My latest is a discussion of weather control conspiracy theories, fascist myth-making, and the danger that hurricane-related hoaxes pose in this moment. Includes commentary from @shaneburley.bsky.social.
Scientists are being blamed for the disasters they have tried to raise the alarm about, with some people openly declaring that they should be lynched.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I went home. I didn’t come to the woods to make decisions.
You did not hallucinate a guy in one of the chambers with zip ties. You did not hallucinate another member of the Capitol police being hit with a flagpole bearing a Trump flag. You did not hallucinate Congressman Andy Kim staying behind to help clean up. You did not hallucinate a gallows.
i love that i only know i can order more free covid tests when someone i follow on social media is like "heads up! go to the usps website today!" a robust public health infrastructure modelled on "McRib Is Back"
Love American disaster relief, where after you lose everything there’s a cop there to make sure you know that trying to save your own life is looting.
Chasing Amy w friend as a teen. Only others in the theater were a very old couple, rows ahead. Pretty quickly, the guy leans over and whispers, "I thought you said this was a love story." Took 5 more minutes for them to leave in disgust. Friend and I got the theater to ourselves. Sweet bestie memory
Remember, when Google glasses came out, users were asked to leave restaurants and other public venues, and otherwise bothered by people who didn't want to be filmed, so often that the product flopped massively and was shelved. We can do it again. I believe in our collective power to be annoying.
Hurricane Helene is coming my way in the next day. House secured. Supplies obtained. Meds stocked. Batteries/devices charged. Home photos taken. Insurance policy printed. And now:
I am tired of desperately voting under threat of losing what's left of my personhood.
It's really wild to me that JD Vance fully admitted that he knows he's lying to drive the kind of fear his supporters are comfortable with feeling, and people are just like, "oh okay." Like, the levelheaded, clear-eyed thing to do right now is to talk about why that's VERY VERY BAD. Not just shrug.