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2026-08-04 18:00:42 GMT

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sorry, i responded before you edited
i'm leaving it up though, you know what i'm saying

2026-08-04 18:00:04 GMT

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concretely:
shitty opinions =
1. bigotry: "what is a woman?" "your skin color is politically problematic," etc
2. disinfo: "vaccines kill," "eu made russia attack ukraine," etc
some other categories
but unfortunately there's also people with differing opinions on extremely emotional topics that do *not* boil down to bigotry and disinfo. and yet people are getting muted and suspended for them. we want to stop that sort of mod/ admin capriciousness

2026-07-14 01:08:53 GMT

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then join us in telling useless assholes to show up in the fucking primaries so we can replace useless liberals with leftists
"no what we should do is wave a magic wand and turn entrenched spineless liberals into leftists, no what we should do is not vote and just whine that liberals exist, no what we should do is make believe the problem is anything except people don't vote, etc" is just a fucking joke

2026-07-13 21:39:20 GMT

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i'm confused
you're saying nonvoters are liberals?
what?

2026-07-13 21:28:37 GMT

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nope
nonvoters presented with a better option go "they aren't perfect" and still don't vote
because their concern isn't bettering our world
their concern is tweaking their smug sense of superiority and entitlement to do nothing but whine, at the expense of us sliding into fascism
they don't care about that
they are fake leftists, just empty whiny losers
avoid this pathetic trap in life
vote and participate to better our world

2026-07-13 21:15:46 GMT

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Mamdani was a choice because the voters fucking showed up and put him on the ballot in the primaries
Bad candidates do not cause nonvoters
Nonvoters cause bad candidates

2026-07-13 20:42:33 GMT

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they tried to push cuomo down our throats and we showed up and got mamdani
if we went "they are trying to push cuomo down our throats, waah waah, life sucks and then you die, waah waah, it's never worth it to get off our ass and vote, waah waah" then we would have cuomo
do you get it?
NONVOTERS ARE THE PROBLEM. the self-fulfilling prophecy of toxic useless whiny stupid cynicism

2026-07-13 19:37:36 GMT

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did you vote in the primaries? that's when the "who" part is decided
we have horrible democrat candidates BECAUSE assholes don't vote

2026-07-13 19:35:53 GMT

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it doesn't matter that shitlibs exist, it matters that certain people do not get off their fucking ass and vote
if we want to change our world, we engage, we participate. if we want to stand on the sidelines and whine that assholes exist in the democrats this is just weak excuse making of ineffectual impotent losers
did that stop mamdani?
mamdani is the way forward: take over the democratic party. so fucking VOTE

2026-07-13 19:10:52 GMT

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if people voted, we could take over the democrats, the mamdani template
if people do not vote, and just whine online, they are helping MAGA in their inaction
that's not trolling, that's simple reality
it does not matter what centrist dems think. fuck them, why do you care about them
just replace them
but we can't replace them, because some people will use any excuse to do nothing, and consider themselves "righteous"

2026-07-13 07:36:16 GMT

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people who say "i want better or i'm not voting" when offered better say "i want even better or i'm not voting"
because their point is holier-than-thou self-regard, not participating constructively
real leftists are in the mud working hard with a sucky payoff
but they put in the fucking work so they eventually get better
that i respect
i don't listen to nor respect entitled whiners who think endless demands and not doing shit is "helping"

2026-07-13 04:52:35 GMT

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that's what mamdani and the DSA are for
but the problem is the people who aren't voting, like the primaries, so no DSA candidate either
so you're talking about people who just whine and complain and don't vote, only helping MAGA win and make things shittier even faster
there is nothing in such losers worth a single fucking thing. they are just entitled useless inert assholes always fucking complaining and doing absolutely nothing about it

2026-07-12 07:02:32 GMT

'I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure'
- Clarence Darrow
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sen-lindsey-graham-dies-71-brief-sudden-illness-rcna552722
#LindseyGraham #USA #Politics

2026-07-08 02:00:58 GMT

In 100 years, what will people remember of our time?
Think back, what stands out
#WWI. #GreatDepression. Of course there's other stories. These stand out
In 100 years, people will not immediately think #COVID. Or #Trump
They will think #Ukraine
Recognize the most stirring story of our time
Ukraine faced down formidable mass murdering ethnofascist madness
And won
"It’s the new reality. There is no major #oilRefinery left in #Russia that has not been struck by Ukraine"
#UkraineWar
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/881/881/997/045/218/original/0fb1b2ee36561b18.mp4

2026-06-29 21:07:14 GMT

'Tis the season
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/835/430/016/170/712/original/56c3770d6fad3459.webp

