Skippy the jedi droid

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.

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Nothing and no one should stand between New Yorkers and their right to vote — least of all the government.
 Early voting is happening now through November 1. Election Day is November 3. See you at the polls!

An autistic man’s ADHD is threatening to take over and turn him evil, it has been rumoured.

Kapao, a shy and curious kappa who likes pickled cucumbers and dancing, is the mascot for Aeon Mall in Higashikurume, Tokyo.

That this is in THE WASHINGTON POST is almost too much irony to bear.

This week’s main story is about how more and more white nationalists, antisemites, and Nazi sympathizers seem to be integrating into the Republican Party, how some of them are currently running for office, and how old you can be for JD Vance to consider you “a very young boy.”

it's a family tradition now

The thing I wish cis people would internalize is that you cannot rationalize your way out of this being in your coalition. I MUST treat this as a serious risk to my life because it might be. These ads force trans people to move through the world differently and it's rational for us to do so

As parents we have choices: 1) get to know our kids, as people, over time, by spending time with them. 2) ask an overhyped computer program to describe them for us, then - gotta go, off to another marketing meeting! SILICON VALLEY PARENTS know that 2 is what EPIC WINNERS do.

I spent all day writing the thread in my head about how Bolsonaro's win was the culmination of a 20-year project to end Brazilian democracy, with the participation of both domestic elites and foreign actors like the US state department and Meta. This is all true, of course, except he didn't win.

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.

North America Schengen Zone is politically implausible at present but a basically guaranteed massive win on the merits of

gentle reminder

you really shouldn't put it on the shoulders of voters for voting in theie own best interests just because it hurts other long term items if you want the vote of trans folk, don't be anti-trans most folk aren't gonna to the political calculus on long term strategy, relying on that is bad politics

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.

you're goddamn right you guys did

bill maher has never held someone’s attention this long

Meanwhile, pro-democracy, pro-Europe protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, are tonight nearing their 700th consecutive day of protest against the pro-Russian government. They haven't missed a single day in the last 23 months.

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

We won not only against Bolsonaro, but against the full force of the USian's Big Techs, Meta, CIA, Trump, the Brazilian right-wing elites, the billionaires' press and more.

Did you forget about Biden keeping ICE just like how it was during Trump’s first term?

boy it sure seems like the main threat to democracy everywhere across the globe is right wing media and certain social media companies

The International Ice Cream Consortium (IICC) sounds like a cover for a convention of global assassins. But I'd still trust the results of their ice cream awards. Just because they kill people doesn't mean they can't recognize great ice cream.

Always nice to see the assholes eat shit globally

DANCING HUGGING NO AMNESTY this is the way 💕

We win when we seek vengeance. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...

Not only a vital defeat of the far right, but also a win of inestimable value for the planet.

Hungarian PM Péter Magyar: "I have just spoken by phone with the leaders of the Students List, who won the elections in Serbia, to congratulate them... I assured them of Hungary’s support. I was delighted to hear how much strength our victory in April had given them during this difficult struggle."

“Fuck it we ball” translates to, in transfemme Marxist dialect, “we will simply tear a better future for ourselves from the maw of the horrifying present we find ourselves in”

Lula has been reelected president, Brazilian media has now called. An extraordinary comeback for the left-wing politician who trailed by 2 points in round 1 but managed to hold off Flávio Bolsonaro, the former president's son.

Writers Guild speaks out about tech platforms squashing the @alexgibneyfilm doc about Elon Musk: “A small handful of billionaires now own virtually every major media company, news outlet, social media platform and are demonstrating how this unchecked concentration threatens democratic discourse.”

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2002 was no better Ran with a very alternative Goth crowd (where I sincerely expected tolerance). Gay was ok, but gods forbid I try to change pronouns

you kids who grew up in the 2000s don't understand that television is a completely different art form than it was in the 80s and early 90s. in a generally good way.

you know what? this is the first idea you've had that i support, Bibi.

it does give me some level of satisfaction that he’s going to die mad about not getting a nobel peace prize because obama got one and he didn’t

We cannot treat bad faith actors respectfully. This man is a moron

As a former comedy writer turned investigator, I believe that bullying losers like Marco Rubio can literally save lives.

liberty mutual was the only advertiser who stuck with tucker carlson after he said mexicans were "filth" so whatever fantasies you have about torturing the mascot are morally correct