ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Move to a different fucking country
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Move to a different fucking country
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social)
Dealing with a lot of anger today. Not feeling great. Losing my grip
Maureen Jice (@jane.meangirls.online) reposted
They should do this to Stephen Miller when It Happens
Dan Johnson (@coil.bsky.social) reposted
While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI: At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Why does his face look glued on
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Freaky but I’ll take it
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s kind of nice to know what’s going to kill you
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social)
I’m sorry, but I just like alcohol. Ok I get it, you can calm down
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Oddly specific
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
I think you both are being far too kind
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) (@iwriteok.bsky.social) reposted
it's wild that The Fifth Element made one of the most accurate predictions of all 1990s sci-fi, anticipating the rise of the streamers and influencers as major celebrities.
derek guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) reposted
Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Bring back smoking in classrooms. We use to be a country
Ygrene (@ygrene.bsky.social) reposted
RoboCop: *about to arrest me* Me: before you arrest me, which of these 9 pictures have cars in them RoboCop: i’m going to let you off with a warning
Kim Kelly (@kimkelly.bsky.social) reposted
things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) (@iwriteok.bsky.social) reposted
if there's one lesson we've learned over the last 15 years it's that smartphones make people better informed about the world
The Onion (@theonion.com) reposted
Man Relaxing His Overwhelming Anxiety For Just A Moment Finally Gives Pack Of Coyotes The Opening They Need theonion.com/man-rel...
Greeneville Zoo (@greenevillezoo.bsky.social) reposted
We’re disappointed that our Vape Ape didn't win NASA’s “Ape in Space” contest. Apparently a hardcore cherry vape addiction prohibits program participation.
Brian Goldstone (@brian-goldstone.bsky.social) reposted
America is now a place where the term "neonatal arrests" is entering the lexicon. Under Trump's plan, noncitizen babies could be detained at birth. "The administration has already facilitated such neonatal arrests by repealing a 2011 rule that prohibited ICE enforcement in and around hospitals."
Screamer Jim (@screamerjim.bsky.social) reposted
Tapping the sign
LorennaCleary.bsky.social (@lorennacleary.bsky.social) reposted
The United States, in the entirety of its history, has never had a government so corrupt. The blinding lack of transparency, accountability, responsibility and the utter lawlessness is killing us. From the White House to SCOTUS, from Congress to FBI, we are a putrid version of what we were.
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) (@iwriteok.bsky.social) reposted
despite everything, i still believe in the potential of humankind to create utopia. but it will require hard work, courage, and above all else extremely deep v-necks that go almost down to the dick
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Wonder if it has anything to do with all the plastic we’re consuming all the time every day
Jimmy Two Hands 🌞☀️😎 (@jimmytwohands.bsky.social) reposted
One thing I don’t enjoy about the 2020s is how everything is broken and nothing works
Dinner is 6 pm (@internethippo.bsky.social) reposted
How did we get an entire corporate and political world full of scumbags and bastards, all we did was incentivize that behavior at every turn
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Rage bait
Chris Person (@papapishu.bsky.social) reposted
Ozzy is one of like 3 people in Decline of Western Civilization Part 2 that comes off as a decent human being and I always love the scene where Penelope Spheeris interviews him making breakfast while he explains the ups and downs of the business.
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
I can’t imagine not liking elote
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social)
Alexa, bad man make sad, what do
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social)
Alexa, how do I regain my sense of agency in the face of tyrannical dissolution of societal norms and support structures
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
I so wish I could be behind the scenes for the Cal/OSHA investigation on this
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
I get chuckmarks in my pants after eating at the world famous Chuck Wagon in Sanger california
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
I bought this book at a bookstore in Mendocino just because of the cover
onion person (@junlper.beer) reposted
it’s so cool how almost everything is a scam and is simulatenously killing us
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
All I’m saying is that this painting looks like something a person fucked up on absinthe would paint
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
So, Vincent Van Gogh was well known for being an Absinthe drinker and it has been speculated quite popularly that his art style was influenced by his absinthe consumption.
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social)
Feel like Vincent might have been a little drunk when he painted this. Seems a little sloshed tbh
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
And are we already past the point where that is needed
LorennaCleary.bsky.social (@lorennacleary.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
They begged for police to come. ICEhad fired on the crowd and no police were there nor other emergency responders to assist when it happened. They had injured and they called and screamed for police to come help them.
LorennaCleary.bsky.social (@lorennacleary.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Women, children and grown men wept today in fields of tear gas. They ran for their freedom and for their lives. Those that tried to stand up ran from the gasses. Elderly and children ran through fields of tear gas. Betrayed by their own country.
LorennaCleary.bsky.social (@lorennacleary.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
It’s not Tiananman Square. These vehicles don’t stop. A deflated American spirit is left behind.
LorennaCleary.bsky.social (@lorennacleary.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
They were fighting for their families, their community and for the tables and stomachs of every American. They fought at Glass, a medical marijuana farm for pain and mental health treatments and at a tomato farm. They fought for us.
LorennaCleary.bsky.social (@lorennacleary.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
This is positively medieval when rulers go after the food chain. Those protesters are literally trying to defend our farm workers that feed us.
LorennaCleary.bsky.social (@lorennacleary.bsky.social) reposted
Happening now in Camarillo, protesters are desperately facing off against ICE to try to defend America’s farm workers. /
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
At what people are we going to need armed militia to intervene
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
What a haircut does to a mf
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Pathetic
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Felt some catharsis from this episode, Ive been ranting about all the apps in apple carplay functioning like dog shit. They barely work most of the time, buggy and slow. This is old tech! Why do apps that essentially haven’t changed in more than a decade run worse now than they use to?
