A_lethe_ion
@aletheion.bsky.social
Alien hermit of liminal spaces | AutADHD | enby (neutrois) bi, kinky & polyam |
I take bad pictures of tiny things & beings I see sometimes |
EN: They/them, DE: dey or sier, nicht super wichtig tho |
mid artist, extremely rarely a poet | Bunnies Pet |
I take bad pictures of tiny things & beings I see sometimes |
EN: They/them, DE: dey or sier, nicht super wichtig tho |
mid artist, extremely rarely a poet | Bunnies Pet |
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Zwar haben immer mehr geflüchtete Ukrainer*innen in Deutschland einen Job, wie eine Studie des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) zeigt – doch Union und SPD streichen systematisch die Programme zusammen, auf die diese Entwicklung zurückzuführen ist.
February 18, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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Wie lange dürfen Wirtschaftsministerin Katherina #Reiche und Bundeskanzler Friedrich #Merz noch aktiv den Klimaschutz sabotieren, obwohl sie wissen, dass ihre fossillobbyfreundliche Politik tausende Hitzetote verursacht?
#Klimagerechtigkeit #Fahrlässigkeit #Klimamord
#Klimagerechtigkeit #Fahrlässigkeit #Klimamord
February 14, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Wie lange dürfen Wirtschaftsministerin Katherina #Reiche und Bundeskanzler Friedrich #Merz noch aktiv den Klimaschutz sabotieren, obwohl sie wissen, dass ihre fossillobbyfreundliche Politik tausende Hitzetote verursacht?
#Klimagerechtigkeit #Fahrlässigkeit #Klimamord
#Klimagerechtigkeit #Fahrlässigkeit #Klimamord
Wohoo. Insurance pays for Surgery *happy noises*
February 19, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Wohoo. Insurance pays for Surgery *happy noises*
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You won't protect your principles by abandoning your principles. You won't protect one group of threatened people by abandoning another. All you'll do is bounce around the fascist frame, and so you'll never threaten the fascist project, because even if you "win" you're still inside their picture.
February 18, 2026 at 12:49 PM
You won't protect your principles by abandoning your principles. You won't protect one group of threatened people by abandoning another. All you'll do is bounce around the fascist frame, and so you'll never threaten the fascist project, because even if you "win" you're still inside their picture.
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We are not trusted to be the primary authors of our own lives
If you want to understand why the BBC's stance on trans rights - only platforming cis people (and only those with a sceptical perspective) - is so outrageous imagine if it only platformed men talking about women's rights (and only those with a sceptical perspective).
February 15, 2026 at 5:19 PM
We are not trusted to be the primary authors of our own lives
Using a gif, who’s your favorite female game character?
they all so fucked up <3
they all so fucked up <3
February 18, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Using a gif, who’s your favorite female game character?
they all so fucked up <3
they all so fucked up <3
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their biggest mistake was proving that we can take care of each other way more effectively than they can take care of us, part 271
lol, it’s a lot easier to form a tenants union when everyone in the building is in the same group chat
MAJOR: Twin Cities Tenants joins five labor unions, together repping 25,900 members, to launch a rent strike drive, vowing to withhold rent March 1 if @governorwalz.mn.gov fails to deliver an eviction moratorium and rent relief. If launched, this would be the largest US rent strike in 100+ years.
February 18, 2026 at 3:07 AM
their biggest mistake was proving that we can take care of each other way more effectively than they can take care of us, part 271
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After reading Careless People it’s actually wild to open meta’s text-based platforms and see them try to do all of the things to me that Sarah Wynn Williams describes in the book
I think if you are gonna use Threads you have to read the book so you know the anti-democracy machine you’re sustaining
I think if you are gonna use Threads you have to read the book so you know the anti-democracy machine you’re sustaining
As a media person, I am probably paying a real cost by refusing to engage with Threads. I just can't do it.
Firstly, Facebook is an evil company and I want less of them in my life.
Secondly, every time I opened Threads it served me an awful stream
of garbage that made me upset and angry.
Firstly, Facebook is an evil company and I want less of them in my life.
Secondly, every time I opened Threads it served me an awful stream
of garbage that made me upset and angry.
when I open threads, 90% of the posts that are served to me are either rage bait or straight out false information
And the algorithm is choosing that
Nothing comparable happening here at all
And the algorithm is choosing that
Nothing comparable happening here at all
February 18, 2026 at 1:48 AM
After reading Careless People it’s actually wild to open meta’s text-based platforms and see them try to do all of the things to me that Sarah Wynn Williams describes in the book
I think if you are gonna use Threads you have to read the book so you know the anti-democracy machine you’re sustaining
I think if you are gonna use Threads you have to read the book so you know the anti-democracy machine you’re sustaining
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Imagine explaining this to an alien.
