Wow. The ICE shooter in Maine asked his ex-wife to "to lie for him and to cover for his character." She said he was abusive and had previously reported concerns about him to his military superiors. He was also a volunteer firefighter, but was removed after several spats with department leadership.

Who needs a Hollywood or sports personality blacklist when a robot will just flag anyone dissenting from the toaster ordained social order as a "commercial risk"?

The Luddites' actual argument was that automated looms meant expensive, skilled workers were being replaced with literal children, who were then getting maimed and killed, and maybe this is bad.

JKR and her new org apparently helped get the new Amnesty International report on how TERF organizations destroy lives taken down from their site. Well, guess what? The Streisand Effect is real. Here's the entire report in a thread. Read it. Share it.

Step one blame Taco Bell. Step two blame migrant farm workers. They’re trying to “China virus” their way out of responsibility for ruining America’s food safety

shoutout the chucklefuck pundit who insisted once that “environmental racism” was a nonsense term

a thing i've been on a lot over the years is many of the old thoughts and strategies on what could move, pressure, change elected officials are kind of out the window because they do not even respond to attempts on their lives with energy more intense than "damn, that was weird"

Glad that @bcmerchant.bsky.social wrote about how VAR deserves our techno-wrath open.substack.com/pub/bloodint...

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

Jane Eyre Jane Fyre Jane Water Jane Earthe Long ago, the four Janes lived togethir yn harmonye... Until the Fyre Janes attackid.

Holy shit, Israeli settlers detained a sitting U.S. congressperson. Their sense of impunity is near-absolute and will continue to be so until they experience actual fucking consequences.

Unions are a great way to help developers, but how can regular fans help? Just remember the one-two punch! 1. Support games developed by unionized devs! (An easy way to find out is to look up Studio+Union) 3. Circulate pro-union material (like this post) and keep the conversation alive!

#AbolishICE #AbolishTrumpsGestapo

Wage theft comes in many forms, and once you start seeing it, it’s everywhere. Layoff after ship? Wage theft. Not getting a bonus that’s in your contract? Wage theft. Doing Lead level work but still only a Senior? Wage theft. Misclassified contractor? Wage theft.

cleaning out my Downloads folder when I come across "Screen Shot 2020-04-23 at 15.17.13.png" & it's from a Google Cloud k8s course I took at an old job that I apparently saved cuz I thought the instructor looked like an awesome person. And then I double-take cuz it's @alexhanna.bsky.social ! XD

Yeah, corporations suck.

Mamdani: "As we mark 250 years ... we see the wealthiest country -- one where children go to sleep hungry while the world's first trillionaire hungers for more ... we see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans"

If you were cool with this, you can shove that "Happy Independence Day" up your ass.

It's 3 percent! 3 PERCENT of the total population! Like, I get the stricter language knowledge requirements but everything else is just stupid. Especially the BM visa stuff. Sure, let's kill hundreds, if not thousands, of small businesses! That should totally help the declining economy! ったく。

ok that last HR-PT play was fucking NUTS #worldcup

There it is. From disability dongle to disability diversion to disability tax. Embrace extend extinguish.

Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.

Incredible quote by @alexhanna.bsky.social from our recent conversation about her book, thecon.ai. Episode out next week 👁️ Check out her podcast, “Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000,” and @dairinstitute.bsky.social 🔎 Art by our own Michelle ✨ #sociology #socialeyepod #publicsociology #ai #humanart

whoever designed this “logo” should be fired from their graphic design job cuz jfc that’s some of the worst typography i’ve ever seen & I’m not even a graphic designer

I am not certain, but I think this might be the greatest thread (and greatest use of alt text) of all time.

Transmisogyny is misogyny, and even as it harms trans women first and foremost, it also harms other women too.

Seems the real problem centrist democrats are facing right now is the people are being very clear that they want leaders who will solve their biggest problems, and centrist democrats really don't want to solve their biggest problems and hate the people for wanting that. It's a real pickle for them.

Right now the world is full of people who want to code and write and paint and film stuff and people who want to play and read and look at and watch stuff and nobody is allowed to do any of that because some unrelated third guy isn't making enough money off the deal

ooh! ooh! you’ve QUIETED your last RIOT!

If Germany & Argentina were in the same group we’d have had: GER… ARG…

The notion that blocking people and deleting replies with obvious misinformation is somehow "creating an echo chamber" only serves to let those people continue to spread their bile unimpeded Block asshats, delete drivel. Leave the space better than you found it 🏕️

Dear executives, c-suite, leadership, and management: Thanking your team for "resilience" and "continued support" during "difficult times" is beyond tone deaf as you twist teh knife while playing around and putting the livelihoods of any amount of people at risk.

It's exactly like our current political situation: things *are* bad, but they're bad because the rich get richer and we're investing in bombs over babies, not because Black people have jobs or trans folks exist. It's about distraction and deflection, and people keep falling for it.

These game dev layoffs were 100% avoidable. And I mean it. Not just today’s.

This is Holly. Every day for the past 5 years, she picks out a stick and brings it to her favorite spot for “zen time.” While her stick may change, her routine never does. 13/10 (IG: hollythebluestaffy)

i do not wish the game industry a "shorter games with worse graphics made by people who are paid more to work less." i wish the game industry a "unionize and redistribute capital equitably"

*cups her hands and shouts to all lawyers in a 50 mi radius* TREEEEE LAAAAAWWWWWW

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

つばめよ、壁の巣から しないでよ、頭に糞を

#tfw you finally get around to getting a replacement #coffeesock for cold brewing & realize your old one has been used for WAY too long 😓

“I asked ChatGPT-“ okay well I asked the big oak tree at the center of the woods and she said you’re a lazy dork

i dunno but using a machine that always regresses to the mean (llms) to simulate “diverse populations that are not readily accessible” seems the oppose of good science to me… no matter how popular it has become in behavioural sciences

wow it’s almost as if people don’t want to pay for AI Slop in their art!

It's worthwhile to document these impacts, because they are harmful. But also: "When utilized in literature review" ... for this AND MANY OTHER REASONS they shouldn't be used that way.

Think of how fundamentally different the games industry would look if gamedevs actually shared in the spoils of their labor instead of being rewarded with a layoff.

Jesus Christ

Video game studios have made record profits while workers have faced major layoffs and brutal crunch working conditions. Workers create the video games we all love—it’s time they had the job security they need and deserve. Solidarity with @videogameworkers.bsky.social ✊

I need more people to realize that the grifters on Twitter who are saying wild, out-of-pocket shit: 1) Would never say that shit in person 2) Are farming engagement. Ignore them! They are pick-mes and losers who think mild internet fame erases the fact that they are irredeemable herbs.

If you use Waymo driverless car services, you are aiding and abetting fascism. Waymo helps I.C.E. agents locate people to terrorize and abduct. The company willingly shares all facial recognition, license plate and GPS data with I.C.E. and other law enforcement agencies—no subpoena required.

happy #pride from the Music Awards Japan having a very gay man singing a very gay song for their first overseas guest musician 🏳️‍🌈