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I extend my deepest sympathies to trans folks who feel hopeless in the current political climate. It will get better.

I am 100% sure that Trump promised him he would intervene, which is on one hand deeply, deeply disturbing and horrific for democracies everywhere, but on the other hand, lmaooooooooo

“Flávio has given up,” a Bolsonaro family adviser told The Washington Post. “He’s terrified. He is worried his father will die in jail, that he himself will be jailed this week, and that he may have a long prison term ahead”

Like this is not a modern woke take. This is an ancient take echoed through history. He kind of sucks. Dante has him in the eighth circle of Hell. That's like the second to worst one.

It's funny how the Defenders of Western Civilization really want Odysseus to be this heroic patriarchal figure when he is canonically kind of a dirtbag.

Literally the first shot of this "historically accurate" Odyssey movie shows a boat that A) Has no steering oar. B) Is under full sail *and* full rowers while entering a cave, presumably to dock inside.

In case facts still matter

Republicans, they're not like us.

i will never not be annoyed that I graduated with a 3.84 average GPA, .1 below honors student, because A) I chose a teacher who was notoriously tough (he was also the guy who translated ff7, michael baskett) and B) because my disability had me wiped the fuck out so near the end I struggled

When trans creators are subtle, people dismiss the trans subtext as “headcanon.” When trans creators are loud and proud, people call it “obnoxious” and “cringe.” They just don’t want us to be represented in media at all. Because they don’t want us to exist at all.

This is why I hate the “it has to be subtle!!!” Critique of queer media. The fact that we can’t just say what we are or what the character is is so reductive and constraining to so many queer writers. Don’t let cis people dictate how you show you identity. They don’t know what they’re saying.

Chinese mycologists described a new giant fungus named Dianjunus rex whose ancient family lineage dates back to just after the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs. Its upright fruiting bodies can grow up to 20 inches tall and weigh as much as 5 pounds! 🧪 www.frontiersin.org/journals/fun...

the primary purpose of the department of justice now appears to be "repeated embarrassing failures to prosecute jim comey"

Politico wrote up Zohran playing basketball with the uncovering-a-big-scandal tone the same day the NYTimes wrote up "credible allegation that The President of the United States raped a woman" as a political strategy story. Broken media in a nutshell

China’s first AI-generated theatrical feature has flopped, earning just $181,000 in its first weekend. By contrast, the scrappy ‘Niu Lai’ turned its crude animation into a viral attraction, grossing nearly $10 million a couple of months ago. www.cartoonbrew.com/box-office-r...

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I don't care for how this has become almost a joke people throw in along with how he's old and fat and orange rather than a stomach-churning, existentially horrifying thing for a nation to know about its head of state.

I get they're inextricably intertwined but I kind of feel like leaning so much into how he was the longtime best buddy of the world's most notorious sex criminal has given it something of the feel of a political gotcha rather than the important part, which is that the president raped people.

I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

This is how agenda setting and narrative work. Notice how the frame, in graf 4, shifts to "just eight days before Election Day". So instead a focus on the 50-page report, we get 6 grafs w/most of them tying report to Dems trying to win an election. Fascinating stuff! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/u...

Will anyone—anyone at all—ask Trump about the rape allegations published in an official report by the House Judiciary Democrats? Or will he continue to escape accountability for his violence?

A serial rapist was elected twice as President, a fact we don't reckon with nearly enough. Now one of two major political parties has been molded in his image, run for and by violent sexual abusers who hate women.

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

It's really damning. The accusations are numerous and well-supported. But I was really struck by the descriptions of Trump's behavior -- the name dropping, strong-arming, and attempts to buy off silence. His gross rivalry with Epstein. It's all so familiar. It's shit he's been doing his entire life.

"Under Brazilian federal law, all legislators have immunity...To run for President, Bolsonaro decided not to run for his Senate seat. Now, after losing the Presidential election, he no longer has legislative immunity when his Senate term expires in January 2027." Very Special Episode of no amnesty

this dude is absolutely cooked. the haters have never been louder and he’s publicly signaling to them over and over again that he hears them and it’s getting to him lmfao

I think it's beautiful when art effects people so deeply they'll go to these lengths to try to save a particular project, I just wish we had any kind of organized body for creative workers across industries that could funnel this energy into actually supporting the people who created the art

Nithya Raman's campaign just filed this Ethics complaint (w/EXHIBITS!) against Thrive LA, accusing the PAC of spray-painting the floors with "Poop Zone, courtesy of Nithya Raman" w/o disclosure disclaimers, and for AI impersonations of Raman's voice, etc. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

People talk about Bluesky users "being in a bubble" like it's a bad thing but the more I think about it the more I kinda like it? A protective bubble I could deploy for me and my friends sounds great. I wouldn't want to be in it all the time though, maybe if it had a 10 second cooldown and 650 HP?

China is ahead of the West when it comes to AI - there, the bubble has already burst, the stock market has already crashed as investors have realised there's no consumer demand or path to profitability. www.ibtimes.com.au/china-ai-sto...

some deranged lunatic is going to storm an elementary school with an ar15 looking for the schools surgical center and the media is going to pretend we have no idea where they got that idea from

Brazilian man cries as he describes how Flavio Bolsonaro's acceptance of bribery led to a delay in rolling out vaccines in Brazil. His grandmother and great-aunt he says, died as a result of Bolsonaro paydayreport.com/a-brazilian-...

Flávio Bolsonaro had his passport confiscated by the Brazilian fed police as his brother Eduardo told him to flee to the US. He is tied to paramilitary gangs, is being investigated & lost his legislative immunity when he left the Senate to run for president. paydayreport.com/brazilian-fe...

She's not just "a congresswoman", she's the co-author of the biggest brazilian worker rights bill of the decade, if not of the century (it eliminates the possibility of having job positions with 6 work days per week)

i got u

“The mayor’s group usually appears around 10 or 11 p.m., entering discreetly through the loading dock which leads to the gym stairs” 😂😂😂😂😂😂

This article does not discuss one major reason why chocolate in the West got worse - Ghana and Ivory Coast, the two African countries that are the biggest suppliers of cacao globally, got organised and started demanding fair prices for it. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

I HAVE A VGEN SET UP (thank you to my friend @bisectro.bsky.social for giving me a code 🥹). It's barebones with only 30$ paper sketches right now, but once I get a more stable living situation, I will post much more services on here! vgen.co/SilentNeptune

Kevin Hassett: "The affordability crisis is a myth"