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2026-04-06 21:42:42 UTC

I think people who create think pieces about whether or not fictional characters are good role models shouldn't be allowed to consume art at all, because you are missing the fucking point.

2026-03-14 15:26:44 UTC

Okay, this is actually important:
I need to know what your favorite REM song is.
I'm putting together a set list for a show I'm doing.
I'd do this as a poll, but they have a lot of songs. Just leave a comment!

2026-03-14 14:13:12 UTC

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There are people every single fucking day reporting the news, running for office, fighting the people who would end democracy. They are Americans, too. There are many horrors, but you don't read about the horrors thwarted. This is a hard time, not the end time. See a better future and enact it because you ARE powerful, you ARE good, and freedom and democracy can and WILL prevail. Living in the failures of your ancestors isn't righteous. Fighting for justice and freedom for all is.

2026-03-14 14:10:32 UTC

Individual Americans: When Europeans are gleefully telling you to accept that you are shit and have always been shit and that Trump is the manifestation of how shitty you are: Just simply ignore them.
Demoralization is how people like Trump and Putin and the tech lords were able to exploit us this way. They told us over and over that we are shit, we are evil, that the horrors of the world were too much, and to not believe things can get better.
But of course they can. Because you aren't shit.

2026-03-06 19:09:39 UTC

When they said that LGBTQ+ people would ruin the institution of marriage, they meant they would turn an institution that existed for the purpose of enslaving women into an institution that exists for the promotion of love and families for everyone.

2026-03-04 12:00:56 UTC

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They aren't running scared. War with Iran is what Putin wanted. Trump is Putin's guy. So is Netanyahu. They are both in office to help accelerate the destruction of the United States and world for Putin's benefit. A chaotic war helps with that.

2026-02-26 14:08:39 UTC

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Does this space collect data? Who monitors the space? Is it surveilled in any way? Are you working towards an in person option as well? I worry very deeply about people sharing plans that it is possible to track by the government or corporations.

2026-02-25 19:35:22 UTC

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Look: Mhy point is this is an ongoing campaign. You cannot keep people under one religion's rule indefinitely unless you are using sustained force and propaganda. No one in power stays in power without those things. Christianity is no different. The people's crusade much earlier was also about expelling pagans, and this continued through the 14th century, and then continued in the form of witch hunts for centuries after. And we are still warring about it today.

2026-02-25 19:33:23 UTC

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Crusades

2026-02-25 19:23:42 UTC

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I guess the point of confusion is this. There were lots of crusades. But in the 1400's, when they were in the north, most of it was about paganism, even if at some points in history it was about infighting among monotheisms.

2026-02-25 19:20:53 UTC

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The crusades lasted until the 1400's. Until right before the printing press. And the purpose was to wipe out paganism and install Christianity.
My point is what happens next with a fracturing church that has to keep control? Mass communication helped them keep the reigns.
I'm not trying to be confusing. But I don't understand why you're confused.

2026-02-25 19:12:58 UTC

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How do you wipe out the polytheists without involving them?

2026-02-25 19:05:16 UTC

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Half of all Catholics are women because they live in countries that enforce catholicism. Through things like propaganda. Or the Crusades. Or witch hunts They dominated the culture. That is not proof that they are not oppressive or that there is no resistance, or that they respect women. It's kind of like saying, "How can slavery be bad when I have so many slaves! Look at all the black people participating in this institution!" There wasn't a choice.

2026-02-25 18:58:59 UTC

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All this shows is that they were careful to include that you still have to perform the role of good wife and mother and not make an income or have political standing, even if you gave birth the son of God.

2026-02-25 18:47:35 UTC

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Yes, a fictional woman who is perfect and immaculate that no real woman (the kind they kill) can live up to, because she's fictional. That's a clever way of trying to tell the ladies they aren't sexist. You'll notice that the Greek and Egyptian pantheons of Gods when polytheism reigned had no such moral perfection.