2026-06-27 20:59:06 GMT

The #WorldCup content you're looking for:
3 players from #Japan's national team vs 100 elementary school kids
😂
The pros won
https://sports.yahoo.com/want-watch-three-japanese-national-teamers-embarrass-100-kids-soccer-course-223935176.html
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/824/073/993/344/461/original/f15231dbaf49cee8.mp4

2026-06-26 21:55:21 GMT

#Military secrets are fiercely guarded for obvious reasons. But also obviously in a #war your enemy gets a lot of exposure to the operating parameters, capabilities, and weaknesses of your #technology. And gets plenty of physical samples
So #Ukraine just open sourced all of #Russia's military secrets 😆
Well not strictly, it's only for allies
And a knock-on effect is it devalues Russian arms sales because potential buyers know it's all exposed
It's called #TrophyLab
#UkraineWar
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/818/630/290/922/687/original/6c95f6685334837c.mp4

2026-06-06 19:48:25 GMT

Contemplation
#NotAI
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2026-06-04 12:37:41 GMT

The New York Stock Exchange recently
#SpaceX #Musk #Grok #Twitter
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/691/862/274/669/452/original/360d93e23e6dead6.jpeg

2026-06-01 19:22:24 GMT

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i think Adrian Riskin is a fine example of what we call fake left
they put all the signifiers on their account of leftism
then they go online and speak in ways that only helps MAGA win
it's possible Adrian does this innocently. from some sort of genuine, but rather cringe, whininess. but that's worse. it shows them to be incoherent and ineffectual
and yes, i am a bully
of MAGA
and those who help MAGA
dear Adrian
i am left. i am not a lib
stop helping MAGA, shitwit

2026-05-31 16:57:44 GMT

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that's a different item
parliamentary and FPTP are different aspects, not in contrast
UK and USA are both FPTP, but in the UK parties can form coalitions. therefore 3rd parties can be a viable alternative
but the USA is not parliamentary, it's a pure presidential system. it's completely winner take all
the USA cannot have stable viable 3rd parties
it's just math
they're always destroyed by the big 2 (until we change our voting system)
i edited

2026-05-23 19:49:40 GMT

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you really really wonder if Dattamatrika understands how entitled and privileged they are, and how ineffectual their hyperbole is. and how it all only helps trump
you really really wonder

2026-05-23 17:13:12 GMT

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so if someone considers themselves on the left, does not vote, spends all of their time attacking people who lean left but not enough according to their holy standards of purity, and rarely attacks MAGA (interesting that, no?)... and thus they help MAGA win
what is your word for such galactic level geniuses exactly?
i know what my word is
fake leftist
maybe a right wing troll cosplaying
do you understand how obvious and weak such idiotic perfectionism is?
it's a psyop

2026-05-11 15:32:01 GMT

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and not voting is simply capitulation to MAGA malice. some people convince themselves they are taking a principled stand by not voting. this is delusional entitlement. to not understand or not admit the stakes and think they have the luxury is some sort of sick mixture of cluelessness and vanity. vanity because they think anyone gives a shit what they think if they don't vote

2026-05-11 14:15:38 GMT

#Tennessee removes it's #black US House district in #Memphis
#MAGA goons celebrate
"It's rigged why vote"
On the contrary people not #voting got us here as much as MAGA
Getting out of this means many things. But voting is a small effort compared to the other efforts so voices against voting are inauthentic or #troll #psyop
#Hungary had as bad or worse manipulations against #democracy, and look what Hungarians delivered
Are you angry? Do you want to fix this?
#Vote
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/tennessee-republicans-pass-new-map-erasing-majority-black-us-house-district-2026-05-07/
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/556/350/894/676/934/original/6389752590de84c9.mp4

2026-05-08 19:16:17 GMT

"They want from #Ukraine a permit to hold their parade, so that they can go out onto the square safely for one hour once a year, and then go on killing our people and waging war...
We have also received messages from some states close to #Russia, saying that their representatives plan to be in #Moscow. An odd desire in these days. We do not recommend it"
This fucking guy
{chef's kiss}
I love #Zelensky
#UkraineWar
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/540/546/323/527/192/original/9abc1c9fcb4628ec.mp4

2026-05-07 18:21:39 GMT

"‘No one has done this in the wild’: study observes #AI replicate itself"
I find this article to be sensationalistic, but I agree there is a reckoning coming
People conjure dramatic scenarios like the movies, but I feel if AI does fuck us up, it will be according to the most boring and mundane of ways
My particular terror is turning all of #socialMedia into a wasteland of exquisite mechanized #psyop for #politics
Until such time, unplugging the damn things can work
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/07/no-one-has-done-this-in-the-wild-study-observes-ai-replicate-itself
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/534/665/389/840/635/original/1d42e990b106bea9.png

