Rainbow Ghost

Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.

It was a little different last week.

Just tell them that on this earth, there are still things worth living for Tell them there are fathers whose hearts beat with fear for their little children - fathers willing to give up their own meal just to feed them Tell them we swallow bitterness and toil all day long just to provide the basics, just to bring a little joy to their hearts Tell them that when we return home, our children greet us with hugs, and we hold them tight for a long time And tell them that we love them, even if they never donate - all we want is for them to see us as human beings like them, deserving of life

A message from my brother Ahmed, who sadly is not allowed an account here, but I wanted you to read his words and in doing so know the person you are sharing and donating to.

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@amplifytransjoy.bsky.social

wizard frog is insane

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🧵At Jewish weddings we say "If I forget you Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its cunning" (Psalm 137)—a reminder of our Babylonian exile, all we've lost over the centuries, & our longing for home.

I've found myself lately saying אם אשכחך עזה תשכח ימיני—"if I forget you Gaza may my right hand..."

Department of Homeland Security agents stopped cars on 14th St NW in DC last night “for seat belt violations and broken taillights” (via @washingtonpost.com)

What I call Serfdom of the Self is when our identities, attention, and even emotions become dependent on digital systems we don’t control. We hand over more of our inner lives to these systems, and in return they decide the conditions of our existence.

Digital painting of a boy sitting alone in the darkness, surrounded by monsters reaching out for him. The only thing between him and the grasping hands of fear and doubt is that light emanating from his being.

Here's a throwback to a piece I created after recovering from a two year battle with depression when I first moved to California to pursue my dreams. It was then I discovered that my art could be used to not only to express, but to expel the growing darkness from my psyche.

#darkart #arttherapy

The following is a non-exhaustive list of prohibited themes present in card processing networks. We are unable to support the sale of any works containing these topics: Non-consensual content (real or implied) Underage or “barely legal” themes Incest or pseudo-incest content Bestiality or animal-related Rape, coercion, or force-related Sex trafficking implications Revenge porn / voyeur / hidden cam Fetish involving bodily waste or extreme harm (e.g., “scat,” “vomit”) It’s almost impossible to come up with an exhaustive list of unacceptable products to sell, so often we have to take content reviews one at a time. If an issue arises with your account that isn’t already covered by our policy, then we will contact you and share what options you may have. If you've collected money while in violation of terms, we may be forced to refund or freeze all pending transactions, as accounts that are in violation of our terms are not eligible for payouts.

So, first up, obvious disclaimer that porn is fine and these policies are bad solely on that basis. But for your consideration, here is a list of classic, well-respected artistic works that would be banned on Itch per these policies:

the thing about moral panics is they aren't about moral panics. it's about community control and rampant bigotry. censorship is a tool of fascists, those who purity police are fascists, and if your disgust agrees with their mission more than the right for fiction to gross you out, you are a fascist

Even when addressing book banners, I thank them for everything they've done to support libraries so that "I actively work against librarians" happens in THEIR head, not from my mouth. No one will interrupt or argue if to do so they have to disabuse you of the notion that they care.

Currently on the phone with Visa

Instead of starting with a complaint, I approached this as a Confused American Consumer who doesn't understand why they can't buy things off a website they use

The call center rep immediately asked if it was about Steam/itch

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Stuck in the tar pit :/ it seriously looked just like regular water. Can someone come by and lift me out? You might have to lean in a little to reach me, thx

Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.

So I have been checking the MyPillow case every week or so not because of the outcome of the case (although that was fun) but because I have been waiting and waiting to hear the results of the order to show cause because the lawyer for the MyPillow guy used AI.

Donald Trump gives people permission to be their worst selves. His politics are not just representative, they are generative. His words seep into people’s souls and slowly corrode whatever potential for human decency ever resided there.

These shoes represent over 18,000 children killed in Gaza

All people with dating profiles should openly state that they will not date ICE agents. Spouses should be taken to counseling over their life choices, since a lot of people don't want to pay for dinner with money their spouse earned rounding people up.

IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid ***

CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.

Accountability now.

Open link next skeet.

"It's a killing field," one soldier said....no crowd-control measures, no tear gas – just live fire w/ machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars. Then.. the shooting stops, they can approach. Our form of communication is gunfire."

the best thing I learned from unionizing is that "we hate how things are" can be a starting point for a movement. But if you can't articulate a real, genuine belief that "things CAN be better", you're gonna fail again and again

Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this son of York

I just want the Democrats, as a whole, to stop trotting out guys who look like they're about to meet in a back room to discuss how to take out the Batman.

A reminder that the @nytimes.com told New Yorkers to not rank Mamdani at all, & instead endorsed former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson.

Tilson sits at a whopping .8%.

Corporate media trust is dead. They killed themselves by failing to fulfill their promise of holding the powerful accountable.

Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security. 
 
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
 
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952

He felt joyful when he saw other pro-Palestinian students who had been detained go free. But the person who most occupied his mind was Dr. Abdalla, before and after she gave birth to a boy on April 21. Mr. Khalil’s requests to attend the delivery were denied. [a photo of a framed photograph of Mahmoud Khalil and his wife, Dr. Noor Abdalla, sitting on top of a white bookcase next to a monkey plushie wearing a white T-shirt that says "BRUNEI DARUSSALAM"] “I know how much Noor wanted me to be next to her while delivering the baby,” he said, his voice catching. He said he tried to prepare himself for missing the birth, “but it was never enough in terms of managing my emotions, my thoughts about it.” He said that there was “nothing in this world that would compensate me for the time I lost with my family and witnessing the birth of my child.”

‘It Felt Like Kidnapping,’ Khalil Says in First Interview Since Release www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n... [gift link]

A quarter of shaggy scarlet cup mushrooms grows like frosted glass chalices from a buried stick, spiky white eyelashes grow all around their rims, and moist soil fills in a dark background. All photos by me

Here are some nice mushrooms

@laurenkayes.bsky.social It's so cool that cities are like "pweeease only turn your AC on if you're actively dying and don't go below 79 while the Al nobody asked for is slurping up the power grid to make 1 image of a girl with 5 tits Jun 22, 2024

the accuracy (via @midheavens.bsky.social)