as a cis white guy tasked with teaching sex ed: we can absolutely be targeted for telling bigots that their opinions are not facts. by reducing this to being exclusively about trans erasure as opposed to total conservative dominance, we leave ourselves open to a lot of "first they came for.." shit

it is clearly the second as well as the first, and it is really hard watching people freak out at any acknowledgement of the second for fear that it will overshadow the first. not great if we want any hope of preventing either attempt!

Like, when Baudrillard describes a process wherein we lose access to the Real entirely and get trapped in an infinite discursive hall of mirrors, that's supposed to be understood to be bad! You're not supposed to do it on purpose!!

there is vanishingly little you can do besides a) live in a blue state or b) self-censor

ive been on the recieving end of this while teaching sex ed to high schoolers. things went well for me and bad for the family, but i dont live in OK. i have no clue what insulation an individual can muster

When an 80 year old scientist says “fucking publish it” I am All Ears

is that even the right framing, "good financial decisions"? like we got this heavy shit to carry back and might not ever get home, smoke em while you got em

Coming soon to a medical building near you: A "Dr." who fails every medical test but sued there way to a degree by answering "God will heal you if you send my pastor enough money" to every question.

Huh. Almost like working with your enemy so that you "have a seat at the table" ends up turning you into a collaborator. Grim outlook ahead.

if you get your credit card out to find out what happens you’ve strayed too far from god’s light

Fuck yeah

@moderation.bsky.app went ahead and put an adult label on this to really hammer home that everyone needs protecting from the female form due to our uncontrollable natures

"The link here is that women are considered guilty – no matter the era – of the level of sexual interest that is at odds with societal expectation...Men always have the sexual drive that leads to societal status, and women are then defined in opposition to that expectation."

capitalism is not only a meritocracy, it is also all-knowing and psychic

the story of SV in the 2020s is a story of a cult based on "rationality" and that brand of reason is purely gambling based. who could have guessed that this is a bad thing!

"...prediction markets, if they’re liquid and transparent, capture, in a way, all of the world’s information and every signal."

Many people really believe this, and not just about prediction markets, but markets in general. And that means everything has to be reduced to the market or sloughed off.

we've already got protein coffee why not

it really says a lot about the success of divide and conquer style identity politics that people are still earnestly clapping for more female prison guards. almost like the conservative message has schismogenic effects on the people they are demonizing too, not just their base

pretend you're on the ground and not the one flying the plane

really solidifies what a harvard education is for