Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@mattblaze you're a professor but you've never once thought to head over to the history department and have a chat? Smh
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@mattblaze you're a professor but you've never once thought to head over to the history department and have a chat? Smh
The Sleight Doctor 🃏 (@apostateenglishman.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy) reposted
A massive *two in five* of those arrested here in the UK for participating in the recent race riots had been previously reported for domestic abuse. All far-right movements are magnets for bullies of every kind. Fascism isn't about whatever the "legitimate concerns" of the day may be. It's about […]
Flipboard Culture Desk (@culturedesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy) reposted
Six years ago, @npr reported on the women of Nduru Beach, Kenya, who rebelled against the practice of exchanging sex for fish to sell. Instead, they created the "No Sex For Fish" group — members bought their own boats and hired men to work for them, flipping the power dynamic. This year […]
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@darthbluesky.bsky.social "I was going to get into Pokémon card collecting but it was too expensive so now I own 30 assault rifles." - someone probably
Shoq (@shoq.bsky.social) reposted
I said this 7 months ago and was called an alarmist. History says elections won’t save us. They will end us. Blue states must declare war. “I researched every Democratic attempt to stop fascism. The success rate after fascists were elected was 0%.” ▶ Once they win elections, it’s already too …
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@kenwhite.bsky.social gettin' them clicks baybeeeee
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@nerdjpg.com not the meaning I downloaded the meme for, but it still works! 🤓
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@erininthemorning.com there won't be elections in 2028, no need to worry about Newsom. Boom, saved y'all a bunch of worry over nothing.
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@NewsDesk @WSJ yes, dictators don't have rules to follow. #SavedYouAClick
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@karlbode.com only 4? That's an impressive level of grass touching, my hat is off to you.
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy)
Kids start school tomorrow and my anxiety is through the roof. Going through the motions of normalcy as the world burns and society crumbles is not something my brain can handle. Too many wrinkles where intrusive thoughts can get stuck. I wish I was MAGA. Thoughts can't get stuck in a marble.
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@CultureDesk @Gizmodo just watched for the first time the sing along version this morning with the kids and despite it being my 10 trillionth overall viewing, I still very much enjoyed it. The question isn't if it will win an Oscar, it's how many will it win.
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@waldoj I believe the term you're looking for is nerd. (respectful)
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@friendlyatheist.com I'm certain it's no coincidence that it coincides with white nationalist christofascists destroying modern education.
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@davidho you probably didn't make the link before because it's ridiculous. Individual actions, no matter how many individuals take them, cannot meet any climate goal worth having. The climate is in active collapse, we aren't paper-bagging our way to safety.
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@mmasnick.bsky.social he oozes charisma unlike almost any other politician of my lifetime.
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@futurebird I stopped using TikTok a while ago because it kept forcing right wing content into my FYP *every* time I opened the app. It was insane. I follow WNBA players and Leftists, but my feed would be full of trad wives and MAGA bots saying the most heinous […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@chriswarcraft.bsky.social me years ago: "We should start nationalizing companies. Public utilities and natural resources should be used for the people, not for profit!" Me watching nationalization finally happen: "Fucking monkey paw."
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@NewsDesk @AssociatedPress pathetic
Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) reposted
This is really bad. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@jazmineulloa.bsky.social psst, neither "crackdown" is real, you don't need to be a fascist stenographer. Hope that helps!
Our Wonderful Green Future (@owgf.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy) reposted
#Paris has removed the paving from its city hall square and transformed it into an #Urbanforest #Urbanism #OWGF #SolarPunk #ClimateAction
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@noupside.bsky.social does she struggle with linear time or does she know no matter what she says the press will parrot it unquestionably?
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social you know the answer.
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@kenwhite.bsky.social unfortunately that's exactly what it means. 😢
Karl Bode (@karlbode.com) reposted reply parent
pick any story at random off the newswires where lobbying and corruption are the obvious cause (guns, shitty broadband, whatever) and the press will just pretend that grotesque levels of corruption have nothing to do with the problem they're writing about
Nonilex (@nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy) reposted reply parent
#Update #DC Mayor & #DCAG reject push by #Trump & USAG #PamBondi to name *emergency* #PoliceCommissioner DC Mayor #MurielBowser (D) & DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb…called the order #unlawful & suggested they will not comply—the first majorpushback since Trump exerted control over the […]
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@NewsDesk @WSJ oh, well if he says so.... 🤦🏽♂️
Karl Bode (@karlbode.com) reposted
meta is a garbage company and we should all stop using it
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@brooklynmarie.bsky.social counter proposal: supply them water but fill it with arsenic.
Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) reposted
From May, here's a thorough overview and documentation of how this has always been the plan. All the alleged crises they're claiming to justify what they're doing have been, are, and will continue to be manufactured. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/secret-...
Brooke (@brooklynmarie.bsky.social) reposted
Everything is shit and fascism is here and we're not going to be saved; we have to fight it together. Go volunteer at a local food bank or library or something, joining existing networks will save you time and energy and show you how those connections look and feel if you need to rebuild them later
Adam Parkhomenko (@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social) reposted
holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second
🏳️⚧️ Perfidious Josephine Riesman (@josie.zone) reposted
What many are learning is that the Invisible Hand doesn't exist, at least not in any benevolent form. When you get rid of regulation in a country, the forces of capital don't do anything coherent. They commit fiscal suicide because the senior staff of Capitalism Inc™ just want drugs and child-rape
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@NewsDesk @TheAtlantic yeah I don't think I need to hear this dipshit's thoughts on the topic.
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@karlbode.com that's a proper chonker! Nice find.
Hemant Mehta (@friendlyatheist.com) reposted
A reminder of how seriously Kim Davis takes the “sanctity of marriage”: She married Husband 1, had twins with Husband 3, divorced Husband 1, married Husband 2, divorced Husband 2, married Husband 3, divorced husband 3, then remarried Husband 2.
Karl Bode (@karlbode.com) reposted
it was treated like irrelevant niche, but net neutrality was the canary in the coalmine for a functioning federal government popular reforms, crushed by corrupt courts and corporate lobbying, dead set on dismantling regulatory independence and corporate oversight via phony, furrowed-brow legalese
CelloMom On Cars (@cellomomoncars.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy) reposted
"Continents have lost so much water since 2002 that they have surpassed ice sheets as the biggest contributor to global sea level rise. Almost 70% of this loss is due to unchecked groundwater extraction, which removes water from deep aquifers and eventually transfers it to the ocean […]
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@chriswarcraft.bsky.social *looks up Chris' phone number just to block it*
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@NewsDesk @WSJ he wanted to be a martyr, no one could save him.
dell cameron (@dell.bsky.social) reposted
NEW: Four National Guard armories were breached weeks apart in incidents previously undisclosed, with evidence pointing toward a possible inside job. Sensitive equipment was taken. We learned FBI took point, but it declined to confirm its involvement. By me w/ records via @propertyofthepeople.org
A.R. Moxon (@juliusgoat.bsky.social) reposted
Rowling's 24/7 commitment to being an absolute nightmare ghoul is sort of extraordinary. She has every option in the world for how to spend her life and she commits herself entirely to hatred and self-righteous mean-spiritedness; some are more effective at evil but nobody puts in the hours like her.
Beeks (@lurkermclurkface.bsky.social) reposted
Hell yeah nature, get some!
Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) reposted
Today I learned that when sugarcane farmers burn their fields, a “black snow” falls for months on communities downwind. Under FL law, burns are prohibited when the wind is blowing into wealthy, white neighborhoods. They’re only allowed when it’s blowing into poor, majority black areas.
Beeks (@lurkermclurkface.bsky.social) reposted
9y/o daughter officially won her first family game night and you can't tell her shiiiiit right now 😂
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@kenwhite.bsky.social ask your local historian if letting them live ends up good for society.
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@karlbode.com *Liz Lemon voice* I want to go to there.
Brooke (@brooklynmarie.bsky.social) reposted
Here's my periodic reminder to anyone affected that N95s and KN95s do a great job blocking out bad stuff in wildfire smoke and your Corsi-Rosenthal boxes will filter your indoor air. Please stay safe and healthy so we can all outlive our enemies together 🥰
Ruth Zakarin (@ruthz.bsky.social) reposted
Do you remember the horrific abduction in Worcester, MA where protestors clashed with ICE as they ripped a woman away from her family? The horror continues. The woman’s 13 and 17 year old daughters were placed in foster care. They are now both missing. 1/ www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/31/m...
Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis (@jeffjarvis.bsky.social) reposted
This Peter Baker joint does catalog Trump's lies and censorship, but headline and text tie themselves in journo-cliched linguistic knots to avoid that direct judgment. He's not "underscoring a tendency." He's not an "echo" of an "authoritarian playbook." He is a dictator.
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@nerdjpg.com she vehemently opposed it, which is why when she got the nomination she didn't change her stance and once she lost she went radio silent, all because she's so opposed to it. Fucking clowns the lot of them.
Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) reposted
The guy Trump picked to lead the office that’s now investigating Jack Smith: — said Niki Haley is ineligible to be president — has neo-Nazi ties — was Andrew Tate’s lawyer — 2x Claremont fellow — wrote for Gateway Pundit — called for Pence to be hanged — called for secession after 2020 election
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@tedunderwood.me AI is highly useful by professionals in niche areas, and it is highly destructive in all aspects everywhere else. If you ignore fascist capture of global politics and a rapidly collapsing climate, sure maybe "AI" might be more widely useful in 50 years, but what purpose does […]
Kit Malone (@thekitmalone.hoosier.social.ap.brid.gy) reposted
Individual self-sufficiency is a capitalist myth. Everything about our individual lives is made possible by the work of many hands. This has been true for as long as there have been people.
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@kenwhite.bsky.social the test will be who defends the ad. *checks notes* oh, all the Nazis are. 😳
Beeks (@lurkermclurkface.bsky.social) reposted
One thing about the air constantly being filled with wildfire smoke is that a hazy sunset is kind of pretty. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #ThisSucks #ClimateCollapse
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@radleybalko.bsky.social sorry, we celebrate victory against oppression. Years and years of WW2 propaganda taught us to. 🤷🏽♂️
Renee DiResta (@noupside.bsky.social) reposted
DNI Tulsi Gabbard retweets Roger Stone praising her on Alex Jones. (Read that sentence, IC ppl in Five Eyes) Roger Stone was in direct contact w/the GRU hackers who dropped the Clinton emails, just to be clear. He knows full well whose campaign Russia reached out to. These people are brazen liars.
Karl Bode (@karlbode.com) reposted
the Republican goal here is to drive more money and power to right wing propaganda companies pretending to be local news broadcasters (like Sinclair broadcasting) but as usual a reader would have absolutely no idea of this reading U.S. journalism coverage of it
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@radleybalko.bsky.social hey he might show up in your city which means you have an opportunity to go down in history as a hero....
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@kenwhite.bsky.social "kids get most of their nutrients from their mother's breast milk, but her starvation has dried up her milk ducts thus it's actually her fault and the fact that Zohran hasn't explicitly said as much is damning." - NYT
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@NewsDesk reminder that "economy" is just rich folks' stock portfolios and has zero bearing on the day to day economic lives of 99% of people.
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@kenwhite.bsky.social I got blocked on Bluesky because I used the hashtag Owls for a sports team instead of a picture of an owl and I've never respected a stanger more. Gotta protect your peace however you can.
Beeks (@lurkermclurkface.bsky.social) reposted
Here's the thing, when a Nazi says "lol, I'm a Nazi" our job is to fucking kill them. This is an objective requirement for a just and fair society.
Zelda 🎀 (@thezeldazone.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy) reposted
Repeat after me: It's never just porn. It's never just "athletic fairness". It was never just different schools. It was never just different drinking fountains. Never give up any of your rights, or anyone elses, just because "you're not using them". Everyone should be against NSFW […]
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@friendlyatheist.com "And I hate to even use these terms, but I said, ‘Those are her nipples.’" Lmfao these people are beyond ridiculous.
Asher Langton (@asherlangton.bsky.social) reposted
Silicon Valley is lighting hundreds of billions of dollars on fire to generate this slop.
Karl Bode (@karlbode.com) reposted reply parent
every single app (foreign and domestic) over-collects and hyper-monetizes your every movement, then sells it to completely unregulated data brokers, who in turn sell it to any random assortment of nitwits (including domestic and foreign intelligence) the TikTok hyperventilation is performance
Flipboard News Desk (@newsdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy) reposted
Dozens of kids and adults in Gaza have starved to death in July as hunger surges. @AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/6ocXw5 #Gaza #Starvation #Israel #News #IsraelHamasWar
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@joshsternberg.com why would they? People are still subscribing and sharing. Laundering fascism is quite lucrative for the media.
