And in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/progressives...

Same. Even aside from ideological differences, there were significant problems with managerial competence.

I don’t understand why this kinda shit doesn’t cause a visceral reaction in everyone who sees it. It feels like the most blatant “we are puppeting around the corpse of your loved ones” I’ve ever seen yet apparently???? Not???

AI can never tell me what my nana would've thought of hello sunshine. what she would've thought of it is in ME. and if you can't trust what you already know about your loved one then you have no right deciding that an AI zombie is close enough to the real thing to pass. fucking ghastly

i miss my nana every day but she would be offended as all hell if i did something like this to her because one thing she was always adamant about was having control of her own life and never letting anybody else make assumptions about who she should be. she would kick my ass

"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours" Prosecutors have not filed ANY criminal charge against the people arrested that night: Reports @propublica.org

My former employer, Fenway Health, has chosen not to provide care to trans folks under 19, because the agency is primarily funded through HHS contracts that will be cancelled if they continue providing services. AFAIK, they haven't even put a replacement referral program in place yet. Upsetting.

honestly even if this were true (they're conflating other tech wtih genAI to lie) you could absolutely still choose not to use it. phone camera uses AI? analog cameras still exist. photoshop/CSP are AI? cool here's a pencil humans existed for 50,000 years without your 'inevitable' slop

A bit of a sci-fi piece.

3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment. 2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.

Trump is the nadir of our kakistocracy but it's truly been rule-by-mediocrity all the way down for years. There's something bleakly comforting about that, that these people aren't better than me, that me and my community truly, objectively deserve more than them.

I have so many talented, brilliant, hardworking friends who are out of work or precarious or underpaid. And all of these people who emailed Epstein are people who have the jobs/money/status my friends and loved ones should have.

Was there one you saw too clearly? Did they seem too real to you? They were kids that I once knew They were kids that I once knew

Eat them of frost, eat them of snow, The monarch decreed to them below

I met you long ago When the sea was still peaceful And the bay it seemed to glow We danced and sang

Mari Lwyd, Lwyd Mari A sacred thing through the night they carry. Betrayed are the living, betrayed the dead All are confused by a horse's head. — Vernon Watkins, "Ballad of the Mari Lwyd", lines 398–400

As you get closer, you see a shape in the nest, the source of that noise. The warbles are warped, like one of those out of tune old "talking" toys. You can make out some semblance of speech, intermingled with the sound of cracking knuckles. "Hello? Helloooo..." It hungers.

Bell Witch's Creature Done after watching Bedtime Story's video on the Bell Witch Haunting legend.

As a victim of CSA and sex trafficking the fact that @jay.bsky.team and @aaron.bsky.team are fine with suspending people who speak out against CSA and abusers like totes gives off Mundus sine caesaribus vibes. ✨ Great job girly pops.

sunset dance

Engineering companies use applicant CVs specifically for RFP proposals submitting an org chart listing their "engineers on a project" so they can win a competitive bid project. Without telling the applicants they're doing it. And without hiring any of the applicants.

Posting ghost jobs should be illegal. If companies do this to harvest consumer data or create the appearance that they are “always hiring” to appease investors, how is this just not fraud? Is there a meaningful legislative remedy for this?

Does anyone else feel like the time it takes for the world to go from "that thought-experiment is some over-the-top strawperson shit" to "they are literally doing that" keeps getting shorter?

in both cases it’s like “wow this could have been prevented by the policies you railed against, or by listening to the people who don’t want this to happen to ANYONE and therefore try really hard to get people like you to support regulations that would have protected you”

I am super super glad that she's now loose cannoning against them, though. Every opportunistic person who turns lifts my heart. There is blood in the water.

I am legitimately not happy that MTG is getting death threats, and I also have to triage my concern and empathy these days so unfortunately there are a lot of people ahead of her in line and she helped put a lot of them there.

just saw a Christian TikTok influencer describe men as "struggling with lust and corn" (because you can't say "porn" on TikTok.) men are horny pigeons. got it

"If we make it out of this, I think I'd like to see the rest of the world with you." 🌿🗡️ #ocsky #dndoc #greyloved #artsky Grey O'Hare belongs to @scaredprince.bsky.social 💞

being ur own boss is great until u realize ur the worst boss ever who puts their only employee (yourself) through hell

What a privilege it is to be a younger disabled person in a community shaped by Alice Wong. Rest in peace, Alice.

in the “fleeing rats confirm the ship is sinking” sense, not out of any illusion that she has Seen The Error Of Her Ways and wants to Become A Better Person 😂 A weathervane, like corporate Pride sponsors. It’s nice to see the wind blowing in a better direction!

There's a maxim that if you give every 'psychosomatic' illness ten years, an organic cause will be found. (and warning to reply guys, this is my specialty)

After 42 years wrongfully incarcerated in the Angola State Penitentiary, Gary Tyler has been living and working as an artist and advocate in Los Angeles for the past decade. via @laist.com

[COMM] b&w waist up sketch for a friend. i've reopened 𝟑 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐬 for this offer 🔽🔽🔽 vgen.co/Lavellyne #lave'sart #art #artcommission #commissions #comm #vgen #bg3 #baldur'sgate3

Timeline Cleanse: Please watch this video for a demonstration on the correct method for weighing your baby King Penguins

watercolor painting of a silly round duck

It's a great cosmic joke that neurodivergence both runs in families and gets diagnosed based on parent reports. I was diagnosed at 30 because a man who has eaten potatoes every day for 57 years and a woman who collects loose buttons decided I was a perfectly normal child.

For anyone who wants some joyful culture in their lives, Great Performances on PBS is showing the Delacorte’s production of Twelfth Night with Lupita Nyong’o, Sandra Oh, Peter Dinklage, and more tonight at 9/8 Central. Hooray for public television!!!

I can‘t believe that we‘re willingly handing over crucial parts of our workforce, data management and even education to a criminal version of Clippy

looking up a yes or no question on google and the legitimate answers will be an overwhelming amount of Nos while the A/I answer will be like “Yes, you can microwave a battery but just be cautious ✨”

Happy “Why the fuck doesn’t The Onion own Infowars” day for those who celebrate!

QRP with your flower art 🌸🌷🌺

the president of the united states is trying to give americans $2k in hush money

‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’ —Alice Wong

In case you were wondering how dark it is in Seattle, the UV index is ONE. Anyway maybe swap your SPF for some Vitamin D #wawx

THIS IS THE WAY

it’s simple, really; children are their property and you are allowed to rent property but you can’t let your property make its own choices 🤢

Just how morally, ethically, intellectually bankrupt do you have to be to argue that 15-year-olds can sell sex but can’t affirm gender