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2026-05-20 22:33:45 UTC

#Graduation #AI #fail seems to be a recurring theme lately
Here's the latest 🍿 for you:
#Glendale community #college in #Arizona used AI to read names
Predictably, it missed people, it had the names out of order, etc
Because, of course, a human reading the names of #graduates and giving them simple decent recognition for their dedication and work is too hard?
This is video of college #faculty trying to explain the debacle. The crowd reaction is not supportive
And oh yeah: Fuck AI
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/609/277/165/193/710/original/9c5f01d5ca12f860.mp4

2026-05-11 15:32:01 UTC

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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 UTC

#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 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

2026-05-05 02:29:03 UTC

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you joke but it's always been my nightmare some suit in hollywood will look at the "intellectual properties" of star wars and star trek, snort a line of coke, and go...
"HEY BRO, CROSSOVER!" {sniff}
😩

2026-04-30 16:45:44 UTC

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some look at their fingers, and that is all they think: a place to write something, anything
something mystical. something romantic. something tough. something whimsical
or something very very dear to them. and i can't disagree, we all love potatoes:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/494/660/826/746/006/original/5a5a5f1adedca9b8.webp

2026-04-28 17:49:01 UTC

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i mean i do understand i was fishing for a reply to engage your concerns
your concerns are valid
but the essential problem is it does no good to simply have complaints:
what is your coherent plan to fix your complaints
do you have one?
we here are saying: choose better over worse and iterate until you get good
if you have a better solution i'd love to hear it

2026-04-28 16:50:29 UTC

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i don't understand

2026-04-27 17:32:40 UTC

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every state has different rules about who can #vote in the #primary
you got closed, partially closed, partially open, open to unaffiliated voters, open, multi-party, etc
it's fucking complicated, and part of our problem with voting in general in the #USA because people are never educated about it and never figure it out
it still doesn't mean they are free of blame IF THEY DON'T FUCKING VOTE IN THE #PRIMARIES
educate yourself AND VOTE
https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/state-primary-election-types

2026-04-27 16:58:26 UTC

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that americans complain about their #candidates, but don't fucking show up and vote in the #primaries, is nothing but a massive indictment of average americans
you need to fucking show up in the fucking primaries people!
that is where you get real #left candidates
if you don't do NOT fucking complain about the candidates in the general #election!
YOU failed to show up in the primaries so that is on YOU

2026-04-27 16:45:05 UTC

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yup, the #USA is going the way of #Russia as well
IF WE DON'T FUCKING #VOTE
VOTE YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES
especially in the #primaries
get some real #left #candidates
if you don't vote, shut the fuck up about our problems, you've abdicated your right to speak, since your true voice, your vote, you decided isn't perfect enough
nobody rational thinks that way
accounts shitting on the vote are either a #rightWing #psyop cosplaying left to suppress the left vote, or just a fucking idiot

2026-04-27 16:31:18 UTC

"Russia’s economy minister admits ‘reserves have largely been used up’ while communist lawmaker warns of 1917-style revolution as #GDP shrinks"
Endless gloom and #doom stories about #Russia's #economy means you can forgive people for being jaded on the topic
They are correct that people saying #collapse is imminent are wrong
But
It's also wrong to conclude that Russia won't collapse
The truth:
It won't be tomorrow
But it also won't be never
Russia is in deep shit
https://fortune.com/2026/04/25/russia-economy-reserves-labor-shortage-inflation-gdp-financial-crisis-revolution/

2026-04-17 14:07:20 UTC

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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 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

2026-04-17 00:28:03 UTC

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absolutely there are losers going around yelling "bigotry!" against words that are not bigotry. i've seen that shit myself
and?
meaning what?
when someone says something that you yourself would say "now that's some fucking bigotry" we can't do anything about it because losers exist somewhere?

