b lyin
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heartbreaking to see public health people people get as far as “ICE detention is a driver of disease” only to call for increased funding for ICE medical services not “free them all for public health”
February 4, 2026 at 2:51 PM
heartbreaking to see public health people people get as far as “ICE detention is a driver of disease” only to call for increased funding for ICE medical services not “free them all for public health”
yes, there are various kinds of dependencies associated with certain chemicals, behaviors, etc.
but! many of the social consequences associated with "addiction" have little or nothing to do with the thing being used & much more to do with social stigma or concurrent marginalization
but! many of the social consequences associated with "addiction" have little or nothing to do with the thing being used & much more to do with social stigma or concurrent marginalization
February 3, 2026 at 6:00 PM
yes, there are various kinds of dependencies associated with certain chemicals, behaviors, etc.
but! many of the social consequences associated with "addiction" have little or nothing to do with the thing being used & much more to do with social stigma or concurrent marginalization
but! many of the social consequences associated with "addiction" have little or nothing to do with the thing being used & much more to do with social stigma or concurrent marginalization
better yet, stop using the term "addiction" - a poorly defined social construct that has never been medically or scientifically proven to exist - at all.
there are many kinds of *use*, which can (for complex reasons) be problematic or not -- & even those assignations are usually about race & class
there are many kinds of *use*, which can (for complex reasons) be problematic or not -- & even those assignations are usually about race & class
I'll bang this drum till the day I die. I've said it before and I'll say it again
Using addictive as a descriptor for a video game is lazy and almost entirely inaccurate to the point you're trying to get across.
Balatro is not destroying the life of you and your loved ones, you just like the game
Using addictive as a descriptor for a video game is lazy and almost entirely inaccurate to the point you're trying to get across.
Balatro is not destroying the life of you and your loved ones, you just like the game
I cut addictive out of so many reviews. Unless you are talking about predatory mechanics that are literally designed to manipulate people in habit-forming ways, do not use it as "game is too fun!"
February 3, 2026 at 5:58 PM
better yet, stop using the term "addiction" - a poorly defined social construct that has never been medically or scientifically proven to exist - at all.
there are many kinds of *use*, which can (for complex reasons) be problematic or not -- & even those assignations are usually about race & class
there are many kinds of *use*, which can (for complex reasons) be problematic or not -- & even those assignations are usually about race & class
body cams are technocapitalism in a nutshell: take a problem (police/ICE violence) with an obvious cause (racist vigilantism & political impunity) and build a vast economic apparatus to literally enrich the people responsible while altering their behavior in no way whatsoever
February 2, 2026 at 11:04 PM
body cams are technocapitalism in a nutshell: take a problem (police/ICE violence) with an obvious cause (racist vigilantism & political impunity) and build a vast economic apparatus to literally enrich the people responsible while altering their behavior in no way whatsoever
sunday activities include recording extremely tasteless gurgles and systematically destroying a vintage beta 58 as i attempt to disassemble it
February 1, 2026 at 5:08 PM
sunday activities include recording extremely tasteless gurgles and systematically destroying a vintage beta 58 as i attempt to disassemble it
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I love you ICE watchers and protestors and organizers who continue to wear a mask to keep us all safer from covid, other airborne viruses and pollution, and gov surveillance, and who care about disabled and immunocompromised comrades who are your neighbors and part of your community too.
January 30, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I love you ICE watchers and protestors and organizers who continue to wear a mask to keep us all safer from covid, other airborne viruses and pollution, and gov surveillance, and who care about disabled and immunocompromised comrades who are your neighbors and part of your community too.
