Double Garlic*
@doublegarlic.bsky.social
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Management janitor currently in 🇳🇱
Cancer survivor thx public healthcare
Art, music, books, scifi by choice
Cats & dogs enthusiast
Nerdy & niche
Born 335ppm
she/her
#UBI
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Management janitor currently in 🇳🇱
Cancer survivor thx public healthcare
Art, music, books, scifi by choice
Cats & dogs enthusiast
Nerdy & niche
Born 335ppm
she/her
#UBI
🧄
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Hello #Europe 🇪🇺 before you start clutching your pearls how about paying attention to
🚩who you have been voting lately and where are their funds coming from
🚩who are controlling European media
🚩who have a leadership seat at the European Commission
🚩who you have been voting lately and where are their funds coming from
🚩who are controlling European media
🚩who have a leadership seat at the European Commission
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I didn't realize Disney's Fantasia had a drag segment until just now.
(Female ostriches have brown plumage)
(Female ostriches have brown plumage)
February 6, 2026 at 6:51 AM
I didn't realize Disney's Fantasia had a drag segment until just now.
(Female ostriches have brown plumage)
(Female ostriches have brown plumage)
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Ooh, just saw “without Asimov there would be no science fiction,” and no, you stale crouton, you waterlogged saltine, without Mary Shelley—harassed by her husband and Lord Byron—there would be no science fiction.
You’re confusing fandom for canon.
You’re confusing fandom for canon.
February 5, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Ooh, just saw “without Asimov there would be no science fiction,” and no, you stale crouton, you waterlogged saltine, without Mary Shelley—harassed by her husband and Lord Byron—there would be no science fiction.
You’re confusing fandom for canon.
You’re confusing fandom for canon.
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Actually Star Trek isn't preachy *enough* come to think of it. We needed to have Patrick Stewart climb through the screen, grab us by the lapels, and scream "HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES IT TAKE BEFORE IT BECOMES WRONG?" whilst shaking vigorously, apparently.
February 5, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Actually Star Trek isn't preachy *enough* come to think of it. We needed to have Patrick Stewart climb through the screen, grab us by the lapels, and scream "HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES IT TAKE BEFORE IT BECOMES WRONG?" whilst shaking vigorously, apparently.
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To everyone just now finding out Isaac Asimov was rather famously a sex pest: He's been gone 34 years now, you can handle this truth, I believe in you
February 5, 2026 at 10:54 PM
To everyone just now finding out Isaac Asimov was rather famously a sex pest: He's been gone 34 years now, you can handle this truth, I believe in you
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Does anyone sell subatomic sized violins?
February 5, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Does anyone sell subatomic sized violins?
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Housing speculation is a crime against humanity.
The US has more than enough housing for everyone. The problem is that all of it is being held in private hands. 770K+ people are homeless because financial elites view real estate as a hedge against inflation and the government refuses to make housing speculation illegal.
Why nobody really knows the scale of the U.S. housing crisis
Experts say the U.S. needs an additional 2 million to 20 million homes to fix the shortfall, underscoring the challenge of meeting the nation’s housing needs.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Housing speculation is a crime against humanity.
I need to install my own coffee machine at my office desk
February 4, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I need to install my own coffee machine at my office desk
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It's insane is what it is
🚨🚨Given current situation and with the sharply deteriorating situation in #trumpland, I think it is unwise, imprudent and just a very bad idea for the EU to go ahead with plans to grant #US border authorities unprecedented access to Europeans’ data. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-m...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-m...
EU plan to share data with US border force sparks surveillance fears
Washington is demanding access to sensitive data as ICE heightens fears in Europe.
www.politico.eu
February 4, 2026 at 9:04 AM
It's insane is what it is
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It’s really something watching super-rich assholes only care about getting richer, while the rest of us ordinary folks are out here every day passing around donations of money and time trying to keep us all alive and safe.
February 4, 2026 at 7:15 PM
It’s really something watching super-rich assholes only care about getting richer, while the rest of us ordinary folks are out here every day passing around donations of money and time trying to keep us all alive and safe.
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If you have ever talked to a sixteen year old you will know that it only takes about a second to realise that they are indeed still children.
Yes, @mattyglesias.bsky.social has also argued, in The Atlantic (of course), that older men pursuing sexual relationships with sixteen year olds is not pedophilia.
February 4, 2026 at 11:56 AM
If you have ever talked to a sixteen year old you will know that it only takes about a second to realise that they are indeed still children.
