Redshift
@redshiftsinger.bsky.social
🍊🏴☠️ Crew for life baby.
Ex-twit. Singer, keytarist, plant nerd etc.
30+, Any pronouns
Ex-twit. Singer, keytarist, plant nerd etc.
30+, Any pronouns
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SO MUCH THIS, I am also so very tired of this, shaming terrible people is great but shame them for the REASON THEY ARE TERRIBLE and not for anything about their bodies or appearances
look. these people care deeply about appearances and superficial appearance and I get it’s very tempting to dunk on the gap between their displays of suppposed strength and health and YOUR perception of their strength and health. but that’s just putting a different wrapper their (shit!) framework.
I thought the horror peaked with Kid Rock trying to flex, but I am not afraid to admit I was wrong.
February 18, 2026 at 8:12 PM
SO MUCH THIS, I am also so very tired of this, shaming terrible people is great but shame them for the REASON THEY ARE TERRIBLE and not for anything about their bodies or appearances
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Evergreen.
February 19, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Evergreen.
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SO GOOD! "the idea that my political ideology is synonymous with hating technology is confusing. Every leftist I know has a hard-on for high speed rail or mRNA vaccines. But the “left is missing out” blog positions generative AI as the only technology that matters." -- @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social
The Left Doesn't Hate Technology, We Hate Being Exploited
Techno-cynics are all just wounded techno-optimists.
aftermath.site
February 19, 2026 at 6:55 PM
SO GOOD! "the idea that my political ideology is synonymous with hating technology is confusing. Every leftist I know has a hard-on for high speed rail or mRNA vaccines. But the “left is missing out” blog positions generative AI as the only technology that matters." -- @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social
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CHANNEL THAT ENERGY INTO MAKING ART
(then let us auction that art to help our neighbors)
(then let us auction that art to help our neighbors)
You’re not sad.
You were promised something that turns out not to exist. All of the most powerful people are conspiring to hurt you and yours in violent ways.
You’re full of rage. Don’t turn it inward. Share it with them and anyone who helps them.
Don’t stop.
You were promised something that turns out not to exist. All of the most powerful people are conspiring to hurt you and yours in violent ways.
You’re full of rage. Don’t turn it inward. Share it with them and anyone who helps them.
Don’t stop.
February 19, 2026 at 9:37 PM
CHANNEL THAT ENERGY INTO MAKING ART
(then let us auction that art to help our neighbors)
(then let us auction that art to help our neighbors)
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One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés
NBC ran a piece where Mary Carrillo went to Norway to find out why they're so good at the Winter Olympics and i was yelling BECAUSE IT'S COLD THERE
then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results"
and i was like.
oh!
then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results"
and i was like.
oh!
February 19, 2026 at 5:20 PM
One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés
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We're getting numb to impeachable offenses, but this is an *artisan* impeachable offense. It's the good stuff. Top shelf. Fine, Corinthian constitutional crisis.
Hmm. The US is giving $10 billion in taxpayer dollars, not appropriated by Congress, to a fake board set up by the President and which he put himself in charge of *for life*... seems very, very illegal.
Trump: "I want to let you know that United States is going to make a contribution of $10 billion to the Board of Peace." (Congress has not appropriated this money!)
February 19, 2026 at 10:12 PM
We're getting numb to impeachable offenses, but this is an *artisan* impeachable offense. It's the good stuff. Top shelf. Fine, Corinthian constitutional crisis.
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Call your house rep and tell them to support HB 2540 which will increase the amount disabled people can save from $2k to $10k and remove the marriage penalty where you lose your only source of income if you get married regardless of how little they make. Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
February 19, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Call your house rep and tell them to support HB 2540 which will increase the amount disabled people can save from $2k to $10k and remove the marriage penalty where you lose your only source of income if you get married regardless of how little they make. Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
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this is why the Economist is wrong and should stand there in their wrongness. Once wealth becomes freedom from consequences, the state has a moral obligation to take that wealth away.
the throughline through this, the Epstein stuff generally, Cuomo's mayoral bid, and so on, is that if you are a sufficiently wealthy and powerful man, a) you should not face consequences for breaking the rules, and b) breaking the rules is your birthright.
That doesn’t surprise me.
February 19, 2026 at 7:39 PM
this is why the Economist is wrong and should stand there in their wrongness. Once wealth becomes freedom from consequences, the state has a moral obligation to take that wealth away.
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Hello, I would like to report a panopticon.
I've interviewed hundreds of Black & Brown students who've been suspended. One of the most consistent things they report-cameras are never available to kids to prove their innocence; cameras are only to surveil-now for DHS. Surveillance cameras in school have always been a white supremacist project
Police departments across the U.S are tapping into school district security cameras & sharing the information with DHS.