“Yeah so this one guy hated his daughter so much for her living her best life that he bought the most successful social media site and filled it with hateful bigots, bots and helped establish a dictatorship in the most powerful nation on earth”
“Yeah so this one guy hated his daughter so much for her living her best life that he bought the most successful social media site and filled it with hateful bigots, bots and helped establish a dictatorship in the most powerful nation on earth”
February 18, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Imagine explaining this to an alien.
“Yeah so this one guy hated his daughter so much for her living her best life that he bought the most successful social media site and filled it with hateful bigots, bots and helped establish a dictatorship in the most powerful nation on earth”
“Yeah so this one guy hated his daughter so much for her living her best life that he bought the most successful social media site and filled it with hateful bigots, bots and helped establish a dictatorship in the most powerful nation on earth”
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The olympics allowed trans people to compete in 2004. Renee Richards sin the right to compete in 1977. And the efforts that were done were undertaken with persuasion and consensus with sporting bodies over decades. The right responded with $100s millions in ads and a full legislative assault.
February 18, 2026 at 12:28 AM
The olympics allowed trans people to compete in 2004. Renee Richards sin the right to compete in 1977. And the efforts that were done were undertaken with persuasion and consensus with sporting bodies over decades. The right responded with $100s millions in ads and a full legislative assault.
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Even with the legislative assault, compromises were made such as bans on trans youth surgery in exchange for not banning access to HRT, Arizona and New Hampshire being the examples. New Hampshire banned care fully for trans youth this year. Compromise didn't work.
February 18, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Even with the legislative assault, compromises were made such as bans on trans youth surgery in exchange for not banning access to HRT, Arizona and New Hampshire being the examples. New Hampshire banned care fully for trans youth this year. Compromise didn't work.
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Part of the right wing project around this is making it seem like trans people just randomly appeared in 2015 and we were unreasonable. (I wonder what happened that year that made trans people a focus for them?). There were decades of quiet advocacy to get basic anti discrimination protections.
February 18, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Part of the right wing project around this is making it seem like trans people just randomly appeared in 2015 and we were unreasonable. (I wonder what happened that year that made trans people a focus for them?). There were decades of quiet advocacy to get basic anti discrimination protections.
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Republicans got trounced trying bathroom bills in 2015, then spent 10 years astroturfing anti-trans propaganda to get where they are today, and supposedly Democrats are supposed to see that and say "Well, nothing we can do here, the public has spoken!"
Motherfuckers, doing nothing is a choice
Motherfuckers, doing nothing is a choice
February 17, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Republicans got trounced trying bathroom bills in 2015, then spent 10 years astroturfing anti-trans propaganda to get where they are today, and supposedly Democrats are supposed to see that and say "Well, nothing we can do here, the public has spoken!"
Motherfuckers, doing nothing is a choice
Motherfuckers, doing nothing is a choice
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Lakshya Jain and the Argument fled this website because they couldn't take the criticism and now he's advocating for Dems to abandon trans issues with polling about 'gender surgery for minors' a thing that is not real
February 17, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Lakshya Jain and the Argument fled this website because they couldn't take the criticism and now he's advocating for Dems to abandon trans issues with polling about 'gender surgery for minors' a thing that is not real
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a fucking pedophile sexually abused nearly every prospective and actual Olympian gymnast for over two decades, and the political discourse is hyper-fixated on the hypothetical unfairness of trans girls competing with cis girls
1 reason why I get so angry at anti-trans "safety in women's sports" people is NONE of them do SHIT or say ANYTHING about actual safety in womens sport. There are ongoing histories and challenges and abuses in sport, and folks are more than welcome to pay attention, and give a damn. But they don't.
