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Sobering 🧵 if you missed it. ⬇️ Damn everyone who had to learn the hard way instead of the cautionary tales of history.

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I’m honestly surprised the phrase “We are Luigion” hasn’t taken off.

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The reply email inbox for this “what did you do last week” email is [email protected], so, you know, definitely don’t send them any unrelated messages that would interfere with their ability to carry out Elon’s dumbass bullshit

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By accepting Trump’s anti-Black premise and regurgitating the narrative that equates anything Black as DEI, the NY Times has become part of the propaganda machine

submitted 7 hours ago • 219 comments

Internalize that the United States as we understood it on January 19, 2025 is gone. We are in the midst of rewriting the rules and reconstructing society right now and must adjust accordingly. There is no going back, so we must imagine and think forward

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"just have him take a piss test! what is he hiding? if he won't take a drug test, he's clearly hiding something! what is he hiding?" &c, &c. but he's a private citizen! "oh, is he? so why is he getting access to top secret data? why is he getting data on his competitors? what's going on?" &c, &c.

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

How many researchers, park rangers, nurses, janitors, investigators, and prosecutors had to be fired to pay for this little exercise in autofellation?

submitted 12 hours ago • 4 comments

The rise of gen AI, backed at every level by the far-right, suggests the arrival of an _anti-information_ age. AI offers a self-reinforcing bullshit loop that, much like a Russian disinfo operation, serves to muddy the information space and create doubt about the very nature of reality.

submitted 1 day ago • 13 comments

Several good things are happening according r/fednews so I am going to drop them here. If federal workers are fighting back, how much more us? A thread/

submitted 14 hours ago • 27 comments

This is also the logical conclusion of decades now of slow mainstreaming of far-right talking points Islamophobia, transphobia, anti-immigration discourses were never "legitimate grievances" that deserved to be aired. Their purpose was to prepare the way for this

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The police literally stood aside as protesters were attacked with a machete and a bat, yet arrested a woman who asked them about their inaction. Typical. #terrorinGeorgia #GeorgiaProtests

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"We don't work for DOGE. We have always worked for you." Yes!

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In tonight's military purge, Tump nominated Dan Caine for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, a retired Lt. General so underqualified he'd need a waiver. Even odder: Caine was installed last month at 3 VC firms doing crypto, AI, and defense tech, including Thrive, founded by Jared Kushner's brother. 1/

submitted 23 hours ago • 12 comments

Gentle reminder that they draw sadistic succor from the use of the term “massacre”… deny them that in describing firings.

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Of course the person who was promoted because of their race in this exchange is actually Hegseth, whose only qualification beyond being a white male is bootlicking sycophancy.

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ℹ️Ⓜ️🅿️each

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Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email ([email protected]) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity.

submitted 8 days ago • 22 comments

Just cuz

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If you're worried about passing a polygraph, this can help you understand and prepare for it. #godspeed

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Anyone else been hearing a lot about "We just need better messaging!" "We just need a left Joe Rogan!" lately? About that. There's one reason the right has more social media than the left, with bigger audiences. Right-wingers pay their creators. End of list.

submitted 2 days ago • 69 comments

I keep seeing people just do something they think maybe would be helpful and watching that snowball and it's just amazing. Don't wait for permission, don't wait to be invited. Pick something you think needs to happen and that you can do, and do that thing.

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments