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Island of Reil - medicated, meddlesome, and quarrelsome @islandofreil.bsky.social · 4m

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bonque, ben @kwstzhaderbonch.bsky.social · 10m

IDing Tommy as Jesus over Angelica as a Pharisee sure is a choice.

so funny that these guys are the most powerful men on earth and you couldn't reliably ask them to analyze an episode of Rugrats

Tommy - Jesus Chuckie - Peter Phil and Lil - Sons of Zebedee Angelica - Pharisees

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 35m

I hate profiles of conservatives who are worried that their country is changing and would welcome profiles of liberals and leftists who are afraid of same thing from the opposite direction and treated their concerns the same kind of reflexive deference

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Dan Stewart @drdanstewart1.bsky.social · Feb 26

Apropos of nothing, here's some posters I made for outside my office in case anyone wants them. Text on one edited from @blacktrowel.bsky.social, the other from an Eco article (both cited of course). If you'd like the PDF files, just email me. #antifascist #AncientBluesky 🏺

A poster titled "Don't Panic! How to fight fascism as a student of the past". 14 points are listed: 1. Document. 2. Work Together. 3. Leverage your skills. 4. De-escalate. 5. Beware entryism. 6. Know the tools of fascism. 7. Solidarity over charity. 8. Thank local, plan big. 9. Money works. 10. Get trained. 11. Grow your roots. 12. Push through discomfort. 13. Stay safe. 14. Remember, tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.

A poster entitled "How to Spot a Fascist". Taken from an Umberto Eco 1995 Article in the New York Review of Books. 14 signs are listed: 1. The cult of tradition. 2. The rejection of modernism. 3. The cult of action for action's sake. 4. Disagreement is treason. 5. Fear of difference. 6. Appeal to social frustration. 7. The obsession with a plot. 8. The enemy is both weak and strong. 9. Pacifism is trafficking with the enemy. 10. Contempt for the weak. 11. Everybody is educated to become a hero. 12. Machismo and weaponry. 13. Selective populism. 14. Un-fascism through Newspeak.

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Archaeologists Resisting Far-Right Appropriation @a-rfa.bsky.social · 12d

🚨 NEW SEMINAR ALERT 🚨
On 14/10 Steph Halmhofer (@cultarchaeo.bsky.social) will speak on 'Manufacturing History', examining the relationship between pseudoarchaeology, conspiracy, and the far-right and highlighting its contemporary relevance. Go to archaeologistsrfa.wordpress.com/events/ to register.

Events

Upcoming Events Stephanie Halmhofer – Manufacturing History: Pseudo-archaeology, Conspiracy, and the Far-Right Date and Time: 17-07-2025, 17:30BST//09:30PDT To Register: About the Speaker: &#…

archaeologistsrfa.wordpress.com

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Jay 🌲 @telekitnetic.bsky.social · Jul 27

☕️ CAFE LAPIN 🐇

(🔁) #formline #indigenousart #telekitneticart

An illustration of a pink coffee cup holding a light brown drink.. in the cup, looking like latte art, is a formline design of a running rabbit. The words “cafe lapin” are on the side of the cup.

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 13m

Living between the abject horror of state violence and the sweetness of the solidarity we are all building to face said violence—canvassing our neighborhoods with KYR literature, migra watch shifts, signal chats full of love and outrage. Thank God for everyone stepping up to meet this moment.

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Keyah (banned era) @sapphic-film-nerd.bsky.social · 15h

I'm not anti-Indigenous for thinking deals with Elon Musk won't go well. Native people aren't all peaceful, sacred warriors. Some of us suck. We're human, we're capable of being awful. Indigenous people are not the idealized version you have if us in your head. We're not archetypes.

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awxo @awxo.posts.art · Dec 3

Jesus christ...

Lauren:

Fixed it: Tesla is ramping up with tribal reservations to destroy their land.

Hank Green

So would you say that you'd be better at administering a reservation than the members of the tribe or...

"I hate Elon musk so much that indigenous people shouldn't be allowed to do what they want with their land" is something you probably want to be careful with...

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Island of Reil - medicated, meddlesome, and quarrelsome @islandofreil.bsky.social · 10m

....wow.

I already seriously disliked him for that knitting video, but this is a quantum step beyond in douchery.

