River Styx
@riverofdreams.bsky.social
Writes about stuff.
Chaotic good.
Walks between worlds.
Cult survivor || Activist || Scientist || Teacher || Nerd || Handy tran
YT: https://www.youtube.com/@riverswoodshed
Chaotic good.
Walks between worlds.
Cult survivor || Activist || Scientist || Teacher || Nerd || Handy tran
YT: https://www.youtube.com/@riverswoodshed
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River Styx
@riverofdreams.bsky.social
· Jan 10
Welp fam, here I am.
Dunno how well I'll do with 300 characters, but I'm fed up with FB. Seems I am in the very last remaining group you are allowed to call "mentally ill" there.
Content here will be a little different. Life is changing for me and it's time to go a new direction.
Dunno how well I'll do with 300 characters, but I'm fed up with FB. Seems I am in the very last remaining group you are allowed to call "mentally ill" there.
Content here will be a little different. Life is changing for me and it's time to go a new direction.
News media is dead. No one in it will use the words of our language correctly, or describe physical events objectively.
This is called "BREAKING a ceasefire". Not "testing".
*Every* so-called peace deal in this region has gone the same way for 50 years. Always, the spin only goes one way.
This is called "BREAKING a ceasefire". Not "testing".
*Every* so-called peace deal in this region has gone the same way for 50 years. Always, the spin only goes one way.
BREAKING: Israel strikes southern Gaza in test of ceasefire.
Israel strikes Gaza in first major test of ceasefire
Israel said it struck Hamas militants in Gaza on Sunday after they shot at Israeli soldiers who were inside the area that is still under Israeli control, according to the conditions of the Oct. 10 ceasefire.
bit.ly
October 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
News media is dead. No one in it will use the words of our language correctly, or describe physical events objectively.
This is called "BREAKING a ceasefire". Not "testing".
*Every* so-called peace deal in this region has gone the same way for 50 years. Always, the spin only goes one way.
This is called "BREAKING a ceasefire". Not "testing".
*Every* so-called peace deal in this region has gone the same way for 50 years. Always, the spin only goes one way.
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🚨NEW: "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel.
Trump ain't sleeping tonight. 🤣
This is a must-watch. 🔥
Trump ain't sleeping tonight. 🤣
This is a must-watch. 🔥
September 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
🚨NEW: "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel.
Trump ain't sleeping tonight. 🤣
This is a must-watch. 🔥
Trump ain't sleeping tonight. 🤣
This is a must-watch. 🔥
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Opinion | I’ve dedicated my career to promoting free speech on college campuses. Here’s why the murder of a red state college dropout by another red state college dropout means it’s time to fire liberal professors in blue states.
September 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Opinion | I’ve dedicated my career to promoting free speech on college campuses. Here’s why the murder of a red state college dropout by another red state college dropout means it’s time to fire liberal professors in blue states.
Okay, explain it to me like I'm five.
If Charlie Kirk was not racist, why are there Nazis marching to mourn his death?
If Charlie Kirk was not racist, why are there Nazis marching to mourn his death?
September 15, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Okay, explain it to me like I'm five.
If Charlie Kirk was not racist, why are there Nazis marching to mourn his death?
If Charlie Kirk was not racist, why are there Nazis marching to mourn his death?
"Civility" is style, not substance.
I shouldn't be shocked, but I'm still always brought up short to realize how many people think "civility" means "white people speaking in relatively calm voices" no matter what vile shit they say.
September 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"Civility" is style, not substance.
"We totally agree with his views, but you must not write them down for anyone to see because it makes him/us look bad"
-- say the people who at the same time claim their heinous views are being "censored" by the "left".
Fascism is bullshit and it runs on lies and idiots.
-- say the people who at the same time claim their heinous views are being "censored" by the "left".
Fascism is bullshit and it runs on lies and idiots.
Ashley Rindsberg and Fox News are furious at Wikipedia editors for “attacking” Charlie Kirk by... listing the viewpoints he prominently and publicly advocated
September 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"We totally agree with his views, but you must not write them down for anyone to see because it makes him/us look bad"
-- say the people who at the same time claim their heinous views are being "censored" by the "left".
Fascism is bullshit and it runs on lies and idiots.
-- say the people who at the same time claim their heinous views are being "censored" by the "left".
Fascism is bullshit and it runs on lies and idiots.
