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M. E. O'Brien

@genderhorizon.com

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author. towards trans communist futures. Family Abolition: Capitalism and the Communizing of Care (Pluto, 2023) and Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072 (Common Notions, 2022). Editor at Pinko

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M. E. O'Brien @genderhorizon.com · Jun 30

We’re launching a website of revolutionary speculative fiction, art and poetry set in the world of Everything for Everyone! We’re calling it Project 2052. To support author honoraria, subscribe as a sustainer, make a one-time donation, or pitch a story here: www.commonnotions.org/project2052.

Project 2052 — Common Notions Press

Project 2052 is a website of revolutionary speculative short fiction, visual art and poetry, set in the world of Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072.

www.commonnotions.org

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 1d

Thousands of Palestinians returned to Gaza City after ceasefire took hold Friday—returning to a wasteland of rubble. Abdel Qader Sabbah (@AbdelSabbah91) captured the devastation as survivors searched for what was left of their homes - full report (www.dropsitenews.com/p/displaced-...) + video below

Sharif Kouddous شريف عبد القدوس via X (@sharifkouddous): "The Israeli military destroyed as much of Gaza City as it could before being forced into a ceasefire agreement which took effect yesterday. Watch the video from the ground (2nd one) by the indefatigable @AbdSabbah91 embedded in this piece: https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/displaced-palestinians-return-gaza-city-ceasefire-destroyed-wasteland-rubble?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web"

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Cominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 1d

PDF of book here: marxistiskestudier.com/wp-content/u...

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Danish Society for Marxist Studies @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social · 1d

THANK YOU 💕💕

Our 10th conference is done and dusted and we couldn’t be happier. A huge thank you from the organisers to everyone who presented, listened, discussed, laughed, and raged about the state derivation debate 🫶

Keep an eye on our channels for information about next year’s conference!!

Group photo of the organising committee of the Danish Society for Marxist Studies.

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 2h

And this leads to one thing, among many, that scares me a lot now: Things were already very bad on this front, but the unhinged gestapo tactics of ICE grant enormous power to predators across society in positions of power to prey upon vulnerable people: employers, abusers, etc.

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 2h

First the basics: The vast bulk of physical and sexual violence in our society is *not* perpetrated by strangers, but by people who know each other. Obscuring this fact is a critical feature of copaganda in the news. People are shocked to hear it. Why?

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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 14h

Massive escalation at the Portland ICE facility. Worst I’ve ever seen. More pepper balls than I can count. Teargas in the middle of crowd. Violent arrests. Some type of either noise or rubber bullet shotgun fired into the air then later aimed at protesters chests/heads at near point blank range.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 1d

(forgetting the word for antibiotics) do i need cancel culture

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 23h

In southern Lebanon, Israeli troops may no longer occupy towns on foot — but for residents, the war continues overhead and from nearby hilltops.

Drones patrol daily, striking without warning. Snipers stationed on Israeli-held ridges watch roads, rooftops, and fields.

Continued below ⬇️

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1d

The Nobel *Peace* Prize winner is cool with murdering civilians on boats

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M. E. O'Brien @genderhorizon.com · 23h

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Sex pests kill projects!

Jared Leto Teases ‘Tron: Ares’ Villain Will Be Teen Girl Who Lies For Attention

LOS ANGELES—Revealing new details about the highly anticipated film, actor and producer Jared Leto teased Wednesday that the villain in Tron: Ares would be a teenage girl who lies for attention. “If y...

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Being mad at Ms Rachel is a pretty good tell that you're just mad that people care about Palestine at all— many such cases actually but in that context these people will die mad because people will always care

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Bruno Leipold @brunoleipold.com · 1d

Once again @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social conference has been an absolute blast. Thanks so much to the brilliant organising committee. Can’t wait for #HyggeMarxism 2026 edition!

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Mikkel Flohr @mflohr.bsky.social · 2d

The tenth annual conference of the Danish Society of Marxist Studies is on. Two days of brilliant panels and presentations, more than a hundred participants and two amazing keynote speakers, starting with @genderhorizon.com "Insurgent Care and the Utopian Horizon" @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social

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Danish Society for Marxist Studies @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social · 2d

And we are underway! Our 10th (can you believe it!) annual conference kicks off today with brilliant panels and heated coffee break discussions as well as a brilliant keynote on insurgent utopianism by @genderhorizon.com!

Old friends, new comrades, and lots of lovely radical scholarship 🥰

Image of audience listening to keynote talk by M.E. O’Brien.

Image of M.E. O’Brien sitting on a stage giving a keynote presentation in front of a slide depicting the cover of her book, Family Abolition.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 3d

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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Frances "Are You Scared Yet" Meh @francesmeh.reviews · 3d

my fallback plan if this place fails is to lead a fulfilling life instead of posting

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

Local cops are not on the side of Democratic politicians or under their actual control. People refuse to understand this too even though we've been making this point for decades.

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 4d

The Fraternal Order of Police is on the side of MAGA and against the people they are supposed to be "policing." I think this says a lot to the people who insist local police are going to be "resistance."
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National police union calls Chicago's refusal to help ICE agents 'shocking' violation of duty

Police union leaders called Chicago's alleged directive to not assist ICE agents surrounded by protesters a violation of law enforcement's duty to protect fellow officers.

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M. E. O'Brien @genderhorizon.com · 3d

I think he may not be fashy enough

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Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social · 4d

At least 6 unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents since September: 2 have been released, while the status of the remaining 4 is unknown. But the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness is investigating reports of an additional 19 people disappeared.

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