@austinwalker.bsky.social @bleatingheart.bsky.social @notquitereal.bsky.social We know you can't roll in water to put the fire out, but you can... quench the fire by quenching your thirst? Unless Burning is not the same as being on fire. I haven't had the, ah, opportunity to try this out myself yet.

now, more than ever, we need to just make up a word to use instead of socialism. they'll never realize

it's fucking bleak, y'all. a.i. boosters are inhuman and anti-human. what the hell is wrong with these people

Dr Teeth, Medicine Woman

how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

It's over. The frog will never come back down.

I need Zohran Mamdani to win to prove to me that we, United States of Americans, can indeed have a different type of politician; and that hype among my internet follows is not just a mirage

the "republicans have to pay rent too" answer really gets me, because republican politics always seem to focus on "people i don't like are getting things (that I am also getting)" and I love it when someone is like "yeah I think EVERYONE should live well, not only the people i like"

"AI is here to stay, get used to it" No it's not. It's not the weather. If people stop making it, it stops existing. We have the power to decide. Don't let the business or tech idiots convince you otherwise

You heard me

nothing in business or technology is inevitable, no matter what the wealthy and powerful say. Such things only happen by human decision and human effort, and we all have power to affect the outcomes. We don't have to let the whims and wills of the wealthy tell us what will or won't happen.

how spicy would you like your customer service today?

Mojo: @rangedtouch.bsky.social 's least favorite magazine

ennifer janiston

wealthrot is my new term for when chronic wealth makes a person stupid, cruel, and disconnected from reality

I had to double check that this wasn't from a satire site

it's important to understand that despite their promises the profit-seekers aren't actually interested in making your life easier; they don't want you to enjoy your life, they want you working as much as possible until they can figure out how to replace you

the thing is if you have a six hour day for eight hours pay & full employment you now have time to enjoy walking your dog. to cook yourself something at leisure. to enjoy taking care of your dwelling. the answer isn't magic robots. it's unions, it's workers getting the means of production

this is one of my favorite posts that I've seen

I'm not a sports guy but when @patrickklepek.bsky.social kept saying the Bears were "going to Oakland" to play the "Oakland Raiders" during the latest @remapradio.bsky.social Sports! episode I kept thinking, what year is it??

the thing I love about Zohran’s campaign is that instead of “this place fucking sucks and I alone can fix it” his message is “being a New Yorker rules, we live in the best city in the world, let’s make it even better together” show some damn pride in the places you want to govern

this is me any time I put something in a convenient place but it's not my normal place for it

@morecivilized.bsky.social do we know if this comes directly from star wars?

the AI bros are out there, reading LLM summaries of LLM-written books, thinking they are incredibly smart

you're telling me a limon can play the cello?

new Michaels unlocked: Geranium Michael, National Treasure Michael

Weeding is something that gardeners, your neighbors, and even librarians have in common. And we're not talking about crabgrass. This week, we're talking books, getting rid of them, and what happened when one library had to downsize. Full episode 👉 99percentinvisible.org/episode/weed...

Wi-Fi is short for Wizard Fingers

Three thousand mosquitoes live rent free in my head

if this duck were instead an astronaut, this is what I imagine when I hear the @nextlander.com podcast theme

wow. whenever I finally have a garden I am going to plant artichoke just as a fun treat for the bees

Dr. McAnulty a scientist who is not only fiercely dedicated to supporting her community, she supports communities all across the USA through Skype a Scientist. As a public library employee, it's hard for me to NOT support this level of dedication to public education.

You ever think of how much good he could have done with that metaverse bullshit money? Like he could have cut childhood poverty in half and been beloved for generations but instead he was like LEGS LEGS LEGS and no one got anything at all except those funny pictures of him

there's a podcast ad that I've been hearing a bunch lately and it's for the "official Guilded Age podcast" and not only does it make the podcast seem really boring but the show sounds really boring too. Just a complete anti-ad

I hope that one day this man learns how to read

Two years ago I interviewed a 31-year-old NY state assemblymember about a 7-year-old girl killed by an SUV driver in his district. I hung up the phone, astonished that I'd talked to a legislator who so thoughtfully articulated what actually needs to change on our streets. He'll make a great mayor

Elon Musk is the stupidest man alive.

He's really going to go full Ted Faro on us

You either believe in bodily autonomy or you don't. I do. I believe that what you do with your body is your choice, and no one but you can give enthusiastic informed consent. I believe that coercing or forcing someone else to conform or use their body within your expectations is monstrous.

I like to think I was doing this kind of cooperating when a guy's flag was hitting me in the face and I didn't say anything and another guy asked the first guy to please move his flag

I believe the problem is that in order to become a billionaire you have to only be able to see the world through the lenses of Extraction and Exploitation. they're miserably unhappy despite their wealth because their ability to perceive the world is so corrupted they cannot find joy

geo-off keighng

THE SAVING OF LABOUR. The Robot. "Master, I can do the work of fifty men." Employer. "Yes, I know that, but who is to support the fifty men?" 📖 London Punch, 1933 #magazinetimemachine

hulk grean

capitalists market "technology" to the masses by claiming that by being new, it will improve people's lives. and then they exploit labor, destroy the environment, produce garbage and take all the wealth. because their goal is ALWAYS profit, which never concedes to human well-being

Slightly unrelated, but I wonder what happened to that destined but reluctant adventurer who came through here a while back asking about the obelisks

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