Reposted by TomAnchorage Man @sethpartnow.bsky.social · 1hEvery day “do I disengage or do I exist in a state of constant rage/despair?” is the first question of the morning. Surely I can be the only person that feels this way? 8282
Reposted by TomJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 2hA forgotten media moment from earlier this year was that Olivia Reingold embedded with ICE agents in Minnesota and never wrote about what it was like because doing so would turn Free Press readers into No Kings marchers. 10856134
Reposted by TomMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 7hLatest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media. 822824877
Reposted by TomAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3hI recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firingstime.comRead TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview TranscriptThe U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections. 42138601452
Reposted by TomMark Schofield @markschofield.bsky.social · 17hMike Tomlin is currently giving a tour of his boutique hotel in Minecraft, which has a multipurpose conference room and an appropriate number of public restroom and I’m losing MY MIND 201597209
Tom @saudagg18.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I dunno if this is really him, but here's a guy who loves rape and defending rapists! 030
Reposted by Tommtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026leave aside the GOP, it also did not stop the political news media from covering the Hunter story as if it were a corrupt scandal rather than Biden bending over backwards to let a Republican fuck his son over. 869188
Reposted by TomMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"X is better now than ever." 981648197
Reposted by TomAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026Look who's in the Oval Office today! #MeetingsWithNatalie (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque) 2801499247
Reposted by TomFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026The bizarre culture that’s sprung up around Silicon Valley AI companies - which overlaps hugely with rationalist and effective altruist circles - appears to be seriously pressuring some women into attending sex parties for the sake of networking. This is, needless to say, horrifying. 422432350
Reposted by TomDan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life. 14195052194
Reposted by TomPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026i really can’t bring myself to care about AI anthropomorphism debates. “is AI thinking?” i don’t know. is a calculator calculating? questions for the philosophers. what’s important is that we put sam altman in prison. 7978871399
Reposted by TomPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The Free Press has been pushing this lady since the election. they published six of her "why I left the Democrats" pieces since then, three since this May. 501238110
Reposted by TomMicah @rincewind.run · 25/09/2026this is the story of the midterms I am not sure I have ever seen a more demoralized republican electorate, and the more irregular trump voters we can get to disconnect from the political system entirely the better 312019234
Reposted by TomWhitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English. 42103394400
Reposted by TomBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I know it goes without saying but as the right wing media-political complex runs from Trump we should remember that they played a leading role in--and gleefully profited from--enabling and promoting him. Accomplices trying to get off a sinking ship, trying to salvage what's left of their reputation 202241370
Reposted by TomDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 23/09/2026and now these trumpheads are crying crocodile tears about the terror they've unleashed on the american body politic. the coup party "party of coups" is having a big sad that their opponents are also now coup-curious. sow the wind, reap the whirlwind. you stupid fucking children. 29920148
Reposted by TomFelled Man @felledman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Biden only made three mistakes: Gaza, Merrick Garland, and running for re-election. Unfortunately those turned out to be the only things that mattered 711016
Reposted by TomDr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The fact that every major news outlet includes vocal tics and hesitations when it’s a woman saying “like” and not when it’s a man saying “um” is itself wicked telling. 33931779
Tom @saudagg18.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Hey Twin Cities people - come on out and watch a fun collection of one acts this weekend (and boo me in the process)! epplayers.yapsody.com/event/index/... 121
Reposted by TomMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The NY Times is in “but her emails” mode regarding Abdul El-Sayed and Hasan Piker. Relentless and unfair. Where’s the big story about a Republican megadonor who is a white supremacist? Maybe NYT has heard of him. His name‘s Elon Musk. 571263304
Tom @saudagg18.bsky.social · 17/09/2026static.klipy.comTanjiro Looks at PhoneALT: Tanjiro Looks at Phone 010
Tom @saudagg18.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Tom's current TV reviews no one cares about: Reacher S1 - good! S2 - ok, too much troops = superheroes stuff Slow Horses S1 and most of S2 - great! Silo S1, S2, and most of S3 - utter trash. So much extraneous filler, pointless plot threads, and terrible writing 120
Reposted by TomJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It can only good happen. It can only good happen. It can only good happen. It can only good happen. It can only good happen. othermeans.substack.com/p/the-wheels...othermeans.substack.comThe Wheels Are Coming OffIt Can Only Good Happen 41803149
Reposted by TomHunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Jon Husted’s staffer took part in “Nazi military exercises” & had a “Tales from Rhodesia” Spotify playlist. The fact that significant swathes of the media ignore the multiple major Republican campaign staffers outed as Neo-Nazis (to focus on Hasan Piker instead) is journalistic malpractice. 511658463
Reposted by TomCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Seriously if any president ever did this besides him he would be gone in 5 seconds. Yet it won't be above the fold every day for the next month and it won't be the leading story on cable news every day until the midterms even though it should be. 512171412
Reposted by TomKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Once you notice this, it's the most obvious double standard in the political press. Democrats have to answer for the smallest voice even if it has no actual tie to them, but Republicans never have to answer for the insanely racist billionaire donor driving their entire party. 9639271070
