Robert Fata

I'll be discussing the 2004 Ashton Kutcher film the Butterfly Effect (among other things) on another social media app. (I will probably not do this but just look for another social media app with a butterfly and find DarthFeta)

🚨Nobody wants to hear this but it needs to be said. > Scientists put human brain cells in a petri dish. No body. Just neurons on a chip. > It learned to play DOOM in under a week. > 800,000 neurons figured out how to navigate, shoot, and survive a video game without ever being alive. your brain has 86 BILLION neurons and you can't even finish a side project. we're being outperformed by lab equipment. Wrap it up.

Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. But right now, they’re under attack. Several Republican-controlled states have redrawn their congressional maps to give themselves an unfair advantage in the midterm elections. Now Virginia has a chance to help level the playing field. If you live in the Commonwealth, early voting begins March 6, and Election Day is on April 21. Vote YES.

@LeftyWinter Hey. I didn't think this would come up so quickly, but I found some examples.

@LeftyWinter This is a perfectly reasonable position. But I've met one fellow progressive and seen tweets from half a dozen more saying that they wouldn't in fact vote for any of these center left Democrats. I would not be so fast discount this affect on the last election.

Democrats: You socialists helped Trump win Me a socialist: I voted for Kamala Harris as well as my other leftist friends? Democrats: but you blamed Harris for losing? Me: absolutely I do, I believe that if we are to win elections we gotta criticize our own Party to make it better. Democrats: so are you gonna support Newsom or Josh Shapiro in 2028? Me: sure if they are the nominee but doesn't mean I can't criticize his policies and try to warn the Party about the mistakes making him our nominee. Democrats: what do you mean by warn people? Me: I mean the same folks who warned Harris she would lose if she didn't do X,Y,Z in 2024 but the campaign chose to ignore us. Yeah those people. Who correctly had the right advice that wasn't taken seriously. Democrats: your purity testing is why we lose!!!! Me: I don't think it's so much of any kind of purity tests it's more of a warning. Warning that has again and again been right. You see leftists who choose to stay and organize inside the Democratic Party see both the issues with it & understand why we may be losing. All we want is to win and to get our collective needs met.

@Nate_Sinclair @jonkentcomrade So sick of leftists saying they won't vote for a genocide when the alternative is more genocide AND ethnic cleansing, AND oligarchy, AND corruption, AND walking back of lgbtqi+ progress AND etc...

@jonkentcomrade If you can look at Gavin Newsom and JD Vance and think "no difference between these two", then you aren't a leftist, you are a retard.

Leftists are telling you 2 years before the primary that we will not vote for Gavin Newsom if he's the nominee. You have 2 years to find someone else.

