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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 13h

49 years ago today
The Sex Pistols recorded their first single, "Anarchy in the U.K." It would be a smash, despite being banned by the BBC.

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Jamie Reid and Sophie Richmond - Sex Pistols Bulletin for Anarchy in the UK!

#punk #punks #punkrock #sexpistols #punkrockhistory #otd

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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 16h

“Regime official spreading propaganda in public spaces on big TV screen” is a scene synonymous with a fascist dystopia because it’s in LITERALLY EVERY BOOK, MOVIE AND TV SHOW EVER MADE ABOUT THAT and it ASTONISHES me how an administration comprised entirely of failed theater kids didn’t realize this

Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · Jul 16

Hadn’t realized we reached the Fascist Leader Talking In An Endless Loop At Sites Of Mass Transit stage of the dystopia.

Good to know.

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𝕯𝖚𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖙.˚⊹.🎃₊˚𖦹⋆ @dungeonlust.com · Oct 28

Art by • OEVRLORD

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Pride Was A Riot, Sacramento @pridewasariot.bsky.social · 22h

It’s true

minty tear gas @nihilamacabre.bsky.social · 22h

A black and white photo of an edited tabloid headline. Header: "Exclusive! Frogs more popular than the church?" Large, central text, surrounded by frogs inside circles: "People want frogs not Jesus!"

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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 18h

I can't really judge. if a cool ass talking snake offered me an apple I would probably eat it too.

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Pride Was A Riot, Sacramento @pridewasariot.bsky.social · 18h

One look in the history books makes this abundantly clear.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 18h

Seen in Maywood, Illinois

Handwritten sign on parked car dash that reads ZIP TYING CHILDREN IS FUCKING WRONG

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING:

"Just landed."

Mark Bray confirms to me this morning that he and his family did, on the second attempt, make it out of the US and to Spain

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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John R. @tribe.bsky.social · 22h

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Manticker @manticker.bsky.social · 1d

Was just coming here to make sure you saw this. Please do a story about it, Steve, Rhode Islanders need to know how badly our senators screwed us. Not even just those of us who are trans.

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Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 1d

RI Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse joined 24 other Senate Democrats in voting for the National Defense Authorization Act with “anti-trans culture-war riders, an anti-DEI clause, and no limits on the domestic deployment of U.S. troops.”

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Vincent @fraterbabylon.bsky.social · 6d

Capitalism is attempting to abolish personal property and make everything a rental

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Vincent @fraterbabylon.bsky.social · 5d

Don't get sick just to do it but the #Coil album Love’s Secret Domain when you have a fever is iconic

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Vincent @fraterbabylon.bsky.social · 4d

The arc of history is long but it bends like one of those wiggly men in front of a car dealership

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𝕯𝖚𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖙.˚⊹.🎃₊˚𖦹⋆ @dungeonlust.com · 1d

Art by • Dorian Cleavenger

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Manticker @manticker.bsky.social · 1d

The real snowflakes were the fascists we met along the way.

Nothing about what this guy posted has anything to do with threatening violence.

www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Tennessee man arrested after posting meme in Facebook group for Charlie Kirk vigil

Members of the Perry County community reportedly believed he was making threats against local schools

www.the-independent.com

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Jeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 2d

"In my community where I teach, there’s kids not coming to school for a month at a time because they’re scared of what can happen to them,” he said. “I’m overwhelmed with blinding anger and depression for the people who are being affected.”

blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/08/h...

Chicago Protesters Take To The Streets To Denounce National Guard Deployment, ICE

The latest protest against the federal government's militarized presence in Chicago saw hundreds march past Trump Tower.

blockclubchicago.org

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 2d

Simply marching in the streets once every few months will not stop fascism. We have to draw people into concrete organizing and activity. No one else is going to do this for us.

Whether there are two of you or two hundred of you, this guide goes over what you can do.

crimethinc.com/NoKings2025

An anarchist red and black flag with an image of a sword run through a crown and the words "No Kings"

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Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 2d

PJ Harvey - BOTD in 1969

Color photo of PJ Harvey performing on stage in a violet jumpsuit.

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wargen @funeralpig.bsky.social · 3d

aura-farming outside a dead mall

The Unseen Elder from Witcher 3 a powerful vampire with no shirt standing on a cliff in the wind with bats flying around him

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 2d

Homophobia is declining globally

Chart showing how homophobic views have declined around the world using data from Our World In Data with Iceland and the Netherlands and Denmark having the lowest levels of homophobia

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Manticker @manticker.bsky.social · 2d

See the problem with being transphobic is that it's deeply uncool and pathetic.

It will never not be uncool and pathetic.

Being trans, or just normal about trans people, will continue to be cool until the end of time.

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Manticker @manticker.bsky.social · 2d

The Monk rocks

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 2d

It's still Free Palestine, from the river to the sea.

And may the name of Benjamin Netanyahu be erased.

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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 3d

Untitled Collage (1932) by Joseph Cornell (1903-1972). Channeling Ernst, obvs.

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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 3d

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