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Antifa is only controversial for fascists and their allies.
The Stan side of the Internet is not real life.
He/him/they/them
Antifa is only controversial for fascists and their allies.
The Stan side of the Internet is not real life.
It won't matter if you voted for him, donated to him, made public appearances for him, whatever. Your rights are 100% at risk. Even if you're white, because assholes like Trump and his ilk will find a reason to eliminate you if they feel you are no longer useful for them.
That's how evil works
That's how evil works
April 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
It won't matter if you voted for him, donated to him, made public appearances for him, whatever. Your rights are 100% at risk. Even if you're white, because assholes like Trump and his ilk will find a reason to eliminate you if they feel you are no longer useful for them.
That's how evil works
That's how evil works
You know what I'd really want to come through in our political system in America?
Humanity.
Caring.
Restorative justice.
Mutual benefit.
Togetherness and community.
All of those things are apparently not what the political class want, because...??
It's the inverse of what a democracy should be.
Humanity.
Caring.
Restorative justice.
Mutual benefit.
Togetherness and community.
All of those things are apparently not what the political class want, because...??
It's the inverse of what a democracy should be.
April 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
You know what I'd really want to come through in our political system in America?
Humanity.
Caring.
Restorative justice.
Mutual benefit.
Togetherness and community.
All of those things are apparently not what the political class want, because...??
It's the inverse of what a democracy should be.
Humanity.
Caring.
Restorative justice.
Mutual benefit.
Togetherness and community.
All of those things are apparently not what the political class want, because...??
It's the inverse of what a democracy should be.
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"Removing improper ideology" doesn't sound at all Soviet or Orwellian.
It's exactly the sort of thing a country with "a history of liberty" (as this EO says elsewhere) would do to celebrate the freedoms that have made it great.
It's exactly the sort of thing a country with "a history of liberty" (as this EO says elsewhere) would do to celebrate the freedoms that have made it great.
March 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"Removing improper ideology" doesn't sound at all Soviet or Orwellian.
It's exactly the sort of thing a country with "a history of liberty" (as this EO says elsewhere) would do to celebrate the freedoms that have made it great.
It's exactly the sort of thing a country with "a history of liberty" (as this EO says elsewhere) would do to celebrate the freedoms that have made it great.
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This may be official policy but I wouldn't be surprised if it was some goon freelancing either. Agents of the state have gotten the message that they can abuse their powers with impunity as long as they target the right people. bsky.app/profile/donm...
If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.
March 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This may be official policy but I wouldn't be surprised if it was some goon freelancing either. Agents of the state have gotten the message that they can abuse their powers with impunity as long as they target the right people. bsky.app/profile/donm...
Good things that we need more of and don't have enough of:
Green spaces in cities.
Grace for men expressing their emotions other than anger.
Acceptance of differences.
Accommodations for people who need them.
Mutual benefits in negotiating.
Local amateur athletic competitions for fun.
Green spaces in cities.
Grace for men expressing their emotions other than anger.
Acceptance of differences.
Accommodations for people who need them.
Mutual benefits in negotiating.
Local amateur athletic competitions for fun.
March 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Good things that we need more of and don't have enough of:
Green spaces in cities.
Grace for men expressing their emotions other than anger.
Acceptance of differences.
Accommodations for people who need them.
Mutual benefits in negotiating.
Local amateur athletic competitions for fun.
Green spaces in cities.
Grace for men expressing their emotions other than anger.
Acceptance of differences.
Accommodations for people who need them.
Mutual benefits in negotiating.
Local amateur athletic competitions for fun.
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Whether it’s Donald Trump hawking Bibles in the middle of a campaign or Chuck Schumer going to book signings in the middle of a constitutional crisis, both men chosen strange times to try to sell books.
March 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Whether it’s Donald Trump hawking Bibles in the middle of a campaign or Chuck Schumer going to book signings in the middle of a constitutional crisis, both men chosen strange times to try to sell books.
