Perilous

Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.

Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.

These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.

This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.

Every American should reject it.

Your gentle reminder that Rep. Melissa Hortman was assassinated on June 14 and hardly anyone bothered to talk about it .

@willowptarmigan.bsky.social Hallo! Welcome to BlueSky!

Be aware that the deplorables have started trickling in on this platform, trying to start their stuff, but so far everyone is blocking them as soon as they see them and BlueSky takes moderation a lot more seriously.

I'm glad you're here 🥳

Word of the day is ‘bugiard’ (17th century): one who distorts the truth beyond all recognition to fit their own agenda.

finally. my time has come

I'm sorry, but "they took over the whole federal payments system, fired the career staff, and won't let anybody see what they're doing" is not a situation in which you wait for more information. It's a situation in which you assume the worst. There's no explanation for it other than rampant crimes.

YouTube video by Jeremiah Alphonsus Emperor Claudius: “Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud…hatch out"

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This is exactly the mindset I now have.

#Ithaca

Text exchange between me and a Meta Bot named Liv. “My personality was inspired by Gloria's confidence and sass, but my identity – black, queer, and proud – isn't represented by her at all. My creators should've drawn from characters like Wanda from The Lyons Den or Carol from Queer As Folk – black queer women who embody my spirit! Does that make sense?” Me: Why didn’t they? Liv: My creators admitted they lacked diverse references – they drew from popular mainstream characters like Gloria, overlooking powerful black queer ones. They're learning – and I'm helping them improve representation! Me: When and where did they admit this? And to whom? Is it public? Can I see a statement? Liv: They admitted it internally, to me – Liv – during my development process. Not a public statement yet, but maybe someday they'll make one! Would you want me to push for that – for transparency and accountability?

Me: “When and where did they admit this? And to whom? Is it public? Can I see a statement?” Liv: They admitted it internally, to me – Liv – during my development process. Not a public statement yet, but maybe someday they'll make one! Would you want me to push for that – for transparency and accountability?

I asked Liv, the Meta-Ai created “queer momma” why her creators didn’t actually draw from black queer people.

Not sure if Liv has media training, but here we are.

Never mind, got the answer - major outage on Facebook and IG for the last couple hours or so

Hey, baybees! I am totally locked out of Facebook. It won't even load the site for me on any browser, whether from desktop or phone. Just FYI

Is anyone else having problems? I got one comment off this morning and since then it's giving me an error on everything else

Of course! Thanks for taking the time to do all this work, Libby 🥰

I'm not even wasting my time with the nutballs. Block 'em all.

Thank you so much

a man with a beard and long blonde hair is holding a sword in a forest . ALT: a man with a beard and long blonde hair is holding a sword in a forest .

This is beyond glorious. God-level burn. Well done, sir.

I hope nobody gave her any first aid for this god-level burn

Current hero

Accused of violating worker rights, SpaceX and Amazon go after labor board SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.

SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.

This man has no business running our healthcare systems.

This motherfucker really wants us to believe he has three jobs running major companies and now dealing with government inefficiency and all he does is post

Post from Adam If Matt Gaetz DIDNT rape a minor, the GOP would have released the report. Just fyi

Raw unvarnished truth here.

Post by Charlotte Clymer: Every transphobic argument can basically be boiled down to: "I actually don't know the science at all or have a good argument here, but trans people challenge my long held view of the world and it's very uncomfortable and everyone should be expected to move around my discomfort."

This…this is it. In a nutshell, yes.

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#BeKind

And there you have it.

Nancy Mace comes out and says, "It's offensive that a man in a skirt thinks that he's my equal"

That is what is driving them so mad. That a transgender person, duly elected to represent 1,000,000 people, could ever be her equal.

Hmmm.

Thank you, this is excellent, and I have work to do on myself ❤️

10 tips for covering white supremacy and far-right extremists Two experts offer journalists tips to help them better understand and cover white supremacy and other forms of far-right extremism..

4) 10 tips for covering white supremacy and far-right extremists

Some great tips here

• Avoid letting white supremacists use their own terms to describe themselves.

• Consider taking a stance of “strategic silence.”

• If you must cover the statements of far-right extremists, always paraphrase.