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Joan 🐈‍⬛ (but spoopy)

@profwitch.bsky.social

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anti-fascist & goth-adjacent interdisciplinary artist, actual professor, & game developer. opinions my own! support artists & yr local media! 💕 ✨she/her, bi, witch/wiccan, disabled ✨contact: [email protected] ✨more info: https://linktr.ee/profgoggles

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Joan 🐈‍⬛ (but spoopy) @profwitch.bsky.social · Jan 2

given everything happening - and if i can self promote just a little - now seems like a good time to bring this video back around.

The Media Literacy Guidebook #2: 5 Ways to Question What You Consume

YouTube video by LadyGoggles

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 18h

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 2h

superb

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 20h

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 2h

Future historians: As their computers ate and destroyed all their languages we can only assume that what happened was magic became real and that's how they defeated global genocidal fascism

On the left, the German Mud Wizard in their druid cloak pushes a German riot cops who is already stuck in the mud. On the left are 3 Portland Antifa frogs in green inflatable cartoonish costumes and one black frog with white frog bones on him like the antifa frog skeleton.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Joan 🐈‍⬛ (but spoopy) @profwitch.bsky.social · 14h

reskeet with a frog to scare ICE

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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 17h

So America's reached the "hiding Anne Frank" stage of a totalitarian terrorism.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 21h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 3d

Chances are if you're reading this, you've had to make some tough choices & sacrifices to honor & assert your literal right to exist. Others may assume that's "dramatic," but you know the price you've paid for a chance at genuine recovery.

I see you. Keep baby stepping today.

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Alanna Smith @alannamode.bsky.social · 11d

Give folks their flowers

No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier

"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Murlin @murlin.bsky.social · 12d

From bravewave.net/interviews/t...

Mo: Do you remember the first time you met someone who said they loved your work on Mega Man 2?

Tateishi: You’re the first, in 2013. No one else has.

Mo: Wow. I’m surprised. I don’t even have a follow-up question… how could no one come up and say something.

Tateishi: …

Mo: Now that you know how big Mega Man 2 is outside of Japan, do you look fondly back at the soundtrack?

Tateishi: Yeah, my thoughts have changed since I met you and became more aware of how people felt. But even when I was at Konami, I didn’t even bother telling anyone I did Mega Man 2. So the fact you came all the way to Japan to tell me these things makes me very happy I worked on the game all those years ago.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 18h

when nobody ordered you anything from the ramen place

orange cat staring balefully at the camera

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 19h

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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poorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 19h

today marks 9 years of poorly drawn cats! 9 years of silly cats, art, and so much love. thank you for growing with me 💜

a doodle of a cat drawing bubbles from powerpuff girls, the text reads: “drawing has been in my life since… forever”

a framed poorly drawn cat, the text reads: “my dream was to have my own style, and be recognized for it!”

handwritten text: “so this is a thank you for making this dream possible”

a bday cake and the text: “next year poorly drawn cats will be 10 years old!!”

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1d

María Corina Machado, a U.S.-backed Venezuelan opposition figure, has received the Nobel Peace Prize.

“They didn't give it to Donald Trump, but they seem to have given it to the next best thing," says historian Greg Grandin.

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Refuse Fascism @refusefascism.bsky.social · 1d

Letitia James illegitimately indicted? Wtf are we waiting for before we demand Trump Must Go Now? Before we flood the streets nonviolently and with determination?!

NYC TODAY 2PM Speak-Out
Office of NY State Attorney General 28 Liberty St
Hands off Letitia James!
TRUMP MUST GO NOW!

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1d

“It's really quite repulsive that Palestinians have had to negotiate an end to their genocide,” says Palestinian human rights attorney Diana Buttu.

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Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz @laurakbuzz.bsky.social · 1d

Pokémon Legends Z-A Accessibility Wishes and Fears - Access-Ability

Text: access-ability.uk/2025/10/10/p...

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiT1...

Pokémon Legends Z-A Accessibility Wishes and Fears - Access-Ability

YouTube video by LauraKBuzz

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

here to discuss the field mouse question, please welcome three different kinds of owl

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

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Joan 🐈‍⬛ (but spoopy) @profwitch.bsky.social · 1d

wh— girl

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 1d

I would not call it foolish that folks are trying their best to protect their community from chemical weapons, but I trust Dan on this sort of weapons information and I hope it gets to folks on the ground

Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 1d

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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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 1d

hello from the ice detention center in broadview, illinois.

a small but growing crowd of protesters are gathering along 25th street in opposition to the masked agents who are kidnapping people across chicagoland.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 1d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 1d

I hate “anTEEfa.” Shut the fuck up y’all are so annoying.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Rhys 📼 @flemishdog.bsky.social · 7d

THEY QUICKLY CONVERTED ME FROM NTSC TO PAL COOP, I LOOK LIKE THE GRIMACE I'M SO PURPLE.

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Joan 🐈‍⬛ (but spoopy) @profwitch.bsky.social · 1d

please do. i love you. 💕

Joan 🐈‍⬛ (but spoopy) @profwitch.bsky.social · 1d

thread. some amazing recommendations in here, and so damn important

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 11d

I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.

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Zoe Storm @zoestorm.bsky.social · 2d

Every single politician who doesn't speak up against this has blood on their hands.

Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 2d

Wes Streeting extended the puberty-blocker ban on 6 November 2024.

Leia died by suicide on 11 November 2024.

17-year-old trans girl's suicide over NHS wait times was preventable says coroner

A 17-year-old trans girl's death by suicide over NHS wait times could have been prevented with swift intervention, a coroner has ruled.

www.thepinknews.com

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