2026-04-16 16:54:31 UTC

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'In the 2024 election, genocide was on both big tickets, so it gets really hair-splitty to call one "lesser evil".'
really?
trans rights. women's rights. the climate. healthcare. immigrant rights. i could go on and on
focus on harm reduction
focusing on one issue to the exclusion of all others and not voting or voting third party, only helps elect MAGA

2026-04-16 16:32:01 UTC

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but every single vote is a vote for evil or the lesser evil
there is no such thing as evil v good
there is only evil v lesser evil
in all times past, now, and all times future
even in revolution that is the choice between the fighting groups
the hannah arendt quote refers to those living under nazism, their choices outside of democracy
hannah would tell us to just fucking vote
(and 3rd party, without ranked choice, just divides the left and helps MAGA)

2026-04-16 14:15:28 UTC

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as long as we sever these immature impotent losers: "but this one issue {x} i want it NOW or i don't vote"
you improve the world with sustained, iterative effort
anyone sitting there going "not perfect so no vote!" is a fuckwit or outright right wing troll cosplaying left to help MAGA
it's about *how* we improve our world, a plan, and work
not making idealistic demands as a lying excuse to do nothing but detach
such a person is not a leftist, just an entitled piece of shit

2026-04-16 14:06:30 UTC

Most major #media and #socialMedia in the #USA is now right wing controlled
The #techbro angle is well understood, but traditional media, that used to be more balanced, being capitalist entities that were dying, plutocrats merely purchased them and put their goons on the managing editor desks
Watch this video of Peter #Magyar going on #Hungary's version of #FoxNews (their state media) and announcing he is shutting them down
Now dream of that in the #US
To get there, you fucking #vote, idiots
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/414/761/661/463/840/original/d6006787bcb57052.mp4

2026-04-15 15:27:34 UTC

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obviously
because your point now seems to be to make assertions about what bigotry is, in complete contrast to what bigotry is
your words on this topic are absurd william

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 14:54:02 UTC

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ah
you're a true believer in the marketplace of ideas
william: take a person of malicious intent
you agree they exist right?
their goal is to harass, cajole, lie, waste time, change the topic, be as bad faith as possible, etc
the marketplace of ideas is fucking bullshit when you're dealing with bigots
the bigot's foundational sentiment is sadism and disrespect
there is no such thing as constructive conversations with them
you simply exclude the pieces of shit

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

2026-04-15 11:36:59 UTC

I don't care about the band "Geese"
They achieved fame and money with an #algorithm manipulating "narrative" campaign via fake accounts
This is what I care about:
That seemingly authentic sincere account whining about how voting sucks, "BoTh SiDeS tHe SaMe", nothing ever gets better...
Think
If so much effort goes into promoting an indie band, how much effort goes into convincing you not to #vote?
"The Fanfare Around the Band Geese Actually Was a #Psyop"
https://www.wired.com/story/geese-chaotic-good-marketing-industry-plant/

2026-04-14 18:45:03 UTC

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well then let it proceed democratically
"the vote tally on william maggos's idea to allow bigots on the fediverse for the sake of their therapy (am i wrong? what are you trying to say if i got it wrong)"
...
"vote tally is in, it's 5,283,199 nay, 3,264 yea"

2026-04-14 18:23:22 UTC

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a group of servers that choose to federate with each other
on what criteria?
any criteria they want
if you disagree with the current criteria, you may start your own fediverse of servers who think it's worth the effort to provide therapy for bigots
go for it
whatever may be, may be
william:
you seem to like quixotic quests
you think bigots can be reasoned with
and you think you're going to redefine the fedi as bigot-tolerant for the purposes of their therapy

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 17:35:23 UTC

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there is always a cost
if you are too lenient you get evil bigots encouraging the hanging of trans people
if you are too excessive you ban honest ignorants fresh out of the fox news zombie bubble saying vaccines don't work, when a little education would have sufficed
you're not arguing for better, you're arguing for erring on leniency
and i'm arguing for erring on harshness
let the honest ignorant come back when they figure out vaccines work

2026-04-14 17:19:15 UTC

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if a server is unresponsive on nuking an account like the one we both agree shouldn't be here (or worse, argues for preserving the account), what happens is the bigots notice and pile on that server and it becomes a metastasizing cancer
you *have* to suspend the server
again it's about what a bigot is:
they have a need to be disrespectful. you can't separate their need to reply guy and harass from what it means to be a bigot
give them a crack in, they will pile in

