aberrate_junior_beatnik (he/him)

I totally agree

Retaliatory arrests are generally not considered violations of the first amendment according to Nieves v. Bartlett (and you can thank Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer for that). However, even under that broad rule, she might have a case:

a plaintiff can succeed on a Section 1983 claim if they can present objective evidence that other similarly situated individuals who were not engaged in protected speech had not been arrested

and according to the article,

“I was the only person arrested out of roughly 200 people - and it happened immediately after I finished speaking about Venezuela,” she said.

so let’s hope she does.

It took me way too long to figure out what was wrong with this screenshot

Maybe Later

I hate it here

Roberts, between his hatred of fair elections and manipulation of the gullible press that echoed his “balls and strikes” myth making, might be the person most detrimental to US democracy

There is definitely some of that, probably even mostly that, but you’ll never convince me Sam Alito is even a middling intellect

Supreme court justices are not actually that great at reasoning, especially the conservatives. Everyone should listen to 5-4, they do a great job revealing just how stupid the supreme court can be.

They didn’t realize that those that work forces are supposed to be the same that burn crosses

Being good at hiding your vice is not a virtue

Tell me you know nothing about the kennedys without saying you know nothing about the kennedys

• https://www.theverge.com/politics/777313/charlie-kirks-alleged-killer-scratched-bullets-with-a-helldivers-combo-and-a-furry-sex-meme
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/12/charlie-kirk-shooter-tyler-robinson-gun-casings-inscriptions/86111606007/
• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/12/suspect-charlie-kirk-shooting

None of this is retracted, and these aren’t the manufacturer’s markings. I’ll go ahead and be dumb enough to believe the reporting from all these ‘“news” orgs’. I am now propagandized into believing that a clearly unwell person made a potentially unusual decision.

It’s got lots of uses:

• driving up fossil fuel revenues
• providing a solid excuse for laying off a bunch of employees
• disciplining labor
• offloading blame for unpopular decisions
• increasing surveillance and nonconsensual data collection

AFAIK, the casings messages are real, just different than originally reported. And while it’s true major news orgs have an anti left bias, it doesn’t manifest in this specific way. They tend to accurately report these kinds of facts in a timely manner.

Then again, the WSJ did break with this behavior, so maybe things are changing and I need to recalibrate.

https://xcancel.com/DavidShuster/status/1966576856515203480

I still think it’s too early to call this, I’m not seeing reporting by major orgs on it. It does seem plausible based on the messages on the casings, but I also thought it plausible he was a leftist

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This is the one post I’ve seen here that actually tackles the main problems. Climate change can’t be stopped without degrowth, which means putting a stop to capitalism.

I’d like to add: while there would be a lot we’d have to give up, life under a degrowth economy would be good. Way better than what we have now. We’d all have more leisure time to focus on stuff that matters. Sure, we’d have fewer gadgets and toys, but we’d be able to spend more time with loved ones and engaging in creative and fulfilling hobbies.

This is extremely important: we are not at the point of no return.

Climate change can be stopped, even now. It will take lots of work, but it’s possible.

ClimateAdam, who has a PhD in climate science from Oxford, made a video about this. It’s 5 years old, but he’s still making videos with similar points today. It’s my understanding this is still the predominant view amongst climate scientists. The main reason I think this is that there aren’t many calling for geoengineering, which if we were at the point of no return would be something we’d have to explore.

The reason this is so important is because as climate change denial becomes more and more infeasible, it will get replaced primarily with climate change defeatism. The sooner we start pushing back on this, the better.

Cut them some slack, they’re engineers… And beyond that, they are engineers

Excellent point

What do they know about women?

The reference, for those who don’t get it