The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"

Either you understand that there is an organized campaign to push trans people out of public life with the explicit end goal of "morally mandating us out of existence" that is backed by some of the wealthiest individuals to have ever lived, or you're simply not equipped to grasp what's happening.

If nearly everyone had an STD, I’d still want people to disclose that shit.

My unpopular opinion is that we don't really know any more about foreign accounts manipulating U.S. politics on Twitter than we did before this update. There's no way of knowing who specifically used a VPN and who didn't. It's obvious that this is a problem but we don't have better data on it now.

This is *expressly* not the law

Two thirds of my interactions these days with all technology involves turning off shit I didn't ask for that actively makes my life worse.

As posted in a few servers and was alerted to this picture earlier today: What they said. DO NOT FILL IT OUT, it is there to fuck with your artist peers and yourself, they (paypal) can and will abuse this and steal your money by banning your account

Don’t say SHIT Loose lips sink artists

Once again for those in the back: DC deserves equal democratic rights. I and the other 720,000 residents of DC pay taxes but have no representation in the Congress that can make or overturn local laws. Our Home. Our Laws. Our Vote. #LetDCVote

Remember: don't eat the mid tier fast food chicken, don't play the wizard game, don't shop at the hobby store run by the bad guys from Indiana Jones, and don't donate to the bigot bucket.

People getting mad here about anyone saying it's good that MTG and Trump are fighting. I teach democratization every semester. The first slide says 'elite fracture.' That's always where it starts. It's good when people with bad politics are fighting one another.

not to sound like a crazed conspiracy theorist but people need to actually do something to make the hard evidence that the government is glut with pedophiles count for anything.

It’s been a year to the day we bought (and then didn’t, for reasons we still don’t fully know) InfoWars. We’re still trying. In the year since, we built The Onion into one of the biggest newspapers in the United States. I’m so proud of this place. I’m proud we do hard stuff. Thank you for caring.

Is that good

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

To try and help clear up confusion going around BSky at the moment regarding the gov’t shutdown: The Democratic Party folded. They agreed to re-open government for a PROMISE of a vote. Yes, SNAP recipients suffered for *nothing*. Yes, there was NO ACA extension. Yes, they accepted ALL the blame.

This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful. Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened. This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.

The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it. Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.

Just leaving this here.

I can't think of a better deterrent for me personally going into a Target. Don't look at me, don't fucking talk to me

if we're not going to re-ban sports betting we at bare fucking minimum need to ban advertising for it anywhere that isn't a strictly 18+ space

Sometimes it's not clear, so I'll clarify it: Even if these are drug boats, simply blowing them up is illegal. And if they aren't drug boats, holy shit it's illegal.

Bluesky seems to be choking in itself, so no idea if this will post, but I want to make sure people realize this: If you set a label to warn, thinking it's reasonable to want warning, and a reply to a post has that label, it will *hide the reply entirely and not tell you why unless you unhide it.*

Jury nullification is good and it's a good sign for America's path out of authoritarianism that juries are recognizing their power to nullify.

🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.

basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.

If you give a fascist an inch, they will take everything. Do not concede points to them if you want to bargain or negotiate, because they're not here to be civil. They want to eliminate you in the most horrible way they can currently achieve.

Such a perfect example of what we all give up when we refuse to address basic inequalities. I don't want to live in a country where all the public space is militarized to keep hungry people from stealing food, just give them money to buy food!

We've gotten so many of these pieces where a liberal engages in a good-faith effort to understand Trump voters. Every time, they discover that there's no deeper sympathetic reason they hold their views. They're just misinformed and hateful. My own efforts have found this too.

I really want cis folks to understand the situation - trans women face widespread employment discrimination and live in devastating poverty. Meanwhile, the woman who came in fifth place in a swimming competition, ONCE, makes a million+ a year to advocate for destroying our rights.

I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering

Just disgusting.

Not the WSJ having the only even moderately acceptable push alert here. NYT and NBC with basic journalism fails here.

⚠️ Google has given you access to The Computer That Lies. ⚠️ You are now required to use The Computer That Lies.

right wing bigots have admitted - the “trans women in bathrooms” issue - the “trans women in sports” issue and - the “trans kids getting surgery” issue were all MADE UP TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY are you paying attention?

Every ICE agent who takes this money can be made to give it back, or else. And if appropriations don’t get made by the time Trump leaves power, we can ruin every ICE agent in America.

All the things folks pretended were happening in 2022-23 under Joe Biden are actually happening now under Donald Trump

I think the leak of the incredibly racist young republican group chat only furthers the argument that millennials were the only generation able to use the computer without going insane, mostly because the computer was once a place separate from the real world. but now the real world is also computer

Once you realize the NYT is trying to help him you can’t stop seeing it

No Kings includes DraftKings

If it is "unprofessional" for minimun wage workers to sit during their shift, the office workers should be standing as well.

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Dr. Phil went full MAGA and tried to reinvent himself as a MAGA media mogul and culture warrior. Now his world is unraveling, his media company is laying off thousands and had to file for bankruptcy, and he's being sued for fraud. The whole plan is collapsing. www.rawstory.com/dr-phil-trump/

blah blah Hunter Biden blah blah Burisma yada yada

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