I come up with so many ideas for this. But I also might be releasing music this year so maybe I'll hold on sharing mine just yet...
Photo you’d use as an album cover
March 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I come up with so many ideas for this. But I also might be releasing music this year so maybe I'll hold on sharing mine just yet...
Not sure how hot of a take this is, but here it goes:
Marshmallow Mateys are better than Lucky Charms.
Marshmallow Mateys are better than Lucky Charms.
March 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Not sure how hot of a take this is, but here it goes:
Marshmallow Mateys are better than Lucky Charms.
Marshmallow Mateys are better than Lucky Charms.
I know that we're in a low-trust environment, in media and politics especially but honestly in general.
The systems we have had in place to correct mis- or disinformation weren't perfect and the media was invested in one side over any other, but it at least mitigated this kind of reaction!
Thread:
The systems we have had in place to correct mis- or disinformation weren't perfect and the media was invested in one side over any other, but it at least mitigated this kind of reaction!
Thread:
people are getting weirdly downright gleeful about the potential for air disasters. you get that regular people die right? regular people going to visit their families, going to work, going on a trip. why are you posting a glib little gif about it! why is everyone a maniac now!
February 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I know that we're in a low-trust environment, in media and politics especially but honestly in general.
The systems we have had in place to correct mis- or disinformation weren't perfect and the media was invested in one side over any other, but it at least mitigated this kind of reaction!
Thread:
The systems we have had in place to correct mis- or disinformation weren't perfect and the media was invested in one side over any other, but it at least mitigated this kind of reaction!
Thread:
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This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.
February 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.
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chris rufo: is harvard doing an antisemitism?
new york times: WE WILL TALK ABOUT NOTHING OTHER THAN THIS FOR A WEEK STRAIGHT
elon musk: sieg heil! also, all my tween nazis run your government agencies now
new york times: boring tussles about bureaucracy are underway
new york times: WE WILL TALK ABOUT NOTHING OTHER THAN THIS FOR A WEEK STRAIGHT
elon musk: sieg heil! also, all my tween nazis run your government agencies now
new york times: boring tussles about bureaucracy are underway
February 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
chris rufo: is harvard doing an antisemitism?
new york times: WE WILL TALK ABOUT NOTHING OTHER THAN THIS FOR A WEEK STRAIGHT
elon musk: sieg heil! also, all my tween nazis run your government agencies now
new york times: boring tussles about bureaucracy are underway
new york times: WE WILL TALK ABOUT NOTHING OTHER THAN THIS FOR A WEEK STRAIGHT
elon musk: sieg heil! also, all my tween nazis run your government agencies now
new york times: boring tussles about bureaucracy are underway
The fact this blatant corruption isn't that unusual in Washington, and hasn't been for a while now, is incredibly damning.
The fact that neither party is doing anything to even start rooting it out only adds to it.
This is what empires in decline are about. The richest cashing out as the ship sinks.
The fact that neither party is doing anything to even start rooting it out only adds to it.
This is what empires in decline are about. The richest cashing out as the ship sinks.
Elon Musk Will Personally Profit from Dismantling Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Ex-CFPB Official
Elon Musk Will Personally Profit from Dismantling CFPB, Says Ex-Official
President Trump has given yet more power to Elon Musk, who is now leading the effort to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Created in response to the 2008 financial crisis, the CFPB helps...
www.democracynow.org
February 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The fact this blatant corruption isn't that unusual in Washington, and hasn't been for a while now, is incredibly damning.
The fact that neither party is doing anything to even start rooting it out only adds to it.
This is what empires in decline are about. The richest cashing out as the ship sinks.
The fact that neither party is doing anything to even start rooting it out only adds to it.
This is what empires in decline are about. The richest cashing out as the ship sinks.
This is gamergate shit.
It's the same playbook pioneered a decade ago in that vile movement.
It's an attempt to make anyone who even dares question these people's authority and power deal with so much harassment on a daily basis that they shut up and intimidate away any prospective threats.
It's the same playbook pioneered a decade ago in that vile movement.
