Are we the United Soviet States of America now? Kinda feels like it.
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Are we the United Soviet States of America now? Kinda feels like it.
Well not if he holds onto the ball
Oh that article just reeked of that's dude's concern-trolling approach to what must be his "special interest" at this point. Like Briana Wu, he emerged as a journalist during Gamergate (on the right side, too, at the time). You still can find his AMAs on Reddit from 2014. Weird outcome, eh?
Trust me, I am. These assholes better leave my daughter the fuck alone.
Brassicas ferment wonderfully, don't they?
I have a feeling that these streams are gonna cross next year. Hope I'm wrong. It's a hell of a thing to predict. But we'll see.
No.
whoooooooooooooooosh
Here's some potential weirdness.
Let's...be careful out there.
This is one way that foot soldiers of patriarchy become foot soldiers of fascism. A fundamental part of committing violence to impress other men is that men in (more) power are given the authority to speak for the perpetrator. In part, because he was implicitly seeking their approval.
We’ve really seen the second reason in action over the past month of the Trump administration. It’s why they’re jumping to politicize public killings—and position conservatives and religious groups as victims—moments after shots are fired and before the shooter’s motives could possibly be known.
The primary reason young men commit acts of violence is to impress other men. Their violence is politicized beyond their intentions because: A. An explanation of “misogyny” is unsatisfying to supporters of patriarchy B. The state can use political violence to justify an expansion of state violence
Not a single person in the Trump admin is as brave as either of these two women. Not a single MAGA supporter is as brave as either of these two women. There's zero reason to capitulate.
Brilliant! "If the rapture actually happened" - TikTok's @just_joshin_witcha (sped up to fit in 60 seconds)
please just ignore these guys. Every single time it feels like they get you with this and then your feed becomes Garland for 24+ hours. I'm beggin' you. Just let it fucking go. You're too good for this.
Once that I'm aware of, in the East Hall smoking lounge, Oberlin College, 1993.
The Dutch made a Trailer for new Disney. It is funny, but also so on point, that you see what is happening now in the US. The New Disney Trailer is in English. youtu.be/7vRX-BQAjeE?...
I have been saying this for how fucking long now?
Me too, frankly. But he joins the ranks of Tucker et al. The people who'd find themselves on the outside of Vance administration, maybe. But who also recognize Vance ain't Trump, and stuff like Peter Theil's "Anti-Christ" lecture series don't exactly play in Peoria.
He's subtly positioning himself for the forthcoming post-Trump world. He ain't switching sides or anything.
Ezra Klein: "Is this blueskyism?"
Why is Ezra Klein so personally frightened?
🚨NEW: "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel. Trump ain't sleeping tonight. 🤣 This is a must-watch. 🔥
I may have to subscribe to the print edition and leave it in the office lunchroom
this is the guy being fired for being too woke
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Looks to me like Joel Finkelstein is the guy to track down. Adam Sohn is the CEO and only paid executive, but it's Finkelstein who does the actual "science." Here's their 2024 IRS Form 990:
Hey congratulations!
if they're going to do this, then we should all take the day off & refuse to buy anything. tell your boss you can't work out of respect for this national day of remembrance...
If it's about BRICS, it could be a signal that SA will join if India will end its objection to Pakistan's application. Or it could be a signal that SA is rejecting the BRICS overtures once-and-for-all and is betting on itself (and its relationship with the White House). Or...? I'm no expert.
Makes sense, maybe? After all, if Trump could pick his own "NATO"-like organization, wouldn't it include Saudi Arabia? Isn't this a clever way of making India think twice about truly getting in bed with Russia and China? This may be about BRICS, too. Recall India won't let Pakistan in.
Yeah that was a long-ass sentence that didn't make one lick of sense to me, either
Okay, while you are technically correct (the best kind of correct), you did get the point I was making, yes?
Ah, apologies. I did in fact miss that. I will delete and repost.
(Not directed at you, btw. I'm just frustrated at the media allowing some articles of incorporation shield the actual perpetrators from accountability)
"ABC" didn't make a decision. It's a piece of paper. People made this decision. Executives and board members. NAME THEM. The oligarchs. They are responsible. Name them and organize against them. Stop saying "ABC" caved or whatever. People made decisions. Hold them accountable. NAME THEM.
"Disney" didn't do this. It's a piece of paper. People made this decision. Executives and board members. NAME THEM. The oligarchs. They are responsible. Name them and organize against them. Stop saying "ABC" caved or whatever. People made decisions. Hold them accountable. NAME THEM.
The company can't do anything to resist Trump. It's a piece of fucking paper. People made this decision. Executives and board members. NAME THEM. The oligarchs. They are responsible. Name them and organize against them. You think they didn't already price this in when they made the call?
Once again, I'm going to suggest that the correct course of action is to NAME the executives and board members responsible. "Disney" and "ABC" are pieces of paper. People did this. NAME THEM. These are the oligarchs caving to the dictator. They don't deserve to hide behind their incorporation docs
"Nexstar" didn't do anything. People did. Name them. Name their executives, name their board of directors. Explain to the public exactly who made this decision and who they are. If you believe we're in an authoritarian oligarchy, then you have no reason not to call them out BY NAME.
Get in the streets, Senator!
Clearly we're not using the term "vulnerable constituencies" enough. We all know how persuasive that is.