2026-04-14 17:09:45 UTC

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well then what are we even arguing about
if you agree such bigoted shit shouldn't be in the free and clear, we agree. because that's all i've been arguing about

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 15:56:45 UTC

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william, you're responding thoughtfully to an account that is suspended on mastodon.social so i wormed my way around that and spent 30 seconds viewing some comments from this, uh, esteemed individual
you want this fucking shit free and clear on the fediverse?
you really do?
you *really* do?!
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/403/865/295/558/460/original/8ae43ed3ba060605.png
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/403/866/737/240/422/original/50ee5feffa8069af.png

2026-04-14 15:47:17 UTC

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what the fuck?
william are you turning into an edgelord?
the issue is bigotry
you know what that is
you think you can do some weak posturing with "well what is bigotry, really, hmmm?" and you think this is going to win you this argument?
it's called topic shifting
it's dishonest william. you're telling me you get my point, you just don't want to admit it

2026-04-14 15:41:42 UTC

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say someone posts some fuckwit anti-trans bigotry
and say i'm a trans person
and i come across that stupid hate organically, as people do on the fediverse
a trans person in a noose, something about trans people needing to die, etc
why is that event ok to you?
why do you have this concern for some contrived bullshit "need" for a bigot to do that more important to you than normal people who just want to enjoy social media without encountering ignorant hate?

2026-04-14 15:33:19 UTC

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i have a feeling that you don't quite fully grasp what bigotry is
bigotry is disrespect
it's not some difference of opinion that can be argued with. the disrespect of others because they are a woman, or black, or muslim, or trans, or gay, or disabled, etc, is the essence of bigotry
so to say someone with such disrespect, will then somehow magically be respectful on the fediverse, is absurd
you want to assert they can coexist here, and won't do what bigots always do

2026-04-14 15:18:55 UTC

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you're describing a subset of bigots who aren't in your face with their bigotry? ok. i'm certain there's such people on the fediverse already. but since they don't speak their bigotry, we'll never know. so... what's the point?
the issue, which you continually dance around, is that bigots reply guy and harass. if you can't agree such accounts need to be nuked from orbit, i don't know what to say to you, because you don't seem to understand a genuine and real problem

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 14:39:37 UTC

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and i know your response already
"there is no valid discourse with bigotry. nothing is gained"
yes, in some rare instances, you can cure a bigot
great!
go do that
twitter is full of these fuckwits
engage some. do your thing. enjoy. i wish you great success
but you will not unilaterally decide against the opinion of the fediverse that this place is going to be polluted with their endless evil stupid bad faith nonsense, whatever noble goal you have

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 14:19:05 UTC

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bigots can change but they rarely do
last time we had this discussion you linked to daryl davis as well. i responded as i will now: i admire daryl but daryl is an extreme outlier
we're not here to provide therapy for bigots
people here want to converse without bigotry polluting their timeline
you've decided unilaterally that *your* quixotic goal of curing bigots is what should be here
no
open a twitter account and tilt at windmills there
we're not having it here

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 13:44:09 UTC

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indeed i consider your position naive at best
bigots and prideful ignorants have zero place on the fediverse
any server that won't act on them needs to be excised from the fediverse
i cannot fathom why you don't understand that this imperative is the bedrock of the ethos of a community you enjoy being part of, while not understanding what it takes to protect that community
if shitwits want to vomit their hate somewhere, they have twitter. fuck them

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

2026-04-14 12:55:51 UTC

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it's not that complicated
andrew tate is a piece of shit
that substack platforms him is repugnant enough for many people that they just won't use substack
some won't care. well, fuck them
some worry that the air they breathe contains some molecules that were once also breathed by stalin, so they'll stop breathing. yeah these people are a bit much: you follow coherent connections, and apply pressure where it is worth it
it's a balance in life, always

