I don't recall any previous transformative technologies that had to be sold to the public so hard. No one in 1999 was going, "Guys. Cell phone? It's coming, whether we like it or not. I think it's important, FOR WOMEN ESPECIALLY, to learn about cell phone. So that we're not left behind!!"

i have learned that way too many americans see the concept of 'freedom' simply as the potential to be rich and privileged, even if they aren't, & not things like freedom from dying from a preventable illness if you're poor, or being imprisoned for minor crimes, or persecuted by the police, etc

TAPPER: You're imposing a 10% on the Heard and MccDonald islands. They have zero human inhabitants. Why are you putting tariffs on islands entirely populated by penguins? ROLLINS: Whatever. Listen, the people leading this are serious, intentional, patriotic, the smartest I've ever worked with.

every person online who thinks the tariffs are a good idea are people who are trying to figure out how to take their first step as a huamn being

We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff

Requesting justification for Jupiter getting the same rate as us?

The worst people in the world are like "They must be getting paid to hate me" when in reality everyone is happy to hate them for free

the more democrats concede to the republican war on trans people, the more that signals to the public that trans people are a problem and should be stigmatized.

I feel like I need to tap the sign cause I keep seeing people trying to "dunk" on hateful peeps on my feed. This ISN'T TWITTER. Please don't make it into it.

A historic graphic of corruption. The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies. (📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)

This clip of the Disney Robin Hood animated film was doing numbers on the old site about how good it looked compared to some modern 2D animation and I’d remind folks that all that really prevents studios from making more stuff this gorgeous is just crunch, wage theft, & techbro mentality.

I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.

can you believe it guys

i am committing to this. i am not going to give bluesky a dime whenever they roll out subscriptions and i discourage any of you from doing so either. clearly they haven't figured a god damn thing out

TLDR: Bluesky is, right now, a relatively safe and usable place for trans people. Jesse Singal is on this site with the goal of changing that, as I interpret his own words. The Bluesky staff, by saying they won't take action unless he breaks a specific rule, are saying they're just fine with that.

BlueSky is trying to monetize so let's show them some numbers: Reskeet this if you refuse to pay for BlueSky+ until trust & safety decides to prioritize marginalized users. That's $96 / year of lost revenue for each reskeet...

@safety.bsky.app and @aaron.bsky.team, @esqueer.net ("Caraballo") blocked user did:plc:232eprew2nyn75ensoah2lg2 ("Singal") approximately four (4) days ago. Today, on Singal’s X account, I noticed he is sharing screenshots of Caraballo’s Bluesky posts. (1/3)

Hi @aaron.bsky.team and @safety.bsky.app, These are clear-cut, unambiguous violations of your terms of service, with zero plausible deniability. OP cites chapter and verse in the replies. Your lack of action is making it clear that Jesse Singal is not bound by the rules, just protected.

some thoughts on the Singal situation, as it seems to be moving towards "nobody says anything and he stays on the platform": I think this is a mistake, and I think it risks losing much of what made bluesky special and taking away one of the few safe-ish spaces trans people have left on the internet

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A comic based on my observations these past few days

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Okay, one more time. Very. Very. Slowly. "AI" is not alive. It does not think. It does not have feelings. It does not learn and grow like humans. It's a software algorithm with a massive amount of hardware to match patterns over and over, then squish a bunch of them together based on probability.

Did some other site's owner try to monetize the Holocaust and you finally GTFO? Are you feeling a bit lost in this new website? Here are some tips for you. Share widely for all the newcomers.

Holy hell