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Holy shit
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Well, we largely stopped investing in public infrastructure. How many of our schools still use buildings constructed in the 60s and 70s? We can’t even get behind migrating utility lines underground. A lot of our cities look like they did 30 or 40 years ago because public investment shriveled up.
Cas Piancey (@cascoinfoundation.org) reposted
To be clear: attacking unis and medical centers is a double blow for medium-sized and small cities. My county’s number one employer is the university, its number three employer is the hospital. We’re fucked.
high king pilnok (@pilnok.dad) reposted
I'm so sorry to dogs this weekend
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
lol ok
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Affordable, long-lasting in storage, crucial for food banks providing very low income communities. Maybe take a second and think about who might need to rely on canned vegetables as a calorie/nutrient source. Think about the unhoused, folks living in cars and RVs, etc.
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Del Monte is a huge employer in the Central Valley. Del Monte closing shop would be a huge hit to already deeply disadvantaged communities.
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
And me? Well, I’m just fucking here
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social)
I’m the only person who showed up to band practice. Our synth/trumpet player is in Lithuania Our vocalist is in Washington Our bass player has to stay late at work And our drummer could have been here but because it would just be us, he decided to stay home and prep for his trip to Japan
Dolphin Pilot (@theamitie.bsky.social) reposted
Dominos casually implying that if their employee doesn’t cut the pizza right, the employee gets shot in the head execution style
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Damn, so good
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Totally. I get it, and you’re right. Growing up in Fresno living adjacent to migrant and ag laborer communities, it cuts close to home witnessing an already historically exploited population dropped further into the grinder.
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Hope you’re right
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Should being the operative word. Should doesn’t put food on the table or pay your bills. I agree with you here it’s just rough to see people in your community struggle, particularly the impact this has on children.
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
I live in Sonoma and wine is a huge industry here. At the end of the day, the people who hurt the most from shit like this are all the agricultural workers who work these vineyards. A lot of stressed families. The food bank lines here in Santa Rosa every week are always long.
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Holy fuck
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh yeah, this is the stuff
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social)
Every time we take one of the dogs to the vet it costs $1000 fuckin dollars. Why is literally everything about this stupid fucking country so broken.
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Abolish ICE
Zack Labe (@zacklabe.com) reposted
"The Great Wave" of carbon dioxide (CO₂) #ClimateChange #ScienceArt Graphic produced by robbieandrew.github.io
The New Republic (@newrepublic.com) reposted
It happens every few generations: It’s what drove Confederate oligarchs to attempt succession in the 1860s; robber barons to murder union organizers at the turn of the 20th century; and it’s why wages have stagnated since the Reagan revolution. The rise of greedy oligarchs. https://trib.al/f8tpkYv
shaun (@shaunvids.bsky.social) reposted
the democrats could easily out-message the republicans on trans rights, but they do not want to. they know what works and what doesn't and they will keep doing what doesn't work on purpose
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Dude is high as shit
TommyBen (@tbapple.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
“Relax, we are from the government and we are here to…” “traffic you to a foreign country for indefinite slave labor”
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Political views aside - if you send bombs to a country that targets hospitals and children - you are sponsoring war crimes. Just proving you’re a war criminal.
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Lmao
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social)
Ever time I switch over to the discover tab is like wandering into a fucking mine field. It is not great for my emotional wellbeing.
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social)
No, terminal illnesses simply happen, and more often in the elderly. He should be in prison. Or literally any punishment at all for sponsoring the destruction of Gaza and the slaughter of innocent children.
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social)
This shit is disgusting. I have zero empathy of the practitioners and overseers of genocides. You hope his days are happy and filled with love? What about the tens of thousands of children who perished in ruble? Or the babies who died in the hospital who never had a chance to live?
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social)
If you’re the president of a country facilitating and sponsoring the indiscriminate slaughter of children, families, schools, hospitals, doctors, and aid workers then you no longer deserve reverence or respect. Cancer is the easy way out for someone with so much blood on their hands.
Michael (@fleerultra.bsky.social) reposted
covid threw into high relief how many working class people are absolutely necessary to keeping society functional, and rather than that sparking a renewed commitment to an economy that rewards such workers, we've seen an elite backlash against even modest increases in their market power
SFDB (@sfdb.bsky.social) reposted
"One person is confirmed dead after an explosion rocked the American Reproductive Centers building on North Indian Canyon Drive near East Tachevah Drive just before 11 a.m. this morning. "...the Palm Springs Police Department confirms it was a bomb in or near a vehicle parked at the building."
Jane Nguyen (@janenguyen.bsky.social) reposted
The City overpaid the Police Pension (by around $40m), and we tried to get that money back to prevent hundreds of layoffs. Unfortunately, the Board voted against doing the analysis, which means they'll be keeping that money.
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
CONTRA COSTA TAX PAYERS ASSOCIATION fuck this dude 100%
Polite Yet Ultimately Malevolent Mailman (@usps.bsky.social) reposted
1) USPS did not lose $3.3b. It provided a service that cost $3.3b. *The Pentagon* loses you money, however, every time it accidentally yeets a fighter jet off the deck of a carrier
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Im not going to support a newspaper that platforms shit like this, even under the guise of objective reporting. Ending my subscription now.
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
Paves the way for loosely regulated private companies with zero oversight to step in and price gouge.
Sen. Lemon Gogurt (@ugarles.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
i am not going to argue with you. the point of a candidacy is to convince voters to act. no amount of shaming will make people feel regret for not supporting what they consider unconscionable. opting out is such a routine response that candidates need to stop pretending it can be logicked away.
Ryan Boyd (@ryanboyd.bsky.social) reposted
Your usual lunch over the sink, sir?
ry (@rcbirbman.bsky.social) reply parent
87!?