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@karenattiah.bsky.socialReposted by @karlbode.comShit. He really did say this.
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@karenattiah.bsky.socialReposted by @karlbode.com@karlbode.comyou're hired!
@capitalb.bsky.socialReposted by @karlbode.comDespite being the “go-to person” in her department, Sharon Davis was fired from her job at the FDA after 24 years of employment.
She and more than 95,000 Black women were affected by the massive job cuts led by Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency. https://bit.ly/4hPDwP3
capitalbnews.orgA 'Gut Punch': Black Women Fired by DOGE Work to Overcome Shame and Self-BlameThis story is a collaboration between MindSite News, Capital B, The 19th, and The Nation, and was edited by MindSite News. Photographs by Kuwilileni Hauwanga When Sharon Davis opened her email at 5 a....
@karlbode.comit's a weird combination of sad and hilarious
@karlbode.comfair, let's just start with therapy and go from there
@karlbode.commaybe a hug or two!
@karlbode.commost of these guys desperately need therapy though I posit they'd also benefit greatly from supervised natural-world time on hallucinogens
@karlbode.comperformative American hustlebro pseudo-productivity and automation have been a match made in heaven
@angryblacklady.blacksky.appReposted by @karlbode.com"What are we, a bunch of BROWN people?" This is white people doing white people shit. Y'all had picnics under our hanging bodies but sure ok. It's like the Taliban.
@mattfieldwood.bsky.socialReposted by @karlbode.comHere's the podcast I did with @sportshotchris.bsky.social and @karlbode.com earlier this week, where we were UNBUFFERED as the title sugests, but where @freepress.bsky.social and I were also un-tagged in this initial post. 😄
@karlbode.comquestions have been raised
@coachfinstock.bsky.socialReposted by @karlbode.comI love that it's totally cool and legal to use social media to rile up an angry hateful mob and incite them to attack doctors and send in bomb threats to children's hospitals but texting Shrek dong to a politician gets you hauled into court
ohiocapitaljournal.comOhio political blogger found guilty in explicit Shrek meme trial • Ohio Capital JournalAn Ohio political blogger let out a surprised laugh as he was found guilty of harassment after he sent an explicit digitally altered image of the cartoon character Shrek to a powerful lawmaker.
@masnick.comReposted by @karlbode.comGosh. What a surprise that Brendan Carr is a fucking coward. Comedians making jokes on late night TV requires an investigation into the "public interest" standard, but a literal execution is "not my job, go talk to Hegseth who is doing a great job."
@karlbode.comextremely outspoken edgelord FCC boss Brendan Carr suddenly has nothing say
@masnick.comReposted by @karlbode.comWho went through all the major platforms where the Pentagon might stream their barbaric firing squad "livestream" execution to see if it violated their policies? Me. I did it.
@karlbode.comreal lack of vision on their part
@karlbode.comthat is...positively wild
@newyorker.comReposted by @karlbode.com“All Americans should probably watch this film like their life depends on it.” Sheelah Kolhatkar reviews the new Elon Musk documentary. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
@publichealthguy1.bsky.socialReposted by @karlbode.comtrump and rfk jr. are planning to further weaken food safety regulations, despite all the recent outbreaks (which they tried to conceal after taking millions from big ag, of course)
@karlbode.comthis is the REAL WORLD people, sometimes you have to make the HARD CHOICES, like streaming a murder by an historically corrupt authoritarian with cratering approval ratings and the reading comprehension of a third grader