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I'm begging people to remember that 'meritocracy' was coined for a work of satirical fiction. It is not a real thing, and, as the satire suggested, defining 'merit' as a standalone measurable individual quality is impossible.

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The number of times I say — and the number of different contexts — “the direction of escape is toward freedom” is a testament to its power/magic/truth/beauty

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if in the last month you've found yourself thinking "with all the shitshow nationally thank god i live in portland, i feel safe here" well, portland can't be a sanctuary without more housing. @pnwelcome.bsky.social needs your help to ensure portland builds enough homes: bsky.app/profile/pnwe...

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

This is very, very bad. Am working on a write-up, but let’s just say that firing military leaders for blatantly political reasons is wildly inappropriate; firing all the too lawyers is ominous; firing them all at the same time is a terrifying five-alarm fire

submitted 14 hours ago • 98 comments

another great example along with Wired and Teen Vogue of how real journalism these days can be a lot braver at outlets where no one is trying to get in good with the White House press secretary they’re out here with us, reporting on what’s happening to us all, instead of trying to get inside access

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this kind of shit made sense back when musk was still widely admired and seen as non-political but the most recent polling shows he's hilariously unpopular, like 10-15 points lower than Trump's own low approval ratings. People hate this motherfucker! You don't need to clear your throat first

submitted 16 hours ago • 41 comments

This is key to understanding the building outrage & backlash that extends way beyond the hurt of those fired. Firing people for no reason is brutal & loathsome but the even larger overall offense is wiping out all the fired people’s jobs with them, all the purposes & needs & value those jobs serve.

submitted 14 hours ago • 35 comments

Some of us read that article by his first wife and had no need of further questions.

submitted 10 hours ago • 9 comments

A wet head lets you know you are still alive, an umbrella is like a tiny coffin for your hair.

submitted 10 hours ago • 1 comment

This cannot be overstated like people used to be legitimately afraid of getting their asses kicked for wearing the wrong kind of shoelaces

submitted 18 hours ago • 18 comments

BREAKING — States attorneys general lead by @newyorkstateag.bsky.social were just granted a preliminary injunction in their case against DOGE. The team cannot access Treasury Department payment systems or data while the lawsuit proceeds. Major.

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Replacing the military brass and attorneys with three-star generals you pluck from retirement is exactly what a dictator looking to use an army to do some violence does.

submitted 12 hours ago • 18 comments

Is bluesky more like holding court in a radicalized, kooky cult or is ejecting an acquaintance from your chateau in rural France for the sin of disrespecting Bari Weiss more like holding court in a radicalized, kooky cult?

submitted 19 hours ago • 155 comments

Do you think someone is printing I BOUGHT THIS WHEN IT WAS CLEAR TEN YEARS AGO ELON MUSK WAS A FRAUD AND A SOCIOPATH bumper stickers to put on my Nissan Leaf?

submitted 16 hours ago • 4 comments

lmao, jesus

submitted 23 hours ago • 273 comments

Get arrested preventing DOGE goons from entering public buildings, get arrested going into public buildings to find out what DOGE goons are doing, get arrested on the floor during confirmation votes to protest the rubber stamping of unqualified candidates

submitted 1 day ago • 73 comments

The one piece of legislation this Congress will manage to pass is a bipartisan bill making it a felony to speak to a member of Congress without being invited to do so.

submitted 23 hours ago • 10 comments

I think a lot of those guys aren’t nazis — I think they just believe all the same stuff and have the same goals and act the same way and do the same salutes. But I could see how you could make that mistake.

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

Bannon, like Musk, did his shitty Nazi salute like a coward bc he wants to create plausible deniability. He wants it both ways: delusional right wingers insisting he didn’t do what we all just saw & literal Nazis celebrating it. It doesn’t even matter what he “actually” did, the result is the same.

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Guys...

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drugs have taken too many beloved celebrities from us over the years but drugs also have a rare chance right now to radically rehabilitate their image

submitted 1 day ago • 144 comments

I do know what happened to Caesar and that seems fine — it’s the subsequent political history of the Italian peninsula I’m a little more wary of

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If you're trying to figure out what to do right now, my advice is to just pick a thing that you think might be useful in some way, however small, and do it. Doing a thing leads you to doing another, bigger thing, and prepares you for that next thing.

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Fear and Loathing at CPAC

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That feeling when you fall in love with a new-to-you artist; make contact; discover a Human w/similar artistic urges & ethics; create a mutual admiration society; &—vital to an indie press!—the $ they request to do what they do is right in your wheelhouse... ...what was I saying? Oh yeah, FUCK A.I.

