ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES

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2026-05-08 19:16:17 UTC

"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 UTC

"‘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

2026-04-17 12:32:58 UTC

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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 UTC

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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

2026-04-15 14:33:04 UTC

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and it's possible we win the lottery
and it's possible for drunk drivers to not get in car accidents
but we don't depend upon either possibility, because obviously they aren't what tends to happen
1. bigots don't change. ok, a few do
2. bigots harass. ok, a few don't
so you're making an assertion of *policy* based on the outliers, the fringe, the unexpected
no
not going to happen
you simply have a very naive, quixotic approach to the problem of bigotry

2026-04-14 17:57:14 UTC

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"people always get better the less we live in bubbles"
the point of the fediverse is not to serve as therapy for bigots!
let them get better on their own, if they even can (big doubt), and keep their hateful ignorant shit away from us
*that* is job #1
you want to follow them to where the shitwits reside and vomit their hate and "cure" them? go for it
not here

2026-04-14 17:54:55 UTC

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naivete!
william: bigots harass
it is essential to what it means to be a bigot. their entire identity depends upon seeing someone else as inferior, and making a point of demonstrating that "inferiority" according to their dimwit sadism
you want to talk about a theoretical non harassing bigot?
what?
william, this entire line of thought is absurdity, almost comedic
you essentially do not understand what a bigot is
we will not unleash these turds onto the fediverse

2026-04-14 17:45:03 UTC

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we do have that
it's called truth social. it's a mastodon server (heavily modified now)
you want to federate with truth social?

2026-04-14 16:38:16 UTC

" #Russia adds #Hungary to 'unfriendly countries' list after #Magyar wins"
i have a deep and thoughtful response to this move:
<begin poignant rumination>
😂 😂 😂
</end soulful paean>
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russia-adds-hungary-to-unfriendly-countries-1776086555.html
#EU #Europe

2026-04-14 14:54:12 UTC

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i am not sure how to respond to this because you're not accurately depicting what bigots do
bigots do not play nice
they don't sit in their corner and play pattycake with each other, they reply guy to trans people, black people, etc
if you can promise me we can let bigots on the fediverse and they will somehow respect what they don't respect (if they could, they wouldn't be bigots in the first place) then you win this argument
but you lose it, because bigots are bigots

2026-04-14 14:38:23 UTC

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because there are ranges of acceptable behavior
if people have disagreements about politics on the left, this can be great venom and outrage, but it is valid discourse. i can be quite angry with someone, but i have no right to silence them
meanwhile, there is no valid discourse with bigotry. nothing is gained. so silencing their voice is not acceptable, it's preferable
why do you want the fediverse to devolve into pathetic endless useless arguments with hateful morons?

2026-04-14 13:58:11 UTC

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if you define excluding bigoty as "groupthink" i am disgusted
and fuck your family member
you want to have fruitless discussions with racist uncle at the dinner table have it
not here
your "standard" will not apply to the fediverse. your "standard" fucking sucks. it's a gateway for bad faith hateful sadism
that you don't understand that is shameful
we're not having it
you need to make peace with this william: you're not going to win this argument

2026-04-14 13:32:50 UTC

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william you're responding to an account that purposefully seeks out, mocks, and goads vatniks into saying things i can report them on to get them suspended
nuke all vatnik accounts
and any server that won't nuke them, nuke the server
period
it's not "bad opinions" william
it's malicious assholes vomiting kremlin lies for ethnofascism and imperialism
someone who says "avoiding paying taxes for wars would be nice" should be able to get behind that need

2026-04-13 00:15:36 UTC

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*the* barrier to leftists on the ballot is leftists not voting
what is turn out in the usual primary?
dismal
what happens if leftists mobbed the #primaries?
spent 1/1,000th the energy spent online whining, in just showing the fuck up?
we'd have 50 Mamdanis
all the centrist assholes, all the money, all the systemic issues: who fucking gives a shit
just show the fuck up
#vote
the biggest problem for the left, is the left
they don't vote

