thing for moxie, featuring our ant in a bit of a funny shape! see stuff like this at least a week ahead on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/itscaste
In the ten days since I wrote something titled "Everywhere Is Under Water" about flooding in Romania/Poland/etc, Nigeria/Chad/west Africa, and Vietnam/Myanmar/nearby, OTHER flooding has killed more than 20 in parts of Mexico, around 150 in Nepal, and at least 66 in the US thanks to Helene.In the ten days since I wrote something titled "Everywhere Is Under Water" about flooding in Romania/Poland/etc, Nigeria/Chad/west Africa, and Vietnam/Myanmar/nearby, OTHER flooding has killed more than 20 in parts of Mexico, around 150 in Nepal, and at least 66 in the US thanks to Helene.
I wrote this a bit more than a week ago, before Helene but after OTHER flooding spread across four continents, and, well... "This last week or two, though, seems more like a blunt-force proof of an entire premise, 'a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture' writ large across the continents."
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It’s helpful if we start understanding “Democratize” in the tech vernacular to mean wealth extraction and cannibalism. Redirecting wealth from the entertainment industry and artists to funnel it into something tech bros can sell.
Hi! It’s literally me! I’m the publisher at @thebarbedwire.bsky.social and we are very seriously looking at buying some Infowars assets. Alex Jones has been a cancerous influence on the state I love and call home since before I was old enough to buy a beer. It’s time to right some wrongs.
bluesky folk. millennials. my fellow aging zillennials. you guys ever feel like the "party" period of the internet's over? Like, 2016 to 2020 was around the point where the party very slowly started to overstay its welcome and by 2021 we're all. tired. hungover. tiredly getting our pants back on