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I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"
After Charlie Kirk's death, teachers and professors nationwide fired or disciplined over social media posts
At least a dozen faculty and staff have faced fallout over insensitive comments online.
www.nbcnews.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"
Read the whole thread.
The right sets the terms of our political discourse in so many ways, one of which is the idea that there isn't enough "debate" and "free speech" on campus.
We need to push back on this. The truth is (speaking for myself as a history prof), I don't really emphasize debate much in my classes/
We need to push back on this. The truth is (speaking for myself as a history prof), I don't really emphasize debate much in my classes/
September 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Read the whole thread.
Lying and bad faith are not civil discourse. People need to learn the difference!
The discourse over Kirk’s career is really hammering home how little the media and so many Dems understand the concept of lying or bad faith arguments.
An entire life dedicated to poisoning the well under the guise of ‘an exchange of ideas’ and nobody is capable of calling it out for what it was.
An entire life dedicated to poisoning the well under the guise of ‘an exchange of ideas’ and nobody is capable of calling it out for what it was.
heres fucking democrats being stupid as shit after kirk was killed www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
September 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Lying and bad faith are not civil discourse. People need to learn the difference!
Performing civility with appearance and language is not the same as being a decent person.
One of my lifelong pet peeves is that people confer respect based on clothing. A man in a suit and tie is automatically taken more seriously, even when he's a dumbass. Fancy clothes don't make you smart.
One of my lifelong pet peeves is that people confer respect based on clothing. A man in a suit and tie is automatically taken more seriously, even when he's a dumbass. Fancy clothes don't make you smart.
if you call for public executions and the mass murder of trans people in a calm tone with thoughtful pauses, it's civil
if someone else yells in his face and calls him an evil nazi, that's uncivil
if someone else yells in his face and calls him an evil nazi, that's uncivil
September 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Performing civility with appearance and language is not the same as being a decent person.
One of my lifelong pet peeves is that people confer respect based on clothing. A man in a suit and tie is automatically taken more seriously, even when he's a dumbass. Fancy clothes don't make you smart.
One of my lifelong pet peeves is that people confer respect based on clothing. A man in a suit and tie is automatically taken more seriously, even when he's a dumbass. Fancy clothes don't make you smart.
Yeah. Let's quit pretending that Kirk was bringing any kind of noble discourse.
He brought fascism, sexism, bigotry, racism, and bad faith... and called it "debate".
He brought us stochastic terrorism. Nothing of value.
He brought fascism, sexism, bigotry, racism, and bad faith... and called it "debate".
He brought us stochastic terrorism. Nothing of value.
I know Charlie Kirk valued debate and free speech because he blocked me for fact-checking his lies on Twitter and then put me on his organization's Professor Watchlist for writing a book he didn't like.
September 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Yeah. Let's quit pretending that Kirk was bringing any kind of noble discourse.
He brought fascism, sexism, bigotry, racism, and bad faith... and called it "debate".
He brought us stochastic terrorism. Nothing of value.
He brought fascism, sexism, bigotry, racism, and bad faith... and called it "debate".
He brought us stochastic terrorism. Nothing of value.
And nothing of value was lost
Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
September 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
And nothing of value was lost
When you do public policy, normally, you're expected to understand the consequences of the policies you propose.
You're expected to have done some minimum amount of research and calculation, and minimally understand what the fuck you are talking about.
Not no more....
www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/h...
You're expected to have done some minimum amount of research and calculation, and minimally understand what the fuck you are talking about.
Not no more....
www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/h...
Florida’s surgeon general said he didn’t calculate the costs of ending vaccine mandates in the state. But scientists have. | CNN
Florida’s surgeon general said Sunday that he had not weighed the cost – in terms of infections, hospitalizations or deaths – of ending vaccine mandates in the state. But scientists who have done thos...
www.cnn.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
When you do public policy, normally, you're expected to understand the consequences of the policies you propose.
You're expected to have done some minimum amount of research and calculation, and minimally understand what the fuck you are talking about.
Not no more....
www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/h...
You're expected to have done some minimum amount of research and calculation, and minimally understand what the fuck you are talking about.
Not no more....
www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/h...
Only religion you should be forcing on kids is Brushyourteethism.
Fight me
Fight me
September 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Only religion you should be forcing on kids is Brushyourteethism.
Fight me
Fight me
Maybe... but a lot of people just don't know what AI is, and don't know anything about it beyond the hype.