Solving a problem with ADHD be like

@Trey_Explainer I mean you did just do a video about incest

I’ve decided that I find Tennessee accents really sexy

MAGA Calls Democrats "Communists" The claim: Democrats are communists/Marxists/socialists trying to destroy America The reality: • Democrats support regulated capitalism, not seizing means of production • No abolition of private property • No worker ownership of industry • Even the progressive wing (Bernie, AOC) are democratic socialists at most — advocating Nordic-style social programs within capitalism • Biden, Harris, Pelosi, Schumer = pro-business centrists by global standards Verdict: Absurd propaganda. Democrats are center-left capitalists, closer to European Christian Democrats than to actual communists. Democrats Call MAGA "Fascists/Nazis" The claim: MAGA is a fascist movement The reality - Check against Umberto Eco's 14 characteristics of fascism: ✅ 1. Cult of tradition - "Make America Great Again" mythology ✅ 2. Rejection of modernism - Anti-education, anti-expertise, anti-science ✅ 3. Action for action's sake - "Fight fight fight!" without coherent policy ✅ 4. Disagreement is treason - RINO purges, loyalty tests, "enemy of the people" ✅ 5. Fear of difference - Xenophobia, anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim ✅ 6. Appeal to frustrated middle class - Economic anxiety exploitation ✅ 7. Nationalism + conspiracy - Deep state, globalists, replacement theory ✅ 8. Enemies weak AND strong - "Snowflake libs" yet powerful deep state ✅ 9. Pacifism is treason - Questioning Ukraine aid = unpatriotic ✅ 10. Contempt for the weak - Mocking disabled, POWs, immigrants ✅ 11. Cult of heroism - Jan 6 "patriots," martyrdom complex ✅ 12. Machismo - Toxic masculinity, contempt for women ✅ 13. Selective populism - Trump speaks for "real Americans" only ✅ 14. Newspeak - "Alternative facts," constant redefinition of terms Additional fascist markers: • Attempted coup (Jan 6) • Rejection of democratic norms • Strongman worship • Scapegoating minorities • Undermining free press • Loyalty purges • Nostalgic nationalism Verdict: MAGA checks nearly every box for fascist movement characteristics. Which Is Closer to Truth? Democrats calling MAGA fascist: Descriptive and evidence-based • Based on observable behavior matching fascist characteristics • Documented in political science literature • Matches historical patterns MAGA calling Democrats communist: Pure projection/propaganda • No evidence of actual communist policies • Used to radicalize base and justify extremism • Classic authoritarian tactic (make enemies sound existential) The Key Difference Democrats: Center-left regulated capitalists (European-style social democracy) MAGA: Authoritarian nationalist movement with textbook fascist characteristics Why MAGA Uses "Communist" It's strategic projection: 1. Justifies extremism - "We have to be extreme because they're communists!" 2. Historical baggage - Americans fear communism (Cold War conditioning) 3. Muddies the waters - "Both sides use scary labels, so ignore them all" 4. Primes the base - When Democrats call MAGA fascist (accurately), it sounds like tit-for-tat The Uncomfortable Truth One side is using hyperbolic propaganda. The other is making an accurate historical comparison. MAGA isn't "like Nazis" in every detail (no Holocaust, no world war yet). But they're running the same playbook that brought fascists to power historically: • Undermine democratic institutions ✓ • Cult of personality ✓ • Nationalism + scapegoating ✓ • Attack free press ✓ • Reject election results ✓ • Attempt coup ✓ • Purge intellectuals/expertise ✓ Democrats aren't anywhere close to communism. They're not even close to European social democrats. MAGA is disturbingly close to historical fascism. That's not partisan rhetoric — it's pattern recognition.

Having spent the last 48 hours back on here...you all deserve better.

btw

@AGoldmund Try playing d&d or some other RPG on startplaying or roll20. If nothing else you'll be forced to interact with the same 3-5 strangers once a week.

@catholicthread @grok @krassenstein You: Check out this long list of age appropriate gay stuff I found which amounts to a smaller percentage of children's content per capita then there are gay people.

@catholicthread @grok @krassenstein You: Tell me more about this small subset of books Grok: No idea. They were burned You: Grok isn't it true that when people talk about those subset of books, they demand authoritarianism? Grok: I mean, it's possible I guess.

This is true. Right @grok.

If you get cremated after you die you can be put into an hour glass and still participate in family game nights.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's security chief confirmed Tuesday that 17 family members of cartel leaders crossed into the U.S. last week as part of a deal between a son of the former head of the Sinaloa Cartel and the Trump administration. Mexican Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch confirmed a report by independent journalist Luis Chaparro that family members of Ovidio Guzman Lopez, who was extradited to the United States in 2023, had entered the U.S

I feel like I’m actually thriving on the fascist app. It rewards narcissism, sociopathy, impulsiveness and stupidity. It’s perfect for me.

@Voltaic117 Let me know when you meet Illyria

@RobertFata Yes and Spike is here (even though last time we saw him he exploded in Santa Barbara)

I stopped writing these in s4 because I got tired of finding new ways to say “this is really bad.” Just know that I’m still watching and s5 is better.