2026-02-25 18:42:05 UTC

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As far as what they were reacting to, I'm sure they had a right to be upset, but their response was to kill pagans, and specifically women. And that's the battle we've been fighting against monotheism ever since.

2026-02-25 18:40:52 UTC

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But Christians didn't. That's really the most important thing in this discussion. And yes, they are both pagan, even if scholars have different areas of study.

2026-02-25 18:34:04 UTC

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What has to be kept in mind is that Judeo-Christianity is and always has been a patriarchal reaction to paganism--which includes pantheism, polytheism and all magic based spirituality--anything not monotheistic. You can see this in the Bible itself, particularly in the ways women's roles are described, the story of Jezebel, and the references to paganism in Revelations. The witch hunts were about killing women who did not conform and who had agency--enemies of Christianity.

2026-02-25 18:31:19 UTC

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Also, while a printing press is fast, it's not fast like social media. So it takes a little bit of time for this to spread and be whipped up into a frenzy. So by the time we get to the 1600's the witch hunts have become a true gendercide.
But regardless, my initial argument is that Christianity's stranglehold worldwide was clenched by the printing press. Which is not to say that the printing press isn't turned towards different purposes once we have the enlightenment.

2026-02-25 18:29:37 UTC

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Of the witch-hunts starting in the 1400's, you mean. Well, when an authoritarian entity like the Catholic Church stops going on crusades, resting easy is not something they can really do, because authoritarian grip has to be held at all times, particularly when the church itself is fracturing internally. Something like a printing press is taken up by such authoritarians to mass produce the culture, and to train people to hunt witches on their own. Kind of like social media.

2026-02-25 17:44:47 UTC

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You can tell what happened by the ways in which Christianity tried to squash it. If you can't see the wind, you have to look which way the leaves rustle to find the source.
We know that the crusades meant people did not give up their religion or traditions without violence. We know that when Christians started printing things, they printed manuals on how to hunt witches, pagans, demons. We know that references to old traditions continue in art. I feel like I'm giving sources.

2026-02-25 17:14:07 UTC

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If I believe in fairies, and I appeal to them more than I do Jesus, I am a pagan, according to Christians. Also, there is no evidence of polytheistic worship because the temples didn't survive. That doesn't mean anything for how people live their lives. It would be very strange if the Christians let survive anything that would help people worship publicly. A deletion of record does not mean a deletion of activity.

2026-02-25 17:12:48 UTC

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It's the state religion. Cool. How are you going to enforce it after the decline of the crusades, which are costly?
With propaganda, and guides on hunting witches/heathens/non-conformists.

2026-02-25 17:09:30 UTC

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And (sorry to hammer on, but I'm doing some refresher reading), the Catholic church may not have felt a threat from rural pagans so much, but they were undergoing deep threat in the 14th century because of the western schism, and multiple people claiming to be the rightful holder of the papacy. but they were also very wary of new converts from Judaism and Islam by this time.

2026-02-25 16:57:13 UTC

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From wikipedia
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2026-02-25 16:52:41 UTC

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Generally speaking, though, the people who hunted witches made no such distinction. They didn't say, "leave the folk-lorists alone--they aren't pagan."

2026-02-25 16:51:31 UTC

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I'll say "Anyone who held beliefs and practices that were in accordance with ancient tradition and the natural world and which contradict a monotheistic narrative."I'll leave the word pagan out, since you define it so specifically. Non-monotheists, and the enjoyment of traditions that do not promote the dominance and authority of the Catholic church on people's lives are who I'm talking about. I think scholars have a hard time taking seriously disorganized and regional religions.

2026-02-25 16:20:35 UTC

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There are endless references to fairies, goddesses, witches, alchemy and general paganism even in Shakespeare's plays centuries later. It has never been wiped out. I'm not talking about wicca.
The books on hunting witches were about hunting people who did not conform to the church. This happened after the printing press. There is no world in which people gave up their beliefs without propaganda or threat of violence.

