Stephen Ferret

I also don't like Republicans, no matter what party they're part of.

if your litmus test is which possible presidential candidate makes republicans the angriest theres only one choice. heh.

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: 'I'd rather quit the industry than use generative AI' The latest GDC survey also found that managers are more likely to use generative AI than their employees.

"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.

How are we defining "criminals" here though? Far too many define it using skin color or bank account for it to be useful in polls like this.

This reminds me of the time my father taught one of the cats to run around with pieces of paper in her mouth. I never saw that man move as fast as he did the day she grabbed a $50 bill.

Long live Beans.

This feels generous. I don't think they want anything besides the victory. Being elected is the end, not the means for too many.

They killed Islamophobia?

These utter assholes have no idea how to do fascist creep.

The more repulsed we are the more they panic and accelerate into an open fascist gallop.

They are trying their damnedest to jolt people to action, and it might work. Just not in the way they are expecting

From someone who was 32 when 9/11 happened: yes. In fact, at the time we knew exactly where it would lead, we just assumed it would get to the point it's at now MUCH sooner.
The Bush years were the start of this nightmare. It's the same nightmare though.

Also for your post-9/11 kids, “homeland” was not in common usage in US government before 9/11, and some of us were troubled by its introduction and implications from the very start

If the government creates a thing with the word "homeland" in it, that thing exists solely to do fascism and must be resisted and destroyed.

Just so everyone knows for the future.

Map showing states where a college sports coach is the highest paid government employee.

I'm not saying that the US is a racist country. But I am saying that the highest paid government employee in most states is a college sports coach🤡, and that college sports is a racist system that exploits poor Black kids in a way that would be wildly illegal in most countries.

🤔OK I am saying that

Why Transgender People Are Not Feeling Gavin Newsom We have seen this song and dance before.

There seems to be a lot of discussion about Gavin Newsom today.

I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand.

There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.

"He's required to by law!"

What's the penalty if he doesn't?

People are acting like this is an unfair gotcha, but if we're supposed to take him seriously as a presidential candidate for 2028, him following that law is a sign that he's not going to do much, if anything, for us.

The best wind up since

Forcing them to live a lie until they turn 18 and then undergo an extremely stigmatizing transition once they have less parental support is pointless and cruel. Doing it on the false hope that they might not be trans is a sign of how deep the hatred of transness is.

Great.

Now get rid of Ring for all the other reasons it's been a terrible idea.

Gallup polling has confirmed that Trump's approval rating is zero.

They measured zero people who approve of Trump.

I, for one, think Trump's zero approval rating should be widely reported.

Guilty as charged, though I live in St. Paul, MN these days.

Who's the most famous alum of your high school?

Unfortunately, it's probably David Geffen, but the school itself is its own celebrity, having appeared in opening credits of "Welcome Back, Kotter."

'Vast majority' of parents should be involved if children question gender, schools told School leaders welcome the

If you were trying to come up with more harmful guidance towards trans and non-binary young people you would be hard pressed to find it. The fact it is backed by Cass shows how wrong it is.
We are already seeing an increase in suicide rates among trans young people.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Years ago, while working alone at night, I was frightened by tapping at the three exterior doors of the hospital. I quickly realized that it was salt from the truck plowing the parking lot, but it was the seed for the story I'm currently working on.

Ideas come from everywhere.

Ending this operation is not enough.

We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.

Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.

Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.

I know cis people don't realize the cruelty, so with gentleness and empathy for them, let me try to explain.

Being trans is difficult. Instinctively, you already know this because you think it would be better not to be trans.

Oh, Tom Homan and Donald Trump said that? Why shouldn't I believe such upstanding, trustworthy, credible people?

I'm not believing this until I hear from people in the streets of MN and neither should you