It looks like Melon Husk is lighting this thing on fire even faster than expected, so a reminder that the canonical source for Avdi updates, thinky-thoughts, and one-on-one conversation has always been, and will always be SIGAVDI https://t.co/4u3PClPkkN
@QueenMab87 The "taking our jobs" stuff is silly, but the fact is that H-1B is popular because it gives tech employers massive leverage over workers. Imagine knowing a life and relationships you've built here for years, could be stripped away if you don't do as you're told.
@queerBengali As a very unlonely man who was once headed down that road, I guess I should try to figure out how to save them, because I can recognize how they are locked into a self-destructive behavior cycle. But god, they are SO tedious.
Re: the left needs more podcasters/influencers to combat the joe rogans and Andrew tates of the world
This is why that won't work
Dropout is a very left leaning company in both actions and policy. They supported the writers strike, their crew is still masking on set, and they
The people in my autism parenting groups who are just figuring out what gutting the Department of Education is going to do to their kids, after they voted for Trump. Whew, chile. It’s a whole lotta, “They can’t do that, right?” Nah, bro. They can and they’re gonna.
I don't get much reach here anymore, but for all my white tech dudes in the US - this is the most important election of our lives. Only one choice will protect women, children, queer and trans folk, BIPOC, and democracy itself. GTFO there and vote.
@electrifying I don't get it, the guy clearly came up and yelled "Jason, I have a terrible addiction to incel social media on my phone, please help me!" and Jason did the stand-up thing.
Seems pretty cut and dried
@TeganCantEven@offbeatorbit Yeah. I mean I think in part it's that they themselves haven't seen a path to get reelected without kissing the ring. They might coronate a Trump 2.0, or decide to make something stick that will make their rabid base finally turn on him (Epstein?)
And if you asked the millions of people who whom it's normalized, they'd never dream of calling it abuse.
This ad campaign might plant a seed for some of them.
As a DV survivor I understand how people have been triggered by those "your husband will never know" ads. As someone raised among right-wing fundamentalists, I know that the abuse portrayed isn't just common, it is normalized and aspirational for millions of US families.
Charlie Kirk is upset that Republican women may “undermine their husbands” and secretly vote for Harris while telling their husbands they voted for Trump, even though the husband “works his tail off to make sure that she can have a nice life.”
Yes, there are abusers of every political stripe. But one thing I'm gathering from reactions is that there are folks who didn't grow up in that world who didn't know just HOW normalized this practice is in right-wing fundamentalism.