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Periodic reminder:Substack profits off Nazi pages bc they don't want to be "in the censorship business,"but they also won't host adult content,so they ARE in the "censorship business." They just think Nazis are better than pornographers.
This is why I will never give Substack a single shiny nickel.
This is why I will never give Substack a single shiny nickel.
May 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Periodic reminder:Substack profits off Nazi pages bc they don't want to be "in the censorship business,"but they also won't host adult content,so they ARE in the "censorship business." They just think Nazis are better than pornographers.
This is why I will never give Substack a single shiny nickel.
This is why I will never give Substack a single shiny nickel.
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"Five pencils for you. Big fuck-off Jet for me. Two dolls for you..."
May 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"Five pencils for you. Big fuck-off Jet for me. Two dolls for you..."
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And it's a bit concerning that he is a major investor in Substack.
Marc Andreesen is shaping media into his vision and some of y'all are just letting him. You are letting SS use your left leaning journalism to launder right wing extremism. It's making me nuts.
Marc Andreesen is shaping media into his vision and some of y'all are just letting him. You are letting SS use your left leaning journalism to launder right wing extremism. It's making me nuts.
Marc Andreessen is one of the most influential men in America. The billionaire venture capitalist has an audience with everyone from Trump officials to pundits to Democratic senators to tech execs the world over.
So it’s a bit concerning that his worldview leans fascist. 🧵 /1
So it’s a bit concerning that his worldview leans fascist. 🧵 /1
May 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
And it's a bit concerning that he is a major investor in Substack.
Marc Andreesen is shaping media into his vision and some of y'all are just letting him. You are letting SS use your left leaning journalism to launder right wing extremism. It's making me nuts.
Marc Andreesen is shaping media into his vision and some of y'all are just letting him. You are letting SS use your left leaning journalism to launder right wing extremism. It's making me nuts.
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I've got an amazing story about this one. Let me tell you all about how "If you've done nothing wrong you've got nothing to worry about" almost got me charged with unlawful possession of a minigun. 1/?
May 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I've got an amazing story about this one. Let me tell you all about how "If you've done nothing wrong you've got nothing to worry about" almost got me charged with unlawful possession of a minigun. 1/?
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Dear Democrats:
People fucking hate bullies and bigots. Defend the most vulnerable with all your strength and win some damn elections for a change.
People fucking hate bullies and bigots. Defend the most vulnerable with all your strength and win some damn elections for a change.
RESULT: Omaha's Republican Mayor Jean Stothert just lost to her Democratic challenger John Ewing.
Stothert, who was running for a fourth term, resorted to anti-trans ads and messaging around who uses bathrooms in the final stretch of the campaign.
Ewing will be Omaha's first Black mayor.
Stothert, who was running for a fourth term, resorted to anti-trans ads and messaging around who uses bathrooms in the final stretch of the campaign.
Ewing will be Omaha's first Black mayor.
May 14, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Dear Democrats:
People fucking hate bullies and bigots. Defend the most vulnerable with all your strength and win some damn elections for a change.
People fucking hate bullies and bigots. Defend the most vulnerable with all your strength and win some damn elections for a change.
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They poured a quarter billion dollars into transphobic broadcast ads in ‘24 and thought, “That’s it! We have our message!”
And yet in the campaigns before that and in election after election since then, they’ve either underperformed or lost outright.
Democrats: Hold the line. Work hard. Go win.
And yet in the campaigns before that and in election after election since then, they’ve either underperformed or lost outright.
Democrats: Hold the line. Work hard. Go win.
May 14, 2025 at 3:52 AM
They poured a quarter billion dollars into transphobic broadcast ads in ‘24 and thought, “That’s it! We have our message!”
And yet in the campaigns before that and in election after election since then, they’ve either underperformed or lost outright.
Democrats: Hold the line. Work hard. Go win.
And yet in the campaigns before that and in election after election since then, they’ve either underperformed or lost outright.
Democrats: Hold the line. Work hard. Go win.
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Why is this story not in an American paper
Let’s tell more stories of how responsible governance can benefit more people and give them increased opportunities, instead of the supposed inevitably of the oligarchs having everything there is
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Let’s tell more stories of how responsible governance can benefit more people and give them increased opportunities, instead of the supposed inevitably of the oligarchs having everything there is
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New Mexico made childcare free. It lifted 120,000 people above the poverty line
The state, which has long ranked worst in the US for child wellbeing, became the first and only in the country to offer free childcare to a majority of families
www.theguardian.com
May 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Why is this story not in an American paper
Let’s tell more stories of how responsible governance can benefit more people and give them increased opportunities, instead of the supposed inevitably of the oligarchs having everything there is
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Let’s tell more stories of how responsible governance can benefit more people and give them increased opportunities, instead of the supposed inevitably of the oligarchs having everything there is
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Uline's owners are the 2nd biggest political donors to Trump, so found a non-MAGA alt rec'd on Reddi: EcoEnclose. For shipping boxes for original comic art, so I got EXACTLY the size I wanted. It's half the price once you add in shipping to my house from Uline. EcoEnc $120.32 vs Uline $238.38.
May 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Uline's owners are the 2nd biggest political donors to Trump, so found a non-MAGA alt rec'd on Reddi: EcoEnclose. For shipping boxes for original comic art, so I got EXACTLY the size I wanted. It's half the price once you add in shipping to my house from Uline. EcoEnc $120.32 vs Uline $238.38.
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Fascinating bit of reading here. Wow.
OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
May 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Fascinating bit of reading here. Wow.
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True but also rarely has an economic policy sucked shit this much
WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. Rarely has an economic policy been repudiated as soundly, and as quickly, as President Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs ..”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/opinion/u-s-...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/opinion/u-s-...