2026-04-13 00:00:46 UTC

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"It also highlighted the HUGE campaign against him"
right but i want to make sure you fully get the point
people didn't sit home and not vote because the establishment opposed mamdani
they didn't whine that centrist assholes didn't support mamdani, therefore they couldn't vote, because they had to teach dem hq a "lesson" about listening to the left
they just ignored them
they just fucking voted
and the left won
*the whole fucking point*

2026-04-12 22:59:19 UTC

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it's not true the democrats suck therefore leftists don't vote
the truth is the left doesn't vote, therefore the democrats suck
"i'm going to wait until centrist corporatist assholes magically turn into leftists, then i'll vote" is just a stupid joke
you vote, in the primaries, and replace them
that's the way it works
looking to the democratic establishment as your cue before acting is bullshit. ignore them. replace them
proof:
mamdani

2026-04-12 22:27:12 UTC

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a nonvoter is a fucking moron
100%
always
perfect doesn't exist
you pick the person closest to you and iterate
that is the only way you improve the world
not choosing only means "i don't care"
and if someone doesn't care, considering the issues we are facing today, fuck such a piece of shit

2026-04-12 20:09:29 UTC

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not voting is for morons

2026-04-12 18:25:44 UTC

"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

2026-04-10 03:43:19 UTC

🤔 🤔 🤔
I wonder what social media could satisfy the last comment's second criteria?
🤔 🤔 🤔
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueskySocial/comments/1se6lgw/how_confident_are_you_in_blueskys_future/
#Bluesky
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2026-04-06 03:40:13 UTC

TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/355/659/585/645/037/original/e288172a73571394.png

2026-04-02 15:32:43 UTC

" #Tennessee #library director ousted after refusing to remove #LGBTQ #books"
There are 2 types of people
1. People who get sad at this story, do nothing, and then speak about how worse is sure to happen while offering no #resistance
2. People who get mad at this story, show up, agitate, make their voices heard. And punish those responsible with a #vote. And demand their new reps put in safeguards
Be the second kind of person
#Cynicism is acceptance of #fascism
https://wpln.org/post/tennessee-library-director-ousted-after-refusing-to-remove-lgbtq-books/

2026-03-31 17:36:57 UTC

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some people don't care about fixing the world or righting wrongs
their primary concern is rationalizing to themselves their entitlement to sit it out and whine
they don't want to sully their magical sense of purity. their self-regard is their highest concern, they do not care if the country is fascist. as long as they get to say "not my fault" when we're going to concentration camps. even though it is their fault, because they did not participate

2026-03-31 17:26:21 UTC

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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 UTC

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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 UTC

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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?

2026-03-31 17:00:00 UTC

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by voting
sitting back and passing your responsibility to dem leadership to magically change is absurdity
i am confused why you think that's a valid position
you mob the primaries, you replace them
proof it works?
mamdani
dem centrists opposed him every step of the way. and yet he won
how?
because people showed the fuck up
you have to change the way you think about the problem
don't depend upon assholes who will never change to change
vote

2026-03-31 16:45:56 UTC

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this is an inversion of responsibility
if you vote, the party answers to you
if you don't vote, the party answers to dark money and spineless centrists who do vote
if we vote, we may fail. if we don't vote, we *will* fail. so why would you want to define your political consciousness as acceptance of fascism? you understand that is what your cynical "unlikely" is about right? cynicism is acceptance. do you accept fascism? i don't think so. so vote

2026-03-31 16:38:33 UTC

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you don't vote for them
you show up in the primaries and you replace them
the problem is this "dems suck" whine then people don't show up in the primaries out of useless pathetic indolence. so nothing changes