It's an attempt to make anyone who even dares question these people's authority and power deal with so much harassment on a daily basis that they shut up and intimidate away any prospective threats.
Musk has sicced his followers on the WSJ writer who reported on a DOGE staffer’s racist online, history demanding her firing. This is a tactic Silicon Valley’s neoreactionaries have been advocating for years: Pick a reporter, dox and harrass, make an example of them, make everyone else afraid.
February 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
This is gamergate shit.
It's the same playbook pioneered a decade ago in that vile movement.
It's an attempt to make anyone who even dares question these people's authority and power deal with so much harassment on a daily basis that they shut up and intimidate away any prospective threats.
It's the same playbook pioneered a decade ago in that vile movement.
It's an attempt to make anyone who even dares question these people's authority and power deal with so much harassment on a daily basis that they shut up and intimidate away any prospective threats.
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Most of the big destructive moves that Trump and Elon have made only relate to what they personally care about. Elon hates USAID bc they fought apartheid, and Labor bc his workers are unionizing. Trump loves fancy parties and renaming things. And they hate DEI bc they’re racist. Pretty simple shit!
February 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Most of the big destructive moves that Trump and Elon have made only relate to what they personally care about. Elon hates USAID bc they fought apartheid, and Labor bc his workers are unionizing. Trump loves fancy parties and renaming things. And they hate DEI bc they’re racist. Pretty simple shit!
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The loudest voice against DEI is a WHITE SOUTH AFRICAN BILLIONAIRE who despises post-apartheid reforms and calls them “RACISM.” A guy who grew up under apartheid is now using his wealth to dismantle civil rights in the U.S. Like… what are we even doing?
February 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The loudest voice against DEI is a WHITE SOUTH AFRICAN BILLIONAIRE who despises post-apartheid reforms and calls them “RACISM.” A guy who grew up under apartheid is now using his wealth to dismantle civil rights in the U.S. Like… what are we even doing?
"This much money and power together can't possibly be wrong"
Bruh, have you not seen the USA? That much money and power is very often wrong. It's consistently making mind-bogglingly stupid decisions and obvious mistakes.
But as long as everyone else is made to pay the price, they'll keep doing it.
Bruh, have you not seen the USA? That much money and power is very often wrong. It's consistently making mind-bogglingly stupid decisions and obvious mistakes.
But as long as everyone else is made to pay the price, they'll keep doing it.
February 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"This much money and power together can't possibly be wrong"
Bruh, have you not seen the USA? That much money and power is very often wrong. It's consistently making mind-bogglingly stupid decisions and obvious mistakes.
But as long as everyone else is made to pay the price, they'll keep doing it.
Bruh, have you not seen the USA? That much money and power is very often wrong. It's consistently making mind-bogglingly stupid decisions and obvious mistakes.
But as long as everyone else is made to pay the price, they'll keep doing it.
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they do not seem to think that civil society is real and their mental model of the world holds that people are drones who will do what they’re told
why is Elon Musk obsessed with gaining access directly to the systems which approve Treasury payments? and why are they trying so hard to shutter USAID? it's because they think it's the machine that pays the protesters, and they're trying to turn it off.
February 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
they do not seem to think that civil society is real and their mental model of the world holds that people are drones who will do what they’re told
It will always amaze/sicken me that getting called a racist is so much more offensive for so many white people than the actual racism.
Liberals, progressives, conservatives, MAGA types, they all don't want to be called a racist so much more than they want to end racism.
Liberals, progressives, conservatives, MAGA types, they all don't want to be called a racist so much more than they want to end racism.
It's really easy. They can just stop bring racist. thehill.com/homenews/cam...
GOP pollster says Trump voters ‘tired’ of being accused of racism
Republican pollster Frank Luntz said on Friday that President Trump’s voters are “tired” of being accused of being sexist and racist. In a discussion about Trump’s remarks linking diversity, equity…
thehill.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
It will always amaze/sicken me that getting called a racist is so much more offensive for so many white people than the actual racism.
