I've been offline for a week or two. Posting into the void if anyone can give me a tl:dr on why preps are mad at bluesky rn I'd appreciate it.

Chappelle: Y’all are more free than we are Riyadh crowd: Wooooooo Chappelle: Like if I tell jokes about trans people at home people say shit about me Riyadh crowd: booo Chappelle: but you guys clap Riyadh: [applause] Chappelle: you see THAT’s free speech

We looked back on the "backlash" against American Eagle ads featuring Sydney Sweeney and her "great jeans." Right-wing media declared that liberals were outraged and thought the ads were racist -- even the White House joined in. If you thought that story reeked, you'll want to see what we found.

Charlie Squirt youtu.be/_NrODcC1eWY

Maybe i have been raptured but heaven is exactly the same

RIP Noam Chomsky. He taught me it was OK to falsely report people’s deaths

Fun story this morning. I spoke with Curtis Evans, the retired Marine in the viral photo below who took part in the anti-ICE protest at Broadview. He's a thoughtful guy, well read and with a dry sense of humor. Story @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-...

Whatever Alyssa Thomas just ate apparently tasted terrible 😂

I 100% agree with this. If one of the hosts of "The Man Show" isn't a canary in a coal mine moment, IDK what is.

Two thousand views in ten hours

The Kimmel suspension is a much bigger deal than you know. It's really about a growing alliance between Trump and the companies that own America's local TV stations - like Nexstar - to turn local TV into Trump propaganda. 1/ Let me tell you the short story. It's chilling.

A reminder:

Trump’s allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, & TikTok. They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post. They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets. “Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.

Elected officials are the chosen officers of the people, they carry a democratic mandate, they are oath-sworn to uphold the Constitution, which makes civil disobedience by them potent in a way private citizens are not.

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

I came of political age hating the Bush guys and now I have to get in the trenches with them against the guy from the apprentice I would like to file several complaints

Carlson, much like Vance, is a completely empty vessel who contorts to fit wherever he senses power is, so this should mostly be taken as a savvy assessment of how toxic this shit is

PLAY THE REMEMBRANCE AND BAKE THE VIGIL CAKE OR ELSE GET THE HOSE AGAIN.

What a time to be alive.

Robert Evans for President

HAPPENING NOW: Rep. Raskin moves to subpoena four banks that helped move Jeffrey Epstein's money and have subsequently reported $1.5 billion in suspicious transactions. Vote will take place at the end of today's hearing with Director Patel.

Tyler Robinson indictment has now been filed, including texts in which he confirms the bullet etchings were all just a "big meme": www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

If you see this, qoute with the energy you bring to Bluesky

A Black man and a homeless man were found hanging from trees in Mississippi yesterday, for those who haven’t seen yet because it’s barely made it out of local news.

Trump's dictator-like administration is attacking the values America holds dear---by Robert Redford RIP (from 2019)

A preemptive abundance of kowtowing to a fascist narrative from the radical center.

Depressing but important. We all need a reason to look forward to tomorrow or bad things start to happen.

Irony poisoned memeification of real world politics driving nihilistic violence for its own sake. I came of age during Gamergate and seeing the memes that right wing influencers used to ironically, subtextually level hate towards video game women being used to foment real violence is…something.

I'm sorry but if you think this is a real problem you're more online than the handful of freaks and weirdos Noah is talking about. You're reading a "check out this asshole" thread on SA and assuming that everyone is jacking off to bees and it's a huge problem.

Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13

I put together a primer on Charlie Kirk — and paid some special attention to his relationship with Nick Fuentes and the Groyper movement. There's no hot takes or sweeping declarations. Just some useful background. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/who-was-ch...

Transgender people are owed a retraction and apology from @wsj.com. The lie has already become canon to millions and it seems the least they could do.

Good, time to twist the knife and ask the commentariat why they provided hagiography for this man now acknowledged to be vile

This actually broke me. I'm totally offline for a day or two. Kirk shooting is fascinating cus it can be a hinge point that leads to the next step of fascism. The best thing my reply-guy ass can be doing is to starve the algorithm. I'm going to pretend Kirk was never born. That's a better world.

Melissa Hortman practiced politics the right way.

Never Forget

they didn't do this when democratic lawmakers were targeted by a gunman. the mainstream media barely peeped when a Kyle Rittenhouse fan did a mass shooting at a Portland protest. Democrats and the mainstream media are just terrified of conservatives to the point where no one else's lives matter

This was just last month and we have already memoryholed it. A cop killed by an antivaxxer.

As stated earlier by others, it does not matter what you post or do not post here. The right wing has their narrative they’re going to push, because they understand they are at war with democracy and that propaganda *works.*

Someone dies in a horrific act of political violence. An online manhunt ensues w/ fingers pointed in all directions. Alongside thoughts & prayers, framing wars rage, as partisans try to score all the political points they can. Then conspiracy theorizing takes root, the denial of inconvenient truths.

I nominate Robby to be the official reply guy for the left whenever the FO finds some in the MAGA-sphere.

Enough.

Judging by the shamefully opportunistic & politicizing rhetoric of some rightwingers on Twitter, & their cynical use of Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder for political point scoring, it’s almost as if Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman wasn’t murdered by a Trump-voting MAGA maniac just 12 weeks ago.

Don't let the cuteness fool you. She regularly engages in domestic terrorism in my household. #Caturday

We seriously need to start mainstreaming Nuremberg style investigations after this administration.

hate when you're like damn this girl is hot and then she turns around and her hair is made of snakes

Lil Guy heard a noise. #caturday