Gilia capitata
@giliacapitata.bsky.social
I like plants and analog machines
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we should think of means-testing like we do high tax rates. When you have very high tax rates, people or companies will spend lots of money to avoid or evade them. Similarly complex means-tests require large amounts of money to enforce.
"And this labyrinth of eligibility rules doesn’t just fail the intended beneficiaries – the administrative complexity they create presents an enormous opportunity for profit by government contractors."
Means-testing is not efficiency. It is grift. lpeproject.org/blog/the-mea...
Means-testing is not efficiency. It is grift. lpeproject.org/blog/the-mea...
The Means-Testing Industrial Complex
As Republicans tightened work requirements and eligibility rules for Medicaid and SNAP last year, Equifax’s CEO openly celebrated the profits to be made from administering this deprivation.
lpeproject.org
January 29, 2026 at 11:21 AM
we should think of means-testing like we do high tax rates. When you have very high tax rates, people or companies will spend lots of money to avoid or evade them. Similarly complex means-tests require large amounts of money to enforce.
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issues like this literally sank an org i was a part of years ago
Who takes notes and does the dishes for the revolution is a political matter. Look around you at your organizing meetings. If women are always the ones keeping minutes, assign a man. If women are always volunteering to get shit going, assign some men.
I think @sarahjeong.bsky.social said it's because they devalue women's labor and a LOT of this Scary Logistics stuff comes from people who don't understand that basically all of the civic life they enjoy is created with the help of free labor, largely by women.
January 26, 2026 at 7:16 AM
issues like this literally sank an org i was a part of years ago
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Make no mistake, we are now seeing white American citizens being murdered by law enforcement because we never truly addressed the way our law enforcement treats Black Americans.
If we do not help each other, it’s only a matter of time before we all lose.
Our liberation is tied together.
If we do not help each other, it’s only a matter of time before we all lose.
Our liberation is tied together.
January 26, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Make no mistake, we are now seeing white American citizens being murdered by law enforcement because we never truly addressed the way our law enforcement treats Black Americans.
If we do not help each other, it’s only a matter of time before we all lose.
Our liberation is tied together.
If we do not help each other, it’s only a matter of time before we all lose.
Our liberation is tied together.
big point of contention in horticulture, too. Plant patents are bullshit
They hate it being talked about because it undermines the Big Lie that the rise in inequality was due to the "free market." There is nothing free market about government-granted patent and copyright monopolies. But you aren't even allowed to say that in major media outlets.
After seeing this question raised constantly, I'm starting to feel like changing policies towards patents & copyrights is viewed by traditional powers as the thermonuclear weapon of trade tools, things which exist but must not be used.
January 22, 2026 at 8:14 PM
big point of contention in horticulture, too. Plant patents are bullshit
it ain’t about teaching a man to fish. you gotta just give him the goddamn fish
The art of any propagandist and agitator consists in his ability to find the best means of influencing any given audience, by presenting a definite truth, in such a way as to make it most convincing, most easy to digest, most graphic, and most strongly impressive.
January 22, 2026 at 5:34 PM
it ain’t about teaching a man to fish. you gotta just give him the goddamn fish
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billionaires control our country. the only stance with an answer to that problem is the socialist one. democrats have repeatedly said they will bring prices down without taxing the rich. they will fix healthcare without making it universal. these are at best fantasies, at worst lies.
January 22, 2026 at 5:13 PM
billionaires control our country. the only stance with an answer to that problem is the socialist one. democrats have repeatedly said they will bring prices down without taxing the rich. they will fix healthcare without making it universal. these are at best fantasies, at worst lies.
he asked if he could lick the ice cream container
January 21, 2026 at 11:49 PM
he asked if he could lick the ice cream container
I am SO SICK OF THE WIND
January 21, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I am SO SICK OF THE WIND
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Can't stress enough how much AI will never replace all jobs in the world
People have this silly idea of most work being stuff like factories & warehouses, in reality most work has always been care work; childcare, Doctors, nurses, service workers, social workers etc
quiet sexism hides this fact
People have this silly idea of most work being stuff like factories & warehouses, in reality most work has always been care work; childcare, Doctors, nurses, service workers, social workers etc
quiet sexism hides this fact
January 21, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Can't stress enough how much AI will never replace all jobs in the world
People have this silly idea of most work being stuff like factories & warehouses, in reality most work has always been care work; childcare, Doctors, nurses, service workers, social workers etc
quiet sexism hides this fact
People have this silly idea of most work being stuff like factories & warehouses, in reality most work has always been care work; childcare, Doctors, nurses, service workers, social workers etc
quiet sexism hides this fact
my DSA chapter is currently doing exactly this!
If you are:
-a leftist
-who does not like the DNC
-and lives in a red district
-that is rural or suburban
I encourage you to check out your local Dems and maybe get involved. Red districts are often ignored by national Dems; you may have more influence to push left locally than you think.
-a leftist
-who does not like the DNC
-and lives in a red district
-that is rural or suburban
I encourage you to check out your local Dems and maybe get involved. Red districts are often ignored by national Dems; you may have more influence to push left locally than you think.
January 21, 2026 at 5:28 PM
my DSA chapter is currently doing exactly this!
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In addition to shaping local politics that affects day-to-day life whether on a school/library board or board of supervisors or safety committe or what have you, local politics can also be used as a springboard to regional and state, potentially picking up seats in state houses.
If you are:
-a leftist
-who does not like the DNC
-and lives in a red district
-that is rural or suburban
I encourage you to check out your local Dems and maybe get involved. Red districts are often ignored by national Dems; you may have more influence to push left locally than you think.
