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The Grand Old Rape Party

Adding to Chanda’s point here: this level of action and optimism can likely be attributed to the fact that Lula and the Workers’ Party are leftist and they believe that better things are possible.

The achievement of Serbian students overthrowing Aleksandar Vučić can't be overstated. In 2024, they began protesting. In 2025, they transformed a protest movement into civil dissidence. In 2026, they became a political party — and two months later, crushed a corrupt state-entrenched authoritarian.

no amnesty

starting to get eerily prescient with these feelings >.<

young men (18-29) who spend >5 hours a day on social media are more likely to agree that advancing women’s and girls’ rights has gone too far than those who don’t use social media as much. no difference detected among young women. @eurcorrespond.bsky.social

The timeline cleanse of all timeline cleanses. Absolutely adorable and amazing

Those two do NOT look like any kind of LEO. That looks like an attempted car jacking. I would have got out of there real quick like too.

Hitler did it better, but they've finally consolidated the media. Now they control the narrative. But we still have the power to say "no." Boycott Paramount, Warner Brothers and all the properties included in this new media monstrosity called Skydance. psychopete1.substack.com/p/the-merger...

i have so much to say. (at literally every given moment lol iyk me, im sorry)…. the regressions in our society & personhood are a direct result of meta & it is manufactured to deceive you of its intentions, & your own, & its working. I’ll share my ted talk one day. from @theverge.com :

NYPD Tickets Dead Cyclist For Obstructing Bike Lane

Great @marisakabas.bsky.social interview w/Steven Hale of the Nashville Banner, who served as a media witness to the botched execution of Christa Pike. Having to witness state-sponsored murder is heavy; and then witnessing that murder fail not once but twice? www.thehandbasket.co/p/christa-pi...

the morality of the livestreamed execution side of thing is obviously heinous, but I'm also curious re: the logsitic pandora's box that's gonna open in terms of "who is hosting it? are posting links allowed? are these chuds going to attempt to vibecode their own streaming platform by december?"

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

Three FBI interviews with a woman who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting / raping her when she was 13–15, after Jeffrey Epstein introduced them, were missing from the DOJ’s initial Epstein files release. #OpDeathEaters

⚾️ Jake Bauers of the Milwaukee Brewers says he decided not to retire because his wife was pregnant and they needed health insurance. In the richest country in the world. It doesn’t have to be like this. #MedicareForAllNOW

Heartbreaking 💔 Children scream while masked ICE goons kidnap their families in broad daylight in Harrison, New Jersey.

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You're never too old to get excited about seeing a really big tree.

Pete Hegseth gave a speech in front of a backdrop that almost perfectly matches Nazi imagery. Meanwhile, Trump calls opponents “vermin” who he will “root out,” and says the blood of our country is being poisoned. We are far past left vs right. Our choice is democracy or fascism.

Over a dozen states have important voter registration deadlines today. Check your registration and make a plan to vote at IWillVote.com. Then ask friends and neighbors to do the same.

AI is now the biggest investment in all of US history as a percentage of GDP. Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down. "AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago. We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out.

A cannoli is just a dessert taquito

This kind of talk has always seemed to impress certain segments of the political class, but now that he’s imploding, they look like gullible suckers. He’s just a lout, nothing more. He insults people because he isn’t smart enough for anything else. He’ll become more loutish as he circles the drain.

this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient

If the media wanted to fight apathy, they’d crucify Trump with Smith’s testimony. It would play on loops in every household. It would be plastered on every website. It would and should be a greater media frenzy than Watergate. But it’s just Tuesday in the upside down and they”ll miss the moment.

"Paywalls are toll roads to a gated community, one that the average American cannot afford to enter in an era of inflated prices and deflated expectations. Democracy relies on an informed citizenry. Pay-to-play democracy is no democracy at all." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/gutting-th...

Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/kQdKbY1

What AI is doing to the already rapacious and deadly American healthcare system is truly dark. bsky.app/profile/70sb...

"Authoritarian, conservative, and reactionary networks have been among the principal drivers of the surge in distrust, conspiracism, and anti-scientific sentiment." Yes: contemporary polarization is driven by a deliberate campaign to destroy trust in core institutions & epistemic standards.

This is one of those stories that drives home just how horrifying the current administration and its immigration policies / enforcement tactics are. It’s heartbreaking and stomach turning.

This is Nazi rhetoric. Not similar. Not Nazi-like. It’s straight up lebensraum.

That's because the anti-intellectualism of the populists and Far Right is in direct contradiction to the basic foundations of any civilisation

someone should write a science fiction story called "2+2=5" set in a future where no-one has retained any ability to do the basic operations and an apocalyptic cult introduces malware into the LLMs that store all human knowledge so that the LLMs stop knowing how to do them as well

“At least six babies in Pennsylvania have been born infected with measles, with two so sick they had to be admitted to intensive care.” H/t @ameshaa.bsky.social

we lost my cat last night. he was the floofiest goofiest sweetest boy. we miss him so much. I ask that you all go find the closest kitty and give them some temptations today - they deserve it. pics of your babies are welcome, but only after they’ve received all the extra lovins and treats 🥺❤️

Charting all the AI factions on a “We are/are not building god” axis and a “it is bad/good to build god” axis.

“Briefly detained” = beat half to death

We’re being run by an unhinged, corrupt egomaniac who thinks he’s a king and has no use for the constitution. And most of the media still just covers it like it’s normal.

🔥 MUST-READ — A WARNING ⚠️ from @AOC: “Heads they win, tails we lose… should the A.I. bubble congress must not bail them out… the biggest threat to humanity isn’t A.I. — it’s the tech oligarchs themselves… @RepAOC points out A.I. companies are demanding massive investments from 🇺🇸 while LOSING money

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. Remember: Wealth can’t be separated from power. Power begets wealth and wealth begets power.

In Alligator Alcatraz, detainees were forced into small outdoor cages for hours at a time. In Camp East Montana, detainees report beatings from guards and denial of medical care. In Delaney Hall, detainees report unsafe drinking water and retaliatory abuse for speaking up. Unimaginable cruelty.