2026-05-05 23:23:49 GMT

There are many problems with #USA #democracy
Like the stupid #ElectoralCollege
Gore beat Bush in 2000, Clinton beat Trump in 2016. In the popular vote. The EC erased it
Well here's another reason for you to #vote in the #primaries and the general #election:
The #Democrats, if they win enough in November, can kill the EC
It's been a 20 year effort of states agreeing to void the EC if enough agree: the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
https://www.vox.com/politics/487766/national-popular-vote-interstate-compact-electoral-college
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact

2026-04-17 14:07:20 GMT

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mamdani ran as a democrat
so the third party benefit of rcv, that we both want, is a different topic re mamdani
stop thinking "we need this" "we want that"
think: *how* do we get it
so: we both want ranked choice voting
and?
*how* do we get it
we vote
in the current shitty system, to get a better system
it's not good enough to say "arrest trump!" for example and then... nothing
we need to fucking vote, to get the people that will do that

2026-04-17 12:32:58 GMT

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right but the lesson of mamdani is we have to stop obsessing over centrist corporatist spineless dems and
just. fucking. vote.
that's it
just replace them
stop feeling anger, disgust, revulsion, etc for these cowardly turds in the democratic party
stop feeling *anything at all*
give them *no thought*
why? why are we wasting our time caring about them at all?
just show up in the primaries, and fucking replace them
that's it

2026-04-15 15:05:47 GMT

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bigotry is the enemy of the free exchange of ideas
excluding bigots increases freedom
this may feel alien to you, because you have an invalid view of what a bigot is, and what they do
they poison conversations and harass because someone is a woman, black, gay, trans, muslim, blind, etc. they want to make the targets of their hate have as miserable an experience as possible until they leave the conversation
*that* is the enemy of the marketplace of ideas

2026-04-12 18:25:44 GMT

"Polls close in high-stakes Hungarian #election as #Magyar seeks to oust #Orbán"
🤞🤞🤞
https://tvpworld.com/92591265/hungary-polls-close-as-magyars-tisza-seeks-to-oust-orbn
#Hungary #Magyarország #Europe #EU

2026-03-31 17:26:21 GMT

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and that's on you. because you didn't show up in the primaries to vote him out

2026-03-31 17:23:52 GMT

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a 3rd party divides the left vote and ensures MAGA domination
we need to take over the democrats. i don't like it. it's just the most feasible option
the problem with international observers like yourself is you come from a different voting system
the usa is FPTP
meaning there will only ever be 2 parties (we need RCV to fix that)
it's not corruption, it's math
educate yourself before commenting on the matter next time:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duverger%27s_law

2026-03-31 17:13:48 GMT

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if no one on the left shows up, spineless corporatist dems win, because spineless corporatist dems show up to vote
but what you are saying is you want people you know are rotten to the core to suddenly and magically grow a conscience and resign?
rather than, you know, just getting off your ass and voting them out?
that's the way it works
why would you argue against the only way to remove them, and argue for a behavior which ensures their continuing power?

2026-03-06 14:45:55 GMT

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can you please fuck off with the premature capitulation?
the states control the elections, not trump
we can turn congress to the democrats and freeze trump's agenda this november
but not with all these mindlessly cynical voices like yours acting like trump already won at something he did not win

2026-03-06 06:20:33 GMT

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There's also the oil price issue. Rising oil prices will aid Putin
But I think it's more likely Russia's growing weakness figured into the decision to attack Iran
Armenia, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba, etc... all these countries are/ were allies of Russia that are falling/ fallen partly because Russia is so exhausted in Ukraine and can offer no support
Yes it runs counter to Trump being a stooge of Putin. But Trump is also a stooge of Netanyahu

2026-02-16 00:02:56 GMT

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no
i engage trolls
i bury them in mockery, as a cold calculation
if they they take the bait and reply with actionable content, i report and get the fucker suspended
usually they block me
my block list is tiny
the list of those who have blocked me is huge
i am quite happy with this arrangement
mass murder apologists for iran and genocide apologists for israel are equal pieces of shit in my book. i will fight both such flavors of fuckwit until a rupture

2026-02-05 06:06:41 GMT

Part of the reason for the USA's failure is MAGA but the other big aspect is a left that does not engage the real enemy
Toxic idealism
Spineless capitulation
Mindless cynicism
"Polite society" "high road" cluelessness
And lazy entitlement
Not financial entitlement but this obtuse entitled foolishness that we have the time and space to criticize some aspect of the left according to deranged standards of perfection when we're facing literal fascism
Make MAGA the target of your venom
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/016/503/140/933/725/original/ecc1b6e19afc9545.jpg

