In case you’ve forgotten how we used to treat this sort of thing…

There would be bipartisan calls for investigations

Impeachment would be a foregone conclusion

Several people would’ve resigned or been fired by end of day

Back when responsible adults were in charge, not this insane clown posse

“Hallo Amerikaanse wetenschappers, wil je ook naar onze kapotbezuinigde universiteit komen waar het sinds afgelopen jaar verboden is om Engels te spreken?” 👉👈🥺

Not even six hours apart.

When you don’t understand how anything works, everything is a conspiracy.

The right stayed a steady and consistent course for over 40 years to get to this point.
One thing the left has to let go of is the romanticized idea of how change happens.

My solution sounds harsh, but it's the only way I've found to maintain my sanity.

I no longer assume good faith. If someone comes along with what appears to be disruptive nonsense, I assume it is disruptive intentionally, and ban/block them immediately. I don't owe anyone my time and energy.

I kid you not, @itch.io has been taken down by Funko of "Funko Pop" because they use some trash "AI Powered" Brand Protection Software called Brand Shield that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain

Huge win from @franzanth.bsky.social creating a Content Scraper Blocklist: bsky.app/profile/cont...

It's a blocklist for the kinds of engagement bait accounts that repost stolen content, often with misleading captions.