At this point we have to assume that tech companies watch episodes of Black Mirror together, take notes, and spend hours ideating on how they can make the horrors they witnessed real.

I hate cars.

Nice morning read: #empathy #nature #kinship #animalsareus #connection

Tech bros don’t actually understand the sci-fi they claim to love. Thank you Al Jazeera English for having me on.

Valve has now rejected my complaint, confirming that "I don't like muslims" is a valid reason to leave a negative review on a game on Steam This is where we're at now.

I look back at my time in college when I was working 30 hours/wk at Target on top of going to school full-time, and closing during Christmas and getting home after midnight, only to be back in class at 9 AM, and wonder how the fuck I survived. I would literally go 4-week stretches w/o a day off.

Nature: 'Long-COVID research just got a big funding boost: will it find new treatments?' 'The German government has committed half a billion euros for research on long COVID and other post-infection syndromes.' By Michael Marshall www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.

A man in Wyoming calls ICE on his Amazon delivery driver for speaking Spanish. The Amazon driver displays incredible grace and kindness under pressure. Imagine ordering cheap goods from the billionaire owned corporation and then threatening the person who delivers it to you?

AI is a climate issue. AI is a climate crisis.

Means testing is a pro-capitalist practice that makes things worse for everyone who isn't part of the owner class.

"Our business scheme is bigger than the planet." Bro, go fuck yourself.

"His zeal in the cause of freedom was infinitely superior to mine. Mine was a taper light, his was the burning sun... I could speak for the slave. John Brown could fight for the slave. I could live for the slave. John Brown could die for the slave" - Fredric Douglass

The seasonal affective disorder is hitting hard this year, wtf

I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.

Surprise surprise. POLITICO's newest affordability survey shows adults can't keep up with groceries, housing, health care, utility bills and debt repayments. AI data centers, giant corporate landlords and a profit driven health care system are fucking us.

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It was six years ago today that a man in Wuhan, China began feeling ill. He would become the first known COVID case. Covid is still with us. It’s still killing and disabling. Clean the air. Wear a mask. Get your boosters. Public health is a social justice issue.

With his new comedy show and debut novel, is it time to let Louis C.K. force women to watch him masturbate again?

Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread

Wearing an n95 in public is the single most intersectional act of solidarity you can take. Every group of people under attack by the fascists in charge is at higher risk of illness wrecking their body, finances, family, & future. Don’t let fascists turn you into a weapon. Give/get mutual aid:

I prefer my turkeys alive and adorable. 🦃 #vegetarian #Thanksgiving Certificate and turkey care courtesy of @farmsanctuary.bsky.social.

It feels completely insane to learn about Childish Gambino's stroke at 42, and then see articles like this that don't even *mention* the possible link to covid -- a disease which significantly increases the chance of strokes (to the tune of 2x or more). :/ time.com/7336678/dona...

#WIPSnips #writing #scifi

Talked to a gynecologist for 10 mins last week (no exam) and now I have received two bills totaling nearly $600 for the visit lol. #GodBlessAmerica

The again a reminder, these capitalists see us as insects that need their commodities to survive. They don’t see us as humans, they see us as a resource to exploit. Workers have nothing in common within the bourgeois of any nation. Workers have no nation, we are international!

Communists are always framed as pessimists for saying “we can do better than this”

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This rocks, lol. Shout-out to my fellow vegetarians (and respect to the vegans, I'm inching my way in your direction). www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

"Delila has not seen her father since his Oct. 21 arrest while working on a home improvement project in the West Ridge neighborhood. The 45-year-old remains in custody at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility more than 1,500 miles away in El Paso, Texas."

America hates women but not because they didn't vote for Kamala Harris, but because being a rapist and pedophile isn't a disqualifier from holding any position of power

Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door. This is who it was:

When they need to do this you know we are getting somewhere

A Chinese immigrant named Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody. He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position. Deaths within these camps continue to rise, with more people dying in the last nine months than in the entire previous four years. Abolish ICE

"oh no, I'm so lonely after engaging in antisocial behavior 24/7" - way too many men

Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work. Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/

#WIPSnips #writing #scifi

is this what happens when the economy is good

My computer chair being as comfortable as my couch.

Yeah, cause it made the movie better

All I'm ever really inclined to say in response to this question is, "Yeah, and a lot of art fucking sucks." Close the book.

The New York Times obit for Alice Wong doesn’t mention Covid or Gaza It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations She fought for the people of Gaza She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue

My novel research is one part Googling, "how to program an elevator" and one part asking people, "what was that fucked-up thing your mom said, again?" #writing

the days are short and I am full of angst

COVID was the ruling classes experiment to see if people would give up on the social contract to prioritize themselves, once they saw people were willing to let disabled, elderly and poor people die for their own convenience, they have slowly taken the mask fully off day by day and now we are here.

Hate the argument of "Well you can boycott for now, but soon every game studio is going to use genAI and you won't be able to tell or avoid it anymore!!" dude there are already more videogames in existence than I'm ever going to be able to play in my lifetime. this boycott shit is easy.

Trying to manifest the full release of Gecko Gods by playing the demo! Come hang with me :) www.twitch.tv/detectivemike_