Ewarwoowar

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Engineer of net zero 🏛️, lover of sustainability🪴, about 5 📚 on the go at once and eternally online (🌎🌍🌏)

@larichierouge libelling For Women Scotland.
Says “We have no idea, now, of who or what the inhabitants of our future might be. In that sense, we have no future. Not in the sense that our grandparents had a future, or thought they did. Fully imagined cultural futures were the luxury of another day, one in which 'now' was of some greater duration. For us, of course, things can change so abruptly, so violently, so profoundly, that futures like our grandparents' have insufficient 'now' to stand on. We have no future because our present is too volatile. ... We have only risk management. The spinning of the given moment's scenarios. Pattern recognition”
Nathan Cofnas writes in a tweet: "The American right has no coherent message or ideology besides being against the left. It has no good answer to the major issue of our time, which is the question of lingering race disparities. We have almost no effective institutions. We control literally zero serious PhD-granting universities. Even universities in solid red states remain in the hands of our opponents. Among graduate students and assistant professors at elite institutions, our representation is very close to zero percent. The right has been shut out of editing Wikipedia the most influential source of (alleged) information in our society. Conservative culture revolves largely around figures who are some combination of grifter, crackpot, criminal, conspiracy theorist, anti-Semite, or racist-in-a-bad-way. We produce virtually no art, music, or literature. Right-wing discourse is dominated by people doing 'physiognomy checks' on each other, calling Democrats pedophiles, and telling people not to get vaccinated and that they can cure their cancer with ivermectin. None of this was changed by the election of Donald Trump."
By virtually any measure, trans activism has failed in the US. It has proven itself a decisively losing electoral issue, been repudiated by the Supreme Court, lost the culture war, alienated a majority of society, and caused public opinion to turn against trans people. Trans activism ignited a trans backlash — one whose flames now threaten to consume LGBT rights more broadly. As a result, many political moderates are now quietly backing away from trans issues. Nobody wants to be burned again. But trans activism was only a losing issue because it was pursued by extremist bullies within the framework of a radical and authoritarian far-left ideology. Critical social justice monopolized trans activism and sucked all the oxygen out of the room, giving the impression that their methods and beliefs were the only way to advocate for trans people. This is not so. A non-dogmatic, non-zero-sum, philosophically liberal approach to trans rights is not only possible, it is essential now more than ever.
This image shows a social media conversation thread, from Bluesky based on the interface styling. The primary post is from the Bluesky CEO stating “Harassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.” This post has substantial engagement with 1.8K comments, 1.8K reposts, and 3.1K likes. Below it, user Neels (with a “Furpoc 2025” badge and profile image of an animated wolf character) replies: “Yeah but a customer threatening to cancel their service usually gets a couple things accomplished. C’mon, Jay. Shame on you.” This reply has 4 comments, 13 reposts, and 1.4K likes. Jay then responds with simply “Are you paying us? Where?” posted on 3 October 2025 at 14:52. This response received significant attention with 33 reposts, 1K quotes, 461 likes, and 60 saves. The bottom engagement bar shows 906 comments, 1K reposts, and 461 likes.
Yougov 2022-2025 graph showing immigration at 56% as the most important issue in UK.