do not lie to me unity, you are not importing anything
January 30, 2026 at 3:58 PM
do not lie to me unity, you are not importing anything
why it’s simply the church of the jobsite table saw propulsion system
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 AM
why it’s simply the church of the jobsite table saw propulsion system
tl;dr punching a fucking scumbag fascist coward is, & always will be, the appropriate response
January 28, 2026 at 1:01 PM
tl;dr punching a fucking scumbag fascist coward is, & always will be, the appropriate response
searching for exemplary figures in the united states government is not really my deal, but if we're going to recognize moments of genuine conviction i think it's valuable to note that they are almost *in opposition* to the bullshit civility & bureaucracy of the state
January 28, 2026 at 12:56 PM
searching for exemplary figures in the united states government is not really my deal, but if we're going to recognize moments of genuine conviction i think it's valuable to note that they are almost *in opposition* to the bullshit civility & bureaucracy of the state
i dont think we need to turn Ilhan Omar into a comic book superhero; i think she looks like a person who actually has something to lose, who is a member of a real community, who understands that this is an *escalation* of state violence rather than something new; that's pretty inspiring on its own
January 28, 2026 at 12:52 PM
i dont think we need to turn Ilhan Omar into a comic book superhero; i think she looks like a person who actually has something to lose, who is a member of a real community, who understands that this is an *escalation* of state violence rather than something new; that's pretty inspiring on its own
there are so many things in this world that deserve care & patience & nuance; adjudicating whether racist murderous child-kidnapping vigilantes are technically fascists is not one of them
January 27, 2026 at 11:12 PM
there are so many things in this world that deserve care & patience & nuance; adjudicating whether racist murderous child-kidnapping vigilantes are technically fascists is not one of them
a helpful way of understanding 99% of politicians is to picture the flakiest, least principled, most ambitious person you’ve ever met, then think about how having *real* power would embolden them, then about who they would be willing to throw under the bus to keep that power
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 PM
a helpful way of understanding 99% of politicians is to picture the flakiest, least principled, most ambitious person you’ve ever met, then think about how having *real* power would embolden them, then about who they would be willing to throw under the bus to keep that power
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The violence is not "boomeranging back," it's literally baked in and originates here. If we take Saidiya Hartman's invocation of the continuum of 1492 and the New World order on this side of the Atlatnic seriously, then we must see that colonial, fascist violence has always been here.
January 26, 2026 at 10:25 PM
The violence is not "boomeranging back," it's literally baked in and originates here. If we take Saidiya Hartman's invocation of the continuum of 1492 and the New World order on this side of the Atlatnic seriously, then we must see that colonial, fascist violence has always been here.
("public" here being a hugely oversimplified catch-all of course; my point is, rich violent people doing horrendous shit are not going to put on the brakes because we go waving the book at them)
January 27, 2026 at 2:15 PM
("public" here being a hugely oversimplified catch-all of course; my point is, rich violent people doing horrendous shit are not going to put on the brakes because we go waving the book at them)
"the rule of law" is not real; it has no inherent integrity; its architects inevitably weave their prejudices into the words & systems used to enforce it; if they are powerful enough they will discard it the instant it inconveniences them. law is built to constrain the public, not to empower us
January 27, 2026 at 2:13 PM
"the rule of law" is not real; it has no inherent integrity; its architects inevitably weave their prejudices into the words & systems used to enforce it; if they are powerful enough they will discard it the instant it inconveniences them. law is built to constrain the public, not to empower us
ICE dont deserve morale, they deserve to be rounded into shipping containers and dumped into the sea, where they can at least be useful as food
January 26, 2026 at 8:59 PM
ICE dont deserve morale, they deserve to be rounded into shipping containers and dumped into the sea, where they can at least be useful as food
"i have been to a military occupation elsewhere, and the people there tried to stop us from killing them too" as if it's some righteous mandate
January 26, 2026 at 8:27 PM
"i have been to a military occupation elsewhere, and the people there tried to stop us from killing them too" as if it's some righteous mandate
the derangement of decorated generals & security intelligentsia conceptualizing basic acts of decency & kindness as "insurgent" because they happen in opposition to mass kidnapping & murder
January 26, 2026 at 8:26 PM
the derangement of decorated generals & security intelligentsia conceptualizing basic acts of decency & kindness as "insurgent" because they happen in opposition to mass kidnapping & murder
imagine seeing people sharing food & clothing & immediately thinking "this is a terrorist tactic, anyone who uses it is a disciple of chaos"
January 26, 2026 at 8:21 PM
imagine seeing people sharing food & clothing & immediately thinking "this is a terrorist tactic, anyone who uses it is a disciple of chaos"
dang, incredible haul!
January 26, 2026 at 8:05 PM
dang, incredible haul!
oof i feel like i used to see dreamcasts languishing in goodwills on the regular for $10-20!
January 26, 2026 at 7:56 PM
oof i feel like i used to see dreamcasts languishing in goodwills on the regular for $10-20!