2026-04-13 16:04:33 UTC

Does voting change anything?
🤔🤔🤔
Everything sucks and then you die. Waah. The forces of malice are omnipotent, I am powerless to do anything but roll over and accept their abuse. Waah
I know: I won't use my voice, I won't #vote. That's it!
As a "protest"
You know: exactly what #fascism wants me to do! I'm so smart
🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️
"Hungarian election victor #Magyar says he’d speak with #Putin and ask him to end the war in #Ukraine"
https://apnews.com/article/magyar-eu-brussels-orban-election-ukraine-ea81cfcc269eea44b6645e35a87bf3c2
Vote, American losers
#Hungary #UkraineWar

2026-04-13 11:36:56 UTC

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nobody in a billion years has a single thing against people who can't vote
due to laws, financial issues, social issues, family issues, health, disability, etc
but there are still a whole group who can vote, but just choose not to
that is the problem

2026-04-13 00:34:07 UTC

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it's easy for me to go on a roll about voting
reality is on my side
#mamdani beats #cuomo: we just show the fuck up and vote and the left wins, forget all the bullshit. IN THE PRIMARIES
#magyar beats #orban: the money, the influence, the tricks... but people just showed the fuck up anyway
when the left constructs elaborate bullshit reasons to not vote, they are merely doing self-fulfilling cynicism prophecy
JUST FUCKING VOTE

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 23:31:49 UTC

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No
You're completely wrong. Your focus is all wrong
You're obsessed with teaching centrist corporatist Democrats a lesson
Why?
Who fucking gives a shit what they think
You just show up. In the primaries. And vote. And replace the assholes
That's it
Beginning and ending of your concerns
That's the lesson of Mamdani
Why do you fucking care what Schumer thinks? Just replace the asshole. That should be the entirety of your thought process

2026-04-12 23:26:35 UTC

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ManyRoads is asking us to fucking do something. That's all that matters
I don't give a fuck what rationale people use to get off their asses and lose their ineffectual entitled nonvoting cynical weak whining
As long as they do

2026-04-12 23:22:05 UTC

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The problem is you frame it as a reason to give up and not vote
To depend upon an insane impossible signal before voting: centrists magically becoming leftists. You know that's never going to happen
And let them spend billions
Billions were spent on Orban. How did that turn out?
Because people fucking voted
Stop framing problems as a reason to disengage. It's weak and stupid
Our problems are a reason to get angry and fucking vote

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

2026-04-12 02:39:09 UTC

Will Hollingsworth is his name
Give him a listen
Talking against a #dataCenter proposal in Ravenna, #Ohio
Speaking eloquently on how he trained the #AI that replaced him, bad #regulations, lying #techBros...
Witty, passionate, persuasive
Will is a #citizen in the finest sense of the word
"I am not a cynic when it comes to #technology. I am believer in #community. I believe that a drop of clean #water for a Ravenna child is worth more than a billion #AI generated images"
👏 👏 👏
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/389/411/115/899/400/original/a34efd8f4f0e41d8.mp4

2026-04-12 02:01:16 UTC

Tearing down posters of #Zelensky...
Yes! Do it!
Wait, what am I saying?
See these posters are #Kremlin disinfo in #Budapest, #Hungary, lies about #Ukraine. And crowds are tearing down all the #propaganda and lies as a statement of disgust with #Orban and #Putin, shouting "Ruszkik Haza" ("Russians go home")
credit: https://www.threads.com/@alex.nick.jungle/post/DW_O0b2Dzr7
#Russia #UkraineWar
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/389/258/266/280/444/original/27b2334b01ae5d6b.mp4

2026-04-10 22:51:16 UTC

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A reminder that #Pepsi pledged to leave #Russia but remained anyway
#Ukraine labels Pepsi as an "international sponsor of war"
In 2024, PepsiCo started building a new salty snack plant in Novosibirsk
In 2025, PepsiCo submitted an application to register its Rockstar energy drink trademark in Russia for sale of beverages
Fuck #PepsiCo
https://leave-russia.org/pepsico
#boycott #boycottPepsi #boycottPepsico #UkraineWar

