Carl Hudson

@watchingpreacher.bsky.social

Frustrated queer and neurodivergent writer, burning in the embers of creation. Caretaker of culture. Twin Peaks is my guiding light. Stories are humanity's collective dreams. We live to witness and share our experiences and beliefs. Dive deeper. NOR/ENG

A paramilitary group plotted to overthrow the Constitution then conducted a violent attack on America. They were convicted in court of seditious conspiracy, and jailed. Then the leader they aimed to illegally install got power and let them out, their records wiped clean. The Jan. 6 attackers won.

Judge Pained as He Grants Dismissal of Jan. 6 Charges Against Oath Keepers

The judge, Amit P. Mehta, blasted the administration’s request for a dismissal in the case, saying it bestowed “unearned grace” on the Oath Keepers defendants “by wiping their records clean.”

nytimes.com

My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

theguardian.com

Activist and grassroots organizer Will Lawrence has won the Democratic primary election in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, with a campaign focused on data centers’ regulation and demanding accountability for big tech and AI companies. www.wired.com/story/anti-d...

The Anti-Data-Center Movement Is Reshaping Michigan Politics

Climate activist Will Lawrence cofounded the Sunrise Movement. Now, he has shifted his focus in his attempt to compete for a swing-district seat by calling for a data center moratorium.

wired.com

Another version of this: My Special Interest is historical sewer systems, and during the most explosive scene in Guillermo Del Toro's new Frankenstein, when everything's blowing up, James hears me go, "is that a 45-degree sluice with a basket-handle profile??? Give me a BREAK"

Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist@nameshiv.bsky.social · 4mo ago

if you ever want to see something really really funny, watch any hacking scene in a Hollywood movie while sitting next to an IT security person

Og forresten, nå eies EA av Saudiene og Jared Kushner, svigersønnen til Trump. Nå blir neste Battlefield fylt med KI, og Russland kan ikke være skurken i et nytt Battlefield. Samtidig blir spillserien lagt ned for godt med neste spill, fordi Saudiene og Kushner er misfornøyd med salget.

She hasn't single-handedly caused this moral panic but without her, I dunno, I don't think things would be *this* bad. Her damage is profound. Anyone who's still consuming Harry Potter in 2026 and who thinks that choice isn't political just isn't awake yet.

The Pokemon Company is facing a class-action lawsuit after a former executive was arrested for secretly filming people inside company bathrooms 89 videos were allegedly filmed in office toilets

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The modern far Right are definitely using the Nazis' playbook. It's frustrating for those with any understanding of history to see this unfold, and I invite anyone to scan down this list of the Early Warning Signs of Fascism based on a 2003 article written by Laurence Britt to see what's happening.

Meme with the following text,

"Early Warning Signs of Fascism

Powerful and continuing nationalism

Disdain for human rights

Identification of enemies as a unifying cause

Supremacy of the military

Rampant sexism

Controlled mass media

Obsession with national security

Religion and government intertwined

Corporate power protected

Labor power suppressed

Disdain for intellectual & the arts

Obsession with crime and punishment

Rampant cronyism and corruption

Fraudulent elections"