Togs

Togs

@togs.bsky.social

A person who THINKS all the time

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You think cancel culture is bad you would not survive as a mildly notable figure in Ancient Greece, one bad fuckup and your name will be forever associated with taking a particularly long shit or something.

The EU is funny cause I see some people online that are more committed to the cause than all past and current MEPs combined

The what virus

Mark Histed@markhisted.org

In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

A poignant reminder that the higher up the chain you go, the more things degrade back into playground politics

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The abolish ICE conversion will inevitably have to take a turn toward the ACAB question because what ICE agents are is basically coked up cops

Reiterating on my previous point I kinda sense that by now some Nazis genuinely like Israel now lol. Or are at least indifferent to it. The only ones that seem to outright denounce it are explicitly pro Palestinian (usually Arabs let’s be real)

I believe in the horseshoe theory in the sense that if you get extremist enough you start hating everything and everyone with such burning passion that you loop back around to being a centrist

Arabs have replaced Jews in some rightists circles in the sense that they’ve became the embodiment “hook nosed greedy merchants that have taken over the government and want to destroy the white race” conspiracy.

The right is kind of split on which one they think embodies this archetype the most. Some respect Israeli ethnonationalist genocide, some still ride strong with the old Nazi principles. Americans are more old school Nazi, Europeans are more into Israeli genocidal ideations

The right’s obsession with deportation is almost comical to me. You just can’t find a thread concerning any political issue where they don’t think it’ll fix their woes instantly. Just one more mass deportation just one more and the housing market will fix itself.

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My mom was a union organizer for 25 years. I walked picket lines of wildcat strikes with her. We used to run bake sales and trivia nights to support striking workers. You wouldn't survive 3 seconds in her vagina. It would shrivel up what's left of your balls. I miss her terribly.

On twitter if you start blocking ads, it won’t be too long until you eventually start seeing the schizoposts. Part of me questions if the wallets of these schizos are deep enough to keep twitter sustainable. Either way, musk’s certainly are. But the ads themselves are beautiful in their own way.

I have a theory that the reason there are so many crypto scam ads that utilise Musk’s likeness is because Elon himself sees them and approves of someone perceiving him as a figure of authority. Basically he sees his face in ad and cums all over the screen before approving it.

I like to play game where I see how little I can use twitter. So far the usage has been creeping back up which is sad to see. Ideally the usage would be the same as it was back in 2018-2021 which is almost 0, don’t see that happening anytime soon though.

Antisemitism is an antiquated prejudice because when it was more mainstream, Jews weren’t assimilated much like the Roma. The caricature of the shady Jew who wants to steal everything from you was made when Jews lived in the shady parts of town. They just don’t really correspond with today’s reality

How I would reimagine twitter if I suddenly took control of it tomorrow: step1: change the name and logo back to twitter (duh) Step 2: rebrand all unbanned account +giga purge of all rightist accounts. Lobotomies that thought the previous twitter leadership was communist would be begging them back

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Step 5: speaking of premium. Improve that. One of the few things Elon leadershit did right and even then they picked up where the previous team left off. It should go without saying though. Reintroduce the old verification system +keep the current badges as a customisable little icon telegram style

There’s a LOT of bloat that can be added to premium that can make it worthwhile. Add a UHD uploading option, faster upload speeds, adding custom emotes discord style/having an emote market section.

How I would reimagine twitter if I suddenly took control of it tomorrow: step1: change the name and logo back to twitter (duh) Step 2: rebrand all unbanned account +giga purge of all rightist accounts. Lobotomies that thought the previous twitter leadership was communist would be begging them back

Step 3: make hiding likes an option. I don’t even dislike keeping them all private. But people should have an option. So they will be hidden by default. Step 4: rename community notes to birdwatch. I just kinda liked that name. Premium stays premium though. Twitter blue is corny.

How I would reimagine twitter if I suddenly took control of it tomorrow: step1: change the name and logo back to twitter (duh) Step 2: rebrand all unbanned account +giga purge of all rightist accounts. Lobotomies that thought the previous twitter leadership was communist would be begging them back

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There’s a LOT of bloat that can be added to premium that can make it worthwhile. Add a UHD uploading option, faster upload speeds, adding custom emotes discord style/having an emote market section.

Step 6: focus on making videos…actually playable? And copy all YouTube playback controls. But the current caption system is great so keep that but let people turn it off cause I can’t figure out for the life of me how to do that and I’m pretty sure it’s not even an option. Step 7: execute Elon mus

I remember seeing a tweet not too long ago about Bea changing her stage name and I think that was a Chekhov’s gun to this new artists who can sing development

The United States has never supported an international world order, but an American world order. This is apparent when you look at americas rejection on joining the League of Nations, its current rejection and contempt for the ICJ, its flagrant refusal to stop the Cuban blockade and Gaza genocide—

—despite international condemnation. It’s subtle, because usually the current world order benefits America, they pretend like they care about and support it, but once it goes against American interests, suddenly it doesn’t matter anymore. With Trump and his ilk now in power again, it will be—

—interesting to see just how much this world order that America played a role in establishing holds once America decides to throw one of the biggest temper tantrums it’s ever thrown.

This is amazing, every single thread on that sub is better than the next. I really want this to be something other than a bunch of people complaining that a fat subhuman techbro firing them for no reason but it’s likely going to be a nothing burger.

Chris Muravez@chrismuravez.bsky.social

Yesterday many thousands of federal employees were terminated. This is a Reddit thread for federal employees that got laid off.

“Musk laid off real America loving god fear chest thumping flag waving patriots just now” YES!!! Keep going! Do the CIA next! Shut down congress!!! Nuke Washington!!!!!

Crackhead prediction >US leaves the UN >Its position in the UN Security Council is vacant >Since no one else on the council objects, Palestine becomes a member That’d be funny to witness.

Is calling Puerto Ricans American considered crude. Like if anyone introduces themselves as Puerto Rican and you go “oh so you’re an American” is that something. I’m curious if there’s any discourse in that field.

Is there such a thing as a left anarchist that is more sympathetic to China than the US. I feel like when the anarchist larp was real big a few years ago all of them were big state department enthusiasts

People see Trump & co pull some zany bullshit and confidently say “this will DESTROY America” and then basically nothing happens.

Yeah hate speech is right wing dumbass

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com

I think it speaks volumes that right wingers criticize bluesky for being “liberal” and “left wing”, when it’s really just that hate speech isn’t allowed.