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It really wants you to crank up the horror aspect and describe those trees as corpses.

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

If “civil rights = deia” doesn’t make absolutely clear that this whole anti-dei nonsense is explicitly about disenfranchising Black people, I don’t know what will. Like come on people!

Somebody yelled at me for posting about Ganymede instead of /the state of things/ last night.

I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.

Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath · 2h Wikipedia lies. Mainstream media lies. They will contort the truth to make you believe in a bogeyman. In falling for it, you’re giving up your God given ability to think for yourself.

Shaun Maguire @shaunmmaguire Wikipedia has been ideologically captured for years It's important that this is finally coming to light The most extreme bias is probably against Israel Foundation AI models are being trained on this biased data as if it's ground truth

Elon Musk @elonmusk · 3h Defund Wikipedia until balance is restored!

Elon Musk @elonmusk · 3h Since legacy media propaganda is considered a “valid” source by Wikipedia, it naturally simply becomes an extension of legacy media propaganda!

having succeeded in purchasing positions of influence inside the White House, the billionaires and tech VCs have now set their sights back on Wikipedia

I really need to stop reading books in incomplete series. I’m far too impatient.

Yes, yes, Onyx Storm just release but where is book number 4?

Gonna go reread The Inheritance Cycle to get a sense of closure from dragon books at this point.

Also yes project 2025 was always the plan.

Trump's Day One executive orders:

-Ended recognition of birthright citizenship
-Withdrew from WHO and Paris Climate Accord
-Rescinded Biden's EO to lower Rx costs
-Pardoned Jan 6 rioters
-Renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America

So much for helping working families.

Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.

Well, at least with regaining access I can deactivate my TikTok account. I’d rather not participate in any Trump ass kissing.

Something doesn’t have to directly affect you for you to have empathy. Lack of empathy is a character flaw.

Because, ironically, the further I am in my streak the more upset I am that they have boxed me in and the more likely I am to let it end.

Any #booksky / #booktok refugee recommendations? Preferably something with an iPhone widget to make tracking easier.

I recognize that, for Kindle (aka Amazon) that’s the point — it keeps you using their services and buying books through them. But at this point I am tempted to just deal entirely with a third party app and do manual tracking.

I wish Kindle allowed other apps to automatically track your reading habits and streaks than just itself and Goodreads. I am currently on a 55 day reading streak but can only keep that going with Kindle books and I have some physical TBRs.

a man wearing glasses and a blue sweater says i 'm emotionally exhausted ALT: a man wearing glasses and a blue sweater says i 'm emotionally exhausted

So you’re telling me I have to rebuild my feed, brick by brick, on yet another app? I have been going through this cycle since MySpace.