Beatrix
@beatrix.bsky.social
I’m a New Deal Democrat
software engineer
transit nerd
Somerville, MA
software engineer
transit nerd
Somerville, MA
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Beatrix
@beatrix.bsky.social
· Jan 29
don't let your sadness become despair and don't let your righteous anger become interpersonal nastiness, I've been seeing both a lot lately and we're going to need to avoid these if we want to have any hope of building a future for America rooted in love and justice instead of cruelty and cynicism.
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im not like a historical materialist guy but i do think low hanging fruit for a left leaning mayor promising affordability is to do abundance-type yimby/regulatory reforms. it also provides you cover to do social welfare soc dem stuff.
thinking of that quote from gustavo petro about how columbia first has to do functioning capitalism before it can do socialism
Honestly it's funny that he is *quite literally* saying "deregulate and reduce the burden of taxation on business to create jobs" and nobody on the left will criticise him. Good.
November 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
im not like a historical materialist guy but i do think low hanging fruit for a left leaning mayor promising affordability is to do abundance-type yimby/regulatory reforms. it also provides you cover to do social welfare soc dem stuff.
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case in point: a lot of folks who are (again, rightly!) upset about visa and mastercard policies are often the same folks who will spit at people who are interested in cryptocurrency.
what if instead of being anti-tech to a degree that isn’t winnable, those who have (sometimes very legitimate) concerns instead chose to empower themselves through technology instead of resisting it? could this be anything?
i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills
November 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
case in point: a lot of folks who are (again, rightly!) upset about visa and mastercard policies are often the same folks who will spit at people who are interested in cryptocurrency.
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what if instead of being anti-tech to a degree that isn’t winnable, those who have (sometimes very legitimate) concerns instead chose to empower themselves through technology instead of resisting it? could this be anything?
i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
what if instead of being anti-tech to a degree that isn’t winnable, those who have (sometimes very legitimate) concerns instead chose to empower themselves through technology instead of resisting it? could this be anything?
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Before it became swallowed up by QAnon, antivaxxer nonsense was always a putatively crunchy left conspiracy theory as much as a conservative one
November 30, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Before it became swallowed up by QAnon, antivaxxer nonsense was always a putatively crunchy left conspiracy theory as much as a conservative one
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Clean up your own anti-science frauds instead of trying to force them on the rest of us. California has been a major problem in antivaccine denialism for decades, so maybe stop being smug when California antivaxxers caused a mumps out in the NHL by running around with their mumps-infected kids.
At least not in California
I encourage free thinkers of a certain sort to move to Florida, Texas, Kentucky, etc so that their bravery can be properly recognized (until the next time the political winds shift and they’re out on their asses)
I encourage free thinkers of a certain sort to move to Florida, Texas, Kentucky, etc so that their bravery can be properly recognized (until the next time the political winds shift and they’re out on their asses)
November 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Clean up your own anti-science frauds instead of trying to force them on the rest of us. California has been a major problem in antivaccine denialism for decades, so maybe stop being smug when California antivaxxers caused a mumps out in the NHL by running around with their mumps-infected kids.
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I understand that some people think Pluribus is too slow (honestly, welcome to Vince Gilligan) but I cannot overstate how much I am enjoying the detective adventures of the world's grouchiest lesbian
pluribus is the only show brave enough to ask if one mean lesbian could save the world
November 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I understand that some people think Pluribus is too slow (honestly, welcome to Vince Gilligan) but I cannot overstate how much I am enjoying the detective adventures of the world's grouchiest lesbian
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pluribus is the only show brave enough to ask if one mean lesbian could save the world
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
pluribus is the only show brave enough to ask if one mean lesbian could save the world
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I once got a paper back that just said "too many adjectives and adverbs. On your second drafts, in future, cut every word ending in -ly. Stream of Consciousness only works if you're Stephen King and have access to 1970s drugs."
They weren't wrong.
They weren't wrong.
November 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I once got a paper back that just said "too many adjectives and adverbs. On your second drafts, in future, cut every word ending in -ly. Stream of Consciousness only works if you're Stephen King and have access to 1970s drugs."
They weren't wrong.
They weren't wrong.
