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@justostrich.com
he/they
@ostrich@mstdn.social
Header: @crabbyaf.bsky.social
All other Ostriches are just TEMU Emus. Liberal. Housing enjoyer, car disrespecter, IVF Accelerationist, progressive taxation lover, renter's friend, greatest city in da world baby
@ostrich@mstdn.social
Header: @crabbyaf.bsky.social
All other Ostriches are just TEMU Emus. Liberal. Housing enjoyer, car disrespecter, IVF Accelerationist, progressive taxation lover, renter's friend, greatest city in da world baby
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Brianna 🤝 Tulsi
Progressive insurgent to worst person you know pipeline
Progressive insurgent to worst person you know pipeline
Brianna Wu thinks Amal Clooney wrote the founding charter for the Muslim Brotherhood
The MB was founded in 1928 in Egypt and Amal Clooney was born in Lebanon in 1978.
The MB was founded in 1928 in Egypt and Amal Clooney was born in Lebanon in 1978.
December 31, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Brianna 🤝 Tulsi
Progressive insurgent to worst person you know pipeline
Progressive insurgent to worst person you know pipeline
Large Language Mayor
Maybe Adams has legitimately stumbled on an ingenious way of combining two of the longest-running preoccupations of his mayoral term... or maybe, true to form, he's profoundly full of it.
Eric Adams Says His Next Gig Is Fighting Antisemitism With Cryptocurrency
How? Don't ask.
hellgatenyc.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Large Language Mayor
Curious what the actual diesel usage is tho
"AI companies’ press releases are anchored in long-term power-purchase agreements for wind, solar, and increasingly nuclear. But the backup systems that underwrite data center reliability—and determine what happens during outages—are overwhelmingly diesel"
AI’s Dirty Secret: Why Diesel Still Powers the Digital Age
AI’s demand for data centers relies on diesel generators because outdated permitting and reliability rules make cleaner backup power too slow to deploy.
nationalinterest.org
December 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Curious what the actual diesel usage is tho
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Hey dude, do you know where the day care center is?
Fuck you, I am busy.
Fuck you, I am busy.
December 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Hey dude, do you know where the day care center is?
Fuck you, I am busy.
Fuck you, I am busy.
I honestly don't care what MTG's internal dialogue is. I care that Democrats are so fucking bad at treating people who "have done good things sometimes" but ultimately committed unforgivable offenses as radioactive.
It's pathetic. It's sycophantry. Stop rolling out the red carpet for your butchers.
It's pathetic. It's sycophantry. Stop rolling out the red carpet for your butchers.
December 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I honestly don't care what MTG's internal dialogue is. I care that Democrats are so fucking bad at treating people who "have done good things sometimes" but ultimately committed unforgivable offenses as radioactive.
It's pathetic. It's sycophantry. Stop rolling out the red carpet for your butchers.
It's pathetic. It's sycophantry. Stop rolling out the red carpet for your butchers.
The Nuremberg Laws were bills that were passed by the Reichstag. That doesn't make them liberal.
She helped pass a bill—which is 100% part of liberalism. Maybe you don’t like the bill. Maybe the bill will hurt some people and have bad outcomes. But that’s part of liberal democracy.
December 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The Nuremberg Laws were bills that were passed by the Reichstag. That doesn't make them liberal.
The problem with our current crop of liberals and leftists is that they assume US institutions are liberal
Showing swing voters their own internal liberalism would require a lot of effort, primarily a big media infrastructure dedicated to educating the public. The Dems have relied on failing institutions (courts, media, universities) for too long.
December 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The problem with our current crop of liberals and leftists is that they assume US institutions are liberal
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Showing swing voters their own internal liberalism would require a lot of effort, primarily a big media infrastructure dedicated to educating the public. The Dems have relied on failing institutions (courts, media, universities) for too long.
December 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Showing swing voters their own internal liberalism would require a lot of effort, primarily a big media infrastructure dedicated to educating the public. The Dems have relied on failing institutions (courts, media, universities) for too long.
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I agree with Never Trumpers on a lot, but split hard on this: I do not think the Democratic Party needs to convince swing voters that Democratic candidates aren't too liberal. I think the party needs to convince swing voters that they themselves are actually quite liberal. They just won't admit it.
