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historian, curmudgeon, artisanal tinfoil hatmaker, probably a hot mess. she/her.
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The thing about Curtis Yarvin is that his ideas are shallow plagiarisms of monarchists and fascists and the only reason he has any influence is because the tech oligarchs are desperate for an ideology that gifts them legitimacy and they’re actually dumb as shit.

gather 'round, y'all. The forced birth movement has yet another language trick. Add it to your red flag words and phrases: "Bereavement rights." This will mandate the burial or cremation of miscarriages. It's another push for fetal personhood.

really good piece on the evangelical mindset of gutting social programs and how it relates to joni ernst's heinous-ness. thestrongwilledchild.substack.com/p/we-are-all...

aiwillybillhuman.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

That Saudi trip the broligarchy just took with donald: QUOTE: "The real message from this trip and the one we have to think really clearly about is how it underscores how AI is an inherently anti-democratic project."

Also, P3ter Th13l is evil incarnate. And he's really freaking smart and plays a very long game. He primed V@nce for 15 years. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-dark-l...

reminder that d*ge was never about "streamlining" government. It was about consolidating power for the oligarchs in charge of it and making sure the rest of us bow to their wills. non-paywall link: archive.ph/tmbQH

OMFG

Just heard on xitter that spotify is allowing bannon back on with his shitshow. Glad I cancelled my subscription with spotify months ago. Fuck them.

better yet, consider unsubscribing from HBO/Max the week before her show comes out (& if you rejoin, wait until the HP season is over). it's not enough to *not* watch it – HBO needs to know it will hurt their bottom line if they continue producing it

"The pattern of selective enforcement is not merely a series of hypocritical incidents; it is a governing philosophy. Its thesis is simple: In a society run by strongmen, laws and norms exist to control the populace, not the powerful." www.thedissident.news/authoritaria...

Can we all agree that joni ernst is a vile person?

This is what happens when you turn the country over to utterly incompetent and evil mediocre people. www.notus.org/health-scien...

Truth. 👇 www.oliverexplains.com/p/elon-musk-... #TeslaTakedown, all y'all.

musk's kid didn't give him that black eye. Who in the WH punched that simpering shitweasel? I'll give props for that. The other option is he was high as usual and fell. I like the punching story better, though.

fucking enraging and heartbreaking.

My current MacBook is almost 10 years old and it's starting to show its age so I'm going to upgrade to a newer model, but I'm learning all the things on how to disable as many AI capabilities it might have as possible. Because fuck AI.

This "law prof" is a HUGE douche. I blocked him because of his douchery.

so basically, per usual, most @housedemocrats.bsky.social will do nothing. "We've tried nothing, and now we're all out of ideas." I've been saying for years now that when this country puts an authoritarian in office, Dems/liberals will be responsible, as well, because they never rose to the fight.

It's the second day of Pride month and I wanted to thank those who signed up yesterday! I'm currently sitting at 730 paid subscribers and I'm trying to get to 800 by the end of the month. There has never been a better time to support independent trans journalists than right now.

I don't think it would be a bad thing if we de-teched a lot of spaces. davidpepper.substack.com/p/palantir-d...

Note the language being used—laws like this claim it’s for “protection” of people. “It’s for your own good.” And the law was passed to keep people from protesting in support of Palestinians, who apparently, in the eyes of these lawmakers, don’t deserve protection.

and this also speaks to the broader militarization of #Canada. Yikes.

Another thing this law does is it shrinks public space, putting more control in the hands of the state, which now defines what protest is and where you can go. It also allows the state to limit who can use/be visible in public space—it allows room to disappear people. Really dangerous, #Canada.

“Liberals” going right makes me think of Mockingjay Part 2 (movie) when Katniss kills Coin because she realizes that Coin is just another authoritarian drunk on power. Meanwhile, #Canadians are like the US with regard to this matter—shows how weak left-wing organizing is in both countries.

Damn. #Canada going more authoritarian. This law is meant to stop protest—esp. protest against what 1sr@el is doing to Gaza. The #Toronto mayor claims to be liberal, but here she goes supporting this. W/out a strong left, liberals will support authoritarianism. 🤷‍♂️ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“Millions of Californians who rely on Medi-Cal & In-Home Supportive Services could lose eligibility under a proposal requiring recipients to prove their assets total less than $2,000” This is forcing disabled people (further) into legislated poverty Asset tests are cruel & another form of eugenics

y’all… tucson.com/news/local/b...

also, how THE FUCK does arresting parents in this terrible accident help the surviving son??? He lost his brother AND his parents. The state may have created a ward of the state because of this. jfc.

Rep. Al Green: “Have you no shame? God created every person in this room. Are you saying that God made a mistake? This is not about God. It’s about men who choose to discriminate against other people because they have the power to do so.”

holy shit. So the lady who hit the kid isn’t responsible?? WTAF??? And I’m guessing if the parents were both white it would be a totally different story. jfc.

thread for how not to get labeled as spam by bluesky if you’re a Gaza acct.

“You just want them to violate the spam rules and do whatever they want” Meanwhile I made and paid to have translated into Arabic by a Palestinian a guide to help them not do this

People around the world are starving now because of Musk’s cuts. They are dying of disease because of Musk’s cuts. They are being born with diseases they will carry with them for the rest of their lives because of Musk’s cuts. https://trib.al/6aed8Io

because ICE is fascist and recruits fascists to carry out its orders.

betting noem’s crew used AI to put the list together.

srsly, y'all. This lady is fucking bonkers in addition to being an absolute shitweasel. www.wired.com/story/nancy-...

This should be on billboards everywhere @lincolnproject.us @piperformissouri.bsky.social

🔥 MASSACHUSETTS GOV HEALEY: “Trump wants to tell Harvard who they can let in, what they can teach, who they can hire… It’s dumb. It’s stupid. Trump is making 🇺🇸 less competitive, and putting American interests last.”

interesting to see donald bashing one of his kingmakers, leonard leo. That guy holds so much power and influence. Could be a good rift to exploit, rebels. www.rawstory.com/leonard-leo-...

and of course repubs are denying it. Meanwhile, rfk jr.'s report is full of made-up citations and it pretty much AI-generated. www.them.us/story/utah-g...

New Trump federal hiring policy: *Seeks to explicitly embed political loyalty tests into the hiring of career civil servants. *Tells agencies to stop collecting demographic data, so we cannot track the effects of Trump's policies. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

Reminder that Global Project Against Hate and Extremism has extensive coverage of Project 2025. globalextremism.org/p25-updates/

The new GOP slogan (thank you, Joni Ernst.)