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I think I would argue that it makes the site unpalatable to a lot of people I don’t want to shape the culture of my social media. Not just the right. Anyone who thinks social media is for the Outrage Industrial Complex can be bored here and leave.
Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.
This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.
October 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think I would argue that it makes the site unpalatable to a lot of people I don’t want to shape the culture of my social media. Not just the right. Anyone who thinks social media is for the Outrage Industrial Complex can be bored here and leave.
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I'm all for going after waste, fraud, and abuse. The Department of Defense spends $800+ billion a year. It's never passed a single audit. Ever.
USAID was audited three months ago.
Is Elon scared to lose all the defense contract money he pockets from the Pentagon?
USAID was audited three months ago.
Is Elon scared to lose all the defense contract money he pockets from the Pentagon?
February 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I'm all for going after waste, fraud, and abuse. The Department of Defense spends $800+ billion a year. It's never passed a single audit. Ever.
USAID was audited three months ago.
Is Elon scared to lose all the defense contract money he pockets from the Pentagon?
USAID was audited three months ago.
Is Elon scared to lose all the defense contract money he pockets from the Pentagon?
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This is awesome. From a custom knife forging shop in Edom, Texas.
January 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This is awesome. From a custom knife forging shop in Edom, Texas.
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I just sent this email to all 13,000 federal employees of the NOAA lol. The Trump administration's changes to their communications system made it so literally anyone can blast messages out to the entire agency
January 31, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I just sent this email to all 13,000 federal employees of the NOAA lol. The Trump administration's changes to their communications system made it so literally anyone can blast messages out to the entire agency
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i just cannot get over how much the administration’s response to the crash shows a profound disrespect for the lives of the people they are supposed to serve
January 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM
i just cannot get over how much the administration’s response to the crash shows a profound disrespect for the lives of the people they are supposed to serve
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Maybe the Director of the FBI shouldn’t literally be on the payroll of the President. I dunno tho. Bill Clinton once was briefly on the same airplane with the AG while his wife ran for President - clearly one of these is worth dozens of breathless articles claiming corruption
January 31, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Maybe the Director of the FBI shouldn’t literally be on the payroll of the President. I dunno tho. Bill Clinton once was briefly on the same airplane with the AG while his wife ran for President - clearly one of these is worth dozens of breathless articles claiming corruption
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That's nothing compared to the $3.9M worth of Trump Media stock that AG-Designate Pam Bondi owns.
Trump's attorney general pick owned at least $3.9 million in Truth Social stock and made $1 million as a lobbyist last year
Bondi, who's been working as a lobbyist and a consultant in recent years, reported a net worth of $12.1 million.
www.businessinsider.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:34 AM
That's nothing compared to the $3.9M worth of Trump Media stock that AG-Designate Pam Bondi owns.
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Not only that, THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT. Overwhelming you shuts you down. It hurts your ability to resist.
Take care of yourself. Focus on the topics you have capacity to.
Listen to the people who help you think this through.
Take breaks. Listen to your body.
And find community. Most important.
Take care of yourself. Focus on the topics you have capacity to.
Listen to the people who help you think this through.
Take breaks. Listen to your body.
And find community. Most important.
A lot of shit is hitting the fan today so I’m just gonna throw it out there that you don’t have to internalize every single thing and it’s ok to log off and protect your heart. You don’t have to traumatize yourself with the firehouse of monstrous developments.
January 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Not only that, THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT. Overwhelming you shuts you down. It hurts your ability to resist.
Take care of yourself. Focus on the topics you have capacity to.
Listen to the people who help you think this through.
Take breaks. Listen to your body.
And find community. Most important.
Take care of yourself. Focus on the topics you have capacity to.
Listen to the people who help you think this through.
Take breaks. Listen to your body.
And find community. Most important.
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Trump's directive to pause federal funding violates the law and strips away support for the resources our kids, seniors and economy rely on.
Our families are not his political pawns.
I'm suing to hold this administration accountable.
Our families are not his political pawns.
I'm suing to hold this administration accountable.
January 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Trump's directive to pause federal funding violates the law and strips away support for the resources our kids, seniors and economy rely on.
Our families are not his political pawns.
I'm suing to hold this administration accountable.
Our families are not his political pawns.
I'm suing to hold this administration accountable.
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
January 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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It’s official: In the USA The Gulf of Mexico is now the “Gulf of America,” and Denali, the Alaska Native name for North America’s tallest peak, has been reverted to Mount McKinley. But we refuse to accept this change—Denali will always be Denali to us. #IStandWithDenali
January 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
It’s official: In the USA The Gulf of Mexico is now the “Gulf of America,” and Denali, the Alaska Native name for North America’s tallest peak, has been reverted to Mount McKinley. But we refuse to accept this change—Denali will always be Denali to us. #IStandWithDenali
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Lost my absolute shit last night and today over very real PTSD triggers. For real worried my brain was breaking so badly that my head was splitting and I was extremely nauseated.