Liberals, progressives, conservatives, MAGA types, they all don't want to be called a racist so much more than they want to end racism.
Liberals, progressives, conservatives, MAGA types, they all don't want to be called a racist so much more than they want to end racism.
I thought the line about refusing to advertise on the platform that would put your ads next to Nazi shit was, quoting the man himself, "go fuck yourself" and that Twitter could survive without them?
This manchild shouldn't be in charge of anything.
This manchild shouldn't be in charge of anything.
The new defendants added into the legal filing included Lego, Nestlé, Tyson Foods, Abbott Laboratories, Colgate-Palmolive, Pinterest and Shell International.
Elon Musk's X sues Lego, Nestlé and more brands, accusing them of advertising boycott
The new defendants added into the legal filing included Lego, Nestlé, Tyson Foods, Abbott Laboratories, Colgate-Palmolive, Pinterest and Shell International.
www.npr.org
February 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I thought the line about refusing to advertise on the platform that would put your ads next to Nazi shit was, quoting the man himself, "go fuck yourself" and that Twitter could survive without them?
This manchild shouldn't be in charge of anything.
This manchild shouldn't be in charge of anything.
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Hey Democrats, here's a VERY SIMPLE attack line:
Elon is fucking with the system that will distribute your tax returns.
There you go. Freebie. Enjoy, or just wander outside muttering lines from The West Wing like you were gonna do anyway.
Elon is fucking with the system that will distribute your tax returns.
There you go. Freebie. Enjoy, or just wander outside muttering lines from The West Wing like you were gonna do anyway.
February 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Hey Democrats, here's a VERY SIMPLE attack line:
Elon is fucking with the system that will distribute your tax returns.
There you go. Freebie. Enjoy, or just wander outside muttering lines from The West Wing like you were gonna do anyway.
Elon is fucking with the system that will distribute your tax returns.
There you go. Freebie. Enjoy, or just wander outside muttering lines from The West Wing like you were gonna do anyway.
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This Black History Month, let's call a thing a thing.
When Republicans attack "DEI," "wokeness," "CRT," or "BLM" — they mean Black.
It's anti-Blackness on steroids.
When Republicans attack "DEI," "wokeness," "CRT," or "BLM" — they mean Black.
It's anti-Blackness on steroids.
February 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This Black History Month, let's call a thing a thing.
When Republicans attack "DEI," "wokeness," "CRT," or "BLM" — they mean Black.
It's anti-Blackness on steroids.
When Republicans attack "DEI," "wokeness," "CRT," or "BLM" — they mean Black.
It's anti-Blackness on steroids.
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When someone douses your house in gasoline, lights a match, drops it on the floor, and then puts out the fire before your whole house burns down, you don't invite them back to your house. Because they've shown you they're willing to burn your house down! www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump White House reverses course, rescinds freeze on federal grants
The reversal followed criticism of the sudden freeze by the White House budget office.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
When someone douses your house in gasoline, lights a match, drops it on the floor, and then puts out the fire before your whole house burns down, you don't invite them back to your house. Because they've shown you they're willing to burn your house down! www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
I work in autism inclusion. One of the things I tell people when I do trainings about it is that when it's done properly literally everyone involved gets something good out of it.
DEI programs are some of the best things businesses can do. People recognize it.
Again, stan Twitter is not real life.
DEI programs are some of the best things businesses can do. People recognize it.
Again, stan Twitter is not real life.
NEW - DEI programs Favorability poll
🟢 Favorable 48% (+19)
🟤 Unfavorable 29%
YouGov
🟢 Favorable 48% (+19)
🟤 Unfavorable 29%
YouGov
January 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I work in autism inclusion. One of the things I tell people when I do trainings about it is that when it's done properly literally everyone involved gets something good out of it.
DEI programs are some of the best things businesses can do. People recognize it.
Again, stan Twitter is not real life.
DEI programs are some of the best things businesses can do. People recognize it.
Again, stan Twitter is not real life.