Reposted by zenlikePhil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 18hQuite difficult to obscure just how radicalised and extreme this stuff is, which is awkward because we have been told in no uncertain terms that it's actually *opposing* it that's the violent extremist position. Bit of a pickle, make no mistake. 2338
Reposted by zenlikeLincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 28/09/2026People have gotten mad at me for saying that many tech "journalists" sees their role as being a booster (and essentially free PR agent) for the industry... but... I mean www.washingtonsun.com/national/ai-... 45212
Reposted by zenlikePookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's funny that for years now people have been saying that using generative AI very obviously deskills you, and people kept going no no you're wrong you Luddite And now all the genAI CEO's keep coming out in public to announce they forgot how to read and do math and can't remember their address etc 113057978
Reposted by zenlikeEn Buen Ora @enbuenora.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is a fantastic brief essay in how news media & pundits turn upside down who is who is being punished for speaking freely--in the case of Kraft, Macklemore, & Sheeran--when rich elites want things to go one way, but unruly peasant masses refuse to go along. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...lrb.co.ukLorna Finlayson | Public PositionsIn much of the coverage of the Ed Sheeran-Macklemore debacle, the reality of the incident is turned on its head, as... 621672
zenlike @zenlike.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Regular reminder that self described Nazi Nina Power is still a part of the far-right “Free Speech Union”, after her failed SLAPP suit against one of her critics. The Orwellian named “Free Speech Union” hates freedom of speech, instead they want the far right to have exclusive speech privileges. 0135
zenlike @zenlike.bsky.social · 09/09/2026So Evan is either lying about what he believes, or he’s evil on a level that I would describe as “shedded their own humanity” levels of demonic. 010
zenlike @zenlike.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Having some friends who are immigrants in Germany, this is just a bald-faced lie, both regarding public discourse, and the general sentiment. Regarding the latter, the situation is getting so bad they’re even contemplating emigrating again, even though they’re the “correct” kind of immigrants. 040
Reposted by zenlikeIda B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 07/09/2026On August 12, 1958, fifty-seven of the world's most influential jazz musicians gathered in Harlem and took what's considered the most iconic photo in jazz history. When 2026 opened, Sonny Rollins was the last living before passing almost 4 months ago. Today would've been his 96th birthday 05612
zenlike @zenlike.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I feel like the bigger news is that a Democratic Party aligned think tank is urging a shooting war with China but idk, maybe I’m the crazy one. 140
zenlike @zenlike.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The far-right UK “Free Speech Union” still has Nina Power, who ineffectually tried to silence criticism with the help of state power, as one of their people. This is not uncommon, Toby Young has a history of cheering on SLAPP lawsuits from rightwingers trying to silence their opposition. 2114
Reposted by zenlikeJohn Romero @johnromero.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Check out my trip to the Dutch Pinball Museum where I discover a new FPS, possibly the first FPS. dutchpinballmuseum.com 331636450
Reposted by zenlikeLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026The value of Graham Platner is that right up until all his red flags came toppling down upon him is that he is the most naked example of the amount of grace & credibility Simply Being White grants you. Compared to Abdul El-Sayed, who has to re-earn every ounce of credibility he has on a daily basis. 7779161852
zenlike @zenlike.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This got me blocked by a lib calling Bill Kristol a centrist. 060
Reposted by zenlikegamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The entire point of civilization is that suffering does not have to be hereditary. Your parents’ misery is not a debt subsequent generations owe them, it is information that tells us where the world failed them, so that we may build one that fails fewer people. 10470152
Reposted by zenlikeCourtney Love is a Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Fast 2 Furiosa @hexadecibelle.fyi · 28/08/2026 513143
Reposted by zenlikeKelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Is that...is that supposed to be an argument against healthcare 1764636798
Reposted by zenlikeSam @mardiroos.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Great news: just got off the phone with the Oracle at Delphi, she told us a withering regime will only become more isolated 1707
Reposted by zenlikeAnil Dash @anildash.com · 24/08/2026Has a *single* tech media outlet covered his outrageous echoing of the exact same rhetoric as the Nazis about the same ethnic group that the Nazis targeted? Have we gone that far, that fast, that calls for ethnic cleansing by big names aren't even newsworthy anymore? 710716
Reposted by zenlikedaniel sieradski @self.agency · 23/08/2026there are now almost 600 signatories to the pro-cofnas letter. of the first 100 i examined, _two_ spoke out against campus crackdowns on pro-palestinian speech. 75 said nothing and 23 spoke out _in support of the crackdowns_! 92096611
Reposted by zenlikeMatt Weiner @mattweiner19.bsky.social · 23/08/2026here's how Cofnas supporters uphold their own professed principles 37611
Reposted by zenlikeWeird Alex @jackalpants.bsky.social · 17/08/2026It's less "is this a praisable thing," more "what other consequences are available," I think. Vigilante murder is a terrible way to deal with terrible people; but it's always on the table. When terrible people take off all the other options like jail or justice I don't know what they expect. 1355526
