Applesoda
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Between Mamdani and Spanberger, the establishment of "instantly repeal all the bullshit the last pig put in place" as Democratic priority #1 for both democratic socialists and ex-CIA types is an extremely heartening development.
The first thing Virginia Spanberger did after being sworn in as Governor of Virginia was repeal Youngkin’s executive order requiring state and local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE.
This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.
This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.
January 18, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Between Mamdani and Spanberger, the establishment of "instantly repeal all the bullshit the last pig put in place" as Democratic priority #1 for both democratic socialists and ex-CIA types is an extremely heartening development.
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just increasingly obvious that everything online Dems got excited about in casting Newsom as a “fighter” was simply the skilled efforts of a comms team who knows exactly what online Dems will fall for, while the man himself has a spine made of absolute tapioca pudding
I put myself through the entire interview. Trust me when I tell you that Gavin "dank memes" Newsom agrees with him on EVERYTHING. I literally says "I agree with you" on EVERYTHING. Ben "extremely unpopular even with MAGA" Shapiro gets very combative with him and Gavin capitulates EVERY time.
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 18, 2026 at 11:48 AM
just increasingly obvious that everything online Dems got excited about in casting Newsom as a “fighter” was simply the skilled efforts of a comms team who knows exactly what online Dems will fall for, while the man himself has a spine made of absolute tapioca pudding
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okay but you might wanna actually watch star trek first
January 13, 2026 at 9:30 PM
okay but you might wanna actually watch star trek first
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and I feel like we were steadily heading in that direction for a half century (as i type on a shard of glass) and then this dude showed up, and a few other dudes like him, and now we’re in the mirror universe where people are trying to bring back slaves.
"We want to make Star Trek real," said Elon Musk.
"We want to make Starfleet Academy real so that it's not always science fiction, but one day the science fiction turns to science fact."
"We want to make Starfleet Academy real so that it's not always science fiction, but one day the science fiction turns to science fact."
January 13, 2026 at 11:46 PM
and I feel like we were steadily heading in that direction for a half century (as i type on a shard of glass) and then this dude showed up, and a few other dudes like him, and now we’re in the mirror universe where people are trying to bring back slaves.
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This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny
It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
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first off, better late than never, happy protomen act 3 day theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii... excuse me while I listen to hold on over and over
Act III: This City Made Us, by The Protomen
15 track album
theprotomen.bandcamp.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:41 AM
first off, better late than never, happy protomen act 3 day theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii... excuse me while I listen to hold on over and over
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"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
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On Saturday December 13th, I will be hosting:
“The Worst Charity Stream”
For every 1000 dollars we raise, I will play Shenmue 3: Enhanced Edition for an additional hour
There will be guests. There Will be a punishment wheel.
Money raised will be in aid of Palestine
www.twitch.tv/supereyepatc...
“The Worst Charity Stream”
For every 1000 dollars we raise, I will play Shenmue 3: Enhanced Edition for an additional hour
There will be guests. There Will be a punishment wheel.
Money raised will be in aid of Palestine
www.twitch.tv/supereyepatc...
December 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
On Saturday December 13th, I will be hosting:
“The Worst Charity Stream”
For every 1000 dollars we raise, I will play Shenmue 3: Enhanced Edition for an additional hour
There will be guests. There Will be a punishment wheel.
Money raised will be in aid of Palestine
www.twitch.tv/supereyepatc...
“The Worst Charity Stream”
For every 1000 dollars we raise, I will play Shenmue 3: Enhanced Edition for an additional hour
There will be guests. There Will be a punishment wheel.
Money raised will be in aid of Palestine
www.twitch.tv/supereyepatc...
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best encapsulation why everyone hates democrats despite trump being the spawn of satan
November 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
best encapsulation why everyone hates democrats despite trump being the spawn of satan
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The failure of the “blue no matter who” crowd to rally behind Mamdani really just lays the reality of that position bare, doesn’t it?
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The failure of the “blue no matter who” crowd to rally behind Mamdani really just lays the reality of that position bare, doesn’t it?
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The reason they’re so desperately trying to sell him to us now is they’re trying to build up a juggernaut narrative before the first primary where he gets absolutely obliterated
August 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The reason they’re so desperately trying to sell him to us now is they’re trying to build up a juggernaut narrative before the first primary where he gets absolutely obliterated
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the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.
August 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.
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There is a bill right now in the US trying to pass
It would make it illegal for any financial service provider to prohibit or inhibit any legal transaction
It's called the "Fair Access to Banking Act, H.R.987 in the House, S.410 in the Senate"
Call your representatives if you live in the US !!!!
