Most of the debate about working class politics in this country gets tied in knots because it's not actually class politics at all, it's just shuffling the distribution of scraps not getting rid of the system that allows one class to rule another in the first place Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

The beginning of all working class politics is the abolition of the class system if that's not what you're fighting for then you're fighting for the ruling class Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

I'll be on MSNBC's @chrislhayes.bsky.social momentarily!

The U.S. spends over $180 billion on cops and incarceration every year. The annual SNAP budget is $100 billion.

those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station

Millions going hungry is a national emergency, like hurricanes and earthquakes. Withholding life saving resources during these types of emergencies isn’t just a moral crime, but a legal one. Why is this not the same? I would simply put out a flyer for a ‘grocery store take over’ party in Barstow.

#covid #HalloweenTombstones #119 Scroll up...wayyyy up...

#covid #HalloweenTombstones #120 Scroll up…wayyyy up…

“Instead of considering that a new SARS virus might have negative impacts on children’s health, the media propped up the anti-vaccine myth of “immunity debt,” claiming that non-pharmaceutical interventions from 2020 damaged children’s immune systems…” #COVID

Stop the Stigma of Chronic Illness by sharing your story. I was greatly affected first 2 years of Long Covid & most was self-inflicted because I grew up with: “They” should try harder “They” are faking “They” are milking the system. “They” is me. And no, I’m not. Disability can happen to anyone.

Kat Abughazaleh (@katmabu.bsky.social) has just been indicted by the DOJ over participation in protests against ICE at its Broadview facility in Illinois. This is a brazen weaponization of the DOJ to target political opponents with bogus charges. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Bold Claims Need Strong Evidence. No, Not That Evidence.

Fantasies aside, we convicted less than 2000 Nazis after WWII. An ounce of prevention… https://thedevilspanties.com/archives/16810

*holds everyone’s hands * The rise of AI mad its most racist tendencies is being exemplified with Grokipedia AND it is a DIRECT RESULT of everyone treating the refusal to treat non white non male sources , and the shifting landscape of knowledge well

It all must go our world Cannot be constructed like this Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

cw rape I've been talking about this recently in the context of labor but it's even more hideously apparent here: if you give people the power to commit violence against someone unless they obey you, here that violence is deportation, you get HIDEOUS sexual violence Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

It's like a joke the way reactionaries and fascists will see Lord of the Rings, blow by that the protagonist is a scared normal guy who sacrifices everything to do the right thing, just to point a camera at a couple knights that look cool defending their homeland and go "This is what we should do"

I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it. The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!

The most courageous act in tolkien is sparing gollums life, a thing literally none of these fuckers understand

Every couple of months Conservatives publish this article about how no one wants to fuck them and we are apparently not supposed to think they’re losers.

If SNAP benefits vanished tomorrow, feeding 42 million Americans for a month would cost about $7.8 billion.That’s less than 1% of the combined net worth of the three richest men in the U.S. A reminder of how obscene inequality has become and how easily hunger could be solved if we chose to.

“It’s not my job to feed someone else’s kids.” It kind of is. That’s what you do when you’re part of a social species, dude.

I personally am significantly more worried about the effects of LLMs and AI video slop on children’s brain development than I am about even social media. I am very worried that our school systems and laws are pushing kids toward AI artificial “friends” while banning social apps.

I agree, adding that I’m very concerned about its effects on adult brains too. I think it’s much more psychologically dangerous to interact with an LLM designed to reflect your own ideas back flatteringly than to post on social media, where someone will always be ready to call you a c***

“What do you do if a rich person asks for food?” Feed them, next question

I have a whole spiel ready to go about how means testing both costs more than it saves AND makes eligible people less likely to use the programs, thereby rendering them less effective overall, but yanno. "STFU And Feed People" is shorter.

