SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com)
@kagi.com Make a version without AI or lose customers. Make it opt-in. Do not even put that garbage on my device unless I ask for it. You are a search engine. Not a genie. Remove the rot before it kills us all.
Victim of christian abuse. Challenge all assumptions. Millions are dying. I consider my ideas open source, you may copy/use them freely. DM for Signal, Telegram. Also on Twitch, YouTube. 😬
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@kagi.com Make a version without AI or lose customers. Make it opt-in. Do not even put that garbage on my device unless I ask for it. You are a search engine. Not a genie. Remove the rot before it kills us all.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com)
They take a step back away from progress so they can maintain control. We take a step back from the local confusion to consider the big picture. We are not the same.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com)
Hmm. I almost want to retake "brainwashing." Washing is good, hygiene is important. We should be washing our brains, but with gentle soap and water, not harsh chemicals or other harmful treatments. Not with lies.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
"that didn't happen. if it did, it wasn't that bad. if it was, i didn't mean it. if i did, you deserved it."
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
It is happening now. People are dying in those camps. We will lose the chance to stop it if we don't stop it now. There won't be enough of us left.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
Even if you're not one of the traditional targets, "autism" can get people of any race, gender, etc. For using your brain, you may be executed. For refusing to comply, they will kill us.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com)
Holocaust recipe: * A crooked regime that refuses to stop * Death camps * Hasty laws and orders criminalizing existence itself * Masked thugs who think they have authority to kidnap citizens and are being paid to do so No one is safe. Honesty is considered "terrorism". Anyone can be executed.
GrayGooGlitch (@graygooglitch.com) reposted
Why the fuck aren't more people talking about the forced disarmament of a minority by a government that has refused any form of gun control at every possible turn?! How can anyone treat that kind of action as normal? It's very obviously a harbinger of much worse shit on the horizon.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
It matters, but they're different flavors of abuse. My mother was more of a neat freak. She'd get onto us for any messes, always wanted the house to look perfect even though we rarely had company. If she was decorating or cleaning, we were to stay away and leave her alone. Controlling.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
FUCK YOUR ALL-HANDS!
JBABBER (@juliebergfeld.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I’m So ashamed to live in Missouri. It’s sickening these awful times. Thank you for continuing to spread the truth.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
Maybe explain how it's not about taking people's rights away? That seems to be a common point of confusion. Communism gets the blame for genocides and other atrocities. How would you define communism? I think maybe people think of different things when they say it.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
There is always more to understand. It's not about knowing everything. It's about navigating knowledge consistently. When your foundations are solid, THEN you can go faster. Like a finger trap, the trick is to do the opposite of your impulse. Slow down and think instead of reacting in fear.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com)
Labels are lazy. But "lazy" is a label. We are reductive because we must be. We are pieces of the world we live in. That's why we must be open to expanding and compressing ideas: unfolding the label to reveal more information, and compressing many labels under one new one. This gives us power.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
"Joel's parents were Jewish, he did not grow up in the religion. 'I was not brought up Jewish in any religious way. My circumcision was as Jewish as they got.' He attended Roman Catholic church with friends. At 11, Joel was baptized in a Church of Christ. He now identifies as a Jewish atheist."
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
"Make a god"... It's so backwards. You can imagine a person who does good things. You can't make that person exist, unless you become that person yourself. Calling it "god" just obscures credit and blame.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
Atheistwon (@rhaw5n.bsky.social) reposted
The people of the USA going for stupidity over intelligence is a direct result of religious myth being accepted over science. The amount of ignorance displayed there as the country runs on science at every level is an indoctrination level rivaling any formats Muslim country. Same things happening!
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
Me: I don't know whether to park first or pull straight into the oil change. I'll look it up. Google: ??? Me: Oh well, how hard could it be? When I got there, I saw an open door, so I drove in. Worker: NEVER do that, that's VERY dangerous. We're supposed to guide you so your car doesn't fall. 🫠
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
I suspect it's because the sound of the word and the way that I say it is distinct from the meanings I associate with the word. 🤷
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
I sometimes suffer decision paralysis, or forgetfulness. Either I can't decide which way the sentence should go, or I can't remember the word that would fit that purpose, even though I'm sure I have one somewhere.
Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (@warnock.senate.gov) reposted
Frankly, I have seen enough. Secretary Kennedy should be fired immediately. He's destroying the agency responsible for keeping diseases (like measles and Ebola) under control. This is deadly serious.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
The show was likely always a psy op. 1. Make Americans love the idea of being watched by "big brother" all the time; normalizing the surveillance state 2. Semi-scripted reality TV teaches people how to behave and what to expect from others, but inverts good and bad. God is fascist. It IS a cult.
Savannah Marie (@savannahmariex.bsky.social) reposted
It just bothers me so much how normalized the cult of Christianity is in our society, where the host of a long-running reality show can just spout off her cult shit on national television and no one bats an eye. Guys... it's WEIRD. #bb27
Kelly (@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social) reposted
If the rich & powerful wanted to, they could end world hunger tomorrow They could solve homelessness, poverty and war They could ensure everyone has access to affordable housing, a living wage, healthcare, education, food & clean water They could ensure no one was left behind They don’t want to
Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted
Four years ago, I tested for COVID. I'd had dinner with someone with cancer the night before. Thanks to the vaccine, I did not give that dinner companion COVID. And I only ran a low-grade fever for a few days. Fuck that idiot RFK Jr. and the equally stupid buffoon who hired him.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com)
Awful experiences... 😰 I did not realize how directly Mormonism leads to christian nationalism. Obey, obey, obey. Follow, follow, follow. Discipline is a good thing... when grounded in reality. Truth is the only thing we must all submit to, because it defines us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXQa...
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com)
Fascinating. 😮 www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-AO...
Kelly (@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social) reposted
Sesame Street will be putting a huge collection of episodes on YouTube starting in January 2026 This is a fantastic way to educate children It’s a form of resistance. Shows like Sesame Street teach love, tolerance, acceptance & more. These lessons are crucial for the long fight ahead.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
👍 Left and right are reductive framing. Truth guides us if we listen honestly. Science is just that: Observing, experimenting, reporting, discussing. Challenging and updating, too, importantly, but *only with sufficient evidence*. I hope all people can learn to use reason. 🙂
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
Much of it IS hate speech. But they call it "love" and protect the lies. Children die for that selfishness.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
Or executed for terrorism. Maybe nukes for some places. Child soldiers would not surprise me, human greed has no limits. My fear is they'll use efficient death camps to eradicate MILLIONS before anyone can react. But they're incompetent. They see what they want to see. 🤷 Still, people are dying.
Megamaster64 comms open (@megamaster64.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Then let's strike while the iron's still hot! This doesn't have to last a decade, this doesn't even have to last five years. Why do people keep on insisting that 'this is just the way things are now' when a core part of human existence for centuries has been answering that with a hearty 'FUCK OFF'?
Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net) reposted reply parent
I'm so sick and tired of all the senseless mass killing in our country committed as a result of easy access to guns. I can't even grieve the senseless loss of innocent children without fearing for my community's safety in the aftermath because the far right wants to scapegoat trans people.
Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net) reposted
DOJ is openly stating that "trannies shouldn't have guns." The Trump administration is moving to strip trans people of their 2nd amendment rights. Nothing good ever comes out of an authoritarian regime stripping a minority group of owning guns.
HierophantXX Shelley B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 (@shelleybwoke.bsky.social) reposted
"We’re talking about trannies, and we don’t think they should have guns" There are no quiet parts anymore. It's all OUT LOUD. And it's GENOCIDE!
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
...the smaller worm. In the big worm's brain.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com)
Silence, junior. That question was for the worm.
Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (@ramirez.house.gov) reposted
I signed the discharge petition. It is time for accountability, justice and transparency. Release the Epstein files.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
Many people saw an "intolerance" label on this post and got very upset: bsky.app/profile/snoo... Raising our voices can be effective. 🙂 BlueSky ignored me for months.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com)
GASP I'm FREE?!?