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Could this solve the male loneliness problem?
I Was Bored and Wanted an Interesting Job so I Decided to Get a Job on a Whaling Vessel
On the other hand I think it would be very funny to retitle literary fiction light novel style. “Oh No! This Author Stand-In is Unhappily Married”
November 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Could this solve the male loneliness problem?
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"Surely a quick, violent, successful war of aggression is just what the ruler needs to shore up his legitimacy," said just about every failed monarch in history shortly before invading Serbia.
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"Surely a quick, violent, successful war of aggression is just what the ruler needs to shore up his legitimacy," said just about every failed monarch in history shortly before invading Serbia.
good god this is bad. this person is a junior in college? how did she get that far writing like a sixth grader?
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
good god this is bad. this person is a junior in college? how did she get that far writing like a sixth grader?
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Every single time! Epstein will write:
"porsecters h4arrsed me w/ sbuopenas al bcuase tr4ificing myners .due porcess much???no"
and then there's, like, the former president of a university or white house counsel or something replying:
"You're totally right, and also I love you with all my heart."
"porsecters h4arrsed me w/ sbuopenas al bcuase tr4ificing myners .due porcess much???no"
and then there's, like, the former president of a university or white house counsel or something replying:
"You're totally right, and also I love you with all my heart."
November 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Every single time! Epstein will write:
"porsecters h4arrsed me w/ sbuopenas al bcuase tr4ificing myners .due porcess much???no"
and then there's, like, the former president of a university or white house counsel or something replying:
"You're totally right, and also I love you with all my heart."
"porsecters h4arrsed me w/ sbuopenas al bcuase tr4ificing myners .due porcess much???no"
and then there's, like, the former president of a university or white house counsel or something replying:
"You're totally right, and also I love you with all my heart."
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There's an arguman that this is XTC's finest moment.
In any case, "Pale and Precious" is my favorite Beach Boys song.
In any case, "Pale and Precious" is my favorite Beach Boys song.
November 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
There's an arguman that this is XTC's finest moment.
In any case, "Pale and Precious" is my favorite Beach Boys song.
In any case, "Pale and Precious" is my favorite Beach Boys song.
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somewhere in an alternate universe there's museums with freeways that people can drive around on, and cities with streetcars people use in everyday life
November 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
somewhere in an alternate universe there's museums with freeways that people can drive around on, and cities with streetcars people use in everyday life
XTC were not just a fantastic new wave band, they were also the greatest 60s psychedelic pop band of the 1980s youtu.be/0bbqezgfqD8
The Dukes Of Stratosphear - Vanishing Girl
YouTube video by Simon Pheonix
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
XTC were not just a fantastic new wave band, they were also the greatest 60s psychedelic pop band of the 1980s youtu.be/0bbqezgfqD8
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America have never hesitated to turn to a bald man to clean house
November 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
America have never hesitated to turn to a bald man to clean house
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if Mark Kelly had hair he’d be the unambiguous 2028 frontrunner right now
November 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
if Mark Kelly had hair he’d be the unambiguous 2028 frontrunner right now
in case it wasn't clear: if you quote or reply to me implying I should be shot, you are immediately getting blocked.
November 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
in case it wasn't clear: if you quote or reply to me implying I should be shot, you are immediately getting blocked.
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The Marxists with rational solutions became the Euro industrial left and the utopians filled graveyards in Eastern Europe until the prophecy finally failed in the 60s.
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 AM
The Marxists with rational solutions became the Euro industrial left and the utopians filled graveyards in Eastern Europe until the prophecy finally failed in the 60s.
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One of the funnier things that people forget is that pretty much all the European labor/socialist/dem-socialist parties have their roots in the 2nd internationale and split off when the question became "do we work to build a better society today or try and murder our way to utopia."
November 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
One of the funnier things that people forget is that pretty much all the European labor/socialist/dem-socialist parties have their roots in the 2nd internationale and split off when the question became "do we work to build a better society today or try and murder our way to utopia."
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marxism for me is the ultimate "love the band hate the fans" school of thought. the Tool of ideologies
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
marxism for me is the ultimate "love the band hate the fans" school of thought. the Tool of ideologies