2026-03-31 16:03:24 UTC

every culture since the dawn of time had #trans people
2 spirit people of indigenous north america
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-spirit
the 5 genders of the bugis in indonesia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_in_Bugis_society
gala priests of sumeria, scythian enarei, india's ancient hijra community
etc, etc
#transgender people have always been with us
and always will be with us
they are an essential thread in the fabric of human existence
forever
#transdayofvisibility #tdov
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/324/603/963/934/132/original/eb57e36f0a025c3b.jpg

2026-03-31 14:27:56 UTC

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yeah but despite all of the shadow money we can still vote
especially in the primaries coming up
so many elections are decided by such a small percentage
and such a large percentage don't vote
yeah not all of them are leftists but if leftists did show up imagine the difference
the problem is this sort of mindless cynicism, that something is inevitable. it's not
vote, assholes
why would anyone give dark money what it wants by not voting?

2026-03-31 04:47:52 UTC

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thank you
there are voices on the fediverse that speak with rank entitlement
they believe they can approach someone, treat them poorly, and get something out of them
no
you act nicely, you act kind, you say thank you
and you may change their behavior
you also may not
but if you treat someone poorly, you definitely won't change their behavior
some of you out there:
think about where this massive sense of entitlement you have comes from
and fix it
please and thank you

2026-03-30 23:04:46 UTC

"Zelensky says allies asked him to scale back attacks on Russian energy"
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0e7lrxrelwo
Yeah, fuck that
Fuck any country in Europe still stuck on #oil and #gas
Fuck bigot Americans in giant low fuel economy pickup trucks whining
Fuck you India, Fuck you China
Fuck you all
All countries:
Get the fuck off oil and gas. Period. End of story
Addressing the #climatecrisis and defunding vile regimes is job #1
#Zelensky:
Pulverize #Russia's #energy sector to oblivion
#UkraineWar

2026-03-29 20:26:53 UTC

Another #NoKings picture from yesterday
Taken by Eric Lee for the New York Times in Washington DC
An obvious throwback to 60 year old flower power vibes
And you might disagree with the sentiment, but you can't deny the power of the image
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/314/322/849/290/996/original/d633db1bc0892b07.webp

2026-03-29 07:17:18 UTC

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I YELL, YOU YELL, WE ALL YELL FOR JELLIED EEL
doesn't work as well as screaming for ice cream
let me work on it

2026-03-29 01:53:34 UTC

#RochesterNY #Rochester #NewYork is a minor city in the #USA (with a rich history: #SusanBAnthony, #FrederickDouglass, #Kodak, #Xerox, etc)
Here I was today in only an outlying suburb, of only a minor city, and the #NoKings turn out was huge
Selected #posters I captured today in the below thread. I had to cap it at 25 posts:
#cats #protest #caturday
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/309/954/860/367/791/original/8665e8f1e32c7553.jpg

2026-03-27 20:37:35 UTC

Things that people who don't own #cats don't understand
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/303/059/518/796/189/original/d6d2dd07568cd193.webp

2026-03-25 14:34:23 UTC

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they can send ICE to block polling stations
we show up anyway
the idea MAGA exhibits menace and we just give in and give up is ridiculous
btw, i'm not saying that is your sentiment, i'm just riffing on your comment for those reading out there who are spineless (not you)
ICE at the polls:
1. meek weak americans stay home
2. we fucking shove the goons aside
which scenario is the real left?
which scenario is willing submission to fascism?

2026-03-25 14:07:43 UTC

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nevermind that the vote is controlled by the states. red states might fuck around with the vote but they are already red states
so anyone going "MAGA intends to fuck with the vote, waah, therefore they already did and won, waah" are just describing their own spinelessness, not reality
unless there are enough of such spineless complacent fools. then they are practicing self-fulfilling prophecy, not voting, and handing the country to MAGA

2026-03-25 13:18:43 UTC

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they can't
see people are worried about the erosion of #democracy in the #usa and they are correct
and the solution is we vote *more* and get real leftists in power and close the loopholes
but there is this unfortunate human hopelessness where people just give up (or outright troll #psyop cosplaying left encouraging that)
i don't understand why people don't #vote. they only help #fascism. it's #entitlement: "won't affect me." or cluelessness (it will affect them but they don't know)

2026-03-25 12:26:22 UTC

#MarALago
#Trump's Plutocrat-Bigot-Child Rapist power nexus
Now in a #Democrat ruled state district in #MAGA #Florida
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/24/dems-win-mar-a-lago-gregory-00843333
"They'll steal the vote"
You'll do #prematureCapitulation and not vote?
"Both sides the same"
You're an idiot fine with MAGA #fascism?
"But my obsessive single issue"
You're fine with destroying #transRights, #womensRights, #immigrantRights, etc in #ToxicIdealism?
#Vote
#Primaries and November
#Democrats suck but we can freeze Trump's agenda
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/289/815/536/763/348/original/e9024882462fea4a.png

2026-03-24 12:12:32 UTC

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https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/284/084/754/383/861/original/114b59e3fd6b417c.mp4

2026-03-24 07:53:38 UTC

' #UnitedNations rejects #USA effort to erase #transWomen: “It stops here”
One advocate accused the #US of being “willing to lie” to “push forward their own #gender ideology onto people in the #UN system”'
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/03/united-nations-rejects-u-s-effort-to-erase-trans-women-it-stops-here/
Americans: #vote
Whiny temper tantrums handing the country to #MAGA because you don't get everything you want?
Fuck your #toxicIdealism
Show up in the #primaries
Show up in the general #election
It. fucking. matters.
#transRights #trans #LGBT #LGBTQIA

2026-03-24 04:38:30 UTC

There are always signs and portents about all sorts of things, some are distant and vague, some are close and sharp
Here we have a radioactive red blaring klaxon saying "the #USA is a country in decline":
"The #Trump administration announced it will pay nearly $1 billion to French #energy giant #TotalEnergies in exchange for the company abandoning plans to build offshore #windfarms in the Atlantic Ocean and instead pursue #fossilfuel projects in the #US"
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/23/climate/trump-totalenergies-offshore-wind-cancellation
#dystopia

2026-03-21 13:41:25 UTC

"High ranking powerful American calls for #UniversalHealthcare"
yeah but politicians...
" #PopeLeo calls universal #healthcare a 'moral imperative'"
oh, I see
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/pope-leo-calls-universal-healthcare-moral-imperative-2026-03-18/
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/267/454/108/835/926/original/ae72209697f20efa.png

2026-03-21 13:07:13 UTC

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holy shit
oh he's toast
his servers are toast
what a fuck up

2026-03-20 14:22:34 UTC

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All the complaints people have about mastodon being decentralized and "difficult" evaporate when bluesky, which is fake decentralized, finally tries to become real decentralized, and then it's the same or worse levels of difficulty

2026-03-20 14:08:07 UTC

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Great. So maybe someday in the future the bluesky ecosystem will eventually have what mastodon already has

2026-03-20 13:53:53 UTC

It's important to remember that when #Orban does his #Putin bootlicking thing and blocks #EU funding for #Ukraine, all that happens is each individual country donates their share directly to Ukraine instead
It's still important though to make a big deal of it, to highlight what a massive piece of shit Orban is
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/261/830/825/888/616/original/6629844503425ae5.mp4

2026-03-20 12:10:14 UTC

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if you post a public message, someone can ingest that message. there's no protection in what you're citing
(for the record, no such protection on public mastodon messages either)
you're claiming a protection that does not exist
bluesky is a capitalist endeavour funded by cryptobros, while mastodon is not. bluesky has a financial incentive to do quiet seedy things behind the scenes with your data mastodon does not. any secrecy like elena cites is a warning you should heed