HierophantXX Shelley B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 (@shelleybwoke.bsky.social) reposted
Explained it in class yesterday, so here's a fresh reminder: Trans people do not transition *from* one gender/sex to another gender/sex. They transition *from* a gender/sex they *never were* to more closely reflect the gender they *always were.*
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
For engaging in debate with christians in a christian debate sub, I was banned from all of Reddit. 🤷 It's the illusion of discussion, but they often censor the truth and protect harmful bullshit. Couldn't have just banned me from the one sub..? Here I'm "intolerant", every post forever. Bullshit.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
See also bsky.app/profile/snoo...
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
Me, having only seen grotesque cartoons: "It's not kind to depict someone like that just because they're ugly on the inside." But then I saw his face Now I'm a believer 😬
Plate Stealer (@platestealer.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Can't wait to play all my favorite games on it
Sherman's Ghost (@popoffvalve.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
This may sound paranoid, but they are working on legalizing the deportation of citizens, and that will include everyone, and if you are critical of them, they already know that. They could literally call you a terrorist and send you to die in an Ugandan prison. We may be weeks away from that. 7/8
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
It's a great phrase, directly highlights the consequences of their backwards thinking. Belief in things that are not there is selfish. But they warp the world to fit their views instead of updating their views to fit the world. They punish the world for being real.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
It never ended 😭 Though I no longer live with my parents. I'm 33. Monday I start therapy again, because mom refuses to acknowledge that she abused me. She's paying, but I got to pick the therapist, so I'm hopeful he might be able to help us... somehow. 🤷 Scary times. Thank you!!!
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com)
It has been torturously slow, but I suspect human love will eke out a victory over human greed. 🥲💗 I hope reasonable empathy can spread quickly. Lives are lost every day. Humanity is doing a lot of needless damage to our home and others on it.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
I have deeply personal beef with christianity (abused by christian parents, now christofascism is killing everyone, there is no god and everyone who lies about it is part of the problem), but that's all based on evidence. And why not label just those specific posts? Instead of my whole being, lol.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
Scary bullshit 😬 I can't explain it other than "they want people to die"
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
For those asking: I've appealed the label, BlueSky mods ignore me. I'm "intolerant" of intolerance. 🤷 Seems necessary for everyone's survival. If they labeled individual posts, that'd be one thing, but they labeled my entire account, so every post is censored by default.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reposted reply parent
❤️ Trans rights are human rights. None of us are free until all of us are free. There is no excuse for transphobia. It's a failure of reason, empathy, basic humanity. We should stop compromising with stupidity and start thinking ahead. "Purity" is the wrong word. We're looking for "basic decency".
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
I've appealed, they ignore. I'm "intolerant" of intolerance. 🤷 Seems necessary for everyone's survival. If they labeled individual posts, that'd be one thing, but they labeled my entire account, so every post is censored by default.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
❤️ Trans rights are human rights. None of us are free until all of us are free. There is no excuse for transphobia. It's a failure of reason, empathy, basic humanity. We should stop compromising with stupidity and start thinking ahead. "Purity" is the wrong word. We're looking for "basic decency".
Erin Fogg (@criminalerin.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Gavin Newsom to the right of me, Ro Khanna to the right of me, here I am, stuck in the middle of a country in a state that has made it a criminal offense for a licensed doctor to provide healthcare to my children bc their blood has hormones in it & no Dem has actually promised to fix it if they win
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
Adults should stop lying to children. That would end so much abuse, needless suffering, death. Every theist is a selfish liar hurting the whole world for their own greed. Humanity must mature now or die.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reposted reply parent
Exactly. I hope we can rip out the root of human greed this time. There is no reason for anyone to believe in god. It's a selfish, deadly lie every time, and it directly enables more. Christianity is wrong and christians are bad people for making a bargain with an imaginary death god.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
Exactly. I hope we can rip out the root of human greed this time. There is no reason for anyone to believe in god. It's a selfish, deadly lie every time, and it directly enables more. Christianity is wrong and christians are bad people for making a bargain with an imaginary death god.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com)
But sure, keep chanting "male loneliness epidemic" like it's not an issue of the average person being so woefully stupid that they believe all points of view are valid. "Male" is too broad, too meaningless. "Christian" is one who chooses to lie. Please focus on the threats. Correct mistakes.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
My point is, think hard before disagreeing. Be specific when you do. My life was ruined for the stupidity of others, and the average person is still treating debate like pro wrestling instead of mutual understanding. Use. Your. Brain. I can't do that for you, as much as I try. Thank you.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
So they push away, further from truth AND me, and if I don't go along with their dangerous bullshit, the relationship ends. I'm rejected. I should have let more end that way, but I was very lonely, scared, felt I had no options. Hard to say.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
I present my findings clearly, and anyone can verify it for themselves. But instead of working together to get closer to the truth, people immediately turn it into a fight of them vs me.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com)
This is a response to a pattern I've observed in my life. Go slowly, or you'll make the same mistake they do: Why is it so hard to admit when I am right? It's not my pride, ego; I killed that when I was young, my parents forced me to. I use evidence and reason to determine what is most likely...