Reposted by zenlikeOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/ 5763162017
Reposted by zenlikeTanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 15/08/2026White professor ‘ MattGPT ‘ whose most recent book contained fabricated quotations, non-existent source references, & left ChatGPT URLs accidentally embedded in footnotes is sad about Jason Arday’s death but still wants Arday & all black academia held to higher standards than his own writing . 11158501559
Reposted by zenlikeEli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026In Woke 3 a person who pals around with sieg-heiling Nazis and other murderous demagogues will be accurately termed "a fascist operative" and not "a progressive" 221437256
Reposted by zenlikemtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 13/08/2026i mean it's just an objective fact that they find elected officials plotting to violently overthrow our system of government to be less objectionable than, say, the president of harvard having sloppy citations in her phd thesis 151502351
Reposted by zenlikeBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Axios writer: I melted my brain with AI. Not only can I no longer read, but I don't even understand the purpose of reading anymore. Here's how you can also do this. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r... 49372171667
Reposted by zenlikedr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 10/08/2026is this motherfucker really doing a politics PSA centered around the legal test for employees vs independent contractors lmfaoooo 433718518
Reposted by zenlikeMark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 06/08/2026So, for those keeping track, holding a sign protesting against genocide is terrorism, a trans woman having a piss in the correct facility is breaching the law, but racist pogroms are a thing that happens now and we just have to accept that. 01910
Reposted by zenlikeBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 06/08/2026At the beginning he says that “Naomi Wolf doesn’t do crazy talking points” and I want to remind you about time traveling Apple vaccinations 491497196
Reposted by zenlikeNate O @nateo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026There are hundreds (even thousands!) of videos by disabled people talking about how they don’t want to be abled, they are proud, that it’s made them who they are, that it’s their new normal, and want to be a positive voice for others that are similarly disabled! youtube.com/shorts/CSEAY...youtube.comLet’s talk about why I don’t want two working eyesYouTube video by HeyMissTeacher (Ms. Sunshine) 2406
zenlike @zenlike.bsky.social · 06/08/2026It’s almost like the Republican Party is a party run by and for open racists. But remember, the corporate media “journalists” get sad when you state this truth outright. 140
Reposted by zenlikeacabylon bee @acabylonbee.bsky.social · 05/08/2026LMAO CALLED IT JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA 18801112
Reposted by zenlikemtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 05/08/2026a reason that Stevens lost and other AIPAC candidates are losing despite the huge infusions of money is that Dem voters don't want to vote for a candidate who is funded by the same org who will immediately turn around and fund the Republicans 222321445
Reposted by zenlikem @keptsimple.bsky.social · 05/08/2026If AIPAC's commitment to arming a rogue state isn't enough for you, I cannot emphasize enough that this organization is just a slush fund for GOP donors to influence Dem races. Their donor base is mostly conservatives who want Republicans to win. 71687398
zenlike @zenlike.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The people behind this and everyone who makes these bets are demons who relinquished their humanity and I don’t see how we can make it as a society if we don’t treat them as such. 010
Reposted by zenlikedaniel sieradski @self.agency · 05/08/2026the whole internet loves jimothy, an adorable raccoon with a spinal condition and a can do attitude. *five seconds later* we regret to inform you that the right-wing press is completely fucking insane. 38320
zenlike @zenlike.bsky.social · 05/08/2026“Vote blue no matter who” folks in shambles over some candidates being to the left of Reagan. 340
zenlike @zenlike.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Well, I am concerned that people are trying their best to sink the Democratic candidate by spreading lies about him to depress the vote, like you do repeating the claim that El-Sayed was uncommitted during the general election. 140
zenlike @zenlike.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Far right disinformation accounts used to be believable Anyway, this is a very easily verifiable lie, El-Sayed backed Harris during the general election. 1170
zenlike @zenlike.bsky.social · 05/08/2026This is btw what the whole “cancel culture” moral panic amongst the chattering class was about: us peons *daring* to speak up to our “betters”. 010
Reposted by zenlikeshaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 04/08/2026the mainstream press praising rod liddle in death are not unaware he was a bigoted pedophile, they like him for it. the people in their in-group, at the top of their hierarchy, getting away with crimes signals that the world is in order. it is a moral good, to them. the bigger the crimes the better 101848332
zenlike @zenlike.bsky.social · 04/08/2026“Don’t speak ill of the dead” can be interpreted differently, the only one I might adhere to is “do not defame them”, and (disregarding legally they can’t be), the TRUTH isn’t defamatory. And the truth is that Rod Liddle was a self confessed pedophile and wifebeater, and an all around vile bigot. 181
zenlike @zenlike.bsky.social · 03/08/2026It’s apparently antisemitic to dunk on khive losers. Really driving a stake through the heart of that word. Sad. 020