2026-03-19 14:17:07 UTC

Define #crocodileTears
An aggressor's sadness, fake or cluelessly entitled, because their aggression backfired
Example:
#Afroman's "Lemon Pound Cake" mocked a #police raid on his home (resulting in no charges)
They sued
Because "waah, my feelings"
One of the officers "cried" on the stand
Afroman won
And congratulations Afroman for reigniting your career
"I got the right to kick a can in my backyard, use my #freedomOfSpeech, turn my bad times into a good time"
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/19/entertainment/afroman-lawsuit-lemon-pound-cake-cec
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/256/209/053/235/887/original/71a6983f268ec1c8.mp4

2026-03-19 08:49:31 UTC

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he's still working on it. he's aiming for much lower

2026-03-19 08:03:25 UTC

Holy fucking shit
We really are slow rolling into #WWIII aren't we?
" #Saudi analyst says kingdom will activate defence pact with #Pakistan if it joins #IranWar
Analyst says Pakistan's #nuclear arsenal is on the table for #SaudiArabia if it joins #war"
Pakistan and #Afghanistan went to war last month
😬
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-analyst-says-kingdom-will-activate-defence-pact-pakistan-if-it-joins-war-iran

2026-03-19 02:22:18 UTC

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unfortunately MAGA likes nicotine chews. so you might attract them

2026-03-18 22:06:41 UTC

It's not weird for some species to incorporate toxins from their diet as defenses: poison dart frogs, monarch butterflies, sea slugs, etc
But let's get weird and circuitous with it
#Nicotine was developed by plants to kill insects. As a quirk of #neurochemistry, humans use it addictively, so cigarette butts are everywhere
Birds have figured out they can use them in their nests to repel insect parasites
The original intention of nicotine
Weird!
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347226000011
#Science #Ecology
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/252/518/595/897/533/original/5630155aead72d0c.webp

2026-03-16 21:26:54 UTC

#Illinois, #Chicago:
#primaries tomorrow
#VOTE
get left #candidates in the general #election for November
if you don't vote in the primaries please don't complain the candidates suck!
it's everyone's job to show up in the primaries to get the candidates we want
it takes 1/10 the energy we see expended complaining on social media about sucky #democrats if everyone just showed up in the primaries
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/13/nx-s1-5726873/generational-politics-il-9
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/240/987/131/674/744/original/ad439d43ff8f85f3.png

2026-03-16 02:41:57 UTC

" #Kansas revoked 1,700 #transgender drivers’ licenses. Some are leaving the state."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kansas-revoked-drivers-licenses-1700-transgender-residents-rcna262120
Always #vote folks. You won't get everything you want. But better over worse matters.
#LGBT #LGBTQIA #TransRights #Trans

2026-03-14 22:05:29 UTC

#NicoleAmor:
https://www.usar.army.mil/News/Images/igphoto/2003882814/
#WashingtonDC #IranWar
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/229/792/157/342/170/original/f57eb043c4d747a3.png

2026-03-13 04:08:20 UTC

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how's that bullseye going under trump since he is now in power because so many didn't vote?
what has been achieved by not voting on what you *say* you care about?

2026-03-13 03:25:44 UTC

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again with the inversion of reality
*you* show up in the primaries and get us left candidates
you don't wait for left candidates to come from centrist dems
that's stupid and insane
bad candidates do not create nonvoters
nonvoters (especially in the primaries) create bad candidates

2026-03-13 03:16:54 UTC

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you improve the world with sustained iterative action
you vote in the primaries. get left candidates. show up in the general. get democrats, left or not, to at least hold the line. rinse, repeat
what happens? things slowly move left
the person who doesn't vote, and waits for magic perfect leftist candidate to spring forth from the democratic establishment, of all places, and expects perfection right now or they can't be bothered is just a lazy entitled idiot

2026-03-13 03:06:42 UTC

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no argument. it's a complex topic. cynicism, perfectionism, helplessness... it's a troll psyop to suppress the left vote

