everyone picks up vibes, ideas, even values from their social circle, which is why its super important to keep people with bad values out of your social circle imo. lay down with dogs and you get fleas, as they say. same is true for, eg, people who believe in race science

Fascism is for losers.

covid threw into high relief how many working class people are absolutely necessary to keeping society functional, and rather than that sparking a renewed commitment to an economy that rewards such workers, we've seen an elite backlash against even modest increases in their market power

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

I do feel like we forget that a mere 100 years ago 20% of children in America just fucking died.

that bell isnt tolling for me i don't even live here. i don't know anyone here why would they ring a bell for me thats so stupid

This graph is astonishing. The people that bang on about “natural birth” and “women have been doing this forever without help” need to be forced to stare at this until their eyes water.

To reiterate: Pixar's Inside Out 2 is the highest grossing animated film of all time. Pixar also pushed artists into 7-days-a-week crunch, and right when they were getting to the finish line, laid them off. These overworked artists lost their bonus, healthcare, and income in SF.

Bro why is your leitmotif playing in a minor key. Are you ok dude

My basic position on the war and the campus antisemitism question is that a person should be able to look at the evidence from Gaza, reasonably conclude that the IDF is acting with genocidal intent, and vociferously protest those actions and the U.S. gov’t’s support for them.

People on bluesky love complaining about the pot but as the frog inside it I can tell you the water isn’t THAT hot