2026-02-25 16:08:02 UTC

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That's definitely good historical perspective to keep in mind! One thing I'll note is that in rural, pastoral settings, paganism and folklore continues to be a major part of the culture, in spite of/mingled in with Catholicism. So while the dominant culture remains unthreatened, an expectation of true conformity, I think (not a historian) is not quite as prevalent until, for instance, it becomes popular to hunt non-conformists, spurred by propaganda.

2026-02-25 15:43:38 UTC

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Sure! I'm running my mouth off just based on whatever I remember, so I'm happy to hear someone get more specific about the time period.😅

2026-02-25 15:31:59 UTC

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Now, I live in 2026. I'm glad I can read, I'm glad I can buy books, I'm glad I can self-publish. So even though fuck a printing press, I'm happy to keep it.
But let's not look at the printing press as something that was made with the public good in mind. It was made with religious propaganda in mind. And that is ALL that AI shares in common with the printing press.

2026-02-25 15:30:43 UTC

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What happened before that? An oral tradition of poetry. Which, of course, anyone can access in one form or another. It promoted gathering, listening, and communal catharsis. It promoted skills in memorization and public performance.
By the time the printing press made reading and printing accessible to everyone, those skills had died out, and new technology was on its way to supplant the good the printing press brought the masses.

2026-02-25 15:28:52 UTC

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The printing press also has one major advantage that AI doesn't have: It promoted use of a skill that people were empowered to develop: Reading.
AI, on the other hand, and pretty much all of tech culture, ruins human skills, by allowing robots to take over those skills for us.
But when the printing press first came out? It is only benefitting the elite who can already read, who then dictate the culture to the masses.

2026-02-25 15:25:59 UTC

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Guides on hunting "witches" by the way, are guides on hunting women and non-conformists.
"But reading! And journalism! And information!"
Yes, it does have many benefits for spreading ideas. If you own the means of production.
Mass production machines ALWAYS benefit the people already in control of the culture. Did the average person have a printing press? No, they didn't.
Though, I absolutely defend any mechanical machine over esoteric technology.

2026-02-25 15:23:59 UTC

You know what?
Maybe fuck a printing press, too.
Yeah, that's right! You heard me!
Since tech bros want to pretend that their shitty propaganda machine is just exactly like the printing press, let's talk about how the printing press is ALSO a propaganda machine, and how Christianity and monotheism would not have a stranglehold on the world's culture if not for that OG propaganda machine.
What did people spread as soon as there was a printing press?
The Bible, and guides on hunting witches.

2026-02-22 00:54:42 UTC

https://youtu.be/_4BhsYbXwf4?si=YizGM9o7WoLB2yAg

2026-02-21 21:57:36 UTC

I always say I don't want to advocate for a specific lifestyle. But the truth is...it hurts us tactically if people don't have a good off grid system. It's leverage.
I'm FOR A GRID. I really am. Electricity is great. Cities, when they function well, can be exciting hubs of competitive ideas in art and public works and science and invention and culture and on and on.
But they can't function if we don't have the leverage of being able to opt out.
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2026-02-19 16:55:23 UTC

This is something I can't stand reading, and I see it all over the place:
"Men and boys feel like the rules are changing and nobody told them."
NOBODY FUCKING TOLD YOU? Where have you been? Because I feel like every single fucking decade we tell you that we won't be second class citizens anymore You took that as your cue to join a secret PUA forum and learn how to rape women. And now you're sad because you actively sought to harm us, and we don't think you're fucking cute anymore?

2026-02-17 16:39:56 UTC

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What are birds? Are they like analog drones?

2026-02-16 20:23:30 UTC

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Thank you for this, these are great!