Noah Berlatsky (@nberlat.bsky.social) reposted
again, it's so refreshing to see an american politician who loves cities and the people in them. mamdani's videos seem beamed in from another political reality where urban multiracial democracy is a thing americans are proud of.
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@CultureDesk @Independent rest in piss brother.
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@CultureDesk @Variety @abc 😭
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy)
Absolutely gutting. 😭 https://www.tmz.com/2025/07/21/malcolm-jamal-warner-dead-cosby-show/
Beeks (@lurkermclurkface.bsky.social) reposted
Fuck these racist pigs and everyone who supports them. May the ghost of John Brown teach them the errors of their ways. #ACAB
Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) reposted
New at The Watch: An audit found 36 deaths in police custody that should have been classified as homicides, but that Maryland medical examiners classified as something else. Their failure to call the deaths homicides precluded any further investigation of the officers involved.
Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) reposted
www.the74million.org/article/stat...
Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social) reposted
The thing that stands out here is so many Dems run campaigns terrified of (and thus buying into) the Fox News framing. Mamdani is rightly mocking that framing as ridiculous and it resonates. He's not running scared. He's running proud of who he is and what he stands for.
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@waldoj [childish joke about too much masturbation to distract from the depressing reality of our failing bodies] Zing!
your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 (@davidgerard.co.uk) reposted
Do not stay at a Hyatt hotel. They're running fake "smoking detectors" specifically as a revenue-generating scheme and arbitrarily fining guests $500. threadreaderapp.com/thread/19459...
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@NewsDesk @AssociatedPress weird how that continues to happen every time....
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@kyloson.com that's fucking AI, jfc
dell cameron (@dell.bsky.social) reposted
i’d say this is likely to impact tiktok’s user activity negatively, but all evidence suggests that no matter how evil, racist, or surveillant a social media app’s owner is, people will find ways to justify sticking around.
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@kenwhite.bsky.social the problem you face is that SCOTUS and Congress have made it quite clear that the Constitution is whatever Trump says it is so your arguments fall flat.
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@karlbode.com which is insane because TikTok is already heavy with its pushing of right wing shit in your face.
Beeks (@lurkermclurkface.bsky.social) reposted
Just watched this with the family and I'm astounded by how good it is. A proper live action remake that looks great and captures the heart of the original perfectly. If you've got kids I'd say it's a must watch. #HowToTrainYourDragon
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social @mmasnick.bsky.social it's because capitalism and White Supremacy are two sides of the same coin. They don't care who is exploited, who is harmed, who dies, they just know they deserve to be on top while it is the job of the lessers to toil and suffer and they dream […]
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@dell.bsky.social because it does the exact same thing that their favorite politicians do, and their favorite news anchors, and their favorite social media follows... If the AI is lying, that would mean everything in their life is a lie and their brain can never accept that.
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@rodhilton a superhero show in the format of Kevin Can Fuck Himself? That would be kind of amazing if done well.
Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social) reposted
Is there any newspaper who has failed the "don't print lies in the newspaper" test more than the NY Times?
More Abstract Popehat (@kenwhite.bsky.social) reposted
Michelle Obama: this Congress-passed law improving school lunch heath standards is good Right: THIS IS MARXISM Trump: I will change the ingredients of Coke by threatening executives with deportation Right: MY LIFE FOR YOU
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@kenwhite.bsky.social it'll be Rubio 😂
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@kenwhite.bsky.social dear Democratic strategists: you should be on every TV talking about Epstein 24/7.
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@krikalitika.bsky.social your profile picture is exceptional, may I ask if you made it or where you got it from?
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@rodhilton it's no longer a daily watch here, maybe only a few times a week now. Light is at the end of the tunnel!
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy)
I just got suspended from #Bluesky while live tweeting a #WNBA game. Should be real interesting to see what triggered that. 😂
Beeks (@beeks.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy) reply parent
@kenwhite.bsky.social she was appointed by Garland who was appointed by Biden. Seems fair to me.