Markus F
@markusf.bsky.social
Australian // Latvian (mostly navigating the world in a state of optimistic confusion)
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> Russians placed explosives in the nuclear power plant and pulled out their forces, but the world is watching!
Bruh why would I care if it’s watching? How will watching help? Watch me glow in the dark or something? Tf?
Bruh why would I care if it’s watching? How will watching help? Watch me glow in the dark or something? Tf?
July 4, 2023 at 10:39 PM
> Russians placed explosives in the nuclear power plant and pulled out their forces, but the world is watching!
Bruh why would I care if it’s watching? How will watching help? Watch me glow in the dark or something? Tf?
Bruh why would I care if it’s watching? How will watching help? Watch me glow in the dark or something? Tf?
Well now I'm definitely adding Judith Butler to my reading list, both this and and her previous work. If anyone has a recommendation on the best book to wade into first, do let me know.
July 4, 2023 at 4:18 PM
Well now I'm definitely adding Judith Butler to my reading list, both this and and her previous work. If anyone has a recommendation on the best book to wade into first, do let me know.
That sounds like an invitation to google...
July 4, 2023 at 4:03 PM
That sounds like an invitation to google...
White feminists have a pretty bad history with this, though more and more young people are realising the realities of oppression and discrimination I think. Worth noting: the powers of patriarchy and white supremacy have been playing "divide and conquer" for a very long time. They're good at it.
July 4, 2023 at 3:29 PM
White feminists have a pretty bad history with this, though more and more young people are realising the realities of oppression and discrimination I think. Worth noting: the powers of patriarchy and white supremacy have been playing "divide and conquer" for a very long time. They're good at it.
Agreed, the current default icon for Bluesky needs a some loving attention from a good designer. It at least got improved a bit by my theme on my phone though.
July 4, 2023 at 3:13 PM
Agreed, the current default icon for Bluesky needs a some loving attention from a good designer. It at least got improved a bit by my theme on my phone though.
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"don't play games with me, kid"
"At least three" remains the funniest and most correct answer to this question
July 4, 2023 at 2:26 PM
"don't play games with me, kid"
It's all good, I appreciate your input. I believe all ordinary residents of the UK are entitled to free NHS access, with a crazy annual fee for those awaiting processing. I can't disagree in your point about pillaging staff from the global south. But I will defend universal health care until I die.
July 4, 2023 at 10:33 AM
It's all good, I appreciate your input. I believe all ordinary residents of the UK are entitled to free NHS access, with a crazy annual fee for those awaiting processing. I can't disagree in your point about pillaging staff from the global south. But I will defend universal health care until I die.
That's a whole new level of delusional bullshit right there.
July 4, 2023 at 10:17 AM
That's a whole new level of delusional bullshit right there.
The NHS is 98.8% funded by taxes and national insurance contributions. The remainder comes from payments made my patients. All of this is on the public record.
July 4, 2023 at 10:12 AM
The NHS is 98.8% funded by taxes and national insurance contributions. The remainder comes from payments made my patients. All of this is on the public record.
The NHS is barely funded and woefully understaffed thanks to decades of Tory fuckery.
But it's a matter of public record that the NHS is funded mainly from general taxation supplemented by National Insurance contributions.
Please at least google before spreading misinformation.
But it's a matter of public record that the NHS is funded mainly from general taxation supplemented by National Insurance contributions.
Please at least google before spreading misinformation.
July 4, 2023 at 10:10 AM
The NHS is barely funded and woefully understaffed thanks to decades of Tory fuckery.
But it's a matter of public record that the NHS is funded mainly from general taxation supplemented by National Insurance contributions.
Please at least google before spreading misinformation.
But it's a matter of public record that the NHS is funded mainly from general taxation supplemented by National Insurance contributions.
Please at least google before spreading misinformation.
On this day in 1941 Nazi Germans burnt down the Great Choral Synagogue in Riga, 🇱🇻 Latvia. This was the beginning of the Holocaust in Latvia, when 70,000 local Jews and 20,000 from abroad were murdered.
🕯️Today is the the official Commemoration Day of Genocide against the Jews in Latvia
🕯️Today is the the official Commemoration Day of Genocide against the Jews in Latvia
July 4, 2023 at 9:58 AM
On this day in 1941 Nazi Germans burnt down the Great Choral Synagogue in Riga, 🇱🇻 Latvia. This was the beginning of the Holocaust in Latvia, when 70,000 local Jews and 20,000 from abroad were murdered.
