Cai : go see DIGGER

Exactly, we have to be aware of the fact that some of these things are orthogonal to the left-right axis. It has to be called out in every single part of the political spectrum, all of which contain an aspect of it.

Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social

I've said for many years that there isn't really "right wing" and "left wing" antisemitism, at least not really. It's all one river, and they all use the same tropes and stereotypes and adopt each other's terms, and people on the left saying it empowers antisemites on the right and vice versa

It's like how MAHA (which is antisemitic) and "parent's rights" concerns have different faces depending on the direction from which they're approached but that's because they're a distinct Thing.

Oh my God, I just found out that Caesars entertainment is going to let Nevada residents park for free at their casinos… You mean the casinos don't fucking have free parking anymore??? Lmao????

Charging for parking in Nevada is a joke to start. And so they can start to spend money at your casino? Hello?

I know everybody likes to beat this to death, but it's not just that Las Vegas sucks now, it's that all of Las Vegas sucks in such a stupid way. Like you really had to squeeze some extra money out of the fucking parking?

The thing is, at least a lot of these organizations should be nonprofits, and I don't know why that wasn't the first assumption on the path forward for social spaces.

Pride Ott 🦦 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️@hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social

Ngl the craziest part of these sorts of queer businesses is the part where they keep begging for money online. Maybe I’m just a far right neoliberal free marketer but my understanding is businesses get money by selling goods or services

I actually thought it should've been a lot worse. She did all of the stuff that she was found guilty of, and more, and in return she gets to shuffle around a boring place for a lot of years and think about what she did. She got to have kids to put it off.

sarah jeong@sarahjeong.bsky.social

tangentially, i think the nathan fielder doc is interesting in part because of quickly your sense of justice and reality warps around how obviously inhumane the criminal justice system is

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"Wow, this person isn't learning to practice prosocial behavior at all, and they'll keep hurting people over and over. I guess we have to just let her keep doing that forever because trying to control this destructive behavior in any fashion is bad in some way."

x.comJay (@jaybronious) on XWatch how her stare changes midway during this clip. So fucking creepy. #elizabethholmes

This is somebody who has anger problems, and hates other women. x.com/jaybronious/...

So, I'm not in tech. But it really seems like tech is a pretty hard field right now and that a lot of jobs have been lost and a lot of people are looking. Is the H1B thing really coming primarily from above with Republicans like Miller, or from tech/job seekers?

People love getting affinity-frauded, it's like having friends!

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By the way, earlier today, somebody attacked me for being in some way like you. I know. I know. Pretty awful. So awful you should give me five dollars.

They pushed me down. "Bluesky poster!" their voices rang out, kicking me square in the butt. "That's for having opinions about fast food chains and Final Fantasy games!" my god. If only I had $10.

People love getting affinity-frauded, it's like having friends!

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People used to have to sell their fake stories grasping for money in person, but now the beautiful Internet has made it possible to sell a bag of horseshit to 40,000 people at a time! And they LOVE it!

Me, pretending to be an expert on Israeli elections: wah wah wah this bodes wah wah for the wah wah wah wah. Obviously wah wah will wah wah wah

The thing that happened was very good, unless it's very bad, in which case if we get the good outcome, the outcome was good, but if we get the bad outcome, the outcome was bad

huffpost.com‘INSANE!’: Voters Are Done Being Inundated With ‘Pathetic’ Political Texts And MailersWe asked HuffPost readers to tell us about drowning in unwanted campaign messages. You certainly delivered!

A problem here is that they assume at some point that you unsubscribe, so they just create a new one and send you information from that. So if you aren't pretty ruthless about unsubscribing, you will quickly get extremely overwhelmed.

Jen Bendery@jbendery.bsky.social

NEW: We asked readers if they've been drowning in political texts, calls, mailers and TV ads, and to share pics of what they're getting. Hooo boy, did we get responses! Some fumed its been "harassment." Some won't donate to Dem campaigns ever again. www.huffpost.com/entry/voters...

