G. Rockett
@gagrock88.bsky.social
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Reminder: Zelenskyy refused to leave Kyiv as bombs fell. Donold hid in a bunker from protesters with cardboard signs.
February 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Reminder: Zelenskyy refused to leave Kyiv as bombs fell. Donold hid in a bunker from protesters with cardboard signs.
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Hitler, who I do not support, never would have embraced genocide, which I also do not support, if the Weimar shitlibs hadn't tried so hard to deplatform him.
by Glenn Greenwald
by Glenn Greenwald
February 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Hitler, who I do not support, never would have embraced genocide, which I also do not support, if the Weimar shitlibs hadn't tried so hard to deplatform him.
by Glenn Greenwald
by Glenn Greenwald
@thegatesofmel.bsky.social hope you kept your snow gear from your time up north! Saw you all had 4in of snow by the airport!🫨
January 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
@thegatesofmel.bsky.social hope you kept your snow gear from your time up north! Saw you all had 4in of snow by the airport!🫨
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The folks who are working around the clock to take away our rights have understood the important of local power for decades. Theocratic fascist Ralph Reed said, “I would rather have a thousand school board members than one president and no school board members" back in 1996, for instance.
January 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The folks who are working around the clock to take away our rights have understood the important of local power for decades. Theocratic fascist Ralph Reed said, “I would rather have a thousand school board members than one president and no school board members" back in 1996, for instance.
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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
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Elon Musk: Why isn’t there enough water in California?
Grok (burning through an entire lake to generate an answer): Wokeness
Grok (burning through an entire lake to generate an answer): Wokeness
January 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Elon Musk: Why isn’t there enough water in California?
Grok (burning through an entire lake to generate an answer): Wokeness
Grok (burning through an entire lake to generate an answer): Wokeness
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We can tell ourselves/each other that every account asking for help in & from Gaza is a scam— & honestly some Might be— but all that is is a way of trying to tamp down the ontological dread you're feeling at the fact that MANY of these are real people trying anything they can to survive a nightmare.
January 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We can tell ourselves/each other that every account asking for help in & from Gaza is a scam— & honestly some Might be— but all that is is a way of trying to tamp down the ontological dread you're feeling at the fact that MANY of these are real people trying anything they can to survive a nightmare.
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for the potato fears not death
December 31, 2024 at 1:55 PM
for the potato fears not death
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i once asked dave stieb about what it was like pitching with rickey on base and he laughed and let out this big long exasperated sigh. i think he knows a little bit more about baseball than phil does
December 27, 2024 at 2:23 PM
i once asked dave stieb about what it was like pitching with rickey on base and he laughed and let out this big long exasperated sigh. i think he knows a little bit more about baseball than phil does
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Me in 2004, teaching 10th graders: For the love of god don't cite Wikipedia, it's not a reliable source
Me in 2024, to literally anyone in earshot: Good ol' Wikipedia, the only thing the internet hasn't fucked up yet
Me in 2024, to literally anyone in earshot: Good ol' Wikipedia, the only thing the internet hasn't fucked up yet
December 19, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Me in 2004, teaching 10th graders: For the love of god don't cite Wikipedia, it's not a reliable source
Me in 2024, to literally anyone in earshot: Good ol' Wikipedia, the only thing the internet hasn't fucked up yet
Me in 2024, to literally anyone in earshot: Good ol' Wikipedia, the only thing the internet hasn't fucked up yet
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somewhere out there a tech bro is imagining eyeglasses that stop working if you cancel your subscription
December 19, 2024 at 3:07 AM
somewhere out there a tech bro is imagining eyeglasses that stop working if you cancel your subscription
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The warning about "decivilization" didn't come after any one of a number of school shootings. It didn't come after January 6. It was after a health insurance company CEO's shooting wasn't received with national mourning:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Decivilization May Already Be Under Way
The brazen murder of a CEO in Midtown Manhattan—and the cheering reaction to his execution—amounts to a blinking-and-blaring warning signal for a society that has become already too inured to bloodshe...
www.theatlantic.com
December 11, 2024 at 9:44 PM
The warning about "decivilization" didn't come after any one of a number of school shootings. It didn't come after January 6. It was after a health insurance company CEO's shooting wasn't received with national mourning:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Middlemen are leeches sucking the life out of healthcare, TV, real estate, music, food, tech, publishing, finance, education, and travel. Different industries, same racket.
