Hashtag Ruthless Podcasts

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Podcasts for queer nerds

a warp-speed-esque blue background with streaking stars, and screenshots from Starfleet Academy: Nus Braka held at phaser point by two guards, surrendering to arrest. text says "This isn’t a criticism of Starfleet Academy. I thought this episode was gorgeous, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The failure of imagination when it comes to the future of justice is my most consistent disappointment with Star Trek as a whole. We have envisioned a future without money and without scarcity, but we can’t envision a future without penal colonies and harsh sentences?"
a warp-speed-esque blue background with streaking stars, and screenshots from Starfleet Academy: Nus Braka standing in a pile of rubble of the Athena starship. text says "This is where prison abolition comes in. Because Nus Braka, galactic warlord, could have been prevented. Not by the Federation doing triage differently—I believe them that they did their best—but the first time he was arrested. If, instead of being sent to a penal colony, he had been given access to the resources necessary to figure out what was motivating his crime, he would have learned that his childhood trauma wasn’t what he thought it was."
a warp-speed-esque blue background with streaking stars, and screenshots from Starfleet Academy: a news ticker that says "the federation is on trial! nus braka hosts the trial of the century aboard the athena, a gaudy treasure of the pompous federation." Nus Braka is being held by a space cop as he leers at Anisha Mir and Nahla Ake. Text says, "I am still on my Restorative Justice/Prison Abolition bs, and the season finale of Starfleet Academy is the perfect vehicle for me to talk about it through."
[Cover of our first zine: a rainbow ringed planet patterned with newspaper print with text "the gayly planet zine, issue #1 February 2026" and the geordi yes/no meme with no being "make memes for instagram that you'll never see" and yes being "make memes to send you in the mail." All images have the grainy look of a newspaper]
Some other stuff Clear your past Google data! Go to myactivity.google.com, go through each option and turn off and delete all history. Use a VPN! Remember to turn if off and on again from time to time—if you stay connected to the same one all the time it becomes less secure. Don’t use Google or Facebook to login to stuff! Just use a password! They just want to know what you’re up to, and it’s none of their business. Don’t download that app! They want you to use the app because it gives them more of your personal information. Don’t do it. Use your web browser, and, if they’ve made it (intentionally) unusable on mobile, get out your computer like a weirdo (it’s me, I’m the weirdo. I wrote this post on my computer).
Lock down your phone privacy! (iPhone version) -Disable Siri + Apple Intelligence! This is the biggest, most important step. (If you have a Mac computer, this applies there too!) -Check your Location settings. Turn all location settings to “off”. The ONLY apps that should have access are maps, and that should be set to “while using.” -Disable analytics and improvements -Disable “Significant Locations” and delete old data! -Disable App Tracking -Disable Personalized Ads -Disable Health tracking -Turn off biometrics!! Face ID and fingerprint can both be used to force you to unlock your phone. Make sure your password is long and strong!
Hashtag Ruthless presents: anticapitalist punk guide to the internet. keep it secret, keep it safe.
split screen recording of the gayly planet podcast with Chuck Tingle and the podcast hosts, Jessie and Lark. In the middle of the video the clip of the Star Trek scene they are discussing is cut in.
Superman in his iconic flying toward the camera pose, one arm stretched forward and the other full of photoshopped potted cactuses. Text says "omw to sort out the American government"
image of the cover of Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle with text above/below that says “existential horror but make it hopepunk. Listen now on the gayly planet”
there is no way to ethically put money in jkr's pocket. screenshot of a tweet asking "how do you sleep at night knowing you've lost a whole audience from buying your books?" and JKR responding "i read my most recent royalty cheques and find the pain goes away pretty quickly."
How to ethically engage with harry potter- spoiler: you can't.
images of the sunbearer trials and celestial monsters books with text "EsGAYpe From Reality is officially in our sunbearer duology era, listen to our chapter one episode now!"