The Ephemeral Tao
@batwingcandlewaxxe.bsky.social
The Tao that can be spoken is not the Eternal Tao. The Ephemeral Tao just won't shut up already.
Blathering Queer NB Anarcho-Situationist Electronic Musician Artist Furry Zera Nerd. AAAAA/AAAAAAA
QotD:
"Friendship is the Law. Friendship under Will."
Blathering Queer NB Anarcho-Situationist Electronic Musician Artist Furry Zera Nerd. AAAAA/AAAAAAA
QotD:
"Friendship is the Law. Friendship under Will."
Smash the State
Off the Pigs and Landlords
Execute the Billionaires
Reparations For All Victims
Cooperation Not Competition
End Artificial Scarcity
All the Power to All the People
Respect All Identities
The Purpose of Revolution is to Foment Art
No Pineapple on Pizza
Purple Book Horse is Best Pony
Off the Pigs and Landlords
Execute the Billionaires
Reparations For All Victims
Cooperation Not Competition
End Artificial Scarcity
All the Power to All the People
Respect All Identities
The Purpose of Revolution is to Foment Art
No Pineapple on Pizza
Purple Book Horse is Best Pony
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Smash the State
Off the Pigs and Landlords
Execute the Billionaires
Reparations For All Victims
Cooperation Not Competition
End Artificial Scarcity
All the Power to All the People
Respect All Identities
The Purpose of Revolution is to Foment Art
No Pineapple on Pizza
Purple Book Horse is Best Pony
Off the Pigs and Landlords
Execute the Billionaires
Reparations For All Victims
Cooperation Not Competition
End Artificial Scarcity
All the Power to All the People
Respect All Identities
The Purpose of Revolution is to Foment Art
No Pineapple on Pizza
Purple Book Horse is Best Pony
If you see this QTP with a female anime character you love
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
If you see this QTP with a female anime character you love
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
Pushing Twitter into becoming a walled garden and fascist echo chamber, by further devaluing human connection, creativity, and expertise.
www.theverge.com/news/802480/...
www.theverge.com/news/802480/...
X is changing how it handles links to try and keep you in the app
X is making changes to better serve link-based posts and keep you in the app.
www.theverge.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Pushing Twitter into becoming a walled garden and fascist echo chamber, by further devaluing human connection, creativity, and expertise.
www.theverge.com/news/802480/...
www.theverge.com/news/802480/...
Same tbh
I am horribly permeable when it comes to absorbing every possible worst case scenarios in my mind.
October 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Same tbh
Where "peaceful" is more or less synonymous with "ineffectual"; because that's also the crowd more likely to see a symbolic victory as a real victory, pat themselves on the back, and make that the sum total of their "revolutionary" action.
I think you're highlighting a point Black activists have been making for a while now.
Police are far less likely to brutalize norrmy libs, the NPR crowd, and wine moms. Which is why activists have been frustrated by those crowds praising themselves for maintaining "peaceful" demonstrations.
Police are far less likely to brutalize norrmy libs, the NPR crowd, and wine moms. Which is why activists have been frustrated by those crowds praising themselves for maintaining "peaceful" demonstrations.
October 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Where "peaceful" is more or less synonymous with "ineffectual"; because that's also the crowd more likely to see a symbolic victory as a real victory, pat themselves on the back, and make that the sum total of their "revolutionary" action.
Heads up for anyone in Washington State.
Kids and uninsured adults can now get free vaccinations statewide to prepare for flu season:
soseaem.org
October 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Heads up for anyone in Washington State.
At the NW Tea Festival this weekend. Holy mother of chaos it got CROWDED. More people this weekend than I've seen since well before Covid.
September 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM
At the NW Tea Festival this weekend. Holy mother of chaos it got CROWDED. More people this weekend than I've seen since well before Covid.
And then they created generative-AI so people wouldn't even want books anymore. We do need to stop pretending "it's just a tool, and all tools are morally neutral". That has never been true, and it's even less true now.
September 29, 2025 at 5:15 AM
And then they created generative-AI so people wouldn't even want books anymore. We do need to stop pretending "it's just a tool, and all tools are morally neutral". That has never been true, and it's even less true now.
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Leftists: Capitalism is the root of all evil and needs to be destroyed.
Also Leftists: You're a horrible, worthless person who deserves harassment if you dare criticize my favorite capitalism.
(And people wonder why we can never seem to accomplish anything useful.)
Also Leftists: You're a horrible, worthless person who deserves harassment if you dare criticize my favorite capitalism.
(And people wonder why we can never seem to accomplish anything useful.)
September 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Leftists: Capitalism is the root of all evil and needs to be destroyed.
Also Leftists: You're a horrible, worthless person who deserves harassment if you dare criticize my favorite capitalism.
(And people wonder why we can never seem to accomplish anything useful.)
Also Leftists: You're a horrible, worthless person who deserves harassment if you dare criticize my favorite capitalism.
