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Trying to be better. Looking at how to pick apart kyriarchy. Intersectionality = win. Same handle on the Bird Hellsite (old Hellsite posts at @archivingally.bsky.social). He/him/his.
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“Every billionaire is a policy failure” has been a catchcry for ages.
But it’s increasingly clear to me that every billionaire is also a *moral* failure. It’s simply not possible to have reality-warping wealth and maintain any moral compass or sense of ethics.
But it’s increasingly clear to me that every billionaire is also a *moral* failure. It’s simply not possible to have reality-warping wealth and maintain any moral compass or sense of ethics.
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Economist John Kenneth Galbraith didn't live to see the "effective altruism" movement, but he knew the type and read them for filth.
September 18, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Economist John Kenneth Galbraith didn't live to see the "effective altruism" movement, but he knew the type and read them for filth.
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theres Dead Internet Theory and theres "Three Specific Men That Are Actively Making The Internet A Worse Place" theory
NEW: Brown Brothers Media is the most successful media company you've never heard of. For years, its success was fueled by AI, fake writers, and fake reporting.
When we started asking questions, BBM started mass-deleting content. Somehow, what came next was even worse.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
When we started asking questions, BBM started mass-deleting content. Somehow, what came next was even worse.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per Month
Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.
futurism.com
September 17, 2026 at 10:41 PM
theres Dead Internet Theory and theres "Three Specific Men That Are Actively Making The Internet A Worse Place" theory
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The New York Times can't stop telling us how sexy they think fascists are.
Find you someone who loves you like the New York Times loves the sartorial preferences of right-wingers.
September 18, 2026 at 11:34 AM
The New York Times can't stop telling us how sexy they think fascists are.
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“If it’s a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people aill choose the genuine article, every time!” - Harry S Truman
Holy shit.
Marcy Kaptur becomes the latest Dem to release an anti-trans ad, and its worse than all the rest combined.
"I voted WITH Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools, and let me be clear, boys should NOT play in girls sports."
This is getting out of control.
Marcy Kaptur becomes the latest Dem to release an anti-trans ad, and its worse than all the rest combined.
"I voted WITH Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools, and let me be clear, boys should NOT play in girls sports."
This is getting out of control.
September 18, 2026 at 11:38 AM
“If it’s a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people aill choose the genuine article, every time!” - Harry S Truman
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Persuasion fails when we focus our efforts on those least likely to be persuaded, or when we define persuasion as "agreeing with our opponents intellectually in hopes of reciprocation." So often, "persuading fascists" is confused with "being persuaded by fascists." www.the-reframe.com/us-and-them/
Us and Them
Exclusion isn't good for the team. Telling disruptive stories in a fascist locker room.
www.the-reframe.com
September 18, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Persuasion fails when we focus our efforts on those least likely to be persuaded, or when we define persuasion as "agreeing with our opponents intellectually in hopes of reciprocation." So often, "persuading fascists" is confused with "being persuaded by fascists." www.the-reframe.com/us-and-them/
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The only thing they're persuading voters is they'll back down and fold to whatever fascist nonsense Republicans come up with, abandoning the real people affected by it to abuse, terror, deprivation, exclusion, and death.
Holy shit.
Marcy Kaptur becomes the latest Dem to release an anti-trans ad, and its worse than all the rest combined.
"I voted WITH Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools, and let me be clear, boys should NOT play in girls sports."
This is getting out of control.
Marcy Kaptur becomes the latest Dem to release an anti-trans ad, and its worse than all the rest combined.
"I voted WITH Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools, and let me be clear, boys should NOT play in girls sports."
This is getting out of control.
September 18, 2026 at 11:41 AM
The only thing they're persuading voters is they'll back down and fold to whatever fascist nonsense Republicans come up with, abandoning the real people affected by it to abuse, terror, deprivation, exclusion, and death.
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"Your brains stop developing at age 25" was a press misrepresentation of a study. They wanted to see if brains continued to develop after adolescence, so the study was capped at age 25.
A later study with a wider subject pool showed that brains are ALWAYS developing our whole lives.
A later study with a wider subject pool showed that brains are ALWAYS developing our whole lives.
this is why it's my pet peeve fake science fact. It's absolute bs! nothing happens to brains at age 25, they do not "fully mature". you will notice that many societies have an age of majority or coming-of-age or whatever and none of them have ever chosen mid-20s.
Many people seem to be confused on this point.
The GOP is passing/intro'ing bills banning GAC up to & including the age of 25 on the theory that brains don't fully mature til then.
In public they call them bans on "minor" care.
It's a deliberate GOP strategy to make themselves seem less radical.
The GOP is passing/intro'ing bills banning GAC up to & including the age of 25 on the theory that brains don't fully mature til then.