✨🌟 ⭐️ LoveKat ⭐️🌟✨🟦♿️🧬🏳️🌈🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🌎☮️🕊️🟪 (@lovekat41.bsky.social) reposted
I was told I wear a tin foil hat. 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 I wear it with pride, because at least I ask questions, use my brain, and connect dots. I don’t swallow the cum you spew out. I have not lost my ability to reason or use my brain. Why don’t you stop mansplaining and let me make you a hat. 😉😜
Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal.bsky.social) reposted
About this Florida vaccine story: When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough. We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated. “Oh, they’d have died.”
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
Yeah. Huge difference between denying that there is some magical list that will send all the bad guys to jail, and denying that the women are victims of horrible acts.
Kate6 (@kate6.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
I think you're being way too kind. I think many "autism moms" really want to replace their autistic child with a "trophy child" that they could claim as evidence of how good they are at Momming... That's certainly what MY mother wished and prayed for.
Kelly (@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social) reposted
Florida’s decision to end school vaccine mandates is devastating for children. They have no agency. They’re relying on adults to protect them. Many will end up disabled, chronically ill or dying from completely preventable diseases. It’s eugenics and it’s targeting the most vulnerable
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
Thank you. 🙂 I can certainly admit I have problems. Some takes are more offensive than others. But why not label just the individual "offending" posts? Why my entire account? That's beyond censorship and into erasure... It's scary. Thank you again.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
👍 I see a lot of danger in lies, and a lot of value in honesty. You seem a helpful spring of goodness. I welcome you and others like you! Where's my "welcoming" label, @moderation.bsky.app ? 👀 How about "supportive"? I could keep going... "Awkward"! 😃 But no, "intolerant" is the one that stuck. 🤷
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
They're completely evil. They don't care what the source of energy is, as long as there's only one and they control it. Given a choice, they'll pick the worst one on purpose: the most risk, most waste. Because the more we suffer, the more they profit. The more we make for them to charge us for.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
I *am* the intolerance! 👻 ... according to people who don't read carefully. BlueSky mods are fascist idiots. @moderation.bsky.app censored my entire account, every post forever, because I'm "intolerant" of unjust slaughter, fascism, abuse, etc.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com)
Given his many challenges, I suppose it is impressive that RFK Jr can string a sentence together. Regardless, he is horribly unqualified for any position of responsibility as long as he continues to deny science. Science is collaborative and verifiable. Kids are dying for the stupidity of others.
Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran.com) reposted
This isn't abstract. Ending vaccine mandates will kill children. Any one who is trying to do this should be removed from office immediately.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
THANK YOU! This is something I think about a lot, but I never really had a Twitter account and I'd rather not engage with their platform now, but I am glad people are trying to get through to them in whatever way they can. It often doesn't bear fruit right away, but it makes a difference. 🙂
Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted
As a survivor, I can't think of a more fitting metaphor than a rapist creating loud noises with planes as a survivor tries to tell her story. I mean... just wow. Nevertheless, she persisted.
