Everdom is up across the internet for $5. books2read.com/u/4DvknD www.amazon.com/dp/B0GXTFMVJJ

feeling v proud of this quote i cannot lie

'If failure is not an acceptable option, then risks will not be taken. And if risks are not taken, then bold successes will be impossible." — Nobel laureate economist Simon Johnson (who supports UBI) If we want to make failure acceptable, we must design a system where failure is never catastrophic.

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At some point don't we need to hold Princess Peach accountable for never forming any defenses against Bowser and the Koopas? It's clear the kingdom has the resources. Enough is enough.

I'd REALLY appreciate it if anyone who sees this would try out my text generators so I can iron out any remaining bugs. Please, and thank you! trek.epicrandomness.com

Physical media just got way more TWISTED!! That's right, you clowns! Soon you can bring Joker the Harlequin into your home via (purple!!!!!) VHS and Blu-ray/DVD (with tons of special feats and a zine that tells the whole story of how we made it)!! Links below!!!

"Fitter, happier More productive Comfortable Not drinking too much Regular exercise at the gym (3 days a week) Getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries At ease"

You are free to block the WP podcast account. They don't deserve your eyes.

In the settings you click the toggle for Alt Text. Then it reminds you to add alt text to your images and such so that you can't forget. USE ALT TEXT.

I need to get more mutuals. New marketing strategy unlocked. Bluesky has been the sole source of sales, based on what I can determine with my numbers, and I appreciate it. But it's still slow going.

I wrote my story inspired by #Andor and Quantum Leap. If that sounds like it could be your thing, I hope you'll give this a read.

When we talk about universal healthcare, basic income, or really any social program meant to help heal the economy/better our lives I don't want to hear the "wheres the money come from" excuse ever again. Billions spent on war, ballrooms, gestapo, parades, etc. The money was never the issue.

We are in a time of extraordinary conservative control throughout politics and business and all of it shows failure after failure, but unrelenting steadfast devotion to regression. This is how the U.S. dies on its 250th birthday: grasping for power and clutching only power, with nothing behind it.

But you just keep sleeping.

I wrote my story inspired by #Andor and Quantum Leap. If that sounds like it could be your thing, I hope you'll give this a read.

There is an ad playing lately that tries to tell people not to vote for the billionaire tax that's coming because "special interests" will just get all the money and I'm here to say that a) the ad is terrible and I hope the people who made it were well-paid for their weak effort; and b)...

If you're up for a short book, and have $5, then I have a novelette for you. This is my first effort of this type and I hope to continue this story as well as making others that are already in the works. The story is about time travel and systems and maybe finding a way to make it all better.

Having President Trump and the success of this movie are two examples of the toxicity of celebrity.

Why are the Dodgers and Cubs playing playoff level tonight? Fellas! You're playing again tomorrow afternoon!

Had the thought and had to follow through:

The reboot of Six Feet Under is going too hard.

what a day. it will take a while for everything to get cashed in and paid out and final numbers to get calculated but, the top line is you raised over $4000 you gave at least $2600 in gifts we've got a lot to donate to those in need this community is incredible. thank you for everything. just:

Everdom is up across the internet for $5. books2read.com/u/4DvknD www.amazon.com/dp/B0GXTFMVJJ

Made a #MayDayStrong zine! Here's what we're all doing on Friday, May 1, 2026, friends -- and why! Check out the zine in this thread and check out maydaystrong.org for events near you!

It is something how the writing isn't enough. You also have to be a relentless promotion machine to generate any attention in your work, and then any conversion of that into any sales is dicey. I want to do more. There's so much more to do, but the time is so finite and the inspiration plays games.

Coming back here to basically only promote my writing effort is not what I'm about. My bad takes and angry politics are still there bubbling. But also, I need folks to buy my first short book so that I can start to do that more and afford to give my time to that. Appreciate any help (rts and qts).

I finally did it, @darthbluesky.bsky.social Hopefully just the beginning.

