Ruby S.
@rubyji.bsky.social
❤️🩹Hope is a discipline.
💀Capitalism is a death cult.
🍉Solidarity is the antidote to fascism.
Awakening 🙈🤩
Living 🐈🪴🌌
Loving ♾️🏳️🌈
Raising a teen 🎮🏹
Durham 🐂🚬 NC, USA
https://lotusmedia.org
💀Capitalism is a death cult.
🍉Solidarity is the antidote to fascism.
Awakening 🙈🤩
Living 🐈🪴🌌
Loving ♾️🏳️🌈
Raising a teen 🎮🏹
Durham 🐂🚬 NC, USA
https://lotusmedia.org
Pinned
the fundamental central operating premise of this entire dominant ecosystem of what passes for the institutional "left" in this country is that you must carefully calibrate what you believe in light of what you perceive certain demographics to believe. but what wins elections is believing in shit
Let me repeat for the pundits in the back:
What wins elections is believing in shit.
What wins elections is believing in shit.
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UK government project using AI to find benefit fraud resulted in:
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
UK government project using AI to find benefit fraud resulted in:
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Anyway here are some aspirational visions of masculinity
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Anyway here are some aspirational visions of masculinity
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Democrats play good cop and
Republicans play bad cop and that’s why I side with abolitionists.
Republicans play bad cop and that’s why I side with abolitionists.
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Democrats play good cop and
Republicans play bad cop and that’s why I side with abolitionists.
Republicans play bad cop and that’s why I side with abolitionists.
Even as someone who has never had COVID (that I know of) this is so real. It feels like the entire world is gaslighting me abt Long COVID, climate change, capitalism, Democrats, Palestine, etc.
I can see the appeal of just enjoying my life with no sense of responsibility, but I cannot and will not.
I can see the appeal of just enjoying my life with no sense of responsibility, but I cannot and will not.
Living with Long COVID often feels like living in a horror movie. Along with your disease comes a creepy Hive Mind refusal to acknowledge the dangers of COVID infection. In Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show Pluribus, the Hive Mind comes to life:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
"Pluribus" captures the isolation of COVID-awareness in a COVID denialist world
For years I've described having Long COVID as living in a horror movie. Now that horror movie (well, prestige Apple TV show) is here.
www.thegauntlet.news
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Even as someone who has never had COVID (that I know of) this is so real. It feels like the entire world is gaslighting me abt Long COVID, climate change, capitalism, Democrats, Palestine, etc.
I can see the appeal of just enjoying my life with no sense of responsibility, but I cannot and will not.
I can see the appeal of just enjoying my life with no sense of responsibility, but I cannot and will not.
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Also, if you all unconditionally support Democrats, fascism will always rise. They’re not here to stop fascism, they’re here to stop you.
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Also, if you all unconditionally support Democrats, fascism will always rise. They’re not here to stop fascism, they’re here to stop you.
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This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰
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Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
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Endlessly screenshot-dunking on Twitter idiots is annoying your followers and keeping the idiots famous. Whenever you feel like doing it, you should take a minute, breathe, and then approvingly share something I've written instead
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Endlessly screenshot-dunking on Twitter idiots is annoying your followers and keeping the idiots famous. Whenever you feel like doing it, you should take a minute, breathe, and then approvingly share something I've written instead
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Scarleteen has been providing free sex education since 1998 and we believe in sex ed for all! We ALSO believe health educators deserve healthcare and we’re raising $40,000 to support our staff and volunteers. Donate here, and more details in thread: www.classy.org/campaign/scarl...
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Scarleteen has been providing free sex education since 1998 and we believe in sex ed for all! We ALSO believe health educators deserve healthcare and we’re raising $40,000 to support our staff and volunteers. Donate here, and more details in thread: www.classy.org/campaign/scarl...
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Want to be a #LibraryDefender? Join (or start!) a Friends of the Library group. #FriendsOfTheLibrary groups are a great way to strengthen your local library and fight for #InformationAccess for all! Learn how in our new Friends of the Library 101 Zine! www.librariesforthepeople.org/resources#fo...
Resources — For The People
www.librariesforthepeople.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Want to be a #LibraryDefender? Join (or start!) a Friends of the Library group. #FriendsOfTheLibrary groups are a great way to strengthen your local library and fight for #InformationAccess for all! Learn how in our new Friends of the Library 101 Zine! www.librariesforthepeople.org/resources#fo...
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"as the guide to the universe that we don’t deserve but absolutely need. She has given us a book about physics as story and metaphor, as revelation and revolution, as answer and antidote. It’s suffused with gorgeous poetry and frequently very, very funny.” -- THE Ed Yong
Preorder today!
Preorder today!
The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: 9780593701683 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos In her highly acclaimed debut, distinguished cosmologist and particle...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"as the guide to the universe that we don’t deserve but absolutely need. She has given us a book about physics as story and metaphor, as revelation and revolution, as answer and antidote. It’s suffused with gorgeous poetry and frequently very, very funny.” -- THE Ed Yong
Preorder today!
Preorder today!
Every one of these 🌊 folks should rethink the political leaders and institutions they trusted. Media needs to stop platforming the same loud and wrong talking heads. Start listening to the the many marginalized writers, activists, and organizers that have been correct and tried to warn you.
