Dr. Liz Powell (they/them)
@drlizpowell.bsky.social
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I'm a psychologist, speaker, author, & coach who believes that Great Sex can change the world! Bi, queer, polyam, kinky, genderqueer. Pronouns they/ them.
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drlizpowell.bsky.social
So I'm a Chaos Muppet which means I have ridiculous ideas sometimes but I figure why not see if there's interest in some of them. For instance, would folks want to watch a video of me breaking down the Netflix Christmas Movie Cinematic Universe and its implications on what even is reality?
drlizpowell.bsky.social
This season of Love Is Blind is WILD. None of these people should be getting married. They should all be getting therapy.
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hunterub.bsky.social
There's literally no reason for Congress to exist if any random freak in the presidential orbit can nullify laws and seize federal funds. All of this is plainly illegal, but Mike Johnson leads the most corrupt Congress in US history (and by a wide margin.)
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hunterub.bsky.social
If you don't want to call it authoritarian or fascist, fine, but there's no ideological wiggle room around "White House functionaries have to follow US laws even if they don't wanna." Whatever else this administration might be, it's first and foremost criminal.
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srirachachau.bsky.social
Long story short, an actual Nazi doxxing ring. Enough people reported them that they went away for like 12 hours and then Elon personally brought them back. The site is dead. If you’re still on there, go lock your account right now
knightscrest.bsky.social
what even happened on the other site this time
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drlizpowell.bsky.social
Lol! I'm on meds to help with mine so it's not that bad, but it's definitely a different heart rate experience than I think these devices are designed for
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resnikoff.bsky.social
Congressman, I’m detective Resnikoff.

*Scribbling in a notebook*

To your knowledge, have any Republican Hill staffers been in your office recently?
politico.com
EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

“The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.
Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office
An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com
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droseph.bsky.social
Watched the whole thing and it's way worse! he filibusters them by deflecting to Sudan, and then outrageously saying "what about" Obama arming the Saudis to kill Yemeni children! all this, while gaslighting about he's so good, and how unfair and unreasonable it is for him to be pressed on Israel.
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diplomatofnight.com
Whereas Harris told MSNBC that she believes whether or not Israel has committed genocide is a fair and honest question to ask, Cory Booker explicitly said to the "I've Had it" podcast that he thinks addressing the question of whether Netanyahu has committed crimes would undermine resolving conflict.
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mmasnick.bsky.social
Ah, yes, the double standard.

Kids do edgy things like saying "I love Hitler." Just ignore it.

Oh, also, my admin is getting people fired and pulling their visas for saying mean things about Charlie Kirk.

Someone should ask Vance why its only the shitheads who support him who get to be "edgy"
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self.agency
the hell in which american jewry is now trapped — everything is antisemitism except actual antisemitism
donmoyn.bsky.social
Old enough to remember when kids being anti-semitic was the basis for a federal government assault on higher education
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julianplum.com
Oh shit wait i figured out the actual one that happens a lot: older women in my life will often make jokes when I talk about transitioning like, "so when does the manspreading start" or like "how long do you have to be on T before you start interrupting women." it is genuinely so hurtful.
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aslangk.bsky.social
Cis People in my family, friend group, and spiritual community have been awesome throughout my transition. But they don't know what trans people are experiencing right now, and I have to be the one to tell them when they ask me how I'm doing. Its always a shock. WHY? Are you living in a box?
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diamondforger.bsky.social
Also a lot of cis people seem to operate under the idea that the moment you say you're a man you suddenly get access to unqualified male privilege. For example they think that because cis men make more money than cis women, if someone transitions to a man they just automatically make more money
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diamondforger.bsky.social
The one I've heard the most is cis women saying some variation of "I hate men, except you because you don't count"
They mean it as a compliment but it makes me feel gross every time
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sandyernestallen.bsky.social
Big picture, if this needs explaining to any cis folks unaware: Trans men tend to be ignored and erased from the media coverage even of trans people. Trans women tend to be over-covered and in negative ways that are familiar I'm sure to many ...
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sesmith.lol
ICYMI: I wrote for @theverge.com about how we preserve reliable resources on trans health in an era filled with transphobia and AI slop.
Doing it for themselves
How do resources on transitioning survive the era of surveillance and AI slop?
www.theverge.com
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pookleblinky.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/pook...

He's not even able to make it sound like the consumer would benefit. Pay him an increasing monthly fee and receive a pre-digested statistical average of AO3 that might still spiral you into becoming a family annihilator. Who would possibly refuse that offer
pookleblinky.bsky.social
Like, even snake oil salesmen had to promise their customers a benefit. This snake oil will heal your ailments. It will benefit you. You get something out of buying my snake oil.

These fash tech dipshits can't even do that. It's just "if you buy my snake oil I get to have more money."
pookleblinky.bsky.social
It's funny that literally the only use case zuckerberg can imagine for technology is "I get to surveil you 24/7 inside the panopticon I own"

Like he can't even be arsed to detail the benefit to anyone other than him.
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pookleblinky.bsky.social
"Good news, everyone. We're going to try to stop it from getting you to kill yourself. Don't ask how. Also, you can fuck it. Don't ask why."

And the US is spending more on *that* than consumer spending. Every company relentlessly trying to cram *that* into their product. The government included.
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pookleblinky.bsky.social
Like, no part of that statement reflects a successful product.

Much less, a product that literally over a third of the US stock market is inextricably tied up with, a product desperately jammed fucking everywhere.

It's such a colossal statement of abject fucking failure.
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pookleblinky.bsky.social
Altman: the next update will *not* tell people to kill themselves in order to attain quantum resonance with god.

Everyone: yeah that'd be pretty nice

Altman: It will *not* tell people to murder their spouses.

Everyone: cool, good feature.

Altman: and you can fuck it
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pookleblinky.bsky.social
So, Sam Altman knows this. He is aware that his competitors in the answer-shaped object machine market are all desperately trying to pivot to generating CSAM and seducing kids.

And, knowing this, he *first* addressed the issue of his robot causing people to kill themselves and annihilate families.