In public they call them bans on "minor" care.
It's a deliberate GOP strategy to make themselves seem less radical.
September 16, 2026 at 10:18 AM
"Your brains stop developing at age 25" was a press misrepresentation of a study. They wanted to see if brains continued to develop after adolescence, so the study was capped at age 25.
A later study with a wider subject pool showed that brains are ALWAYS developing our whole lives.
A later study with a wider subject pool showed that brains are ALWAYS developing our whole lives.
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Firefox literally just doing this right now by announcing this shit...
September 17, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Firefox literally just doing this right now by announcing this shit...
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This is straight out of Handmaids Tale.
A high school trying to force girls to disclose the dates and lengths of their menstrual cycle.
Don’t comply? You lose a grade.
There’s absolutely no reason a school needs this information other than to exert control over our bodies.
A high school trying to force girls to disclose the dates and lengths of their menstrual cycle.
Don’t comply? You lose a grade.
There’s absolutely no reason a school needs this information other than to exert control over our bodies.
September 18, 2026 at 4:37 AM
This is straight out of Handmaids Tale.
A high school trying to force girls to disclose the dates and lengths of their menstrual cycle.
Don’t comply? You lose a grade.
There’s absolutely no reason a school needs this information other than to exert control over our bodies.
A high school trying to force girls to disclose the dates and lengths of their menstrual cycle.
Don’t comply? You lose a grade.
There’s absolutely no reason a school needs this information other than to exert control over our bodies.
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When they mentioned the Elliot-Larsen #civilrights act I knew this was in #Michigan
St. Clair Shores, this is gross. (Though props to the dad here standing up for his daughter)
St. Clair Shores, this is gross. (Though props to the dad here standing up for his daughter)
This is straight out of Handmaids Tale.
A high school trying to force girls to disclose the dates and lengths of their menstrual cycle.
Don’t comply? You lose a grade.
There’s absolutely no reason a school needs this information other than to exert control over our bodies.
A high school trying to force girls to disclose the dates and lengths of their menstrual cycle.
Don’t comply? You lose a grade.
There’s absolutely no reason a school needs this information other than to exert control over our bodies.
September 18, 2026 at 10:04 AM
When they mentioned the Elliot-Larsen #civilrights act I knew this was in #Michigan
St. Clair Shores, this is gross. (Though props to the dad here standing up for his daughter)
St. Clair Shores, this is gross. (Though props to the dad here standing up for his daughter)
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Libraries BUY books. Unlike tech companies wot steal them. Also: PLR! The Public Lending Right scheme meaans authors in the uk and ireland and a few other places get money for each library loan!
If you genuinely believe that libraries negatively impact book sales, I don't even know what to say to you.
September 18, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Libraries BUY books. Unlike tech companies wot steal them. Also: PLR! The Public Lending Right scheme meaans authors in the uk and ireland and a few other places get money for each library loan!
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They literally blocked the Port of Dover and were not only free to leave, but then committed further offences in Portsmouth and outside the Daily Mail the week after with zero consequences.
They have not even seen a glimpse of the law, never mind "the full face"
They have not even seen a glimpse of the law, never mind "the full face"
September 18, 2026 at 8:16 AM
They literally blocked the Port of Dover and were not only free to leave, but then committed further offences in Portsmouth and outside the Daily Mail the week after with zero consequences.
They have not even seen a glimpse of the law, never mind "the full face"
They have not even seen a glimpse of the law, never mind "the full face"
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Find yourself someone who looks at you the way Carrie Fisher looked at future ROBOCOP star Peter Weller during a 1980 Giorgio Armani afterparty
September 18, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Find yourself someone who looks at you the way Carrie Fisher looked at future ROBOCOP star Peter Weller during a 1980 Giorgio Armani afterparty
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Carrie Fisher flirtily stealing Peter Weller's glasses was possibly the sexiest a woman has ever been
September 18, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Carrie Fisher flirtily stealing Peter Weller's glasses was possibly the sexiest a woman has ever been
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Pope Leo’s funniest moments are when he temporarily forgets that he is a global public figure being watched constantly and is simply Bob from Chicago quietly saying “what the fuck” over and over in his head without bothering to keep his face from showing it
“Again with the orbs?” he’s clearly thinking
September 18, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Pope Leo’s funniest moments are when he temporarily forgets that he is a global public figure being watched constantly and is simply Bob from Chicago quietly saying “what the fuck” over and over in his head without bothering to keep his face from showing it
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i hate cops, i hate us immigrations and customs enforcement, i hate terfs, i love trans people, i love immigrants, i love sex workers, protect trans youth, free palestine
September 17, 2026 at 5:49 PM
i hate cops, i hate us immigrations and customs enforcement, i hate terfs, i love trans people, i love immigrants, i love sex workers, protect trans youth, free palestine
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I love Leo’s “the fuck am I supposed to do with THIS?” face.