A lot of old people should be able to live in their existing communities where they have ties. But this could be accomplished in some cases by having multiple old people live in the same house, even if they're not related.

sarah jeong@sarahjeong.bsky.social

tangentially, i think the nathan fielder doc is interesting in part because of quickly your sense of justice and reality warps around how obviously inhumane the criminal justice system is

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Her ruthless lack of concern for other people's lives, for human health, for the well-being of others, means that she has to stay in a two star hotel for a few years. How much softer could the penalty for wildly antisocial behavior even be?

And if your argument is that she doesn't seem to be learning anything, fine. Let the penalty be that they shoot her then.

sarah jeong@sarahjeong.bsky.social

tangentially, i think the nathan fielder doc is interesting in part because of quickly your sense of justice and reality warps around how obviously inhumane the criminal justice system is

Her biggest argument was that other people in the prison weren't nice to her and that somebody else had to buy the turkey jerky that she likes for her. Her fake blood test results told people that they had to get abortions because they had cancer.

20h

Everyone's talking about changes to their workplace health plan this year and ha ha yeah everything is SUPER. It's GREAT right now isn't it.

20h

Everyone's so HAPPY because things are so GOOD on this.

The Black man in charge of the league called the police to help him with the disruptive *parents*. They already released the bodycam footage.

MadGreek 🧿@madgreek2024.bsky.social

Have you heard about Nevada Neymar Pierre, a 3-year-old soccer prodigy, has gone viral following a controversial incident where police were called to his youth soccer match and removed the boy because he was playing too good! He scored 40 goals in 5 games! And these asshole parents called 911. WTF!

Any guesses?

That ad by Cenk is so vile that it is pretty goddamn suspicious that it's not being soundly and roundly denounced around here.

You would not tolerate an ad like that about Black people so don't you dare fucking tolerate an ad like that about Jews. Don't even start.

Cai : go see DIGGER reposted

Mezentine

@mezentine.bsky.social

I think we underestimate the appeal of antigambling politics because every problem gambler is surrounded by 3-10 people who are absolutely sick of their shit.

David Brauer@dbrauer.net

Lula won in part by banning online gambling

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we'll always have clown college

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2.2% of homes foreclosed in 2009, at the height of the great recession. I use this number to remind you that changes in even very small percentages can signify very big things.

Okay I tried not to learn about this but oh man that Tamara lady is a craaaazyyyyu wrecker I know the type. Ethan is lame but man, some people are just rabid homewreckers. They love to do it.

readsludge.comMusk-Linked Dark Money Network Funded the Group Behind Cornel West’s Ballot PushPeople Over Party raised $7.7 million in 2024, all of it from the nonprofit behind the Fair Election Fund, which in turn got every dollar from a Musk-funded dark money group.

Nevertheless, he is responsible for taking part. He is responsible for the things that he said as part of taking part. He is responsible for having chosen to do this.

Sludge@sludge.bsky.social

NEW: The group behind Cornel West's 2024 ballot push was wholly funded through Elon Musk's dark money network, according to Sludge's review of tax documents. readsludge.com/2026/10/26/m...

This is a bit of an aside, but I don't particularly like chocolate, and I consider it incredibly indicative if somebody gives me chocolate as a gift because though I don't make a fuss about it, it is something people who know me are aware of. And now it's getting worse apparently!

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Like I'm never going to be offended if somebody does it, but it's always going to feel very generic if they do.

What the hell is going on at Microsoft

A lot of people who are bad friends get really excited by becoming parents because you can be a bad friend to your kids and they just kind of have to put up with it because they can't survive on their own and don't know better

This is not about my parents to be clear.

Cai : go see DIGGER reposted

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Lying about dogs to encourage big-hearted families to adopt challenging dogs (not talking about dangerous dogs here even, just dogs with real challenges) is part of a destabilizing pattern that sees functional people as an infinite well of energy to deal with every other problem.

I'm going to be stupid for a second and say, how can there be a cost-of-living crisis literally everywhere? Where does the money end up going lol and don't just say billionaires because they don't have enough money to account for it.