Any of us who have ever had to shout "connect me with a human, damnit," into our phones with clenched fists know the answer this question, hands down.
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David Ellison may think we are stupid, but we know who he is. We know what he has done to CBS. We know what he wants to do to CNN. Support independent media.
Love to see the 1619 Project there, but please nominate/self nominate other America 250 books!
FIXED UPLOAD! As midterms draw near, we will see more stories like this of rich assholes trying to buy the system to suit their ends. And hurt your kids. My latest: youtu.be/6_FxNULDg5M?...
The Libertarian Billionaire Trying To Buy Control Of Your Children in WA State
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Yet another why billionaires should not exist. One person should not have more influence over who gets elected than the majority of people.
dead domain 🐐🏳️⚧️@domaindead.bsky.social · 2d agoFIXED UPLOAD! As midterms draw near, we will see more stories like this of rich assholes trying to buy the system to suit their ends. And hurt your kids. My latest: youtu.be/6_FxNULDg5M?...
Well, actually, kinda, yeah, close to what happened. It's not for nothing that Jack Dorsey, who started the place and was on its board, basically ran away when the trans folks and furries scared off all the crypto bros he assumed would be the natural demographic here (they went to Nostr instead).
jack@jackalltogether.bsky.social · 2d agoBluesky often seems like a project run by tech people who place great value on its architectural differences from Twitter, which nobody cares about, while not understanding how they walked ass-backwards into having a userbase (whomst they fear and despise)
It's definitionally eugenics, culling of the vulnerable of the population because their lives are considered discardable. It has actual roots & heritage.
David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · 2d agoThe MAHA position is that if some illness they let run rampant kills you but you have any other disability or health condition you had it coming and it’s not their fault.
You have a unique opportunity to make something beautiful and it does not require limited language models and things like that
Literally been saying this for a while now. The problem is that maga has made it to where the only thing people care about is making sure the other team doesn't win. That's it. When that's the attitude on both sides, we all lose.
It's as if Republicans can only cope with reality by cross-examining it.
Was at 30K feet cruising altitude when my seatmate asked me, "Have you found Jesus as your personal savior?" Houston to Honolulu is an 8hr+ flight. I glanced @ emergency exit. Turned to her & said, "I'd appreciate it if you kept your religion to yourself." She was aghast and offended. Whatevs
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 5d agoEvangelist Whitney Lynn uses most of her flights as an opportunity to share her faith. This week, her sermon got her kicked off a flight and clips of her removal racked up millions of views on social media. She called the situation “spiritual warfare.”
We shouldn't be too down on a game like Dungeons & Kittens winning an Ennie even though it lacks imagination or innovation. We should be down on it because the game re-introduce the civilized-savage dichotomy into a setting about talking adventure cats on the first page of its introduction.
![Humans have disappeared from the planet, leaving only a few remains dotted throughout the newly lush vegitation. [...] However, humans did leave something for animals: the gifts of speech and imagination, the ability to anticipate and predict, the power to invent. But not all creatures accepted those gifts. There are animals who speak, walk, and use objects and tools; and there are beasts, who remain speechless and fierce, and kept their original nature.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uer5fkbpt7o4ht5lyp7uwk57/bafkreidxv67ry5izssk4gqwt2znuwidplmqcvd72xs5uvb2t2kcahe6pqu)
How is Ken Paxton able to own at least 15 real estate properties worth around $9 million—including a $1 million property in Hawaii with an ocean view—on his government salary of $153,000 per year? Explain it to me like I’m five.
Now this is the kind of trash talk we can get behind. We’re containerizing neighborhoods by taking trash off our sidewalks and allowing mid-size buildings to trade in their wheelie bins for a bigger, better, cleaner alternative: Empire Bins. It’s time to put a lid on it, New York.
Todd Blanche quite obviously lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee when he told them this was dead. It was never dead. It was just on hold until he was confirmed.
Everybody hates being watched. Only some feel an appropriate amount of fear that being watched could one day subject them to violence that even money can't save them from. The others are satisified to have others live in that fear for their benefit.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d ago“In North Texas, the opposition to a favored law enforcement tool has drawn a rare mix of critics, often from competing political backgrounds.”
GOOD TROUBLE: We could be a couple days from Judge Sullivan making a bombshell ruling in the Epstein Files redactions case brought by @katiephang.bsky.social. Everyone call your senator and tell them to VOTE NO on Blanche, or at least WAIT for Judge Sullivan.
Remembering how the "Ebola Crisis" was literally *the* most covered news story - consistently framed as though it was a huge embarrassment to Obama - before the 2014 midterms (after which the media totally abandoned the story)
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 6d agoThe Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 1,500 people in just over two months, and it is spreading much faster than previous outbreaks, the nation’s health ministry reported on Thursday.
I fell fully in love with the X-Files, and this episode is probably the one that truly sealed the deal, right there in season 1. What a great piece of television.
The X-Files 720p Cinema@xfiles720pcinema.bsky.social · last yr."Beyond the Sea" (1994.01.07) S01|E13|1X12 Director: David Nutter Writer: Glen Morgan | James Wong Director of Photography: John S. Bartley Art Director: Graeme Murray #XFiles #TheXFiles
Tonight at 5:30 PM Pacific (ish), @juddthelibrarian.bsky.social and I are returning to Doskvol as Crown tries to infiltrate the Spirit Wardens at the behest of the Unseen. She's also got ties to the head of the Bluecoats and the Blackcoats. What could go wrong? www.twitch.tv/actualplay
*Gets mild rebuke* Billy Stance: I was literally murdered today
Howdy, All! I get to talk a bit about DISRUPTORS on this rpg.net thread, if you like such things! forum.rpg.net/index.php?th...
How Important is the "Role" in Role Playing? | Tabletop Roleplaying Open
How important is the "role" in role playing? I'm not referring to the class or archetype but the character. My reference is literature, e.g. novels. For example: you're role playing Captain America o...
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Just posting this again. Yes, he is the Senator who started the term “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” Just another p€do of the Epstein class. Ex-Sen. Justin Eichorn pleads guilty to lesser child pornography charge minnesotareformer.com/briefs/ex-se...
Ex-Sen. Justin Eichorn pleads guilty to lesser child pornography charge • Minnesota Reformer
This story is republished with permission from KAXE/KBXE. Former Republican state Sen. Justin Eichorn pleaded guilty to a lesser felony charge of attempted possession of child pornography in federal ...
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matt stoller fully embracing his role as sexual assault denialist
Just checking, are you hating AI enough? "AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale" futurism.com/artificial-i... #SarahConnorLeadTheWay
AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale, Even If Almost No Copies Remain
AI companies are quietly obtaining rare books, ingesting their contents, and then destroying them -- even if they're exceedingly rare.
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Conservatives are welcome to vote for Democrats, but they should have no say in what Democrats do. So-called "centrists" are anything but. They are conservatives who prefer fighting Democrats than cleaning up their own side of the ideological aisle.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · last wk.It's amazing how the least popular, most polarizing, lowest polling outliers in the Democratic caucus always think they get to dictate who does or doesn't get to be in "our" party. Don't like it, you Tor Johnson lookalike? Hit the bricks.