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I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering

This is so good lmao

I actually think this is exactly why a lot of people voted for him. They might have hoped he would improve their lives as a bonus, but the main reason they voted for him was to get to feel like they’d won the culture war

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

Rembering the time I met Jane Goodall when my college African music and dance class performed during the intermission of a talk she was giving. What a cool person. RIP Jane.

“A more unifying approach on the American centre-left would prioritise traditional liberal freedoms, alongside a focus on the material welfare of everyday people: jobs, healthcare and economic security.”
brb going to sensibly smack myself in the head with a sensible brick sensibly

THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE

YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS

PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP

being trans is awesome and trans people are amazing and gender is a dumb box and anyone who makes their own crowbar to smash it from inside is a hero actually.

Feel like I’m going insane with the revisionist history that Charlie Kirk fostered open debate. He chilled speech and his targeting of professors for wrongthink led to threats, harassment, and being forced out of their jobs. His legacy is chilling speech right now, about him

I am firmly convinced that you can make any stressful situation 1000x more aggravating by adding “calming” ambient music

Generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream, as is everything it creates old and deeply ideological, as every model trains on similar data.

I’m so happy you are doing these Buffy threads

This scene and the entirety of this episode fucking rocks. She sells it so well. You have to wonder how much of this she thought would actually make it in because she gets so goofy with it but it’s adorable

Just went on a walk and a bird pooped directly into my eye, how’s everybody else’s day going

That’s funny, I was just talking to someone about how I hate getting my blood pressure taken. It’s not even that uncomfortable of a sensation but something about the inflating cuff makes me feel like I’m going to go into trapped feral animal mode

Sigh yeah probably so

‘Buffy’ Reboot Finds Its New Slayer: Ryan Kiera Armstrong To Star With Sarah Michelle Gellar In Hulu Pilot Ryan Kiera Armstrong has landed the co-lead opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot, Deadline has learned exclusively.

They are rebooting it! And I’m pretty sure Joss is not involved! No indication that the new slayer will be trans though
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Wikipedia editors go so hard on the most specific things

Giles looking down and smiling to himself just so quietly proud of her

This is a fascinating angle I hadn’t considered before but I can’t help but resent the fact that you made me think something nice about this ding dong

I can’t remember if you’re a Buffy enjoyer but I am personally a diehard fan of Buffering the Vampire Slayer and everything they do. Funny, great discussion, all around wonderful people, I love them

It’s subtle, but the basic idea is that saying “trans women” makes it clear that we are talking about a subcategory of women, rather than a whole new term. It’s clear from your post that you mean it in good faith but some people use it to imply that trans women are a distinct category from women

Fully agree with the sentiment! However just be aware that the preferred terminology includes the space (i.e. “trans man” and “trans woman”), since the combined version is sometimes used as a dogwhistle to imply that trans people aren’t really members of their gender group. But yes!

The most majestic thing you will see on #bluesky today. 😇

Same. Instant tears. It’s so beautiful when you realize how simple it can be to just love and accept someone for who they are

But this is a lie. White people have brought on their own destruction, and everyone else’s too, in their fervent belief that whiteness will save them. The wealthy and powerful stoke these tensions to keep attention off of them while robbing us blind. And we fall for it again, and again, and again…

I probably would have thought this was an exaggeration a few years ago, but after learning more I have started to see white supremacy everywhere. Why do people vote against medicaid? Public infrastructure? Regulation? Because they believe that they are punishing “bad” people and will be not be hurt

Oh yeah lol to be clear I only had it open because I saw this thread and wanted to know more

No worries! I had the wikipedia page open to that section when I saw your comment so just figured I would add that context

A direct quote from his current Wikipedia page: “In the days that followed, seven additional women came forward with allegations of inappropriate behavior during photo ops.”