2026-03-13 03:05:08 UTC

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i completely understand the existence of morons who won't vote strategically, and hew to an idiotic conception of purity as their standard. and thus allow the country to fall to fascism since that is the only real world effect of their nonvote, no matter their motivations
trolls understand that too. that's why you see so much high holy indignation based on perfectionism
the only value of these useless lumps you think are making valid choices is helping MAGA

2026-03-13 03:02:14 UTC

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nonvoters are about masturbating their ego
the things they say they care about are only topics to showcase an aspect of "purity" to themselves about themselves
changing the world for the better doesn't mean a damn thing to them
there is no such thing as morality without action
and action is always messy in the real world
they can't handle that
so they choose the "purity" of doing nothing at all
and imagine somehow that they are still moral
nope. just ego

2026-03-13 02:45:32 UTC

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so we show up in the primaries and replace them
"i'm going to show i don't care very hard by not voting and thus magically turn a centrist into a leftist" is moronic beyond belief

2026-03-13 02:44:06 UTC

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you get left candidates by showing up in the primaries and voting then in
centrist dems will learn nothing from low turnout. they represent the people who show up to vote. who are centrist dems
this idea that not voting convinces anyone of anything is a troll psyop from right wingers or geopolitical forces
the idea not voting does anything except tweak an entitled selfish perfectionist's ego- and help MAGA win, is a form of stupidity or insanity i find hard to understand

2026-03-13 02:14:31 UTC

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There *is* something entitled to your vote:
Your society
You're not trans or an immigrant etc so Trump's malice doesn't threaten you
So you are privileged to play silly games like "teach dems a lesson" and allow your society to go to shit. Because it doesn't affect you (or you're too stupid to realize it affects you)
Centrist dems aren't listening to your "lesson." Not voting means you don't care
You have to show up and *replace* centrist dems in the primaries
#vote

2026-03-13 01:06:53 UTC

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if you vote 3rd party you are voting MAGA
in our stupid FPTP voting system you are dividing the left vote and helping MAGA win
and if you stand against harris, for example, due to gaza (ignoring trump?!), then not voting/ 3rd party voting: congratulations, you helped what trump is doing in iran happen
you're talking about feeling pure, for yourself
you don't care what happens in reality
that's entitled
your rationale only helps fascism
a vote is strategy, not a romance

2026-03-13 00:50:35 UTC

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1. i'm talking about the primaries, where you outright choose a leftist
2. if you think "i'm not voting and i'm sending a message to centrist dems":
it doesn't send anyone any message
they just ignore you
and it means you don't care about trans rights, women's rights, voting rights, immigrants, what is going on in iran right now, etc
to pout and sit things out and risk all of that and more "to send a message" is entitled as fuck
nobody cares about people who don't vote

2026-03-13 00:41:49 UTC

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i don't understand your complaint
"what if something bad happens"?
of course. there's numerous other scenarios where something can go wrong
or the centrist dem can straight up beat the leftist dem in the primary
and?
the simple point is:
if you vote, you may lose. if you don't vote, you *will* lose
nevermind that if leftists show the fuck up, their concerns will be addressed rather than ignored
no elected official cares about people who don't #vote
you *make them* care

2026-03-13 00:26:27 UTC

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no
we show up in the primaries and get the left candidate in
this is the lesson of mamdani: the people just bucked the establishment, and made it happen
corporatist dems will not magically decide to become leftists, and anyone who thinks they will must be joking
*we* have to show up and replace them
anyone who doesn't show up in the primaries, then complains the dem candidates suck, needs to shut up: they are the reason why the candidates suck

2026-03-12 19:04:51 UTC

Nothing to see here
Just a Husky speaking Italian
😲
For the "it's #AI" whiners:
https://www.newsweek.com/husky-perfect-italian-accent-video-1852386
I'm pretty sick of the fucking "it's fake" under every fucking #socialMedia post
Yes, AI fakery is a threat
Do you know what's more of a threat from AI?
People believing in nothing, even the real
Please: doubt. That is smart. But also: confirm before you regurgitate lazy mindless cynicism
#dog #dogs #italy #italia
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/217/731/118/959/053/original/bf3d4cf2c5e49052.mp4

