Brazilians recommending not to amplify right-wing talking points by dunking and quoting, as a winning strategy
Next day, my tl is full of people dunking on rfk jr
I literally would not have seen the bigotry if it wasn't for y'all repeating it. That's exactly what the Brazilians were on about!
the contrast between seeing US democrats fall over themselves to embrace idiot transphobia all year and tonight seeing footage of the president embracing my (trans) congresswoman, Erika Hilton, at the election night party
I think what it has taken people a long time to realize is that the fascist idiot screaming on a street corner and the New York Times columnist are not independent phenomena but rather different endpoints of the same media ecosystem, which Capital operates diffusely as a messaging system.
I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.
I hope every American fan of Bolsonaro is eating a big bowl of shit this morning. Chow down, you fucking quisling worms, you still have time to get used to the taste.
Imagine being a fan of a fascist… In a different fucking country. He’s not even fucking up your own country. Honestly, that’s more pathetic than my anglophile grandfather giving a shit about England’s royalty. Real loser behavior.
I think people intuitively understand that democratic candidates tossing trans kids to the wolves is not only morally repugnant but also politically ineffective, otherwise they wouldn't freak out every time someone said they weren't voting for a democrat who did this
Anti-trans Democrats are spreading poison when we can least afford it, during elections in this ongoing fascist takeover.
As a strategy, it’s a recipe for failure. As a moral stand, it’s reprehensible.
PS I’m the father of young trans woman and I’ll never forgive anyone who makes her life harder.
I am gonna need so much blood and smoke if I’m ever gonna feel good about America. There are things that exist that should not exist, and it is our responsibility.
AOC: "What the Trump administration is doing in targeting trans people is to get everyone on board with supporting defunding their own civil rights ... understand that when they attack trans girls in sports, they're also attacking all women's ability to stand up against their abusers"
i wrote a little guide on physical fitness for trans people. i made it free because of how important this stuff is. if you like it, you can become a merritt+ member for only $5 a month, which is a huge help to me www.patreon.com/merrittk/pos...
This wasn't true when Alan Dean Foster was cranking out a stream of bangers and it's not true now. It is fun to play at my house. It is fun to play in someone else's yard.
There is a doofus currently arguing here that no "creative talent" would choose to write tie-ins, and since I just did a panel this weekend on why creative talents choose to write IP, here are a few reasons. Non-financial reasons, for fun and because frankly it usually doesn't pay that well.
Part of the reason that I think this genuinely upsets and terrifies the right is it’s just about the only reason they would ever change their terrible opinions: feeling a consequence personally.
Which is exactly why it’s the correct thing to do. You know where I heard my first racist jokes and slurs? Shitty family. My children are better off without Uncle Dave in their life (PS, eat shit, loser).
And if they were ever redeemable, you may actually get them to engage in a little self-reflection and moral growth! at which time, you can have an adult discussion about reestablishing safe contact. Not you Uncle Dave, though. There’s no hope for you, shitheel.
My youngest stayed up all night finishing Scarewaves by @slimyswampghost.bsky.social and she loved it, but now she’s too tired to do any chores or obligations, she says.
I denounce everything that you like and refuse to denounce all of the bad things. You may bookmark this for the future, this post is legally binding, and accurate.
El-Sayed gave essentially a perfect response that I don’t think could be improved upon, and it didn’t change Tommy or anyone of his ilk’s mind, because each nasty milquetoast is committed to the most cowardly path towards what they hope is eventual genocide. A few public drubbings won’t change that.
I like the guy a lot. I hope he gets elected, and inspires other people. Every person in Tommy’s orbit who makes eye contact with him without spitting at him is a collaborator. If you don’t have zero tolerance for monsters, you are fucking up.
I denounce everything that you like and refuse to denounce all of the bad things. You may bookmark this for the future, this post is legally binding, and accurate.
SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.
At no point did I think this was possible, but I was not about to interrupt all the joy of people who believed that they were getting 48 hours of slur-free Internet.
The Scary Movie franchise was always a nonstarter to me because it started off parodying Scream, itself a loving parody of horror films. You can’t divide by zero. That’s too far. You’re just looking at your navel now.
Young teenagers are less likely to identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual than a few years ago, according to a new analysis.
“It really does look like a free fall,” Jean Twenge, a professor of psychology, said. “But what’s causing it is unclear.”
This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work.
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I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters.
The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets.
Finally got the chance to spend time reading and WOW. This is a sprawling gothic small town horror that feels like an immense epic that still moves light and quick from thread to nasty thread. An elegant sweaty nightmare told in a wide variety of styles, including spot on very modern epistolaries.
Please put your wriggliest appendages together for @endwellian.bsky.social's OLYOKE, out today!
A Dollywood-style theme park, generations of troubled families, mysterious plagues, and the prophecies of a dead architect turned cult leader.
Many destinies converge in Olyoke. None escape unchanged.