Dale Osterman

“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”

Yes. Granular synthesis

insisting on calling every mass day of protest or one-day boycott a "general strike" is not the move. it's good to see people rallying around the cause, it matters, but if you want to be part of a large-scale labor action that shuts down the gears of capital, start by unionizing your workplace!!!

Why does it matter what an action is called, so long as people are getting involved? Every time a "general strike" fizzles out, that weakens the power of the actual mechanism. A general strike is meant to send cold shivers down the state and bosses' spines. It is a threat. It is our nuclear option.

Being autistic and trying to psych myself up for literally anything I need to do like:

All the anti-war and anti-occupation protestors were right. All the far leftists were right. All the “woke scolds” and your friend who’s “too woke” were right. They were somehow even more right than they may have realized at the time. But really, it was always obvious they were right.

well you kidnapped a five year old so I think you got off pretty easy all things considered

Frodo: I wish so much unbelievably stupid shit had not happened in my time Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. This is all exceptionally stupid, though

"Vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence. ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval."
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...

Feeling incredibly called out by “imaginary project”

Every ICE officer should be tried for crimes against humanity.

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

This goes for any art you like: why limit yourself to the modes of expression permitted by platforms that exist to funnel your money, art, and data into the hands of people who don’t give a fuck about you? Take control of the conversation. Say something.

Post an album cover! Write a paragraph (hell, a sentence) about what it’s meant to you! Even if you only listened to it once! Even if (especially if) it’s not available on streaming!

y’all know you can just post stuff you like? You don’t have to wait for the data-mining, Ai-boosting, ICE-promoting musician exploitation app to tell you what you’re into?

Watching musician friends wring their hands about not wanting to support Spotify but also wanting to post their Wrapped because they want to share their music tastes with everyone and it’s like…

Don't say we didn't warn you.

From @acablart on Twitter: "november sucks. cant shave cant nut and you have to write a 50k word novel

YouTube video by NPR Music clipping.: Tiny Desk Concert

babe, wake up, clipping. tiny desk just dropped and they got a rube goldberg robot drummer thing on the beat

One of if not the best narrative game I’ve ever played. Now that it’s on ALL the platforms y’all owe it to yourselves to check it out

Of course. Hypocrisy as a signifier of power. The rest of us have to operate as though words and actions have meaning while they try to bend reality to the point where they can’t face consequences

Although I think this suit has since been thrown out. So there are still cracks in their armor

yeah they're just murdering random people on these boats

"We're going to have to learn to live with [radical right wing demagoguery with all its associated violence]" is:

- An abdication of responsibility.

- An abandonment of hope.

- A position only available to those who feel safe enough with an ongoing catastrophe to begin the work of normalizing it

*this, not the. BlueSky give me an edit button my thumbs are large and prone to missteps

*butterfly meme* is the free speech?

This gets to something that as a former stand-up I recognized but couldn’t name. A 31 year old professional content creator baiting 19 year old amateurs into the format of his choice isn’t debate, it’s crowd work. It’s debate-shaped crowd work farmed for content.

257. The Commission recommends that all Member States: (a) Employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent the commission of genocide in the Gaza Strip; (b) Cease the transfer of arms and other equipment or items, including jet fuel, to the State of Israel or third States where there is reason to suspect their use in military operations that have involved or could involve the commission of genocide; (c) Ensure individuals and corporations in their territories and within their jurisdiction are not involved in the commission of genocide, aiding and assisting the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide and investigate and prosecute those who may be implicated in these crimes under international law; (d) Facilitate the investigations and domestic proceedings and take action (including imposing sanctions) against the State of Israel and against individuals or corporations that are involved in or facilitating the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide; (e) Cooperate with the investigation of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. 258. The Commission recommends that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court: (a) Examine, within its continuing investigation in the Situation in the State of Palestine, the crime of genocide for amendment to existing arrest warrants and addition to future application for arrest warrants; (b) Examine the involvement of officials mentioned in this report for inclusion as those most responsible for international crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory.

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.

As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.

End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

Clair Obscur really is the ultimate “you go over your friend’s house but your friend’s parents are getting a divorce and they get in a fight and start yelling at your friend and now you gotta just stand there awkwardly” simulator

Here’s what just happened: Trump sent a peace deal to Hamas, Hamas met to discuss it in Doha, where the U.S. is mediating talks and has a base,and Israel bombed them, presumably with US support.

I HATE when people compare AI to the printing press, it's so disingenuous. The printing press was opposed by the elites because it put power in the hands of everyday people, and popularized a vernacular. AI does the opposite, by allowing elites to bypass artists and laborers.