axolotl

sad socialist and prospective immortal

[Jason Koebler @jason_koebler]

After months of digging and reporting, I have learned where Facebook's bizarre AI spam (like "Shrimp Jesus") comes from, who is making it, how it works, and how it is monetized.

Turns out Meta is directly paying people to spam FB with this stuff

https://t.co/FQYLQDaF1q

[Jacob Geller @yacobg42]

"We are living through the end of the useful internet"

[Liz Shuler @LizShuler]

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with corporations over working people.

But let’s be clear: This decision will in no way deter workers from going on strike.

The energy, enthusiasm & effectiveness of working people cannot, and will not, slow down in the wake of this ruling.

[cozy @bimbotheory]

Especially in light of how things are going, this is the first and only piece of kink at pride discourse we need this year.

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

The idea that corporate profits contribute to inflation went from conspiracy theory to real and probably good

[Climate Defiance @ClimateDefiance]

URGENT: a new study just found we are on track to burst through the safe limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming by 2027. This is a five-alarm fire. This is code red for humanity.

We need an uprising. We need revolution in all aspects of our lives. There is no alternative. (1/6)

[Silver Spook @SilverSpookGuy]

As a Native Hawaiian I can confirm this! The US has been illegally occupying Hawaii, banned our language and culture, and literally beat the Hawaiian language out of my mom in schools. It is an ongoing crime against humanity what the US is doing here.

[Friendly Neighborhood Comrade @SpiritofLenin]

On this day in 1985, the Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on a West Philly neighborhood, specifically on the house of a Black liberation group called MOVE, ki!!ing 11 members, including 5 children, destroying 61 homes and leaving 250 people homeless.

[axolotl @a___l_e__x]

@erickaajenelle ferns. if they’ve got a waxy outer skin instead of a fuzzy one and they haven’t unfurled yet they’re edible

[Saeed Jones @theferocity]

Matthew Desmond’s new book POVERTY, BY AMERICA is excellent. He patiently unpacks the idea that poverty persists in our country *because* the rest of us benefit from it. Here’s one page I keep returning to:

[Jorts (and Jean) @JortsTheCat]

Cops are not workers. They are here to break our strikes, protect private wealth and exert their unchecked and deadly will against the rest of us.

Cop “unions” don’t count
https://t.co/hkbLSEMujA

[Steven Donziger @SDonziger]

BREAKING: Georgia police shot "Cop City" protestor Manuel Terán 57 times in the first state killing of a climate activist in the US. Official autopsy also shows Terán did not fire a gun which obliterates the police narrative.

Evidence Terán was executed is overwhelming.

[Silver Spook @SilverSpookGuy]

Hawaii is a Disneyland-like resort built over our indigenous communities & ancestor's graves, made to do bastardizations of sacred dances, in 'sexy feather headresses' & entertain the rich tourists for starvation wages, 12 hrs a day 7 days a week, drinking jet fuel poisoned water

[Neil Gaiman @neilhimself]

May you, whoever you are, have a life like Rachel's, one that changes things for people, a life where you follow your star and leave a more interesting world behind you. And may you, like Rachel, never lose your sense of humour.
https://t.co/x5HHj3wLji

[Alex 🏳️‍⚧️ @SleepyOktobur]

I have reinstalled Twitter to respond to this story and make sure my voice is fully heard. I am Casey.

My real name is Alex but my mom decided it would be best to hide it for anonymity. But this is my story, not hers. This is not the free press’s story.

[Dan Olson @FoldableHuman]

The Future is a Dead Mall - Decentraland and the Metaverse
https://t.co/dMZelfvD2l