I'm doing the same. We're all on the right side here. :)
It won't feel as good as laying out your anger at the world. But you'll persuade people to your side. And I say that as someone who's done both, and figured out himself that one works and the other doesn't.
Than shame? Sure. Tell your story. Explain how you're personally affected. Tell your neighbor's stories. Tell your community's stories. ASK for help. Don't demand. Don't shame. Ask.
"Every American who is not on general strike, protesting every day, or at least on a spending strike, is enabling trump." This shit isn't persuasive. Folks have been trying to shame their fellow americans into action for decades now. It doesn't fucking work. It has the opposite effect. Stop it.
Yeah we know. Thanks.
Since the data is based on convictions, and convictions take time, I'd ensure I was interpreting the past 5 years of the data accordingly.
Heck of a club
The only constant in any major city is change.
Gonna be tough to beat em in Vegas. No one should ever confuse Diggins for Wiggins again tho.
tbf, you said it "didn't make sense." I think it's a fine line.
yeah, yeah that's the good shit carry on
So this is why the NYT has been what's it's been lately? Hoping to avoid the inevitable?
Springsteen wrote the song not too long after the Beach Boys' "Little Deuce Coup" which references the same kind of car.
It's "revved up like a deuce." The "Deuce" was an early version of the "hotrod" cars of later years. Google 1932 Ford.
I always thought the line in Africa was "as Kilimanjaro rises like an empress..." but I found out 2 years ago it was "rises like Olympus" and frankly "rises like an empress" is so much better so that's what I sing.
fuck. yes.
This guy? www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-con...
So who's left? Who's the go-to national paper? The St. Louis Post Dispatch?
Our enemies are cowards and we're going to defeat them.
For those that cosplay and yearn for a civil war: they have no clue. Half of them would die from not having insulin Civil War? The REALITY You NEED to Understand youtu.be/YqAqYMHe6Gk
Don't worry, I'm sure the DOJ is right on this. That's why the Trump administration has been so good at stopping political violence before it begins. Certainly they won't pivot their resources away from actual threats to their allies, and the public at large. /s (obiously)
Well, known online RW networks known to be infiltrated by foreign spies are actively radicalizing disaffected and mentally ill young Americans to kill prominent members of the conservative movement. But the full force of the DOJ is going to be unleashed on left-leaning NGOs. So probably not, no.
Somebody with a name wrote this. Who is it? What's the name? "The Post" didn't do shit. A person or people did. Name them. These guys want to normalize the nutjobs making doxxing lists? Fine. Let them play on the same field.
Who penned this letter? What's the author's name?
But c'mon. Beast is Trump, Smiler is a Newsom type, Vita the assassinated influencer (though on the Smiler's side). And Spider trying to save the People (who he despises) from themselves. If there ain't a spec script yet, there will be soon I hafta figure.
Or whatever the dark haired one's name is. It's been many, many years.
I mean, if I wanted to start a new superhero-ish franchise, I'd start with Spider Jerusalem. Rewrite Channon and Yelena to pass the Bechtel test and you're halfway there for a modern audience.
Aw nice fucking haul. I'm envious.
Excellent.
You should read Transmetropolitan
I don't think that'll be necessary
I suppose there are worse origin stories, like the woman who brought her own father's rape baby to a Charlie Kirk event, waited her turn to address him, only to (proudly?) proclaim not only his parentage but her (obvious) opposition to abortion. Imagine being that kid.
I couldn't get into the Seth Rogan hollywood show. But maybe I should give "Hacks" a try?
It's not that dramatic. Reading the last exhibit, it appears there's at least one person who's been shipped out of wherever they were supposed to be. I'll let the actual experts explain. I'm just someone reading while waiting for the coals to be ready.
Let's check in on my team's performance in today's family fantasy football league, shall we? What do you think of my draft strat, chat? (Pic obviously doesn't show the whole roster. But I also got 27 points out of Brandon Aubrey today.)
Perish the thought.
Good day to get away from the bullshit and put some lines in the water.
Billionaires?
...case in point! bsky.app/profile/momm...
Check their profiles, and over time they tell you where they work, what they drive, where they hang out every Friday night. Point being, if you wanna steal a gun, there’s a whole buncha people on Nextdoor who are making it really easy for you. 2/2
So I’m new to Nextdoor and it’s fascinating. Like so many people will let you know that they own a gun. And they’ll tell you exactly what kind. And where they keep it. Some post pictures of the gun and where it’s located in their fucking house. All with their real face and name and neighborhood. 1/2
Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:
It's awful how much work you personally had to do to get this covered, and covered accurately. I'm sorry this happened.
Mind sharing the book title?
All roads lead to gamergate, after all.
I've had this same observation. It's like trying to get into the "cool" IRC channels back-in-the-day. The ones the forum mods had with all the other "rival" forum mods. Everything's happening in some hip discord or telegram channel nowadays. But the entryway is still the game forums/discord/etc.
So breaking this down: a major influencer appears to have been killed by a superfan of a rival, lesser influencer. Is that the gist of it? My mom's almost 80.
I mean that would be a more useful application of the technology. So much of western law is re-interpreting older case law. Could also be applied to visual media--tracking original capture and changes over time, all in the blockchain for anyone to see. Anyone could instantly authenticate an edit.
Ah, apologies. I missed the comment before.
Amanda! since I can only reply to you here because the internet sucks, I'm curious what your take on this guy is. Just another edgelord?
Sherry 
Trish 🇨🇦 Sorry! 🍁 