December 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I agree with Never Trumpers on a lot, but split hard on this: I do not think the Democratic Party needs to convince swing voters that Democratic candidates aren't too liberal. I think the party needs to convince swing voters that they themselves are actually quite liberal. They just won't admit it.
The problem is: one good mayor cannot meaningfully reverse the bipartisan consensus at every level of government in America that adequate and plentiful housing ought to be illegal to build.
The argument has always been that Mamdani isn't sufficient to lower CoL - but I for one never said he was.
The argument has always been that Mamdani isn't sufficient to lower CoL - but I for one never said he was.
“I asked [Mamdani] and some of his advisers if there were cities that had pulled this off that New York could emulate, places that had managed to meaningfully lower the cost of living. None sprang to mind. Talk to policy experts, and they find the prospect laughable”
The Making of Mayor Mamdani
He is a brilliant political talent with dizzying ambitions to change the city. Is he ready for the actual job, though?
nymag.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The problem is: one good mayor cannot meaningfully reverse the bipartisan consensus at every level of government in America that adequate and plentiful housing ought to be illegal to build.
The argument has always been that Mamdani isn't sufficient to lower CoL - but I for one never said he was.
The argument has always been that Mamdani isn't sufficient to lower CoL - but I for one never said he was.
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Highway robbery:
For non-members, less than seven minutes on an e-bike is more expensive than the subway. And even for Citi Bike members, a ten-minute e-bike ride is as expensive as the subway.
It's time for New York City to subsidize bike share and cap runaway Citi Bike prices
For non-members, less than seven minutes on an e-bike is more expensive than the subway. And even for Citi Bike members, a ten-minute e-bike ride is as expensive as the subway.
It's time for New York City to subsidize bike share and cap runaway Citi Bike prices
December 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Highway robbery:
For non-members, less than seven minutes on an e-bike is more expensive than the subway. And even for Citi Bike members, a ten-minute e-bike ride is as expensive as the subway.
It's time for New York City to subsidize bike share and cap runaway Citi Bike prices
For non-members, less than seven minutes on an e-bike is more expensive than the subway. And even for Citi Bike members, a ten-minute e-bike ride is as expensive as the subway.
It's time for New York City to subsidize bike share and cap runaway Citi Bike prices
"Getting plastic surgery is in our superior, Aryan DNA" is such a perfect encapsulation of the alt-right
Decades of the white nationalist movement evolving to adapt to current political trends has brought them to this moment.
December 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"Getting plastic surgery is in our superior, Aryan DNA" is such a perfect encapsulation of the alt-right
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US-Congressman Don Bacon absolutely torches Medvedev. This is exactly how you communicate with the Russian regime.
December 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
US-Congressman Don Bacon absolutely torches Medvedev. This is exactly how you communicate with the Russian regime.
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But so many promethean types miss that liberation from oppressive social relations is just as important as techno-liberation from privation. All the tech in the world can't free us when we erect human dominance hierarchies. Tech can always be used by the powerful to keep the weak in their place.
December 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
But so many promethean types miss that liberation from oppressive social relations is just as important as techno-liberation from privation. All the tech in the world can't free us when we erect human dominance hierarchies. Tech can always be used by the powerful to keep the weak in their place.
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"We are meant to reach for the stars to feed the fires of industry, but crossing the boundaries of gender is off-limits."
Having women in the workforce without society-threatening backlash from men and gender liberalism seem like the *first steps* to our sci-fi dreams.
Having women in the workforce without society-threatening backlash from men and gender liberalism seem like the *first steps* to our sci-fi dreams.
Are We Prometheans? "The Permanent Problem," Reviewed
The future requires a vision of gender that is not some reskinned picket-fence fantasy, but a true human ideal.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"We are meant to reach for the stars to feed the fires of industry, but crossing the boundaries of gender is off-limits."
Having women in the workforce without society-threatening backlash from men and gender liberalism seem like the *first steps* to our sci-fi dreams.
Having women in the workforce without society-threatening backlash from men and gender liberalism seem like the *first steps* to our sci-fi dreams.
