#I hate this timeline

[vislokawitch]

If something like this happened in a fictional book, I'd say it's bad writing. Too heavy handed. Zero subtlety. I'd assume that the author considers his audience to be morons.

But this is reality... and some people are cheering

Can't believe they banned tiktok for a couple hours just so they could unban it and encourage everyone to put Trump's dick right up their assholes and moan about it

[suratan-zir]

i'd be lying if i said elon musk passionately sieg heiling wasn't on my 2025 bingo card not even slightly surprised

[christinaroseandrews]

Okay USAmericans, we got a debate coming in less than an hour and a half.

Whether you watch it or not, there's one thing I want you to take away from it: The media is going to be biased as fuck.

They were in 2016.

They were in 2020.

And they have been throughout this entire election cycle.

So bear this in mind. If you want an accurate opinion of what happens at this debate you will need to watch it for yourself and see. Because you will not be able to trust the media or pundits to be impartial. In fact if they hold true to form they are going to judge Kamala Harris's performance much harsher then they will judge Donald Trump's.

This is because the media has decided that Trump is newsworthy and headlines featuring him are more likely to get clicks then other headlines.

The media wants to sell papers/get ad revenue.

It's just one more thing that's gone to hell in this capitalist society.

[starmen999]

Giant fucking mood

how im coping rn

[useless-gay-kid4]

an evolution

[snezus-christ-risen]

Fucking kill me now

This disgusting man just sneezed openly in the airport like threw his head forward, uncovered, messy nasty ass sneeze into the space where tons of people walk by and I'm having a fucking panic attack

[phantomarine]

Suspended :|

If you're here from Twitter, hi. My account there was suspended for no reason just now, like a lot of others.

In the midst of my crowdfunding, no less 😭

I don't know what's happening but I've filed an appeal. I don't know what else to do at this point.

Go look at the Kickstarter I guess. That's all for now 💙

[historychik96]

Don't you just love America?

[withoutaconscienceorafilter]

Ugh.

[asktheartpone]

A vent redraw to act as some vent art. Things have been rough of late and it's hard to keep myself afloat anymore.

This is for anyone who cares to read about what's going on, but I've had a rough start for 2025. Three days ago, we lost a family dog to an autoimmune disorder that randomly and rapidly happened. Add that with the "inauguration" (if you can even call it that, we all know now that the election was rigged and there's nothing that anyone's gonna do about it) coming up, I'm scared of what's to come. Make no mistake though, I will not be doing anything dire. I just needed to get it out there is all.

[misseandc]

So no All Might in the very last chapter of mha? So we can end on a fucking handshake? Horikoshi should've left the ending at 430 😭

[tuttle-did-it]

Scottish article above referencing 45 and TZ.

As someone who has worked on war and history in an academic setting, the rise of Trump all felt incredibly familiar to everything I've read and seen.

When Trump started shouting into the void, I said that he reminded me of Vollmer, the character Dennis Hopper played in The Twilight Zone episode, 'He's Alive.'

(First thing's first, please try to go watch this episode and then read the rest of this, because the episode was incredibly well done.)

Everyone told me that Trump was just a harmless clown-- that no one would really vote for him. That I was inventing absurdities just because I don't like Republicans and Trump. He's just a joke. He's a sexist, homophobic, racist, transphobic rapist. And no one would vote for him. We're too civilised for this, now. We've evolved as a species, and that will never happen again.

Everyone got a pretty clear reality when people did, enthusiastically, salivate over the idea of having a sexist, homophobic, racist, transphobic rapist in power. And over the past few years, he's become enveloped in his own conspiracy theories and hatred. And I am still strongly reminded of Vollmer every time I see Trump speak.

For those who are not aware, the episode is about a tiny, useless little white man who craves power and adoration. (spoilers for a 61 year old show below.)

A man in the shadows teaches Vollmer how to capture the attentions and hatred of the white audiences and rise to power. The phantom is eventually revealed to be Adolph Hitler.

S4 E4, Episode aired Jan 24, 1963, Written by Rod Serling, directed by Stuart Rosenberg.

Rod Serling's Opening Monologue:

Key scene where the Phantom (Hitler) teaches Vollmer from the shadows. Tell me that Trump and the other Republicans have not learned these lessons just as well as Vollmer ever did.

Rod Serling's End Monologue:

All of this has happened before. All of this IS happening again. Make no mistake-- Trump is unstable, and doesn't know about half the lies that come out of his mouth every day. But if you think, for a second, that this man has your best interests in mind? You are going to get a very, very harsh dose of reality. But not before millions of people suffer at the hands of this monster, and will for many, many years to come.

[suratan-zir]

So, when will Trump declare a SMO against Canada because there are neo-Nazis, oppression of USAmericans, junta in power, and because Canadians and USAmericans have always been "one people"?

[tuttle-did-it]

@robertreich

[fairy-ganj-mother]

time to delete instagram bc it's a meta company and a tool of the oligarchy

[l-heure-du-the]

Because he's a Nazi coward who wants useful idiots to defend him.

"Uh it wasn't a nazi salute, it was a roman salute."

...why would he give a roman salute if he ain't roman? That don't make no sense.