corporal ackbar
@jzipps.bsky.social
cat behaviorist & human rights enthusiast
Post-cheesecake Wonder Wiman slays all
October 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Post-cheesecake Wonder Wiman slays all
Just had my first experience in a retail environment (best buy) with thousands of tiny cameras on me adjusting prices in real time based on who the hell knows what.
Left as soon as I realized it and literally never setting foot in there again. Fuck this whole-ass trash fire algorithm economy.
Left as soon as I realized it and literally never setting foot in there again. Fuck this whole-ass trash fire algorithm economy.
October 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Just had my first experience in a retail environment (best buy) with thousands of tiny cameras on me adjusting prices in real time based on who the hell knows what.
Left as soon as I realized it and literally never setting foot in there again. Fuck this whole-ass trash fire algorithm economy.
Left as soon as I realized it and literally never setting foot in there again. Fuck this whole-ass trash fire algorithm economy.
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The US is the beacon of purity capitalism. On full display.
“Medical Properties Trust” owns 400 health care facilities & rents them back to hospital groups. 9 companies that leased hospitals from MPT have gone bankrupt. And while dozens of hospitals have been sold, entangled in bankruptcy proceedings, or become depleted shells, MPT’s execs earned millions.
On-call doctors who haven’t gotten paid and won’t answer calls.
Medical staff asked to come in and clean the hospital on the weekends.
Beds repossessed in the middle of the night.
This is the scene at just one out of dozens of hospitals impacted by a major hospital bankruptcy.
Medical staff asked to come in and clean the hospital on the weekends.
Beds repossessed in the middle of the night.
This is the scene at just one out of dozens of hospitals impacted by a major hospital bankruptcy.
July 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The US is the beacon of purity capitalism. On full display.
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Turns out alienating your base isn’t a good way to win elections. Who could have guessed this? Certainly not the general counsel of Uber, Tony West, who served as a top Harris advisor.
Fascinating survey data on the missing Biden voters by Lake Research. The voters who sat out in '24 weren't looking for a centrist or turned off by trans rights. They want a genuine economic populist agenda: take on corporate greed, lower costs, and make the wealthy pay their fair share.
July 20, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Turns out alienating your base isn’t a good way to win elections. Who could have guessed this? Certainly not the general counsel of Uber, Tony West, who served as a top Harris advisor.
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Ring doorbell introducing feature to allow "police to request live-stream access to people’s home security devices"
A grave threat to civil liberties in the U.S. After all, police have used Ring footage to spy on protestors & obtained footage without a warrant
Reporting by @mguariglia.bsky.social
A grave threat to civil liberties in the U.S. After all, police have used Ring footage to spy on protestors & obtained footage without a warrant
Reporting by @mguariglia.bsky.social
Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices....
www.eff.org
July 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Ring doorbell introducing feature to allow "police to request live-stream access to people’s home security devices"
A grave threat to civil liberties in the U.S. After all, police have used Ring footage to spy on protestors & obtained footage without a warrant
Reporting by @mguariglia.bsky.social
A grave threat to civil liberties in the U.S. After all, police have used Ring footage to spy on protestors & obtained footage without a warrant
Reporting by @mguariglia.bsky.social
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I'm holding a citizen meeting in West Hartford to talk about what I'm doing and what people can do to fight back against Trump's seizure of government for the billionaire class.
1/ Unfortunately, we've maxed out the space, so here's a 🧵 on what you can do.
1/ Unfortunately, we've maxed out the space, so here's a 🧵 on what you can do.
February 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I'm holding a citizen meeting in West Hartford to talk about what I'm doing and what people can do to fight back against Trump's seizure of government for the billionaire class.
1/ Unfortunately, we've maxed out the space, so here's a 🧵 on what you can do.
1/ Unfortunately, we've maxed out the space, so here's a 🧵 on what you can do.
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Feeling much better tonight. More lawsuits, more demonstrations, more congressional involvement!
February 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Feeling much better tonight. More lawsuits, more demonstrations, more congressional involvement!
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MORE BARGING
Two Dem lawmakers barge into House speaker's office in backlash against Musk
Reps. Judy Chu and Gwen Moore denounced DOGE's access to a vast government payments system.
www.politico.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM
MORE BARGING
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If you want a long, but very thorough, read on just how crazy dangerous the situation is with Elon, @brockm.bsky.social has laid it all out in a single article. Please read it.
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/t...
The 24-Hour Reality Check: Musk’s Impossible Power Grab And America’s Crisis
There are twenty-four hours in a day. This isn’t a matter of political opinion or technological disruption—it’s as immutable as the fact that two plus two equals four. No amount of geni…
www.techdirt.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
If you want a long, but very thorough, read on just how crazy dangerous the situation is with Elon, @brockm.bsky.social has laid it all out in a single article. Please read it.
