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i imagine the goal isn’t converting diehards. humor lowers defenses, repetition builds memory, and packaging it like a late-night bit makes complex issues stick. it also helps build reality consensus, which is crucial in a media landscape where people can’t even agree on what’s real.

there's been an intense campaign to dehumanize trans people from the right, a campaign in lock step with rolling back ALL CIVIL RIGHTS. yet it is the marginalized ppl asking for rights that are critiqued and centered; not the cruel bigoted denial of those rights (just to exist!) by those in power.

www.huckmag.com/article/muxe...

there’s plenty of disagreement on bluesky, just with less death threats and racist dogpiling. twitter isn't the model to copy. every social media site doesn’t need to be right wing debate club. it can be a place to talk about interests and hobbies like normal people.

definitely not alf, totally different guy

mentioned to the kids i was psyched for GTAVI and they reacted like i just said Fast & Furious was high cinema. made me realize i’ve got total Dad Taste in games. i still think bioshock is peak art, meanwhile they’re into obscure indie horror games made by a guy in a yurt somewhere.

This is why they can't fix it: it's not broken It's *structurally indifferent to truth*

sometimes things that are kind of dumb and cliche are also perfect and beautiful and worth leaning in to

"we don't want anybody thinking about politics when they come to watch les mis"

The algorithm rewards sparks. Real life rewards systems. Know which game you’re playing.

bluesky's DNS verification is already a solid, decentralized solution to prove your identity. it's clean, effective, and doesn’t rely on arbitrary status symbols. bluechecks just import the same petty elitist baggage that made twitter (in part) a real shithole.

we've been reading this same stupid article for 10 years now. real americans from rural towns get endless empathy and coddling no matter how toxic their politics, while urban voters need to toughen up, cut back, and stop whining. an exhausting double-standard that is neither useful or insightful.

I have a new favorite sticker.

Post dog

They girlboss yassified Gilded Age space tourism. It's not a "crew." These people are not astronauts, they are passengers. This is not feminism. This is not anywhere in the neighborhood of feminism. This is the glossy capitalist influencer ripoff known as "empowerment" and it's just gross!

As my dream of choking to death on a pork chop bone alone in my apartment while still nubile and at peak sensuality slips further away with each passing decade I’m further troubled by a recurrent dystopian dream of cage fighting a robot for my inevitable retirement career as a Walmart greeter.

all musical notation should be this specific

@denisedwheeler.bsky.social saw your bio, i have some archive materials related to Peenemunde, Mittelwerk, as well as White Sands and ABMA. I'd be happy to send your way if you could use it. Also have some of the original staff directories from MSFC and lists of transplants.