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Ben Cates @bencates.bsky.social · 9h

That means that in order to durably expand your empathy in any real way you have to put up some internal roadblocks against indulging in cruelty *even when that cruelty is objectively harmless*. You kind of have to be a bit of a joyless scold here because that's one of only two stable equilibria.

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Ben Cates @bencates.bsky.social · 9h

Something that got almost universally elided from Woke v1 is that being cruel is viscerally rewarding. It feels really good in a pre-rational sort of way. And, paired with the hedonic treadmill, the natural tendency is for any "safe" outlet for cruelty to erode whatever borders we place around it.

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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 10h

I like arguing with people, which isn’t necessarily a great trait, but I despise being cruel to people for fun, and that legitimately does put me ahead of the majority of high propensity posters on this sitev

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Jonatan Hildén @jhilden.bsky.social · 5h

"I don’t want to die on this hill. I think this is hill is dumb. I don’t even want to be on this hill. I don’t think this hill should exist. I have just found it impossible to ignore."

this is a very widely applicable sentiment

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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 6h

i set up an extra blog to dump my trash in. anyway this may prevent me from further engaging on this subject

gyges-blog.ghost.io/robot-slur-d...

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 14h

I don’t think he serves a full term. He is visibly deteriorating, the Epstein shit isn’t going away, the economy is in the shitter *before* the AI bubble bursts, he’s surrounded by schemers and incompetents, and the best card he’s got is “ain’t it weird the starfish owns a few modest skirts?“

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 12h

If you encounter someone who doesn’t think this video is fighting back and worthy of some amount of praise and amplification, there is nothing that the Democrats can say or do to change their mind. They don’t care about democracy they care about destroying it.

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 13h

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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Djinn & Tonic 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 8h

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Painting of the First Minnesota at Gettysburg, as they begin to charge against an opposing line of Confederates. The text, in various 19th century wood type, with a pastel gradient overlay: "THEY DO NOT BREAK US / THEY BREAK UPON US"

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 14h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 11h

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 23h

I encourage you to push this talking point, buddy

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 23h

US House Speaker Johnson: Some legal analysts don't believe in shutdown backpay.

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Cai @annenotation.bsky.social · 9h

It's because a lot of the people his age who are online thought that it was cheesy and hokey to try to succeed the way that he did, so the fact that he achieved his goals and they didn't achieve theirs is absolutely infuriating to them.

Sasho Todorov @sashotodorov.bsky.social · 2d

IMO a lot of the Buttigieg hatred is that he is of the same age and from the exact same cultural milieu (down to being in the same graduating classes from the same schools) as a lot of the poasting verse, so his success over time is bitterly resented by his former classmates.

Kathryn BrightBOO! 👻 @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 2d

I'm convinced a significant portion of Pete Buttigieg criticism isn't actually criticism of his ideas, it's people projecting homophobic ideas about gay men being feminine and therefore weak onto him.

There are things to criticize, but instead they're inventing a version of him who doesn't exist.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

I know we're all used to the president talking like Livia Soprano all the time, but this is a goddamn outrage

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

“.. we’re going to take care of our people,” Trump added. “There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of. And we’ll take care of them in a different way.”

@thehill.com
thehill.com/homenews/adm...

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 10h

he literally can only think of things in terms of photo ops

Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 11h

Pete is out here playing Operator. We do not have a SECDEF.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 7h

we are going to beat these people, eventually, and we are going to make a better world out of it.

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 7h

i love this fucking city, i have been here ten years and if i am lucky, i will get at least another ten or twenty, but, today, this city made a fucking fool of the entire department of homeland security.

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 8h

lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.

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mallow @bajablastenjoyer.bsky.social · 7h

real "last of our kind after our home planet got destroyed" hours lately im ngl

ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 19h

I think that people who experienced the Internet Before have to act as monks preserving the illuminated manuscripts until something better eventually emerges

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damned soul-o-man @dansolomon.com · 8h

i’ve wondered whether the traditional tactic of peaceful resistance to shock the conscience of observers who see nonviolence met with force is still possible in a media environment where only novelty can get the attention of the people you need to be shocked, and portland seems to have an answer

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 10h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 7h

not as much new as the insomnia from 2020 came back with a vengeance but yeah..

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 7h

THEY BREAK UPON US

Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 7h

Battle of Portland goes to the home team

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 7h

we are going to win

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 7h

i love this fucking city, i have been here ten years and if i am lucky, i will get at least another ten or twenty, but, today, this city made a fucking fool of the entire department of homeland security.

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 8h

lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 10h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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joyeux noel @aiyaruk.bsky.social · 19h

i take heart in knowing that there will still be unhinged fanfiction lovingly crafted by middle-aged women for my perusal

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 19h

I'm not dooming, by the way. There's nothing defeatist about the above.

I'm just evaluating all the factors and trends at play and I can see an unprecedented change coming. I'm trying to figure out how to prepare for it.

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 19h

Maybe I'm wrong. I hope I'm wrong. But it certainly feels like we're in the final days of the internet as we know it.

A year from now, we're logging on to a dramatically different and much worse information environment. It's a haunting feeling.

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joyeux noel @aiyaruk.bsky.social · 19h

one of my tumblr mutuals cross-stitches her favorite posts and i feel like we're just a few steps away from a bayeux tapestry of the 00-10's

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