2026-03-12 18:19:03 UTC

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guillotine

2026-03-12 17:48:37 UTC

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the #Democrats do suck. it's not just #Fetterman. many go "aw shucks" and then speak for their special interest donors instead of the people
but
the Dems are also #AOC, #Mamdani, #Talarico, #Warren, etc
so
we show up in the #primaries and get 50 Mamdanis on the #ballot for the November #election
if instead someone goes "Fetterman exists, therefore all Dems are the same as the #GOP" they are #trollfarm from the right working a divide and conquer angle, or they are a moron

2026-03-12 17:05:04 UTC

" #Democrats deliver ‘stunning’ flip in New Hampshire special election, latest in series of 28 upsets"
remember the game plan:
1. #vote in the #primaries, get real left #candidates
if you don't, don't complain about corporatist dems ever again: you're the fucking problem
2. #vote in the general #election no matter who wins the primary
yes the dems fucking suck. but if you're willing to do nothing, helping #fascism, because you want perfect: you're an entitled moron
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/11/democrat-new-hampshire-bobbi-boudman

2026-03-12 06:52:50 UTC

...
"Good morning"
"I suppose!"
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/214/877/659/501/740/original/165d478ff499d95e.mp4

2026-03-12 05:40:12 UTC

Somewhere in #Illinois near #Chicago
#Trump #EpsteinFiles #Graffiti #IranWar
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/214/593/464/799/717/original/3f23e089ae8ce525.webp

2026-03-11 03:57:18 UTC

#Ukraine is the bastion of the free world. I am daily in awe of Ukraine
"Ukraine retakes most Russian-held areas in #Dnipropetrovsk Oblast after weeks of counterattacks"
"Ukrainian troops have liberated more than 400 square kilometers (154 square miles) in the area during the operation... In February, Ukraine liberated more territory than Russian troops captured during the same period"
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-pushes-russian-forces-out-of-most-of-dnipropetrovsk-oblast-after-weeks-of-counterattacks/
#UkraineWar

2026-03-10 05:12:48 UTC

The unemployed bullshit artist
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/203/153/976/170/298/original/b923b1dd904cab65.mp4

2026-03-10 04:20:29 UTC

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we go from the hope for false spring
to the spring of false hope
to the falsehood of hope springing eternal

2026-03-09 23:35:38 UTC

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it's #cryptobros
#bluesky is owned and run by crypto bros
#jaygraber herself is a #cryptobro, coming from that world:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Graber
what i always expected (and i guess i should still expect, if their financial situation is that dire and that they are now at the mercy of #vulturecapital) is some stupid #crypto tie in with bluesky

2026-03-09 14:03:33 UTC

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you're not alone john, you're not alone
we are old
"born in the 1900s" is apparently ancient now. this poor dad just driving his kids to school gets absolutely roasted for it:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/199/581/830/719/536/original/216472d036c99877.mp4

2026-03-08 06:53:50 UTC

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they only have 4 minutes
they would need 4 days to catch all the classifications of enshittification 😒

2026-03-08 06:33:20 UTC

This was released by #Forbrukerrådet, the Norwegian Consumer Council, a few days ago
It imagines a day in the life of an "enshittificator"
It's hilarious and spot on
Worth 4 minutes of your time
credit:
https://www.youtube.com/@Forbrukerr%C3%A5detNorge
#Enshittification #Norge #Norway
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/192/138/868/117/527/original/e7058dafdbdbd384.mp4

2026-03-07 22:42:50 UTC

You may ask:
"Why?"
But the universe whispers back:
"Why not?"
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/190/299/014/219/952/original/bed7f88375fe8c35.mp4

