There's a lot of power in your voice—literally, your physical voice. Doing things that are vulnerable but deeply human, like singing, is a way of reconnecting with ourselves and with each other: www.patreon.com/posts/146965...

Good little thread

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

Arizona cancels medical debt for almost half-a-million residents www.knau.org/knau-and-ari...

Found this group today, and wondering if I could do a fractured fandom content analysis: leavingmaga.org/they-left-ma... When MAGA Loses America, Who Is Being Made Great?

There's a lot of power in your voice—literally, your physical voice. Doing things that are vulnerable but deeply human, like singing, is a way of reconnecting with ourselves and with each other: www.patreon.com/posts/146965...

Ok well it's been stuck like this for 20 minutes but if this patrons-only vidro manages to actually upload it's gonna be lit I swear

Wrote about how disappointing it is that Jon Stewart punched down on people masking at @motherjones.com, when people should mind their own business and leave mask wearers be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Oh they know. They know they're about to reap what they've sown.

Just found out that my grandma, who died a few years ago, knew a bunch of songs in Irish, but I didn't start learning til last year. Devastating 😭

"I think most people never imagine there could be such a thing as KKK feminism or fascist feminism. And yet there is, actually." @reproutopia.bsky.social

Hasan should just fight him already. Establish dominance, then get all the Rogan fans to switch over

They are already building work camps in Utah. Source: Utah News Dispatch share.google/txBT6VU6mEkU...

When we have no jobs, and homelessness is illegal, they plan on putting everyone in the for-profit prison system. This is why the gov is investing countless BILLIONS in ICE instead of Universal Healthcare and allowing deregulation of AI.

Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"

Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys mocking people who wear masks while talking about What Is To Be Done is exactly what Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys are, it's the most Jon Stewart and pod saves guys thing possible.

Excuse me what

At a certain point, some stuff just can't be meaningfully improved. Fridges and washing machines do what they're supposed to. Shoving computers into them is scraping at fractional, hollow gains. Meanwhile, the global south is looted for minerals and our landfills overflow, and we're still unhappy!

I see you made a post saying some specific things. It's very offensive of you to say it in a way that allows me to misunderstand it completely. This is on you for expecting me to hear you in good faith. You should have broken into my personal mind palace and incepted your point instead

Buttons are back. Knobs are back. Dumb devices are back. Own-it-forever software is back. Print is back. Personal websites and chronological feeds are back. Touching grass is back. People keep saying 2015, but it’s not far enough. The entire 2010s were a mistake. We must retvrn to… 2009.

When I was about 8, I asked my mother why something was how it was. She told me "Honey, whenever a question starts with 'Why do they...' or 'Why don't they...', the answer is always money."

They use ads to convince people that this flashy new change will improve their lives, and people's lives are miserable so they buy the thing in the hope that it might fill the hole in their heart caused by capitalism in the first place. It does not and will not, but the Line Goes Up

The profit motive is at the heart of every single stupid, unnecessary change to the things you use. Capitalists can't increase their profits by making something that works well and keeping it the same, so they endlessly "innovate" to Make The Line Go Up

Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.

My calendar is fucking glorious right now

You can really tell who's listened to John Prine and who still has a treasure (and new level for comparison to contemporary writers) to discover.

No AI could ever recreate the fantastical spelling mistakes the boomers in my TikTok comments make. It's iconic, it's outsider art. I love the incomprehensible boomers and would die for them

My current state rep is my current state rep because during pandemic lockdown his campaign used canvassers not only for standard campaign outreach but also mutual aid outreach to assist isolated folks, especially seniors. He defeated an incumbent who had held that seat for 35 years.

Obviously I’m not saying people shouldn’t fight this, in fact I think we all have an obligation to. But it’s actually clarifying, I think, to start from the reality that Dems actively do not want to do the things that we want them to do. They love ICE, fracking, the $1T military, and tech money.

ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries. Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves. "Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks. "No, guess he should've complied," agent says. Yakima, Washington

In my dissertation I wrote about the concept of the Golden Cage. People who hoard power are desperately miserable, trapped by their own minds in a system built on the myth that any of this is good for anybody

Feel like this is the Rosetta Stone for understanding how Trump became a semi-divine figure for people who have alienated themselves from everyone in their lives

“Nothing billionaires do is nonprofit” is an incredibly important thing to remember. Relatedly, @hilaryagro.com calling philanthropy “guillotine insurance” has really stuck in my brain.

Had a great session with a psychedelic consultation client today. He said he wasn't sure how I'd feel about this but he's been getting into non-duality and the biggest shit-eating grin spread across my face

As a white person, you're not decolonized til you know and love holiday forwards on WhatsApp

It's me. I have 220k followers across platforms but if you sub to my Patreon I will dance for you like a monkey because views don't pay

Furthermore, the companies you've partnered with, including OpenAI, are run by Trump supporting billionaires. You're giving them access to children's minds via this technology. These billionaires have the power to use "A.i." to push right wing and even Nazi propaganda, as we've seen with Musk.

Please answer the questions in this thread:

Please comment on why you think it's a good idea to push "A.i." on school kids when these products are being used to create non-consensual porn of children? abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

Please comment on this study linking use of ChatGPT to cognitive decline. publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-fi...

The article you’re sharing touts a teacher making students use “A.i.” to design ugly sweaters. That’s a repugnant use of tech based on theft to rob kids of the chance to use their own minds and hands to actually draw. Do you support that attack on human creativity?

The American Federation of Teachers is teaming up with a company under investigation for promoting murder suicides whose product, which it admits is based on stolen work, has been used to create nudes and harass students. And kids are supposed to take ethics guidance from them. Ok!

In our actual cyberpunk dystopia, there will remain in the dark nooks and crannies of the world machines which are cognitohazards people must avoid. Young people told "if you see one, don't fucking talk to it. Don't ask it any questions. It will drive you mad and get you to kill yourself."

I like being an uncle for the holidays because: Mom and dad are responsible, and will discipline you. Grandpa and Grandma are indulgent, and will coddle you. But the uncle... the uncle is unpredictable. The niece and nephew cannot know what the uncle will do, because the soul of the uncle is CHAOS

I love finding treasures in alt text

Imperial suicide, daddy Trump the family annihilator

omg 😭 MOTHER

Can bad psychedelic trips be avoided? The short answer is, sort of! Nothing can guarantee an ideal experience, but there are ways of setting things up that are more likely to result in deep, positive growth.

Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide. When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble. Happening under a Labour Government.