at what point does “loss of life” go from “tragic” to “infuriating”/“unacceptable”

are we at war with the US government? because it sure feels like they’re at war with us

One of the most critical skills to develop when you’re new to activism is knowing the difference between people who are teachable vs people who gleefully refuse to engage with reality. We need to change as many minds as we can, as fast as we can—AND we have no time for minds that refuse to change.

Two days ago, 7 democrats voted to fund that execution

what are we doing here man

can’t believe I’m approvingly reposting Will Stancil, but I guess that’s where we’re at

who called it deleting wlw anime shows from my hard drive and not yuri nullification

both the post and reply here are very real, tbh. it’s super okay to want to use social media as an escape sometimes, and it’s also important to not do that so much that you aren’t living in reality. the problem is that Bluesky allows you to do both and each user usually only chooses one of them

I feel like we need to build our own systems in society to provide for people's basic needs, outside of the govt. we need to stop trying to rely on the fickle administrations of the govt to give the most vulnerable among us food, shelter, healthcare, etc. and just have the community provide it

this is in the Triangle of NC on Sunday. I don’t think y’all understand how much this place isn’t prepared for even 2” of snow, much less TWENTY (this is in addition to the projected 10” on Saturday)

French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy to try to intimidate her during Marine Le Pen's trial for embezzlement — and details how he has used similar fascistic tactics to intimidate other judges around the world who rule against his alt-right friends.

the amount of people saying “call the police” on this thread is insane, wtf the police gonna do here lmao they make everything worse

the bank when I try to deposit monopoly NFL fans right now money 🤝 “these bills are fraudulent”

I love that the Maple Leafs are 7-0-2 in their last 9 games but we’re about to have to play the Avs and Mammoth in a road back-to-back starting tomorrow and absolutely nothing could make me feel good about that

Ongoing and obvious reminder that firing chemical weapons directly at people's heads like this *is* deadly force.

band name dibs: Insect Protest

I’m increasingly of the view that Bluesky will never be the replacement for Twitter (short-form reactions to real-time world events) while it also tries to be a dialectical discussion platform (the closest example of a good one is Kialo). there has to be a different platform for actual discussion.

Unrelated ag fact: there are stingless Melipona bees that make honey! Sometimes people think "I should raise those! Why do we even bother with honeybees, if we can just raise bees that don't sting?" Then they try raising the stingless bees, & find out why almost nobody does that

is there a general consensus in the #atdev community on whether we’re working towards a future where 1. some random app will trigger Germ or whatever app you prefer and you have actual convos in there or 2. some random app will somehow use Germ’s flow to deliver messaging within the random app ?

fixed it for ya

this was also consensus opinion for center-right types after george floyd’s murder five years ago. the state media apparatus will be working overtime the next few weeks to reprogram them

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I think the nuance here is that on the Bluesky version it’s not just one but 240 people (in this instance) replying to this person saying they suck, which, granted, usually does feel like hell. you’d have to be crazy for it not to feel like hell.

Apple just released the ability to identify yourself as an adult in one of the most recent iOS 26 updates. you as a user should go opt in right now, and Bluesky should start using this feature as soon as possible. it would show US regulators we don’t need KOSA to protect kids online

the thing is, “differing political views” used to be about what percentage to tax high earners and not whether brown people are humans

Disappointed to see Jon Stewart & co joke about masking in public. I do it for my medically fragile daughter (Batten Disease). People not masking properly led to her getting pneumonia, which led to her being on life support, which led to me getting price quotes on her cremation just in case.

think about how old you are, then realize half the country is older than that

who has the best name in the NHL rn? I think it’s between Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen and Nino Niederreiter but I’m open to suggestions

put this on TV

there is no meaning of life. art is the rebellious proof, and the process of proving, that that statement wrong

“Dragonfly Inn, Lorelei speaking” … “”Oh don’t worry Mr. Stalin, all of our rooms come with complimentary Lenins” *gunshot*

Omelas is a real place and it’s called the United States of America

I sometimes wonder why we don’t apply a “case by case analysis” to copyright on an international scale, which mirrors the US court system

Not that it will but the willingness of Americans to obey is a very funny contrast with our self-image and should probably prompt some reflection bsky.app/profile/jonf...

Why More Gastons Are Good For America, by Glen Beck

the real apocalypse is when the friends we made along the way are no longer around to save us

I feel like politics is so ubiquitous on social media bc it’s kinda become taboo to talk about politics with others irl. if we’re seeing shitty things on the news and social media and it feels weird to talk about it with people in real life, of course we’re gonna talk about it more online

terrible, garbage, not good, bad take. the field goal kick to tie/win a game one of the pinnacles of sports “oh so many of our games in this sport come down to a do or die moment where one guy has to do something difficult with insane pressure” “oh my steak is too juicy and my lobster too buttery”

can someone recommend me a person to talk to in the fields of either neuroscience or AI development that are familiar with both? I have so many interesting questions about how the brain works differently and similarly to LLMs/other ML models and have no one to talk to about this lol

too many democrats are seeing this Trump term as the worst things can get, when in reality it could just be the setup for a *true* dictator. Trump has the kind of charisma needed to “shatter norms” and “erode institutions” but not the kind that can command true totalitarianism. but someone else can.

a lot of people misunderstand unusually bad things happening as a breaking down of the system, when they’re actually totally compatible. it’s not instability if the earthquake never happens

If you make a billion dollars — or $500 million or even $100 million dollars — and you keep trying to make more, then there is something seriously wrong with you. It's a mental illness akin to hoarding or drug addiction.

has anyone that follows me worked in an org/business that operated in “coopetition” with other orgs/businesses? if so, what was the situation, how well did it work, what issues arose?

what worries me most about the tech bro CEO cadre is that as neoliberalism loses legitimacy there has to be an available and *exciting* alternative for it to truly die. naked fascism is exciting to ideological racists and authoritarians, no one else. but AI… AI can be exciting to almost anyone. 🧵

the thing idiots like Sam Altman think something like Reddit is useful for is that you’re reading the advice in natural language (which LLMs can kinda do) instead of what’s actually useful, which is that the advice came FROM A HUMAN who HAS PARENTING EXPERIENCE (which GPT-5 currently does not have)

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uninformed. moisturized. smarmy. in my priors. ignorant. posting.

warner brothers this, warner brothers that. why don’t you ever warn a brother when ICE is on my block huh