I'm so glad to see people waking up to the reality of the Dems that helped enable this current national meltdown in so many ways.
I would like apologies from every blue waver that yelled at me in the last decade for being insufficiently loyal to a party that wants me to stay silent and powerless.
I would like apologies from every blue waver that yelled at me in the last decade for being insufficiently loyal to a party that wants me to stay silent and powerless.
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Every one of these 🌊 folks should rethink the political leaders and institutions they trusted. Media needs to stop platforming the same loud and wrong talking heads. Start listening to the the many marginalized writers, activists, and organizers that have been correct and tried to warn you.
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we should not be letting any company get away with blaming AI for their failures. I'm not even sure how we got to this point. people are like "it's just a tool" okay so is a forklift and we still hold somebody responsible when it goes wrong and hurts someone. this is YOUR AI!
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
we should not be letting any company get away with blaming AI for their failures. I'm not even sure how we got to this point. people are like "it's just a tool" okay so is a forklift and we still hold somebody responsible when it goes wrong and hurts someone. this is YOUR AI!
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So when do people start being nice to leftists who were talking shit about the democrats for years now that everybody's talking shit about them?
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
So when do people start being nice to leftists who were talking shit about the democrats for years now that everybody's talking shit about them?
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To repeat: Maybe electing a life-long criminal to an office where he can pardon other criminals wasn't such a good idea.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
To repeat: Maybe electing a life-long criminal to an office where he can pardon other criminals wasn't such a good idea.
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Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
No matter how they voted last night, every one of them has a say in maintaining Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin as their caucus leaders. Every one of them is accountable here.
No matter how they voted last night, every one of them has a say in maintaining Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin as their caucus leaders. Every one of them is accountable here.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
No matter how they voted last night, every one of them has a say in maintaining Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin as their caucus leaders. Every one of them is accountable here.
No matter how they voted last night, every one of them has a say in maintaining Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin as their caucus leaders. Every one of them is accountable here.
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"Are there even any-" it doesn't matter. Banning the few trans athletes isn't the point. The point, from Trump's ban on trans people in government to Britain's bathroom ban to Newsom's sports ban, is to make sure everyone knows trans women are OTHER and to act accordingly to us in their daily lives.
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
The International Olympic Committee is moving towards a blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"Are there even any-" it doesn't matter. Banning the few trans athletes isn't the point. The point, from Trump's ban on trans people in government to Britain's bathroom ban to Newsom's sports ban, is to make sure everyone knows trans women are OTHER and to act accordingly to us in their daily lives.
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COMPLICITY NOT COWARDICE. COMPLICITY.
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
COMPLICITY NOT COWARDICE. COMPLICITY.
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I have to hand it to Democrats. I'm one of the feds working and not getting paid and they manage to make reopening the government feel worse than the alternative.
Like, why did I miss 2.5 paychecks to end up right back where we were before the shutdown started?
Like, why did I miss 2.5 paychecks to end up right back where we were before the shutdown started?
Not a political consultant but I’m not sure “standing up to trump doesn’t work” is the best midterm message, even if if accurately represents senate dems position. Not much point in putting you in power then bsky.app/profile/atru...
Sen. Angus King: "Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work"
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I have to hand it to Democrats. I'm one of the feds working and not getting paid and they manage to make reopening the government feel worse than the alternative.
Like, why did I miss 2.5 paychecks to end up right back where we were before the shutdown started?
Like, why did I miss 2.5 paychecks to end up right back where we were before the shutdown started?
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This leads us to the obvious question: Is The NY Times operated by a covert ring of child sexual predators? WHY WON’T THEY ANSWER?!
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This leads us to the obvious question: Is The NY Times operated by a covert ring of child sexual predators? WHY WON’T THEY ANSWER?!
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“a group has suggested, without evidence, that you are accepting money to further hamas’s agenda. would you like to legitimize this by addressing it in the paper of record?”
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
“a group has suggested, without evidence, that you are accepting money to further hamas’s agenda. would you like to legitimize this by addressing it in the paper of record?”
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Schumer seems to think that politics is something that just *happens* to politicians, like the weather — rather than something that *politicians actively engage in and shape.*
MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Schumer seems to think that politics is something that just *happens* to politicians, like the weather — rather than something that *politicians actively engage in and shape.*
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As a disabled, queer, Black person, I am happy people are finally seeing the complicity of both sides but it’s infuriating to see people finally get it after everyone cast people like me aside because it was quite easy to see if people paid attention instead if prioritizing their “mental health”
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
As a disabled, queer, Black person, I am happy people are finally seeing the complicity of both sides but it’s infuriating to see people finally get it after everyone cast people like me aside because it was quite easy to see if people paid attention instead if prioritizing their “mental health”
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‘Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it’s not like all the others’ - Edward Said
November 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
‘Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it’s not like all the others’ - Edward Said
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These are the people who forged Electoral College vote certificates and tried to pass them off as real, right in front of the whole country.
Maybe the most insane crime of them all.
Maybe the most insane crime of them all.
BREAKING:
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 AM
These are the people who forged Electoral College vote certificates and tried to pass them off as real, right in front of the whole country.
Maybe the most insane crime of them all.
Maybe the most insane crime of them all.