@thewaxlion.bsky.social
I like to write and learn. Nazis get punched. He/him
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Again this is not really an indictment of the developer, this is one guy on a 255 person development team for a small Czech studio.
There’s bound to be some bad apples, but I also ascribe to the thought that if you have a table of nine people and a nazi sits down at that table and no one leaves.
There’s bound to be some bad apples, but I also ascribe to the thought that if you have a table of nine people and a nazi sits down at that table and no one leaves.
January 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Again this is not really an indictment of the developer, this is one guy on a 255 person development team for a small Czech studio.
There’s bound to be some bad apples, but I also ascribe to the thought that if you have a table of nine people and a nazi sits down at that table and no one leaves.
There’s bound to be some bad apples, but I also ascribe to the thought that if you have a table of nine people and a nazi sits down at that table and no one leaves.
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His arrival wass foartoldt by de anciendts; wen he camb he wud ride in a magnibbicent cherriot of fambly size cardbord, an from his eyes wud shine de fire ov a thousend sunns #orangecats #cats #catsofbluesky
January 7, 2025 at 5:57 AM
His arrival wass foartoldt by de anciendts; wen he camb he wud ride in a magnibbicent cherriot of fambly size cardbord, an from his eyes wud shine de fire ov a thousend sunns #orangecats #cats #catsofbluesky
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“You mean that garish gold bauble that used to belong to that horrible little man? Now, darling, don’t be angry with me but I went ahead and just took it straight to Mount Doom. It was telepathically hissing at me in the most IRRITATING way and I didn’t want that kind of energy in the house.”
December 24, 2024 at 10:16 AM
“You mean that garish gold bauble that used to belong to that horrible little man? Now, darling, don’t be angry with me but I went ahead and just took it straight to Mount Doom. It was telepathically hissing at me in the most IRRITATING way and I didn’t want that kind of energy in the house.”
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And they don't understand the rage people have at CEO's. They knew they were going broke but didn't care enough to tell folks. It's the cruelty. 5 days before Christmas.
CEO Barry Litwin told corporate employees Friday…that Party City is “winding down” operations immediately and that today will be their last day of employment. Staff were told they will not receive severance pay, and they were told their benefits would end as the company goes out of business.
December 20, 2024 at 6:54 PM
And they don't understand the rage people have at CEO's. They knew they were going broke but didn't care enough to tell folks. It's the cruelty. 5 days before Christmas.
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Snapdragons are my favorite flower to grow. They do however produce seed pods that look like the screaming skulls of the damned.
December 12, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Snapdragons are my favorite flower to grow. They do however produce seed pods that look like the screaming skulls of the damned.
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The thing about Elizabeth Warren saying "you can only push people so far" is that she's just describing reality. The people who are pearl clutching at her words might want to actually examine that reality if her description of it is so upsetting.
December 11, 2024 at 11:14 PM
The thing about Elizabeth Warren saying "you can only push people so far" is that she's just describing reality. The people who are pearl clutching at her words might want to actually examine that reality if her description of it is so upsetting.
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Jesse Singal is a liar and a fraud of a journalist and I will prove it as an unassailable fact in this thread.
I'll also talk about why I don't think BlueSky moderation will do anything about him afterwards so stick around or maybe just skip to that if you don't want to read the boring details.
I'll also talk about why I don't think BlueSky moderation will do anything about him afterwards so stick around or maybe just skip to that if you don't want to read the boring details.
December 9, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Jesse Singal is a liar and a fraud of a journalist and I will prove it as an unassailable fact in this thread.
I'll also talk about why I don't think BlueSky moderation will do anything about him afterwards so stick around or maybe just skip to that if you don't want to read the boring details.
I'll also talk about why I don't think BlueSky moderation will do anything about him afterwards so stick around or maybe just skip to that if you don't want to read the boring details.
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Maddest I've ever seen a conservative was on Facebook when he was mouthing off in the comments of an Amazon worker complaining about work conditions and Bezos, telling the OP they should be thanking Jeff for their livelihood.
I replied "Yes a toast to Scrooge, the founder of the feast"
I replied "Yes a toast to Scrooge, the founder of the feast"
December 6, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Maddest I've ever seen a conservative was on Facebook when he was mouthing off in the comments of an Amazon worker complaining about work conditions and Bezos, telling the OP they should be thanking Jeff for their livelihood.
I replied "Yes a toast to Scrooge, the founder of the feast"
I replied "Yes a toast to Scrooge, the founder of the feast"
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Cis people are routinely surprised to learn there is a carefully thought out, evidence based, many layered system requiring multiple points of consent, including parents, already in place to protect kids as part of gender-affirming care for minors.
They keep demanding what already exists.
They keep demanding what already exists.
December 6, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Cis people are routinely surprised to learn there is a carefully thought out, evidence based, many layered system requiring multiple points of consent, including parents, already in place to protect kids as part of gender-affirming care for minors.
They keep demanding what already exists.
They keep demanding what already exists.
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Events of this morning will be treated as dangerous, in a way that millions and millions of people suffering for years in despair and dying broke decade after decade never has been, because our society values corporate profit over human health.
December 4, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Events of this morning will be treated as dangerous, in a way that millions and millions of people suffering for years in despair and dying broke decade after decade never has been, because our society values corporate profit over human health.
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Zero carbon emissions is the peaceful way to resolve climate change. Defunding the police is the peaceful way to resolve police brutality. Ending imperialism is the peaceful resolution to border security. Many such examples.