2026-03-06 15:40:16 UTC

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whiny defeatism on the left is absolutely as bad a problem in the usa as MAGA. it only helps MAGA

2026-03-06 15:02:03 UTC

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there is never a finish line
all there ever was, is, and ever will be in this world, is the good fight
forever
and if you keep fighting, it gets easier
if you give up meanwhile, you certainly lose. and it gets harder to fight well when you try again
cynicism is for lazy whiny losers, and it only aids fascism
cynicism is acceptance of fascism

2026-03-06 14:49:02 UTC

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so history is a series of triumphs and failures
there is gradual progress, gradual decay, dramatic wins, dramatic losses, etc
history has not magically stopped at 2026
unless enough of us are whiny premature capitulation losers i suppose, and just give up
so what we do is, we *don't* do that
right?

2026-03-06 14:45:55 UTC

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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 UTC

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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

2026-03-06 01:47:55 UTC

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i think it goes further than that
i think heat from epstein being revealed drove him to run for president in the first place
the way a criminal escapes judgment are many. for the rich and powerful, it's to seek control of the very tools that would otherwise catch you
destroy the usa? no big deal. as long as he doesn't have to go to prison

2026-03-05 16:22:56 UTC

They say wrestling is fake
🤔
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/177/484/191/673/827/original/658b5add6c55b9de.mp4

2026-03-05 05:19:43 UTC

There are a lot of reasons for the downfall of the #USA but a big one is the purchase of traditional #media by plutocrat goons
Look at this fucking shit:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/174/870/872/757/489/original/457d4180c5ca3eb9.png

2026-03-01 21:45:35 UTC

situational awareness is important in life
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/156/100/129/091/049/original/6b71533ec6662e2f.mp4

2026-03-01 06:23:06 UTC

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dear McNadoMD,
as the elected leader of the tankie alliance on the fediverse, it is my duty to inform you that we must kneejerk defend the govt of iran, despite the govt of iran being used toilet paper
your talk of nuance is horrifying
everything is black and white, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, you're either with us or against us, tribalism uber alles, blah blah blah
oppose the govt of iran *and* the govt of the usa... at the same time?! wtf?
thank you for your time
(/s)

2026-03-01 02:19:18 UTC

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why does israel and the usa need nukes? they're already pounding tehran to smithereens
of course if someone nukes tel aviv or new york city via lead lined shipping container, then yes, tehran is leveled in a nuke as well
if this all sounds extreme and implausible, it is
as of 24 hours ago
not so much now. they fucking killed the ayatollah
the orange moron is playing a game he doesn't understand the implications of
he is unleashing extreme venom bent on the unholiest of revenge

2026-03-01 02:07:07 UTC

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i don't think so
my reasoning:
https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/116151423963380097
#note12uw…tepg

2026-03-01 01:54:37 UTC

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thing is i don't think there will be another #ayatollah
the reason is the #usa *has* to do regime change now
(i'm not defending the usa, i'm just explaining reasoning)
why?
killing the ayatollah means if #iran gets nukes, it *will* nuke the usa
(how? lead lined shipping container to port elizabeth, nj)
so now the usa is locked into huge blood and treasure expense
of course even with regime change, when you open this genie bottle, there will be revenge in one form or another

2026-03-01 01:35:08 UTC

Just heard on NBC news:
Iranian state media (not some Western news outlet) is saying the #Ayatollah #Khamenei is dead
Holy shit
#Iran #USA #War
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/151/367/206/901/041/original/2e1b2c58c5f3a1c8.jpg

2026-02-28 22:13:33 UTC

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🤣🤣🤣
taran says "your move" then blocks me
a coward
that is all this noble "polite society" is: cowardice
"polite society" will let the most vicious lie pass unanswered, *as long as it is said serenely*
then come down angrily because someone said "fuckity fuck fuck" in response to said vicious lies
"polite society" "high road" nonsense is for the weak. they are the collaborators in bringing us to fascism
you need to fight taran
and you're not helping