Surveillance equipment in schools was never a project to keep children safe; this tech is used to regulate, control, seperate and intimidate immigrant families.
Surveillance equipment in schools was never a project to keep children safe; this tech is used to regulate, control, seperate and intimidate immigrant families.
February 19, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Hello, I would like to report a panopticon.
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It's going to be genuinely difficult to figure out how much money he and his family literally just took from US taxpayers. Don't even mean the crypto scam profiteering shit, like actual treasury money that by one mechanism or another he turned into his own money.
Hmm. The US is giving $10 billion in taxpayer dollars, not appropriated by Congress, to a fake board set up by the President and which he put himself in charge of *for life*... seems very, very illegal.
Trump: "I want to let you know that United States is going to make a contribution of $10 billion to the Board of Peace." (Congress has not appropriated this money!)
February 19, 2026 at 8:03 PM
It's going to be genuinely difficult to figure out how much money he and his family literally just took from US taxpayers. Don't even mean the crypto scam profiteering shit, like actual treasury money that by one mechanism or another he turned into his own money.
Overheard some women on an early-relationship date at lunch today.
Sounded like it was going well, and it was bringing me peace that these gals felt comfortable talking so openly about their respective journeys to realizing they’re queer (one bi, the other lesbian) and leaving Mormonism.
Sounded like it was going well, and it was bringing me peace that these gals felt comfortable talking so openly about their respective journeys to realizing they’re queer (one bi, the other lesbian) and leaving Mormonism.
February 19, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Overheard some women on an early-relationship date at lunch today.
Sounded like it was going well, and it was bringing me peace that these gals felt comfortable talking so openly about their respective journeys to realizing they’re queer (one bi, the other lesbian) and leaving Mormonism.
Sounded like it was going well, and it was bringing me peace that these gals felt comfortable talking so openly about their respective journeys to realizing they’re queer (one bi, the other lesbian) and leaving Mormonism.
Meanwhile a bunch of guys who definitely trafficked children for sex are walking free even though we all know they did it.
Cops arrested a man who opposed a data center being built because his went ever so slightly over his allotted speaking time www.404media.co/man-opposing...
Man Opposing Data Center Arrested for Speaking Slightly Too Long
An Oklahoma man tried to talk about a data center coming to his community. Police arrested him when he went a few seconds over his time limit.
www.404media.co
February 19, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Meanwhile a bunch of guys who definitely trafficked children for sex are walking free even though we all know they did it.
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guess I haven't shared much of my crow photography here
February 17, 2026 at 1:46 PM
guess I haven't shared much of my crow photography here
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this is the soundbite and we can make it stick
If a Prince can be held accountable, so can a President.
February 19, 2026 at 6:46 PM
this is the soundbite and we can make it stick
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“So grave is the scale, nature, systematic character, and transnational reach of these atrocities against women and girls, that a number of them may reasonably meet the legal threshold of crimes against humanity.”
Flawed ‘Epstein Files’ disclosures undermine accountability for grave crimes against women and girls: UN experts
GENEVA – The so-called ‘Epstein Files’ contain disturbing and credible evidence of systematic and large-scale sexual abuse, trafficking and exploitation of women and girls, UN experts* said today.Acco...
www.ohchr.org
February 19, 2026 at 5:50 PM
“So grave is the scale, nature, systematic character, and transnational reach of these atrocities against women and girls, that a number of them may reasonably meet the legal threshold of crimes against humanity.”
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YES omg yes yes yes
Having a kid in sports means having a part time job for both the kid and the parent, and once you hit like 10 you’re gonna have a hard time finding a league where it’s just for fun. It’s too much!
Having a kid in sports means having a part time job for both the kid and the parent, and once you hit like 10 you’re gonna have a hard time finding a league where it’s just for fun. It’s too much!
One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés
NBC ran a piece where Mary Carrillo went to Norway to find out why they're so good at the Winter Olympics and i was yelling BECAUSE IT'S COLD THERE
then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results"
and i was like.
oh!
then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results"
and i was like.
oh!
February 19, 2026 at 5:26 PM
YES omg yes yes yes
Having a kid in sports means having a part time job for both the kid and the parent, and once you hit like 10 you’re gonna have a hard time finding a league where it’s just for fun. It’s too much!
Having a kid in sports means having a part time job for both the kid and the parent, and once you hit like 10 you’re gonna have a hard time finding a league where it’s just for fun. It’s too much!
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Wow the exact same amount he was suing the IRS for. He just took it. Not only impeachable but [Redacted] as well.
February 19, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Wow the exact same amount he was suing the IRS for. He just took it. Not only impeachable but [Redacted] as well.
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Once, technology solved problems. People liked having problems solved, so they liked technology.
Tech execs started to think of that sentiment as their due. So when they stopped solving problems, and people stopped liking them, they became outraged. "How dare you not love whatever we give you?"