2026-04-10 21:29:58 UTC

" #Zelensky says unnamed 'partners' asked #Ukraine not to attack Russian oil refineries"
you've had decades of warning about #fossilFuels fueling #climateChange and funding #authoritarianism
now you whine that your addiction to #oil is blowing up in your face
and you expect the victims of #russia's #genocide and #imperialism to stop fighting
for the sake of your laziness?
fuck. you.
ukraine: bomb the ever loving shit out of russian oil refineries
https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-says-unnamed-partners-asked-ukraine-not-to-attack-russian-oil-refineries/
#UkraineWar

2026-04-10 20:32:12 UTC

i try to emphasize good news
and if i can't do that i try to emphasize anger over sadness
but there's nothing i can do about this bit of news except be depressed:
"Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor #penguins at risk of #extinction"
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/09/mass-drowning-of-chicks-puts-emperor-penguins-at-risk-of-extinction
essentially, #globalWarming, the #climateCrisis, is breaking up the ice the #emperorPenguin depends upon to raise its young, and this is resulting in mass killings of their young now
😔
#penguin #science #climateChange #ecology

2026-04-10 18:56:02 UTC

Thus begins the #ButlerianJihad
" #OpenAI says CEO #SamAltman's house was targeted with a Molotov cocktail
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/openai-ceo-sam-altman-molotov-cocktail-house-headquarters-rcna273694
#AI

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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2026-04-10 03:12:01 UTC

Cruciferous vegetables are very healthy
But not in #space
4 people in a spacecraft the size of 2 minivans means excess flatulence- which has methane and hydrogen, is not just malodorous, but downright dangerous: flammability
" #NASA even carefully curates astronauts’ meals to reduce flatulence as much as possible. Among the foods on its naughty list are Brussels sprouts, baked beans, cabbage and broccoli"
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/expert-warns-artemis-ii-crew-not-to-fart-or-they-could-be-in-danger/
#Artemis #ArtemisII #Artemis2

2026-04-08 13:27:43 UTC

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anyone who didn't vote is just as culpable in all of this as MAGA

2026-04-07 03:10:24 UTC

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muslims talking amongst themselves is foreign to them, so they just see islamic references and fall upon "islamophobia" simply because merely talking about islam must be phobic since the only exposure they get to islam is western idiots talking about islam
they're not looking to understand, they are trigger happy and deranged
lots of people have ignored that server. don't get angry, go cold. block it and move on, it's not a serious server and will decline

2026-04-06 18:50:03 UTC

"Why #Nutella?"
Because paste consistency food is great in weightlessness
Peanut butter is also loved by astronauts
Soft tortillas too: no crumbs floating around
And all these foods don't need refrigeration
Finally, you need calorie dense foods since storage is at a premium
Eat like an astronaut and have a Nutella tortilla
#Artemis #Artemis2 #ArtemisII
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/359/239/770/512/154/original/ee8ef05dd38e5657.mp4

2026-04-06 14:26:38 UTC

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i have 100s of comments hating on the govt of russia, putin, the kremlin
but i'm careful not to demonize regular russians, because yes, while many of them are loser assholes who support the stupid ethnofascist war on ukraine, many are not
and thus, not as some high minded moral principle, but simply as a matter of good tactics and strategy, we don't demonize all russians, simply because if putin is to be overthrown, it will be regular russians doing it

2026-04-06 13:08:43 UTC

#Magawa was a southern giant pouched #rat born at Sokoine University of Agriculture in #Tanzania in 2013
Magawa was trained by #APOPO, the #Belgium nonprofit that trains #rats and dogs to detect #mines
In #Cambodia Magawa became the most successful #landmine sniffing rat ever, clearing 23 hectares/56 acres, detecting 71 #landmines and 38 other explosives
Magawa died in 2022
On April 3, for International #Mine Awareness Day, Cambodia honored Magawa with a stone statue
https://cambodianess.com/article/cambodia-honors-mine-sniffing-rat-magawa-with-statue-in-siem-reap
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/357/895/642/170/213/original/81d0b3480a0a571a.jpg
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/357/895/627/606/754/original/0410c4e48151a1cc.jpg

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