I've heard people talk about it like it's their new "God". They ask it questions, it answers. They think the machine knows them and cares about their troubles.
Prayer is a ChatGPT prompt.
I've heard people talk about it like it's their new "God". They ask it questions, it answers. They think the machine knows them and cares about their troubles.
Prayer is a ChatGPT prompt.
September 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Maybe... but a lot of people just don't know what AI is, and don't know anything about it beyond the hype.
I've heard people talk about it like it's their new "God". They ask it questions, it answers. They think the machine knows them and cares about their troubles.
Prayer is a ChatGPT prompt.
I've heard people talk about it like it's their new "God". They ask it questions, it answers. They think the machine knows them and cares about their troubles.
Prayer is a ChatGPT prompt.
It's not a mystery why they're firing all the scientists and experienced people, and replacing them with Faux News pretty-boy talking heads and other bootlicking failchildren.
It's not an accident, either.
Take care to understand what is happening.
It's not an accident, either.
Take care to understand what is happening.
August 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
It's not a mystery why they're firing all the scientists and experienced people, and replacing them with Faux News pretty-boy talking heads and other bootlicking failchildren.
It's not an accident, either.
Take care to understand what is happening.
It's not an accident, either.
Take care to understand what is happening.
Have spines gotten too expensive with the tariffs?
id be slightly less angry at dem leadership saying theyre only interested in throwing political punches on “kitchen table issues” if they were currently out there landing punches on “kitchen table issues”
August 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Have spines gotten too expensive with the tariffs?
In case anyone thought there was any journalism left --
-- it's called "military occupation" and "martial law" you fucking traitors. Not "ruffled DC leaders".
Learn to observe and write.
-- it's called "military occupation" and "martial law" you fucking traitors. Not "ruffled DC leaders".
Learn to observe and write.
August 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
In case anyone thought there was any journalism left --
-- it's called "military occupation" and "martial law" you fucking traitors. Not "ruffled DC leaders".
Learn to observe and write.
-- it's called "military occupation" and "martial law" you fucking traitors. Not "ruffled DC leaders".
Learn to observe and write.
People tell me Project 2025 is just evangelicals, and that "mainline" churches aren't MAGAts too.
Your Supreme Court has 6 hardcore fundie Catholics that are rubber-stamping everything Trump does.
Think it's an accident? @chrissheltonmsc.bsky.social
Your Supreme Court has 6 hardcore fundie Catholics that are rubber-stamping everything Trump does.
Think it's an accident? @chrissheltonmsc.bsky.social
The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America
The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years. Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianism
www.theguardian.com
August 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
People tell me Project 2025 is just evangelicals, and that "mainline" churches aren't MAGAts too.
Your Supreme Court has 6 hardcore fundie Catholics that are rubber-stamping everything Trump does.
Think it's an accident? @chrissheltonmsc.bsky.social
Your Supreme Court has 6 hardcore fundie Catholics that are rubber-stamping everything Trump does.
Think it's an accident? @chrissheltonmsc.bsky.social
One more child abusing grifter dead!
I'm gonna enjoy this little bit of sunshine today. 😎
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/james-dobs...
I'm gonna enjoy this little bit of sunshine today. 😎
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/james-dobs...
James Dobson, an architect of evangelical Christian cruelty, is finally dead at 89
His toxic teachings on family, sex, and politics left generations scarred—and America worse off
www.friendlyatheist.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
One more child abusing grifter dead!
I'm gonna enjoy this little bit of sunshine today. 😎
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/james-dobs...
I'm gonna enjoy this little bit of sunshine today. 😎
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/james-dobs...
This work of art is called "Putin has the Epstein files".
Pederast rings have always been about blackmail. That's why you see so much overlap between them, and fascist politicians.
Treason isn't a thing just anyone will do unbidden... lots of them have to be "leveraged".
Pederast rings have always been about blackmail. That's why you see so much overlap between them, and fascist politicians.
Treason isn't a thing just anyone will do unbidden... lots of them have to be "leveraged".
August 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This work of art is called "Putin has the Epstein files".
Pederast rings have always been about blackmail. That's why you see so much overlap between them, and fascist politicians.
Treason isn't a thing just anyone will do unbidden... lots of them have to be "leveraged".
Pederast rings have always been about blackmail. That's why you see so much overlap between them, and fascist politicians.
Treason isn't a thing just anyone will do unbidden... lots of them have to be "leveraged".