I'm going to start a new political party. It's called Shut The Fuck Up and Feed People. "But what if they're on drugs?" Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People "Or not really THAT poor?" Shut The Fuck Up And Feed People "What if they have a phone and nice nails?" SHUT THE FUCK UP AND FEED PEOPLE

This is brutal

Seeing so many videos of the hurricane in Jamaica (my father’s homeland) but I can’t tell which are real and which are AI generated. This seems to be the point in general- to confuse the masses so we don’t know what is real and what is now, whether we should or should not take action.

Forty million people are poised to lose food access. Nearly three quarters of a million federal workers are furloughed. Corporations are laying off tens of thousands at a time. We face the worst unemployment crisis since the pandemic. Farmers are broke. Today the stock market reached a record high.

'The "uncle" who Frodo said got rich by adventuring with Dwarves is actually a distant cousin, he clarified on Monday.' - Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, The Shire Post

That resistance is 100% not a meaningful factor for most people, including most of the right-wingers claiming they weren't getting any air. Given that the test I scored below the range for seemed to be measuring my ability to breathe against resistance, though, I think it might be for me

I fucking hate wearing masks but, unfortunately, I am forced to conclude that even if we weren't already masking for COVID reasons, it might be a good idea to start masking again just because of the collapse of public health infrastructure in general

From an article about the man in the SS uniform arrested for attacking the woman in Georgia. Just wild that we've accepted that there's a huge social media platform where an account called "@GasChambers" is allowed to openly do Nazi fundraising and that's fine, in fact all the reporters post there.

I know I've already shared this but seriously... LOL

"From the very moment the ceasefire went into effect, Israel has been killing, on average, about eight people per day. If that happens in the U.S., you would call it a mass shooting or a massacre. In Gaza, it doesn't even make headlines."

As usual, the actual story here is that the "critics" of liberal arts education are cynical liars. The Times' reporting could not find a shred of evidence of indoctrination. This has been obvious for years but the Times consistently decides to aid the attack rather than describe it for what it is.

Does it matter that the "critics" here are bad-faith fascists and the criticism they are making is laughably false?

One of the most psychotic both-sides headlines I've ever seen

While you’re here, please take a moment to read my article about Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s being held in solitary confinement by ICE. He was two days away from receiving new prosthetics when they grabbed him. He’s been detained for months & there’s a petition to get him out:

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

grokipedia does the same fatal thing that the administration is presently doing to academia and the media: asserting that viewpoint diversity requires giving idiots and know-nothings equal footing with qualified experts who have rigorously studied their field.

A load-bearing assumption required by MAGA's entire ideological framework is that those who are unable to afford the basic necessities of life (whether employed or not) deserve to die.

I know you’re a bodybuilder, but use your noggin this time. Nearly half of those who receive food stamps work. Of the rest, most are over 65 or disabled. Wages are too low for tens of millions, and Social Security isn’t enough for many elderly.

SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live. Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps: * Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled * Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages

Just to note, every single food source out there is gonna feel that crush. It all spreads out. Can't get SNAP? Go to the food banks. Food Banks can't do it? School meals and senior service org lunches. I mean, fuck it. It's do or die, expect stealing. This is going to hurt EVERYONE.

Don't trust the AI summary, they are shit.

Council of Geeks is over. I only just learned myself thanks to Google’s AI summary. Thanks Google for letting me know my channel is dead. Some digging, using Google’s AI mode, revealed it’s because of the toxic feud between me and @jessiegender.bsky.social I wouldn’t have known otherwise.

What in the actual fuck? Googles AI basically hallucinated that I somehow accused my podcast host & close friend of toxic behavior & harassment - killing her channel. Keep in my, Vera and I host a podcast together regularly and are good friends and her channel is amazing. This is absolutely fucked.

Love that thanks to all the deregulation from overturning Chevron and demolishing regulatory bodies I’m here on a lovely Sunday seeing if my makeup wipes’ lot is included in the recall for the ones that have SEPSIS CAUSING BACTERIA www.nbcnews.com/select/shopp...