December 4, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Zero carbon emissions is the peaceful way to resolve climate change. Defunding the police is the peaceful way to resolve police brutality. Ending imperialism is the peaceful resolution to border security. Many such examples.
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Universal healthcare coverage is the peaceful way to resolve many of our pressing problems, so if someone is looking for peaceful solutions, point this out and see if “peaceful solutions” is what they really after, or if they just want sick people to be quiet..
December 4, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Universal healthcare coverage is the peaceful way to resolve many of our pressing problems, so if someone is looking for peaceful solutions, point this out and see if “peaceful solutions” is what they really after, or if they just want sick people to be quiet..
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Much of the time when people label an academic field or claim or area of study as "divisive," and so not appropriate to teach or mention in schools, what they mean is that it complicates a narrative they're more comfortable having absolute and unexamined confidence in.
December 4, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Much of the time when people label an academic field or claim or area of study as "divisive," and so not appropriate to teach or mention in schools, what they mean is that it complicates a narrative they're more comfortable having absolute and unexamined confidence in.
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Chumbawumba did not adequately prepare me for the number of times I would be knocked down and have to get back up
December 2, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Chumbawumba did not adequately prepare me for the number of times I would be knocked down and have to get back up
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Here’s the most charitable reading I can offer:
The tech barons behaved as though they were atop a social hierarchy, and expected mass adoration for their generosity+forgiveness for mistakes.
Instead, Elizabeth Warren, Lina Khan et al treated them like the heads of *massive corporations.*
The tech barons behaved as though they were atop a social hierarchy, and expected mass adoration for their generosity+forgiveness for mistakes.
Instead, Elizabeth Warren, Lina Khan et al treated them like the heads of *massive corporations.*
November 30, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Here’s the most charitable reading I can offer:
The tech barons behaved as though they were atop a social hierarchy, and expected mass adoration for their generosity+forgiveness for mistakes.
Instead, Elizabeth Warren, Lina Khan et al treated them like the heads of *massive corporations.*
The tech barons behaved as though they were atop a social hierarchy, and expected mass adoration for their generosity+forgiveness for mistakes.
Instead, Elizabeth Warren, Lina Khan et al treated them like the heads of *massive corporations.*
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Your honor the law is quite specific that if I'm the one cooking the turkey I can eat pumpkin pie whenever I want, including before the turkey is ready
November 28, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Your honor the law is quite specific that if I'm the one cooking the turkey I can eat pumpkin pie whenever I want, including before the turkey is ready
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It took me many years to be able to articulate everything that had happened. He didn’t hit me. He didn’t even really yell at me.
He just made it so that every step I took was through molasses, and the higher I climbed, the more the molasses felt like cement.
He just made it so that every step I took was through molasses, and the higher I climbed, the more the molasses felt like cement.
November 27, 2024 at 6:55 PM
It took me many years to be able to articulate everything that had happened. He didn’t hit me. He didn’t even really yell at me.
He just made it so that every step I took was through molasses, and the higher I climbed, the more the molasses felt like cement.
He just made it so that every step I took was through molasses, and the higher I climbed, the more the molasses felt like cement.
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a key plank in the republican party is that your kids shouldn't be allowed to stop talking to you
November 26, 2024 at 10:59 PM
a key plank in the republican party is that your kids shouldn't be allowed to stop talking to you
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him: will you at least act normal when my folks get here
me: *flipping a pancake and reading it like a tarot card* bad news
me: *flipping a pancake and reading it like a tarot card* bad news
November 22, 2024 at 2:18 AM
him: will you at least act normal when my folks get here
me: *flipping a pancake and reading it like a tarot card* bad news
me: *flipping a pancake and reading it like a tarot card* bad news
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May I propose an alternative framing, that is affirming rather than dismissive:
Raise your hand if you support trans people’s right to use the bathroom of their identity
Raise your hand if you support trans people’s right to use the bathroom of their identity
November 23, 2024 at 2:13 PM
May I propose an alternative framing, that is affirming rather than dismissive:
Raise your hand if you support trans people’s right to use the bathroom of their identity
Raise your hand if you support trans people’s right to use the bathroom of their identity
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This what MLK’ s daughter has suggested we do.
Great list.
Great list.
November 17, 2024 at 1:32 PM
This what MLK’ s daughter has suggested we do.
Great list.
Great list.
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this gets to the point i keep making. to the media elites who are obsessed with anti-wokeness, something like mass deportation is a total abstraction whereas they are annoyed, on a daily basis, by their supposedly “woke” younger colleagues and social media antagonists
Top point from @stephenkb.bsky.social on the weighting voters give to "woke" v real issues.
www.ft.com/content/548c...
www.ft.com/content/548c...
November 19, 2024 at 1:49 PM
this gets to the point i keep making. to the media elites who are obsessed with anti-wokeness, something like mass deportation is a total abstraction whereas they are annoyed, on a daily basis, by their supposedly “woke” younger colleagues and social media antagonists
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the big bad wolf, writing for the Atlantic: building brick houses might be popular with insular academics afraid of intellectual debate, but in practice they are a stifling barrier to free speech
November 16, 2024 at 1:19 PM
the big bad wolf, writing for the Atlantic: building brick houses might be popular with insular academics afraid of intellectual debate, but in practice they are a stifling barrier to free speech