding sharper knives
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4d agoFlock has justifiably received tons of outrage, but Axon (and a bunch of other companies) are also purveyors of mass surveillance. Canceling a Flock contract and replacing it with an Axon one is just changing your flavor of authoritarianism.
Don’t forget—last nights victory was achieved with the help of @katmabu.bsky.social and @aoc.bsky.social throwing their influence & experience behind @abdulelsayed.bsky.social to help grow the grassroots movement and motivate voters. Lasting wins for progressives require partnerships & coalitions.
Abdul El-Sayed’s win isn’t just a huge victory for the people, it’s a massive, massive loss for corporate ghouls and their minions. The current is shifting and they know it. Keep that momentum. The future is ours. 🔥
It's the constant thing that they'd more upset at being called transphobes then doing transphobic actions.
“It also detected an “unintended consequence” of the ban: the proportion of parents who didn’t know their child had used social media increased by 10%.” Well who could have possibly seen that happening.
Ben Schwarz@benschwarz.bsky.social · last wk.Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...
Every single member of ICE needs to be in jail, alongside every member of congress who voted to fund them for their role in directly funding mass human rights violations with OUR money. It doesn’t matter if they start abandoning Trump, republicans funded murder & should go to jail. Plain and simple.
Control of the House came down to 7,000 votes in five districts during the last midterms. We can’t take anything for granted this year, especially as the regime threatens mail-in voting, targets registration programs, and even tries to ban states from encouraging people to vote.
Literally every media outlet should be SCREAMING about how one whiny billionaire just managed to make a massive human rights organization completely change its stance on how much of an emergency the attacks on a global scale against a marginalized group are—AND get an actual apology from them.
When I offered my amendment to kill this slush fund, Republicans said we should accept Trump's word that it was dead. We knew they were wrong. This is why. Even in the middle of an illegal war, with prices rising, Trump wants to send your tax dollars to criminals & save his sweetheart tax deal.
I’m so fucking angry. Like. Absolutely enraged. This is a failure and a betrayal on every conceivable level.
Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · last wk.Amnesty have issued an apology to JK Rowling and the rest. Adjust your expectations, and donations, accordingly www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...
I REALLY recommend Why Civil Resistance Works by Erica Chenowith and Don’t Talk About Politics by Sarah Stein-Lebrano. Theyre complimentary, the former collects data about the success/fail rate of nonviolent resistance movements while the latter focuses on the psychology behind building coalitions.
Swolesome is tired 🍉🏳️⚧️@swolesome.bsky.social · 2w agoFrustrating af how you can’t meet people where they’re at to encourage organizing without someone popping out of a trash can like “WE CAN’T VOTE OUR WAY OUT—“ it’s the waffles and pancakes of political action. Is kneecapping mutual aid and connection efforts is gonna get more people throwing bricks?
Revolution is not a Hollywood depiction of 1790s France, it’s not a Day of Reckoning—it often is physical self-defence against political violence, but that’s not all it is, far from it. Destruction without building is not a solution. It’s half-baked revenge, at best. Pull your head outta your ass.
Frustrating af how you can’t meet people where they’re at to encourage organizing without someone popping out of a trash can like “WE CAN’T VOTE OUR WAY OUT—“ it’s the waffles and pancakes of political action. Is kneecapping mutual aid and connection efforts is gonna get more people throwing bricks?