2026-01-26 19:50:49 GMT

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you always vote, even if just sabotage/ vandalism
nobody thinks voting is some romantic notion of perfection, except complete fucking morons

2026-01-26 19:37:25 GMT

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oh absolutely
no one thinks you vote, then unicorns and rainbows appear and everyone lives happily ever after
it's just that voting is one of those things you have to do, in a whole toolset of actions, in a much larger struggle
meanwhile, not voting simply because it isn't unicorns and rainbows magic bullet solution is stupid. no one serious thinks it is. it's simply someone's own cognitive failure to not vote based on this false assertion

2026-01-26 19:01:47 GMT

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any student of history sees the pattern of how #fascism operates
what is happening in the #usa now is simple #ignorance of the nature of the new #nazis. we have collectively forgotten
it's #MAGA who support it but will also become its victims
and it's entitled complacent morons who don't #vote
the generation that saw #wwii understands, but they are dying off. in their place are legions of idiots who don't understand what the big deal is
they will learn the hard way

2026-01-26 18:43:03 GMT

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beyond right and wrong, self-interest alone justifies fighting #nazis
people need to understand what #fascism is
it doesn't create anything
it only consumes
it constantly makes new enemies because if it stops consuming, it dies
fascism must always be on the move like a shark or it perishes
so new outgroups to persecute are contrived and eventually you will be in one of them
simple self-preservation:
you must stop fascism now before it gets to you
"doesn't affect me"
oh it will

2026-01-26 07:57:28 GMT

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there is the gall wasp, a parasite of oak trees
it manipulates the oak to make galls, growths that its larvae eat and grow in
but there is a parasite, of this parasite
tiny and trippy looking
its larvae consume the gall wasp larvae, and when it is ready to leave, it manipulates its host to chew almost out of the gall, just the tip of its head exposed, then the parasite of the parasite chews through the head, and emerges
the crypt-keeper wasp
ghoulish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euderus_set
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/960/324/059/724/979/original/b2f1fbf835f8c173.jpg

2026-01-25 17:30:49 GMT

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i took it as absurd humor, it was funny

2026-01-25 05:07:33 GMT

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😂
i'll go ask my wife's permission

2026-01-25 02:50:12 GMT

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stop
you make too much sense
what about "MY FEE FEES, WAAAH. I WANT PERFECT, WAAAH"
🤮

2026-01-25 02:36:35 GMT

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FUCKING
***VOTE***
PEOPLE
this isn't a fucking "with this vote, i thee do wed" purity romance, it's just tactics in a larger war
obviously the democrats suck. but also obviously (or it should be obvious) you don't want fascism
right?
SO FUCKING VOTE
then iterate to better the next round of voting. show up in the primaries to get real left candidates
you keep at it
sustain
iterate
this is the *only way*
sitting it out WILL NOT IMPROVE SHIT

2026-01-24 15:49:38 GMT

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@npub1cj7…fksg @npub18x7…p6e7 @npub1uy5…9aq4 @npub1qud…q43s @npub1faz…vc22 @npub1yyr…lyn2 @npub1prm…4v3u @npub1l26…2ynh @npub1k72…g27v and many more. Just off the top of my head

2026-01-24 15:02:17 GMT

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Some video from yesterday
I don't know how many people. I've seen 50k, 100k, 150k chatted about on social media
Of course the media is only saying "thousands"
Again this is -10 F/ -20 C
#Minneapolis #ICE #ReneeGood
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/950/668/897/889/703/original/d112d2561f029a30.mp4

2026-01-24 14:25:40 GMT

Huge turnout in an anti-#ICE anti-#DHS #protest/ #generalStrike in #Minneapolis #Minnesota yesterday
International observers and even some domestic observers:
You may ask why Americans aren't doing more
And I agree
But much is being done that you don't see because a lot going on is purposefully deemphasized in the #USA #newsmedia
Btw, this was in -10 F (-23 C) weather
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/950/512/722/959/736/original/bf7b1f2360e91a43.jpg

2026-01-22 15:33:49 GMT

@npub1c8j…wng2 :
https://youtu.be/ZmEx7wQI6RY
new meme templates just dropped
😁
("Masters of The Universe – Official Teaser Trailer" just got posted)
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/939/473/135/704/567/original/c47bace030fa2ee9.png

2026-01-22 04:04:52 GMT

What do you see in this picture?
#CaveArt
The cave the #art was found in is well known, containing many depictions, and is on the island of #Sulawesi in #Indonesia
No one paid much attention to these faint hand stencils on a ceiling, there were much more fanciful renderings about. But recently chemical analysis showed that the art is 67,800 years old, about 15,000 years older than any previously known ancient cave art
😲
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09968-y
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/oldest-cave-art-ever-found-discovered-in-indonesia/
#Archaeology #Science
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/936/726/531/134/684/original/11e8bfcdd1426fbf.webp

