threads, from the makers of facebook, a website that lied about text articles to force a pivot to video because facebook made more money on video ads, is telling you that their twitter competitor is real i've met so many people who are like "these threads comments make no sense" yeah. ai generated.

Fundraiser for her husband and newborn www.gofundme.com/f/dr-janell-...

OH FUCK.

The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.

"Why isn't anyone doing anything" They are, but they're smart enough not to post about it on fucking social media

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

Post a famous bathroom scene.

Someone in my community needs an emergency urinary surgery for their cat, otherwise their cat might have to be put down. They need $3,000 for the surgery and haven't gotten any donations yet. I was the first donor. Can someone match me?

The very end of this really is the cherry on top.

If you need a reason not to enlist, there's many.

A photo taken a short time ago, but things have become so desperate since. They are struggling in ways I can't even share out off consideration, Jamal is very sick due to a lack of medicine. I worry about them all, Heba, Mohammed and Jihad. Donations have stopped, please help gofund.me/6cf17fe66

Frankly, I don't care if Maduro is a bad guy. The US has no business destabilizing governments, especially when it's so nakedly obvious that their interest lies in stripping Venezuela of resources. This kind of smash and grab is just gonna get us a sequel to 9/11

Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.

Also in correlation to people pounding their spears on their shields with IF YOU STAY IN THE UNITED STATES THEN YOU ARE A BADDIE Where should I go. Who would have me. I can't even move to Canada you fucks, I have disabilities and serious health conditions and am not rich. Also, I want to fix it.

Everyone is agitated that Grok keeps sexualizing photos of women and children for users and ignoring that it is also editing photos in more modest ways, like putting women in, uh, Nazi uniforms.

Of course Fetterman supports this garbage. OF COURSE he does.

i’ve still seen people not take trump seriously on greenland but i’ve never been more certain he really does want to colonize it

I remember @foldablehuman.bsky.social making the horrifying point in his NFTs video that the mechanics of blockchain technology as append-only deliberately make it so any image is *impossible to remove*.

i don't think it's that conspiratorial to say rape culture is driving our foreign policy

Porn and erotica are important and societally valuable forms of speech, and the defense of them, in the face of state and church attempts at repression, is a necessary political act.

This kid is my f*cking hero.

Frustrating hearing “nobody cares” and “Americans are so disengaged”. It’s a disservice to the many, many activists and orgs who are indeed fighting to make things better. Immediate drastic change would be nice, but it’s the consistent work that actually builds longterm change. Help do that work.

Oh, THAT'S interesting.

“Oh but if Democrats did that Republicans would just vote it down, wouldn’t convict and would rally their base to defend Trump’s crimes.” Yeah, okay, make them do that then.

@alialmadhoun2003.bsky.social Please help Ali and his family survive. chuffed.org/project/help...

Screaming "wtf" and waiting for a spontaneous uprising is going to discourage you. There won't be a spontaneous uprising. That's just not where the people are at. Organize for the long term. Build community. Build resilience. Have a strategy for whatever corner of this thing you're working on.

There's a very specific person who, simply, cannot stop being a smart ass at every opportunity. Literally everything out of their mouth is sarcastic, and they refuse to have an actual conversation with people because they just have to quip like a f*cking "MCU" character.

AP: "Death by bureaucracy. Aid groups grapple with what Israel's ban will mean for their work in Gaza." Life is hell for civilians in Gaza. They need our donations to survive. Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can take care of her children. And to others. 💕 chuffed.org/project/1587...

When someone stands on a perfectionist pillar and claims bad things are worse unless they're solved in the way you want them to be solved, and then don't get out of your room to solve them is disrespectful to the people that are actually suffering

This is Julia and Talia. Their lives are in danger. They're living lives they don't deserve, lives that make them cry, and they're fighting for survival. Do you want them to remain alone and without support? Take her hand and guide her to a safer place. 🕊 - Sama’a 🤍 tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily

People asking me "Well what are the Democrats SUPPOSED to do in opposition?" They can try opposition. For a start.

Historic injustice/irony: George W. Bush was accused by Europeans of going to war for oil (foolishly, he was actually in it for a more democratic "New Middle East"). Trump actually SAYS he wants Venezuela's oil, but now Europeans say they need more facts to form an opinion.

this would be an easy fight for democrats to win if democrats were opposed to this at all

We don't even know where our current president's wife lives but okay let's learn about the "first combatant of Venezuelan socialism" I GUESS

Don't get used to this situation. My family in Gaza is still suffering from a lack of food and basic necessities to live with dignity. Your support is what saves us and eases the burden of life on our hearts. Just $50 is enough to make our lives better. Please don't ignore us. 😔🙏 gofund.me/a0a540b8

www.gofundme.com/f/help-jorda... I hope you don't mind me sharing this again I know it's been a year but they've reopened my fundraiser for the anniversary

So here’s the thing - in Normal Times, yeah, being the unnamed source is useful and can help head off problems. We’re not in Normal Times. Either sign your name to your resistance against the fascist regime, or back it up with sabotage receipts, otherwise you’re just clout chasing.

Don't threaten me with a good fucking time.

Does "hope" have a different meaning that I wasn't told about?

The VP of Venezuela has already been sworn in as interm President and is loudly opposed to the US. The government is still in power. Trying to play to the party line of our own autocratic regime is pathetic, but we're not at the stage where you don't have to at least *try* to make it plausible.

I hate these people in ways that words cannot express.

Also, if Al Green introduces articles of impeachment one more time and is voted down yet again, I am going to lose my mind. People yell at black people to do something, a black elder does something, and then everyone is too cowardly to back him up.

It's this but then the exterminator sends you text messages asking for more money every 3 hours for the rest of your life

Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.

fwiw, I think the best way to think of this is not really as "trump is the worst ever" so much as "trump takes all the worst aspects of american history and speed runs them all at once"

The Chicago protest against the U.S. attack on Venezuela has stepped off to march through the downtown area. Hundreds have joined the march.

Hey remember Shinzo Abe