Reposted by TomMicah @rincewind.run · 03/09/2026we have had extensive ratfucking campaigns run by foreign countries in support of the republican party and it is high time the world's liberal democracies got in on the ratfucking in the other direction it's an existential issue for them 131464319
Reposted by TomJakeVK @jakevk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Uh, well, you guys are the government. 10892149
Reposted by TomBrian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026oh this is bad krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-...krebsonsecurity.comFBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses – Krebs on Security 34513
Reposted by TomKylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Well yeah she's an adult 5104611570
Reposted by TomMicah @rincewind.run · 31/08/2026the infuriating thing about all of the crises going on right now is that they were completely predictable the second they announced they were gutting food safety monitoring, everyone knew it would lead to a bunch of contamination and recalls! we could have just not done it! it's all so stupid 513025823
Tom @saudagg18.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Excited for our Charlie Brown media to fall for this sham yet again 010
Reposted by TomPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026this is classic neera in that it’s extremely racist but also substantively incorrect: bin Laden was interviewed repeatedly pre-9/11. 513556442
Reposted by TomSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Note on pieces like these, not only is there no suggestion that Republicans should distance themselves from him, there's no hint that there's a reason to. No recap of his CSAM machine. No inflammatory racist quotes. No mention of the DOGE death toll. No history of his fabulist quotes.axios.comExclusive: Musk plans massive push for GOP in midtermsMusk is resuscitating his America PAC, which spent more than $260 million in 2024. 10334251095
Reposted by TomKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/08/2026After FDR cleaned up the mess created by Calvin Coolidge and blamed on Herbert Hoover, Democrats spent decades reminding voters what the two parties had done. In recent generations, that basic act of politicking has been deemed impolite by Democratic leaders. That needs to end. 14540141067
Reposted by Tomdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 28/08/2026this is the specific moment that prompted my post about dems doing pointless things yesterday. for those claiming this isn't happening, please do reflect on this a second. this guy's top priority when returning to congress is a resolution with maga mike lawler condemning piker 2369095
Reposted by TomBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I think it's bad that the Democrats' House leader is having secret chummy meetings with a guy doing a domestic ethnic cleansing operation and funding a genocide abroad, then spending his entire week going on cable news to complain about a lefty Twitch streamer who nobody knows. Sorry for offending. 190115312179
Reposted by TomAndrew Robbins @robbinsa.me · 27/08/2026just for the record this is the kind of statement that creates holocaust deniers 329651
Reposted by TomJohn Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 13/09/2025I can’t explain it but it came to me fully formed- Donald Trump and Tim Curry will die on the same day 372949632
Reposted by TomSam @samd.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The “head of strategic futures” at OpenAI just went on an unhinged rant against social security sometimes I feel like these tech companies are actively trying to alienate as many normal people as possible 5684729947
Reposted by Tomkate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Democrats have spent 3 days attacking a streamer btw 5345001044
Reposted by TomGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/08/2026This girl I used to waitress with in Austin, we moved to New York together in 2003 on a literal Greyhound bus. Shared a fifth floor walk-up studio that, when it rained, had more leaks in the ceiling than we had pots and pans. We used to get drunk and smoke off the fire escape and do “sad-offs.” 244360996
Reposted by TomAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026"I was not shocked that he helped somebody. My shock is that he was murdered. And no one has given us the complete truth or anyone has been held accountable. And it's been 7 months! ... there was more effort in vilifying him than pursuing justice" -- Alex Pretti's parents 474236448094
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Multiple things can be true at once
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The purpose of SlutCon is to help ease men who are scared of approaching women, and for women who simply enjoy flirting to be in an environment where that happens a lot, since there's generally a dearth of that
At the same time, many - probably most! - women do Not want to be flirted with or propositioned by men they don't know. When a small scene only has a handful of large, well-known events, each one has disproportionate impact on everybody's ideas of acceptable behavior among other members of their milieu.
Attending the same events = specific shared context. Means
you're somewhat on the same page.
I suspect that the men who publicly raised concerns about SlutCon's impact on the scene are being megaphones for private objections and distresses they've heard from women in the scene who would NOT be comfortable at an event like that, but who don't voice it publicly because they suspect they'd suffer socially for doing so. That going to SlutCon to be flirted with gives women social cachet, and squirming at the idea means you're [not cool, can't get with the program, are probably a wokescold or a prude etc etc other pejoratives] and therefore, that you'll be excluded or held at a distance
Now, if this scene were purely a social scene, that'd be perfectly fine. Don't go to parties that don't suit you!! The issue arises because it's NOT purely a social scene. This scene is inarguably tied up with Al safety, research, and the SF tech scene in general.
When consistently being invited to the right parties is professionally advantageous, and when SlutCon itself **is** going to be an excellent networking opportunity for people in those fields, it's not neutral that {sexual proclivities} are the filtering mechanism that determines who's in the room. It means that promiscuity & forwardness is explicitly professionally advantageous.
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