….nope turns out I just picked the WORST time to forget it take my Effexor for two days. 🙃
….nope turns out I just picked the WORST time to forget it take my Effexor for two days. 🙃
December 25, 2024 at 2:52 AM
Lost my absolute shit last night and today over very real PTSD triggers. For real worried my brain was breaking so badly that my head was splitting and I was extremely nauseated.
….nope turns out I just picked the WORST time to forget it take my Effexor for two days. 🙃
….nope turns out I just picked the WORST time to forget it take my Effexor for two days. 🙃
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We live in the age of the empowered narcissistic sociopath
December 17, 2024 at 10:51 AM
We live in the age of the empowered narcissistic sociopath
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Republicans put up much more of a fight after losing to Barack Obama by 7.2% than Democrats are willing to put up after losing to Donald Trump by 1.6%.
December 17, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Republicans put up much more of a fight after losing to Barack Obama by 7.2% than Democrats are willing to put up after losing to Donald Trump by 1.6%.
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One of the most pervasive fallacies is that government programs should only exist if profitable. No. It's the opposite. Government programs exist to address needs that aren't profitable. If the need could be addressed by profitable and effective programs, government wouldn't need to address it.
Didn't have Resist Consumerism from the Government on my bingo card. What's next, subscription-based fire departments?
He wants to more completely turn us all from citizens to consumers.
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He wants to more completely turn us all from citizens to consumers.
wapo.st/4iE3tB4
Trump eyes privatizing U.S. Postal Service, citing financial losses
Trump feuded with the mail agency in his first term. Privatizing it could shake up consumer shipping and business supply chains.
wapo.st
December 15, 2024 at 12:26 PM
One of the most pervasive fallacies is that government programs should only exist if profitable. No. It's the opposite. Government programs exist to address needs that aren't profitable. If the need could be addressed by profitable and effective programs, government wouldn't need to address it.
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Republican Governor Larry Hogan posted video of the constellation Orion and claimed the stars were “large drones” above his home.
Just a reminder that Republicans want to shut down the Department of Education.
Just a reminder that Republicans want to shut down the Department of Education.
December 15, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Republican Governor Larry Hogan posted video of the constellation Orion and claimed the stars were “large drones” above his home.
Just a reminder that Republicans want to shut down the Department of Education.
Just a reminder that Republicans want to shut down the Department of Education.
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It should be noted that he solemnly said "I play a lot of golf," quickly followed by "the FUCK I do" 😂
December 8, 2024 at 2:11 AM
It should be noted that he solemnly said "I play a lot of golf," quickly followed by "the FUCK I do" 😂
This was a theme in @kristiannairn.bsky.social ‘s autobiography that resonated so hard with me. We are not stagnant!
@kristiannairn.bsky.social: Every time I feel like I’ve reached my final form, something else happens. It’s a process and I look forward to what’s coming next.
December 9, 2024 at 2:26 AM
This was a theme in @kristiannairn.bsky.social ‘s autobiography that resonated so hard with me. We are not stagnant!
If anyone has Nathan’s TEDtalk about how each SpongeBob character is gay, i need it
Q: What other pieces of queer media do you like?
Con: Queer as folk changed the World. Also, Russell T Davies.
Vico: A League of Their Own. That show was robbed.
Nathan: ROBBED BITCH.
Vico: Also, Agatha All Along.
Nathan: Spongebob Squarepants.
Kristian: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
Con: Queer as folk changed the World. Also, Russell T Davies.
Vico: A League of Their Own. That show was robbed.
Nathan: ROBBED BITCH.
Vico: Also, Agatha All Along.
Nathan: Spongebob Squarepants.
Kristian: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
December 9, 2024 at 2:22 AM
If anyone has Nathan’s TEDtalk about how each SpongeBob character is gay, i need it
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The big thing all the media is missing in the Hunter Biden discussion is that Trump wants to fire the FBI Director he hired because he got caught committing crimes
December 3, 2024 at 5:38 PM
The big thing all the media is missing in the Hunter Biden discussion is that Trump wants to fire the FBI Director he hired because he got caught committing crimes
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It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible
It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible
The task of reporting is not a simple one. Each and every day, reporters and editors at publications like The Onion make difficult decisions about which issues should receive attention, knowing that o...
theonion.com
November 26, 2024 at 5:02 PM
It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible
This morning I dragged myself out of bed at 3:00 to head to the West End Bridge in hopes of capturing the moon over PPG Place and the Christmas tree at the Point in #Pittsburgh. Luckily the clouds stayed away for long enough to allow that to happen. Made for an amazing view.
November 27, 2024 at 2:38 PM