Fun Fact: When these people say "crime," they mean "the existence of black people in public spaces in society." "Crime" is the new "protecting women's sports."
14.08.2025 00:02 β π 425 π 134 π¬ 12 π 3@yamainu.bsky.social
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Fun Fact: When these people say "crime," they mean "the existence of black people in public spaces in society." "Crime" is the new "protecting women's sports."
14.08.2025 00:02 β π 425 π 134 π¬ 12 π 3Too late for it to be fixed solely by elections. That's the problem. Praying for the midterms to do all the work is futile--we've hit the "generational work of dismantling and building from new foundations" stage. If we're lucky.
14.08.2025 00:39 β π 175 π 31 π¬ 9 π 1Absolutely this. I know so many elder (cis) DFLers who will throw down to protect trans people (in some cases because that's their grandkid you're threatening.)
14.08.2025 00:39 β π 55 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0i just want to say: i am the Face of the Enemy, putatively: a white-cis-het man of above-average income. and yet somehow..... through great effort...... i find a way to piss and shit without harming trans pissers and shitters. this sort of feels like the floor for our party.
13.08.2025 20:39 β π 178 π 8 π¬ 4 π 1I'll switch to Linux. Fuck this nonsense.
14.08.2025 00:40 β π 105 π 23 π¬ 12 π 1Jeri Ryan was out on the strike line with the writers from Day One, literally Day One, because she is a believer in the power of unions and she will work to make hers successful.
13.08.2025 18:08 β π 557 π 74 π¬ 3 π 1And like, no, people are going to feel how they are going to feel.
But the correct answer is not to βforbidβ that feeling or βdismissβ it: itβs to remind you that you have to sit with it and unpack it.
Sources reveal an Israeli delegation is expected to visit South Sudan soon to explore the establishment of temporary camps for Palestinians. Reports indicate Israel may fund the construction of such facilities.
Oh so it's what we did with CECOT and black sites, but on a larger scale.
This is evil.
She. Sexually. Abused. Minors. Herself.
12.08.2025 19:18 β π 414 π 152 π¬ 7 π 2The idea that men dress as women to gain access to bathrooms is stupid.
The reality that men cosplay as ICE agents to kidnap and assault women is predictable.
Real agents are criminals already making everyone less safe.
12.08.2025 15:09 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0of all the things you hear about this situation, there are only two that matter: first, it happened bc an idiot who calls himself Big Balls got beat up by a girl, and second, this:
11.08.2025 22:01 β π 1623 π 345 π¬ 26 π 5I find the temporal arbitrariness of private property and animal personhood to be strongly compelling justifications for collective benefit and enjoyment of our world and the stuff in it, personally.
12.08.2025 05:38 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0Over on Reddit someone is asking for science fiction for their precocious young reader and the people there are suggesting books that were old when that kid's grandparents were the same age as the kid, for fuck's sake if you didn't know any SF books from this millennium maybe sit this question out
11.08.2025 03:15 β π 4901 π 342 π¬ 538 π 219Israel kills 5 journalists of Al Jazeera and the New York Times decides to publish a piece explaining why Israel doesnβt like Al Jazeera and how AJ is controversial.
12.08.2025 05:33 β π 570 π 181 π¬ 2 π 10First, the troops came to LA to attack and disappear the peaceful protesters.
Then, the troops came to DC to attack and disappear the peaceful homeless.
If America falls, it will be because of the people who werenβt paying attention β and didnβt take that damn poem seriously.
Baltimore Mayor Scott response on Trump: I think it's very notable that each and every one of the cities called out by the President has a black mayor, and most of those cities are seeing historic lows in violent crimeβ¦
this ain't statistical analysis it's cookin' the books
12.08.2025 05:07 β π 51 π 8 π¬ 3 π 1Anyway, these people are garbage.
12.08.2025 04:49 β π 180 π 37 π¬ 4 π 0Timeline synergy.
12.08.2025 05:08 β π 52 π 1 π¬ 1 π 1I cannot emphasize enough:
We DO NOT WANT anyone who takes orders from that man policing us. Not in D.C., not anywhere.
His people cannot wait to sic βem & see what they can get away with.
(From a police-accountability standpoint, they can get away with a lot.)
Almost everyone in positions of power has been to concerned with CYA to say no to this dictatorial dipshit. So itβs once again up to the people. Solidarity!
12.08.2025 01:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0On Jan 6, 2021, when the Capitol was under attack, Trump claimed he had no authority to deploy the National Guard in D.C.
Today, Trump 2.0 took over D.C.βs police and sent in the Guard againstβ¦ protesters.
Turns out he always had the power, just not the will to stop his own mob.
If you're in the US and following me, there is a 100% chance you are a person who cares about comics or movies or video games or books or whatever--as a creator, as a reader, as a fan. These bills are seeking to limit free speech and expression. To censor both the country and the world.
11.08.2025 19:26 β π 1107 π 1024 π¬ 5 π 4Things were always going to be bad but they are 100x worse because of how the democrats behaved in the transition period and his first 100 days.
12.08.2025 01:35 β π 1102 π 270 π¬ 17 π 41thrilled at tonightβs positive representation for people being badass while wearing pink
12.08.2025 01:35 β π 258 π 21 π¬ 3 π 0Watergate kicked off a multi-decade project by the right wing to insulate Republican leaders from accountability.
09.08.2025 15:03 β π 2434 π 531 π¬ 38 π 19ChatGPT-5 prompt: Create an accurate anatomical diagram of a great white shark with clear labels of all major organs.
βAccess to a PhD-level expert in your pocket.β
Prompt: Create an accurate anatomical diagram of a great white shark with clear labels of all major organs.
How did it do @whysharksmatter.bsky.social?
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From this month's edition of The Onion.
07.08.2025 16:31 β π 28128 π 6245 π¬ 698 π 309Kennedy Curse Sure Taking Its Sweet Time With RFK Jr.
Kennedy Curse Sure Taking Its Sweet Time With RFK Jr.
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