Trump's UN speech was not "unhinged" or "weird". It was a racist 'great replacement' speech. The stream of lies was a flex. He was telling the world "I say what is true. You can 'know' what you 'know'. It doesn't matter. I dictate reality. If I say black is white, up is down, 2+2÷5... it is."

This is the funniest scam message I could get right before Rosh Hashanah. Sadly I don’t think they’re talking about being spiritually awake

IN CASE OF METHODISTS HIDE DOWNSTAIRS

probably the only interesting evangelical horror author - i think most religious evangelical fiction basically comes off as too didactic

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

@matthewjdowd.bsky.social said nothing wrong. Go read his quote. On point. Pathetic move by MSNBC leadership.

to my mind the woman who dies of sepsis because of antiabortion laws, or the person who dies because they can't afford insulin -- these are just as much victims of political violence as the man shot through the throat while making a racist speech

“Political violence” doesn’t just mean vigilantes shooting political candidates or activists (which, to be clear, I strongly oppose). ICE disappearing people is also political violence. Police shootings are also political violence. Bombings are political violence.

Wow, log off for a few hours and come back to find out Charlie Kirk is dead. 3 things 1) gun violence is bad. We are dealing with another school shooting today in Denver. 2)not sad at all. Kirk being gone is a net positive 3) concerned that Kirk becomes a rw martyr leading to more violence

This is the digital stasi. Social media influencers utilizing tips from followers for content that they monetize while working with state actors to target the people they want. It's all a spectacle packaged as content. Destroying people's lives for profitable ideological bloodsport.

If you don’t believe that Trump’s authoritarianism can be defeated, look at how scared MAGA is of chalk:

hi, cis folks! this is present day reality for UK trans folks. it’s outrageous someone should have to have taken this journey to live as themselves, participate in society, & be with who they love. hi, cis americans! this is a future trans americans see that starts with “we need to compromise.”

This is a great time to remind everyone that EOs aren’t laws, the federal government doesn’t manage voting in this way, and it’s all a scare tactic and any reporting that doesn’t provide that context is enabling potentially lawless activity.

I’ll take “things that are in fact true of the Republican Party” for $500, Alex

obviously people deserve blame for being antisemitic but it is a world-historical catastrophe that almost every institution nominally dedicated to fighting antisemitism has decided to burn their credibility for the short term interests of the Netanuahu government

George Lakoff said the Republicans were the "strict father" party (in contrast to the Dems' "nutrurant parent" model) but under Trump it's clearly shifted to the "abusive father" party. For sadists, by sadists.

The law requires "verification for all users, not just those accessing age-restricted content." This is a bad time for people who need anonymity to be subjecting their online activities to scrutiny.

When I see people on here unknowingly join moral panics around child safety and technology, I think about how the future of this very platform hangs in the balance of this legislation that is designed to force us back onto big tech platforms. It’s not about the kids. It’s about all of us

People need to understand what's happening today: Trump sent the FBI to investigate one of his most prominent critics, and then threatened to military occupy multiple US cities. He's trying to become a full dictator who makes it illegal to oppose him.

a very good thread on this industry

A point that's worth stressing again and again is that Democrats want a police state too

SILKSONG SEPTEMBER 4!! I ALWAYS BELIEVED! WHERE ARE YOU NOW NONBELIEVERS! WHERE ARE YOU NOW?!

Confederate statues are “history” but a rainbow crosswalk dedicated to victims of a mass shooting is “political.”

I used to get all my sustenance directly from the one source of all life, warmth, and comfort—my mother. But now the woke left wants me to stop breastfeeding and start eating solid foods

Is “woke” now “anything that is different from the speaker’s childhood”?

James Dobson won’t see your posts celebrating his death. But you know who will? Everybody that ever loved him or respected him. So please keep posting

james dobson is dead and cannot wish anything but eternal pain on that mother fucker. that guy destroyed so many lives

“Overall, Gavin Newsom supports the LGBT+ community” I’m going to stop you right there You can’t round up on this shit

That stop was illegal. Just saying

i hate this smug liar so much

If you are still publicly moaning about pronouns and trans people you are too much of a fucking loser to be in public.

I went to my local Target a few months ago and was shocked by what a mess it’s become. I haven’t been back since

It’s that time again

The 1st official statement from the new Honorary President of Dropout, @vicmmic.bsky.social 🫡

I work exclusively with adults in my clinical practice. Every time I have a question about overlaps in my autistic/ADHD clients' experience or more info about differential dx, I get very angry that most of the research on these topics is focused exclusively with children.

You can now use it to do therapy but it still can't format dates properly

“Feminism has given women too many options and responsibilities. I do not want to choose my own life or be responsible for my own happiness. I want to have the choices made for me and have men take responsibility.” Shocking how popular this sentiment is when it’s basically saying “I am a weak baby.”

These are the same people who say banning trans people is about "protecting children"

Was at the wall a week ago and it’s truly a grotesque sight to see how much damage has been done to the land, particularly the rotting saguaros that line the wall’s path. People, animals, and our environment are all expendable to prop up this nationalist project. One day these walls will fall.

NEW: In what appears to be one of the largest expansions of surveillance in IL history, we found hundreds of new Flock license plate readers—all paid for by AG Kwame Raoul's office in the last 3 years. Issues with Flock Safety's data sharing practices are mounting. Will our sanctuary status hold?

If you went back to the 2000s and told someone the future has a website called "x dot com" that has heaps of pornography they probably wouldn't be surprised until you said the UK Prime Minister and Elmo from Sesame Street post on there.

I'm going to go out on a limb and bet that policy would not apply in this situation.

having thought about this for three days, my current status is: what the FUCK are we doing trying to ban social media for kids and not banning AI use? we are literally telling them not to use the computer to talk to their real friends but instead to the imaginary technology monetisable 'friends'.

The authoritarian shit is bad on its own, but let's not lose sight of the fact that this Texas law enforcement officer couldn't keep up with a 61-year-old out for her morning walk. Like the Nazis, these people are evil and pathetic at the same time. Don't miss any chance to mock them as losers.

The key to modern American politics is that the Confederacy never went away. There was no punishment for their treason and it quietly became a Cold War. The states currently sending troops to DC have masturbated to the idea of their soldiers marching through DC streets for generations.

Dads do not have autism. What they do have are workshops which no one is allowed to enter and wherein it causes them great distress if anything is touched or moved. Dads often retreat into these workshops for regularly scheduled alonetime, without which tempers flare all around