Alex

Alex

@thatsrite.bsky.social

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anyone who has worked in a corporate environment has seen this behavior before... someone comes around who is better at the job than you, so you put all your energy towards demonizing them cause you are so humiliated by the way they make you look like such a loser by comparison

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I have just published a piece that is very important to me. It's about why so many "progressives" and people on "the left" are lying to us right now about crime, safety, and repression, and what we should be doing instead. equalityalec.substack.com/p/why-is-eve...

equalityalec.substack.comWhy is everyone lying?What do Malcolm Gladwell, far right propagandists, Democratic politicians, the non-profit Vera Institute for Justice, and “socialists” from Jacobin Magazine have in common?

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This post isn’t making a point about voting, but people with pundit-brain can’t approach any idea w/o equating it to voting, and so they respond by demanding assurances about voting—to which I say those who offer no assurances will receive no assurances. Feel a fraction of the anxiety you cause.

A.R. Moxon@juliusgoat.bsky.social

If you would try to win by abandoning trans people (or any targeted group) you can save this “we need to win” talk; there is no “we.” I am about solidarity, and you have chosen anti-solidarity. You are not any “we” I recognize. You are the enemy I’m trying to defeat. Beating you is how my “we” wins.

Such a failure of California state leadership that our TVs are a flood with deeply misleading ads in favor of voter ID and against the billionaire tax, with absolutely zero counter-programming. They are just letting the bad guys win.

This is what you get for buying a pair of Booty Pop padded underwear on Amazon...

Dexerto@dexerto.bsky.social

Amazon users are discovering a bizarre "About You" page that reveals what the company thinks it knows about them One woman found Amazon had determined she "has flat buttocks"

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Pete is lost in terms of modern war. I use the example of this outgunned Ukrainian army officer who successfully terrorized a Russian unit for weeks because she "did the math." At the time, someone commented, "yeah, in combat, 'I did the math' beats 'I can do 100 pushups' every time."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Hegseth: "The ideological clowns are out. The patriotic cowboys are in, with testosterone testing on top."

"I learned it by watching you" was way funnier/quotable, but "this is your brain on drugs" literally stopped me from trying weed for years, so I guess it's a tie?

ElieNYC@elienyc.bsky.social

Hive mind, settle a Gen X debate for me. What's more famous: "I learned it by watching you" OR "This is your brain on drugs" And if you need more context then you aren't allowed to answer.

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The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.

Rolling Stone@rollingstone.com

Filmmaker Alex Gibney has shared the first trailer for 'Musk,' a two-part, four-hour deep dive into Elon Musk that Rolling Stone called “a nonfiction horror movie” following its film festival debut earlier this month. Watch ↓

T'Cha is a tremendous music critic and this article about my favorite band these days is spot on.

Montreal Gazette@mtlgazette.bsky.social

Dunlevy: Angine de Poitrine wins Polaris Music Prize – is that even fair? montrealgazette.com/entertainmen...

at absolutely no point in Trump's 2024 campaign did he say he was only going after terrorists...

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Mother of Renee Good: I voted for Trump under the impression that these agents were here to protect the citizens of the US, innocents like our family and the others here, against terrorists. Certainly not to accuse those of us here of being terrorists and take precious lives. This is madness.

Love this but antitrust is not enough. Wall Street owns Hollywood and the layoffs, low morale and enshittification of this industry started over 20 years ago. Preventing mergers just causes bankruptcies now. We need public subsidy of the arts, another thing the Dems don't push for enough.

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weird day to be worried about state-run tv, gavin!

Governor Gavin Newsom@governor.ca.gov

First, Trump banned independent news from the White House. Now, he's launching what is quite literally state-run TV to try drowning out the fact that he and his corrupt administration are failing the American people. This is truly autocratic behavior from a failed President.

feel like they are going to give Jiricek the #6 spot and he does not look good... also Martone not looking like his usual self #LetsGoFlyers

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Macklemore says “free Palestine” and the ADL applauds him losing gigs for it. Kanye West puts out a song called “Heil Hitler” the org can’t be bothered to have an opinion on it. Instead, they insert themselves into the concert venues to do trainings on hate symbols.

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It was an honor to recognize Minnesota's incredible Mexican community and celebrate Mexico's Independence at Mercado Central. 🇲🇽 Minnesotans are always proud to stand with our neighbors, today and every day.