2026-01-16 13:28:39 GMT

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#AlexKarp's doctoral thesis in social theory from Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany in 2002 was called
"Aggression in der Lebenswelt: Die Erweiterung des Parsonsschen Konzepts der Aggression durch die Beschreibung des Zusammenhangs von Jargon, Aggression und Kultur"
("Aggression in the Lifeworld: The Extension of Parsons' Concept of Aggression by Describing the Connection Between Jargon, Aggression, and Culture")
to combat it, right?
nope
to refine it, become it
#Palantir

2026-01-16 07:22:52 GMT

#AlexKarp, CEO of #Palantir:
"Palantir is here to disrupt and make these various institutions we partner with the very best in the world, and when it's necessary, to scare our enemies, and on occasion, kill them"
Our reality has become a bad #JamesBond movie plot
And why do these #techbros always look like they're on drugs?
#Techbro just gleefully talking murder. And it's presented cheerful and mundane. What a #dystopia we live in
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/903/564/878/466/756/original/383f6a33ee8ff9c4.mp4

2026-01-16 06:58:49 GMT

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reminds me of
"I took out the ring and showed it to [Putin], and he put it on and he goes, 'I can kill someone with this ring,'" Kraft said in 2013. "I put my hand out and he put it in his pocket, and three KGB guys got around him and walked out."
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/heres-how-vladimir-putin-stole-a-super-bowl-ring-from-the-patriots-robert-kraft/

2026-01-16 06:34:15 GMT

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i think i already shared this with you. if i did, ignore me, otherwise:
https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/115435685621447762
#note1u2t…l54u

2026-01-16 03:12:55 GMT

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there is also the problem that everything is doubted now as AI
that's the real insidious effect: not fooling people
but making us doubt everything, even the real

2026-01-14 14:18:14 GMT

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i don't think canadians are ceasing to come because i got on social media and said the usa sucks
i do think canadians are ceasing to come because an orange turd got on social media and threatened to annex them
the question is why the orange turd can do that
and the answer is because enough couldn't be bothered to vote, and enough are ignorants who love bigotry, that he is in power
it's not anything we control anymore
we had control, and we blew it
we better vote next time

2026-01-14 14:08:33 GMT

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yes. that is the reality. elections have consequences. and what let us down is nonvoters and MAGA. it is their fault. we will now suffer, because of them. and there is no way around that. i'm not saying it's good, i'm not saying it is bad. i'm saying it is inevitable

2026-01-14 14:00:40 GMT

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the hefty bag called the reality of living in a country. and yes we are all in it. and there is no alternative. who leads us has consequences, as a whole group
i'm not proposing a path. i'm describing the path we are on
don't shoot the messenger

2026-01-14 13:55:12 GMT

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that's correct
avoid the usa. completely. florida. nevada. wisconsin. everywhere
zero nuance intended. zero nuance required
the country is acting in ways that can not and should not pass without consequence

2026-01-14 11:38:12 GMT

Over the weekend, 17,000 people canceled their #WorldCup tickets
#FIFA is holding an emergency meeting
Maybe they will give Agent Orange another pretty trophy? Maybe bigger, more gold... really sparkly? Will that fix the problem? (/s)
As an American: don't come here
Don't do business with the #USA
Until we clean this shit up. Mainly: we #vote #primaries #primaries2026 and get some real left candidates
https://www.ticketnews.com/2026/01/nearly-17000-fans-cancel-2026-world-cup-tickets-amid-boycott/
#Boycott #BoycottUSA #Soccer #Football #Sports

2026-01-13 02:27:29 GMT

Found Art, also known as Objet Trouvé:
Everyday and mundane materials or content not intended as art, but elevated through the efforts of the artist to art
😂😂😂
Credit:
https://youtube.com/@frenchfuse
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/885/405/839/870/992/original/4490ec75f4676f63.mp4

2026-01-11 21:23:47 GMT

#Minneapolis anti-#ICE protest
If you read her sign and go "yeah, somebody do something"...
You don't get it
If you read her sign and go "yeah, I need to something":
You get it
Her sign is for you
Not some constructed group of people you place all blame and accountability on when various topics of outrage come up in #USA politics and society
Because in reality, that group of people to place all blame and accountability on
Is us
No one is going to save us
We need to save ourselves
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/878/542/169/499/327/original/2a54f7c427d6dfdb.jpeg

2026-01-10 23:19:52 GMT

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thing is, based on how you speak of them, and what you speak of them, they aren't dead: what is best of them lives on in you

