Obsidian Black

they/them, I'm allergic to gender. demi??grey?? ace-ish idk but also panromantic. I do art sometimes but this is mostly a smosh Stan account. a literal werewolf

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

Ms Rachel remains undefeated.

[📿🙏🏿📿 奈落 🔥👹🔥 @Lowkey_Bored]

People are starting to notice the unsaid reality.

[🎄 Johnny Cherry Cordial 🎄 @CordialWords]

Fun fact: this is because most of us were heavily influenced by kid’s shows that had stricter educational rules. They taught us that learning/educating were fun and good for you. Real fun fact, learning every day actually increases brain elasticity and general cognitive fitness.

[𝔊𝔥𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔢 ⚔️ @graveghostie]

personally if my husband and my best friend had an affair together/tried to convince me to make my marriage a thruple after I just gave birth to his child I simply would become the joker

[Marissa D. Barrera @mdb2]

I love how big food manufacturers finally got the deregulation they wanted and they couldn’t even play it cool.

Just an immediate “oh yeah we will totally contaminate your food with shit, glass, and disease if unmonitored. ☺️”

[Joel Montfort @jmontforttx]

I never really thought about being a 6th-generation Texan until all these conservatives started making it into something, then I realized I am more Texan than damn near all of them. Half the GOP running our state are transplants.

[musty tether🇿🇼 @brownsugaaaa3]

this woman on TikTok said if we wanna see more Black American men in movies instead of Black European men all the time we gotta stop calling little Black boys weird for wanting to be in theater/dance instead of football and basketball OH SHIT-

[goma @soigomaa]

Its funny how everyone's idea of heaven is a complete untouched paradise, crystal clear waters, lush green forests, enough food for everyone, classless, moneyless, stateless, a utopia of peace, unity and happiness. But here on earth it's considered a leftist ideology

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

Never forget that RFK Jr. testified in his divorce proceedings that he couldn’t afford alimony because he was so brain damaged he couldn’t hold a job.

Anyway, now he’s the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

[táozi @kellygoeswest]

just a reminder that katie holmes had to escape her marriage to tom cruise via a covert operation involving lawyers, a night time escape, secret apartment & burner phones… tom is insidious and mostly gets away unscathed thanks to his PR rebranding as the “nice stunt guy” (1/3)

[Dua @Duakz5q]

If a 13-year-old girl is “old enough to know what she was doing,” then the 25-year-old man who touched her is old enough to rot in prison. Your “boys will be boys” defense is just pedophile cosplay.

[sj 💬 @ndeuintly]

because wdym dyed hair, piercings, and a dress code are affecting academic performance, but using ai isn't? make it make sense

[noah @samanthatarly]

misogyny does not bleed through the cracks of interactions it is the superstructure through which every single action and interaction is filtered. detective work is not necessary. it is visible and plain

[wendell sandico @wendellsandico]

as a kid i learned so much about older music from Glee lmao

[Adv RK Mathur @AdvRKmathur]

@A_M_R_M1 The real question isn’t the footage anymore.
It’s why reporting the truth is suddenly being called treason

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

BREAKING: ICE Whistleblower Ryan Schwank just blew the whistle on Donald Trump’s ICE and their illegal actions.

“I watched ICE dismantle the training program… classes that teach the Constitution, our legal system, firearms training, the use of force, lawful arrests, proper detention, and the limits of officers authority. ICE is teaching cadets to violate the Constitution and they were attempting to cloak it in secrecy by demanding that I lie about it.”

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Trump administration strips Social Security benefits from a Black American cancer patient by claiming that she is “not lawfully present in the U.S.”

This is what Trump’s intentional cruelty looks like in 2026.

Ramona Rakestraw, 59, was born at Parkland Hospital in Dallas in 1966. She has never left Dallas County — not for vacation, not for work, not for anything. And yet somehow, the federal government has decided she is “not lawfully present in the U.S.”

Her crime? Existing while sick.

Rakestraw has battled kidney disease for decades. She endured a transplant. She returned to dialysis. In 2024, she was diagnosed with cancer. Through it all, she survived on Supplemental Security Income — her only source of income — and Medicare Part B.

Then in October, the payments stopped. Why? Because her “immigration status” was suddenly under review.

“I’m not an immigrant,” she said. “I’ve never even left Dallas County — let alone the country.”

Let that sink in. A lifelong Texan. Born in an American hospital. Fighting cancer. Forced to march down to a Social Security office with her birth certificate in hand to prove she belongs in the country where she was born.

