So uh... is UK Labour just becoming the 2024 USA Democrats in real time? Great. Love that for all of us. 🤦🙄

Seriously, like... what is this, NYT? Are you just a fully pro-pedo institution now?

Following up on the "ignorance" post, please note that this does not mean I believe ignorant people "get what they deserve." They're ignorant, not malicious. Get mad at the people who are manipulating the ignorant, and HELP the ignorant while you're at it.

Somehow, I still get surprised at the sheer depth of ignorance that the general public exhibits. Like, they're ignorant about how ignorant they are, and they seemingly flaunt their ability to misunderstand things. This is regardless of ideology, by the way.

They're cutting food safety regulations. They're gutting consumer protections. They're pushing lies about vaccines. They're doing EVERYTHING in their power to create an underclass of perpetually sick workers too weak to fight back. But don't worry. Your Cheetos are the "right" color now. 🙄

Hot take: Nothing is done about school shootings in America, not because of 2A apologists, but because it actually helps people in power for kids to be afraid of school. It's another avenue they use to dismantle education in this country.

Between this and their HORRENDOUS framing of the Matt Gaetz story, I'm inclined to think that the NYT has just been running cover for pedos for AT LEAST a decade, probably longer. The rot is so unbelievably deep in this country. The mask is slipping. People are putting on the glasses.

They're trying to deport LITERAL NATIVE AMERICANS. This was never about crime. This was always about skin color. Stop pretending it isn't.

The NYT covered Hillary's emails while ignoring Epstein's. Are you getting it yet?? This isn't, and has never been, "liberal media." It's "cover capitalists' asses" media. It's seriously well past time to start dismantling institutions that do not serve the people. That includes media institutions.

Everything makes me angry now. Everything.

Well, they do stand for one thing: corporate payola.

I think I'm starting to put this together. Schumer didn't flail and lose 8 Dems. He organized this. Because he's also going to retire. Save the airline profits, then walk away having served his purpose. What was his purpose? Being the good cop to Trump's bad cop. This was a ruse. And we got screwed.

This makes it even worse. It's not enough that all 8 of these senators are safe seats (some are retiring, some aren't up for reelection until at least 2028). No, OF COURSE there's corporate money behind it. Can't lose our precious air travel profits!! 🤦🤬

Read all 4 of her posts in this thread. She is SPOT ON.

MST3K Seasons 8-10 Crow T. Robot gets it.

Exactly.

Yeah. This. And Dems still can't figure out why we hate them. Unbelievable.

We pay taxes so Israel doesn't have to, evidently.... Zionists, how do you honestly think this will end? Do you really think Americans are going to just continue tolerating this nonsense while they're literally being starved and robbed of healthcare?

Call it virtue signaling if you must, but... I will never use generative AI for anything, ever, zero exceptions. Not to meme, not to help me flesh out a musical idea, not to make cover art for a single/album... never. Period. Not only does it poison the globe, it poisons humanity itself.

Wow, Dick Cheney died and Zohran Mamdani got elected on the same day? What is this feeling? Is it... hope? Maybe just a little baby crumb of it? There's lots more work to do, obviously, but I'll take the W's where I can get 'em.

This year's Nobel Peace Prize winner is now spreading lies about Venezuela to help manufacture consent to bring about regime change. An obvious unholy alliance between her and the Trump admin. Folks, get ready for more American meddling in the name of oil profits! 🤦

The reason you don't hear much about The National Enquirer these days, despite it still existing & turning 100 next year, is because mainstream media IS itself now a celebrity/gossip tabloid. As evidenced by this interaction between CNN & Mamdani. Props to Zohran for not entertaining this nonsense.

There are 4 things, and ONLY 4 things, that the modern world has brought us that has *actually* helped humans survive & thrive: 1) Medicine/vaccines 2) Hygiene 3) Food/water safety & access 4) Shelter safety & access Nothing else will matter when the collapse starts happening in earnest.

I need to lighten up the mood on here once in a while. Okay, goofy conspiracy theory time: @adamconover.net and @samreich.bsky.social are actually @altonbrown.bsky.social's secret children and you can't convince me otherwise! 🤣🤣

I heard someone describe the recent influx & current glut of gambling companies/apps as a "commodification of hope," and I think that's pretty apt. In a society where everything is becoming unaffordable and jobs are vanishing, they're capitalizing on people's addictions & desperation.