I went and finally published my little story. Please give it a read if you're inclined and I hope you enjoy it while I'm working on more writing. It's everywhere (b&n, kobo, etc) except Kindle so far, and I'm working on that bit. $5 to help me get started with this endeavor and you get a story.

This feed delivers something new and enjoyable almost every day:

I made a feed for other goofs like me that love a specific Elliot Gould and Grover meme format anytime it's used.

GOOD. fuck de beers

Something the "so you think the law means anything now" doomers fail to grasp: the importance of buying time. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, has infinite resources and infinite capacity for managing complexity. Make your opponent work. Make their every decision complex and their every move costly.

Who would have foreseen that by effectively stealing music from artists by stopping paying out on songs that have less than 1000 streams in the past 12 months would result in a first ever annual profit for Spotify? In related news: PLEASE USE BANDCAMP

Time to primary and general everyone who votes for RFK Jr

I talked to @niemanlab.org about independent journalism, bluesky and the problems with legacy media. Full convo here: www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/an-i...

You are MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. If they threaten you with arrest for trying to access a site you are lawfully entitled to access, YOU MAKE THEM FUCKING ARREST YOU. YOU MAKE THEM SLAP THE CUFFS ON A CONGRESSMAN LIVE ON TV, YOU MAKE THEM FUCKING DO IT.

It would be nice to see them push a little further and just walk through, telling guards that they don’t have the authority to stop members of Congress from entering the building unless they’re acting under a Constitutionally passed law. Power is what you make it.

Just spitballing, but things that could happen today: *Court injunction protecting USAID *Dems demand hearings on Musk's role *Someone introduce articles of impeachment *Dem officeholders go to USAID offices with USAID workers *Refuse to conduct any more Senate confirmations until this is resolved

DISCO ELYSIUM IS FREE ON THE INTERNET ARCHIVES CAUSE FUCK THE COMPANY ALSO PLAY THIS GAME

If you cannot call it what it is when all in a week: a government removes every mention of a group of people, destroys information about them en masse, bans their discussion in schools, restricts their ability to travel and starts seizing and refusing their official identification, when will you?

see, if it were me, i’d introduce articles of impeachment. not because i think an impeachment is likely, but because i want those i represent to know i’m doing every possible thing, including long-shot things. business as usual is the luxury of those who are safe. we, the people, aren’t.

It's Free Friday at Defector! From now until Sunday night, all of our posts on here will include free-to-read gift links, so you can check out all of our blogs, even if you're not a subscriber. Just look for the gift emoji and enjoy. 🎁🎁🎁

No, I will not read “your substack.” Stop calling your written work by a name that is synonymous with “funds nazi speech.” Because what I read when you say “check out my substack” is “check out how I’m helping fund Nazi speech!” No. I will not do that.

There needs to be a separate mcdonalds playplace for minors. The fact that I have to listen to these 6 year olds' harebrained takes on how to get me unstuck from this tube slide is so deeply unserious.

The Week this week described knobjobs first week as “shock and awe.” nope. not awed and, honestly, not shocked. Him coloring AT ALL between the governmental lines just pauses the revolution. There seems to be some sort of “what is enough to go out, find a nzi, and punch him” holding pattern.

Cannot stress how ineffective “this is not legal” messaging will be with Trump. He does not care about the constitution. His advisors are telling him to push the limits of the unitary executive theory. SCOTUS will side with Trump. People are putting a lot of hope in the constitution & “by the book”

people keep buying the shirt for some reason these days we've got our advanced data analytics team on it, desperately trying to figure out why

He got clear of his legal issues and got rich from his crypto scam, so maybe all of them will just quit and let some public servants salvage things before so many people die. Because that is going to be the consequence of their utter incompetence and disdain for society and their fellow humans.

Literally the only thing I admire about the nazi party is they know exactly what their voters want (unbridled racism) and I would train for a sub-5 minute mile if it meant the dem leadership would understand a fraction of what we actually want instead of pushing slop