God I love hockey
December 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
God I love hockey
Man I'm tired of hearing that oppressive leaders' human shields must be insulated from the humanitarian consequences of their leaders' war crimes though. That's not human rights, that's not democracy, that's the imperial privilege a hegemon commands with embassies and guns.
I was certainly feeling *extremely* angry (and still am, to an extent) about any takes that felt too close to "just kill all the Russians and let God sort them out" (...same goes for Israelis, for that matter).
But that hardly excuses the phrasing, and I very much deserve the (quite mild) response.
But that hardly excuses the phrasing, and I very much deserve the (quite mild) response.
December 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Man I'm tired of hearing that oppressive leaders' human shields must be insulated from the humanitarian consequences of their leaders' war crimes though. That's not human rights, that's not democracy, that's the imperial privilege a hegemon commands with embassies and guns.
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Also, "weaponazation" is a Freudian slip.
This is not how a normal Justice Department talks about an ongoing investigation—or about putative targets and their uncharged conduct.
December 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Also, "weaponazation" is a Freudian slip.
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“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.
It's interesting that Oz, who does not have Trump's logorrhea, says "infertility drugs" when Ovidrel and Cetrotide are IVF-specific medications.
They cut IVF med prices, but they don't want to say it, because that would alert the religious right.
They cut IVF med prices, but they don't want to say it, because that would alert the religious right.
“Trump babies” is a phrase I never needed to hear, and would prefer to never hear again.
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
December 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It's interesting that Oz, who does not have Trump's logorrhea, says "infertility drugs" when Ovidrel and Cetrotide are IVF-specific medications.
They cut IVF med prices, but they don't want to say it, because that would alert the religious right.
They cut IVF med prices, but they don't want to say it, because that would alert the religious right.
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EXCLUSIVE: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will be sworn in as mayor on midnight on January 1 inside the old abandoned City Hall subway station, saying that he sees the venue as a symbol for the aims of his upcoming administration.
EXCLUSIVE: Mamdani Will Be Sworn In At Abandoned Original City Hall Subway Station
The mayor-elect will kick off a new era by throwing things back to an older one.
buff.ly
December 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
EXCLUSIVE: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will be sworn in as mayor on midnight on January 1 inside the old abandoned City Hall subway station, saying that he sees the venue as a symbol for the aims of his upcoming administration.
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Along with the racist fake grievance of "apologizing for being white," there's also the fact that a bunch of white folks seem to believe (and/or are willing to suggest) that even acknowledging systemic advantages they get for being white is the equivalent of being "forced to apologize."
Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.
December 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Along with the racist fake grievance of "apologizing for being white," there's also the fact that a bunch of white folks seem to believe (and/or are willing to suggest) that even acknowledging systemic advantages they get for being white is the equivalent of being "forced to apologize."
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Jon Stewart has been so freaking WEIRD about Covid. Like just consistently out there WEIRD. Weird to the point that I don't want to listen to him on any other topic.
John Oliver has been running laps around him for a long time now.
John Oliver has been running laps around him for a long time now.
John Oliver is far, far better than Jon Stewart
December 29, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Jon Stewart has been so freaking WEIRD about Covid. Like just consistently out there WEIRD. Weird to the point that I don't want to listen to him on any other topic.
John Oliver has been running laps around him for a long time now.
John Oliver has been running laps around him for a long time now.
This is not exactly pushing back but like "simulated affection where consent is elided" is neither new or has a prohibition been without side effects.
I have a history on this site and others of noting that I think AI Romance Apps and sexbots are extremely rapey. I don't know what the answer is.
I have a history on this site and others of noting that I think AI Romance Apps and sexbots are extremely rapey. I don't know what the answer is.
"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
December 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This is not exactly pushing back but like "simulated affection where consent is elided" is neither new or has a prohibition been without side effects.
I have a history on this site and others of noting that I think AI Romance Apps and sexbots are extremely rapey. I don't know what the answer is.
I have a history on this site and others of noting that I think AI Romance Apps and sexbots are extremely rapey. I don't know what the answer is.
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khaljit is one of many small business owners that now regrets voting for trump
December 15, 2025 at 5:42 AM
khaljit is one of many small business owners that now regrets voting for trump