Good shit.

Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 2h ago

⚠️ Democrats in array: Schumer, Gillibrand, and Whitmer coalesce behind El-Sayed

That seems right. Several organizers in Jackson, MS last night talked about “keep the main thing the main thing”, which means learning how to knock doors, have human conversations, “make people happy you called”, etc.

Jacob Kramer-Duffield@jaykaydee.bsky.social · 2h ago

El-Sayed in particular describes himself as a proud capitalist so yeah it is not just DSA. People with organizing experience - inclusive of but not limited to DSA folks - are the ones who are best prepared to face our fractured media environment b/c they have experience going and finding ppl (1/n)

The margin matters way less to me than the result and objectively speaking it is clear that if not for the polling avalanche last week people would unanimously see this as a major upset.

I'm overjoyed that they spent 30,000,000 to 35,000,000 dollars just to lose

post malone ergo propter malone@proptermalone.bsky.social · 5h ago

btw if you’re ticked at AIPAC for whatever reason them spending a maximum amount of money to barely lose is ideal, 10/10, just as a pure matter of don’t-know-ball and forward outcome for them as an organization. this cycle has been catastrophic for them purely in terms of inputs and outputs

Missouri elections be like: Hitler (R) 79% - Christ (D) 21% And then the ballot initiative: Amend the Missouri constitution to require the state to own the means of production and work towards full communism? Yes 92% - No 8%

maybe establishment dems will take the affordability crisis seriously now that they cant afford to buy senate races

I fear we might see a new alignment between a radical right death cult and a rural revivalist "simplicity" drive, which views collapse and a return to "organic" communities as a solution to decadent urbanism. A century ago this convergence led to a very bad place. www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...

The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People

The astonishing story of how a movement’s quest for rural simplicity drifted into a formula for mass death

monbiot.com

MI showing up to tell these old ass bigots in the Democratic tent that their fogey bullshit don't fly no more making my heart grow six-seven sizes.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 4h ago

In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname

british people legally can't talk about their culture of elite pedophilia because they don't have freedom of speech. that's not a right they have. and what speech her undying majesty does permit is subject to prior approval by jo terf.

Jose@jum.bsky.social · 18h ago

Americans really don’t get to be talking like this anymore

This is Joshua Bonehill’s full account of how he became an antisemite and how he supposedly learned the error of his ways. It’s totally mad. And rooted in Christianity. www.thecrewkerneman.com/inside-the-m...

Inside the Mind of an Antisemite — and How I Escaped It

I was 21 when antisemitism ceased to be a prejudice and became my whole way of seeing the world. It turned grievance into ideology and paranoia into identity. Prison, the Bible and Christ finally brok...

thecrewkerneman.com

This is a new view of the bulldozed White House complex. The criminal monstrosity subhuman filth won’t stop until he destroys everything, makes me sick to my stomach.

for the followup they forgot to switch to their alt bsky.app/profile/all4...

Every vote matters. Your vote matters.

The Microwave Cooking for One site is legit useful. You know that thing that happens when microwave food is half frozen? That’s not inherent to the microwave, it’s because most box microwave instructions are for 1100 watts and your microwave is something else. There’s a conversion chart for that!

Fun@funkelly.bsky.social · 16h ago

did someone say sadder

lmao

awfully hard to read this as anything but anti-arab scapegoating

Delta Nupe@itsnotuitsme1911.bsky.social · 9h ago

El-Sayed won. I’m urging Black Detroiters to STAY HOME and be “uncommitted’ like El-Sayed was for Kamala Harris during the general election. Dearborn voted for TRUMP instead of the Black Lady. I’m encouraging Black Detroit to vote for Jill Stein or Trump , like the Arabs in Dearborn did in 24!

for those who celebrate: it is the 20th anniversary of a funny dog eat a pepsi.

i don't care about how hard it is for someone to bring themselves to vote for a candidate they believe is a bigot if their definition of bigotry is fake

3/5 The failure of Western allies to place large, long-term orders for ballistic missile defense after years of full-scale war is disgraceful. By treating this conflict as a series of short-term crises, we constantly signal to the Kremlin that Russia can simply outlast us

As far as I know, Giles is pretty big in the Arizona Mormon community. He also led the LDS for Harris group and has been mostly endorsing Ds in elections. In this specific election I think it's an OK move since we do need the Mormon vote in Arizona

It’s disgusting for the Conservatives to ask Jewish groups to meet their ex-neo-Nazi candidate, presumably in the hope he will charm them and they’ll offer their blessing. They should not expect Jewish people to sanitise this appalling choice. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tories offer Jewish groups meeting with ex neo-Nazi activist candidate

Joshua Bonehill-Paine was jailed over neo-Nazi activism, but has been selected to stand in a new Somerset Council seat in 2027.

bbc.co.uk

It's my 200cm. tall, non-make-up-wearing, deep-voiced, football shirt, shorts and trainers wearing, non-trans niece I am most scared for. I will never forgive Keir Starmer for painting a target on her back, nor Andy Burnham for not removing it.

Now, I *am* a nobody but @seamas.bsky.social is a bestseller so surely Joanna is just showing herself up here.

Yeah except we’re talking about a guy who explicitly did not do that even while they received no concessions from Biden or Harris So ‘goose & gander’ here seems to imply ‘we feel no loyalty to anyone expressing support for Palestinians no matter what they personally do’

DDHQ Race Update (est. 96% in): Michigan US Senate Democratic Primary Abdul El-Sayed (D): 724,468 (48.7%) Haley Stevens (D): 703,595 (47.3%) Mallory McMorrow (D): 60,053 (4.0%) Follow more results here: votes.decisiondeskhq.com/races/283906

Excited to be starting this tonight

Medievalist.net@medievalists.bsky.social · 4d ago

Starting August 5th - Dark Age Britain - a four-week course with @alexharvv.bsky.social - learn more at medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/dark... #medieval

Here a compilation of stupid things library consultants have said to me in solidarity with library pals at Lambeth Libraries where genius consultants has decided that a qualified head of library service post isn't really essential.

It's vital to understand that the conservative obsession with calling their political adversaries groomers, rapists and pedophiles while simultaneously protecting sexual offenders in their own party isn't a contradiction, but the result of an ideology that views rape as a crime of property damage.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h ago

Pure scum wrapped in fake piety.

Don't get it twisted. It isn't that they think a dude is innocent. They know he did it. It's that they don't actually think it's wrong to touch children in the first place, and they all wish they were touching children all the time. And you cannot possibly convince them touching children is bad.