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the markets have essentially become a gauge for how much corruption the government in power is going to let the business class get away with

@hausofdecline.bsky.social has been preparing us for this moment

But when we crave power over life—endless wealth, unassailable safety, immortality—then desire becomes greed. And if knowledge allies itself to that greed, then comes evil. Then the balance of the world is swayed, and ruin weighs heavy in the scale.

Particularly fond of the ol’ Tiger Prawns…

Hey so this is treason, right? I don't think the state should have access to the death penalty, but while it does it's getting harder and harder every day to argue that we shouldn't just kill these guys immediately when we have the chance. It's just the legally correct thing to do at this point.

the democrats can't win because the democrats can't admit they've lost

Less than 2000 people have signed this petition to stop the trophy hunt of Bears by luring them with bacon grease and donuts due on Nature Preserves (Preserves! Not even just National Parks. PRESERVES.) You can thank Trump. Please share. Please show you care. SAVE THE BEARS!!! 🐻

again: if you watch the new harry potter, I will think less of you. Not telling you that you can't, just telling you that I will think less of you.

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Enshrined reproductive rights Raised the minimum wage to $15/hr Launched the bipartisan Rebuild Illinois Passed a nation-leading climate plan Guaranteed paid leave Cut taxes for families I promised to get big things done for Illinois, and that's exactly what we're doing.

new tingler 'NOT POUNDED BY THE SENTIENT TESLO FLYING CAR BECAUSE IT’S OBVIOUSLY FAKE BUT I’M SURE PEOPLE WHO THINK THE PIRATES AT THEME PARKS ARE REAL AND BIRTHDAY PARTY MAGICIANS ARE ACTUAL WIZARDS ARE PUMPED.' out now here www.amazon.com/dp/B0HNHXRGJ2/ and patreon www.patreon.com/chucktingle/...

anyway, I think we can all agree Portland, Oregon caused Pearl Harbor

theres this idea in the media that if netanyahu loses his election that israel is going to become acceptable to support again, as he is singularly the problem. but if you look into the election you find out every single opposition party is casting him as "too weak on palestine"

In the first of a two part series, @jamesstout.bsky.social travels to Lochiel, Arizona, to interview land defenders occupying a historic cottonwood in order to prevent the tree being destroyed as part of a two layer border wall being built through the region.  www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...

With apologies for my incredibly lazy image editing:

Babe, wake up. Another item to watch for and ban from your space just dropped. #oursky

dear cis people: if you think you're good, and you know anything about history. how would you act during the AIDS crisis?would you be upset that some faggot was rude to you because his boyfriend was dying and you ignored him? because you were afraid acknowledging him would infect you? i see you.

Can’t make the intergenerational compact work with declining birthrates and seniors going fully antisocial.

there is nothing more beautiful than seeing a trans woman shed the dread and fucking Be and they want to kill us. because they're weird apocalyptic freaks who think that doomsday is inevitable  fuck them, blow a trans girl. you're worth the honor

IF YOU DONT UNDERSTAND THAT ALL OF THE PUSH FOR TRANSPHOBIA IS JUST CODED RACISM I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH YOU

This week a white nationalist tried to assassinate a member of Congress and you probably didn’t even hear about it—and a reminder that being an elementary school student in the US is more deadly than being an ICE officer: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/three-shoo...

The LAPD marched on journalists after they captured footage of them arresting an injured protestor outside of an ICE concentration camp on No Kings: Vote Early. I’m 50501’s National Press Coordinator, & even I can tell you: LAPD is collaborating with ICE & it’s because Mayor Karen Bass lets them.

If the Dems really got behind this man, he could be president and he could achieve great things.

you can be mad at the fact that trans people are vocally abstaining from voting, but you need to direct that anger appropriately

Stfu @bsky.app

Ludacris' name is actually short for "Ludonarrative Crissonance"

The Superman No Smoking Ad, but I lost the audio track and dubbed it from memory

In the interest of balance, I just heard Kolbe apologise for 'snapping' at this person yesterday. She pulled them aside just now with the tribunal breaking for lunch.

My report on the above:

Lots of SERIOUS news on the site this week but here's a neat thing! The physical edition of Peak will include a disc and a 'buddy code' that can be gifted to a friend. I haven't seen something like this before, and given Peak is inherently social I reckon it'll be a super effective marketing beat.

"if people would just vote for the lesser evil-"

Also, like- A metaphor that stuck with me from a previous job is "pigs and chickens". When you(general) sit down to your breakfast of ham and eggs, the chicken is involved in the process, but the pig is committed. A lot of people advocating "the lesser evil" are chickens telling pigs how to vote.

Her "immigration status" is that she's been a US citizen longer than either Melania Trump or Elon Musk. The Democrats SHOULD use this opportunity for 100% solidarity with one of their own, and throw the fucking kitchen sink at Trump and his Republicans. I doubt they will but would LOVE to be wrong.

wth NPR got good merch

Everyone's rightfully posting the "gay sophisticate" Daffy comic panel, but I personally think this one takes the cake

The men destroying the planet will never be held accountable under this system. This system exists to defend those kinds of men.

denaturalization and deportation are inherently illegitimate powers that the state should not have

Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?