Thoughts & stuff about things & stuff.

America Give me your tired Your poor Your huddled masses Yearning to breathe free Cuz I wanna exploit them For cheap labor

Conservatives love to bandy about the phrase "NOBODY WANTS TO WORK." Meanwhile, congressional Republicans refuse to go to work. Every conservative accusation is a confession. QED.

Between Spotify raising their prices AGAIN and starting to play ICE ads, it is obviously WELL past time to ditch them if you haven't. Use Tidal instead for music. It pays musicians the best per stream. For podcasts, I recommend Pocket Cast. #dumpspotify

Wake up, honey, new Covfefe just dropped.

Wowee, okay, so... after interacting with a few different people on here, I was reminded of the fact that, actually, A WHOLE LOT of people lack critical thinking skills. This seems... really bad for society.

MAGA has no critical thinking skills. None. Zero. That's it. That's the post.

Sometimes my thoughts go past the 300-character limit.

Once again, she is correctly sounding the alarm bells. EVERYONE who still cares about what actually happens to us and the world NEEDS to read this, immediately. Let the reality set in, and let's ORGANIZE AND ACT against this insanity while we still can, IF we still can.

I am so terrified for the people of Jamaica. Hurricane Melissa is going to be unspeakably devastating. 😢🇯🇲

Trump has billions for Argentina, but nothing for Vermont. Please, MAGA, keep telling me how he's "America first." Keep telling yourself that, too. I'm sure if you say it enough times, it'll eventually become true. I hate this timeline so much.

The entire crew at Some More News is so good. Especially their writers & researchers. "It's the illusion of an advanced Jetsons future that's actually just a bunch of low-paid people behind the scenes." Shoutout to @codyjohnston.bsky.social, @katystoll.bsky.social, @shawnwrites.bsky.social, et al.

I took several cybersecurity/IT courses in 2020 during COVID. Connectivity issues are the result of DNS errors **almost all the time.** So when I heard about the AWS outage, I was like "watch, it was some DNS issue." And, sure enough.... #itsalwaysdns www.wired.com/story/what-t...

"These guys are burning forests and draining the last drops of potable water to run data centers that produce an endless barrage of slop videos that are totally unwatchable." Shoutout to @adamconover.net youtu.be/55Z4cg5Fyu4

Can't sleep. I just realized something. Trump and his goons aren't just destroying America. They're destroying *society.*

The days of legacy news media are numbered. Corporatizing it has turned it into the world's worst reality show. Turn it off. Turn it all off. Start listening to independent journalists. Find out who they follow for news. Reject corporate slop disguised as news.

The people who tell you to "question everything" are the same ones who never question their own beliefs. "Question everything" REQUIRES looking inward and being honest with yourself about what you know & what you don't know. Otherwise, you're just operating on vibes.

What do the butterflies here think of this? chixmag.com/editorial/th...

Hey, MAGA folks. Do you really think bailing out a foreign country's farming industry while our own industry is about to collapse under the weight of a pointless trade war is "America First?"

Fair warning, this article is kind of a dour bit of slap-in-the-face reality, but I feel like that's what some people need in order to understand that both corporate parties are rotten to their core. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

Yeah. This.

I really feel like more people need to be looking into this. I don't see nearly enough talk around the fact that Ghislaine was OBSESSED with Amelia Earhart, and I can almost promise you that Trump's recent Amelia announcement is tied to keeping Ghislaine quiet.

If you're puzzled by Trump's recent announcement about Amelia Earhart, do yourself a favor and look up how fascinated Ghislaine Maxwell was with Amelia. He's buying her silence. #releasetheepsteinfiles

Another great Farya Faraji video that showcases just how narrow our music education is. Americans really only learn about Western 12-tone music from the Baroque era and on. Little to nothing about other cultures, and little to nothing pre-Bach. Which is why "bardcore" exists. youtu.be/X6_8ZEhmaGE

I may as well just say, I'm kind of a @jessicawildfire.bsky.social fanboy and have been for a few years now. And in the past couple years, as I've read more about it, I've come to the conclusion that I'm VERY likely autistic. As such, I felt every single word of this to my core. Thank you, Jessica.