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The current budget bill is an atrocity and out-of-touch leaders like Chuck Schumer laid the groundwork by voting for the CR. Appeasement and complicity do not work. When you bend the knee, they’ll break your leg.

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there is a lot of evil that has come out of this administration and a lot of harm past, present and future, but Elon discovering again and again that literally no one likes him is one of the few bright spots of this year so far

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The biggest mistake I see in discussions of trans people's healthcare is the idea that hormones and the like are some special service just for us when really all kinds of people access the same health care for all kinds of reasons but they are withheld from us because we are trans

submitted 13 hours ago • 38 comments

Imagine looking round your house for a last-minute gift to give someone you don’t particularly like and, instead of grabbing a dusty old bottle of supermarket brand wine, you remember the lightly used Boeing 747 sitting out in your garden shed

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The reason you're having trouble concentrating if you are here in the US is because we're basically being chased around by serial killers and being asked to disregard the fact.

submitted 14 hours ago • 175 comments

You mean to say, why do I live in a purple state where the right wing has methodically over decades leveraged systemic inequality into power? I suppose for the same reason I live in a purple country where the right wing has methodically over decades leveraged systemic inequality into power.

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Maybe this time they should start with the moron who spent billions on that whole “metaverse” project

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Important to remember this is medical care ordered by one’s doctor now being denied because the government doesn’t agree with your doctor. From the Freedom Party.

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The Dishonorable Marco Rubio brought The Addams Family's Thing to the hearing.

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Show me a cover version better than the original. Not only do most people not know “Respect” was originally an Otis Redding song, but also one sung from a man’s point of view. But after hearing Aretha’s version even he agreed it’s her song now. youtu.be/A134hShx_gw?...

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Dammit I showed my 13yo the Murderbot trailer and now they want to watch it but just not tonight and now I have to wait and dammit I’m an idiot

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Join us at Petaluma Kick Out the Clowns: End The Greatest Shit Show on Earth action.womensmarch.com/events/petal...

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Are the “boys at Normandy” related to the “bone spurs in Manhattan”? Asking for a friend…

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Oh damn I never even thought about what an upside that is

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Yay kids

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I only recently found out that “The Last of Us” and “This Is Us” are two different TV shows. Learning this fact has cleared up a LOT of confusion. I won’t be taking questions at this time.

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This is an incredibly solid list: kottke.org/25/05/nine-r...

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Gaza rebrands to HBO Gaza to try to get some fucking attention.

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hi, are you doomscrolling? Whenever I take time off social media, I find my life improves. I know there are a lot of bad things going on right now, but you still deserve time to rest and recover. Try not to stay up too late, and charge your phone away from your bed.

submitted 9 days ago • 21 comments

Q&A from a talk I gave last week. Q: "What do you think is the biggest threat in cybersecurity right now? Is it post-quantum computing? Is it AI?" A: Fascism. It's fascism.

submitted 9 days ago • 19 comments

Absolutely this. Pundits act like there’s some perfect poll-tested combination of policies that will unlock these voters, but it’s much simpler: Are you for real? Will you fight for them?

submitted 9 days ago • 51 comments

When I was last in the UK, they asked a lot about Trump, but seemed genuinely surprised when I suggested the same thing could be happening there - as if Brexit and Reform were mere blips and not clear steps being taken along the same dark path

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A friend of yours. Uh-huh. Sure. The saddest part is he thinks we are dumb enough to believe this shit.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Let’s be crystal clear about this: the GOP know they can’t win clean, so they are going to try to win dirty. It’s up to us to stop them.

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Happy Mother’s Day to my mother, here seen taking out the trash.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

This is genuinely like something out of William Gibson. Also the trap is named Nepenthes, which is a genus of carnivorous pitcher plants 👏👏

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“One is the loneliest number…”

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This administration sent masked, armed feds after Ras Baraka and Rümeysa Öztürk for daring to dissent. Both were arrested—but their spirits were not broken. This wasn’t just repression—it was a message to anyone thinking of speaking up. Let’s send one back: the resistance is not flinching.

submitted 13 days ago • 21 comments

Every extra hour that ICE spends facing off with activists is an hour they can't spend kidnapping other people. Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.

submitted 14 days ago • 58 comments

I do love David Tennant and his response to this question in the Guardian today.

submitted 13 days ago • 16 comments

"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."

