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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 17h

It’s funny how the old media depiction of Nazis was always that they’re evil but dignified gentleman and now they’re openly just like “Hello. I’m the Anime Pedophile”

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 4h

If I served on the Senate Judiciary Committee, I would avoid the “can’t discuss future cases” stuff from judicial nominees by asking variations of “was Reconstruction good or bad?” over and over again. That seems to be the ballgame.

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Samara @samaaraa.bsky.social · 4h

„We’re going to gas you.“
It was standard for them to say that. They held up a gas cylinder and threatened to press it against us.

Christine Binzel @christinebinzel.bsky.social · 5h

Horrific testimony by Greta Thunberg

www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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Micah @rincewind.run · 5h

the entire conservative project these days is built off of making it illegal to dislike them or say rude things about them even in private

it is not enough to be in charge, or even feared, they must be adored

or else

Kurtbert Barlowko @albertburneko.bsky.social · 5h

"disliking me is persecution" describes so incredibly many people's entire outlook these days defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 6h

“End demand” laws—often marketed under name of the Nordic Model—are frequently touted as a one-size-fits-all solution

The logic sounds straightforward: if you punish clients who purchase sexual services, the industry will collapse, exploitation will end.

But decades of evidence tell us otherwise.

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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 6h

The Nordic Model may make politicians feel righteous, but it leaves sex workers poorer, less safe, and more marginalized.

Ending demand won’t end sex work—but ending criminalization just might end the cycle of harm.

www.swopbehindbars.org/post/receipt...

Receipts Please! Myths Don't Stand a Chance!

Myth #10: Ending Demand Will End Sex Work“End demand” laws—often marketed under the more palatable name of the Nordic Model—are frequently touted as a one-size-fits-all solution to sex work and traffi...

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blights u @bitesu.kawaii.social · 4h

i think it's kind of really gross that healthcare is tied not just to your employment but that there's a whole cottage industry of petit bourgeois who are exempt from supplying their employees with adequate wages and health care

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[LVL 35]Alsvid Wotansdottir🔵 @alsvid.bsky.social · 5h

I don't know if anyone remembers this, but when GPT and Stable Diffusion first hit the scene, choads online were gloating about how "this would put the porn thots out of business and all the hoes would need to work for a living again", and I'm pretty sure this is part of that grand design.

Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 1d

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

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Le Wokisme? or La Botte? @csilverandgold.bsky.social · 7h

But the money comes from the people and goes to the government. What word do you want for that besides “Tax”?

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 7h

U.S. TSY SECY BESSENT: TARIFFS ARE A SURCHARGE, NOT A TAX

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grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 6h

"Conservatives didn't used to be this racist"

Hey buddy I'm gonna ask you to go listen to a little thing called "The Nixon Tapes", which is a sort of retro group chat dm leak, tell me how woke Tricky Dick and Ronnie Reagan come off afterwards. I await your report.

grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 7h

They have 100% always been this way, though notably the transition from helicopter rides and referencing crushing minorities abroad humorlessly transitioned to nazi shit, but like that's basically a new layer of paint instead of a new perspective.

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For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.
That's why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed -because Young Republicans weren't radical enough.

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Giorgio Murderer 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈 @lonestartallboi.bsky.social · 6h

I know you know this but:

Rush Limbaugh had a regular segment where he would just read off the names of AIDS deaths and laugh

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🎃 Ichaborbs Crane 🎃 @ronninator.bsky.social · 6h

I have tried in vain to find a screenshot of the tweet that said liberals respond to tone only, rather than content, like a puppy because it's 100% fact

grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 7h

They have 100% always been this way, though notably the transition from helicopter rides and referencing crushing minorities abroad humorlessly transitioned to nazi shit, but like that's basically a new layer of paint instead of a new perspective.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 6h

If your descendants view you as a hero, as an impossible ideal to live up to, that means society has gone backwards.

That John Brown is still an aspirational goal and not the reality for most of us white people is an indictment, not praise.

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jenny_tightpants🪑 @jtp.bsky.social · 19h

how it feels to get insurance to cover my lifesaving medicine every few months

nattie winters @utilitylimb.bsky.social · 20h

[to mafia thugs extorting me in a “protection” racket] excuse me, but you took an oath to protect me

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Talia "AFAB" Bhatt ♀︎♀︎ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 11h

There is a silent "conservative" in the spelling of "free speech".

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 13h

Tl;Dr: lots of supposed free speech, anti cancel culture, activists are travelling to Oxford to try and cancel George Abaraonye for exercising his free speech.

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Jupiter ♃ @tempestarubida.bsky.social · 6h

Only if they could also put aside their subjective interests.

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Queer Satanic @queersatanic.bsky.social · 10h

the belief in the righteousness of a system of hierarchies where, “yes, you may never be at the top—but at least someone is guaranteed always to be worse off than you” is extremely common

and you have to be able to work with people who believe such things about some things at least some of the time

Talia "AFAB" Bhatt ♀︎♀︎ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 11h

I hold out hope that one day, leftists will stop being shocked at "Person of marginalized identity holds conservative beliefs".

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 20h

One cool thing about advocating for diversity in health sciences is that you can actually live longer and have better quality of life (and suffer less) simply by telling racists they suck and their opinions are not valid

HealthBegins @healthbegins.bsky.social · 21h

"[DEI] policies are not just about providing fair opportunities to all students. They are a matter of life and death."

Trump’s war on diversity in medical education could shorten Americans’ lives www.bmj.com/content/391/... by @gavinyamey.bsky.social @michaeldgreen.com via @bmj.com

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 9h

“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

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Pyke Redrock @pykeredrock.bsky.social · 12h

“Demons run when the guy who isn’t that guy becomes that guy.”

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 1d

I need ppl to understand that no matter how well meaning someone running as a democrat is, when they are absorbed and become somewhat dependent on the party, they will make concessions and use language they provide etc

It’s like how capitalists, no matter how well meaning, need to increase profit

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Jupiter ♃ @tempestarubida.bsky.social · 7h

You and what state police force, Pritzker?

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moby spookgirl 🎃🏳️‍⚧️ @eigenvectrix.myatproto.social · 8h

I’d like to believe it but his brownshirts are out helping them so as far as I’m concerned this is a propaganda press release to muddy the water

Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 10h

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Blue Sky Rob- Looking For Work! 🏳️‍⚧️ @senorwoberto.bsky.social · 8h

tim robinson and zack kanin have both done a splendid job of mining awkward american masculinity for comedy, and now they're starting to play it darker and darker until I think they inevitably start breaching into outright horror in the not too distant future

Maureen Jice @jane.meangirls.online · 2d

an I Think You Should Leave sketch is Tim Robinson losing his mind over three minutes. the Chair Company and Friendship are both him losing his mind over a much longer runtime and it really makes your skin crawl.

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Writing on Games @writingongames.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not kidding when I say that cancelling my Spotify subscription has not affected my life in any way, other than that I spend the money on Bandcamp instead and the artists get paid infinitely more.

Easiest subscription I've ever dropped. You really don't need it like you perhaps think you do

demon grrl 😈🏳️‍⚧️ @demongrrl.gay · 4d

seriously

for fucks sake

cancel your spotify subscription

@PopBase on Twitter "Spotify teams up with ChatGPT to offer personalized recommendations."

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