Cactusbug

Cactusbug

@cactusbug.bsky.social

late 20s. not cis or straight

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David Roberts
@volts.wtf

Replying to @volts.wtf

Osama bin Laden's great hope for the attack was that the US would overreact -- tear itself apart, destabilize the post-war international order, & sacrifice its moral standing. The Republican Party obliged him, beyond his wildest dreams. (And let him get away!)

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)
@iwriteok.bsky.social

ok but "the future" they are promising is "we destroy your jobs and maybe build a dark god of genocide" so perhaps winning these people back is not the wisest electoral move

CalMatters@calmatters.org

Opinion | Democrats have lost Silicon Valley. Here's what it will take to win it back If Democrats want to become the party of the future again, they need to stop treating the people building the future like political enemies.

cal.newsOpinion | Democrats have lost Silicon Valley. Here's what it will take to win it backIf Democrats want to become the party of the future again, they need to stop treating the people building the future like political enemies.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)
@iwriteok.bsky.social

U.S. soldiers, no one- not even the Iranian government- respects you less than your leaders.

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

The Trump administration is now refusing payouts for US soldiers who died in the US-Israeli war against Iran "because it isn't a war." Libby Klinner, widow of 33-year-old Maj Alex Klinner, says the US Air Force deemed her ineligible for additional benefits following her husband's death because

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Musa Okwonga
@okwonga.bsky.social

The current political moment has shown me how many people go through life frustrated that they don’t have the right state apparatus to indulge their worst urges. They‘re not “left behind”, they’re not “lonely”, they want to hurt other people. And this is their generational opportunity.

Musa Okwonga@okwonga.bsky.social

Was just watching “I’m Still Here”, a film about a family suffering under the Brazilian dictatorship, and one thing not discussed enough about the rise of fascism is: for a lot of people, it’s the perfect chance to unleash hate as a recreational activity. For them, it’s fun.

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Matt Novak
@paleofuture.bsky.social

This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.

SpacePrez@spaceprez.bsky.social

The polls are super bad for Trump so he's definitely going to try to cheat www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...

nytimes.comWhistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before MidtermsA report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)
@iwriteok.bsky.social

this is not where the 1% will go to restart civilization after a nuclear attack they will die, like the rest of us

Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com

This is where the 1% will go to restart civilization after a nuclear attack. But it for me thinking: what if the uber wealthy built these bunkers for more people — and not for nuclear attacks but for the climate crisis that will get us all — instead of trying to leave the planet?

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Qsy
@qsy.bsky.social

Replying to @qsy.bsky.social

If you don't start kids on the logical gymnastic that is understanding how letters interact with each other to form words who are afterward assigned meaning, they're gonna struggle with anything deeper than basic maths.

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