submitted 13 days ago • 632 comments

unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy

submitted 30 days ago • 730 comments

Until AIs can be entertainingly snarky sarcastic arseholes, I’m not interested in being their friend

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

To be fair, he did warn us all that we were never going to survive unless we get a little crazy.

submitted 15 days ago • 59 comments

The current budget bill is an atrocity and out-of-touch leaders like Chuck Schumer laid the groundwork by voting for the CR. Appeasement and complicity do not work. When you bend the knee, they’ll break your leg.

there is a lot of evil that has come out of this administration and a lot of harm past, present and future, but Elon discovering again and again that literally no one likes him is one of the few bright spots of this year so far

The biggest mistake I see in discussions of trans people's healthcare is the idea that hormones and the like are some special service just for us when really all kinds of people access the same health care for all kinds of reasons but they are withheld from us because we are trans

Imagine looking round your house for a last-minute gift to give someone you don’t particularly like and, instead of grabbing a dusty old bottle of supermarket brand wine, you remember the lightly used Boeing 747 sitting out in your garden shed

The reason you're having trouble concentrating if you are here in the US is because we're basically being chased around by serial killers and being asked to disregard the fact.

You mean to say, why do I live in a purple state where the right wing has methodically over decades leveraged systemic inequality into power? I suppose for the same reason I live in a purple country where the right wing has methodically over decades leveraged systemic inequality into power.

Maybe this time they should start with the moron who spent billions on that whole “metaverse” project

Important to remember this is medical care ordered by one’s doctor now being denied because the government doesn’t agree with your doctor. From the Freedom Party.

The Dishonorable Marco Rubio brought The Addams Family's Thing to the hearing.

Show me a cover version better than the original. Not only do most people not know “Respect” was originally an Otis Redding song, but also one sung from a man’s point of view. But after hearing Aretha’s version even he agreed it’s her song now. youtu.be/A134hShx_gw?...

Dammit I showed my 13yo the Murderbot trailer and now they want to watch it but just not tonight and now I have to wait and dammit I’m an idiot

Join us at Petaluma Kick Out the Clowns: End The Greatest Shit Show on Earth action.womensmarch.com/events/petal...

Are the “boys at Normandy” related to the “bone spurs in Manhattan”? Asking for a friend…

Oh damn I never even thought about what an upside that is

Yay kids

I only recently found out that “The Last of Us” and “This Is Us” are two different TV shows. Learning this fact has cleared up a LOT of confusion. I won’t be taking questions at this time.

This is an incredibly solid list: kottke.org/25/05/nine-r...

Gaza rebrands to HBO Gaza to try to get some fucking attention.

hi, are you doomscrolling? Whenever I take time off social media, I find my life improves. I know there are a lot of bad things going on right now, but you still deserve time to rest and recover. Try not to stay up too late, and charge your phone away from your bed.

Q&A from a talk I gave last week. Q: "What do you think is the biggest threat in cybersecurity right now? Is it post-quantum computing? Is it AI?" A: Fascism. It's fascism.

Absolutely this. Pundits act like there’s some perfect poll-tested combination of policies that will unlock these voters, but it’s much simpler: Are you for real? Will you fight for them?

When I was last in the UK, they asked a lot about Trump, but seemed genuinely surprised when I suggested the same thing could be happening there - as if Brexit and Reform were mere blips and not clear steps being taken along the same dark path

A friend of yours. Uh-huh. Sure. The saddest part is he thinks we are dumb enough to believe this shit.

Let’s be crystal clear about this: the GOP know they can’t win clean, so they are going to try to win dirty. It’s up to us to stop them.

Happy Mother’s Day to my mother, here seen taking out the trash.

This is genuinely like something out of William Gibson. Also the trap is named Nepenthes, which is a genus of carnivorous pitcher plants 👏👏

“One is the loneliest number…”

Every extra hour that ICE spends facing off with activists is an hour they can't spend kidnapping other people. Every extra minute ICE has to spend contingency planning around activists and neighbors, every extra officer ICE has to put on a kidnap squad, is a drain on their efficiency.

I do love David Tennant and his response to this question in the Guardian today.

"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."

unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy

Until AIs can be entertainingly snarky sarcastic arseholes, I’m not interested in being their friend

To be fair, he did warn us all that we were never going to survive unless we get a little crazy.

good advice when doom scrolling social media i need to be more like murderbot tbh

applying for jobs again

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