I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.
there’s no such thing as “strategic bigotry.” I know this because there is no amount of money you could pay me to become a bigot. the democrats who do this agree to do it because they’re bigots
Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet.
Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well.
Horrific.
Man, Hegseth's Department of War is even more buffoonish than everything else. Kinda amazed how the US military didn't just have some basic war plans they could activate. Their lack of preparedness is astonishing.
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See now we're fucking talking
One of the only weapons we wield in this fight is our money and attendance, and if everyone involved with an event says "I'm not going unless you stop using AI" there's only two outcomes:
*No AI or No Convention*
Conventions are made by and for the community
The wildest thing my TikTok algorithm does to me is think I’m an anti-Stratfordian. It’s been years, but today I got a whole ass video of some dork just “asking” questions on why don’t we have anything hand-written by this world famous writer.
I think the video was added by Jim Cummings of all people too. Who knew the voice of Pooh would platform wild misinformation like this. But here we are.
Looking at the comments had somebody explain a lot of these documents we’d expect were probably burned away with the Globe during the London fires. There ya go!
The wildest thing my TikTok algorithm does to me is think I’m an anti-Stratfordian. It’s been years, but today I got a whole ass video of some dork just “asking” questions on why don’t we have anything hand-written by this world famous writer.
and didn’t become this important literary figure well after that. I’m no Shakespearean expert, but I can at least ascertain that much info and also assume that people don’t really seek out and keep letters from people unless they’re really, really important within their own lifetimes.
And I’m only writing this all out here because I refuse to add engagement to that video on TikTok. Gotta ignore, report, and scroll away. But at the same time come ON people!
The wildest thing my TikTok algorithm does to me is think I’m an anti-Stratfordian. It’s been years, but today I got a whole ass video of some dork just “asking” questions on why don’t we have anything hand-written by this world famous writer.
“Even Ghengis Khan has letters.” Ok, well he was an important political figure in HIS lifetime. Shakespeare, while becoming wealthy at the end of his life and was well-respected in the theater scene, didn’t have all of his works published until 7 years AFTER his death
Nobody hates free speech more than the fascist tech oligarchs who claimed to care about it more than anyone. What an absolute joke.
P.S. they also hate democracy.
As we hand them control of the country.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...
It’s taking a long time for people to wake up to the fact that these platforms are not public forums but privately owned companies with terrible agendas and total control. If you lay down with these dogs…
Update: without explanation, and after being suspended for more than an hour during peak mobilization time, Zuckerberg's Instagram restored the No Kings account but we still lack admin access. More to come.
Rest assured we will not stop organizing against this regime and its collaborators.
🙋♀️I consider abortion a good option, and a social good writ large! Pregnancy is not a punishment for contraceptive failure or contraceptive lack or contraceptive refusal.
I am pro-abortion, period. Same as I'm pro-chemotherapy, pro-insulin, pro-root canal, pro-pap-smear.
Her illness started with Covid, and despite her incredible, international-competition level fitness at the time. I don’t know who exactly would have to get this for healthy people to understand that when they get Covid, which they will continue to get, they are spinning a chamber and firing the gun.
Olympic sprinter Beth Dobbin advocates brilliantly in this article:
🔹strongly rejects CFS label
🔹states there is no specialist NHS service
🔹conveys the severity of the disease
🔹raises the issue of how athletes are more 'believed'
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet...
NEW Miami Herald:
Two women have filed a federal civil lawsuit accusing Matt Gaetz and two others of participating in an alleged sex trafficking scheme involving young women, drugs and traveling across state lines.
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
I think that, like every other attempt they’ve made to go after high profile regime enemies through the legal system, this is likely to end poorly for them in court
it is also an extremely dangerous escalation and should be treated like the emergency it is by both Dem leadership and the media
WSJ: 'The Trump administration’s investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar is aimed at building a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and other people familiar with the probe'
Look, I loved The Odyssey as much as the next filmbro, but $300 for a collector’s edition that comes with a hardcover book and placard sounds very stupid. Shouldn’t be surprised it’s sold out already, but here we are!
I will say that version of the movie had the best steel cover case, so if that’s why everybody went for it then I understand. Except I don’t because it was *300* fucking dollars
Back in my day, you could buy a video game console for that, but I guess we’re in such a recession that’s now the price of a collector’s edition boxset. Like what the actual fuck?
Now with all the Russian bots taken out, are we allowed to talk about how fucking good Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi actually is without being bombarded by the angry “mob?”
Maybe my third favorite SW movie, and I like the Canto Bight subplot. In fact, it’s my fav subplot outside of the Luke Skywalker stuff. Super satisfying to see the gambling and billionaire sector get taken out by Fathiers (the racing reindeer)!
And Benicio del Toro as DJ was unreal. Have no clue why they didn’t bring him back for future movies, but Finn’s whole story arc and all the characters he meets I thought were fucking awesome. I get why John Boyega would be frustrated how his character was handled, tho.
Figuring out why Ossoff is so effective is an interesting task.
I think he's mastering a kind of stern dignity that is uniquely compelling in contrast to the clownish cruelty of the other side.
I think the other person who's kind of hit on the same thing is AOC, though in a different register
Because he's one of the only people standing next to a Republican going, "this person is a piece of shit, I don't respect him, neither should you, he's fucking evil and he needs to go, and I don't care if it makes me sound rude saying it" LIKE EVERY DEMOCRAT SHOULD BE DOING??? MAYBE???
Figuring out why Ossoff is so effective is an interesting task.
I think he's mastering a kind of stern dignity that is uniquely compelling in contrast to the clownish cruelty of the other side.
I think the other person who's kind of hit on the same thing is AOC, though in a different register
Remarkable how consistently the Trump administration has adopted the aesthetics of mass shooters, from their schizophrenic social media aesthetic to livestreamed executions to masked men with long guns roaming our streets with impunity. Nihilist violent extremism as statecraft
Following the final approval of the Warner Bros.-Paramount merger, CEO David Ellison promises "difficult decisions that affect our workforce."
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That's all, folks—Skydance immediately hints at massive layoffs
Capital punishment is wrong.
The “Justice” system often gets it wrong.
Subramanyam Vedam spent over four decades in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.
The FBI withheld exculpatory evidence.
He was finally released in 2025 and immediately grabbed by ICE.
There’s no “justice” to be found:
Tennessee has had two failed executions this year.
The death penalty should be abolished.
Christa Pike wasn’t afraid to die.
She was afraid they would screw it up and make her suffer.
Which is exactly what happened.
We shouldn’t allow the government to kill people.
NEWS — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear criticizes fellow Democrats who say transgender athletes should be barred from women’s sports.
“That is not the party that we are. We start as a party of compassion and empathy.”