It is unacceptable for any elected official to callback to an ableist slur. Period. There is zero excuse.

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Governor of Nebraska used a common word alt-right asshats use that calls back to an ableist slur in an actual interview with reporters. So… Fuck Jim Pillen.

Those in power understand it, they don’t care.

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Remember when you had to show proof of vaccination to board a plane during Covid restrictions? The right screamed tyranny. They shouted “do not comply!” Suddenly they’re fine with “papers please”, photographs and lists. This is actual tyranny. This is what they should be mad about.

"We forced 1.2 million Americans to go hungry while I spent $60 million of your tax dollars golfing and Republicans spent $27 billion of your tax dollars funding the criminal enterprise of ICE." Fixed it, you sundowning asshole.

We told you so. We fucking told you so and you mocked us. May everyone have the day they voted for.

Trump is ranting and hallucinating now, before a world audience, on live TV. While our decades-long allies talk about how to protect themselves. Anyone who sounded the way he does, RIGHT NOW, would be moved from "main" part of assisted living facility to the memory unit. Hey GOP: just listen.

The bubble bursting is inevitable. A system built on infinite growth in a finite universe is never sustainable. Barreling forward on a gold rush towards infinite growth as the goal is shortsighted. The AI bubble is late stage capitalism in microcosm.

We have an entire class of Democratic "leadership" that has been told that it's dangerous and extreme to say this, and that does not understand that what Democrats want is for their leaders to articulate what they believe and why they believe it. That should not be as big an ask as it apparently is.

Look for the helpers

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Regular "Online Dating Sucks" update. Saw a profile that read "I don't believe in vaccines and won't date a man who wants to vaccinate any future children." 🤮

AI is often sold as perfect solutions to the "problem" of having to create captions and transcripts. That framing, of course, centers creators and producers over the people who actually rely upon the captions and transcripts. But there is no replacement for humans when making content accessible.

Philly flips buses when their teams WIN championships.

Thanks I hate it. If general use computers are not made for people to use these fucking AI services, what the fuck are they for?

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If you can “give” your Nobel Peace Prize to someone like Donald Trump, you clearly didn’t deserve a Nobel Peace Prize.

Maybe you’re printing too many sets and logistical mistakes are more likely. Also, placing the burden of your mistake on stored at a hyped in universe prerelease is absolutely weird. And you also had cards with new keyword rules but no reminder text and told players to use them if they had to.

You have to block them immediately. The full nuclear. They are only here to make folks angry, and that can’t happen if we lock them out.

Wonder Woman herself says FUCK ICE.

Pam Bondi is a piece of shit. The entire DOJ is shit.

Kathleen Kennedy stepping down from Lucasfilm is giving some on Reddit a fuckton of new copium supply. @clarissadelune.bsky.social I need someone else to laugh at this much copium with.

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nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/01/15/g... JIM, 3200 WORKERS IN A TOWN OF 9000 ARE ABOUT TO LOSE THEIR JOBS BY THE END OF THE MONTH IN NEBRASKA. FUCKING GQP MORONS

Opera nerd rant: Miss Saigon (the musical) just transplanting the plot of Madama Butterfly to 1967 Vietnam instead of 1904 Nagasaki misses the mark a bit. While both are anti-imperialist, the context of the Vietnam war is drastically different.

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The “maybe that’s the real punk rock” scene in Superman is the moment my trust in James Gunn for Superman went from 90% to 1000%. “You think everyone you meet is like beautiful…” sums up Clark so damn well. David S Goyer and Snyder could never.

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That means it’s even more important now for those of us who review books (like me) to seek out those voices and highlight them

Knew this was coming. Something I've been noticing happening slowly for a while now. It's also happening in conjunction with the aging up of YA and the influx of romantasies that tend to feature cisallohet relationships and dabble in fascism-adjacent storytelling themes.

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I remembered the ending to the "Project Overlord" DLC from Mass Effect 2, and man that ending fucks you up.

Trump managed to shift public opinion on immigration to the highest approval it's ever had just by being this horrifying, imagine if we took advantage of that. Because right now? NORMIES HATE ICE.

Dear #WoTSkies, In this Age, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, we will #SaveWoT and #TheWheelOfTime will come back to screens. Happy Moonday mornaftevenight! ❤️ #ThankYouRafe

"Whether it's surviving intimate partner violence and even murder attempts or being scolded by a mother or fifth grade teacher, both genders have had unpleasant experiences with the other." Did I do it right, @nytpitchbot.bsky.social?

I don't want a hungry ghost in a jar doing either of those things.

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I love being tagged in/sent memes and content but I have but one (1) humble request:

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I just remembered how not subtle Puccini's Madama Butterfly was. The titular character is a 15 year old Geisha, who gets abandoned after her marriage by an American. Which was a real practice at the time because colonialism. The American's name is PINKERTON. The opera is very anti-colonial.

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My absolute favorite musical is The Secret Garden. If you’re unfamiliar with the musical and only know the book or films, you are missing out. It’s rare to say, but I genuinely think the musical is the best version of that story.

Hot take: Citizen Kane has aged like fine wine and is just as relevant today as it was in 1940.

Share the facts. This regime will do their best to make this normal. It is not normal.

Not going back. Spotify is still going for Gen AI and bricking devices people paid for.

It has a bot that makes CASM at a single request. It needs to be taken down everywhere and since the company is privately owned, its owner should be held liable for it. As in prison time for CASM. He was dumb and took it private. Consequences means he's wholly the owner and liable.

Google's AI search feature fucking sucks. I was looking for a specific book of art songs I had in college with a distinct green cover, and AI told me "try A COURT OF MIST AND FURY". Yes, a romantasy book is a book of art songs. Fuck Gen AI.