God's Favorite Mistake

aka Señor Bob, 33, he/they, I like a bunch of different stuff and sometimes post twitch clips from RTVS and other streaemers I watch, questions appreciated

[captainjonnitkessler]

So many political posts I hate boil down to "I don't want to organize and work with people I hate and fight for small, incremental victories, I just want to start a revolution where everyone magically becomes an automaton who acts exactly the way I think they should act"

Like damn man, I want that too. Unfortunately I live in reality though so we're stuck with the first thing.

[crazy-pages]

Another big chunk is, "My movement keeps on repeatedly shitting on marginalized groups we critically need, when we're not breaking promises to them over and over and over again. It's just so absurd that they turn out for us in greater numbers and proportions than everybody else-"

"-and have the gall to *complain* while they do it! Did you know a small fraction of them even refuse to work with us entirely? How dare they?!"

Like. Damn, the world you're wishing for sounds like it would be a miraculously easy political battlefield to navigate. However we live in reality, so you may want to change tactics.

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ok

[sandersstudies]

A lot of you on here sure don’t like the idea of making any kind of sacrifice for the benefit of others huh

[sandersstudies]

Some of you act like doing minor inconvenient acts of kindness is equivalent to donating a kidney as if it’s not those acts that form our communities and make the world go around.

[sandersstudies]

Return your grocery cart. If you’re able-bodied offer your seat to someone who is not. Help your friend move. Drive your sister to the airport. Make sure drunk people have a safe ride or walk home. Pet-sit for your coworker. Participate in a meal train. Volunteer in your area. That’s what friendship and community is about.

[morinorarts]

blinkspace jump

[jay-is-loading]

I'm going to be thinking about this image for WEEKS

[skodasforge]

“It’s photoshopped” honestly in the age of AI that has a homey sort of nostalgia to it. Remember when people used to put effort into faking things?

[kaosuqi]

photoshop fakers are like the villain with moral standards now

[chriskotiesen]

CONTROL fan art

[ratbesat]

Anthology of The Killer fanart made while watching FrankenBugs' live stream of the game. the flesh version I got accidentally from tooling around with masking layers.

[willgrahamscock]

I think we are focusing on the wrong thing when talking about mainstream romantasy adult books, instead of shaming straight cis women for reading kinky books, we should tralk about how most of the newer books aimed at that demographic are just conservative propoganda, rebranding patriarchy as a kink.

[willgrahamscock]

There's nothing inherently wrong about liking the types of kinks that are present, control, power imbalance, dark themes, but when you really look at the top performing novels (which they are mass prodicing at questionable speeds) it's hard to ignore the ever present morally grey man, who's posessive over the heroine who starts off as otherworldly different from the 'regular woman' aka damsel in distress), is cruel to everyone except her, and the fantasy world revolves around the control of women, especially when it comes to forced pregnancy.

[willgrahamscock]

I'm seeing a lot of responses to this saying "this is why I read queer stories" but you're missing the point! You can relate to queer media because you're queer, cis straight women should also have material that aren't turning their opression into kinks in almost every. single. book. If they want to choose to read those stories, that's absolutely fine, again nothing wrong with exploring those dynamics, but the concerning part is how fast they're being made with the rise of booktok, and the looming threat to women's autonomy.

Remember when all mlm stories were borderine assault stories in the early 90s-2000s? and how long it took for other queer stories to be made? we all used our voices to make a change, it didn't magically stop we fought for it to not be the only type of story.

[lyricwritesprose]

And the solution to this, for people who are wondering, isn't to try to suppress romantasy books because they're not "good for women." That's an old, old game and never goes anywhere good. The solution is not less kink and less porn. The solution is more kink and more porn.

Because when you think about it, the problem isn't that you can go to your chosen bookseller and find a story where Sparklia Special gets semi-forced to have babies for Broody McDarkenfay (it's okay, she's into it). The problem is that it is unnecessarily difficult to look a little further down the shelf and find a vampire princess domming the hell out of the hunter who knows he shouldn't love her. Reducing people's choices always serves the reactionary agenda one way or another. Expanding choices. That's where it's at.

(If this sounds like I am making a pitch that we should write porn to defeat fascism, that's…not entirely a mischaracterization. I mean, of course it won't defeat fascism, but I do feel that while we work to defeat fascism, we should at least have diverse and satisfying porn.)

[charlesoberonn]

Bureaucracy is good and important, actually.

Except for the spelling of the word "bureaucracy"

[bleachandtea]

Well that's conditional right?

Building safety regulations? Absolutely.

Having to go through 6 rounds of means and eligibility testing for each of the 5 benefits you're entitled to, probably not.

[charlesoberonn]

The problem is with the existence of means and eligibility testing, not the bureaucracy that manages the benefits.

To paraphrase a tumblr post: Do you think that's the paperwork's fault?

[asystolle]

BEFORE SUNRISE (1995) dir. Richard Linklater

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[just-try-and-stop-mee]

Lies, greed and exploding crockpots: How PE firm Cornell Capital’s purchase of Instant Brands went very wrong

Trustee Alan Halperin seeks to recover at least $400 million for Instant Brand creditors

It was private equity that sunk instapot, just like Joann’s and toysrus

[desert-love]

[medievaljournalist]

theres evidence jesus was an orc. with a battle axe and everything. and green as fuck as well

[tankhall]

i think the most beautiful thing about being a human is the capacity to change

[kaioty-summer]

Hey, did y'all see this?

I saw this when running newpipe. But wait, it gets deeper. I clicked on the details buttons and it said as of today, we have 83 days left until Google rolls out this new requirement for apps inside and outside of the google play store. If any developer disagrees with their new terms and fees, they will be blocked!

I'll share some of the info below:

Looks like they're trying to nuke the remaining privacy and freedoms we have left on the internet.

What to do?

-Get your developer friends to not comply to their new guides

- Sign the open letter on the site and take action by checking out the full resources list on their website as well!

To summarize, this is all daunting especially when you feel all alone with unfair and inhumane regulations comming out faster than improvements but we got this working together!

Share the link with your friends, family and anyone who will listen!

Your phone is about to stop being yours. In September 2026, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with them.

[yellowmagicalgirl]

If you're in the US, I created a petition to make it easier to contact senators and congressmen.

Google Wants To Control Our Phones

Join 1 people. Google is trying to make people hand over government id in order to make an Android app. If they don't, then that app can't b

If you're not in the US, see if your country is listed here for whom to contact.

[chekhovsglock]

it's scary the amount of people who wholeheartedly believe that men and women are fundamentally different creatures