Saint Cozy ☕

IRL counselor, soup fan, RPG player, birder, science nerd, Skyrim modder, flying goblin. She/her. Pfp by Shruggalo

[Saint Cozy ☕ @SaintCrazy]

Morning birdwatching with Tony and Plush Tony

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

All the takes are correct and yet they also miss the point.

Yes, it was insane for the Democrats to think they could win by running a soulless candidate, without a shred of progressive policy vision, pursuing endorsements from neocon war-hawks everybody hates, while arming and funding a genocide, and belittling and crushing those who have enough morality to protest it.  It is enraging that the Democrats are so smug and blind to this.

But these are all just symptoms.  The deeper reality is that liberalism has failed, liberalism is dead, and people urgently need to wake up to this fact and respond accordingly. It is a defunct ideology that cannot offer any meaningful solutions to our social and ecological crises and it must be abandoned.

Democrats have proven over and over again that they cannot accept even *basic* steps like public healthcare, affordable housing, and a public job guarantee - things that would dramatically improve the material, social and political conditions of the working classes. And they cannot accept a public finance strategy that would steer production away from fossil fuels and toward green transition to give us a shot at a liveable future.

Why? Because these things run against the objectives of capital accumulation. And for liberals capital is sacrosanct. They will do whatever it takes to ensure elite accumulation, it is their only consistent commitment.  At home, they suppress and demonize progressive and socialist tendencies. Abroad, they engage in endless wars and violence to suppress input prices in the global South and prevent any possibility of sovereign economic development.

The Democrats have done all this purposefully and knowingly, for my whole life, not as some kind of "mistake" but in full consciousness that it is in the interests of capital.

And because liberalism cannot address our crises, and because it crushes socialist alternatives, it inevitably paves the way for right-wing populism.  They know this pattern, and yet they risk it every time - this election being only the most recent example. They did it in 2016, when they actively crushed the Sanders campaign and sent Trump to the White House. They do it because ultimately they (and I mean the liberal ruling class here) don't really mind if fascists take power, so long as the latter too ensure the conditions for capital accumulation. They 100% prefer this to the possibility of a socialist alternative.

So, progressives have to face reality. The dream of "converting" the Democratic party is dead. This is now a fact and it must be accepted. The only option is to build a mass-based movement that can reclaim the working classes and mobilize a political vehicle that can integrate disparate progressive struggles into a unified and formidable political force and achieve substantive transformation. This will take real work, actual organizing, but it must be done and that process must begin now.

[Vivian @suchnerve]

My Roman Empire:

Illiteracy is so common that when someone online misunderstands something you said and gets angry at you for something you didn’t even say, there’s a very good chance thet they literally just can’t read.

[Very AFK @Cromwelp]

I’ve been playing Dragon Age: The Veilguard in complete secrecy (behind my backpack at the office in front of a giant window, in the kitchen). From me, you may be wondering “is this a game compatible with my experience during BG3” so I’ll tackle it from that perspective.

The answer is yes. It is to a heavy, 9 season long show what a well-made, character driven, binge-worthy Netflix series is.

It has a good sense of propulsion and forward momentum. The combat system is honestly brilliant (to me, a mix of Xenoblade & Hogwarts which is giga-brain genius). It knows when it needs a tentpole narrative moment, and it knows when to let you toy around with your class and exploit some of its stronger elements.

More important, to me, it feels like the first Dragon Age game that truly knows what it wants to be.

In short, if you want some character driven romping with a strong combat system in a universe you know, love, or have heard of, it is much better than the average action game, and much less heavy than the gargantuan RPGs that may intimidate at times. In a word, it’s fun!

To me, I’m extremely happy BioWare gets to stick around - presumably - in these uncertain (because of moronic corporate greed) times. An existential game, and a fun one at that.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

First trailer for ‘LOVE HURTS’ a new action film starring Ke Huy Quan as the lead.

Directed by Jonathan Eusebio, the fight coordinator behind ‘John Wick’

In theaters on February 7.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Walz: Look, I won't waste all of the time. I will talk about his running mate. His running mate, Elon Musk. Elon is on that stage jumping around skipping like a dipshit.

[💟 morph 🔪 / fanbook era... two!! @morphasia4]

If you're anti-AI for artists then I need you to PLEASE share that same energy for writers. It's so discouraging to see artists who are very loudly anti-ai turn around and show snippets from ch@racter ai 'roleplays.' Where do you think they learned how to automate those chars?

[bao 🍉🇵🇸 @teletelo]

entire store is currently 15% off (no code needed)!! I'll be closing my store from October 26 - November 15 so if you'd like to do some early holiday shopping now would be the time since I'm not reopening until mid to late November!!

rt's appreciated as always 🫶

[Will Quinn @willquinnart]

Daily bunny no.2746 inspects the merchandise

[H. Oliver Hamlin @OliverHamlin]

Trick-or-Treat Psyduck

[witchy ✶ working on new things @morningwitchy]

its been a little while since ive had a sale on button downs - so how about a flash 25% off!✨

[Saint Cozy ☕ @SaintCrazy]

@noclipvideo @Guarascia

[Mathias Ball+ﾟ*｡:ﾟ+ | illustrator open for work 🍊 @MathiassJB]

Psyduck ! 🐥🌸

[H. Oliver Hamlin @OliverHamlin]

What a guy

[H. Oliver Hamlin @OliverHamlin]

Fall Zubat

[dasharez0ne.bsky.social @dasharez0ne]

DONT DIE AT WORK - TEXT BY
@organizeworkers.bsky.social - GRAPHIC BY https://t.co/1Wb2rv9976 - https://t.co/1Wb2rv9976 ADMIN

[pocketss @_pocketss]

ritual

[Saint Cozy ☕ @SaintCrazy]

@dannyodwyer Oh hey it's your BFF Empty Soul Girl on a Swing!

[cloudy 🐈 shop update: may 24th @hellocloudy_art]

Good Soup