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stephersa.bsky.social
armchair social media expert + harvard anthro and film grad
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Idea for an alt history sci-fi horror story: during WW2 a new technology forces everyone to know about every gruesome and banal personal detail about Hitler 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

submitted 23 hours ago • 3 comments

the thing about due process rights is that you can’t mistakenly fire anyone unless you’re violating their rights

submitted 4 days ago • 25 comments

state of the internet is so bad that I think I'm actually going to become a wikipedia donor

submitted 4 days ago • 8 comments

Even if it was about efficiency, I don’t think enough Americans realize that’s not actually what they want.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

It’s not about “government efficiency.” It’s about autocratic power.

submitted 5 days ago • 185 comments

There's a union out there called AFSCME and they're busting their balls for you doing a lot of shit work you take for granted

submitted 5 days ago • 23 comments

"Project 2025 approved SSA administrator steps down just 3 weeks into the administration, giving up a GS-15 career in the process, because she knew even one more week on the job would risk putting her in prison for decades" is a very good and comforting sign (Musk's touching the stove)

submitted 5 days ago • 37 comments

The evolution of doge from a cute internet meme to a fascist icon is basically the plot of "The Waldo Moment" episode of Black Mirror. Fascists don't just steal our freedom. They also steal the silly, fun pop culture moments that make life bearable. That's why joy is resistance too.

submitted 5 days ago • 17 comments

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

i mean, the president's executive order isn't a goddamn law! as far as this doctor is concerned, who cares what the president says!

submitted 11 days ago • 167 comments

Some higher ed organizations who are loudly circling the wagons against federal funding cuts were oddly silent or circumspect about the earlier attacks on CRT and DEI. I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.

submitted 12 days ago • 112 comments

too many people used the phrase “skeleton key” this week. it is now on temporary pause

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

So far "defending women from gender ideology" (as Trump puts it) looks a lot like shutting down programs that prevent rape and domestic violence

submitted 12 days ago • 13 comments

If Republican politicians believe they’ll be killed by their own voters or coworkers if they honor their oaths to the country and Constitution, then the only moral response is to (wo)man up and die. I know it sounds callous, but I’m sorry, it’s true.

submitted 14 days ago • 32 comments

You're goddamn right the Girl Scouts won't cross a picket line

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

This here, from Curtis Yarvin's 2022 fever dream rants.

submitted 14 days ago • 11 comments

this is nauseating

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

see, I'm a nationalist in the sense that this makes me fucking furious, makes me think Musk and Trump are traitors, and that they should be [SHOWN THE ERROR OF THEIR WAYS]

submitted 14 days ago • 13 comments

submitted 15 days ago • 109 comments

The way the leadership of institutions -- tech, media, and education have shown a lack of spine should be a lesson that resounds through the ages.

submitted 15 days ago • 4 comments

Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings. But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.

submitted 15 days ago • 75 comments