And still, she received a letter stating: “We cannot pay you benefits because you are not lawfully present in the U.S.”

This is the human cost of a system so obsessed with rooting out “illegals” that it can’t tell the difference between a Dallas native and a border crossing.

Her Medicare was eventually restored. Her SSI — her only income — was not.

Now she’s appealing, drowning in paperwork while undergoing dialysis and cancer treatment. Sixty days to fight a bureaucratic accusation that should never have happened.

This isn’t about paperwork errors. It’s about a government climate that treats citizenship as suspect and vulnerable Americans as disposable.

Ramona Rakestraw isn’t asking for special treatment. She’s asking for the benefits she’s legally entitled to — the benefits she paid into with a lifetime of perfectly legal existence in this country.

Born in Dallas. Fighting for her life. And now forced to fight her own government just to survive. That’s not just incompetence. That’s a system that’s lost its humanity.

Please like and share this sad story!

[Harry Burton @HBtoons]

My cartoon in today's @irishexaminer.

[The Public Record @deepCH_2]

🚨 BREAKING: US Layoffs Hit 1.17 Million in 2025 — Fifth-Worst Year Since 1993

Tech, government, retail, and logistics lead mass job cuts as companies slash costs ahead of 2026 slowdown.

Washington DC | Dec 5, 2025

American employers have announced 1,172,504 layoffs so far in 2025, officially making this year the fifth-worst for job cuts in more than three decades, according to the latest report from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

In November alone, companies cut 71,321 jobs — lower than October’s record spike but still 24% higher than November 2024, signalling persistent economic strain.

📌 2025 Layoffs in Numbers
•November 2025: 71,321 layoffs
•October 2025: 153,074 layoffs — highest since March 2020
•Total YTD (Jan–Nov): 1.17 million job cuts
•First year since the pandemic to cross the 1.1M threshold

This places 2025 behind only 2020, 2009, 2001 and 2002 in total annual layoffs.

📉 2025: Fifth-Worst Layoff Year Since 1993

1️⃣ 2020 — 2.37 million
2️⃣ 2009 — 1.94 million
3️⃣ 2001 — 1.96 million
4️⃣ 2002 — 1.47 million
5️⃣ 2025 — 1.17 million

Economists warn that the trend reflects a deeper restructuring phase across multiple industries.

🏭 Sectors Hit the Hardest in 2025
•Government: 300,000+ layoffs
•Technology: 140,000+
•Warehousing & Logistics: 90,000+
•Retail: ~90,000

The tech sector — once the biggest pandemic-era recruiter — continues to unwind aggressive post-2020 hiring.

📌 Major Layoffs Announced in November
•Verizon: 13,000–15,000 jobs (biggest single November cut)
•Synopsys: ~2,000 (10% workforce), linked to Ansys acquisition
•Salesforce: 262 at San Francisco HQ
•Oracle: 355 across Seattle & San Francisco
•General Motors: 200 at Factory Zero EV plant
•HP: Ongoing plan targeting 4,000–6,000 job cuts by 2028

Meanwhile, Amazon’s massive 2025 restructuring has already eliminated ~14,000 managerial roles, with some estimates nearing 30,000 — the largest corporate downsizing in its history.

🧭 Why So Many Layoffs? (Key Drivers)

From company filings and the Challenger report:
•Aggressive cost-cutting due to rising operating expenses
•Accelerated automation & AI adoption
•Scaling back workplace expansions made during post-pandemic hiring surges
•Weak consumer demand heading into 2026
•Cable subscriber decline & muted EV sales affecting specific industries

Companies are preparing for a soft 2026 revenue outlook, prompting deep restructuring.

🔍 A Paradox in America’s Labor Market

Despite historic layoff totals:
•Weekly unemployment claims are at 3-year lows
•Many firms follow a “no-hire, no-fire” strategy — vacancies remain unfilled rather than hiring new staff
•Hiring announcements for 2025 are below 500,000, one of the weakest totals since tracking began

This combination of high layoffs + frozen hiring is creating a stagnant market where displaced workers face longer job searches and declining consumer confidence.

🔮 What’s Next?

Economists say while November cuts slowed, the underlying trend of automation, restructuring and cost discipline remains strong. More layoffs are likely in Q1 2026, particularly in tech, logistics, media and manufacturing.

The US job market enters 2026 with weak hiring momentum, rising fear of additional job cuts, and increasing pressure on wage growth and household spending.

#USLayoffs
#JobCuts2025
#EconomicSlowdown