Ryan Marino, MD (@ryanmarino.bsky.social) reposted
Vinay Prasad, a former adult oncologist, has moved to disrupt the childhood vaccine schedule by asserting - against all evidence - that administering multiple vaccines at the same time “could blunt their efficacy.” The added burden/delay of separating shots would sharply reduce US vaccination rates.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
Education happens naturally, but someone keeps pushing racist lies and attitudes on populations, holding back families and communities. The way to take action against willful disinformation is with willful information, including correcting those lies. Ending racism is a group effort.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
Push truth until it is inescapable. People should stop taking money to do work that is literally killing us all. Individual greed enables fascism. We need repeated callouts until everybody understands the stakes because many have it backwards: they think they'll die if they DON'T serve fascists.
Trish Greenhalgh (@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social) reposted
Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
Because @moderation.bsky.app can't read and don't understand the paradox of tolerance. Fascist mods censor truth so more people can die.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
I dislike when people conflate Judaism and Jewishness. People from anywhere are capable of making good or bad choices. Judaism is problematic, like all abrahamic faiths. Reality is preferable to harmful lies. But people often don't choose to be lied to; it can happen even when they try to avoid it.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com)
I am a guy I reply OoooOooOooOOOoooo 👻 Opiniooooonsssss...! Quick, find more labels to apply over my mouth so you can't hear how you could actually help. (Oppose theism.) I already lost the shallow fuckers long ago. I might need a more publicly palatable account if I want to reach people... 🤷
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com)
Uh huh... But there is a big difference between "inching closer to" and "wading deeper into". One *acknowledges* that we're already there, which is important for all people to recognize. It's worth repeating. Fascism is ravaging America and slaughtering innocent people.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
Old man shape 🤷
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com)
"Trans in sport make sport not fair" What sport god are we trying to please? Why is your enjoyment dependent on there being a winner? What if we enjoyed sports more as an art? A celebration of human athleticism instead of exploitation of it. Maybe then I'd watch some. Am I describing dance? 🤷
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com)
I've been buying hot dogs, despite my desire to eat less meat. If my dollar store had veggie dogs, I'd try them. They're easy to microwave, one or two, put in bun, add condiments. Flavorful, satisfying, not the most healthy. I also got slim jims the other day. I regret it. I want to do better. 😖😶🌫️
Tom Scocca (@tomscocca.bsky.social) reposted
Don't feel like doing a repost that puts the murder video on the timeline yet again but do feel like repeating the point that the president just straight-up assassinated 11 people for supposedly doing something that wouldn't be a death-penalty crime if they were caught and convicted
Amanda Knox (@amandaknox.com) reposted
A lot of people watching The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox on Hulu asking me "Was it really that bad?" It was worse. For example, in ep 3, the police lied to me that I had HIV. But I didn't find out so soon it was a lie. They made me wait 2 weeks thinking I was going to die.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhWe...
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebq0... Amusing 🙂
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
I am intolerant of the ongoing slaughter of life for nothing more than human greed. I am intolerant of every lie that enables it. Fascist mods want people to die, I guess. I'm not sure why else such a censorship "feature" would even exist, let alone be enabled by default. @moderation.bsky.app
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com) reply parent
👍 I wish I could make people understand that my functional self is a mask, an illusion. I developed many ways of coping with a life not worth living. Reason helps me know what to do. Empathy is reasonable. I adapt because I have to. The broken pieces arrange into new configurations. Thank you.
Direct Luminosity (@directluminosity.bsky.social) reposted
Ghost jobs are a real danger for people living paycheck to paycheck. Someone teetering on the edge of poverty may spend precious hours, transportation money, and emotional energy applying to positions that don’t exist or are already filled.
SnoopSqueak (@snoopsqueak.com)
I like to imagine a series of body doubles that keep dropping dead shortly after creation, like when you make a checkpoint just before running out of health in a video game. "You have time for one conference, then we need you to get out of sight before, uh... nap time." "Best naps." "Yessir."
Morgan Lea (@morglea.bsky.social) reposted
If I could drill one thing into non-Americans' heads, it's that the states are effectively their own countries. We are only very loosely connected under the banner of "United States," especially as we are pushed further into fascism and our larger government is essentially enabling fiefdoms.