Keyah (banned era) @sapphic-film-nerd.bsky.social · 15h

Remembering when Hank Green dirty deleted his skeet saying how excited he was to buy his Tesla on reservation land so he didn't have to deal with the dealership, and that anyone upset was blinded by their hatred for Elon Musk, and then heavily implied that we were anti-Indigenous for being skeptical

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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 11h

Federal agents in Portland shoved a protester to the ground and then fired pepper balls at another as they tried to help.

Safe to describe this as unnecessary force as they cleared the driveway.

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 49m

This confused "kids these days" lament that offers very little empirical support for a set of remarkable bold assertions. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say

www.nytimes.com

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 16h

People who act confused by Hamas' desire to free Barghoti are bizarre to me, Hamas wants him out even though he isn't Hamas affiliated because they believe he is one of the few, or maybe even the only, individuals who can unite the whole of Palestinian factions under the PLO

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Island of Reil - medicated, meddlesome, and quarrelsome @islandofreil.bsky.social · 13m

Seriously, so many men do not pick up humor from women unless we're laughing at *their* jokes. Intentionally making someone laugh is seen as masculine.

Aysha 🔜 Cancon @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 42m

women don't make jokes

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casey @csom.bsky.social · 45m

to all angry commenters, i stole your bike and its in the alamo's basement

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Island of Reil - medicated, meddlesome, and quarrelsome @islandofreil.bsky.social · 42m

Kids' media can have very valuable life stories ... for kids. Idc if you still read/watch it as an adult but please, add some intellectually complex things to your media diet.

Self Guided Adversarial Imagery Meditations @bankuei.bsky.social · 53m

While I will certainly say "kids' media can have very valuable life stories", I'm also not gonna base policy decisions involving billions of dollars and "whether humanity should live or not" on just kids' media. Certainly not assuming it's secretly Christian prophecy through the deepest of reaches.

Jake Flores @feraljokes.bsky.social · 8h

I can't believe this is real

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Self Guided Adversarial Imagery Meditations @bankuei.bsky.social · 45m

"Much like Luffy, I found it important to surround myself with tube-skinny giant titty women and spend most of my time on my boat. It's the only way to stop the anti-Christ you see" *nods sagely*. "I've also decided to destroy all govts using bio weapons. The viruses were released 30 minutes ago."

Political cartoon by Joe Dator
Image shows line of people in shackles being driven forward by giant robots with whips, with a burning devastated city in the background.

"Hey, remember a few days ago, when all this was unacceptable?"

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Zack Ford @zackford.bsky.social · 1h

The people who think this doesn't affect them have convinced themselves to hate empathy enough to think it doesn't affect anyone else either.

Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 2h

"And when masked men grab a parent from the school car line or the corner coffee shop, all students in that school or neighborhood are subject to trauma and made to understand: The state can make people disappear. It is to be feared."

The Assault on Children

MAGA's use of kids to consolidate authoritarianism

nobody-wants-this.ghost.io

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Магдалена Хорват 😷 @magdalenahorvat.bsky.social · 7h

ICYMI: Great explainer of a study on what SARS-CoV-2 does to our (and our kids') immune systems 👇

"Recent reports have shown that marked lymphopenia is observed in 83.2% of SARS-CoV-2 patients"

#AvoidCOVID #AvoidLongCOVID #ProtectChildrenFromCOVID

SARS-CoV-2 Actively Infects And Kills Lymphoid Cells

A recent paper published in the journal Nature describes how SARS-CoV-2 infection induces a serious medical condition called lymphopenia by directly attacking and killing our immune T cells.

www.forbes.com

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Alex Acks @katsudon.bsky.social · 1h

Remove all Oxford commas

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 9h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 9h

"The chancellor approved it"

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Island of Reil - medicated, meddlesome, and quarrelsome @islandofreil.bsky.social · 1h

I assume it was stone ignorance

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Island of Reil - medicated, meddlesome, and quarrelsome @islandofreil.bsky.social · 1h

Oh, well, I'm sure that'll stop them from doing it

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velourazure @velourazure.bsky.social · 1d

...which tells me all I need to know that ICE are ideological monsters, willing to accept personal financial harm because the lure of being a gestapo thug every day is simply too strong.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22h

A trend I’ve noticed after having watched too many of these despicable ICE arrest videos is when bystanders demand they let detainee go, an officer suggests they’re being picked up for a serious crime to try and deter help. But we know that’s not true of a vast majority of people and the jig is up.

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