stevesilberman

stevesilberman, 6 months ago to random

Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.

stevesilberman, 3 months ago to random

Say what you will about generative AI, it's certainly crammed all of my timelines with creepy fake-looking images that my friends keep posting as "Amazing!!" -- even friends who are art aficionados and I thought would know better. It's having a strange effect on me, which is a growing distaste and distrust of images themselves, as if the whole visible universe is being covered with some kind of slime.

stevesilberman, 6 months ago to LGBTQ

SF Supervisor Harvey Milk, who was assassinated OTD in 1978, wasn't just "openly gay," as he is often called. He was specifically building a coalition that included working people, union leaders, the #LGBTQ+ community, people of color, disabled folks, young people, and elders. That's why he was so dangerous to the Establishment. And that coalition never recovered.

stevesilberman, 6 months ago to random

Exactly this. via [@patriottakes]

stevesilberman, 8 months ago to random

Listen to the Kennedy family. RFK Jr. is a liar, a creep, and his candidacy is dangerous for our country.

stevesilberman, 7 months ago to random

Every reporter in America should stop what they're doing, read, and absorb the importance of what Will Bunch says here. We are one election away from a fascist state ruled by a career mobster with a sadistic craving for revenge. That's what's at stake in 2024! https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/journalism-free-press-gaza-extremism-20231105.html

stevesilberman, 5 months ago to random

Imagine being so staggeringly obtuse, so pants-shittingly out of it, that you insist that a crime boss who organized the first attempt to overturn a national election in American history must be "beaten at the ballot box."

stevesilberman, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

Before taking power as Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934, Adolf Hitler said that immigrants were "poisoning the blood of our country," that he would execute his enemies, and would declare himself a dictator on day one.

Oh sorry, I got that slightly wrong. The guy who actually said that is the candidate your goofy uncle and aunt in the red hats are planning to vote for in 2024.

stevesilberman, 11 months ago to random

Wait till Marge Greene hears that the Jewish Space Laser people have teamed up with the Pride groomers to create a ray in San Francisco that instantly turns you trans. Will no one think of the children? [photo via Donna GianGiordano-Merlino]

stevesilberman, 4 months ago to random

I know this sounds weird and implausible, but stay with me: What if billionaires and hedge-fund managers don't want journalists reporting the news at this critical juncture in history when America is facing a fascist takeover? Huh. https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/23/media/los-angeles-times-layoffs-strike/index.html

stevesilberman, 9 months ago to random

Exactly this, via @sadgirlcassi on X.

stevesilberman, 7 months ago to random

As a Jew, I was raised to maintain an instinctive vigilance, as if at any moment, the political winds could shift slightly and the purges, pogroms, and ovens would all come roaring back, while mobs cheered. No matter where your Jewish friends are politically, they're feeling that primordial terror.

stevesilberman, 3 months ago to random

With Roe overturned, the GOP now targets in-vitro fertilization (IVF), which has enabled a number of my dear friends and relatives to have kids after years of trying. It's hard to begin to comprehend how anyone could vote for any candidate from this deeply sick party. https://www.al.com/news/mobile/2024/02/frozen-embryos-are-children-alabama-supreme-court-rules-in-reviving-couples-wrongful-death-suits.html?fbclid=IwAR1xQxytZhalcdS-2YNTysg5KTYa0x9rdcHB7YYuCANORmL_nnQ6J6NjoFU

stevesilberman, 5 months ago to random

Exactly this. It's pretty simple: If you identify as a Republican voter in 2024, you're an American fascist, today's version of the evil bastards who lost World War II. When the kommandant got bayonetted at the end of the movie, American audiences used to cheer; now nearly half the audience would vote for the kommandant. Which side are you on?

stevesilberman, 1 year ago to queer

If you were wondering why Elon Musk's #trans daughter Vivian doesn't want to be related to him "in any way, shape, or form," his promotion of a vicious anti-trans propaganda film made by numbskulls on the first day of #Pride month probably doesn't help. #LGBTQ+ https://newrepublic.com/post/173184/elon-musk-personally-elevates-transphobic-video-originally-flagged-hate-speech

stevesilberman, 2 months ago to random

Fun fact: In old English law, attempting to overthrow the government was considered high treason, a capital crime punishable by being drawn and quartered or beheaded. But in America, we do things slightly differently - instead, we offer traitors guest spots on MSNBC and greased pathways back to the White House to see if they can do high treason better next time.

stevesilberman, 4 months ago to random

Crucially important NY Times article on how Russian asset Trump has become a massive threat to global security. Please spread this gift link! "Trump in a second term could effectively end the security umbrella that has guarded friends in Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East for much of the nearly eight decades since the end of World War II." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/11/us/politics/trump-nato.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Uk0.-Lfm.YKG_0ZDAykNz&smid=url-share

stevesilberman, 8 months ago to random

Vain, narcissistic trans activist worried about her makeup smearing ends up killing tens of thousands of Americans.

LOL just kidding, it was Trump.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/20/trump-meadows-joked-covid-biden-debate-cassidy-hutchinson-book

stevesilberman, 9 months ago to random

Venerable tech journalist Walt Mossberg bails on Twitter/X, saying Elon has turned it into a "cesspool" of far-right and anti-Semitic propaganda. https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/walt-mossberg-elon-musk-twitter-x-b2407123.html

stevesilberman, 11 months ago to random

Never forget that the thing that made it possible for #SCOTUS to kill affirmative action was racist Republican voters electing the most dangerous traitor in US history who appointed paid-off justices that perjured themselves in confirmation hearings.

stevesilberman, 4 months ago to random

Awesome photo of young Tracy Chapman busking in Harvard Square in 1985. Photo by Joey Harrison via Elijah Wald. The next busker you pass may be the next...

stevesilberman, 4 months ago to random

One thing I find fascinating about Republican voters and the mainstream media is that Trump routinely says things like this and -- well, you may not have heard, but the man is running for President of the United States -- and nobody just says outright, "WHAT THE BLOODY FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS MAN? WHAT THE FUCK IS HE TALKING ABOUT?"

stevesilberman, 3 months ago to random

The skin-crawlingly creepy and submissive baby voice that hollowed-out MAGA zombie Kate Britt adopted last night for her freakshow SOTU response was no accident. It's the voice that tells fellow fundamentalists that she knows her place. https://jesspiper.substack.com/p/the-fundie-baby-voice?r=cxnub&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

stevesilberman, 5 months ago to random

Florida district removes dictionaries from school libraries because they may violate law pushed by freaky Republican bigots. https://popular.info/p/florida-school-district-removes-dictionaries?r=1v5azu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

stevesilberman, 5 months ago to random

Chair and co-chair of the Republican Party share a hearty laugh over the GOP launching an impeachment effort against Biden.