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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 12d

“The behavior was pure misogynistic abuse, and it’s a growing movement in American culture right now.” www.glamour.com/story/the-mi...

The Misogynistic Abuse Directed at Rory McIlroy’s Wife at the Ryder Cup Is Deeper Than Golf

It shows a cultural shift, one in which men feel emboldened to attack women in public without shame or consequence.

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Autistic Science Person @autsciperson.bsky.social · 1d

"An anthropologist fighting cancer navigates the social pressure to get breast reconstruction after a mastectomy."

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When Women Say “Ta-Ta” to Ta-Tas

An anthropologist fighting cancer navigates the social pressure in the U.S. to get breast reconstruction after a mastectomy.

www.sapiens.org

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 1d

Keep in mind the people who are opposed to defunding the police want more of this

They would rather their tax money go to cops instead of efforts to fund public health initiatives and non police adjacent first responders

This is a result of anti defund efforts

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

A lawsuit alleges a Black postal worker died after officers ignored clear signs he was suffering from a massive stroke, believing his medical emergency was drugs

The suit says guards left him helpless on a jail cell floor in his own urine for hours

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 28d

I am advocating for you to be killed but I am using my inside voice you must debate me this is called democracy

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

Another reason to mask at protests, aside from COVID safety and protection from doxxing, is that a lot of responsible documenters don't want to publish protesters' faces (esp without their consent) right now. Your face being in a shot may prevent people from sharing a worthwhile image publicly.

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Daniel Delgado #CeasefireNow @ddelgadovive.bsky.social · 2d

Vindictively amused tonight.

Did she really think she would avoid the fate of all Peruvian presidents?

Now maybe someone will find a way to prosecute her for murder 🤞🏾

#DinaAsesina #QueSeVayanTodos

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Peru’s Congress removes President Boluarte as a crime wave grips the country

Peru’s Congress voted early Friday to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the South American nation.

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 2d

Best to not actually pick up any alleged tear gas or smoke grenade or projectile. Too hot. And there’s been a lot of use of flashbangs. The misfire rate on them is not zero. Only a matter of time before some damn fool bleeds out because they lost a hand

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 2d

Use only water or fresh air on tear gas or pepper spray.

No milk, vinegar, antacids, urine, etc. and especially not in eye.

Thank me later,

An actual expert

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

The MSM does not interview community organizers. It's part of why they miss so much of what happens at the local level.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 2d

She's a U.S. sponsored opposition candidate and the daughter of a steel oligarch. Machado champions the privatization of Venezuela's oil, power, and steel industries.

Connie Schultz @connieschultz.bsky.social · 2d

New York Times:

“Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize for “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela & for her struggle to achieve a just & peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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Jules @olivewalking.bsky.social · 2d

So Peru’s much-loathed president, who got in under very shady circumstances, was removed, replaced w the leader of congress??? A guy part of the most-despised government body,I think congress’s approval rating hovers at 20% or something…yikes. 2 years of popular protest to get this - not much better

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 2d

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

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This literally does nothing. You are not beating fascism by dressing up in inflatable suits and dancing

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Portland is leading the way. This is how you (non violently) beat Fascism. Humor and ridicule are key.

Stillframe from a video of Portland protesters dancing in inflatable suits

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3d

papers like the New York Times actively help right wing propagandists by introducing false claims as something that's open to debate and interpretation, instead of clearly framing them up front as lies pushed by unreliable operators

Turning Point USA is a right wing propaganda op aimed at kids

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 2d

As someone who has studied the circulation of terms “subversive” and “communist” in the lead to and through McCarthyism as empty signifiers to justify violent suppression I feel like I’m both amazed and unsurprised how transparently and unsophisticatedly “woke” and “antifa” are now doing the same.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 2d

Curious if folks are getting the impression that those around them are unaware antifa is not an org? We know this admin is dead set on pretending it is & many media are uncritically perpetuating that. Feels like we’re watching an elite disinfo campaign move in both a rapid and absurdist fashion.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 2d

Just saw someone angrily blustering on Facebook that if the scaremongers were right, 30% of people would have long covid by now!!! And welp…
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...

Studies across 14 nations show 25% to 30% rate of long COVID

Among the 25% of participants in 1 study who said they experienced long-COVID symptoms, 13% reported sleep disorders.

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Shawn's Socialist Slipstreaming（宇祥）- he/him/他/dia @shawnybantzy.bsky.social · 2d

Apparently our newest Nobel Peace Prize winner wrote to fucking Netanyahu for help in overthrowing the government of her own country dawg

The population of Venezuela needs international protection against the widespread and systematic attack to which the Venezuelan regime subjects it. This is demonstrated by the report dated May 29, 2018, submitted by the Organisation of American States to the International Criminal Court. This has served as the basis for nine states, including Argentina, to file complaints against the regime before that international body. We deeply appreciate this effort, which is decisive for the outcome of the Venezuelan tragedy.

I am convinced that the international community, in accordance with the responsibility to protect doctrine, is called upon to provide Venezuelans with the necessary support to bring about the regime change that is urgently needed to restore national and international security. Therefore, I have recently sent letters to several of the world’s leading figures to promote before the United Nations Security Council the adoption of effective protection measures for Venezuela by fostering regime change, a step that necessarily entails strengthening international security. Today I want to ask Israel and Argentina to contribute their expertise and influence to advance a sound and urgent decision-making process in the Security Council.

Such measures are imperative in the face of a hemispheric security hotspot like the one currently posed by the regime oppressing Venezuela. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organisation for Migration have certified that the current refugee crisis of people fleeing Venezuela is the largest in the history of the Americas. Argentina is an example of this crisis, having welcomed hundreds of thousands of our compatriots—a gesture for which Venezuelans will always be grateful. However, we must be aware that without a change of regime in our country, hemispheric and global security will be at risk.

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Jules @olivewalking.bsky.social · 2d

Appeal to authority 😕

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Municipal Fox @amunicipalfox.bsky.social · 3d

This frog is your FRIEND
He fights for FREEDOM

Person in a frog costume faces down ICE agents

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 2d

4/ you; you made it happen) means that, when American health gets even worse (for people like us, I mean; not for the billionare class for whom the regime works, who will always have healthcare access), the average person will blame the sick for their lifestyle choices, rather than blaming Trump...

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 2d

3/ American adults & kids. An important part of separating folks from their healthcare w/o blowback is first laying groundwork to convince them that they didn't want or need it to begin with; in fact, that it was hurting them.

And the first, just world belief (that you deserve whatever happens to

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 2d

2/ for their own negative health outcomes (whether that's autism or dementia), & that the medical establishment can't be trusted.

The second belief creates profound mistrust re: medical care, which means people will protest less when the Republicans eliminate access for many, many millions of...

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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 2d

Mini essay 🧵: I've posted about this grifter nominee for Surgeon General before, & about *why* this admin. gravitates to such awful people: Means, like Dr. Oz & RFK himself, doesn't just hawk products; she sells both the idea that people are to blame...

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www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

She left the medical mainstream and rose to be RFK Jr.’s surgeon general pick

Casey Means, the surgeon general nominee, has criticized the medical establishment. She could be put in position to change it.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jules @olivewalking.bsky.social · 2d

Tú no metes cabra sarabambiche

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