dawnlight melody (⏸️🤖,⏩🏳️⚧️)
@dawnlightmelody.bsky.social
she/it | 22 | "garden variety social failure" | aspiring delver | LGBTESCREAL+ | Aiel, not Jenn Aiel | 進めば二つ
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I sincerely believe it is far more productive to form alliances than to alienate people who seriously care about suffering in order to score cheap dunks against techbros.
the reason i am trying to make LGBTESCREAL a meme is that i think leftists and EAs have a lot more in common than they might think, and were they to learn from each other, both would be stronger
i'm unhappy about the cave but i've decided i'm going to be happy i get to see my grandparents this christmas
(and also maybe start going to food not bombs or my local democratic party or my local DSA to build a larger base of people who won't cave next time)
(and also maybe start going to food not bombs or my local democratic party or my local DSA to build a larger base of people who won't cave next time)
genuinely going to be so mad if the shutdown is still going by christmas, i like my grandparents and want to visit them so we can chat about nerdy stuff and play catan
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
i'm unhappy about the cave but i've decided i'm going to be happy i get to see my grandparents this christmas
(and also maybe start going to food not bombs or my local democratic party or my local DSA to build a larger base of people who won't cave next time)
(and also maybe start going to food not bombs or my local democratic party or my local DSA to build a larger base of people who won't cave next time)
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SJP, Indivisible, Gay Nerd Association, your local YIMBY sex club, environmentalist cult, the NIMBY sex club, your labor union's reform caucus, your un-unionized workplace's group chat; EWOC, Ewok gang, whatever. Fuck you. Get up.
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
SJP, Indivisible, Gay Nerd Association, your local YIMBY sex club, environmentalist cult, the NIMBY sex club, your labor union's reform caucus, your un-unionized workplace's group chat; EWOC, Ewok gang, whatever. Fuck you. Get up.
starting to wonder if universal basic self-defense training might be an important leftist cause area given what young conservatives are like these days
November 9, 2025 at 5:14 AM
starting to wonder if universal basic self-defense training might be an important leftist cause area given what young conservatives are like these days
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bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
genuinely going to be so mad if the shutdown is still going by christmas, i like my grandparents and want to visit them so we can chat about nerdy stuff and play catan
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 AM
genuinely going to be so mad if the shutdown is still going by christmas, i like my grandparents and want to visit them so we can chat about nerdy stuff and play catan
y'know at a certain point of the government diverging from the morality, the will of the people, or common sense, i think a major Constitutional resettlement becomes inevitable
The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments.
Supreme Court Issues Emergency Order To Block Full SNAP Food Aid Payments
The food program serves about 1 in 8 Americans, mostly with lower incomes.
www.huffpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 AM
y'know at a certain point of the government diverging from the morality, the will of the people, or common sense, i think a major Constitutional resettlement becomes inevitable
today's ruling makes it official: i only vote for democratic nominees who promise to pack the supreme court
November 7, 2025 at 5:07 AM
today's ruling makes it official: i only vote for democratic nominees who promise to pack the supreme court
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The SCOTUS is not protecting people’s rights in any consistent way and we cannot rely on them to. This has been clear for a while, and them making a ruling that’s adverse for trans people today sucks. They have been making many adverse rulings and they are not the final word for justice for anyone.
November 7, 2025 at 4:33 AM
The SCOTUS is not protecting people’s rights in any consistent way and we cannot rely on them to. This has been clear for a while, and them making a ruling that’s adverse for trans people today sucks. They have been making many adverse rulings and they are not the final word for justice for anyone.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
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i call this view 'reactionary centrism' - the problem with it is that modern fascism *cannot* be appeased; they don't want a few compromises in women's sports, they want a total social transformation and the end of liberal democracy
you give them a bone, then another, then they want your arm
you give them a bone, then another, then they want your arm
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
i call this view 'reactionary centrism' - the problem with it is that modern fascism *cannot* be appeased; they don't want a few compromises in women's sports, they want a total social transformation and the end of liberal democracy
you give them a bone, then another, then they want your arm
you give them a bone, then another, then they want your arm
just had a very productive day and talked to friends and ate enough food and watched some tv and scrolled some memes and. i'm genuinely happy??? like just unambiguously??? this hasn't happened in a while
November 3, 2025 at 5:07 AM
just had a very productive day and talked to friends and ate enough food and watched some tv and scrolled some memes and. i'm genuinely happy??? like just unambiguously??? this hasn't happened in a while
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I think the United States fundamentally is not one country but two, and that what those two countries are changes over time. It was once the Confederacy and the Union, but now it's not *precisely* the Confederacy and Union, but the coasts and interior
I think there's continuity across time.
I think there's continuity across time.
