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but the future refused to change

@alicedyeforme.bsky.social

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if you're willing to sacrifice the lives of the marginalized for your personal comfort, you are not an ally to anyone but fascists

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 35m

you ever looked into how dropping thousands of bombs and deliberately destroying the environment in a region to make it impossible for people to survive independently affects the wider climate

but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 37m

what, you think you're going to win over fucking fascists by waving the Stars and Stripes

are you delusional

but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 40m

fuck yeah we're going to fight like hell for the system that in theory allows you to express yourself freely but fuck you if you have the gall to actually express yourself freely because that might make the fascists trying to kill you feel bad

but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 44m

cool how you find showing solidarity with minorities being specifically targeted by fascists selfish

like it makes you personally uncomfortable and you don't actually give a shit about other people or something

but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 55m

If being against genocide is too controversial for a democracy, that democracy isn't worth saving.

but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 1h

have you ever considered not sucking

but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 8h

RIP your hand

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 8h

Why would they do that when they're happy with the results?

but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 8h

Don't forget that the illusion they control the armed enforcers is a source of legitimacy of their office.

Too afraid of losing what power they have by admitting what they don't.

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 17h

Yes. Branding on everything is obnoxious and irritating at best. If it's tiny and out of the way so the owner can look for it they want a reminder of who made it sure, but that's depressingly rare.

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 19h

An object lesson as to why billionaires are to be viewed with extreme suspicion at best.

but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 19h

industrial-strength estrogen

but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 22h

If you think Democrats are actually going to push for any of that when it's the initial sell they'll inevitably negotiate down to A Strongly Worded Letter, I have some oceanside property in Kansas for sale.

but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 1d

this is awful

that man should not have the chance to die happy

but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 1d

difficulty: stubborn old man assumes you're full of shit and he's fine so ignores the entirety of said 5 minute lecture

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 1d

Can't help but notice that he refuses to use an actual cane, but is more than happy to use a Black man as a mobility aid he can wave off when a camera pops up.

but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 1d

because you're a petty control freak who wants a personal office fiefdom and needs to justify paying for it

but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 1d

is there anything Billy isn't an expert on

but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 1d

aww. thank you both

but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 2d

right. Leto can keep having a career as long as he's always appropriately typecast

but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 2d

Evans did a good job and it was fun seeing him play a villain, but Craig was the anchor there

but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 2d

Most domestic products rely on foreign-produced tools or materials somewhere on the process, so there are probably real price increases along with opportunism.

but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 2d

When they almost certainly would have tried to steal and destroy his papers if he'd had them.

but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 2d

hope those hips last you

you've been through enough pain as is

but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 2d

the dreams of CEOs who hope the magic machine can make them infinite money