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We, internationally, need to do exactly what the Brazilians did and lead by example with: 1) Block all far right figures/accounts 2) Never share a far right account even to dunk on them 3) Never reply to a far right account even to dunk on them Completely cut their algorithmic advantage

A certain amount of snobbery is your defense against being trough-fed by corporate ghouls. You have to be able to say "fuck this, I'm better than that"

Thursday is a paid holiday. Because Flavor Flav said so.

Between the US Secretary of State tweeting out an invitation to join a "discrete partnership with the CIA" to overthrow Cuba & the Prime Minister of The Only Democracy in the Middle East desperately tweeting "Help! Too many Arabs are voting!" …I feel like maybe we're done here

The reason the rich try to suppress protests and complicit media say they're all just "riots" is because they work

You think someone would do that? Go on [camera] and tell lies?

I think we underestimate the appeal of antigambling politics because every problem gambler is surrounded by 3-10 people who are absolutely sick of their shit.

this is trans genocide

democrats when they insist upon themselves

This article does not discuss one major reason why chocolate in the West got worse - Ghana and Ivory Coast, the two African countries that are the biggest suppliers of cacao globally, got organised and started demanding fair prices for it. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

The indomitable human spirit will prevail against the indifferent cruelty of the universe

"Both top-shelf reporting and top officials in the Trump administration, including Trump himself, have said that Musk made this decision on his own. That would be treason. The traditional way to figure out the truth of such a matter is with a trial." prospect.org/2026/10/26/d...

"You have to stop understanding! Stop understanding what you're saying!"

Broadening recognition of a shared global struggle for human rights and dignity is indeed fatal for Yglesias's worldview

Lord I have seen what you have done for others...

Lula winning is great for the planet, great for Brazil, and great for people who aren't revanchist assholes everywhere in the world, but let's not forget that it's also going to make some of the worst people on Earth extremely sad and mad. We should enjoy that, as a little treat.

I’m glad that Lula won for a lot of reasons but selfishly it kinda confirms that “swagless son of a fascist freak” will probably be a losing ticket when Trump dies and if the boys make a go for it.

USIANS PAY ATTENTION!! WE BEAT META, WE BEAT YOUR BIG TECHS!! IT IS POSSIBLE!!

This was a great way to hear that things are going well

I think people intuitively understand that democratic candidates tossing trans kids to the wolves is not only morally repugnant but also politically ineffective, otherwise they wouldn't freak out every time someone said they weren't voting for a democrat who did this

I don't think they see it this way, the Democratic electeds I mean. They resent being made to look like they care about this at all, because they don't. They think it's a low blow, a cheap shot. That's why they feel compelled to respond. They're *offended.*

the idea phase is the easiest and least valuable part of professional creativity. read the first draft of the first Star Wars if you doubt me Great art is made in the grinding, often miserable collision between the ethereal substance of an idea and the mud and blood and friction of reality

This is the problem with centrism: if one side says "death is good and we should all experience it, minorities first" you should not ever meet them half way

And do we know how those cats voted?

Some of y’all got reading comprehension issues so gonna paraphrase: it’s dishonest to call a person of multiple marginalizations “privileged” just because they express concerns about the opposition party signalling their willingness to abandon protections for them.

seems like "on the orders of a nazi every major news outlet on the planet hounded an innocent man to death because he's black" should be one of the biggest stories of the year

@darlingthresher.bsky.social @brittlestar.press just read First Cut and I am so excited for more SOPHONT! Great job so far!!!

i do mean this in the best way but if one more ostensibly leftist person brushes off the trans genocide i'm gonna go postal

truth nuke time

As per OP's question marks, thats why I didnt come out for a fair amount of time. Lots of straight people are fucking whack

Best theory for all the cancelled BLADE projects I’ve seen 🎯

Not the top Steam review of Dressmaker making me cry this morning!

It's such a massive failure of society that we've decided starving children are an acceptable price for some people to live in luxury

Why doesn't anyone in the press pool or at any public event ask Trump point blank if the reason he likes the Vivek ad is that he himself is a pedophile and a rapist? Do none of you ever get the itch to push the big red button

The poorest billionaire in California will make about $300 million this year. If we pass the CA wealth tax, he will only make $235 million. In exchange, millions of the poorest Californians will get health insurance. That's the tradeoff billionaires are not willing to make.

we should all be pissed off at this btw. if not because sex work is legitimate work and should be treated with respect, then because you should be concerned at attempts to gentrify online spaces as pretext to court investors and force out minorities so those spaces can become part of a portfolio.

Oktoberfest isn’t just a season, it’s a state of mind. Grateful for such a wonderful community here in Madison. drinkswithdarin.substack.com/p/getting-to...

Sorry to be a pedant, but they do! They do.

Democratic leadership should listen to what its most popular member says instead of doing this www.erininthemorning.com/p/dccc-relea...

"ai is unavoidable" lmao it's not, you can just hit the bricks

My hands are rated E for "Everyone who disrespects the trans homies"

We are devils to some, angels to others, Charlie Brown