RestlessAlbatross
@restlessalbatross.bsky.social
Fiercely liberal, unabashedly nerdy. Cantankerous, mouthy, and defiant. Too many pets (as if!). LGBTQ+ ally and safe space. Fuck intolerance!
"Your life is yours alone.
Rise up and live it."
Just a big bird, hello. No relation to Creepy Dave. Okay, BYE.
"Your life is yours alone.
Rise up and live it."
Just a big bird, hello. No relation to Creepy Dave. Okay, BYE.
Pinned
Been awhile since a did a #promosky. My interests:
Video games:
Witcher 3
Hollow Knight
Zelda
Elder Scrolls
Sekiro
Rogue-likes
RPGs
Anime:
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Ghost In the Shell
Hunter x Hunter
Fate/Zero
Ghibli
Also:
D&D
Tabletop games
Sci-fi / Fantasy
Horror movies
Wanna be mutuals? 😊
Video games:
Witcher 3
Hollow Knight
Zelda
Elder Scrolls
Sekiro
Rogue-likes
RPGs
Anime:
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Ghost In the Shell
Hunter x Hunter
Fate/Zero
Ghibli
Also:
D&D
Tabletop games
Sci-fi / Fantasy
Horror movies
Wanna be mutuals? 😊
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The welfare state we use was designed for an industrial world that ran on horses and steam power. Labour has long changed since then. We should change from a net full of holes to a solid floor.
November 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The welfare state we use was designed for an industrial world that ran on horses and steam power. Labour has long changed since then. We should change from a net full of holes to a solid floor.
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Impeach, convict, remove.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Impeach, convict, remove.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
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We’ve had a huge number of requests for a full transcript of @calvarezaranyos.bsky.social’s speech at the Remove the Regime rally in Washington, DC. It seems to have struck a chord.
While we will post it on the website soon, here is the text as written.
While we will post it on the website soon, here is the text as written.
November 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
We’ve had a huge number of requests for a full transcript of @calvarezaranyos.bsky.social’s speech at the Remove the Regime rally in Washington, DC. It seems to have struck a chord.
While we will post it on the website soon, here is the text as written.
While we will post it on the website soon, here is the text as written.
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Progressives: treating all people fairly is good, helping each other is good, harming others is bad.
Conservatives: anything we do is good, anything they do is bad (even if they're the same thing).
Centrists: they're the same picture.
Conservatives: anything we do is good, anything they do is bad (even if they're the same thing).
Centrists: they're the same picture.
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Progressives: treating all people fairly is good, helping each other is good, harming others is bad.
Conservatives: anything we do is good, anything they do is bad (even if they're the same thing).
Centrists: they're the same picture.
Conservatives: anything we do is good, anything they do is bad (even if they're the same thing).
Centrists: they're the same picture.
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Honestly. Whenever I hear someone claim that Socialism doesn't work, or is somehow worse than the Capitalist system that's choking us to death, I know that I can safely disregard anything else they have to say.
Their voice becomes that of an adult in a Peanuts special, though, which is always fun.
Their voice becomes that of an adult in a Peanuts special, though, which is always fun.
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Honestly. Whenever I hear someone claim that Socialism doesn't work, or is somehow worse than the Capitalist system that's choking us to death, I know that I can safely disregard anything else they have to say.
Their voice becomes that of an adult in a Peanuts special, though, which is always fun.
Their voice becomes that of an adult in a Peanuts special, though, which is always fun.
Satire can no longer compete with reality. The most outlandish things we thought ridiculous 15 years ago have happened tenfold in real life, on repeat, with no consequences. The shit on VEEP and other hyperbolic imaginings now seem completely tame & even sane by comparison. What a fucking country. 😝
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Satire can no longer compete with reality. The most outlandish things we thought ridiculous 15 years ago have happened tenfold in real life, on repeat, with no consequences. The shit on VEEP and other hyperbolic imaginings now seem completely tame & even sane by comparison. What a fucking country. 😝
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BREAKING: Marshall Islands becomes the first country to launch a Universal Basic Income program. Every resident (about 33,000 people) will receive $200 every 3 months. This works out to being about 11% of GDP per capita. If the US did that same percentage, the UBI would be about $770/mo.
Marshall Islands Launches Nationwide Universal Basic Income Program Using Digital Infrastructure
Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands — November 19, 2025. The Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has introduced a nationwide Universal Basic Income (UBI) program, marking the...
www.koreaittimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 AM
BREAKING: Marshall Islands becomes the first country to launch a Universal Basic Income program. Every resident (about 33,000 people) will receive $200 every 3 months. This works out to being about 11% of GDP per capita. If the US did that same percentage, the UBI would be about $770/mo.
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#photography #naturephotography #nature #art #sunset #sky #novascotia #bluesky #clouds #eastcoast #canada #sea #landscape #womenphotographers #photographersofbluesky
November 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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We aren’t built to carry 8 billion people in our heads at all times. If every country had universal basic income, we could focus on our own lives and communities without feeling like someone else’s poverty is our fault for not doing more.
UBI makes care scalable.
UBI makes care scalable.
UBI: The Set-It-and-Forget-It Fix for the Economy
YouTube video by Scott Santens
youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
We aren’t built to carry 8 billion people in our heads at all times. If every country had universal basic income, we could focus on our own lives and communities without feeling like someone else’s poverty is our fault for not doing more.
UBI makes care scalable.
UBI makes care scalable.
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Ffs save me from Good Germans. Sorry folks but it's WAAAAAY beyond time to choose a side. And to recognize that the sidelines don't exist anymore. You, me, him, her, them, *all of us* are a part of this whether you approve or not. And if you disapprove, DO SOMETHING.