December 11, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Middlemen are leeches sucking the life out of healthcare, TV, real estate, music, food, tech, publishing, finance, education, and travel. Different industries, same racket.
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Hundreds of thousands of Texas families have waited months for the state to process their Medicaid applications despite a federal requirement to do so in 45 days.
Are you caught in the backlog? Help us report on it.
Are you caught in the backlog? Help us report on it.
Caught in Texas’ Medicaid and Food Stamp Application Backlog? Know Someone Who Is? Help Us Report.
Your stories will help our team identify the root causes of the issues and do journalism in the public interest.
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December 4, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Hundreds of thousands of Texas families have waited months for the state to process their Medicaid applications despite a federal requirement to do so in 45 days.
Are you caught in the backlog? Help us report on it.
Are you caught in the backlog? Help us report on it.
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I think about this quote a lot
December 5, 2024 at 4:28 AM
I think about this quote a lot
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Shows how easy it is to game the idea “open debate and dialogue” as a societal duty
If you’re interested in blocking a ton of bots quickly just search for the phrase “I strongly disagree” and click on the user — if they just joined, have one “I’m happy to be here” post and a ton of “I strongly disagree” replies (along with similar “I’m concerned…” ones) congrats, you’ve found one!
So if you're trying to identify bots on here, you can see this kind of response. It takes an argumentative tone in every reply in order to start a "conversation" I guess. I'm not sure of the end game. Maybe, like @rahaeli.bsky.social writes about, just to build followers to then sell the account.
December 5, 2024 at 4:23 AM
Shows how easy it is to game the idea “open debate and dialogue” as a societal duty
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Here’s the most charitable reading I can offer:
The tech barons behaved as though they were atop a social hierarchy, and expected mass adoration for their generosity+forgiveness for mistakes.
Instead, Elizabeth Warren, Lina Khan et al treated them like the heads of *massive corporations.*
The tech barons behaved as though they were atop a social hierarchy, and expected mass adoration for their generosity+forgiveness for mistakes.
Instead, Elizabeth Warren, Lina Khan et al treated them like the heads of *massive corporations.*
November 30, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Here’s the most charitable reading I can offer:
The tech barons behaved as though they were atop a social hierarchy, and expected mass adoration for their generosity+forgiveness for mistakes.
Instead, Elizabeth Warren, Lina Khan et al treated them like the heads of *massive corporations.*
The tech barons behaved as though they were atop a social hierarchy, and expected mass adoration for their generosity+forgiveness for mistakes.
Instead, Elizabeth Warren, Lina Khan et al treated them like the heads of *massive corporations.*
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funny thing about this is that back when conservatives were whining about “woke capital” a few of us were making the point that “woke capital” is still capital and it will change its tune soon enough
Corporate America Launches Unorthodox Campaign to Gain Trump’s Attention
Companies are looking at scrubbing left-leaning policies from their websites and scoping out appearances on conservative podcasts.
www.wsj.com
November 30, 2024 at 3:46 PM
funny thing about this is that back when conservatives were whining about “woke capital” a few of us were making the point that “woke capital” is still capital and it will change its tune soon enough
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A favorite morning love poem by @taraskurtu.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 3:15 PM
A favorite morning love poem by @taraskurtu.bsky.social
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Repeating my helpful little mnemonic song from Twitter:
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
If you can't get there without him
And you don't know much about him
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
If you can't get there without him
And you don't know much about him
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
after another long day of browsing old court documents, i just want to remind everyone that if a stranger agrees to do something illegal with you and they keep asking you to say out loud what the illegal plan is, that’s because the officer is recording you.
November 23, 2024 at 5:37 AM
Repeating my helpful little mnemonic song from Twitter:
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
If you can't get there without him
And you don't know much about him
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
If you can't get there without him
And you don't know much about him
If he'll drive you to the criming, he's a Fed 👏👏
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what’s stunning to me is the reaction from rightwingers experiencing actual moderation on bsky. they don’t seem to realize how aggressively extreme their own rhetoric has gotten. these are like, facebook grampas posting memes that a decade ago you’d only find in the nazi edgelord parts of 4chan.
November 23, 2024 at 5:39 AM
what’s stunning to me is the reaction from rightwingers experiencing actual moderation on bsky. they don’t seem to realize how aggressively extreme their own rhetoric has gotten. these are like, facebook grampas posting memes that a decade ago you’d only find in the nazi edgelord parts of 4chan.