one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it

This is beautiful news 

Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum. Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.

fuck. did you know if you change things early in the plot, later plot elements need to change, too? someone should do something about that

only about 20% of bsky users can see the words hidden in this image

Back on twitter (and tumblr before that) i used to think out loud way more. I kinda want to do that again? But idk what I'd talk about. If you used to follow me way back when, I'd love to know what you want my take on (if anything)

If you don’t want ICE on your block but think “Abolish ICE” is too extreme, you desire a terrorized “other”…just not where it inconveniences you. If you are, say, a mayor or politician with this view, then you want freedom from terror while also wanting the option to set terror upon others.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said. That is called murder when they do that. Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.

I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.

Don't let an app sync your fucking contacts.

I am once again asking people to stop talking as if "queer romance" and "m/f romance" are mutually exclusive categories.

Being faster is not the same as being more creative. Creativity is about exploration, learning and problem solving. That’s not something you can just outsource and expect the same level of satisfaction or growth from.

The “forever” implies that after my own death, an AI simulation of me will take over and continue the conversation

Pro-immigration rhetoric from politicians when?

well this was certainly a plot twist

My “I’m Not Enron” tshirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the shirt

authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now

Well we said Black and Asian home secretaries are used as a shield to implement racist policies a white man couldn’t get away with and there’s no starker example than this. The worst kind of identity politics.

Can’t believe the same thing might bring them down

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I am gutted to learn of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social (Alice Wong’s) passing. She was always a warm friend, a wonderful spirit, and someone who fostered my own growth. She helped me see that, as a #disabled person with chronic illness, I matter—I am whole. I’ll be posting some of Alice’s work. ❤️ forever

Almost from the beginning, the Labour regime that created the welfare state with their violence in Kenya etc. And the "most progressive government of all time" under Harold Wilson was the one that encoded Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood speech into law with their Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968 💀

GET 'EM

If you don’t derive any benefit from the act of writing, no pleasure or catharsis or satisfaction, why are you doing it? This isn’t meant to be an aggressive question, I’m not demanding an answer, but it’s a thing you may want to ask yourself. Life is short and you could do something else?

Mamdani is going to implement Maria law. Say it loud and there's music playing.

Look at how fast RFK Jr. gets the f*ck. BRUH I CANT BREATHE 😭😭😭😭

Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover

Rest in piss motherfucker

Teen Vogue OUT: Marxism and Anal Sex tips IN: Lean In

you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am

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A whole lot of red states are actually just highly gerrymandered and/or voter suppressed states. Not all, of course -- places like North Dakota and Wyoming exist -- but enough that people should be more conscious of it than a lot are.

oh my god

early 21st century americans were so modest that they would regularly censor their own feet in video and artistic depictions, and it was considered improper to expose your feet in public — dismissed with cries of "put those grippers away"

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Is Priya Satia on #bluesky? Cause Im reading Empire of Guns (I've already read Times Monster) and I really want to tell her that her books have fundamentally reshaped my brain

Hello, I am at $60/$200 that I need for upcoming rent and some urgent bills, if you can share that's a big help, thank you!

Yeah I really need help with this . I’m gonna go hyperventilate into a bag but this has gone bad quickly

“It’s not going anywhere” is a cop out for gen ai. Choices are being made. Name the companies. Name the choices. Name the targets. Name the consequences. This idea that it’s naturally occurring and everyone is helpless, as if it’s not daily choices made by billionaires is dishonest and insulting.

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- We need cheaper printed black and white comics for the love of god - Comics for adults could do crazy numbers if they actually had support, pubs are leaving money on the table - Prose authors shouldn't be hired to write comics based on prose chops alone - Cartoonists should be paid 700x more

when you become a boss you lose the right to chop it up with the employees in the break room. you gave that up in exchange for power. if you want a business AND the camaraderie, start a co-op

Gaby is scared of a Reform government. Migrants, Palestinians, trans and disabled people already have a Reform government but she doesn’t care so long as fascism has a red rosette on it

Don’t forget selfcare this morning:

You are not seeing this slaughter live-streamed to your devices because Israel has murdered most of Gaza’s most prominent journalists in targeted assassinations.