oh we're gonna *lose* lose the next big war

You know how billionaires end up with severe cognitive deficits as a result of becoming surrounded by yes men who constantly tell them their every idea is genius? What if we made a bot that just does that to everyone. I think that would be a good idea.

this is so cute!! great community building opportunity!

To be clear this alone would just about fund the NIH for a year. They cut off all the cancer and Alzheimer’s research for this.

All Guns and No Butter on a Burning Planet The insatiable demands of the military industrial complex are a barrier to human flourishing on a livable planet.

The insatiable demands of the military industrial complex are a barrier to human flourishing on a livable planet.

This is a powerful image

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

This is the glass cliff to end all glass cliffs. You're Marissa Mayer at Yahoo without the Googler street cred. You're Nancy Dubuc at Vice without the string of hit TV shows. You're Linda Yaccarino at Twitter without the advertiser relationships. You have been hired as a sop to a Trump administration that is actively hostile to the actual free press, and you will be made to oversee wave after wave of layoffs until you quit or get fired and the entire news division is shut down in a final spasm of cost-cutting after the next inescapable media merger.

I know a glass cliff when I see one

Denzel McCampbell of @detroitdsa.bsky.social is running for Detroit City Council!

Listen to Denzel talk about his GOP aligned opponent’s austerity positions as he reminds us what he’s going up against in the final stretch of his campaign.

The world is a nightmare but I just absolutely love this frog man

Lmfao they're slowly backing away from a guy in a frog suit like he's an SCP

I can’t tell you the number of German news media people who’ve asked me this question this year (“why isn’t there more resistance”) … not even 18 months after spewing psychotic fantasies about the violence that they felt ought to be visited on peaceful protesters

I feel like Taylor Swift has become a pretty good representation of the Democratic Party. Hollow, coasting, and taking cheap shots at younger, innovative up-and-comers

a taylor swift album so bad it got me revisiting brat

I say it all the time, but imma say it again: a lot of very book smart people lack the emotional education and communication skills that would allow them to generate the courage they want to embody in their work. They are incurious about their own emotional lives, and consequently, those of others.

As ADL is demonstrating, it’s not possible to be a little pro-fascist. They will always ask for more, always demand total support, and lash out at those who don’t give it. Always.

Now is the time to be brave. Republicans in Georgia have controlled our state for over 20 years leading to underfunded schools, closing hospitals, & low wages stuck at $5.15.

I'm running for Governor to change that.

The tone of Ezra Klein's output is reminiscent of attempts by moderate Republicans to reform their party just before they got steamrollered by Trump.

honestly feels like the primary way that he is tied in to MAHA since he actually would love to brag about the COVID vaccine

Weird way to say you seek attention

The fascists yearn for homogeneity

Also, Duterte just got arrested recently by the ICC for killing people ‘because they had drugs’ and that was him killing his own citizens. This is illegal on so many different levels.

At the Nuremberg trials, Karl Dönitz was convicted of war crimes for the sinking of civilian vessels. This is not a complicated question, it's been illegal for centuries.

The offer made to women in the enticement to become trad wives is the same as the offer made to citizens in the enticement to embrace authoritarianism: give up. Abandon the aspiration to self rule. It’s imprisonment recast as rest and relief.

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

It costs a lot less to house people.

“Yeah man, this time the ‘I was just following orders’ defense is totally going to work, take the shot”

girl, please LOOK OUTSIDE.

dear god dems are undefeated at being the worst at reading the room.

i think at least some portion of that political media and elites are in fact casting about for any group to offer up as sacrifice in exchange for the regime ignoring them. and in the wake of kirk’s murder have pivoted to a panicky “take them all!! i don’t care, just not me”