We need actual digital privacy laws that fine the everloving fuck out of companies.

7 We do not compare victim's experience to rank them. There's no 'classification' or table of their horror. Not on an individual level, their experiences are both unique & equally horrific. Not on an analytical level. Every murderous regime is unique & still equally horrific.

So this'll be fun.

It infuriates me that men caught with thousands of CSAM images are let out on bond. If Trump has taught me nothing else, he's taught me how little local, state, and federal governments and judges care about the abuse of kids.

Re-upping this article in the Guardian Oz, about my research into the extreme harm being caused by Wes Streeting's puberty-blocker ban. UK mainstream media has collectively ignored my research (as I expected) but not the Guardian Australia. Needless the UK and US Guardian's didn't share it.

85 seconds to midnight feels overly generous.

a lot of Democratic officials have asked the protesters to be careful to not "give Trump what he wants" and I think it's fair to ask them to do likewise

Is the secret third thing just the umbrella of human rights, under which trans, immigrant, and Palestinian rights all fall? Voting for the lesser morally repugnant person is still voting for a morally repugnant person. I know this; I felt like I had to do it and it was a terribly gross feeling.

Please note this is only the deaths we have been told about - and does not include however many people have died in overseas gulags.

Being on here during Nuggets games is so aggravating. The team is down 80% of their starters, one of whom is Jokić, around whom the team is built. Of fucking course they're going to struggle and have bad rotations and not be terrific right now. Blasting them every single game is so stale.

The Charlie Hebdo style in general is awful and often very, very racist, so I shouldn't be surprised by how much their depiction of Alex Pretti—his nose, in particular—rubs me the wrong way, but I still am.

God, this statement exhibits so much of what I hate about politics, especially with all the money involved. Running for office should never be about your ego. It's should be about doing your utmost to represent your constituents and act in their best interest. www.huffpost.com/entry/jasmin...

They say that cats only vocalize because of humans, but 75% of the time Murphy meows, he's seeking attention from Aoife; the other 25% is because he wants food.

I'm listening to the @crow.house.gov virtual town hall and there have been a lot of very good questions and points and then one caller, a marine, going OFF about how imminent this threat is.

Trump is inciting this violence. That the mainstream media avoids this and its potential consequences is unconscionable.

Dudes Rock

I just heard a cat vomiting somewhere near the bed, but I can't figure out where and both of the are hiding under the bed like they think I'm going to take them to the vet.

What a shitty little metaphor. In all seriousness, haven Washingtonians suffered enough lately?

We're celebrating a small Colorado milestone the size of a large Colorado milestone over on the other app

I'm not a fan of the name, but yes to the concept, especially when we have extreme cold snaps with power outages. It would also be helpful for disabled people. I've joked about getting a duplex with someone and knocking on the walls to indicate whether we're good that day or need help.

the expectation that the people whose rights you consider negotiable should still vote for you because you don't want to immiserate them quite as much is contemptible. it makes you wholly untrustworthy because you're clearly willing to hurt them more than your opening position. fuck you.

People who think like this have no clue how to build consensus and shape public opinion by having principles and moral clarity on an issue. They literally think politics is just procedural rules and has nothing to do with standing up for integrity, principles, values, morals, and ethics.

ICE has been authorizing officers to forcibly enter homes without judicial warrants—a reversal of longstanding guidance to protect people's constitutional rights. Senior reporter @samanthamichaels.bsky.social spoke with a family in Memphis that experienced this.

This is thread is worth reading and then follow it up with calls or emails to your senators making specific asks/demands, depending on how sternly worded you want to be.

eat at your local mexican restaurant, for no particular reason

part 2

ordinary people aren’t able to look away from the violence anymore, and they’re fed up. thank you, Nuggets woke goat Cam Johnson and Tommy Alter, for speaking up. we’re gonna start seeing a lot more of this soon youtu.be/xJVnC3CmSTc?...

Victor Wembanyama says that being a foreigner in the United States makes him hesitant to speak up about Minneapolis. “I know I’m a foreigner. I live in this country. I am concerned.” Q: “Is part of your hesitance being a foreigner?” “For sure.”

The porgressive bloc:

Asked about Minneapolis, Victor Wembanyama says, “PR has tried, but I’m not going to sit here and be politically correct.” Then says “it’s crazy that people make it seem like … the murder of civilians is acceptable.”

Remember, the Holocaust didn’t start with gas chambers in Auschwitz. It started with politicians dividing the people with “us vs. them”. It started with intolerance and hate speech. It started when people stopped caring, became desensitized, and turned a blind eye. Remember.

I hope you have a wonderful birthday, @bluejaygal.bsky.social!

Fuck this. It would be so cool if the Dems actually represented the people who elected them and not their donors. Abolish ICE is the bare minimum.

The Holocaust stands as the darkest chapter in human history. Today we honour the memory of the six million Jews, Roma and Sinti, and countless others who were senselessly murdered. (1/4)

As someone from a long line of Scots, this touches me so deeply. Crowds have gathered outside the US consulate in Edinburgh to protest the murder of Alex Pretti by ICE. Tapadh leibh to all the protesters who stand with the majority of Americans who are horrified by what is happening. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

It's very cool how no matter who's on Council, I get to be endlessly pissed off and/or disappointed. Andrews should resign. Period. Medina needs some PR training at the very least. I'd prefer that he actually understood that what he said wasn't acceptable, but wishes aren't horses and all that.

Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.

Speaking of Stephen Miller, I was reading Robin Hobb's Assassin's Apprentice last week and came across this passage. It fits so well that I realized I'd been picturing Galen, the character in question, as looking very similar to Miller.

Has anyone told Colorado Springs that a dipshit is representing them in the Senate, and therefore making them all look like dipshits? Someone should definitely tell them that.

welcome to bluesky, a website where everyone knows what pogs are and what their favorite slammer looked like

I know it's been said a thousand times, but Bill Kristol holding positions to the left of moderate Democrats is still an insanely wild and infuriating thing.

There are far too many football analogies happening. That sport should be currently dead to my moots and yet here you are, torturing my brain.

i say this as someone with at least a mild background in cybersecurity — tiktok is now trump/fedgov spyware. you need to delete your account and app ASAP. just because the app isn‘t open doesn’t mean they won’t be harvesting your personal data to target you. queer folx get the fuck off that app

I heard folks are wondering about the shadowy cabal of billionaires who have been funding handwarmers in the Twin Cities. Stay tuned, we have a new Twin Cities supplies wishlist dropping after dinner! Be the shadowy cabal you want to see in the world. 💓

w/ alt-txt

I'm sorry, Denver fans.

A fun thing to look up is how to continuously upload cellphone video to a NAS and find out that none of the reddit questions have a solution that doesn't include Google, Meta, etc. I have a NAS! I would like to ensure that if I catch something on video, TPTB can't ensure it disappears.

This is all really good, but I do wonder how much of today is "final straw" vs "it was a (presumably cis) white man who lawfully carried a gun and worked with veterans."

Also call your US Senators: (202) 224-3121. No funding for DHS. No funding for ICE.