Jaded Malcontent
@jadedmalcontent.bsky.social
The one thing we learn from history is that we never learn from history.
-Terry Pratchett
-Terry Pratchett
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I've said it before, and I'll keep saying it:
If you, as a manager, enable and allow abusive people under you to persist, then you yourself are an abusive manager.
It's as simple as that. You don't get a pass because they're under you and you're looking elsewhere.
If you, as a manager, enable and allow abusive people under you to persist, then you yourself are an abusive manager.
It's as simple as that. You don't get a pass because they're under you and you're looking elsewhere.
A lot of this is on Harmon as a showrunner. Instead of apologizing for an employee’s egregious behavior (“sorry I’m such an incompetent manager of bullies”?) a supervisor needs to actually handle the situation and tell said employee: This is unacceptable in the workplace
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
December 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I've said it before, and I'll keep saying it:
If you, as a manager, enable and allow abusive people under you to persist, then you yourself are an abusive manager.
It's as simple as that. You don't get a pass because they're under you and you're looking elsewhere.
If you, as a manager, enable and allow abusive people under you to persist, then you yourself are an abusive manager.
It's as simple as that. You don't get a pass because they're under you and you're looking elsewhere.
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This is the new pizzagate, caravans, eating the dogs and cats. Buckle up.
BREAKING
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
December 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This is the new pizzagate, caravans, eating the dogs and cats. Buckle up.
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Dr. Jo’s long-term research was interrupted by the closure of Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles’ gender clinic. If you hear these people saying “we need more research,” know that they are the ones shutting down the research.
After being attacked for it by the NYT, one researcher has found yet more evidence in favor of puberty blockers. @veraeikon.bsky.social takes a look at this study in this month's Journal Club!
Journal Club: The Solid Evidence for the Use of Puberty Blockers — Assigned
In 2024, the NYT released a hit piece against a research paper that supported the use of puberty blockers. One year later, the very same researcher has found even more evidence supporting their use. A...
www.assignedmedia.org
December 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Dr. Jo’s long-term research was interrupted by the closure of Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles’ gender clinic. If you hear these people saying “we need more research,” know that they are the ones shutting down the research.
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I have to say I don't think they fully thought through the implications of their top "male allies" being Graham Linehan and Donald Trump.
the terfies have been awarded.
( the terfies are annual bigotry awards the terfs hand out )
anyway i couldn't stop laughing when i noticed that @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is their pick for worst politician in the entire uk. even i don't think that and she's literally persecuting me.
( the terfies are annual bigotry awards the terfs hand out )
anyway i couldn't stop laughing when i noticed that @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is their pick for worst politician in the entire uk. even i don't think that and she's literally persecuting me.
December 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I have to say I don't think they fully thought through the implications of their top "male allies" being Graham Linehan and Donald Trump.
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“Self-deport” is a whitewashed way to describe “fleeing the country under the threat of state violence.” I agree with Maria here — it’s important to call that exactly what it is.
What. No.
Don't use their language, @newyorker.com that is not even a real word. What the hell is wrong with "flee" or like. "Flee this godforsaken country"
Don't use their language, @newyorker.com that is not even a real word. What the hell is wrong with "flee" or like. "Flee this godforsaken country"
![[email subject line] The New Yorker Daily The Mexican Couple Planning to Self-Deport](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:un7ax3cmaqemchu5tsqnymts/bafkreihkgcfyxr6m2klg63f4wxk5dinyipggr2fz6arzkunbtsduv543wu@jpeg)
December 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
“Self-deport” is a whitewashed way to describe “fleeing the country under the threat of state violence.” I agree with Maria here — it’s important to call that exactly what it is.
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Recall that Trump/Miller have refused to deport Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica even though he's signaled acceptance of that. They must deport him to the country of *their* choice because otherwise it won't look dehumanizing and cruel enough. This is abominable conduct.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Recall that Trump/Miller have refused to deport Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica even though he's signaled acceptance of that. They must deport him to the country of *their* choice because otherwise it won't look dehumanizing and cruel enough. This is abominable conduct.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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This is all being done in order to racially demonize 80,000 people in a state with a population of 6 million.
BREAKING
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
December 31, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This is all being done in order to racially demonize 80,000 people in a state with a population of 6 million.
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“I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work.”
From May 2025: www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
From May 2025: www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
December 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
“I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work.”
From May 2025: www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
From May 2025: www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
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If your resistance strategy is not FIRMLY based in the reality that tens of millions of Americans enthusiastically support the ethnic cleansing of the US and a return to Jim Crow, then your resistance strategy is going to people killed.
December 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
If your resistance strategy is not FIRMLY based in the reality that tens of millions of Americans enthusiastically support the ethnic cleansing of the US and a return to Jim Crow, then your resistance strategy is going to people killed.
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It’s also always neighbors united against an external threat… but fundamental to surveillance tech is the idea that the community needs to be fortified without, not nourished from within….
Interviewer asks him to explain the steps by which pervasive “ai” cameras will eliminate crime, and this is what we get.
December 31, 2025 at 12:07 AM
It’s also always neighbors united against an external threat… but fundamental to surveillance tech is the idea that the community needs to be fortified without, not nourished from within….