February 17, 2026 at 7:57 PM
a fucking pedophile sexually abused nearly every prospective and actual Olympian gymnast for over two decades, and the political discourse is hyper-fixated on the hypothetical unfairness of trans girls competing with cis girls
more luigis
i think lots of people underestimate how badly these “AI” companies want people to be unable to afford computers. they view personal computing as a roadblock to their desire for complete end-to-end centralization. the fact that their tech is putting hardware out of reach is not just a happy accident
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
February 18, 2026 at 12:01 AM
more luigis
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i think lots of people underestimate how badly these “AI” companies want people to be unable to afford computers. they view personal computing as a roadblock to their desire for complete end-to-end centralization. the fact that their tech is putting hardware out of reach is not just a happy accident
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
Hyperscalers are tearing hard drives out of the hands of manufacturers. Prices are therefore also rising for SSDs.
www.heise.de
February 17, 2026 at 5:49 PM
i think lots of people underestimate how badly these “AI” companies want people to be unable to afford computers. they view personal computing as a roadblock to their desire for complete end-to-end centralization. the fact that their tech is putting hardware out of reach is not just a happy accident
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its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
March 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
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Robin Ince: Let the Quiet Ones Rise | Leicester Comedy Festival
events.comedy-festival.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 10:58 AM
@todmaffin.com mr maffin, what has canada to say about the recent curling scandal? shocking the world :D
February 17, 2026 at 7:34 AM
@todmaffin.com mr maffin, what has canada to say about the recent curling scandal? shocking the world :D
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Again, all I'm asking is that any Democrat who wants my vote support 1. Reverting Trump's anti-trans policies, 2. Commit to fighting against the future erosion of trans rights, and 3. Support legislation codifying trans rights into law.
Very weird how many of you centrists think that's unreasonable
Very weird how many of you centrists think that's unreasonable
February 16, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Again, all I'm asking is that any Democrat who wants my vote support 1. Reverting Trump's anti-trans policies, 2. Commit to fighting against the future erosion of trans rights, and 3. Support legislation codifying trans rights into law.
Very weird how many of you centrists think that's unreasonable
Very weird how many of you centrists think that's unreasonable
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Since the government is about to introduce a social media ban for under-16s based largely on vibes – and Jonathan Haidt's shitty book – in the hopes it boosts its popularity (it won't), I'll re-up this.
If we're banning under-16s, why not over-60s?
If we're banning under-16s, why not over-60s?
On almost everything – fraud, polarisation, radicalisation, misinformation – evidence suggests that over 60s are in much more urgent need of online protection and education than teenagers.
But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.
But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.
This was a minor story on London news this morning - but suspect is a real cautionary (and alarming) tale of an older man getting radicalised online.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
February 16, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Since the government is about to introduce a social media ban for under-16s based largely on vibes – and Jonathan Haidt's shitty book – in the hopes it boosts its popularity (it won't), I'll re-up this.
If we're banning under-16s, why not over-60s?
If we're banning under-16s, why not over-60s?
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STARMER’S LABOUR: THE MOST ANTI-LGBT+ GOVT SINCE THATCHER
A list of the government's shameful LGBT+ record – especially when it comes to attacking trans people.
Updated for the second time in two months because there have been six or seven things to add since January alone.
A list of the government's shameful LGBT+ record – especially when it comes to attacking trans people.
Updated for the second time in two months because there have been six or seven things to add since January alone.
February 13, 2026 at 9:36 PM
STARMER’S LABOUR: THE MOST ANTI-LGBT+ GOVT SINCE THATCHER
A list of the government's shameful LGBT+ record – especially when it comes to attacking trans people.
Updated for the second time in two months because there have been six or seven things to add since January alone.
A list of the government's shameful LGBT+ record – especially when it comes to attacking trans people.
Updated for the second time in two months because there have been six or seven things to add since January alone.
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Die Ideologie der CDU basiert darauf, dass angeblich die Reichen ein frivol schönes Leben hätten, wenn nur der Sozialstaat nicht wäre.
Daran stimmt so einiges nicht. Wenn die Gier der Polit-Multimillionäre wie Merz, Spahn oder Klöckner noch nicht gestillt ist, ist sie einfach unstillbar.
Daran stimmt so einiges nicht. Wenn die Gier der Polit-Multimillionäre wie Merz, Spahn oder Klöckner noch nicht gestillt ist, ist sie einfach unstillbar.
February 16, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Die Ideologie der CDU basiert darauf, dass angeblich die Reichen ein frivol schönes Leben hätten, wenn nur der Sozialstaat nicht wäre.
Daran stimmt so einiges nicht. Wenn die Gier der Polit-Multimillionäre wie Merz, Spahn oder Klöckner noch nicht gestillt ist, ist sie einfach unstillbar.
Daran stimmt so einiges nicht. Wenn die Gier der Polit-Multimillionäre wie Merz, Spahn oder Klöckner noch nicht gestillt ist, ist sie einfach unstillbar.
