Bevibel Harvey (rabid squirrel)

We made a 50-minute Line Rider track, now Line Rider is kinda our job? | Nonbinary autistic plural queer lesbian (they/she)

[Bevibel Harvey (rabid squirrel) @baharv89]

I saw a post on cohost recently (by @ bruno) that was like "I'm so over viral posts, in 2024 my posts will go fungal." In 2024 I want to make more art like this piece. Art that goes fungal. Subtle, persistent, inexorable, ideas you cannot kill in a way that matters.

[Bevibel Harvey (rabid squirrel) @baharv89]

new line rider track. it's about endings. https://t.co/JRBiS3dvBL

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

The problem with liberalism is that it rests on a fundamental contradiction that cannot be resolved. It will always fail, it will always collapse, and this explains everything about our current moment.

Liberals try to hold two commitments at once: on the one hand, they are firmly committed to capitalism; on the other, they express support for principles like human rights, democracy, equality, freedom of speech, environment and the rule of law.  This duality is the core of liberalism.

But there's a problem. Capital accumulation requires cheapening labour and nature. This eventually comes into direct conflict with principles like rights and equality. And whenever this conflict appears, the liberal ruling class sides with capital, abandons their lofty principles, and throws workers and nature under the bus.  Every. Single. Time.

This results in flagrant displays of hypocrisy. They run on nice-sounding platforms but end up either betraying their promises or actively working against their stated values. They'll slash public services, bail out banks, imprison journalists, beat up students, expand fracking, coup democratically elected leaders in the global South, bomb liberation movements, fund a genocide - they'll even trash international law itself - anything that's needed to maintain the conditions for capital accumulation.

At most, they may try to negotiate mediocre compromises, a few social policies here and there - some abortion rights, a tiny increase in the minimum wage - but nothing that might pose any serious threat to capital accumulation. Thus the soul-crushing slowness of liberal incrementalism.  Ultimately they are unwilling to take any of the obvious steps that would actually resolve our urgent social and ecological crises.

This is why nobody trusts liberal politicians.  This is why they come across as so fantastically insincere, and even sneering.  This is why they feel so spineless and *empty*.

The center cannot hold.  Liberalism will always collapse, inevitably handing power to fascists, and this is not acceptable.  There is only one way to overcome this deadly impasse, and that is to mobilize a socialist alternative. A political movement that can unite the working-classes, overcome capitalism, deliver real economic democracy, and enable us to achieve rapid progress toward social and ecological goals.

[onion person @CantEverDie]

the country didn’t “move far right”, trump got less votes than he did in 2020. democrats just completely fumbled their coalition and alienated entire bases of voters

[Tariq Kenney-Shawa @tksshawa]

“The Israeli military has never made any claims of a Hamas presence at al-Awda. When asked what intelligence led troops to besiege and raid the hospital last year, the military spokesman’s office did not reply.”

They’re not even pretending it’s about “fighting Hamas” anymore.

[thomas violence @thomas_violence]

its very cool that youtube is the largest collection of video footage ever assembled and it's borderline impossible to search. rocking up to the library of alexandria and the guy keeps showing you the same three scrolls and standing in your way if you try to look at anything else

[Peter Raleigh @PetreRaleigh]

There's basically zero question that if Trump were president and Israel's actions were exactly unchanged this would be a central plank of the liberal argument that he and the GOP needed to be forced from power at any cost

[onion person @CantEverDie]

weekly democratic party statement on the palestinian genocide: we are working tirelessly with israel to get a ceasefire. we are getting close

israel 6 hours later:

[Rob @robrousseau]

A year ago Israel bombed a hospital, there was an international outcry so a bunch of media and political figures ran cover for them. now they're just burning people alive in hospitals with zero pretext or effort to cover it up at all

[The Serfs (youtube.com/theserftimes) @theserfstv]

I remember when people used to debate if Israel even targets hospitals

[Abandon Harris @Abandonbiden24]

Both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are further to the right than former President George W. Bush when it comes to indiscriminate bombings and civilian casualties. This is where we are now.

[adas🧦🌹 @adastroworld]

Crushed it at an intimate house hang with one close friend + a bunch of loose connections today. Met new people. Listened to what they said. Contributed relevant jokes and setups to make them seem funnier and cooler. Great work all around on my part

[josh @y0cuando]

I wonder if there is a word for an attack whose primary aim is to create fear among the population rather than achieve an actual military objective

[Bevibel Harvey (rabid squirrel) @baharv89]

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[Anna Haifisch @anna_haifisch]

dog thoughts

[Cartoons Hate Her! @CartoonsHateHer]

You’re laughing. They’re doing transgender operations on illegal aliens who are in prison and you’re laughing.