Jim Myers(he/him)

Robert Putbam wrote a book about this about two decades ago. One of his students made a film about it in 2023. When civic instructions die, democracy won't be far behind

doomerism and "it was always this bad" are both types of bootlicking submission

The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.

This is a fantastic piece of rigorous, in-depth reporting. It will make you want to pass out with rage. But definitely read it.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Your gummy thought of the evening: So much of life is just showing up, and the internet allows too many people to not show up anymore. The rest of the world is just some shit that’s happening on television

Han Cluster - Optimistic Sci-Fi RPG for Savage Worlds Han Cluster is a hopeful sci-fi RPG in which humanity and a few robots have unlocked amazing transhuman powers via the discovery of "the Nex." But with it also comes "the Blinding," an ominous phenome...

Support my friend, trans creator Tracy Sizemore and her awesome #TTRPG setting: Han Cluster. In a world of depressing and oppressive sci-fi, she asks how we might be able to fight together to build and keep a better future

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Ketamine's a hell of a drug

The Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and the CIA Director, John Ratcliffe, not knowing DoD policy on classified and controlled unclassified information on unsecured devices is appalling.

Good question, Senator Mark Kelly!

A thing I didn't grok when I was younger: You can just... do stuff. Anyone can write a book-- just open a document or buy a composition book and go. If you want to try an art form, you can take a class, watch a YouTube video, or borrow the tools from the library. You don't need permission to play.

literally every day is going to provide more evidence that the "let's provide some votes for the least bad trump nominees out of respect for the presidency" was a boneheaded strategy. any idiot could have told senate democrats that any vote for any of these people was going to make them look bad.

fuck norms there should be rules for people in power and when they break them they should pay with their freedom, their fortune or their lives 100% of the time

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The fact that her following on TikTok alone is going to be better for getting her message out *despite* the corporate blood money that the old guard incumbent will be drowning her with in the old media forums...

This is the first of what I think are going to be A LOT of primary challenges along these lines.

Maybe like a drifter they're just born to walk alone

I generally like the new translations for the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters, but whoever thought white serpent was a better monster name than white snake really ought to be forced to go again on their own

@chrislhayes.bsky.social Per the concerns you raise in "The Sirens' Call," I thought you might want to see this letter (responding to an article about Spotify) from the March issue of Harper's.

All I got right now is Simpsons references. They're all perfectly cromulent

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There are SO MANY resources in this new guide from my friend-collaborator @duchessofhazard.bsky.social, including but not limited to gems from:

@mskellymhayes.bsky.social
@theradr.bsky.social
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@newrepublic.com + more

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Banned Historical Fiction Books Fight fascism. Read banned books.

Fight fascism. Read banned books.

#Booksky

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I keep hearing comments that elected Dems don’t know what to do because they are in the minority. How many smallish-audience podcasts did you do this week with Dems working hard to build up their audiences? If you want an alternative media universe, you have to help create it.

Local man asks, "Is this conspiracy theory also antisemitic?" Reads the next sentence and says, "There it is!"

What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind

Hit it

Carrie Fisher's quest to kill John Belushi was always doomed because he was on a mission from God. Never work against the almighty

Dolores Huerta speaking at UFW 2024 convention

You can't acknowledge #WomensHistoryMonth without celebrating UFW co-founder @DoloresHuerta for all she has done since the early days and all she continues to do today to inspire and improve the lives of farm workers and working people. ¡Viva Dolores Huerta!

YouTube video by Behind the Bastards Part One: The Zizians: How Harry Potter Fanfic Inspired a Death Cult | BEHIND THE BASTARDS

Not the end goal of the series of episodes, but damn if they don't at least start some commentary on this millenniarian AI cultist stuff on the way to the Zizians

youtu.be/9mJAerUL-7w?...

We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.

11,000 people showed up.

Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.

We’re Done Playing Video game workers strike back. Over the last few years, game workers have been struck by unprecedented mass layoffs, driven by corporate greed and short-term profit seeking. While employers treat us...

Are you a video game worker who's tired of being treated like you're disposable? The first step towards change starts with you.

Sign our petition to demand better layoff protections and the respect you all deserve.

Shocked Pikachu

Chat, we just hit 250 members

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Photo of the union demonstration in the Yerba Buena gardens

Guess whom I bumped into this afternoon? The United Videogame Workers folks as they were demonstrating! What a nice echo with my #ethics talk this morning at #GDC 😉✊🏼
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