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Groundhog Harassed By Dipshits In Stupid Hats
February 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Groundhog Harassed By Dipshits In Stupid Hats
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Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
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since we're living through fascism part 2 it's good to remember that the original nazis invented privatizing large government services
February 2, 2026 at 3:11 AM
since we're living through fascism part 2 it's good to remember that the original nazis invented privatizing large government services
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The Cure finally won a Grammy!!
February 2, 2026 at 4:45 AM
The Cure finally won a Grammy!!
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Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
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Generations don't exist, yes. All of these categories are socially constructed.
Actual historical events and sociocultural eras one lived through, *experienced childhood in* aren't just a "marketing term."
It's like when that youngster told us the crack era "wasn't that bad." WTAF, were you there?
Actual historical events and sociocultural eras one lived through, *experienced childhood in* aren't just a "marketing term."
It's like when that youngster told us the crack era "wasn't that bad." WTAF, were you there?
January 31, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Generations don't exist, yes. All of these categories are socially constructed.
Actual historical events and sociocultural eras one lived through, *experienced childhood in* aren't just a "marketing term."
It's like when that youngster told us the crack era "wasn't that bad." WTAF, were you there?
Actual historical events and sociocultural eras one lived through, *experienced childhood in* aren't just a "marketing term."
It's like when that youngster told us the crack era "wasn't that bad." WTAF, were you there?
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It’s not reaching the destination, it’s the journey but I don’t like which destination this journey is pointing to.
January 29, 2026 at 4:47 PM
It’s not reaching the destination, it’s the journey but I don’t like which destination this journey is pointing to.
I trolled my coworkers with a ✨muffin✨
1️⃣ Leave a glowing muffin at your desk in the morning.
2️⃣ Forget about it for the whole day. Be in meetings elsewhere.
3️⃣ It’s evening. Back to your desk.
4️⃣ Get interrogated by your baffled colleagues, who have been eyeing the mysterious and gorgeous muffin for 8 hours straight.
2️⃣ Forget about it for the whole day. Be in meetings elsewhere.
3️⃣ It’s evening. Back to your desk.
4️⃣ Get interrogated by your baffled colleagues, who have been eyeing the mysterious and gorgeous muffin for 8 hours straight.
January 29, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I trolled my coworkers with a ✨muffin✨
1️⃣ Leave a glowing muffin at your desk in the morning.
2️⃣ Forget about it for the whole day. Be in meetings elsewhere.
3️⃣ It’s evening. Back to your desk.
4️⃣ Get interrogated by your baffled colleagues, who have been eyeing the mysterious and gorgeous muffin for 8 hours straight.
2️⃣ Forget about it for the whole day. Be in meetings elsewhere.
3️⃣ It’s evening. Back to your desk.
4️⃣ Get interrogated by your baffled colleagues, who have been eyeing the mysterious and gorgeous muffin for 8 hours straight.
January 29, 2026 at 6:18 PM
1️⃣ Leave a glowing muffin at your desk in the morning.
2️⃣ Forget about it for the whole day. Be in meetings elsewhere.
3️⃣ It’s evening. Back to your desk.
4️⃣ Get interrogated by your baffled colleagues, who have been eyeing the mysterious and gorgeous muffin for 8 hours straight.
2️⃣ Forget about it for the whole day. Be in meetings elsewhere.
3️⃣ It’s evening. Back to your desk.
4️⃣ Get interrogated by your baffled colleagues, who have been eyeing the mysterious and gorgeous muffin for 8 hours straight.
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(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:51 AM
(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
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Your worth is not determined by your health.
Your worth is not determined by your job, marital status or economic output.
Everyone is deserving of shelter, food, healthcare and social supports.
No one should have to “earn them”.
When basic needs are met, society is better off.
Your worth is not determined by your job, marital status or economic output.
Everyone is deserving of shelter, food, healthcare and social supports.
No one should have to “earn them”.
When basic needs are met, society is better off.
January 27, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Your worth is not determined by your health.
Your worth is not determined by your job, marital status or economic output.
Everyone is deserving of shelter, food, healthcare and social supports.
No one should have to “earn them”.
When basic needs are met, society is better off.
Your worth is not determined by your job, marital status or economic output.
Everyone is deserving of shelter, food, healthcare and social supports.
No one should have to “earn them”.
When basic needs are met, society is better off.
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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Went to my local library this morning to do a bit of research for my current book project and my goodness such a life-affirming space! There was an adult being taught to read on the next table, children enjoying story time, countless people taking out books. So grateful for our libraries ❤️
January 26, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Went to my local library this morning to do a bit of research for my current book project and my goodness such a life-affirming space! There was an adult being taught to read on the next table, children enjoying story time, countless people taking out books. So grateful for our libraries ❤️