My buddy Zelda has very strong opinions on this stuff. A reminder that her dad left explicit instructions that he did NOT want corporations to be able to do this to him and that means us too. The bare minimum here is to respect the wishes of those who said NO.

"To me, cruelty is the worst of human sins. Once we accept that a living creature has feelings and suffers pain, then by knowingly and deliberately inflicting suffering on that creature, we are guilty, whether it be human or animal." ~ Jane Goodall (1934-2025)

"Empathy is really important.. Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our full potential." ~ Jane Goodall (1934-2025)

Since it's October...

How to find Nazis: STEP 1: Say something mean about Nazis. STEP 2: Someone says, “You’re spreading hate about us!” STEP 3: You found the Nazi. "Getroffene Hunde bellen"

no Nazis in the group chat

1. If you don’t like someone’s thread it’s beyond easy to hide it 2. If you don’t like someone’s content no one is forcing you to follow them 3. When someone is posting content for free they aren’t obligated to take requests 4. No one is required to take unsolicited feedback This has been a PSA

Multiple friends reached out to me tonight freaking out about various news cycle related things. Tl;dr the algorithms are messing with your heads. If you get news via algorithm no idea why they’re kicking up lately but get offline asap

I have flipped Many tables this night Thanks to ICE RFK DJT WTF The inmates run the asylum The cruelest among us Wield the greatest power And each day brings horror Linking arms with pure Absurdity. I am running out of tables. Please send chairs.

Anent my last skeet: respondent now blocked. "Do not wrestle with a pig. You'll both get filthy and the pig will enjoy itself and nobody will learn anything." — someone or other.

If you see this, quote skeet with a screenshot from a video game that released the year you were born.

JFC...

Political discourse today is a dinner party where half the guests are screaming that the table is possessed and the other half are too polite to ask them to leave.

1/ RFK Jr.’s promised autism “report” landed this week. Instead of new science, we got headlines, a press conference, and far-reaching claims drawn from decades of existing research. Parents and pregnant people were left with overwhelming anxiety. Here’s what the evidence actually says 👇

“The long history of trying to ‘cure’ or eliminate autism has been a history of terrible abuse and dangerous sham treatments." I spoke to @autisticadvocacy.org's Greg Robinson and @drstevenkapp.bsky.social about the awful autism presser yesterday. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

And they cheered.

Another Artwork finished for Wuthering Waves, it is Iuno. I made a dark and light version #Art #digitalart #Iuno #WuWa #WutheringWaves #Illustartion

If THE RAPTURE is supposed to be tomorrow, then why haven't all these "good Christians" given their worldly goods to charity? Because they're full of shit, and they know it.

Star Wars, about fighting imperial fascism and authoritarian control, brought to you by Free Speech Advocates, Disney *checks notes* oh no

Here's an iron clad law of the universe: Any necessary correction will always include elements of overcorrection. Because people aren't precision instruments. Reactionaries will always cherry pick isolated examples of overcorrection to try and discredit any attempts to correct injustice.

As usual, the Right reveals who they really are: You can be a criminal, but if you're on our side we'll cover for you.

Those without honor are almost always hypocrites, but do not think that exposing their hypocrisy will thwart them. Double standards are their weapons, wielded gleefully against those who attempt to maintain honor and fair play. Do not abandon your own principles, but know when your enemy has none.

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On January 30, 1933, two days after Hitler’s installation as Chancellor, Lutheran Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer delivered a radio address criticizing Hitler and warning that Germany was slipping into an authoritarian, idolatrous cult of the Führer. The broadcast was abruptly cut off midway through.

Everything is bad, but books are good. Get a book. Read the book. Cherish the book. Finish the book. Tell your friends about the book, and leave a review of the book. Hold the book close. Listen to what it tells you. Do as it commands. Place it on the dread altar and let it guide your every choice.

The @washingtonpost.com has changed its slogan again, from “Democracy Dies In Darkness” to “Know Your Place.”

What really pisses me off about the additional AI being deployed at work is that bullshitting is an art. I finely craft my bullshit. I can’t have some automated bullshit machine out here providing bespoke bullshit. Where’s the care? Where’s the love?

Charlie Kirk never served one day in uniform nor one day in office. He made memes on the internet and said shitty things about people on podcasts. If this is who Republicans consider a hero and want to display in death, let them. It says more about them than anyone against their ideology ever could.

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. I tried suicide twice and got deep into self-harm before I looked for help. When I did things got better—slowly—but the changes happened. If suicide is even a fleeting thought, please reach out. This site has info on how to call or text someone. 988lifeline.org

Timely reminder, Charlie Kirk did not approve of empathy. “I think empathy is a made up New Age term that does a lot of damage" - Charlie Kirk

Criticizing what the Israeli government is doing is not antisemitism. But not speaking out about is pro genocide and pro fascist.

It's important to remember that fascists work to foster a dog-eat-dog atmosphere where people look out for themselves and throw others under the bus. We don't have to live this way or think this way, no matter what the fascists say. Through all of this, it's important to help others when we're able.

Age verification? My first real memory of television is Jimmy Carter explaining the Iran Hostage crisis while I waited for the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special to come on.

Gen Z in Nepal burned down the parliament, burned down the homes of government officials, forced the prime minister to resign, and paraded the finance minister through the streets nearly naked.

I see some of you dragging a shit take from the fascist site over here to dunk on it, a) why are you still on the fascist site to find that shit, b) why are dropping shit onto this site, c) when you dunk on it you just give it a new audience. Leave shitty fascist takes on the shitty fascist site.

Let no one define who you are but you. Nobody else has standing. Your deeds and your glories may be seen by all, but only you can know the well inside you from which that water was drawn.

There are some who will tell you that empathy is tyranny, that equality is inequality, that oppression is freedom. See these for the lies they are, and know the liars for the enemies they are.

I admit that when these people started calling themselves "originalists" I thought they meant slavery, not polio and diphtheria epidemics.

Excellent design aesthetics

This is Leo. He is patiently waiting for this guy to throw the ball. Gonna be here a while. 13/10 (TT: twogoldenleos)

There was a time not that long ago, when a number of people I thought were talented and funny and who it might be cool to be friends with weren't openly transphobic, and now I wonder if it was that they weren't transphobic then but decided to be, or were always transphobes and just got loud about it

Hi Friends. If you see this interact so more people can see it. Here is a list of upcoming shows that have tix available with the link directly to it. Take a second to read through to find your city. Norfolk VA www.ticketmaster.com/event/010062... Burlington VT cart.flynnvt.org/18984/19157

Uh, yeah, sure, no I'd be happy to, yeah you, uh, you you just produce a corpse, and uh, I'll believe you. I wanna see this dead motherfucker first hand.

So many things: 1. Housing. FFXIV got me very into their housing system, but make it too hard to stay in. 2. Haranir! 3. Voidy demon hunters 4. Silvermoon makeover. I want to see them update the entire old world eventually, and make it all relevant again, but this is a start!

Writers, keep writing. Do not buy into the hype train telling you your job will be replaced in a few years. Those using AI are literally atrophying their brains ability to be creative. The future will need your words, your creativity, to function well. publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-fi...

BREAKING: Robert F. Kennedy Jr poised to surpass gun violence as leading cause of death among American children.

The erosion of basic principles like due process and the expanding use of our military on domestic soil puts the liberties of all Americans at risk, and should concern democrats and republicans alike.

This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.