2026-01-10 22:10:01 GMT

10 years ago today, #DavidBowie died
This is from a photoshoot the month before, in December 2015, a promo for his musical "Lazarus"
He was 69 years old
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/873/144/849/784/744/original/51ccf42c97ac8b4f.jpg

2026-01-10 19:21:48 GMT

A recent scene in #Iran
Who has the #USA as #fascist #theocracy and Iran as burgeoning #democracy on their 2026 bingo card?
(PS: that flag is the Lion and Sun Flag, the pre-1979 #revolution flag of Iran: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_and_Sun_flag )
EDIT:
because of angry trolls, i have to clarify
this is not the flag of the Shah
this flag also flew for Mohammad Mosaddegh, whom the CIA overthrew to install the Shah. read the Wikipedia link I posted
the flag is pre-Ayatollah, anti-Ayatollah
not pro-Shah
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/872/422/711/692/182/original/85a36e5a607ae282.png

2026-01-09 18:52:15 GMT

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i agree the photos will attract a white male gaze predicated on leering colonist transgression
but if we agree these are authentic iranian women protesting in this way, i choose to see them for what they chose to depict of themselves
the loaded derivative meaning then gets injected into the photos after the women's intentions
i don't know how to solve this problem
maybe iranian women become aware of western gooners, throw up a little in their mouths, and no longer take such photos

2026-01-09 18:30:17 GMT

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so the question is the authenticity of the photos
i would say that the women of Iran want to be seen, and I respect that wish
you would say it's... staged outside iran? in iran but illegitimate iranians in some way?

2026-01-09 18:17:38 GMT

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Oh yes Israel and the USA have designs on Iran
This is the secondary concern
The primary concern is the will of Iranian people
To invert those concerns is to betray the Iranian people because hating the USA and Israel is more important
Nah
Why do that?
Do this:
Fuck Israel
Fuck the USA
And fuck the Iranian regime
It's not hard to say that. There's no contradiction. In fact that is the most principled stand

2026-01-09 15:54:08 GMT

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well yeah, we aren't iranian #women
they are strong, we are weak
they are threatened with death constantly. this is why they fight. i respect them immensely. i respect their wishes to be seen
#JinJiyanAzadî #WomenLifeFreedom #WomensRights #Iran
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/865/942/407/771/662/original/44d7033443060901.jpg

2026-01-09 14:41:25 GMT

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imagine the state of the world if we all had even just 1/10th the tenacity of iranian #women
#JinJiyanAzadî #WomenLifeFreedom #Iran
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/865/668/948/208/062/original/c478414dbcf269b5.jpg

2026-01-09 13:33:33 GMT

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the #basiji are extremely brutal (conservative govt thugs bussed in from rural areas to the cities to crack skulls and murder, like ICE in the USA)
the people of #Iran are putting their lives on the line like us pampered complacent Westerners have no conception of. I like you have nothing but the utmost respect for them
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c394vjz9w1dt
#protests #revolution #JinJiyanAzadî #WomenLifeFreedom

2026-01-09 13:25:38 GMT

The latest round of #protests in #Iran is large, significant and sharp. We shall hope and see if the people of Iran have success this time
Here's a little #socialMedia wrinkle and it is amazing
#Women have been lighting pictures of the #Ayatollah on fire, and lighting cigarettes with it
Burning photos of the supreme leader is a serious offense
Women smoking is restricted
Not a single #hijab to be seen
https://metro.co.uk/2026/01/09/iranian-women-light-cigarettes-burning-photo-supreme-leader-26174696/
#JinJiyanAzadî #WomenLifeFreedom #WomensRights
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/865/330/662/271/153/original/3063047b95c2b57c.webp
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/865/330/651/178/021/original/0a15a5870d77c263.webp
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/865/330/657/213/324/original/df2a2a019a13b3d4.webp
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/865/365/933/945/837/original/3020e13990b2a20d.jpg

2026-01-08 19:13:04 GMT

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✅️
The problem is not that it's obvious, but that so many are fine with it or cheer it

2026-01-08 17:04:15 GMT

"Can I go check a pulse?"
"No" {and to back up}
"I'm a physician"
"I don't care"
{another says that EMS is on the way and that they have their own medics on scene}
"Where are they?" a woman yells
{she is told to relax}
"How can I relax when you just killed my f—ing neighbor?"
#ICE #DHS #Minneapolis #Murder #ReneeNicoleGood
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/860/548/679/286/396/original/7ae589d6d1bcba73.mp4

2026-01-08 09:30:45 GMT

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it really is the only thing the #trump administration will listen to: european boots in #greenland
it's one thing for bigot ignorant #MAGA chuds to thump their chest with #imperialism fantasies
it's quite another thing to confront a loss in american blood to play out their stupid arrogant fantasies