-a leftist
-who does not like the DNC
-and lives in a red district
-that is rural or suburban
I encourage you to check out your local Dems and maybe get involved. Red districts are often ignored by national Dems; you may have more influence to push left locally than you think.
January 21, 2026 at 3:44 PM
In addition to shaping local politics that affects day-to-day life whether on a school/library board or board of supervisors or safety committe or what have you, local politics can also be used as a springboard to regional and state, potentially picking up seats in state houses.
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Happy to see this aspect of water pollution covered in the NYT, and appreciate @mikegrunwald.bsky.social making the point that factory farms should be regulated like other polluting industries. It's not that wild to say so, even a shill like Mike is agrees! (kidding) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...
Opinion | This Is Why Our Rivers Are Turning Into Sewers
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Happy to see this aspect of water pollution covered in the NYT, and appreciate @mikegrunwald.bsky.social making the point that factory farms should be regulated like other polluting industries. It's not that wild to say so, even a shill like Mike is agrees! (kidding) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...
somehow I opted into this one too, along with the ability to grow nearly any food-producing plant. it's an incongruous array but it's what I got
I bet “sexy mechanic” is going to actually be such a good skill tree to have opted into during the coming mad max warlord era, I’m so smug rn
BREAKING: Europe may begin selling U.S. assets in response to a new conflict with the US, a move that could trigger a dollar collapse, per Bloomberg.
January 20, 2026 at 6:29 PM
somehow I opted into this one too, along with the ability to grow nearly any food-producing plant. it's an incongruous array but it's what I got
last time this Eucalyptus perriniana fell over a few years ago, it was small enough that we could push it back upright, stake it, and it was actually ok! But it lacks an anchoring root to the east/northeast, where it really needs one. So i'm giving up. And in its stead I will plant.... nothing! ha
January 17, 2026 at 7:00 AM
last time this Eucalyptus perriniana fell over a few years ago, it was small enough that we could push it back upright, stake it, and it was actually ok! But it lacks an anchoring root to the east/northeast, where it really needs one. So i'm giving up. And in its stead I will plant.... nothing! ha
yea I think billionaires’ brains are fucked
but I do think they legit still think A.i. could replace a huge swath of the working class
do you know what capitalism does to the working class when it isn’t dependent on us?
I’ll give you a hint. it’s genocide.
THAT is why you oppose A.i.
but I do think they legit still think A.i. could replace a huge swath of the working class
do you know what capitalism does to the working class when it isn’t dependent on us?
I’ll give you a hint. it’s genocide.
THAT is why you oppose A.i.
January 17, 2026 at 4:24 AM
yea I think billionaires’ brains are fucked
but I do think they legit still think A.i. could replace a huge swath of the working class
do you know what capitalism does to the working class when it isn’t dependent on us?
I’ll give you a hint. it’s genocide.
THAT is why you oppose A.i.
but I do think they legit still think A.i. could replace a huge swath of the working class
do you know what capitalism does to the working class when it isn’t dependent on us?
I’ll give you a hint. it’s genocide.
THAT is why you oppose A.i.
today is map day
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration
The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:19 AM
today is map day
This is a good point and I wonder if it’s had an effect in Portland
I maintain that MMP is pretty well suited for American politics, not the least because it'd more or less force people to think in terms of parties and coalitions
Ranked choice voting might shift things on the margins in competitive open primaries but its advocates really overestimate how many voters are voting strategically.
Like of all the electoral reforms you could implement it seems like the most boneless and least likely to change anything.
Like of all the electoral reforms you could implement it seems like the most boneless and least likely to change anything.
January 15, 2026 at 9:48 PM
This is a good point and I wonder if it’s had an effect in Portland
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internal bleeding, huh? give him a tampon and an aleve and tell him to quit being so hysterical
January 15, 2026 at 9:08 PM
internal bleeding, huh? give him a tampon and an aleve and tell him to quit being so hysterical
if ICE killed a baby I don’t know how this doesn’t turn into civil war
January 15, 2026 at 4:57 AM
if ICE killed a baby I don’t know how this doesn’t turn into civil war
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Normal people gearing up in baking pans as armor at 9 pm in January is how I know we’re gonna win
@statuscoupnews.bsky.social interviewing this woman in Minneapolis right now who said she came out of her home, wearing whatever she could grab to protect herself from ICE agents. You do what you can, with what you got.
January 15, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Normal people gearing up in baking pans as armor at 9 pm in January is how I know we’re gonna win
jotting this down for Oregon & Washington in the next couple years
they also use this framing when people talk about universal healthcare. "erm what will we do with people whose only skill is denying claims???" the structures that abuse us are major employment centers after all
It’s worth considering that an overnight dismantling of ICE in 2029 would release into the wild a whole herd of specialists in violence with scant other marketable skills.
January 15, 2026 at 2:45 AM
jotting this down for Oregon & Washington in the next couple years
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The group chat of the "moderate" City Hall heads in Portland is very racist and truly beyond parody. These are the people who have the ear of Dan Ryan et al. and who tirelessly cast people who want bike lanes and housing as a dangerous threat to the city: www.portlandmercury.com/news/2026/01...
"Racist, Dehumanizing": Chat Images Show Portland Power Players Disparaging Councilors of Color
Messages obtained by the Mercury contain a slew of offensive tropes sent during a council president election
www.portlandmercury.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:56 PM
The group chat of the "moderate" City Hall heads in Portland is very racist and truly beyond parody. These are the people who have the ear of Dan Ryan et al. and who tirelessly cast people who want bike lanes and housing as a dangerous threat to the city: www.portlandmercury.com/news/2026/01...