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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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.
Yeah. Financial security doesn’t shield you from heartbreak, it just means you can process your grief without *also* worrying that you’ll end up on the street if you get fired for crying on the clock.
I'd like to point out that there's enough other pain to create art about without the pain of not knowing if you are going to be homeless next month. There's always breakups, accidental cuts with a knife whilst cutting tomatoes, internal anguish, bereavement, existential crisis, winter, etc.
February 19, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Yeah. Financial security doesn’t shield you from heartbreak, it just means you can process your grief without *also* worrying that you’ll end up on the street if you get fired for crying on the clock.
Kinda this. Great art *can* come out of suffering. It isn’t a necessity to suffer in order to create great art, though. 100% agreed on “suffering can’t be eliminated completely anyway, we don’t need to go around making more of it on purpose” though.
I do think that suffering creates great art.
But life seems pretty intent on delivering some unique form of suffering to each and every person. I don't think adding any additional financial suffering is going to elevate the art by much, and it makes it quite a bit less likely to be made at all.
But life seems pretty intent on delivering some unique form of suffering to each and every person. I don't think adding any additional financial suffering is going to elevate the art by much, and it makes it quite a bit less likely to be made at all.
February 19, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Kinda this. Great art *can* come out of suffering. It isn’t a necessity to suffer in order to create great art, though. 100% agreed on “suffering can’t be eliminated completely anyway, we don’t need to go around making more of it on purpose” though.
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this is why the whole “oh, suffering creates great art” thing is bullshit
you know what’s conducive to art? a roof over your head and food on the table
you know what isn’t? stressing out over where the fuck the rent money is going to come from
you know what’s conducive to art? a roof over your head and food on the table
you know what isn’t? stressing out over where the fuck the rent money is going to come from
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
I’m constantly astounded at the sheer level of artistic production coming out of Iceland. Novels, movies, music. Amazing.
February 19, 2026 at 1:35 AM
this is why the whole “oh, suffering creates great art” thing is bullshit
you know what’s conducive to art? a roof over your head and food on the table
you know what isn’t? stressing out over where the fuck the rent money is going to come from
you know what’s conducive to art? a roof over your head and food on the table
you know what isn’t? stressing out over where the fuck the rent money is going to come from
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This reminds me of a coupla decades ago when the argument du jour was “What if Van Gogh had been medicated for his depression?!” with the implication that he wouldn’t have created art if he wasn’t miserable.
A) fuck that noise
B) Van Gogh didn’t own anybody his art OR his misery
A) fuck that noise
B) Van Gogh didn’t own anybody his art OR his misery
this is why the whole “oh, suffering creates great art” thing is bullshit
you know what’s conducive to art? a roof over your head and food on the table
you know what isn’t? stressing out over where the fuck the rent money is going to come from
you know what’s conducive to art? a roof over your head and food on the table
you know what isn’t? stressing out over where the fuck the rent money is going to come from
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
February 19, 2026 at 7:29 AM
This reminds me of a coupla decades ago when the argument du jour was “What if Van Gogh had been medicated for his depression?!” with the implication that he wouldn’t have created art if he wasn’t miserable.
A) fuck that noise
B) Van Gogh didn’t own anybody his art OR his misery
A) fuck that noise
B) Van Gogh didn’t own anybody his art OR his misery
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Good News: A Major Scientific Milestone Just Dropped
The same mRNA technology used in COVID vaccines is now helping the immune system fight triple-negative breast cancer.
In a new study, 10 out of 14 patients remained relapse-free after nearly five years.
The same mRNA technology used in COVID vaccines is now helping the immune system fight triple-negative breast cancer.
In a new study, 10 out of 14 patients remained relapse-free after nearly five years.
February 19, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Good News: A Major Scientific Milestone Just Dropped
The same mRNA technology used in COVID vaccines is now helping the immune system fight triple-negative breast cancer.
In a new study, 10 out of 14 patients remained relapse-free after nearly five years.
The same mRNA technology used in COVID vaccines is now helping the immune system fight triple-negative breast cancer.
In a new study, 10 out of 14 patients remained relapse-free after nearly five years.
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And this, friends, is why being able to differentiate between antizionism and antisemitism is a GOOD thing, because Nick Fuentes is not your friend.
Sometimes the enemy of your enemy is...also your enemy.
Sometimes the enemy of your enemy is...also your enemy.
AZAPAC's Michael Rectenwald wants to fight pro-Israel interests in politics. To do that, he's courted Nick Fuentes and endorsed white nationalist candidates.
A New PAC Wants to Counter Israel’s Influence. It Also Welcomes Hitler Apologists.
AZAPAC's Michael Rectenwald wants to fight pro-Israel interests in politics. He's courted Nick Fuentes and endorsed white nationalists.
interc.pt
February 19, 2026 at 3:40 PM
And this, friends, is why being able to differentiate between antizionism and antisemitism is a GOOD thing, because Nick Fuentes is not your friend.
Sometimes the enemy of your enemy is...also your enemy.
Sometimes the enemy of your enemy is...also your enemy.
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Fuck it let's do it. Deschedule testosterone while we're at it.
FDA Chief Makary just said that most drugs should be sold over the counter and not require a prescription, unless it’s “unsafe, you need laboratory tests to monitor…or if it could be used for some nefarious purpose or it's addictive”.
Bacteria celebrate as antibiotic resistance enters the chat.
Bacteria celebrate as antibiotic resistance enters the chat.
FDA chief Marty Makary says 'everything should be over the counter' unless drug is unsafe or addictive
Makary said the FDA is looking at prescription drugs like nausea medications and vaginal estrogen, and hopes to make changes this year.
www.cnbc.com
February 19, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Fuck it let's do it. Deschedule testosterone while we're at it.
Where’s the AU
February 19, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Where’s the AU
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what I want people to feel, when they look at South Korea and the UK and Brazil holding elites accountable, is that it's possible here too. Elect true leaders this year and in 28, empowered - but also driven by us, the people - to hold the criminals accountable for their crimes. It's possible.
February 19, 2026 at 1:42 PM
what I want people to feel, when they look at South Korea and the UK and Brazil holding elites accountable, is that it's possible here too. Elect true leaders this year and in 28, empowered - but also driven by us, the people - to hold the criminals accountable for their crimes. It's possible.
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The decline of right wing cultural production is just due to the fact that they don’t like culture, they like the signifiers of culture, ie “classic sculpture means white people are better.” They don’t like art at all except for this purpose. They don’t even like the nerd stuff they whine about
February 18, 2026 at 4:06 PM
The decline of right wing cultural production is just due to the fact that they don’t like culture, they like the signifiers of culture, ie “classic sculpture means white people are better.” They don’t like art at all except for this purpose. They don’t even like the nerd stuff they whine about
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I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
I’m constantly astounded at the sheer level of artistic production coming out of Iceland. Novels, movies, music. Amazing.
February 18, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.