2026-01-08 08:20:47 GMT

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"Since the 1990s, the #US has shut down its own bases in #Greenland. It's not us that have created the situation where their presence has been only up in the Thule airbase. So the United States is solely responsible for this. We haven't done anything against them
…all of us in the #Arctic must be ready for anything. And I'm sure that #Denmark and #Canada are talking to each other very closely. We are in a dangerous, very dangerous, situation right now"
-#AqqalukLynge
#USA #Danmark #Trump
3/3
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/858/494/813/349/085/original/32f2947aa5e36760.jpg

2026-01-08 08:16:15 GMT

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"It's ridiculous for us, from here, to see what's going on. We are not an enemy. We have been friends with the United States for 80 years, at least. What's going on here? If they want anything with #Greenland, why don't they talk to the Danish and Greenlandic governments, instead of using their #socialMedia to do everything? I think we have a very serious problem, and we need #Canada's support"
- #AqqalukLynge
#USA #US #Denmark #Danmark #Trump #Arctic #Inuit
2/3
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/858/480/893/865/630/original/2534284d49dd5aca.jpg

2026-01-08 08:11:29 GMT

While we do #Denmark #Danmark #USA #Greenland #Arctic drama, don't forget the #Inuit, the people who live there
#AqqalukLynge, cofounder of Greenland independence party #InuitAtaqatigiit, loudly reminds the world that his homeland is a free and self-governing territory
"It’s really frustrating for us. What do you do with friends that are no longer friends? I don't know"
Whatever issues the Inuit have with #Copenhagen obviously #US #imperialism is far worse
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/greenland-threats-aqqaluk-lynge-9.7035614
1/3
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/858/413/534/454/064/original/b8d6cbf44888a00e.png

2026-01-08 01:20:40 GMT

"Danish troops told to 'shoot first, ask questions later' if #US invades #Greenland"
No one sane and reasonable has a problem with this stance
#Imperialism goons have a problem with it
But of course, on the measure of sanity and reasonability, I repeat myself
As an American, I say: shoot them
And I know many if not most (sane and reasonable) Americans agree with me
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/danish-troops-shoot-first-us-greenland-5HjdQNW_2/
#Denmark #Danmark #USA #Trump

2026-01-07 19:55:13 GMT

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2nd angle of the same #murder in #Minneapolis by #ICE / #DHS
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/855/567/405/139/328/original/fee09d9dbc4e23de.mp4

2026-01-07 19:44:28 GMT

In #Minneapolis #ICE #DHS shoots into a fleeing car. The woman driver died
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/07/ice-dhs-minneapolis-shooting.html
It's pretty obvious and we see this in all despotic regimes in the world. But for those who don't get it:
ICE are #Trump's personal goon army composed of the ignorant violent bigots of society, happy and eager to murder for dear leader
"But they can only be used for immigration enforcement. What of legality?"
Oh dear sweet child...
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/855/524/227/295/217/original/e43161d18bea0061.mp4

2026-01-07 14:13:38 GMT

I don't know what's going on here
A #tanker left #Iran for #Venezuela but never made it. On Dec 21 it turned away after the #USA started boarding tankers
It turned off its transponder, changed its name (#Marinera/ #Bella1), changed its flag to #Russia
Russia sent a submarine and other vessels to intercept it
It was followed by #US #CoastGuard, and is being boarded right now off of #Iceland
My question is: what the **** is on this tanker?
https://www.bbc.com/`news/live/cwynjdqgellt
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/854/233/742/110/038/original/0d137f5f32d7b573.jpg

2026-01-07 01:01:17 GMT

It's hard for average citizens of the world to express their rightful displeasure with the #Trump regime
You can start with a #boycott of #Olympics2028 and #WorldCup2026
I say this as an American
Fuck my stupid fucking country
Shun us
As for my fellow Americans:
We HAVE to #vote in the #midterms
#MAGA and nonvoters are our enemies, our downfall. Shame and condemn them
#USA
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/851/110/481/205/958/original/bee2320cb8e8d5ec.png

2026-01-06 18:29:15 GMT

Same naive + corrupt shit, different decade
#Venezuela #USA #Maduro #Trump
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/849/560/593/801/981/original/fe88af8a17c320bb.webp

2026-01-05 16:40:35 GMT

The new US quarter
Designs featuring Frederick Douglass, Ruby Bridges and women's suffrage were rejected by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
Yay manifest destiny white supremacy (/s)
😒
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/05/nx-s1-5660747/new-redesigned-coins-250th-anniversary?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/843/467/411/961/754/original/2acc852ef1773eaa.webp

2026-01-05 09:13:35 GMT

How you handle making errors in life is a better predictor of happiness and success than whether or not you make errors
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/841/713/179/998/119/original/24b04a50cd7674e8.mp4

