Yesterday @reified-systems.itch.io pointed out that Basil's face from this Fawlty Towers VHS collection is nearly exactly The Expression from Disco Elysium, and my mind is blown.
I genuinely think this may be the original inspiration! So many details match up
To any Hungarians annoyed that Americans are placing the credit for your momentous victory on the shoulders of our stunningly repellent little weasel of a VP: you are correct to feel that way, I'm sorry, we just want to seize any available oppurtunity to humiliate him specificially
It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source...
Hungary's 2026 could be our 2028 with enough popular will and the right leader at the helm.
And on April 12, 2026, the heirs to the economic aristocracy that Roosevelt combated are on the cusp of killing his legacy both at home and abroad.
It's up to the American people to recognize and reclaim their birthright before it's too late.
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Librarian Luanne James fired as the county’s top librarian for refusing to move 100+ LGBTQ books from the children’s section to the adult section
She stands by her decision stating relocating books would "compromise her professional obligation against govt-mandated viewpoint discrimination" 📚
Tom Morello opening speech in Minneapolis 🔥
Coop from Interstellar piloting a spaceship and saying "This little maneuver is gonna cost us 51 years"
your grandparents voting for reagan
"Video games are toys" -> "Video games are art" -> "Video games are an entertainment product"
I lived through the whole evolution. Yeah, we get artistic indie work still now; but we used to get shit like Spec Ops, an interactive reimagination of Heart of Darkness told through modern military trope.
Official statement re: Dan Bongino
Honestly, Donald Trump is probably more racist than George Wallace ever was.
Wallace was an opportunist who embraced racist politics because it played well with his electorate. Trump is a true believer in racism who keeps saying racist things despite the political blowback.
I wake up every day cursing this fact. While it wouldn't be the priority, I wouldn't mind re-examining that detail if we ever build the political will for the most impactful round of amendments since the Civil War.
The only negative thing I have to say about Mamdani is there's not someone like him in every city across America.
They’re telling me a great empire will be destroyed if I attack Persia. Even the oracles who don’t like me very much, very nasty, they all said to me, “Sir, it’s one of the great empires, and it’ll be destroyed. And all because you attacked Persia.” That’s what they’re telling me.
If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.
The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled.
A truly extraordinary moment.
We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
Act like it.
I understand that there are a lot of folks on the left who instinctively recoil from religious language, and with good reason given its use by the right.
But please listen to this, and focus on how he's trying to realign "Christian values" so they align with and advance progressive policy goals.
Authoritarianism is rising because our democracy was failing before Trump.
When pro-democracy forces take back power, we can’t just restore the status quo. We need to change a political system that gives oligarchs a veto over working people.
We need a new democracy.
US Troops killed all the guards at Dachau for this kind of shit.
No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
as someone who pushes hard against conspiratorial thinking in my professional and political life, it is deeply irritating when, on top of the untold human harms Epstein caused, it turns out he was at the center of at least half a dozen actual conspiracies
This is difficult news to share: 4 well knowm people in our community that some of us consider close friends - aren't real. Sadly, I was recently made aware of a catfishing operation involving these 4 accounts. I'm sharing this publicly due to the number of people affected.
PSA:
After months of investigation, we have determined that @emperorel.bsky.social, @ramen316.bsky.social, @caroocaroline.bsky.social, and @rahbie.bsky.social are all catfish accounts operated by one man.
This is not a joke. We have diligently verified all details beyond any doubt. All catfish.
I don't think people appreciate enough the fact that, at a time where global warming was approaching an inflection point yet renewable energy was finally becoming economically viable, we decided to squander that opportunity because literal death cultists decided we needed Infinite Bullshit Machines.
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
Ken Burns' American Revolution series, arguably his most aesthetically beautiful documentary yet, really underscores how damn hideous this looks.
More than a week before his crucifixion by Roman law enforcement, Jesus of Nazareth infuriated other authorities as he overturned vendor tables at the temple farmers market and cursed at an innocent fig tree causing it to wither, according to newly unearthed videos. Watch here.
I don't need to hear anything about or from the Clintons again
It's been 30 years
They were good for their time and that time is over
FDR- THAT'S a president who's still relative
We're descendants of FDR, not Clinton
Let's operate from that platform
