AltBronte (she/they)

Turns out this was all much ado about nothing and Google isn’t using your Gmail to train AI and if wanna turn all that stuff back on you can get your spam filters back

When I worked at a bookstore, I quickly learned that people cannot tell the difference between Xmas music and any Baroque or Elizabethan music album that doesn't get too organ-ish. I used this to my advantage.

One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME

This is some scary shit you guys. Two pillars of the community—middle aged white guys no less—arrested because some off duty cop bastard sitting several booths away in a restaurant claims to have heard them “plotting against law enforcement.” We’re in the “ears everywhere, trust no one” stage of it.

This has got to go on the wall with "Anne Frank would have been a Belieber"

If someone knits or crochets you a blanket or sweater, they want to keep you warm AND they dedicated many hours of their lives to making it for you.

There's no profit in fiber arts, not when you can get a machine made at Target for 30 bucks. So know fiber artists making for you? Is an act of love.

it is extra annoying that the nazis currently running the United States government are also twelve years old

like, really, we have to fear for our communities because of some groyper dipshits who post dank memes on 8chan all day

Time to move past the neverending trial stage. Yes, basic income reduces homelessness.

it is not Perfect, but it is Good, i think, simply in terms of reducing suffering

An alarming story about Flock’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras ...

"Often, officers will search cameras nationwide even if investigating a case in their own state. Typically this is done without a warrant, something that critics like the EFF and the ACLU have recently sued over."

Im gonna save y'all from giving Starbucks any money because fuck'em.

Ingredients:
4 oz semi-sweet chocolates (113g)
2.5 Tbs granulated sugar (32g)
1 Tbs unsweetened cocoa powder (7.5 g)
pinch salt
1 1/2 cups milk (360g)
1/2 tsp peppermint extract
1 – 2 cups Ice cubes (130-260g)
Whipped Cream

'For the Dolls' whisky fights transphobia with support for trans charity A 60-year-old whisky specialist is funding the fight against transphobia with its new limited edition single malt whisky.

‘For the Dolls’ whisky fights transphobia with support for trans charity

www.thepinknews.com/...

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

squirrels in your backyard? crows being in the sky? too loud truck driving by your house? call the law offices of BARKIN & BARKIN and get the defense you deserve, today

It's almost Thanksgiving! Got an ICE member coming for dinner at your house? No you don't! Can't stop them because you're not the one hosting? No problem. You can shun them, mock them, shame them, cough in their food. They get the weird chair. No weird chair? Make a weird chair.

Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.

very big story here: apnews.com/article/immi...

I’m howling.

"MOURN THE DEAD, AND FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR THE LIVING" colored with the trans flag over top of a black background -- created by Fox Fisher @thefoxfisher.bsky.social

I'm a trans person w/ a trans kid & we lose trans siblings every year to hateful violence. On Trans Day of Remembrance we're called not only to collectively mourn those we've lost, but to renew our commitment to keep fighting for those who are still here.

#tdor 🏳️‍⚧️
Art by @thefoxfisher.bsky.social

“open source” is KILLING me

Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less." She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards. They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it. This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil. The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option. "We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents. "We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""

The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.

The actual secret to why I know stuff is that I ask a question any time I don’t understand literally anything. I don’t care how simple it is. Anybody who makes fun of you for asking a simple question likely doesn’t know the answer either

Didn't even notice that, lol, I almost never click the icon.

It is a *little* funny that nearly all of the people I've seen drawing attention to International Men's Day re: how it makes everything All About Men are... not men.

do you believe in ghosts or are you like me, a person who finds themself saying all the time “I absolutely don’t believe in ghosts, but this place has ghosts.”

It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend

Man, reach out to your older folks and remind them that there's never a computer problem so urgent that they should have to go to the bank and withdraw a bunch of cash while on the phone with anyone.

welcome to the club, wolves

Regarding the Federal Subpoena Incident today, let me remind you once again that this website is 100% public, open source, and yes, both Bluesky, the federal government, and God knows who else do in fact “keep the logs.”

Don't forget about LA. The feds never left (& won't be leaving until at least 2028). The people will continue to fight.

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What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management Grab your umbrella and your tights.

just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.

remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.

this sounds like a great idea. luckily there are no extremely serious consequences to providing false information to the Internal Revenue Service

Where are the learning loss people? It’s hard to learn at school if you’re afraid to go because the secret police might kidnap you.