I discovered Alkaline Trio as a teen because someone made a flash game where you play as the band and fight nazis while their music plays

See also - online harrasment of women - AI ethics - online gender violence - attacks on academia

I think we lost our way when we let romantic comedies die in favor of centering man children (40 year old virgin, knocked up etc). The youth yearn for flirting on main by two equally sexy and competent adults.

Can I get one sale tonight?

I thought about this when the wave of Barnes & Noble nostalgia first kicked in a few years ago. like a sequel where venture capitalists buy up Tom Hanks’ family chain and destroy it and he ends up helping Meg Ryan reopen her mom’s store because the neighborhood never stopped wanting it back

Honestly the Democrats need to got back to the Tim Walz strategy of just being like, “What a weird, out-of-context thing to say. Anyway, here’s my policy position on…”

For folks blessedly disconnected from the meme/story, it was especially popular in white supremacist circles. Which liked to argue that zoo officials should have just let the Black toddler that had entered the animal's enclosure die

this is the first time i have to do this but yeahhhh. since my cat's health emergency weve been scraping the barrel and while waiting for payments, i dont even have enough for my meds or phone (and i need it for interviews). anything helps, even 1$ USD is enough for cat food ko-fi.com/elloyisanerd

As a former bicycle corker, I agree. Cars are a danger. Good direct action thread. Scroll to the top:

If I ever shill for AI it's going to be a sign that I'm being held captive and can't speak freely.

We have RCV so there’s a lot of possible outcomes. With three candidates in the ballot and a write-in, I think it’s unlikely that one candidate will get 51% of the vote in the first round. I feel confident that I will get a lot of votes in the first, second, and third ranks.

There has to be a level beyond “I told you so” where one turns into an incandescent dwarf star or something.

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Whoever you are, come out. You don't need to hide. Unless you're finding humans physically and morally repulsive, then you can keep on hiding.

Any of my mutuals work on maintaining or planning out fire alarms / fire alarm systems Potentially stepping into a new career path and need to pick brains in what I might be facing or the hiring company would be expecting

All right, everything gonna be late. We had to ship orders, then go to the bank. On the way home? Our radiator blew. We're home now. Will probably be without the truck at least until the weekend, maybe next week. And I am just now sitting down to coffee, and starting today's work.

Thread. There was a point much earlier in my life where I was a computer sales person and I was very good at it because I asked people what they wanted to do and then didn’t try to upsell them. This made me one of the best salespeople there.

Potluck recipe farming thread:

I feel like I love the things most minnesotans love. except…the french fries at the fair. I do not understand why they are a thing. also…salted nut rolls

Lmao. Lmfao actually.

Remember when it came out that they were basically elder abusing Stan Lee

NOW: I’m outside the Delaney Hall ICE prison in Newark, NJ where protesters are supporting detainees inside who are on a hunger and labor strike because of inhumane treatment. Follow this thread for updates.

Also frankly learning this skill is key to winning games of "don't step on the snake" out in the real world where it counts. You would not believe how well-camouflaged snakes are. Because you can't see them.

Fyi the cupcake character is one created by Loryn Brantz, who has this to say about Buzzfeed using it without her permission.

by the end of this campaign every single person in Texas should be deeply familiar with the Adam Hoffman case it could not be more tailor-made for the awful moment we live in hang it around Paxton’s neck every single day

Time for my weekly "Every DOJ lawyer who worked under this admin must be disbarred" post

You know if you're a good kisser with a decent stroke game and one party trick you see women without their makeup all the time

This is monstrous.

Every time I see a dude like this, I start spiraling about how fucking low the bar seems for het dudes.

abhorrent AI opinion aside, using this particular metaphor as a cis dude is, well. it's obnoxious and bad imho

The Haunted Bookshop folks are great people who love books on a molecular level. Go buy up their stock so whatever shenaniganry is happening here doesn’t happen to their collection!

If you can't make it to my Arundel town hall on Sunday, I hope you take time to get outside and take advantage of Free Fishing Weekend with Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife! #maine #mepolitics #bassfishing #fishing #freshwaterfishing

I'm fascinated by the presumed corollary that women do not, in fact, hate going to the grocery store.

I am doing a Last Chance Sale for products at my store Bibipins that I want to sell quickly to create space for new products. A lot of these may never come back so here's your chance!! My biggest sale EVER! Store: Bibipins.com

(Occasional reminder that Bree here is one of the people behind the MAAAAASSIVE project to print & mail [iirc] tens of thousands of whistles to folks living under ICE occupation - so you know, treat yo self and help her pay a bill or two!)

the move towards openly embracing being a terrible person has been very bad for us, it’s not good that so many folks are just proud racists these days but my god the weaseling excuses from these insufferable assholes who still want to pretend they’re moral are excruciating

Data Centers are NFTs for faceless wealth.

This is a huge problem across the games industry, with layoffs (income lost), project cancellations (years without a shipping title on your resume), and base pay at these AAA behemoths dropping as everything else gets more expensive (need a second gig to feed your family). These are bullshit!

this is actually what burned me out on self-publishing. from 2016 - 2018 the get rich quick grifters realized that Kindle Unlimited could be a money printing machine if you exploited it cleverly enough and they came in, flooded the zone, wrecked all the discoverability options, and broke the system

Folks in and near #HamOnt, there is a proposed AI data centre to be built along the harbourfront. Sign the petition below to demand that the city engage in public consultation and do an environmental assessment on the project! ✍🏼 you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pr...

I had a conversation with a former coworker recently who went, “our workplace has never done anything bad to me. I don’t think we need a union.” A union is not a punishment for an employer! In a healthy ecosystem, it’s a way to promote cooperation between management and workers.

pride events using ai for their posters my beloathed

When there is no alternative if the techy stuff breaks. “Scan the QR to pay to park!” Okay, it’s not working. So do I risk the ticket or take time out of my day to find another way to get this company paid. Also? There will always be people who reject or can’t do smartphones. HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE.

Walia reminds us that calls to abolish ICE must be rooted in a broader abolitionist politick, as ICE is a bipartisan piece of the carceral machine. Abolishing ICE means abolishing the DHS means abolishing borders means abolishing all carceral systems.

Are you an audiobook girlie/boychik/enbyette? I have good news! I read books with my eyes AND my ears, & it took me awhile to leave Audible, but I finally did & a) all my Audible books are still available to me & b) Libro.fm is great AND supports local indie bookstores, too. Yay books!

Hey pals! I just ordered a book via Bookshop.org, which is not only *not* Amazon, it actually supports whatever local indie book store you choose - and oh hey! What's this I have here? Why, it's a refer-a-friend code so you can save 20% on your own order! Yay books! 🎉 refer.bookshop.org/wzh2gw22

Don’t wonder . Because yes . The tough nut to crack is .. some of them will hate LLM’s for the same reason because they benefit for other hierarchical reasons The actual test is the entitlement

When we strike (threat), we win!

Feeling sassy, made a thing

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