November 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Ffs save me from Good Germans. Sorry folks but it's WAAAAAY beyond time to choose a side. And to recognize that the sidelines don't exist anymore. You, me, him, her, them, *all of us* are a part of this whether you approve or not. And if you disapprove, DO SOMETHING.
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❌ A/I can’t replace real skills
❌ A/I can’t stop crime before it happens
❌ A/I can’t have real feelings or thought
❌ A/I isn’t therapy
✅ A/I is hurting the environment
✅ A/I is plagiaring creatives
✅ A/I is moderated by underpaid traumatized workers
✅ A/I can give you psychosis
🚫SAY NO TO GEN A/I🚫
❌ A/I can’t stop crime before it happens
❌ A/I can’t have real feelings or thought
❌ A/I isn’t therapy
✅ A/I is hurting the environment
✅ A/I is plagiaring creatives
✅ A/I is moderated by underpaid traumatized workers
✅ A/I can give you psychosis
🚫SAY NO TO GEN A/I🚫
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
❌ A/I can’t replace real skills
❌ A/I can’t stop crime before it happens
❌ A/I can’t have real feelings or thought
❌ A/I isn’t therapy
✅ A/I is hurting the environment
✅ A/I is plagiaring creatives
✅ A/I is moderated by underpaid traumatized workers
✅ A/I can give you psychosis
🚫SAY NO TO GEN A/I🚫
❌ A/I can’t stop crime before it happens
❌ A/I can’t have real feelings or thought
❌ A/I isn’t therapy
✅ A/I is hurting the environment
✅ A/I is plagiaring creatives
✅ A/I is moderated by underpaid traumatized workers
✅ A/I can give you psychosis
🚫SAY NO TO GEN A/I🚫
If you see this, QTP with a sword.
November 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
If you see this, QTP with a sword.
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Today, members of all parties have the chance to support Budget 2025 — to bet big on Canada, and make the big investments in infrastructure, housing, and major projects that Canadians deserve.
November 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Today, members of all parties have the chance to support Budget 2025 — to bet big on Canada, and make the big investments in infrastructure, housing, and major projects that Canadians deserve.
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We need a drum beat for universal basic income and healthcare that only gets louder and louder. Consider taking a moment each day to post at least one thing about the need for them, or to repost what others have posted. I do this every day. You can use my timeline to save time. To those who do, TY!
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We need a drum beat for universal basic income and healthcare that only gets louder and louder. Consider taking a moment each day to post at least one thing about the need for them, or to repost what others have posted. I do this every day. You can use my timeline to save time. To those who do, TY!
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“Hey Megyn Kelly, I'm Eloise & I'm 14y”
“kids my age aren't supposed to be the ones correcting you. We're not supposed to be the moral compass in a room full of adults who should have known better. But here we are“
”You're protecting the predator! & you shouldn't need a freshman to tell you that.”
“kids my age aren't supposed to be the ones correcting you. We're not supposed to be the moral compass in a room full of adults who should have known better. But here we are“
”You're protecting the predator! & you shouldn't need a freshman to tell you that.”
November 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
“Hey Megyn Kelly, I'm Eloise & I'm 14y”
“kids my age aren't supposed to be the ones correcting you. We're not supposed to be the moral compass in a room full of adults who should have known better. But here we are“
”You're protecting the predator! & you shouldn't need a freshman to tell you that.”
“kids my age aren't supposed to be the ones correcting you. We're not supposed to be the moral compass in a room full of adults who should have known better. But here we are“
”You're protecting the predator! & you shouldn't need a freshman to tell you that.”
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Hi. It's me. I'm here to gently ask if you've been giving yourself grace? Patience? Self-care?
You've got this. You are enough, and you deserve all the good things.
You've got this. You are enough, and you deserve all the good things.
November 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Hi. It's me. I'm here to gently ask if you've been giving yourself grace? Patience? Self-care?
You've got this. You are enough, and you deserve all the good things.
You've got this. You are enough, and you deserve all the good things.
Can we have a setting to filter out all lazy quote posts? A single word or emoji (looking at you, finger pointing down and bullseye) are not additive. Just repost the OG instead of quote posting.
Gonna start muting these accounts that QPT everything to make sure their own name is plastered on it. 😝
Gonna start muting these accounts that QPT everything to make sure their own name is plastered on it. 😝
November 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Can we have a setting to filter out all lazy quote posts? A single word or emoji (looking at you, finger pointing down and bullseye) are not additive. Just repost the OG instead of quote posting.
Gonna start muting these accounts that QPT everything to make sure their own name is plastered on it. 😝
Gonna start muting these accounts that QPT everything to make sure their own name is plastered on it. 😝
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"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Tax cuts are not what motivates investors or entrepreneurs, they’re not what creates jobs, and they undermine the things that do: broad economic stability and strong consumer demand... [Universal Basic Income] creates reliable consumer demand beyond subsistence spending."
Canada should do UBI.
Canada should do UBI.
Why Canada's proposed corporate tax relief is not the answer - Basic Income Is.
www.thestar.com/business/opi...
www.thestar.com/business/opi...
Why Canada’s proposed corporate tax relief is not the answer
Tax cuts are not what motivates investors or entrepreneurs, they’re not what creates jobs, and they undermine the things that do.
www.thestar.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"Tax cuts are not what motivates investors or entrepreneurs, they’re not what creates jobs, and they undermine the things that do: broad economic stability and strong consumer demand... [Universal Basic Income] creates reliable consumer demand beyond subsistence spending."
Canada should do UBI.
Canada should do UBI.
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.