Reactionary centrism defined.

They already ignore all restrictions, to the point of shooting people in the face. You're going to give them more money to ignore different restrictions?

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Rest in peace to the creator of the only Dilbert comics worth a damn

Claiming to worry about population decline while actively trying to expel as many non-white people as possible from the country is not a real worry about population decline; it's simply and plainly a way for conservatives to call for white supremacy using the sort of words NPR apparently falls for.

Stephen Pittman, a 19-year-old man accused of setting fire to Jackson’s only synagogue, Beth Israel, declared that “Jesus Christ is lord” after the judge asked him if he understood his rights in federal court today. @nickjudin.bsky.social reports + AP:

I want anyone who is considering joining ICE to see as many of these videos as possible and think, "Actually, that doesn't look very fun."

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We live in a time when digital platforms are places we gather. Imagine if X was a physical space, where CSAM and non-consensual porn of women was being projected on walls and displayed on TV screens. Is this a place ANYONE should go on purpose? Is this a place our government should convene?

Wait but why is this kinda true though

I just did this, it took less than 30 seconds.

Is it really a fair game when one team has the pope praying for them?

Too many people are trying to differentiate between ICE and police. I will hold your hand as I say this: Police in the US treat marginalized people the way ICE treats everyone. They're far more similar than you want to admit. Defunding the police and abolishing ICE are the same fight.

Girl, I'm addicted to posting too, but you can do it on Bluesky now.

if only there had been a movement and momentum several years ago to downsize police budgets, clear out the white supremacists and de-militarize local law enforcement

Just watched Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, and I would rather have rewatched Poor Things.

Starting to think that as society we didn’t consider how slippery the legalized gambling slope would be

Holy fuck they actually did it

Yet I would bet good money a non-zero number of them are antivax.

I'm confused, are these...positive emotions I'm feeling??

In a functional society, this kid who cried at his trial might have been shamed back into private life. Instead, a massive conservative machine went to work publicly rewarding him for murder and signaling to other white men that they too would be rewarded for murder.

Love how clearly this infographic conveys the nutritional benefits of eating foods that have been arranged into a triangle.

ok but what about the part where they shot one of your constituents in the head. personally i think what's bad about that is that they shot her in the head, not that they didn't seek buy-in from local cops first

a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content

I'm reading all these posts about the shooting and my husband took my hand and remarked how cold it was. My blood is literally running cold.

I remember when they said this about Rodney King.

I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK

It's good to use the resources at hand to fight because sometimes you win. Also, I keep thinking of the period after this man was killed and how a group of people tried to impose a new social reality. It didn't work. This too is a lesson.

First day back in the office after the break. Arrived thirty minutes late. Don't remember who I am, where I work, or how to read.

The vaccine autism thing is bullshit but even if you believed it, it seems incredibly fucked up to then believe that raising child death rates is some sort of worthwhile trade-off to reduce autism rates

I already lived through the tragedy, I don't wanna live through the farce!

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Just got my first AI-generated book-marketing scam email. 🥰

Bari Weiss: Welp, no story here!

Happy War (Xmas Is Over)

Aha. They were not worried about protecting themselves from going to war, they were worried about protecting war from girls.

Love how there wasn't actually any difference between the Nobel Peace Prize and the FIFA Peace Prize.

So many people over decades have been called conspiracy theorists for suggesting that U.S. intervention is driven by capitalist interests, and the interests of the oil industry in particular. Now the president just says it outright in press conferences and interviews.

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I was gonna say I wish hell was real, but actually, I think it is and we already live there.

The slopmonger wants to feed us slop.

1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes." This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize. Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.

Yes. Kathy Hochul is converting to Islam.

One thing I would like in 2026 is to have more copy editing work coming in! I’m a developmental editor at heart but people don’t freelance that out as much and I’m good at CE as well. If you’re involved in freelance CE hiring for any presses besides S&S (who I already do work for) pls get in touch!

Aside from the ethical considerations, I just don't understand how people use Twitter without recoiling in disgust. Like, forget whether it's right or wrong to use it, just, how could you possibly *enjoy* using it?