zenmuppet
Formerly evilzenmuppet. Trying to shed some of the Bird App negativity.
- Gonna be great in the next urgent crisis (I feel like we're sitting ducks for a terrorist attack, especially since the Regime would just use it to crack down harder).
- I’ll never get over how, in an era when women’s rights and status are being attacked and eroded in law and culture alike, we were incessantly told that it was boys and men whose suffering we needed to attend to.
- I saw a Tumblr post defending "man caves" the other day and the ignorance of it almost gave me an aneurysm.
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- Nice goalpost move.
- "Who makes a joyless Superman movie?" - my reaction to the last one, that I dared not voice on Twitter.
- And figuring out how to shape public opinions on in this media environment is something the Democrats desperately need to do.
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- Ugh it's going to be hard to wait until Friday to watch those last 3 episodes of Andor but I also want to have time to focus.
- My feed did the thing
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- Bullshit.
- This is all abilist garbage from Tapper and Thompson. Be sure not to buy this stupid book.
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- I've been meaning to do this for 3 months. I had an appointment but the pharmacy ran out of doses.
- When I reached out to Capitol Police earlier, they told me: "We are always there, but we didn’t escort anyone out, or make any arrests, or deny anyone entry, or anything like that." Now Wired is reporting two men did attempt to get in. Something fishy going on here. www.wired.com/story/us-cop...
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View full threadWhy are the librarians the one standing up to federal tyranny while the cowardly cops just sit there and do nothing?
- We always do. Librarians fought the Patriot Act.
- I'm sure the Regime's stooges will get in eventually but for today, don't fuck with librarians.
- Some clarity: Capitol police were called when DOJ guys tried to enter the US Copyright Building, Library of Congress General Counsel said no and walked them out. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...
- Woah. (Also relieved it's not Kaiju.)
- Told you.
- this is what happens when you use masked gestapo goons. other evil people will start using the same tactics. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/04/u...
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- When I was teaching I realized young white dudes aren't used to being held collectively responsible for something one of them did. They're used to being individuals & get mad when treated as a block. YT Women & PoC had experienced collective blame much more & they react very differently.
- And stole all of our data.
- Omg he really is a dragon
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View full threadIt's the theme that runs through the entire regime...they have an insatiable need for money, power, possessions. A thirst that can never be slaked. It is like some kind of mythical cursed appetite. To fulfill it they will destroy the rest of us.
- And a desperate need to be liked and popular which none of them have ever truly been.
- Told you. His goons sacked Dr. Hayden to fire the Registrar.
- Just hours after the Copyright Office released its report on AI training—stating the obvious, that much unlicensed commercial training of AI on copyright-protected material is unlikely to qualify as fair use—President Trump has fired the Register of Copyrights. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tru...
- The Democrats should've been calling Elon "Trump's Sugar Daddy" since last fall.
- And Doge stole their building.
- Oh great.
- Casey Means, Trump's new nominee for Surgeon General, recounts seeking out therapy including "plant medicine," "the divine feminine" and "quantum neuro reset therapy," which soon led her to "deconstruct my identity as a feminist" and reject "equality" in favor of a relationship with a "powerful man"
- Not in this lifetime, clearly.
- Also I think the first 2 seasons of The Mandalorian were great precisely because it was separated from the main storylines & had a single arc driving the overall story.
- I tend to agree with this. It's part of a larger problem: the media industry stopped telling stories & instead has "intellectual property." The clogging drive to make sequels because making more money is the only thing that matters. & dudes with business degrees don't understand stories *end*.
- Hoooooly shit.
- This speaks to the difference between cradle Catholics and adult converts like Vance IMO. Growing up Catholic you hear some version of "Jesus said help people" every week. It comes up in every mass, often multiple times. Even if you reject the Church or all religion I think that idea sticks.
- All the MAGA rage at the new Pope shows how absurd it is for JD Vance and others on the right to try to justify Trumpism/MAGA with Catholic teachings. Really excited about today's pod: Political theorist @mattpolprof.bsky.social goes big on the Pope-vs-MAGA schism: newrepublic.com/article/1950...
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View full threadAlthough some converts do embrace that mission, one is strongly tempted to assign others to a new KKK: Kreepy Katholic Konverts.
- There do seem to be a lot of them, or they're just very loud about their conversion (which is itself I think not something you're supposed to do for Catholics? You don't brag about your faith, you demonstrate it IIRC.)
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- Yep, all the intercessions too, "For those who are suffering from illness, we pray to the Lord"
- I'm sure there are plenty of adult converts who embrace that mission too, of course, but I think the creepy weirdos like Vance think "woo male hierarchy! repressive rules!" And they miss the golden rule part that gets drummed into you by 60+ masses a year for 20 years.
- Important Webby Awards outfit detail. #iykyk
- I like your shoelaces.
- eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same
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- GFY
- Really sick of people goysplaining antisemitism to me.
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- It is not. Shut up.
- So the first essay test they face where they have to write something themselves they will fail. Bring back blue books for everything.
- AI is the final nail in the coffin of just turning college into a pay for accreditation system and nothing more. nymag.com/intelligence...
- I'm wondering how long before we find out some dude is dressing up like ICE and rounding up his buddies to help him kidnap his ex girlfriend. There's already been at least one case of a guy using the "masked federal agent" look who wasn't an agent, I think he tried to rob someone.
- DO NOT REANIMATE MY CORPSE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES I DON’T CARE WHAT MY FAMILY SAYS
- I gotta update my advanced directive and my will.
- This guy should be afraid to eat in a restaurant ever again.
- Honestly, if someone told me that until MeToo it was “unheard of” that a woman could revoke consent and decide to stop having sex, I would keep my kids away from them and warn friends off, because I was perfectly clear on that at least 40 years ago.
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View full threadYou mostly knew horrible dudes.
- Nope, most GenX dudes were proto fascists. That's why they all live Trump so much now.
- I’m going to have to dump a lot of adrenaline after watching those three episodes of Andor. Sheesh. This is not great for a restful night.
- I'm waiting until Friday night! Too tired from work right now to watch new stuff.
For all of Gen X’s faults, hey, at least we knew no meant no at their age- No we fucking didn't. "You can't rape your wife" was a widely held belief by most GenX dudes I knew.
- BREAKING: Newark Airport is a full-blown disaster—800+ flights canceled, 5-hour delays, and the FAA bleeding staff like a severed artery. This isn’t just Newark—it’s a nationwide meltdown in real time caused by a rotting, underfunded system. And guess what? It’s about to get worse.
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- More people. Multiple plane crash deaths already this year.
- FYI it's a three shot vaccine. I'm waiting to get my 3rd dose. Got it at Walgreens.
- Explaining to the professional researcher that she doesn't understand how good LLMs actually are is fucking wild behaviour actually. LMAO
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- AI has not benefit to anyone. GFY.
- Every goddamn day.
- Tomorrow, the Senate is voting on Trump’s pick to head up Social Security. I will be voting for every American who counts on Social Security. I'm a hard NO on Frank Bisignano.
- Tell you cowardly piece of shit colleague @markwarner.bsky.social to do the same or Virginians are going to make him sorry he was ever born.
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- Jesus wept.
- "Power doesn't panic."