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Just gonna note that the US has a HUGE child care shortage: 4.2 million kids don't have access to child care slots, and it's even more extreme in rural areas and for disabled and medically complex children.
childcaregap.org
childcaregap.org
December 31, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Just gonna note that the US has a HUGE child care shortage: 4.2 million kids don't have access to child care slots, and it's even more extreme in rural areas and for disabled and medically complex children.
childcaregap.org
childcaregap.org
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Boycotting Constitution Hall because the DAR won’t let Marian Anderson sing has costs. It may end opera. Is that worth it? By Megan McArdle, 1939
December 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Boycotting Constitution Hall because the DAR won’t let Marian Anderson sing has costs. It may end opera. Is that worth it? By Megan McArdle, 1939
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regressing to my youth (walking around occasionally reminding myself that my right-wing government is waging an illegal war)
December 31, 2025 at 12:13 AM
regressing to my youth (walking around occasionally reminding myself that my right-wing government is waging an illegal war)
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Agree with this; want to add that I have met plenty of secular conservatives who will find the most utterly baseless pseudo-scientific reasons why mothers shouldn't work outside the home, and all of them are rooted in male supremacy.
Daycare centers were also the primary target of the Satanic panic, because fundamentally American religious conservatism is opposed to women having jobs outside the home.
Trump guys are about to Comet Pizza every third daycare center because they think they are all fronts for Somali money laundering. They're only doing this near cities with progressive mayors. This is straight up Government by LibsOfTikTok.
December 31, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Agree with this; want to add that I have met plenty of secular conservatives who will find the most utterly baseless pseudo-scientific reasons why mothers shouldn't work outside the home, and all of them are rooted in male supremacy.
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The right is actively working to take childcare away from people at a time when it is already prohibitively expensive.
Trump guys are about to Comet Pizza every third daycare center because they think they are all fronts for Somali money laundering. They're only doing this near cities with progressive mayors. This is straight up Government by LibsOfTikTok.
December 31, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The right is actively working to take childcare away from people at a time when it is already prohibitively expensive.
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Daycare centers were also the primary target of the Satanic panic, because fundamentally American religious conservatism is opposed to women having jobs outside the home.
Trump guys are about to Comet Pizza every third daycare center because they think they are all fronts for Somali money laundering. They're only doing this near cities with progressive mayors. This is straight up Government by LibsOfTikTok.
December 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Daycare centers were also the primary target of the Satanic panic, because fundamentally American religious conservatism is opposed to women having jobs outside the home.
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As we all know, Trump hates fraud.
December 31, 2025 at 12:17 AM
As we all know, Trump hates fraud.
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Barely a blip in the news. 🦗from the New York Times editorial and opinion pages. Compare with days of Hunter Biden Hysteria about unprecedented abuse of the pardon power.
December 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Barely a blip in the news. 🦗from the New York Times editorial and opinion pages. Compare with days of Hunter Biden Hysteria about unprecedented abuse of the pardon power.
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remember: no bailouts for “A.i.” companies
December 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
remember: no bailouts for “A.i.” companies
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It may turn out to be the biggest political story of 2025. And it slipped by.
Musk prepares to buy another election and smear more trans kids.
thecause.substack.com/p/musk-prepa...
Musk prepares to buy another election and smear more trans kids.
thecause.substack.com/p/musk-prepa...
December 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It may turn out to be the biggest political story of 2025. And it slipped by.
Musk prepares to buy another election and smear more trans kids.
thecause.substack.com/p/musk-prepa...
Musk prepares to buy another election and smear more trans kids.
thecause.substack.com/p/musk-prepa...
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I think the math on this is that every American including babies are going to have to lose 300+ pounds and while I am obviously a huge fan of GLP-1s (saved my life! resolved my autoimmune issues!) I'm not sure I recommend everyone losing 300+ pounds by the midterms?
Oz: We thought it was 125 million pounds. Our estimate is Americans will lose 135 billion pounds by the midterms
December 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I think the math on this is that every American including babies are going to have to lose 300+ pounds and while I am obviously a huge fan of GLP-1s (saved my life! resolved my autoimmune issues!) I'm not sure I recommend everyone losing 300+ pounds by the midterms?
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Here in the Midwest, data centers threaten to suck up fresh water from our Great Lakes. Just one of may examples includes a Microsoft plant now under construction near Racine, WI that is expected to use upwards of 8 MILLION gallons a day. A day! That is not okay.
Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
December 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Here in the Midwest, data centers threaten to suck up fresh water from our Great Lakes. Just one of may examples includes a Microsoft plant now under construction near Racine, WI that is expected to use upwards of 8 MILLION gallons a day. A day! That is not okay.
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Y'all got any favorite tools/websites that DO NOT use AI? I'm tryna make a list. Hit me with them details
December 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Y'all got any favorite tools/websites that DO NOT use AI? I'm tryna make a list. Hit me with them details
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look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts
December 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts
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This is not Trump being stupid, tho Trump is a very stupid person. This is not Trump being played, tho Trump is one of the most easily manipulated people who’s ever lived. No, the truth is scarier. This is Trump working for & siding with Putin. This is Trump, the Russian asset.
Trump: "Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. It sounds a little strange but President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity and other things at very low prices."
December 29, 2025 at 2:41 AM
This is not Trump being stupid, tho Trump is a very stupid person. This is not Trump being played, tho Trump is one of the most easily manipulated people who’s ever lived. No, the truth is scarier. This is Trump working for & siding with Putin. This is Trump, the Russian asset.