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i think it is cool that de facto first consul of the united states is a drug-addled maniac and deadbeat dad with a breeding fetish

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Yeah someone should set a quick calendar reminder to check back in on that one

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In 2024, the NLRB filed a complaint against Tesla for interfering in a union drive at their Buffalo, NY assembly plant. Today:

submitted 1 day ago • 77 comments

SCREAMBLING

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Telling people to ask an algorithm questions instead of just asking other people sounds really stupid until you notice that the idea is to make employees whole livelihood dependent on machines owned by the boss instead of on each other's skills

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Don't miss the freaking wild quote from a Clarivate (ProQuest) 2024 Q3 earnings call. Less than zero clue of academic responsibility to cultural preservation, or to a literate civilization even Yet again the wrong people got the keys here ebooks are books! and libraries must own them

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NEW: Last year, @johnnyryan.bsky.social made a website for a fake company using a photo of Russian soldiers to purposely elicit suspicion. A US data broker offered him access to thousands of lists of American devices anyway. Many lists targeted US leaders and defense contractors. Our latest:

submitted 2 days ago • 16 comments

The whole point of declaring yourself king is not having to care about public opinion ever again

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Incredible stuff in here: They ID'ed him, in part, by going to court hearings and watching him post

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“Build all the dick rockets you want… it’s our world and it’s our government” - @flyingwithsara.bsky.social rocks!

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I'm begging people to remember that 'meritocracy' was coined for a work of satirical fiction. It is not a real thing, and, as the satire suggested, defining 'merit' as a standalone measurable individual quality is impossible.

The number of times I say — and the number of different contexts — “the direction of escape is toward freedom” is a testament to its power/magic/truth/beauty

if in the last month you've found yourself thinking "with all the shitshow nationally thank god i live in portland, i feel safe here" well, portland can't be a sanctuary without more housing. @pnwelcome.bsky.social needs your help to ensure portland builds enough homes: bsky.app/profile/pnwe...

This is very, very bad. Am working on a write-up, but let’s just say that firing military leaders for blatantly political reasons is wildly inappropriate; firing all the too lawyers is ominous; firing them all at the same time is a terrifying five-alarm fire

this kind of shit made sense back when musk was still widely admired and seen as non-political but the most recent polling shows he's hilariously unpopular, like 10-15 points lower than Trump's own low approval ratings. People hate this motherfucker! You don't need to clear your throat first

Some of us read that article by his first wife and had no need of further questions.

A wet head lets you know you are still alive, an umbrella is like a tiny coffin for your hair.

This cannot be overstated like people used to be legitimately afraid of getting their asses kicked for wearing the wrong kind of shoelaces

BREAKING — States attorneys general lead by @newyorkstateag.bsky.social were just granted a preliminary injunction in their case against DOGE. The team cannot access Treasury Department payment systems or data while the lawsuit proceeds. Major.

Replacing the military brass and attorneys with three-star generals you pluck from retirement is exactly what a dictator looking to use an army to do some violence does.

Is bluesky more like holding court in a radicalized, kooky cult or is ejecting an acquaintance from your chateau in rural France for the sin of disrespecting Bari Weiss more like holding court in a radicalized, kooky cult?

Do you think someone is printing I BOUGHT THIS WHEN IT WAS CLEAR TEN YEARS AGO ELON MUSK WAS A FRAUD AND A SOCIOPATH bumper stickers to put on my Nissan Leaf?

lmao, jesus

Get arrested preventing DOGE goons from entering public buildings, get arrested going into public buildings to find out what DOGE goons are doing, get arrested on the floor during confirmation votes to protest the rubber stamping of unqualified candidates

The one piece of legislation this Congress will manage to pass is a bipartisan bill making it a felony to speak to a member of Congress without being invited to do so.

I think a lot of those guys aren’t nazis — I think they just believe all the same stuff and have the same goals and act the same way and do the same salutes. But I could see how you could make that mistake.

Guys...

drugs have taken too many beloved celebrities from us over the years but drugs also have a rare chance right now to radically rehabilitate their image

I do know what happened to Caesar and that seems fine — it’s the subsequent political history of the Italian peninsula I’m a little more wary of

If you're trying to figure out what to do right now, my advice is to just pick a thing that you think might be useful in some way, however small, and do it. Doing a thing leads you to doing another, bigger thing, and prepares you for that next thing.

Fear and Loathing at CPAC

i think it is cool that de facto first consul of the united states is a drug-addled maniac and deadbeat dad with a breeding fetish

Yeah someone should set a quick calendar reminder to check back in on that one

In 2024, the NLRB filed a complaint against Tesla for interfering in a union drive at their Buffalo, NY assembly plant. Today:

SCREAMBLING

Telling people to ask an algorithm questions instead of just asking other people sounds really stupid until you notice that the idea is to make employees whole livelihood dependent on machines owned by the boss instead of on each other's skills

Don't miss the freaking wild quote from a Clarivate (ProQuest) 2024 Q3 earnings call. Less than zero clue of academic responsibility to cultural preservation, or to a literate civilization even Yet again the wrong people got the keys here ebooks are books! and libraries must own them

NEW: Last year, @johnnyryan.bsky.social made a website for a fake company using a photo of Russian soldiers to purposely elicit suspicion. A US data broker offered him access to thousands of lists of American devices anyway. Many lists targeted US leaders and defense contractors. Our latest:

The whole point of declaring yourself king is not having to care about public opinion ever again

Incredible stuff in here: They ID'ed him, in part, by going to court hearings and watching him post

“Build all the dick rockets you want… it’s our world and it’s our government” - @flyingwithsara.bsky.social rocks!

Sounds like grandpa is trying to pitch the 57th National Treasure movie to his nephew the movie producer

This isn’t access. It’s proximity.

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CHINGA LA MIGRA