It would make it illegal for any financial service provider to prohibit or inhibit any legal transaction
It's called the "Fair Access to Banking Act, H.R.987 in the House, S.410 in the Senate"
Call your representatives if you live in the US !!!!
So we know who to blame for getting payment processing companies to go after furries and kicking them from only fans, fansly, and steam.
It is a group called “collective shout”. Furry adult content is being falsely labeled bestiality by payment processing companies. This group got them to do that.
It is a group called “collective shout”. Furry adult content is being falsely labeled bestiality by payment processing companies. This group got them to do that.
July 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
There is a bill right now in the US trying to pass
It would make it illegal for any financial service provider to prohibit or inhibit any legal transaction
It's called the "Fair Access to Banking Act, H.R.987 in the House, S.410 in the Senate"
Call your representatives if you live in the US !!!!
It would make it illegal for any financial service provider to prohibit or inhibit any legal transaction
It's called the "Fair Access to Banking Act, H.R.987 in the House, S.410 in the Senate"
Call your representatives if you live in the US !!!!
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There -literally- would not be em-dashes in AI output if they weren't extremely common in the human output vacuumed up by large leeching machines.
Stop spreading this garbage about em dashes in ACTUAL EDITED PROSE OH MY GOD.
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
July 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
There -literally- would not be em-dashes in AI output if they weren't extremely common in the human output vacuumed up by large leeching machines.
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A lot of content is made by extremely online people, who observe the behavior of other extremely online people and assume that's how everyone is.
It's very easy to let your worldview be shaped by a small number of people who are very good at getting attention on phones
It's very easy to let your worldview be shaped by a small number of people who are very good at getting attention on phones
July 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A lot of content is made by extremely online people, who observe the behavior of other extremely online people and assume that's how everyone is.
It's very easy to let your worldview be shaped by a small number of people who are very good at getting attention on phones
It's very easy to let your worldview be shaped by a small number of people who are very good at getting attention on phones
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WE CAN MAKE THE INTERNET FUN AGAIN
THAT IS WITHIN OUR POWER
MAKE A WEBSITE
PUT ALL YOUR DUMB SHIT ON IT
SHARE IT
THAT IS WITHIN OUR POWER
MAKE A WEBSITE
PUT ALL YOUR DUMB SHIT ON IT
SHARE IT
I've slapped together approximately 173 pages of material that aims to teach programming a personal website with HTML and CSS to artists, animators, writers, music producers, etc.
F*ck It, Let's Make a Website Part 1 is now live ✨
Go here to read: bit.ly/filmawPartOne
More info below 👇
F*ck It, Let's Make a Website Part 1 is now live ✨
Go here to read: bit.ly/filmawPartOne
More info below 👇
June 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
WE CAN MAKE THE INTERNET FUN AGAIN
THAT IS WITHIN OUR POWER
MAKE A WEBSITE
PUT ALL YOUR DUMB SHIT ON IT
SHARE IT
THAT IS WITHIN OUR POWER
MAKE A WEBSITE
PUT ALL YOUR DUMB SHIT ON IT
SHARE IT
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This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.
June 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.
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Gavin Newsom vetoed a data broker privacy bill that our legislature passed last year that would have allowed Californians to opt out of all data brokers with a single click.
The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again.
Their inaction is deadly.
June 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Gavin Newsom vetoed a data broker privacy bill that our legislature passed last year that would have allowed Californians to opt out of all data brokers with a single click.
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Take a listen and seriously consider it. While this is not an uncommon practice, I am glad people are beginning to speak up about it.
June 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Take a listen and seriously consider it. While this is not an uncommon practice, I am glad people are beginning to speak up about it.
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This story is both horrifying & a stark reminder why PRIDE month cannot continue to be a celebration of colourful consumption.
Be angry, confrontational, never talk to the pigs, & make bigots scared to be recognized in public.
Be angry, confrontational, never talk to the pigs, & make bigots scared to be recognized in public.
The heartbreaking statement from Jonathan Joss’s husband about his death.
June 3, 2025 at 7:36 AM
This story is both horrifying & a stark reminder why PRIDE month cannot continue to be a celebration of colourful consumption.
Be angry, confrontational, never talk to the pigs, & make bigots scared to be recognized in public.
Be angry, confrontational, never talk to the pigs, & make bigots scared to be recognized in public.
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I see a lot of people blaming the comics industry for the 6-figure debt that Peter David’s medical struggle put him into. But please, please don’t forget to blame the United States, where not having affordable health care is a personal failing not a community issue.
May 26, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I see a lot of people blaming the comics industry for the 6-figure debt that Peter David’s medical struggle put him into. But please, please don’t forget to blame the United States, where not having affordable health care is a personal failing not a community issue.