David Faroz Precht

After years of contemplating how we can resolve and “fix” racism I keep going back to this quote from 1938 The answer seems to be that white folks need to help other white folks to change and evolve Challenge it all you want but change is the only solution I can find Also, now’s the time to start

JD Vance: All right, team. I think I’m going to lean into being a racist whose nihilism is my strongest attribute. Any notes? His team: (does a Nazi salute) JD: Great

"Move fast and break things," say the people who, in an uncanny coincidence, are responsible for breaking the entire planet at a terrifying speed.

Racist man says racist thing

One of the most difficult things for me to do as the writer is to be critical of the art a collaborator provided. How could I?! They made my words into beautiful images. THEY DID SOMETHING MAGICAL THAT I CAN'T HOLY SHIT I LOVE THIS SO MUCH MY HEART IS EXPLODING but then I have to. Takes time

Deleted the post looking for Black animators. Thanks for reach out

Read an article about Musk’s Grok-generated Odyssey slop and all the complaining about Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy and Nyong'o is one of the most beautiful people alive today, why would she not play Helen, the most beautiful woman at the time? (It’s racism, I’m just baffled because my God)

The death of door-to-door trick-or-treating is the death of community

I burned the tadiq Please, ancestors, forgive me

Follow the accounts in @laminda.bsky.social's starter pack of independent news media. Vastly less likely to parrot bullshit right wing talking points for the pleasure of our billionaire overlords. go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e

@gabrielzucman.bsky.social: So let met get that straight: paying a wealth tax is impossible (“billionaires have no liquidity”, “it would be taxing unrealized gains”, “their wealth is virtual”) but one man paying half a billion to influence elections is possible. Did I understand well?

How am I supposed to not respond to a blatantly bigoted post on…LinkedIn…putting my phone down

“The people who have been marginalized, genocided or enslaved for hundreds of years, who are talking about how ending white supremacy will help everyone, including white people, are the real racists. Brought to you by the people who benefit from white supremacy and a lack of worker solidarity”

Who needs traditional red-lining when you can just send a text

‘Customers should be less informed about the products they buy’ is such a wild stance to take

Sam Reich: David, you lost. How would you like to die? Me: Blunt force trauma to the butt Sam Reich: … Me: Yeah Sam Reich: David, you can’t make me say… Me: Butt force trauma Sam Reich: Please leave Me: …to the butt

If you haven't already, 1. Make a plan to vote, 2. Study your ballot this weekend, 3. Help your family and friends make plans too (e.g. can you take them to the polls/vote centers or drop off their ballots?) 4. Ask them to pass it forward.

The sexual abuser is mad that someone he would like to sexually abuse spoke to him

The fear of AI is that it will create a machine that follows rules so literally, with such brutal utilitarian mentality, that it will do so to an apocalyptic degree. We already have this in society though and it's called German Protestantism.

Guys, drop everything, Anthropic is looking for a Copywriter/Developer which is totally a real job. They're not going to steal your resume data or pivot to just a developer because "anyone can write." This is a real job that someone who licks boot will totally apply for

Some cities it's just not worth fucking with

Trump’s dad was arrested at a Klan rally…

This is profoundly fucked up Getty has helped artists, photographers and media around the world, providing quality images for decades. And they're going under because people want to prompt their own reality

Trans voter to @aoc.bsky.social: Trans people in America feel like they've been abandoned by the Democratic Party, that we are a losing issue, that it's not worth defending us. What do you say to that? AOC:

They’re mad they can’t have slaves too Most of the CEOs I’ve worked under talk about workers like they’re annoyed they have to pay them at all

it's so obvious that every single tech motherfucker hates the fact that they actually have to have a product. their ideal business model is infinite investment money without having to care about silly little things like users.

This is a good illustration of how so much of AI theft isn't indirect (ie, data sucked into a model to train the chatbot) - it's actually **direct** copying, but *enabled* by GenAI. Of course it is: chatbots absolutely suck at creating good, new stuff.

They don’t just want to ruin elections and take away rights, they also want to destroy more lives in the process

Liberation!

Bit of advice for new parents or soon to be parents (also, reminder to the parents of toddlers): Always check their laundry for diapers Our washing machine is full of superabsorbent polymer. It’s fucking everywhere. This gel shit is everywhere!

Well, this is fucked Greed met AI and they decided to ruin one of the most profitable industries in the world Wild

I always thought the ultimate goal of growing up was mastering things like humility, empathy, and critical thinking. They’re still important, but it turns out, an equally crucial life skill is just learning how to remain unbothered by people who refuse to do any of those things.

In the bedrock of my soul I know he started out thinking the press pool was a literal pool and has been seething with disappointment since he discovered the mistake

I'm not kidding, the guy simply has to be at the very least deported at the end of this. If we're doing "he's not from here" shit, he is the most not from here guy alive. He needs jail or deportation the second it's viable to do it.

Now is the time to care about everyone, not “once we win” The time to care about everyone is always always always now

Unfortunately there are people who care about trans people having rights who are not trans people themselves and I’m sure that the number will suddenly grow exponentially post election when candidates have lost and you’re looking for someone to blame that isn’t the candidates themselves

I think about this show at least twice a week Magnificent storytelling, mind bogglingly good design, growth, horror, loneliness, love What a fucking show

I have terrible news for the president about New York

a cop murdered a baby because he suspected his mom shoplifted some diapers

Tech press: Look at that car fly!

Interesting this kids cutting off abusive parents is an epidemic worthy of endless press coverage, but I've never seen hand-wringing op-eds about parents disowning their kids for being gay, transitioning, or having different religious beliefs.

Am I doing this right?

Recent quotes from our three year old that could be song lyrics (probably hiphop given his penchant for flow): 1) “Let’s open you up like a cheese sandwich” 2) “I breaked it. I breaked it so hard” 3) “I don’t like real dinosaurs. Just skeletons”

Tomorrow, we’re hosting a pumpkin decorating party with paint and stickers because 3 year olds and knives go together TOO well

Zuckerberg took down the the No Kings organizer's Instagram page right as the protests were happening. #zuckerberg #NoKings #meta