This is what worries me. Where I'm at or where my partner is, purple areas backed by Democratic government, things will be shitty but livable, liberals in cities will figure it out, too. Don't ask about rural Alabama or Idaho and just stay the F out of Appalachia.

Remember when not being able to read was considered a failing that had to be remediated ASAP? x.com/alicesmonkey...

@buddhaferret.bsky.social these people can read. Meanwhile the issue is "not being able to read a phone contacts list" and I have the receipts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6H5...

Just what is it with so many illiterates innit me hearties?

Just what is it with so many illiterates innit me hearties?

Resistlib yard signs are gonna be surreal after four whole years of mad king shit. In this house, we believe: Black Lives Matter Love is love We shouldn’t go to war with Denmark We shouldn’t go to war with Illinois either You shouldn’t rape kids Tylenol shouldn’t be illegal

I trust Reddit gays. www.reddit.com/r/lgbt/comme...

bear in mind that Ross had a premium opinion-job-for-life handed to him aged 30 despite a lack of any discernible talent purely because he was a young conservative

What was here helped lead to this point. It's not a question of fixing but making entirely new.

They’re going to lose but they’re going to break every single thing on their way out and it’s going to take the rest of my lifetime to fix if it ever does get fixed.

It won't, but it can cause absolute chaos in parts of the country. If I gave you a choice between being in Constantinople or Rome in 476, you'd pick the former. There's a level of fury and "had enuf" I can't even begin describe. @buddhaferret.bsky.social @mediawarrior.bsky.social

Not to be panglossian, lots of very bad things happening but I do think that the regime that can't keep Jimmy Fucking Kimmel down is not going to cast us into a thousand year reich of durable authoritarianism.

"NATO doesn't have cost-effective countermeasures to deal w/ cheap Russian attacks. Poland & allies had to scramble fighter jets to shoot down the 19 low-tech drones, illustrating the imbalance that European powers face, having to use expensive equipment to battle Moscow’s low-cost antagonization."

it would be political suicide to do it but like 60% of the developed world very badly needs a poltician willing to talk to them like adults and say “listen, you can let in Rahul to work and pay taxes, you can pay more taxes, or your pension can be cut. those are the options. you need to pick one.”

“Even if we could convince people to start pumping out kids tomorrow, which we cannot, it would 20+ before they’re net taxpayers. You need to eat in the meantime.”

Thanks to the Texas Tribune for this comprehensive, fully reported account of the firing of the Texas A&M Instructor for teaching “gender ideology.” www.texastribune.org/2025/09/19/t...

They don't think at all; they said that the US created AIDS.

Social-democratic is what it's referred to in Europe (and I'm guessing large parts of the world).

Also, what they're campaigning on is not socialism. At most they're New Deal style policies. Medicare-for-all and paid parental leave are not socialism.

The entire “Americans want pro corporate liberal centrism” project has failed, and an entire industry that runs on pretending otherwise is panicking. It isn’t just that they don’t want to move the party to the left; they don’t understand HOW to. They’ve literally never thought about it.

To be clear: this entire “we’ve got to run more pro-lifers” insanity is because literally a week ago polling showed that Democrats would prefer politicians like AOC and Mamdani over Jefferies and Schumer by, let me emphasize this, a 20 point fucking margin. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

You’re much closer to becoming disabled or homeless than you are to becoming rich and wealthy. It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” your way out of. We need robust social supports & safety nets to ensure everyone is properly cared for.

URCS launches safety project for children #Ukraine

Cabinet redirects UAH 2 bln to defense ministry for weapons production #Ukraine

Instead they hoped that terror-bombing would do the trick, same as with Germany against London, Coventry, etcetera. In reality you can't win a war based on terror-bombing. If anything it is a factor that is shortening the war. 3/3

Russia for various reasons failed in getting a sufficient wartime industry going, so instead they funneled a huge portion of their wartime budget into terror-weapons when they realised that they could not win the war by means of arms. 2/3

Russia has lost the war - Where do we go now? Regardless of what all the Doomsayers are bleeting, Russia has now lost the war, and we are just going through the motions of ending it in the favour of Ukraine (first) and EU (second). 1/25 kyivindependent.com/ukraine-rega...

Gaaaah I hope I can finish editing this video before the Silent Hill f game comes out. I’m making good progress but this is literally my first time ever doing this

China isn’t going to bag it yet It’s a dire situation for Taipei, but far from pre-determined There’s a lot of things that could change or go bad for the Chinese

the fact they're out here running "abigail spanberger will trans your kids" against one of the most conservative candidates out of the Democratic Party is a great example of why actually standing up for trans people, especially kids, is the only way to go

Jeremy Corbyn. A complete waste of fucking time that the British left just need to leave in the bin already if we're ever going to have a chance of getting anywhere and helping people.

Charlie Chaplin wasn't in Germany when mocked Hitler.

Trump had his accounts suspended on January 7, 8, and 9th 2020. WHEN HE WAS STILL PRESIDENT. It was not Joe Biden because Biden was not President.

Something I should note. London's effectively dominant over the rest of England, at least. Sound familiar?

Cash prevents homelessness. UBI works!

When you have a society that is otherwise functioning normally, direct aid is way more effective than food stamps, places where free food is given out, and other ridiculous sh*t to manage other peoples' expectations.

In this clip, I cover the recent Philly experiment that finally tested housing vouchers against cash in a randomized controlled trial. The monthly basic income was almost 4x as effective at reducing homelessness in 18 months, dropping it by 67% compared to 19%. 1 in 4 vouchers weren't even usable.

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Don’t want to get called the Gestapo? Stop acting like the Gestapo.

Not sure that the company pays the fee, but for sure the "elite" will get the discretionary treatment, including DJT, who does nothing that doesn't benefit him personally.

The regime figured out H1-B has always been a scarce commodity, therefore something to raise personal capital for the felon. However, none of that is a problem to the moneyslingers, why is that. The U.S. Constitution is now only available as a paid subscription.

Rare opportunities, state security concern, or square pegs in round holes are what justify waivers. This sh*t T***p's doing is just a matter of bribery.

I guarantee that there is also a cryptocurrency back door.

Mandated corruption, essentially. The purpose of judicial, executive, and congressional waivers is essential in some cases, but it's meant to have a justification and you can challenge the justifications or justification against in court. @buddhaferret.bsky.social @mediawarrior.bsky.social

History often turns on unexpected pivots. The aspiring dictator has probed the limits of his power by getting a comedian fired. This has been met with significant pushback by both ordinary and powerful people. Tipping points like these can make a difference. 1/x

Even better if they allow mostly a work from home situation. Then you can live just about anywhere with a train station or a coach station.

I see this mess completely collapsing within the next year or so. Going to be a lot more than a brain drain from professionals leaving, and huge internal refugee crises in the former US also.

Only issue is the atmospheric machines that keep the train at 20 Celsius whatever theweather tend to make people sick, so you have to wear a mask.

Some folks in London got the right idea - OK we'll give someone a Silicon Valley salary. As in, after 3 years they can probably buy a house in Reading outright. Has Elizabeth Line direct to Paddington. 38 minute journey, trains every 10 minutes.