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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 6h

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 6h

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IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 6h

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 8h

I'd compel everyone to read "Bad-asses"

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 8h

leveraging the power of horniness to keep fossil fuels in the ground!! brilliant!

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 10h

It's inspired by one of my favorite novels of all time, which I was thrilled to see transfer to the big screen, in this time, with all of its anti-authoritarianism intact plus a strong condemnation of white racism and xenophobia.

Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 10h

I was pleasantly surprised to find one of your faces under a bike rack on Chestnut Street in the Marina. You get around!

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 11h

Here's a thoughtful critique of One Battle After Another, which I still enjoyed and recommend - and would quibble with some of the points here - but I agree the first act could've been handled better to avoid perpetuating quite so much the fetishization the film intends to condemn.

One Fetish After Another: PTA Exploits Black Women and Averts Revolution

Paul Thomas Anderson's action flick leaves much to be desired.

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 12h

Stolen to add alt text

Three panels of screens from the Simpsons.

1: Lisa, with a panicked look, pulling an unconscious Bart in a wagon toward their parents' room, says, "A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland."

2: Homer and Marge rise up in bed with looks of terror on their faces.

3: BART continues, with a big smile, "In Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario - but it's also thrilling to watch!"

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 12h

I'm sorry to hear it came off that way. I liked what I perceived as a strong critique of white men's racist fetishization, but now that you mention it, the first act could have been handled a lot better and still maintained that

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DSA San Francisco @dsasf.org · 12h

Check out our socialist in office @jackiefielder.bsky.social’s reel breaking down public banks!
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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 12h

Chesa Boudin for D4 supervisor. He lives there, and the district just recalled the guy who recalled him, so they're basically on his side... why not?

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 14h

It's hard enough keeping plots straight when you are only reading Gravity's Rainbow, tbh

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 14h

Who's the interviewer?

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 1d

I'd say don't worry, plenty of people on the left (who are not posters?) understand that normie libs being at protests plays an important role

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 1d

As one of the few people who read Vineland before Paul Thomas Anderson made it cool, I'll say I loved One Battle After Another. It matches the emotional energy of its inspiration, with the main characters of father, daughter and villain true to their Pynchonian analogs. Feels like a remix

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 1d

In a sign of how sold-out the SF Dems leadership is, they're giving GrowSF an award.

Screenshot of SF Democratic Party email:

"Honoring GrowSF this Oct 23rd!

"Announcing our Fourth (and final) Champion of Change: GrowSF

"Our fourth and final honoree is the advocacy organization GrowSF."

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone needs to learn this method of sharing info.

Infographic that shows the strategy of SALUTE for sharing accurate information especially during suspected ICE activity. To read more Google SALUTE and there are several resources to break down the logic.

Short breakdown

S - size/strength, A - actions/activity, L - location & direction, U - uniform/clothes, T - time & date of observation, E - equipment/weapons

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 1d

I heard from someone there that despite the headline, neighbors actually spent a lot of time asking for and talking about better street designs

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 2d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 2d

When I published a pro-transit op-ed in the SF Chronicle, holy shit did the fact-checker grill me. Made me give citations upon citations. If only they were one-tenth that rigorous about Heather Knight's columns attacking Chesa Boudin...

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 2d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 2d

That's wild you're dealing with this too. Here in SF we defeated a charter amendment last year that would've removed confirmation for mayoral picks. But now they're trying to put it on the ballot again next year. Would love to chat messaging/strategy with Mpls organizers fighting this.

Prop. E was supposed to rein in S.F. mayor's power. Instead, it’s recommending the opposite.

People who campaigned for Proposition E, which created the task force, now say that it has gone off the rails.

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 2d

"The energy of people opposing immigration enforcement downtown stands in contrast to the relative inaction by city officials, including Mayor Daniel Lurie [who] has mostly remained quiet on Trump’s orders for mass deportation."

SF activists are doing great; electeds not so much, except Fielder.

SF activists level up the anti-ICE fight

The chaos in Chicago and Portland is inspiring strategy among local activists

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 2d

NB: 3.9% margin of error, so not necessarily really more popular on trans issues than in general, but at least it's clearly not a liability!

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Scott Feeney @graue.bsky.social · 2d

It seems off-message to me. Any time on camera is a chance to make your case to voters why they should support you, and confidently dismissing the need to flip any Republican votes while asserting you'll get Democratic votes no matter what, tells both groups of voters they're irrelevant.

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Gazetteer SF @sf.gazetteer.co · 2d

@eddiekimx.bsky.social met anti-ICE protesters to talk strategy and evolution. They're celebrating a month of no abductions at SF's immigration court.

"People need to understand [ICE is] inexperienced, scared, and vulnerable to counter-action."

FREE LINK: sf.gazetteer.co/sf-activists...

SF activists level up the anti-ICE fight

The chaos in Chicago and Portland is inspiring strategy among local activists

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