Reposted by HarshToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 24/05/2026the anti-trans bathroom ban is very bad—it's also a sign uk democracy is failing my latest with @liberalcurrents.com www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-t...liberalcurrents.comThe End of Trans Rights In the UK Is the Start Of Democratic CollapseIt's never just one minority. 311314441
Reposted by HarshMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 24/05/2026"The vast majority of people will never hear the other side of the story, the factually correct side of the story, the morally decent side of the story. The side of the story that was the overwhelming consensus among politicians and the public a mere 6-7 years previously." 71296303
Reposted by HarshMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 24/05/2026You might think it's racist to melt down about the appearance of a black woman in a movie, but have you considered that progressives do a totally different thing? 1222577189
Reposted by HarshMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 24/05/2026The far right is being racist. Here's why it's the left's fault. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 1194629545
Reposted by HarshDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 24/05/2026one of the reasons i am always on about elite persuasion is that i have seen elite persuasion operate in real time. as toby documents here, the radical anti-trans push in the uk didn't come from some "bottom-up backlash," but was orchestrated and organized primarily at the most elite levelsliberalcurrents.comThe End of Trans Rights in the UK Is the Start of Democratic CollapseIt's never just one minority. 181638483
Harsh @harsh-patell.bsky.social · 23/05/2026you were elected to *not* be a conservative, start acting like it 060
Harsh @harsh-patell.bsky.social · 23/05/2026canadians also deserve clean air, a healthy environment, and strong labour laws… 140
Harsh @harsh-patell.bsky.social · 23/05/2026oh my god they didn’t (or maybe can’t) sanitize the input… it’s just going directly to the llm, that’s wild 020
Reposted by Harshemily blight 🐦⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 22/05/2026she was SIXTEEN fucking years old. i never have words to give shape to the anger. every time someone’s “just asking questions” about bathrooms or sports or prison or healthcare or whatever abstract they suddenly think is a problem, there are individual trans people who pay for it. she was a CHILD. 31977605
Harsh @harsh-patell.bsky.social · 22/05/2026“should we condemn generations to fascist bloody rule” while defending a representative voting in favour of fascism is certainly one of the takes of all time 082
Harsh @harsh-patell.bsky.social · 22/05/2026THIS IS FASCISM HE’S LITERALLY VOTING FOR THE FASCISM, oh my fucking god, take a long hard look at yourself in the mirror and consider why you think voting with dems 99% of the time means it’s fine to let them eradicate marginalized groups on the side jesus fucking christ 020
Reposted by HarshMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 22/05/2026This bill, literally called the “CHARLIE Act,” imports definitions from Trump's odious EOs on race (EO 14190) and sex (EO 14168) into the federal statute for K-12 funding. It's not savvy centrist politics, it will not get them more votes. They know; they're bad people who like these parts of MAGA. 161091339
Reposted by HarshAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 22/05/2026These 8 Democrats voted to pass a national ban on trans teachers and mention of LGBTQ topics. Rep Henry Cuellar (TX) Rep. Don Davis (NC) Rep. Cleo Fields (LA) Rep. Laura Gillen (NY) Rep. Vicente González (TX) Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH) Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA) Rep. Eugene Vindman (VA) 37958512928
Reposted by Harshthe beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 20/05/2026After multiple winners of the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize were accused of enlisting generative artificial intelligence to write for them, statements from the institutions involved just raised more questions, and the authors aren't talking. Are AI literary scandals the new plagiarism?wired.comLiterary Prizewinners Are Facing AI Allegations. It Feels Like the New NormalThree of five regional winners of the prestigious Commonwealth Short Story Prize are suspected of relying on chatbots. They're certainly not alone. 1321963
Reposted by HarshChristopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 19/05/2026CORRECTION: I just deleted a post & updated a story that incorrectly said not one anti-LGBTQ+ measure in Missouri became law. One anti-trans measure did pass, tucked into an appropriations law, barring incarcerated trans people from receiving gender-affirming care. www.advocate.com/politics/sta...advocate.comMissouri Republicans introduced 58 anti-LGBTQ+ bills. One anti-trans measure became lawThe legislative defeat comes as the ACLU tracks 529 anti-LGBTQ+ bills nationwide this year, many aimed at transgender Americans. 214637
Harsh @harsh-patell.bsky.social · 19/05/2026yeah, could be cloudflare but i think aws is the less stable of the two 💀 010
Reposted by HarshPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Two people just shot up a mosque. Look at this three days ago: 221559470
Harsh @harsh-patell.bsky.social · 18/05/2026i don’t so good for you… i guess? where are you going with this lol 100
Reposted by HarshJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 18/05/2026This. I don’t know how to explain to people that in a moment like this you need the *best* people you can find, not the most tepid bowls of oatmeal who will do fundamentally nothing to turn the tide. 225256
Harsh @harsh-patell.bsky.social · 18/05/2026naturally when i am as cool as a cucumber i also like to blow up the mentions of the people who are not triggering me because i am, as mentioned, as cool as a cucumber and it is in fact the people i am blowing up at that are the mad ones… 130
Harsh @harsh-patell.bsky.social · 18/05/2026posted literally a screenshot of text, and yet they still could not be arsed to copy paste it into the alt text 😐 120
Harsh @harsh-patell.bsky.social · 18/05/2026mate… if that looks like anger to you, you are in desperate need of in person social interaction because your grasp on human emotions and how they manifest is tenuous at best 120
Harsh @harsh-patell.bsky.social · 18/05/2026the only one doing anything close to raging here is you lol 130
Reposted by HarshSideStreets @sidestreets.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Safety shouldn’t be flexible. 218437
Reposted by HarshNick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 17/05/2026An auditor for the Ontario, Canada government found that AI agents tasked with turning doctor/patient conversations into structured notes routinely hallucinated false treatments, replaced drug names with entirely different drugs, and missed crucial information 301177539
Reposted by HarshParis Marx @parismarx.com · 18/05/2026someone needs to do a deep dive on What Happened to Taylor Lorenz. totally off the deep end, willing to back so much of what’s wrong with the modern tech industry (outside a few longtime digital rights obsessions). 912314
Harsh @harsh-patell.bsky.social · 17/05/2026don’t you know? arguing to replace something with a different thing doesn’t mean you’re anti-the thing you think needs replacing! 030
Harsh @harsh-patell.bsky.social · 17/05/2026yeah it’s like “let me underpay you now to ensure you never ever get paid again” right… frankly isn’t unemployment strictly better than being the avenue of your own permanent and irreversible unemployability? unless you think so little of yourself that you feel you’re already unemployable i guess 010
Harsh @harsh-patell.bsky.social · 17/05/2026actually really i should be saying we, i am not exempt from this, very very few people are probably able to accurately predict their preferences and not be lying to themselves 000
Harsh @harsh-patell.bsky.social · 17/05/2026people do not know what they want, they think they do, but they don’t 100
Harsh @harsh-patell.bsky.social · 17/05/2026not to mention the fact that the only term where karl marx’s personal beliefs specifically really matter at all is marxist (for obvious reasons) karl marx is not the quintessential leftist from which all others must derive their beliefs 060
Harsh @harsh-patell.bsky.social · 17/05/2026i heard this in peters voice 😭😭 i’ve been listening to too much ibck 💀 030
Harsh @harsh-patell.bsky.social · 17/05/2026nah i’m good, you definitely should read more though, start with the dictionary 100
Harsh @harsh-patell.bsky.social · 17/05/2026no thanks, i don’t want to catch whatever brain worms you got making you think karl marx was not critical of capitalism… what’s next, adolf hitler not actually anti-semitic, just pro-germany? 220