Pope Leo XIV has been gifted a massive green orb and honestly not now massive green orb
September 18, 2026 at 4:44 AM
I love Leo’s “the fuck am I supposed to do with THIS?” face.
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Black Sails was 4 seasons of gritty violent pirate drama perfection
i beseech you all to go watch
i beseech you all to go watch
September 18, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Black Sails was 4 seasons of gritty violent pirate drama perfection
i beseech you all to go watch
i beseech you all to go watch
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ICYMI, Ken Paxton demanded Adam Hoffman, a lawyer who statutorily raped a boy, be given 29 years, 11 months, and 29 days less jail time than a Texas resident who transported a box of zines that contained constitutionally protected content opposing ICE.
The judge sentenced Hoffman to 60 days instead
The judge sentenced Hoffman to 60 days instead
September 18, 2026 at 4:35 AM
ICYMI, Ken Paxton demanded Adam Hoffman, a lawyer who statutorily raped a boy, be given 29 years, 11 months, and 29 days less jail time than a Texas resident who transported a box of zines that contained constitutionally protected content opposing ICE.
The judge sentenced Hoffman to 60 days instead
The judge sentenced Hoffman to 60 days instead
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the best thing TX lefty voters can do today is:
- holler at Talarico to either get on board or shut the entire fuck up about trans people if he can't whole-heartedly offer support
- make sure everybody knows KEN PAXTON SUCKS
- holler at Talarico to either get on board or shut the entire fuck up about trans people if he can't whole-heartedly offer support
- make sure everybody knows KEN PAXTON SUCKS
September 18, 2026 at 5:16 AM
the best thing TX lefty voters can do today is:
- holler at Talarico to either get on board or shut the entire fuck up about trans people if he can't whole-heartedly offer support
- make sure everybody knows KEN PAXTON SUCKS
- holler at Talarico to either get on board or shut the entire fuck up about trans people if he can't whole-heartedly offer support
- make sure everybody knows KEN PAXTON SUCKS
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Dept of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) program to shrink the federal work force, by paying people not to work, increased administrative leave costs by 435%, costing taxpayers $9.5 billion
“This was the most expensive way imaginable to make government worse"
- Senator Patty @murray.senate.gov
“This was the most expensive way imaginable to make government worse"
- Senator Patty @murray.senate.gov
Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort (Gift Article)
As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Dept of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) program to shrink the federal work force, by paying people not to work, increased administrative leave costs by 435%, costing taxpayers $9.5 billion
“This was the most expensive way imaginable to make government worse"
- Senator Patty @murray.senate.gov
“This was the most expensive way imaginable to make government worse"
- Senator Patty @murray.senate.gov
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We're in the midst of an illegal war that's costing Americans $1 billion a day. Gas is over $4/gallon. AI companies are warning of threats to humanity.
And the President is trying to demolish the Kennedy Center because he can't put his name on it.
Sums up the Trump era.
And the President is trying to demolish the Kennedy Center because he can't put his name on it.
Sums up the Trump era.
Judge says Trump’s board may not demolish Kennedy Center without warning
Rep. Joyce Beatty asked a federal judge to clarify that the center cannot be torn down after images surfaced of the president reviewing what appeared to be a printout related to the institution.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 18, 2026 at 5:15 AM
We're in the midst of an illegal war that's costing Americans $1 billion a day. Gas is over $4/gallon. AI companies are warning of threats to humanity.
And the President is trying to demolish the Kennedy Center because he can't put his name on it.
Sums up the Trump era.
And the President is trying to demolish the Kennedy Center because he can't put his name on it.
Sums up the Trump era.
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We’re in the worst measles outbreak in 35 years, and RFK Jr. tells the anti-vaccine organization he formerly chaired, Children’s Health Defense: “The government is in many ways impervious to science, to facts, to change.”
September 18, 2026 at 3:49 AM
We’re in the worst measles outbreak in 35 years, and RFK Jr. tells the anti-vaccine organization he formerly chaired, Children’s Health Defense: “The government is in many ways impervious to science, to facts, to change.”
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This is mind bogglingly insane and utterly infuriating. Some of the most important academic research today is the social science and history that can help us understand how we got here.
“On Thursday, Mr. Gorton said that “the success of the polio vaccine was a massive medical fraud” and that widespread vaccination was a “public health disaster.” He received a standing ovation…
Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”
Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”
RFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’
The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2026 at 2:30 AM
This is mind bogglingly insane and utterly infuriating. Some of the most important academic research today is the social science and history that can help us understand how we got here.