your regular reminder that the national shoplifting crisis was a manufactured moral panic largely engineered by corporations in order to cover up their own mismanagement — and that wage theft is the largest category of theft in the U.S.

Angel Observer✨

I have a fancy new paper now :>

Also fuck Mike Johnson for saying politicians can't survive off $175k salaries but they expect citizens to live off $40k or $7.25 an hour. Fuck all the way off

Do you hear music?

Never met Tony Peters, don’t know who he is, but a million years ago on Facebook he posted this and I don’t think anyone’s ever put it better.

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How dare you point out that Sam Alito is a partisan hack! "Once again, the Supreme Court’s conservatives put their thumbs on the scale for Republicans. And once again, they’re very mad that people noticed."

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Chat does this mean the economy is good

The amount of misinformation we’re getting about an incident that just occurred in front of 1,500 news reporters is truly the metaphor of our generation.

A lil something I did to celebrate another year with my beloved kitty @lapatte.bsky.social ^^ And to many more years of happinessss

Greater Blue-Eared Starling Bird Nature's living gem: sparkling sapphire feathers and bright eyes

i don't know how to parody this anymore

First, stop it. We are <constantly> looking in the mirror & if you haven’t done any of the trainings or gone to any of the talks/meeting about that, I can’t help you. Second, we don’t have time. We’re constantly meeting about how to survive as 25% of our budget is illegally cut off by the fascists.

It's essential, but also a fitting punishment for someone who spent so much time and energy protecting the statues and memorials of the white supremacist traitors who came before him in the Confederacy.

We made a mistake. That's on us. We really dropped the ball on this one. We are hearing and learning.

Hi I'm Bluesky, I love AI code and dropping a cartoon anvil on my head that causes a tall lump to spontaneously form and birds to circle my head

The kids these days will hardly believe it, but a mere two years ago, the mental & physical (lack of) acuity of Elderly Presidents was the Great Issue of Our Time. Someone should tell Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson, so they can write a book on it.

What I like best about the Artemis II photos is that it was taken by actual humans. An actual person had to frame it and manually adjust settings. It's their own artistic rendition of what they thought looked best at the time, something no probe, rover or unmanned spacecraft can take. it's art

ohhh we've got some stone-cold stunners, folks images.nasa.gov/details/art0... images.nasa.gov/details/art0... images.nasa.gov/details/art0... images.nasa.gov/details/art0...

The #Artemis II astronauts said they needed more superlatives to describe their view of the eclipse, when the Sun was behind the Moon and its near surface was faintly illuminated by Earthshine

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Also, reviewing some of the highlights of #ArtemisII and decided to sync up some mismatched audio/picture in one of the clips. so here's the naming of Carroll Crater, with audio/picture synced

The highest quality video of the moon was just released… so beautiful * Artemis II

I need folks to understand that as little as 20 years ago it was -expected- for any queer event, of just about every nature, to offer free HIV testing and distribute safe sex materials. It has nothing to do with “it’s about sex.” It has everything to do with “We want you to be okay.”

This is so, so well-articulated.

Mind you bluesky was shading X on X about adding AI tools 5 months ago

A strangely fascinating little crab… 🦀 Not only is it colorful, but look at those slender legs, and above all, that perfectly round belly!!

Been too tempted seeing this form around... Ended up submitting to the proto collective... ❤️ = 1 Day 🔄 = 2 Days 🗨️ = 3 Days Running till March 31st 12AM EST *Beep *Beep* Art done by @zedsqueaks.bsky.social #profileplay #formlock

@attie.ai, for those who wanna press the funny buttons too

They started an illegal war of choice during an ideological, racist and sexist purge led by right wing podcasters calling targets on a sieg heiling billionaire’s website, believing their superior genes and brutality would lead to rapid victory and are now facing defeat bsky.app/profile/dunc...

Important shit that I’m still trying to learn.

Your teeth and claws that can tear through anything, deadly and beautiful Your paws so tender yet strong, caress those you cherish, channel out that magic Your snout so smoochable Your tail, with the power to knock over worlds Be the dragon, myth and legend come to life

this is like, literally the exact kind of thing that kicked off the revolutionary war. i'm trying to find a way to be goofy and say i'm exaggerating but taxing shipments in order to pay for expensive foreign wars was literally the flashpoint lol

the girl guides in the UK just kicked out all their trans members specifically bc they were threatened with a lawsuit from a rowling-funded group

if you called these people stupid over the last 10 years you would get lectured about how they’re little babies with zero agency that we need to bow down to to win over because wokeness hurt their feelings

the worm man is an even bigger fucking hack than i imagined

This is a WIN for science. RFK Jr’s overhaul of vaccine recommendations has been BLOCKED by a federal court. The ACIP committee cannot meet as planned this week, since its membership has been invalidated, and ALL votes made by those advisers in the last year have also been invalidated.

I wrote about Kat.

They made them take down the videos because they would cause "reputational damage" to people like this young man, Nathan Cavanuagh, so definitely don't post this all over the internet with the name Nathan Cavanaugh attached, or this guy might suffer reputational damage. This guy, Nathan Cavanaugh.

Also, be sure not to spread this video of Justin Fox, the other DOGE bro who revealed that he's a malicious moron who caused incredible destruction. Do not hurt Justin Fox's reputation just by linking Justin Fox's name to the sworn testimony Justin Fox gave about what Justin Fox did.

Extreme economic inequality is incompatible with democracy, because extreme economic inequality creates ready targets for shit like this.

Stars and Bells

www.reddit.com/r/linux/s/jf... Mega thread on who is behind these age verification laws, spoiler alert it’s Meta.

Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.

Half body comm for @/SkaddleMcPaddle

As you use AI to simplify easy yet mundane tasks, like writing emails, you get increasingly dependent on it. You get lazy, less skilled, use your brain less, and (you may not want to hear this) get stupider as a result. Don’t let them take away your ability to think. Stop using it. Now.

The trans NB employee fired by Chili's for being trans worked at their Rosemont, IL location. For all the furries out there, this is across I-90 from MFF Y'all might want to avoid Chili's & Maggiano's, especially when MFF rolls around later in the year. I'm sure there's better places to eat out at