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Craven Republican “Trump is a threat to democracy.”
Proceeds to vote for acquittal
With a pardon for convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.
When governments allowed payment processors to dominate the market to the point of duopoly/oligopoly.
Collective Shout describe themselves as a "grassroots campaigns movement against the objectification of women and the sexualisation of girls", but are associated with outspokenly homophobic and anti-abortion Christian conservative groups, according to a now-deleted Vice article. They recently claimed credit for the campaign that saw payment providers pressuring the online storefronts to remove content the group deemed unacceptable.
It's not hard to empathise with the folks behind Itch for being placed in an impossible position, but their lack of forewarning has left creators blindsided and in some cases, seemingly without income. "I wish we had gotten some warning from Steam and Itch," wrote game developer Robert Yang on Bluesky, "but we already know it's Collective Shout + payment processors waging culture war against LGBTQ people and sexual expression. I guess there's nothing else for Steam and Itch to say".
Personally speaking, I'd be willing to extend that good faith to Itch.io themselves, but they aren't the one holding the gun to their own heads here. That'd be financial companies, pressured by Collective Shout, who themselves have ties to an organisation whose CEO once described gay marriage as an "unspeakable offence to God". It's not difficult to imagine what kind of expression these groups might decide to deem as unacceptable next.
ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs at Skydance and Paramount have been shut down; appointing an ombudsman to review “complaints of bias or other concerns” involving CBS as part of ensuring “viewpoint diversity”; and investing in local news and working with its affiliated broadcast stations to serving local communities.
Get rid of DEI, promote conservative propagandaa, and make sure everyone gets the conservative propaganda. Sounds like a right wingers wet dream.
We can't have competition, that's bad for business.
What a great deal for Paramount, pay $16 million in a setlement tp Trump and get a merger worth $8 billion.
Although, Trump is fairly cheap to be bought at $16 million.
i assume it will be biologic medication to treat her autoimmune and the news ones are quite expensive.
Yet they are extremely expensive, costing on average $10,000-$30,000 per year and exceed $500,000 for the most expensive biologics.
Millions of dollars don't matter when you have to buy medication or constantly go to the doctor. These costs can add up fast.
If someone who us worth millions of dollars is worried about potentially going bankrupt without insurance. That should be glaring alarm about how fucked up accessing healthcare in the US.
Is today, the day we nuke the whales?
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Cookie Monster is excited to eat a massive cookie. Elmo is very excited and is cheering Cookie Monster. There is a man who is shocked and may be trying to get Cookie Monster not to eat the cookie.
Text underneath: Elmo encouraged Cookie Monster to eat the cookie laced with 5,000,000 mg of THC. Cookie Monster didn't know the cookie was laced with THC. Elmo is a dick.
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A man is pointing at the screen with a large smile on his face. The man has a large brim hat and a cane in their left hand. Top text on screen reads "Cursed magnets". Bottom text reads "I am confunded and perplexed as to how they doth work".
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A blob of a person peaking over a straight line with a very long nose hanging over the line. Two hands are beside the head. There is writing that says "Kilroy Was Here"
I look this photo and I only can think how theraputic it would be to have a smoke in that situation.