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/t...
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I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons
February 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons
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think i might try exuding good vibes this year. like, as a bit.
January 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM
think i might try exuding good vibes this year. like, as a bit.
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"Our analysis of the EPA’s own data showed that in every census block in the U.S., the risk of getting cancer from a lifetime of exposure to formaldehyde in outdoor air is higher than the goal the agency has set for air pollutants." @propublica.org
EPA Report Finds That Formaldehyde Presents an “Unreasonable Risk” to Public Health
The report was published weeks after a ProPublica investigation found that the chemical causes more cancer than any other toxic air pollutant and can trigger asthma, miscarriages and fertility problem...
www.propublica.org
January 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
"Our analysis of the EPA’s own data showed that in every census block in the U.S., the risk of getting cancer from a lifetime of exposure to formaldehyde in outdoor air is higher than the goal the agency has set for air pollutants." @propublica.org
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The way GOP politicians are coalescing around a completely made-up narrative that Liz Cheney should be prosecuted should terrify the American people. I know we have gotten numb to the outrages, but this is truly next level. What happened to Navalny in Russia could happen here.
January 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The way GOP politicians are coalescing around a completely made-up narrative that Liz Cheney should be prosecuted should terrify the American people. I know we have gotten numb to the outrages, but this is truly next level. What happened to Navalny in Russia could happen here.
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More than 5.3 million children live in homes where parents make the minimum wage. These wage raises are going to make a huge, positive difference in the lives of our kids and in our communities. www.epi.org/blog/over-9-...
Over 9.2 million workers will get a raise on January 1 from 21 states raising their minimum wages
Twenty-one states will increase their minimum wages on January 1, raising pay for more than 9.2 million workers by a total of $5.7 billion. In addition, 48 cities and counties will raise their minimum...
www.epi.org
January 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
More than 5.3 million children live in homes where parents make the minimum wage. These wage raises are going to make a huge, positive difference in the lives of our kids and in our communities. www.epi.org/blog/over-9-...
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Tapping the sign
Trump isn't into Tariffs because he thinks they accomplish some economic goal. He likes Tariffs because they're what his autocrat idols use to shake industry down for bribes. Everyone has to come and bend the knee to negotiate an Exemption in exchange for the boss getting a cut. That's all this is.
January 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Tapping the sign
Still waiting on that one final, heroic McDonald’s order to step up and clog what needs to be clogged for the good of the US.
December 12, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Still waiting on that one final, heroic McDonald’s order to step up and clog what needs to be clogged for the good of the US.
I know Black Friday broke containment long ago but I want to talk to the manager about the new name.
November 26, 2024 at 12:07 PM
I know Black Friday broke containment long ago but I want to talk to the manager about the new name.
if trump and elon are still on speaking terms by inauguration, i’ll eat a truck tire live on camera.
narcissists of that magnitude cannot coexist and they already palpably dislike each other.
bad shit is coming but at least this particular sub-shitshow will spin out and crash.
narcissists of that magnitude cannot coexist and they already palpably dislike each other.
bad shit is coming but at least this particular sub-shitshow will spin out and crash.
November 13, 2024 at 1:57 AM
if trump and elon are still on speaking terms by inauguration, i’ll eat a truck tire live on camera.
narcissists of that magnitude cannot coexist and they already palpably dislike each other.
bad shit is coming but at least this particular sub-shitshow will spin out and crash.
narcissists of that magnitude cannot coexist and they already palpably dislike each other.
bad shit is coming but at least this particular sub-shitshow will spin out and crash.
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I joked to my brother that as of yesterday morning, "I am the most pro-federalism states rights motherfucker that ever lived," and that's more or less my main argument here: use the authority wielded wherever Democrats have power to sandbag Trump's fascism www.liberalcurrents.com/a-practical-...
A Practical Program for Resisting a Trump Second Term
How to fight back against the implementation of fascism in America.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 7, 2024 at 3:59 PM
I joked to my brother that as of yesterday morning, "I am the most pro-federalism states rights motherfucker that ever lived," and that's more or less my main argument here: use the authority wielded wherever Democrats have power to sandbag Trump's fascism www.liberalcurrents.com/a-practical-...
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i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same
November 6, 2024 at 11:00 AM
i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same
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We are literally doing that!!! Please answer your phone!
In Nevada, the GOP is succeeding in throwing out the votes of thousands of young people. If you're in Clark or Washoe county, answer your phone tonight. It may be election officials, calling to cure the defect in your mailed-in ballot.
November 6, 2024 at 1:01 AM
We are literally doing that!!! Please answer your phone!
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Pick your fighter
November 2, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Pick your fighter