Austin
@thebrotographer.bsky.social
finally a new place to be annoying 31, queer, sometimes i use cameras or write songs
boy Trump fucked the American auto industry. first he yanks their EV subsidies, leading them to slash production and write off tens of billions in investment, then he jacks up the price of oil by 50%, leading to skyrocketing EV demand going almost entirely to China bc GM et al left the market
You gotta go get somebody to unlock protective glass at the pharmacy if you want some soap or deodorant
Anna Gifty@itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 20h agoThey are looting the government in broad daylight.
increasingly I have come to believe that men sexually assault and harass *other men* far more than is clearly understood, and I suspect that grappling with that will be crucial to bringing about real change.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d agoThis Cornell Chi Phi alum's story of being sexually assaulted as a pledge—and his ensuing mental health struggles—has really stuck with me. (Chi Phi is the fraternity where Jane Doe was gang raped.)
I spoke a bit about Matthew Shepard over the weekend in person to some folks, but I didn't want to let the anniversary of his death — October 12, 1998 — pass by without giving a moment to him and his memory here.
*jesuit voice* the real question is whether AI has original sin.
Small island kingdom's state-owned propaganda arm censors woman's pro civil rights message
Mike (They/Them) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏴@mxmike.co.uk · 4d agoBethany wore a “Protect The Dolls” t-shirt during rehearsals. The BBC posted it on their socials then quietly deleted and reposted it without showing her from the front. On TV last night they actually blurred the message #Strictly
What a weird world we live in - Ukraine hits a data centre deep in Russia - Irish twitter users see racist posts about IPAS centres in Offaly fall off a cliff
Alina Pereverzieva 🇺🇦@perevaa.bsky.social · 4d agoAnd now the best part: Bot traffic from the #Yandex network has plunged to near zero following the strike on its Vladimir data center. Bot traffic includes automated requests from search crawlers, scrapers and other online services. Twitter must be a ghost town by now.
pope has incredibly consistent and obvious stance, Story #397
Christopher Hale@christopherjhale.bsky.social · 4d agoPope Leo XIV called the death penalty “inadmissible” on Saturday, two days after the Pentagon set a livestreamed firing squad for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan on Dec. 3. Cardinal Parolin called the plan “truly incomprehensible.”
I’m so sick of my fairytale witch neighbor. No you cannot borrow a “cup of spider tears.” I don’t think most people have that lying around
i love MUNA so much i love MUNA shows so much there's truly nothing like it that is all goodnight
Denying Catholic priests the ability to administer sacraments to Catholic prisoners is objectively insanely offensive to Catholicism in a way that almost nothing else could be
Rosamundi@rosamundi.bsky.social · last wk.Oh, the Archdiocese of St Louis is *mad*, mad, I see. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
on the one hand i need a nighttime chicago pwhl takeover tour game. on the other hand hockey doesn't do GA sections so trying to coordinate all the tickets for all the friends i'm going to propagandize into coming with me would be hell
seeing the full geared up on-ice look made me like hamilton's jersey's more and vegas' less hmmm
YAYYYYYYYYYAYAYAYAYAY SAN JOSE ORANGE WEEEEEE
Austin@thebrotographer.bsky.social · 7d agoPWHL San Jose jersey reveal tomorrow. praying for SO. MUCH. ORANGE.
PWHL San Jose jersey reveal tomorrow. praying for SO. MUCH. ORANGE.
Skydance now owns Nick, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Comedy Central, and MTV, effectively ending US TV animation as we know it. Countless jobs will be lost, and fewer new shows will be created. An apocalyptic scenario for cartoons, yet it's maybe the 5th-worst thing about the Paramount-WB merger!
women from this 🏳️⚧️ country are always in possession of complex devices i couldn't possibly name the purpose of
Astronomy news for spooky season: a zombie planet orbiting a dead (but still hostile) star. Evidence suggests the following: Star dies, expels outer layers, becomes white dwarf. Gas giant forms from the debris. White dwarf is now blasting planet with radiation, shearing off some of its atmosphere.
Suspected Second-generation Planet Solves NASA Hubble Cold Case - NASA Science
New analysis of archival Hubble data points to the possibility of "dead" white dwarf stars hosting second-generation planetary systems.
science.nasa.gov
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️
You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
Something I didn't appreciate about the Maryland Renaissance Faire until today is that they've been running a 30+ year real time performance of the life and wives of Henry VIII. They started with 1509 and every year the Faire bumps up another year.
![Catholics believe the Eucharist contains the real [AD] presence of God, meaning it should only be handled by ordained priests or ministers](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3pv3xjtaidyjlovzknuztffc/bafkreiejunoroky6mrydzi3lcuobe6m3ahvd2s6k27gkl74fuzn5bznysy)
