For some reason, I was thinking about Kids Incorporated, and my brain immediately went to Martika. The second thought was that I still can't get over Fergie being Stacy from that show.

OK. Very strange coincidence that I was just humming this to myself early this morning...

you know i don’t pay much attention to musk but this is…completely unhinged. like, if someone said this to you in person you’d be speaking to their family about how they need to get help

ALlutzfernandez.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 7:03pm

These mainstream pronatalist pieces are being published while Musk is ranting on X using pronatalist conspiracy theories to argue America needs to elect an authoritarian:

A dangerous sign of fascism is when people are afraid, and have actual *reason* to be afraid, of a political party's thugs and fanbase. See also Arlington where a woman was battered by Trump staffers and was too terrified to report it specifically due to fears of reprisals.

Primanti Bros., JD Vance explain incident at Pa. stop as social media calls for boycott

The restaurant and Vance seem to be on the same page, but that isn't stopping folks on social media from attacking the restaurant.

Gonna do a little thread of info sources for WNC people and interested parties. Here’s WLOS, the ABC affiliate everyone in Buncombe County uses: wlos.com

the characteristic of the capitalist mode of production is the extraction of surplus value from labor by the owning class; the only way we can actually create an equitable society is to share the surpluses that labor creates

NKnkalamb.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 11:51am

this thread tho

This graph is astonishing. The people that bang on about “natural birth” and “women have been doing this forever without help” need to be forced to stare at this until their eyes water.

Blue Ridge Public Radio has a vetted list of orgs to donate to: www.bpr.org/bpr-news/202...

List: Ways to donate and help flood victims in Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene

Hurricane Helene unleashed devastating flooding in the mountains of North Carolina. Here are ways to help local flood victims in Western North Carolina by donating relief funds or volunteering.

It was obvious that the right-wing "cancel culture" panic was bad-faith bullshit to everyone but the nation's most prestigious news organizations.

JSjessieish.bsky.socialSep 28, 2024 7:09pm

“I wasn’t fired for anything I said in the classroom. I was fired because of a charge brought by a student I had never met, let alone taught, who had been surveying my social media account for months.”

Tenured Jewish prof. says she's fired for pro-Palestine post

Pennsylvania’s Muhlenberg College may have become the first institution since Oct. 7 to oust a tenured faculty member for such statements, though the professor is appealing the decision and still rece...

We've been meaning to do it as well. Picked up some material at this year's HOPE con. Here's to getting it done in 2025!!