🕯️Today is the the official Commemoration Day of Genocide against the Jews in Latvia
🕯️Today is the the official Commemoration Day of Genocide against the Jews in Latvia
You haven't been high this whole time? 😳
July 4, 2023 at 5:07 AM
You haven't been high this whole time? 😳
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can we do "what the fuck is he wearing on his feet" instead because those look like if you asked an AI to design footwear
they look like they're imitating what a flip flop looks like when you are in the middle of rolling your ankle
they look like they're imitating what a flip flop looks like when you are in the middle of rolling your ankle
July 4, 2023 at 4:10 AM
can we do "what the fuck is he wearing on his feet" instead because those look like if you asked an AI to design footwear
they look like they're imitating what a flip flop looks like when you are in the middle of rolling your ankle
they look like they're imitating what a flip flop looks like when you are in the middle of rolling your ankle
Me on Twitter vs me on Bluesky
July 4, 2023 at 4:04 AM
Me on Twitter vs me on Bluesky
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Great article explaining how our defenses against social media manipulation re: elections are less robust now than in 2020. Remarkably, after Jan 6, platforms have chosen to back away, rather than double down, on efforts to mitigate the falsehoods that motivated efforts to overturn the election.
After 2020, it appeared the major social platforms were making progress on civic and election integrity, say Bridget Barrett and @dkreiss.bsky.social. Those gains have reversed- now the picture looks more like it did in 2016:
Platforms are Abandoning U.S. Democracy
Tech platforms appear to be taking a laissez faire approach to elections in 2024, as they did in 2016, say Bridget Barrett and Daniel Kreiss.
techpolicy.press
June 30, 2023 at 3:55 PM
Great article explaining how our defenses against social media manipulation re: elections are less robust now than in 2020. Remarkably, after Jan 6, platforms have chosen to back away, rather than double down, on efforts to mitigate the falsehoods that motivated efforts to overturn the election.
This is why the gods have forsaken us.
July 4, 2023 at 2:09 AM
This is why the gods have forsaken us.
Someone made a blacksky custom feed specifically in response to the under-representation of black voices here:
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:w4xbfzo7kqfes5zb7r6qv3rw/feed/blacksky
Worth checking out at least? Anyway, have a good one!
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:w4xbfzo7kqfes5zb7r6qv3rw/feed/blacksky
Worth checking out at least? Anyway, have a good one!
July 3, 2023 at 7:54 PM
Someone made a blacksky custom feed specifically in response to the under-representation of black voices here:
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:w4xbfzo7kqfes5zb7r6qv3rw/feed/blacksky
Worth checking out at least? Anyway, have a good one!
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:w4xbfzo7kqfes5zb7r6qv3rw/feed/blacksky
Worth checking out at least? Anyway, have a good one!
The internet is a very silly place.
July 3, 2023 at 5:14 PM
The internet is a very silly place.
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I remember in the 1990s when people were like "I can't wait for EVERYONE to be on the internet! It will be great!"
lol, lmao
lol, lmao
July 3, 2023 at 3:35 PM
I remember in the 1990s when people were like "I can't wait for EVERYONE to be on the internet! It will be great!"
lol, lmao
lol, lmao
Exactly 87 days ago I was lucky enough to get to marry the love of my life. I'm a very very lucky man 😊
July 3, 2023 at 4:44 PM
Exactly 87 days ago I was lucky enough to get to marry the love of my life. I'm a very very lucky man 😊
Well with all the joy you've brought to the bird platform, and now the skyline? I'm going to go ahead and say you're a whole lot more than simply "all right"!!
Happy Disability Pride Month mate!! 😊
Happy Disability Pride Month mate!! 😊
July 3, 2023 at 4:36 PM
Well with all the joy you've brought to the bird platform, and now the skyline? I'm going to go ahead and say you're a whole lot more than simply "all right"!!
Happy Disability Pride Month mate!! 😊
Happy Disability Pride Month mate!! 😊
Regret NOTHING!! I'm almost 45 and I can tell you right now that my thirties were fucking great!
Happy Birthday, I hope it brings you everything you could have hoped for!
Happy Birthday, I hope it brings you everything you could have hoped for!
July 3, 2023 at 4:32 PM
Regret NOTHING!! I'm almost 45 and I can tell you right now that my thirties were fucking great!
Happy Birthday, I hope it brings you everything you could have hoped for!
Happy Birthday, I hope it brings you everything you could have hoped for!
It's such a wonderful country, and so many of its people, especially young people are hungry for a European future. But the opposition parties are such a mess they've made it too easy for GD to weaken their institutions & limit their future to being just second rate servants in the Russian world.
July 3, 2023 at 4:23 PM
It's such a wonderful country, and so many of its people, especially young people are hungry for a European future. But the opposition parties are such a mess they've made it too easy for GD to weaken their institutions & limit their future to being just second rate servants in the Russian world.