It's always like "So they can do this with the most powerful and public figures without anyone knowing, but meanwhile you not only stumbled upon this info, but also LOUDLY TALK ABOUT IT, IRL and online, when you're convinced phones are listening and they're unable to even start your house on fire?"

May have shared this before, but it's endlessly amusing/stupid when my uncles rave about "The Clintons have controlled politics for 3 decades and Hillary has a sniper fixed on Biden at all times so at her command he'll vacate the presidency to put her in military power, and only we know the truth!"

Maybe there's enough real problems in the world that we can stop Making Up A Thing To Be Mad About. Or go write a novel with these ideas instead for how many lengths are gone to in order to explain the logic behind them.

My fave is when the "Ooo" people get indignant when it's being dismantled by experts. "Oh we're just having fun, no need to be a buzzkill, no one's getting hurt". Meanwhile, the assholes pushing shit like "vegetables are poison, eat supplements" are grifting dubious products making people sick. 🙃

the thing about “hardening school defenses” is that jd vance’s kids will never in their lives attend the prison schools he wants to build

It’s completely bananas that at this point, almost all of Republican power is derived from people believing bald-faced lies. It’s not a political party. It’s a con.

Sellyzoe.bsky.socialOct 1, 2024 3:22am

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The amount of times I'd explain to a barber/hair stylist that I was there for a haircut where I wanted to keep some length on top and end up with an immediate buzzcut down the center of my skull radicalized me.

"While the State’s interest in protecting 'unborn' life is compelling, until that life can be sustained *by the State* -- and not solely by the woman compelled by the Act to do the State’s work -- the balance of rights favors the woman."

Mmaladroithe.bsky.socialSep 30, 2024 7:42pm

Georgia’s heartbeat bill struck down, full ruling embedded in article

Judge strikes down Georgia’s abortion ban

Procedure is now allowed once a doctor detects a fetal heartbeat.

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.

PayPal is updating their ToS to let themselves give your data to merchants starting in November and they're certainly banking on people not knowing to opt out, SO to opt out before they start: go to Settings > Data & Privacy > Manage shared info > Personalized shopping, and toggle that shit off