(And people wonder why we can never seem to accomplish anything useful.)
Exactly this. Violence is not a scenario anyone but the worst far-right fanatics want to enact, but self-defense is critical to survival. Fascists have never been defeated by debate or sternly-worded petitions.
I think a lot of people are posting "violence is never the answer" when what they mean is "I wish we didn't live in accelerationist times where we're being herded towards situations where violence is going to be necessary". And, I wish we could at least be honest about that.
September 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Exactly this. Violence is not a scenario anyone but the worst far-right fanatics want to enact, but self-defense is critical to survival. Fascists have never been defeated by debate or sternly-worded petitions.
The moment they discovered the suspect is a right-winger, probably a groyper, and not a trans leftist; suddenly the right went from "he's an evil monster and we should execute him and all his kind", to "we don't understand", "it's complicated", and "we should pray he'll find forgiveness".
“I have no idea why he did this.” A young man's descent from model student to suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk. on.wsj.com/48gbtoN
September 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The moment they discovered the suspect is a right-winger, probably a groyper, and not a trans leftist; suddenly the right went from "he's an evil monster and we should execute him and all his kind", to "we don't understand", "it's complicated", and "we should pray he'll find forgiveness".
"Debating" bad actors is worse than useless for two reasons: 1) it legitimizes their viewpoints by treating them as worthy of intellectual consideration; and 2) they're not interested in good-faith debate, only in preaching and scoring "gotcha" points through disingenuous rhetorical tricks.
all i know is that normalizing debate with fascists has only facilitated the rise of fascism.
September 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"Debating" bad actors is worse than useless for two reasons: 1) it legitimizes their viewpoints by treating them as worthy of intellectual consideration; and 2) they're not interested in good-faith debate, only in preaching and scoring "gotcha" points through disingenuous rhetorical tricks.
Looks like I called it. The alleged shooter is a conservative white male. The news reports only say that he was politically radicalized, but if he wasn't right-wing, they'd be falling all over themselves to blame this on the left.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Live updates: Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson in custody; family turned him in, Utah governor says
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. Authorities said the shooting was a targeted attack.
www.nbcnews.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Looks like I called it. The alleged shooter is a conservative white male. The news reports only say that he was politically radicalized, but if he wasn't right-wing, they'd be falling all over themselves to blame this on the left.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Where is the nationwide moment of silence and flags lowered to half-mast for the CHILDREN murdered in the Evergreen High School shooting?
Do we, as a nation, only care if violent white male bigots and conventionally attractive young white women are killed?
Rhetorical question, we know the answer.
Do we, as a nation, only care if violent white male bigots and conventionally attractive young white women are killed?
Rhetorical question, we know the answer.
September 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Where is the nationwide moment of silence and flags lowered to half-mast for the CHILDREN murdered in the Evergreen High School shooting?
Do we, as a nation, only care if violent white male bigots and conventionally attractive young white women are killed?
Rhetorical question, we know the answer.
Do we, as a nation, only care if violent white male bigots and conventionally attractive young white women are killed?
Rhetorical question, we know the answer.
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For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country…
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
September 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country…
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year.
And America shrugged and moved on.
So very much this. The government and media barely mention all of the Dems who were murdered or nearly murdered, but one violence-advocating fascist gets killed and suddenly it's the downfall of civilization.
I'm so very tired of liberal bullshit.
I'm so very tired of liberal bullshit.
Amazing how those democratic lawmakers who were hunted down in their homes in the middle of the night in Minnesota weren’t a watershed moment of political violence, huh?
The assassination of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk marks a watershed moment in a surge of US political violence, one that some experts fear will inflame an already-fractured country and inspire more unrest reut.rs/41PWH4l
September 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
So very much this. The government and media barely mention all of the Dems who were murdered or nearly murdered, but one violence-advocating fascist gets killed and suddenly it's the downfall of civilization.
I'm so very tired of liberal bullshit.
I'm so very tired of liberal bullshit.
Live by the hatemongering, anti-empathy, pro-political-violence, pro-firearm-murder sword; die by the hatemongering, anti-empathy, pro-political-violence, pro-firearm-murder sword.
This was a man who openly condoned gun violence as "worth it" to preserve his gun rights.
apnews.com/article/char...
This was a man who openly condoned gun violence as "worth it" to preserve his gun rights.
apnews.com/article/char...
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot and killed at Utah college event
Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, has died after being shot Wednesday at a Utah college event, President Donald Trump says.
apnews.com
September 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Live by the hatemongering, anti-empathy, pro-political-violence, pro-firearm-murder sword; die by the hatemongering, anti-empathy, pro-political-violence, pro-firearm-murder sword.
This was a man who openly condoned gun violence as "worth it" to preserve his gun rights.
apnews.com/article/char...
This was a man who openly condoned gun violence as "worth it" to preserve his gun rights.
apnews.com/article/char...
Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr.
September 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr.