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Andrew Blum @ablum.bsky.social · 3h

We had Angela Davis speak at my university a couple of years back. One of the many insightful things she said - protest in the way that aligns with your passion. If that’s poetry do poetry or music etc. Because then you will be able to sustain it. If naked bike rides are your passion, 100% do that.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 5h

any cop who walks because mamdani gets elected is almost certainly a cop who fears accountability and should never have been hired in the first place

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 1d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Pia Guerra @piaguerra.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck Covid. Rest up and feel better.

Covid.rest

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.bsky.social · 1d

getting a lot of haters talking shit about my set at the epstein island comedy festival, as if those young women don’t deserve to see me do stand up

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Pia Guerra @piaguerra.bsky.social · 2d

What's not to love about a group of independent developers and their programs fighting the corporate takeover of their open R&D network?

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Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Pia Guerra @piaguerra.bsky.social · 2d

No really, this could make him pop.

a woman with glasses is eating popcorn from a box that says pop corn

Alt: a woman with glasses is eating popcorn from a box that says pop corn

media.tenor.com

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Pia Guerra @piaguerra.bsky.social · 2d

A latina fighting for democracy in Venezuela wins the Nobel Peace Prize. Get ready for whole new shades of orange today.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 3d

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social · 3d

Last week, Nova Scotia passed Bill 127, criminalizing Mi'kmaw protestors on Hunters Mountain who want to defend the land from clearcutting. And have a right to. Truth and Reconciliation means nothing to these people. www.saltwire.com/cape-breton/...

'Dismissing our Mi’kmaw voices': Passage of bill angers Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw leaders

Passage of Bill angers Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw leaders especially in Cape Breton where blockade continues at Hunters Mountain against logging.

www.saltwire.com

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Jen Sorensen @jensorensen.bsky.social · 8d

Latest comic on liberal pundits being cozy with extremist commentators who would have been considered beyond the pale just a few years ago

Pundit Bro Doom Loop

MAINSTREAM "LIBERAL" PUNDITS ACHIEVE PROFESSIONAL RESPECTABILITY BY REACHING OUT TO THE FAR RIGHT…

Two male pundits talking:

I'M SO OPEN-MINDED, I SHALL INVITE YOU ON MY PODCAST AND BANTER WITH YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA!

...THUS ALLOWING FAR-RIGHT EXTREMISTS TO LAUNDER WHITE NATIONALIST IDEOLOGY INTO THE MAINSTREAM

WHY YES, MY FELLOW GENTLEBRO, YOU MAY INTERVIEW ME AND LEND CREDIBILITY TO MY MUSINGS ON THE IQS OF BLACK WOMEN AND THE THEFT OF THE 2020 ELECTION!

PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY ARE REPULSED

I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BASIC STANDARDS?

PUNDITS THEN DUNK ON PROGRESSIVES AND THE CYCLE CONTINUES

THEY'RE SO RUDE AND OUT OF TOUCH WITH REAL AMERICANS!

NOW YOU'RE TALKING!

©2025 Jen Sorensen

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 6d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 5d

Never, ever Newsom. Fuck that guy.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 5d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 6d

4 panel comic

Panel 1:
A Purple person is standing holding a clipboard. A Blue Person sits at a laptop.
Blue Person: Woohoo. I’m the CEO of a social media platform.

Panel 2:
Purple person: We should hire a PR person to interact with the public
Blue Person begins to type on laptop and says: Nope. Gonna do all that myself

Panel 3:
Purple person looks concerned and says: Really…but…

Panel 4:
Purple person: You’re such a whiny little fucking baby

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Pia Guerra @piaguerra.bsky.social · 7d

It's showing off FOR the rich. Maybe some latinos who are working there get rattled, making the dickheads in the suites feel that much more superior.

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Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · 7d

#COMICS

A grid of 9 squares- a skeleton drawing at the drawing table in the center square surrounded by death pointing skeleton finger at viewer telling what to do, which includes: DRAW, WRITE, EDIT, COLOR, INK ETC

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Pia Guerra @piaguerra.bsky.social · 7d

Remember a few years back in Belarus when police were driven back by women screaming en masse when trying to arrest protestors? Decibels my friends, use 'em.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 7d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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RealAnneMarie1❌🧊 @realannemarie1.bsky.social · 7d

Religious professor about the hollowness of Klein and his secular Buddhism. Meditation for self actualization; ignoring ethics and service to others. She has a full essay as well.

Did you catch this moment in the Ezra Klein/Ta-Nehisi Coates interview? Coates is explaining how Martin Luther King preached love and was murdered for it—"love can get you shot." Klein's response? He ...

TikTok video by Professor Liz Bucar

www.tiktok.com

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Pia Guerra @piaguerra.bsky.social · 7d

So, was that episode of SNL the rehearsal?

Yikes.

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Pia Guerra @piaguerra.bsky.social · 7d

Anyone else getting Melakon vibes here?

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 8d

Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary

@StephenM on X: Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.

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Pia Guerra @piaguerra.bsky.social · 8d

The Dr. Moku app is a fun intro to the hiragana and Katakana alphabets, which can be useful in sounding out signs.

Pia Guerra @piaguerra.bsky.social · 8d

Picture of the model for the Derek Zoolander Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good And Who Wanna Do Other Stuff Good Too.

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MonsterKing @cerromerussell.blacksky.app · 8d

Trust and believe when a white person tell you to be grateful they don't think you should have what you've earned

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Merewolf Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 8d

same shit they pulled with Zelenskyy, only Racist Flavor

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 8d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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