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isaac 🍂 @androgynyfiend.bsky.social · 21h

LMAO oh my god. one of my coworkers used to have that

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isaac 🍂 @androgynyfiend.bsky.social · 21h

it's crazy bc even as someone from kansas I've never seen a truck this cursed

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isaac 🍂 @androgynyfiend.bsky.social · 21h

you can't see if but they have a sticker that says northern by birth southern by choice rebel by choice. racist ass bitch wow

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isaac 🍂 @androgynyfiend.bsky.social · 21h

I don't think ppl lioe this should be allowed to exist in new york

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isaac 🍂 @androgynyfiend.bsky.social · 1d

the one that really floored me was wireback. like you're really going to make a joke about your wireback caretakers when the current administration is bragging about alligator alcatraz? really?

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isaac 🍂 @androgynyfiend.bsky.social · 1d

a few days back i actually had engaged a bit in what you're talking about but the post got deleted it seems wah wah :\ but that's definitely an aspect of it too, i was going birdseye with the whole getting distracted and arguing about whether or not it's a person

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isaac 🍂 @androgynyfiend.bsky.social · 1d

it's crazy how much more expensive new york is than kansas lmfao this job would pay me almost 3 times as much as i'm making now and i'm like yessss i can finally afford rent

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isaac 🍂 @androgynyfiend.bsky.social · 1d

SETTING UP A JOB INTERVIEW FOR A JOB THAT PAYS REALLY REALLY WELL AND WOULD PAY FOR A LOT OF STUPID COSTS RELATED TO MY FIELD PLS SEND GOOD VIBES

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. AG Ken Paxton of Texas has announced undercover operations into left leaning groups, citing "transgenderism" and "antifa."

It is the latest in a series of moves that indicates LGBTQ+ people and left-leaning orgs may be targets for domestic surveillance.

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Texas AG Ken Paxton Announces Undercover Operations Into "Antifa," Citing "Transgenderism"

The announcement comes after a flurry of reports that Trump would weaponize the FBI against groups supporting LGBTQ+ people.

www.erininthemorning.com

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isaac 🍂 @androgynyfiend.bsky.social · 1d

christians be like [entire moral worldview influenced by paul the apostle and the church fathers] this bible verse from the old testament completely proves my point in this moral argument

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isaac 🍂 @androgynyfiend.bsky.social · 1d

listening to this when i was 16 was like a Critical Moment

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isaac 🍂 @androgynyfiend.bsky.social · 1d

she was so fucking crazy for this

youtu.be/T-Q57NIFFLU?...

BaBopByeYa

YouTube video by Janelle Monáe - Topic

youtu.be

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isaac 🍂 @androgynyfiend.bsky.social · 1d

but also from a pure pragmatic leftist viewpoint why would you want to leave such technology in the hands of the ruling class

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isaac 🍂 @androgynyfiend.bsky.social · 1d

i think it's easy for ppl to dismiss with the "but they're not human" excuse but again it is just sort of beside the point to me. idk. if we're thought experimenting here then in my thought experiment where androids are a thing, i think it would be wrong to systemically oppress them

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isaac 🍂 @androgynyfiend.bsky.social · 1d

and i'm not hand-wringing over AI/robots/androids bc they're far from being human-like rn but as a TRANS person, or you know, a fairly new category of person,

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isaac 🍂 @androgynyfiend.bsky.social · 1d

the crux of the clanker discourse to me is not "can you hurt ai's feelings" (the answer is: no) but really more "if there was suddenly a new category of person or person-like being, would you recognize their dignity?" and the answer very much seems to be "no" rn

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safety closet @safetycloset.bsky.social · 4d

oh. the “ironic” pretend bigotry is almost immediately translating to real life harassment? you don’t say! who could have foreseen this. if only there was precedent.

Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 4d

What’s lost in this conversation is that language must always escape containment, so your playful little “clanker” slur is now being directed at people with bionic limbs.

Harmless fun, right? www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8AjSabH/

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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 2d

This has been extremely well documented and requires 5 seconds of searching. newrepublic.com/article/1585...

The Self-Cancellation of Bari Weiss

Like much of her writing, the former New York Times editor’s resignation letter is long on accusation and thin on evidence.

newrepublic.com

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 2d

I dunno, maybe instead of begging a party to accept you and your right to be treated like an equal human, you just join a party that has already been clear they will fight for you.

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isaac 🍂 @androgynyfiend.bsky.social · 2d

i know the culture war shit is stupid too bc my boss has known me since i was 8 years old and she has never, EVER misgendered me or deadnamed me and she has come to my defense over trans shit. i'm so pissed off about all of this. can you motherfuckers address the ECONOMY or something. FUCK!!!

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isaac 🍂 @androgynyfiend.bsky.social · 2d

she STILL mentions bernie! she fucking liked bernie! she liked that he was talking about real things and not culture war bullshit! dems keep conceding the point to the republicans by refusing to engage with real issues AND provide an actual opposition in the culture wars

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isaac 🍂 @androgynyfiend.bsky.social · 2d

she fucking loathes HRC, biden, and kamala and so do i. they fuckin suck. but the dems refuse to veer from this course. yet when the dems had the chance to break from neolibs in 2016 and gain pretty wide support they refused. and then bernie folded like the spineless sell-out he is

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isaac 🍂 @androgynyfiend.bsky.social · 2d

my boss is someone i use as a gauge for like the normie right-winger bc she is a true christian libertarian and it's driving me up the wall that dems refuse this point bc my boss fucking supported bernie in 2016. like who tf are you guys appealing to rn. why are you so stupid

isaac 🍂 @androgynyfiend.bsky.social · 2d

i love how the republican party has totally abandoned its moderate voters to go insane fascist mode and instead of courting the very large population of demsocs in the country, the dems go, we must remain loyal to neoliberalism

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isaac 🍂 @androgynyfiend.bsky.social · 2d

me saying this as if i could vote for him anyway as someone who doesn't live in california

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