November 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I think the United States fundamentally is not one country but two, and that what those two countries are changes over time. It was once the Confederacy and the Union, but now it's not *precisely* the Confederacy and Union, but the coasts and interior
I think there's continuity across time.
I think there's continuity across time.
"the main practical result of rationalism is... for rationalizing doing the work of evil"
...and the RAISE Act, and SB 53, and donations to the AMF and GiveDirectly, and Prop 12, and mechinterp as a field, and the closest attempt anyone's made to kicking Sam Altman out of power at OpenAI
...and the RAISE Act, and SB 53, and donations to the AMF and GiveDirectly, and Prop 12, and mechinterp as a field, and the closest attempt anyone's made to kicking Sam Altman out of power at OpenAI
the main practical result of rationalism is creating a priesthood and ethos for rationalizing doing the work of evil. it's a recruiting pipeline for openai, palantir, anduril, all of elon's shops.
it's legitimately horrifying. that many of those involved refuse to confront it is often infuriating
it's legitimately horrifying. that many of those involved refuse to confront it is often infuriating
November 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"the main practical result of rationalism is... for rationalizing doing the work of evil"
...and the RAISE Act, and SB 53, and donations to the AMF and GiveDirectly, and Prop 12, and mechinterp as a field, and the closest attempt anyone's made to kicking Sam Altman out of power at OpenAI
...and the RAISE Act, and SB 53, and donations to the AMF and GiveDirectly, and Prop 12, and mechinterp as a field, and the closest attempt anyone's made to kicking Sam Altman out of power at OpenAI
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how do you make this many people mad on Bluesky, you might ask? just talk about AI with nuance and a modicum of actual understanding of the topic's complexity!
November 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
how do you make this many people mad on Bluesky, you might ask? just talk about AI with nuance and a modicum of actual understanding of the topic's complexity!
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The solution to this problem absolutely doesn’t look like tacking to the center.
Asked the main reason for their frustration, the dominant response of frustrated Democrats (41%) is that the party has not pushed back hard enough against the Trump administration. (Survey conducted pre-shutdown)
October 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The solution to this problem absolutely doesn’t look like tacking to the center.
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so far during trump's second term, when democrats have "increased the salience of immigration," this has had the effect of significantly decreasing trump's approval rating. effect is moderated through rising negative press coverage of trump's immigration policy
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/kilmar-abr...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/kilmar-abr...
October 31, 2025 at 2:01 AM
so far during trump's second term, when democrats have "increased the salience of immigration," this has had the effect of significantly decreasing trump's approval rating. effect is moderated through rising negative press coverage of trump's immigration policy
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/kilmar-abr...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/kilmar-abr...
one of the weirdest things about the platner discourse is that, while i'm hearing some liberals and some leftists are pro-platner from a distance, pretty much everyone i directly read (whether liberal or leftist) is anti-platner
October 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
one of the weirdest things about the platner discourse is that, while i'm hearing some liberals and some leftists are pro-platner from a distance, pretty much everyone i directly read (whether liberal or leftist) is anti-platner
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From my book: www.amazon.com/Did-Science-...
October 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
From my book: www.amazon.com/Did-Science-...
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Most Americans are deeply ignorant of how national borders and travel and migration worked, historically – but they assume that it was always like now.
It wasn’t even like now when I was younger.
It wasn’t even like now when I was younger.
Bernie Sanders made some pretty ridiculous comments related to border security and how basically border security is necessary to have a nation. So was the U.S. not a nation prior to the manufactured border security panic? Because people were crossing that southern border fairly freely prior to then.
Reminder that the idea of "border security" is political and a result of moral panic. In 1965, Congress passed amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act that put number limits on immigration and ended longstanding guest worker agreements with Mexico. This helped lead to agencies like ICE. /1
October 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Most Americans are deeply ignorant of how national borders and travel and migration worked, historically – but they assume that it was always like now.
It wasn’t even like now when I was younger.
It wasn’t even like now when I was younger.
my boiling take is that the 2028 dem nominee can and should be a random teacher. maybe a primary school teacher, maybe a college prof, but either way someone who actually represents the base and has the fury to fight the republicans
My hot take is the 2028 Dem nominee will be someone that no one is suspecting
gotta be honest, I'm not sure her run would get to Super Tuesday but stay blessed, i guess
October 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
my boiling take is that the 2028 dem nominee can and should be a random teacher. maybe a primary school teacher, maybe a college prof, but either way someone who actually represents the base and has the fury to fight the republicans
lol looks like i finally got shadowbanned on twitter. going to download my data tonight in case they decide to totally pull the plug
October 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
lol looks like i finally got shadowbanned on twitter. going to download my data tonight in case they decide to totally pull the plug