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A part of this not mentioned is that Texas used to let kids transition. I volunteered at a camp for trans kids in Houston when I was in college (pre transition I know I know how did I not know I was trans). Guess where part of that camp was? Texas Children’s. That’s how much we lost

on the radio they were saying a neighborhood in Newport Beach flooded today because of a single homeowner who refused to set up sandbags lmao. unprecedented levels of climate denial in Southern California

He obviously really cares about being perceived as “classy,” if only when it comes to decor, and you’d think he’d have picked up something by sheer osmosis, but no. He still has the aesthetic sensibility of Powerball Winner Homer Simpson.

maybe NYT chooses average voters the same way MrBeast chooses contestants: you gotta know someone who knows someone who can pull strings for you

I've trained my dog to salivate at the sound of a bell thanks to my invention, the edible bell

1. Lose election 2. Assume Trump will steal election for him 3. Trump is flailing around and failing to steal his own election 4. Oh shit oh fuck

The NYT story does not even include the word rape. Not once.

"trump raped more people than expected" lacks the eye-grabby novelty and sociological depth of "in red state diner trump supporter supports trump" or "president's behavior presidential"

Also, I'd love to know how two different stories -- each written by three reporters, with no overlap in the authors -- managed to find Jolene Riessen and make her the stand-in for apolitical Iowa farmers.

There are only two explanations for the NYT's habit of presenting GOP operatives and donors as true swing voters: 1. Their reporters and editors are somehow incapable of running a simple Google searches, showing just a staggering level of journalistic incompetence 2. They want to the GOP to win

as heinous as jeffrey epstein's crimes were, i don't think he should have been abused by the president. an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind

do you understand how bad you have to fuck up to be denounced by your all-boys catholic high school AND the cleveland plain dealer?

this is maybe the hardest anyone's ever fucked up in the history of ohio

I had Argon make this 53s video on Turek using archival footage snippets, for the following reasons: 1) It's important to understand the capabilities available to lab insiders using limiters-off frontier LLMs 2) In hopes of turning his anti-trans ad into a clear liability, pour encourager les autres

As a reminder, "It's a red flag for a government to start persecuting its critics" does not mean "if someone is a political opponent of the sitting government you can never ever ever hold them accountable for trying to do election interference or human rights violations when they last had power"

they could be immunocompromised. they could be Batman. they could be immunocompromised Batman. either way it's none of your business and you might get your head sliced off with a batarang

Out of religious modesty, women wore the "pilgrim hats" properly 'capotains' (which never had buckles), some of which were flat-topped, other sugarloaf. I guess we can't rule out pointy versions, but it's probably a historical misunderstanding. "Witches" were just well-dressed older women.

The US is not about to have a free and fair election. The state has put its thumb on the scale to favor the ruling party in multiple ways. It's a mostly free, somewhat unfair election. But still one where the ruling party can be overwhelmed by numbers. Hence the term "competitive authoritarianism."

Bolsonaro is blue. Are they implying that Bolsonaro is the one who cheated by doing the mythical "ballot dump"?

Assuming this is the same magazine as the “Official Nintendo Magazine” I remember as a kid, that tracks, like that magazine in its final years was full of bizarre gags and bullshit They’d regularly have a segment called “does Batman like this game” where the the answer was always a resounding “no”

“If Bolsonaro wins, they kill us — if Lula wins, they let us die.” This sums up exactly what it feels like in the US if you belong to a marginalized community (trans especially) going into the midterms Regardless the side, you’re not a person. At best, you’re an issue to be ignored or overcome

We gotta get her back on bsky, I can't keep using twitter's horrible search to find these shockingly good takes

I prefer to focus on providing good incentive structures

BREAKING: Flávio Bolsonaro admitted to hospital for “tube time”

Someone absolutely did a parlay with Vuvic and Flavio and ate absolute fucking dirt and I love that

Great observation by Jones Manoel, a leading left-wing politician and historian and recently elected congressman.

🚨 SECURITY ALERT 🚨 malicious actors using either text or speech can incept dangerous ideas into your mind

Kassio Nunes Marques, President of the Superior Electoral Court of Brazil, is responsible for deciding whether or not polls stay open for two extra hours across the states affected by voter suppression. Nunes Marques has received severe criticism for his pro-Bolsonaro stance ahead of the elections.

Over the last week, Pro-Bolsonaro groups have been telling their members to vote as soon as the polls opened. No one knew quite why they were giving out such instructions, but it’s becoming clearer with every passing minute.

There have now been major voter suppression occurrences registered in 12 out of 27 states in Brazil. Major liberal Brazilian news channel ICL reports São Paulo mayor Ricardo Nunes, who supports Flávio Bolsonaro, said earlier he couldn’t “justify the costs” of running a full fleet in the city today.

What’s happening with public transport is the one confirmed voter suppression mechanism at the moment so it’s what I am focusing on, but there are SEVERAL reports of Lula voters being coerced by the military police, Bolsonaro voters threatening anyone wearing pro-Lula symbols, generalised violence…

544 buses stopped in Bahia! Only one bus per line on the streets of Teresina, a capital with a population of almost a million! Metro stoppages in São Paulo with no replacement buses! No buses in São Gonçalo, a city in the state of Rio governed by the far-right!

ELIZABETH: I’m not really familiar with the Sugondese people either. NATHAN: Okay. BILLY: I hear you Nathan, and your line of questioning is valid. But I think what she’s too nice to say is that if the Sugondese won’t assimilate with our culture, they shouldn’t be allowed in our country.

ok its actually an extremely funny bit that r/opensource just banned discussion of linux

"I was a dumbass for X, Y, Z reasons. Material reality made me see the error of my ways" is actually incredibly uplifting stuff, especially from a 25 year old with a blue collar job and a HS diploma. He was a teenager during Trump 1

forget cold fusion we need to build power plants based around whatever physics-breaking chemistry they’ve done to create the world’s most calorie-dense foods

If it's the sound political strategy you claim to believe it is, what are you worried about, you'll more than make those lost votes up in disgusting centrists, right? Right? But you know deep down it doesn't work like that