Erin (Astoreth)
@astoreth.bsky.social
She/her. I write and play games sometimes. Purple is the best color. Icon by DZ_Zey.
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Despite threats, billionaires don't leave the largest population centers, because it's where there is the most money to be had from the collective value generated by human beings, and despite what they insist, they don't generate wealth; they collect it.
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
Possible California Wealth Tax Causes Billionaire Freakout: Page, Thiel Threaten To Leave
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
www.forbes.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Despite threats, billionaires don't leave the largest population centers, because it's where there is the most money to be had from the collective value generated by human beings, and despite what they insist, they don't generate wealth; they collect it.
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"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
December 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
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Disney needs an ironic take on everything because a fairy tale played straight is dumb or cringe or whatever. Maleficent can't just be a mommy devil she has to be an SA victim.
✌️Lore✌️is best left in the margins or the underdrawing of a painting. You can vaguely see its form but it's intangible.
✌️Lore✌️is best left in the margins or the underdrawing of a painting. You can vaguely see its form but it's intangible.
I do not want Gaston backstory, I do not need Gaston backstory, I reject Gaston backstory
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
Disney Developing Live-Action ‘Gaston’ Movie From Writer Dave Callaham And Producer Michelle Rejwan
Disney is in early development on a new live-action pic centered on the Beauty and the Beast character Gaston.
deadline.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Disney needs an ironic take on everything because a fairy tale played straight is dumb or cringe or whatever. Maleficent can't just be a mommy devil she has to be an SA victim.
✌️Lore✌️is best left in the margins or the underdrawing of a painting. You can vaguely see its form but it's intangible.
✌️Lore✌️is best left in the margins or the underdrawing of a painting. You can vaguely see its form but it's intangible.
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Important shit that I’m still trying to learn.
November 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Important shit that I’m still trying to learn.
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THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life
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How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽
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The Difference Between Being Broke and Being Poor (2018)
The Difference Between Being Broke and Being Poor - Longreads
It's a recognition that comes in the aisle of a grocery store.
longreads.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Difference Between Being Broke and Being Poor (2018)
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It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]
October 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]
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SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
October 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
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For me argentina is the easiest one because there's 40 million people on SNAP and we're giving milei 40 billion. "The president could give every hungry family a thousand dollars right now but he's giving it to argentina instead for no reason at all. He hates america"
“They’ve got money for ICE and golden ballrooms but not for hungry families” is so easy it’s almost funny
Johnson: Snap benefits is a unique situation. I got a summary of the legal analysis…the contingency funds are not legally available to cover the benefits right now
October 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
For me argentina is the easiest one because there's 40 million people on SNAP and we're giving milei 40 billion. "The president could give every hungry family a thousand dollars right now but he's giving it to argentina instead for no reason at all. He hates america"
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It's all about rich white people who don't want merit based anything
and to make the professional and leadership class once more closed to all but the children of the rich, who can afford postsecondary academics without going deep into debt.
Here's part of the agenda:
theintercept.com/2022/08/25/s...
And for the rest, see the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 book.
Here's part of the agenda:
theintercept.com/2022/08/25/s...
And for the rest, see the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 book.
The Origin of Student Debt: Reagan Adviser Warned Free College Would Create a Dangerous "Educated Proletariat”
In 1970, Roger Freeman, who also worked for Nixon, revealed the right’s motivation for coming decades of attacks on higher education.
theintercept.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
It's all about rich white people who don't want merit based anything
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I'm tired. We're all tired. This isn't hard to understand. You can't inflate prices of basic necessities like food and housing to ridiculous highs while keeping wages at poverty levels, then act surprised when luxury goods/services and large purchases become unattainable or payments unaffordable.
October 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I'm tired. We're all tired. This isn't hard to understand. You can't inflate prices of basic necessities like food and housing to ridiculous highs while keeping wages at poverty levels, then act surprised when luxury goods/services and large purchases become unattainable or payments unaffordable.
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kinda crazy how every single “just give people enough money to afford some basic stuff” experiments yield the exact same positive results that everyone benefits from every time, huh
Anyway, back to toiling
Anyway, back to toiling
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
kinda crazy how every single “just give people enough money to afford some basic stuff” experiments yield the exact same positive results that everyone benefits from every time, huh
Anyway, back to toiling
Anyway, back to toiling
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Whenever I see something “powered by AI”
September 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Whenever I see something “powered by AI”
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"Fascism is a temper tantrum disguised as an ideology" is a great line
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
September 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"Fascism is a temper tantrum disguised as an ideology" is a great line
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i hope nobody still accepts the bullshit "to appeal to more voters" framing. rich people are spending money to push the politics they favor, it has absolutely nothing to do with electability
September 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
i hope nobody still accepts the bullshit "to appeal to more voters" framing. rich people are spending money to push the politics they favor, it has absolutely nothing to do with electability
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SOMEONE FINALLY SAID IT.
i can walk near endless kilometers but if you ask me to stand for 8 hours i Will need 3 to 5 business days to recover!
i can walk near endless kilometers but if you ask me to stand for 8 hours i Will need 3 to 5 business days to recover!
September 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
SOMEONE FINALLY SAID IT.
i can walk near endless kilometers but if you ask me to stand for 8 hours i Will need 3 to 5 business days to recover!
i can walk near endless kilometers but if you ask me to stand for 8 hours i Will need 3 to 5 business days to recover!
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A lot of people never learned the difference between unsafe and uncomfortable.
August 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A lot of people never learned the difference between unsafe and uncomfortable.
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If you want a weird but true fact to talk about:
Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
It feels like we should be making a bigger deal of “we actually did in fact find a cure for AIDS”
Evidence is growing that some HIV-infected infants, if given antiretroviral drugs early in life, are able to suppress their viral loads to undetectable levels and then come off the medicine. www.wired.com/story/the-fi...
August 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
If you want a weird but true fact to talk about:
Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
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No kings in this country!
...except a few of the nice people we found walking along the Venice Beach Boardwalk 👑
...except a few of the nice people we found walking along the Venice Beach Boardwalk 👑
July 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
No kings in this country!
...except a few of the nice people we found walking along the Venice Beach Boardwalk 👑
...except a few of the nice people we found walking along the Venice Beach Boardwalk 👑
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if i can be y’all’s dad for a second:
one of the most important things I’ve learned is that acquiring a skill is literally uncomfortable
that awful moment where you feel confused and stupid and embarrassed? it means you’re about to learn something. and it’s *mandatory* if you want to get better
one of the most important things I’ve learned is that acquiring a skill is literally uncomfortable
that awful moment where you feel confused and stupid and embarrassed? it means you’re about to learn something. and it’s *mandatory* if you want to get better
I am surrounded by people who are outsourcing their own thinking to ChatGPT and they are quickly and obviously becoming dependent on it for even the most banal tasks. Once again, the "figuring it out" is the important part. Yes, you can use a crane to lift weights but you will not get stronger
June 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
if i can be y’all’s dad for a second:
one of the most important things I’ve learned is that acquiring a skill is literally uncomfortable
that awful moment where you feel confused and stupid and embarrassed? it means you’re about to learn something. and it’s *mandatory* if you want to get better
one of the most important things I’ve learned is that acquiring a skill is literally uncomfortable
that awful moment where you feel confused and stupid and embarrassed? it means you’re about to learn something. and it’s *mandatory* if you want to get better
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the computer used to be fun
now all it knows is invade privacy, be expensive and lie
now all it knows is invade privacy, be expensive and lie
June 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
the computer used to be fun
now all it knows is invade privacy, be expensive and lie
now all it knows is invade privacy, be expensive and lie