2026-02-12 04:48:08 UTC

He's my little baby man
sitting like a baby in a garbage can
he's a weirdo
(high voice)
He's a little weirdo!
He's a baby and he's got fluff
a baby's gotta do whatever he must
he's a weirdo
(high voice)
He's a little weirdo!
He's my little baby man
doing all the things that a baby can
he's a weirdo
(operatic)
He's a little weirdo!
#songsformycat

2026-02-11 23:40:51 UTC

There are a lot of people from Australia in my feed, and every time they post about NSW (New South Wales, according to Duck Duck Go), I think they mean NSFW (Not Safe For Work). The "NSW Police" are the "Not-Safe-For-Work Police." Strippers who dress like cops, I assumed.
Anyway, that's all. I didn't want to derail a serious thread with my nonsense, but it had to be said.

2026-02-04 04:01:09 UTC

The Facts of Life of Pi
#TVShowABook
#HashtagGames

2026-02-01 17:15:45 UTC

If the tech workers REALLY want to stop ICE, as they proclaim, they would sabotage the machine.

2026-01-30 19:14:53 UTC

I'd really love if we stopped using phrases like, "wild sex allegations" or "girls as young as 14 recruited for sexual massage" in headlines. You're looking for the words rape, coercion, trafficking, kidnapping and murder.
A child is not recruited for sexual massages. She is trafficked and raped.

2026-01-29 15:36:56 UTC

I'm gonna start referring to the tech industry as the surveillance and propaganda industry. That is the only thing they innovate or sell.

2026-01-25 21:22:01 UTC

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Maybe his AI bots will convince Mark to commit suicide. They're apparently good at that.

2026-01-22 09:18:52 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/115936406050802415
I just called him to tell him I notice he supports Trump and that we will regard him as the same person as Trump at election time and ever after. I told him how insulted we are that he thinks the American people are this stupid, and that we've already begun organizing around new candidates so he should pack his bags. Let's make that true. These fuckers are not on our side.
#note1sa3…fcln

2026-01-17 15:55:42 UTC

Because I advocate for supporting the arts all the time, people often ask me how they can help support artists--and, of course, you can do that by buying their work and spreading it around. But I'll tell you something artists really need:
Affordable spaces to self-produce shows.
Not spaces where whatever profit you make has to go entirely to the space, because it costs as much as you could possibly make in ticket sales.
If you have access to a suitable space, make it available.

2026-01-09 13:02:58 UTC

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...Are American elites known for their long tongues?
Hey...What's up, elites? 😘

2026-01-05 00:03:11 UTC

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The amazing thing is how well these rooms incorporate the natural landscape.

2026-01-04 15:54:42 UTC

Some people are concerned with keeping America pleasant, and some people are concerned with keeping America a democracy.

2025-12-22 20:52:54 UTC

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He seems a little cocky--he could be smashed at any time. Carpe punctum.

2025-11-07 13:13:29 UTC

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Of course not, as no one is asking the people for their input on this. In fact, in California, there are laws prohibiting cities from pushing tech out, even if, hypothetically, it was found they posed health risks--that part is stipulated. The push for AI is an arms race, and it has already been stipulated that we don't get a say. Which means if we want a say, we will have to take it by force. But with AI spitting endless propaganda, it's that much harder to organize around reality

2025-08-17 18:24:24 UTC

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Benjamin Clementine is just the most wonderful artist of the 21st century.

2025-08-14 10:14:38 UTC

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The only thing I'm certain of is that however he redraws the map, the tech lords will somehow be the only ones who benefit. Everything Newsom does is for them. And quite likely Putin, as well. When I called his office and asked if he supported an authoritarian Russian takeover of the US, his phone rep panicked and would only commit to "I don't know." I feel like the answer to that should pretty obviously be "No" for the Governor of California. I hope I'm wrong.

2025-08-11 12:34:35 UTC

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Thanks for the schadenfreude.

2025-08-07 22:31:06 UTC

Art kills crime. Never mistake the arts for frivolous. They are the cornerstone of democracy.
Fun fact: a program called "Shakespeare Behind Bars" helps inmates put on the classics. The recidivism rate among participants? 6%. The recidivism rate in the general population? 68%.
We do not know how to empathize and build the world without the arts. It's downfall is why democracy is in free fall. If you want to save it, put the arts first. Every zip code should have full time artists.