Tech execs started to think of that sentiment as their due. So when they stopped solving problems, and people stopped liking them, they became outraged. "How dare you not love whatever we give you?"
I am a luddite and to me there is a lot of joy in technology. In technology that we deploy for all our wellbeing. Solar panels and vaccines, high-speed rail and wikipedia.
But they joy stems from the feeling of being able to be part of humanity in an embedded, meaningful way. Not from buying shit.
But they joy stems from the feeling of being able to be part of humanity in an embedded, meaningful way. Not from buying shit.
February 19, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Once, technology solved problems. People liked having problems solved, so they liked technology.
Tech execs started to think of that sentiment as their due. So when they stopped solving problems, and people stopped liking them, they became outraged. "How dare you not love whatever we give you?"
Tech execs started to think of that sentiment as their due. So when they stopped solving problems, and people stopped liking them, they became outraged. "How dare you not love whatever we give you?"
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This is well put. So *many* technologies are joyous and progressive. The web was invented in a PUBLICLY FUNDED UNIVERSITY! It is, in fact, an aberration that the fascist VCs think they're the default with their approach to tech. They were only ever supposed to be a tiny fraction of the ecosystem.
Once, technology solved problems. People liked having problems solved, so they liked technology.
Tech execs started to think of that sentiment as their due. So when they stopped solving problems, and people stopped liking them, they became outraged. "How dare you not love whatever we give you?"
Tech execs started to think of that sentiment as their due. So when they stopped solving problems, and people stopped liking them, they became outraged. "How dare you not love whatever we give you?"
I am a luddite and to me there is a lot of joy in technology. In technology that we deploy for all our wellbeing. Solar panels and vaccines, high-speed rail and wikipedia.
But they joy stems from the feeling of being able to be part of humanity in an embedded, meaningful way. Not from buying shit.
But they joy stems from the feeling of being able to be part of humanity in an embedded, meaningful way. Not from buying shit.
February 19, 2026 at 5:42 PM
This is well put. So *many* technologies are joyous and progressive. The web was invented in a PUBLICLY FUNDED UNIVERSITY! It is, in fact, an aberration that the fascist VCs think they're the default with their approach to tech. They were only ever supposed to be a tiny fraction of the ecosystem.
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And actually we see this all the time
"Margins are tight for restaurant owners!"
Are they tighter than the employees who work two full time jobs to keep from getting evicted?
"If we raise wages for cooks, the owners won't make any money!"
Why is the worker responsible for subsidizing the owner?
"Margins are tight for restaurant owners!"
Are they tighter than the employees who work two full time jobs to keep from getting evicted?
"If we raise wages for cooks, the owners won't make any money!"
Why is the worker responsible for subsidizing the owner?
Why are stakes ”too high“ for the hotel owners but not for the hotel workers?
February 19, 2026 at 5:15 PM
And actually we see this all the time
"Margins are tight for restaurant owners!"
Are they tighter than the employees who work two full time jobs to keep from getting evicted?
"If we raise wages for cooks, the owners won't make any money!"
Why is the worker responsible for subsidizing the owner?
"Margins are tight for restaurant owners!"
Are they tighter than the employees who work two full time jobs to keep from getting evicted?
"If we raise wages for cooks, the owners won't make any money!"
Why is the worker responsible for subsidizing the owner?
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RFK Jr says he now supports Trump on this.
MAHA was always a con.
Started / Going
MAHA was always a con.
Started / Going
February 19, 2026 at 3:03 PM
RFK Jr says he now supports Trump on this.
MAHA was always a con.
Started / Going
MAHA was always a con.
Started / Going
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*bangs clipboard* TEETH TEETH TEETH
my god right i KNOW it's a fossil i UNDERSTAND but it also CLEARLY DEMONIC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Smiling' fossil discovered in Northumberland
The unusual looking fossil is estimated to be a few hundred million years old dating to the Carboniferous period.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 19, 2026 at 12:08 PM
*bangs clipboard* TEETH TEETH TEETH
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Insider trading is a chapter of the Epstein saga that has not gotten enough attention. Perhaps Andrew’s arrest will change that.
apnews.com/article/brit...
apnews.com/article/brit...
February 19, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Insider trading is a chapter of the Epstein saga that has not gotten enough attention. Perhaps Andrew’s arrest will change that.
apnews.com/article/brit...
apnews.com/article/brit...
Now reinstate everyone who lost their jobs in the DEI purge.
February 19, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Now reinstate everyone who lost their jobs in the DEI purge.
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I want to remind everyone of the Wayback, where education staff can find their original pages and restore them exactly as they were with some copy-paste action.
February 19, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I want to remind everyone of the Wayback, where education staff can find their original pages and restore them exactly as they were with some copy-paste action.