2026-01-05 07:54:35 GMT

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Of all the things management talks about replacing AI with, the most likely candidate seems to be themselves
Like you say, it's hard to tell if what comes out of his mouth is AI or not, it's so content-free and antiseptic. So just replace him with AI

2026-01-04 19:29:05 GMT

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Nobody thinks ranked choice voting is unicorns and rainbows
It's just obviously better than FPTP
you can vote your conscience without worrying about dreary strategy
3rd parties become stable and viable
In fact there are even better voting systems than RCV that nullify the effect you cite
The reason I support RCV is because it has a head of steam in the USA
The idea is aim for better. Not perfection

2026-01-04 19:25:30 GMT

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That's not true
#RCV creeped in in a few places, #democrat and #republican
Then in 2024 the #GOP took a hard line against it:
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/05/nx-s1-4969563/ranked-choice-voting-bans
So the only way forward now to RCV is through the #democrats. And yes many centrist spineless democrats are against it. But they are fossils and fading, not omnipotent power
So we must push RCV through the democrats now
Remember:
We have #Mamdani in #NYC because of #rankedchoicevoting

2026-01-04 19:16:26 GMT

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It's deeper than that. It's just math:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duverger%27s_law
Corruption and abuse exist but even if you magically removed that, 3rd party is still unviable
The problem is FPTP
It incentivizes the big parties to cannibalize the platforms of smaller parties. So 3rd parties are unstable
The solution is ranked choice voting
Then you can vote your conscience free and clear of dreary strategy
But if you do that now, in FPTP, a 3rd party vote simply supports MAGA

2026-01-04 03:01:00 GMT

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I don't mind Europeans commenting on US politics
except for one issue:
3rd parties
3rd parties work in their systems
3rd parties do not work in the US FPTP voting system (yes UK has FPTP, but they also have parliamentary which lends some stability and viability to 3rd parties the USA doesn't have)
if the USA is to have 3rd parties, we need a new voting system, like ranked choice
Until then:
Please world, shut the fuck about 3rd parties in the USA
Thank you

2026-01-03 14:13:46 GMT

What is the meaning of life?
This is the meaning of life:
#Panda #Pandas
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/831/576/411/110/528/original/cc9fa851d6a905ec.mp4

2026-01-03 09:47:17 GMT

HOLY FUCKING SHIT
#Maduro #Trump #USA #Venezuela
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/03/world/trump-united-states-strikes-venezuela
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/830/528/030/658/468/original/74f9187d91db9ab3.png

2026-01-03 08:48:22 GMT

As #Trump bombs #Venezuela, a reminder of why we are here:
1. Brainwiped #MAGA morons who believe really really stupid lies
2. Entitled impotent fuckwits who find the idea of voting just too difficult for their oh-so-precious oh-so-delicate sensibilities
Fuck both of these pathetic styles of idiot American
#Vote you stupid assholes in 2026 and shut this shit down
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/830/292/860/092/812/original/e745629dd1a0605a.jpg

2026-01-03 08:09:30 GMT

The #USA appears to be bombing #Caracas #Venezuela
Why?
So people stop talking about #Epstein?
"Drugs" they say but #Trump just pardoned the ex-President of Honduras for drug offenses
It's so fucking stupid
People didn't vote in 2024 because "BoTh SiDeS tHe SaMe"
🤦
Can we please show up in 2026 in the primaries and the general election and shut this stupid shit down?
*Please*
You're not going to get perfect. The Democrats suck
But now look. Look at why we vote anyways, toxic idealists:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/830/130/697/950/558/original/b751dee08525a109.jpg
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/830/156/962/781/390/original/60847d97e00a68a4.jpg
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2026-01-02 11:53:34 GMT

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anyone who looked at harris and trump and saw no difference is a fucking moron
and anyone who thought they had a level of entitlement and privilege to be able to afford not voting is a uncaring piece of shit. oh sure, they may go on and on about what they say they care about. but they don't really care. unless by "care" you mean build perfect castles in their mind that have nothing to do with the real world and never will

2026-01-02 04:28:24 GMT

A funny thing:
You can con con men
Cruel manipulators have a hubristic blindness about their untouchability as "master schemers" that can be used against them
Example:
Denis Kapustin, commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps working for #Ukraine, had a bounty placed on his head by #Russia's intelligence services
So Ukraine faked his death
Collected the bounty
From *the #Kremlin* 🤭
Then today #Budanov made an announcement:
"Welcome back to life"
😂😂😂
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-hur-faked-death-of-top-anti-putin-russian-commander-claimed-kremlin-bounty-money/
#UkraineWar