May 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
True but also rarely has an economic policy sucked shit this much
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In case you're having a bad day
I went to the park to film some water textures with a fancy ultra slomo camera, but got distracted by ducks, so here is some very wholesome content of ducklings having a great time chasing lil bugs in extreme 900fps slow motion:
May 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
In case you're having a bad day
Time to listen to some Smoking Popes in celebration of the Chicago Pope.
May 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Time to listen to some Smoking Popes in celebration of the Chicago Pope.
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Impossible to communicate to people that once you decide that a group more vulnerable than you can be sacrificed in the name of your own safety or interests that you have already entered into an tacit agreement that you can also be sacrificed in the interests of a group less vulnerable than you.
May 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Impossible to communicate to people that once you decide that a group more vulnerable than you can be sacrificed in the name of your own safety or interests that you have already entered into an tacit agreement that you can also be sacrificed in the interests of a group less vulnerable than you.
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The thing that most infuriates me here (and there's a lot to choose from) is the way Altman has created a massive crisis in higher education that didn't need to exist and then purports to sell us a solution.
Sam Altman describes ChatGPT as merely “a calculator for words”
the man responsible for destroying education doesn't understand writing, thinking, or math, although, to be fair, he certainly does understand capital
the man responsible for destroying education doesn't understand writing, thinking, or math, although, to be fair, he certainly does understand capital
May 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The thing that most infuriates me here (and there's a lot to choose from) is the way Altman has created a massive crisis in higher education that didn't need to exist and then purports to sell us a solution.
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(i hate it. i don’t care about your use case. i hope it fails. i have had to become fairly informed on how it “works” for reasons and have still never touched it myself and will not ever touch it myself, which may eventually cost me my livelihood. i hate it and i don’t care about your use case.)
May 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
(i hate it. i don’t care about your use case. i hope it fails. i have had to become fairly informed on how it “works” for reasons and have still never touched it myself and will not ever touch it myself, which may eventually cost me my livelihood. i hate it and i don’t care about your use case.)
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you know, maybe the most irritating thing about AI is that there’s no effective way to mute it on here so if i want to “see” other people from my weird little isolating life, every 6 days i gotta sit through everyone once again reacting to an AI Good media piece.
May 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
you know, maybe the most irritating thing about AI is that there’s no effective way to mute it on here so if i want to “see” other people from my weird little isolating life, every 6 days i gotta sit through everyone once again reacting to an AI Good media piece.
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Scott Bessent isn’t explaining Trump’s economic plan. He’s laundering it. Through the WSJ. In broad daylight. With your future on the line.
Scott Bessent Is Selling You a Lie
Trump’s Treasury Secretary repackages economic failure as strategy—and hopes you won’t notice.
www.theindex.media
May 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Scott Bessent isn’t explaining Trump’s economic plan. He’s laundering it. Through the WSJ. In broad daylight. With your future on the line.
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I still need a job— any leads appreciated.
I amthe best at illustration and design and writing, plus general common sense shit.
Top relocation destinations: SF Bay Area or out of the US entirely.
I amthe best at illustration and design and writing, plus general common sense shit.
Top relocation destinations: SF Bay Area or out of the US entirely.
May 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I still need a job— any leads appreciated.
I amthe best at illustration and design and writing, plus general common sense shit.
Top relocation destinations: SF Bay Area or out of the US entirely.
I amthe best at illustration and design and writing, plus general common sense shit.
Top relocation destinations: SF Bay Area or out of the US entirely.
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Please notice: the cop openly questions the legality of his orders and of the arrests, admits he has no idea why they're arresting people: and then proceeds to participate in arresting them, anyway.
*All* cops are bastards.
*All* cops are bastards.
EXCLUSIVE: A police officer questioned the legality of arresting peaceful student protesters without probable cause at a pro-Palestine demonstration at the University of Texas at Austin, audio from body camera footage provided to Rolling Stone shows.
'What Are They Doing Illegal?' Officer Says Before Arresting Pro-Palestine Students
Audio reveals an officer admitting University of Texas students weren’t breaking the law before they were arrested during a pro-Palestine protest.
www.rollingstone.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Please notice: the cop openly questions the legality of his orders and of the arrests, admits he has no idea why they're arresting people: and then proceeds to participate in arresting them, anyway.
*All* cops are bastards.
*All* cops are bastards.
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Eveyone & their brother is using ChatGPT to avoid doing the reading/homework & we’re all going to suffer bc of it.
May 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Eveyone & their brother is using ChatGPT to avoid doing the reading/homework & we’re all going to suffer bc of it.
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Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!
December 29, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!
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It is absolutely hilarious that because he’s fucked this up so stupidly we’re now getting an argument against materialism from THE MOST MATERIALISTIC PERSON WHO EVER LIVED.
April 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It is absolutely hilarious that because he’s fucked this up so stupidly we’re now getting an argument against materialism from THE MOST MATERIALISTIC PERSON WHO EVER LIVED.
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The language of Trump’s new executive order is propaganda.
“Safety,” “criminals,” “heroic police.”
The reality: federal overreach, local disempowerment, and an ideological war on accountability.
I broke it down here:
www.theindex.media/trumps-execu...
“Safety,” “criminals,” “heroic police.”
The reality: federal overreach, local disempowerment, and an ideological war on accountability.
I broke it down here:
www.theindex.media/trumps-execu...
April 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The language of Trump’s new executive order is propaganda.
“Safety,” “criminals,” “heroic police.”
The reality: federal overreach, local disempowerment, and an ideological war on accountability.
I broke it down here:
www.theindex.media/trumps-execu...
“Safety,” “criminals,” “heroic police.”
The reality: federal overreach, local disempowerment, and an ideological war on accountability.
I broke it down here:
www.theindex.media/trumps-execu...