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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 10h

Gotta keep up that engagement farming. That's all these big resist lib accounts are for.

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Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 18h

"The apocalypse has arrived in major portions of the planet and it's only because we live within a bubble of incredible privilege and social insulation that we still have the luxury of anticipating the apocalypse"
Terence McKenna

Gaza strip map
Vegetation Damage Assessment of the Gaza strip
Annual crops 71-98% likely damaged
Tree crops 90-94% likely damaged
Woody vegetation 78-99% likely damaged
Fallow/grassland 78-98% likely damaged

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Appalachian Voices @appvoices.org · 1d

#Agrivoltaics uses land for agricultural and solar energy production. 🐑☀️ Many advocates in the region believe that when done well, the co-location of renewable energy and agriculture can offer numerous environmental and economic benefits for Appalachian communities.
https://loom.ly/uvz8wT8

Grazing In The Sun

Agrivoltaics is the practice of using land for both agricultural and solar energy production. It involves traditional ground-mounted solar arrays where panels are elevated or spaced out to allow for crop production, pollinator habitats or grazing. Advocates believe that when done well, the practice can numerous environmental and economic benefits for Appalachian communities.

appvoices.org

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 2d

Oh no, you better fucking get up on camera and bitch about it, without actually doing a fucking thing.

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 2d

In searching for the Tennessee explosion here, I noticed something. You can filter by "Latest". But we can't filter our timelines (Friends, Discover) by this feature.

Assholes.

An image of Bluesky's search page ("Tennessee explosion", 10/10/2025 at 1813 DST) showing "Top", "Latest", "People", and "Feeds" as filter options.

thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 2d

a man in a suit stands in front of a crowd and says anyway

ALT: a man in a suit stands in front of a crowd and says anyway

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 2d

I hate reading these words in this order.

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

Look, I get it. You're a good person, so Harry Potter can't be unethical to support because you're a good person and good people don't do unethical things. Taylor Swift's lyrics can't be racist because you're a good person and you like her music and good people don't like racist lyrics.

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 2d

Show's you how low people are willing to sell themselves, though I suspect that for many of them that is a bonus and they'd still do it for free.

A lot more people should have read Chris Browning's book.

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 3d

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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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 3d

No Kings, No Masters

A Call for Anti-Authoritarian Blocs at the October 18 “No Kings” Demonstrations

crimethinc.com/NoKings2025

This is a call for you—yes, you specifically—to organize an anti-authoritarian bloc in your community for the “No Kings” demonstrations on October 18.

No Kings, No Masters

A call for anti-authoritarian blocs at the October 18 "No Kings" demonstrations.

crimethinc.com

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 3d

Nero fiddles while the world burns.

thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 3d

John Carpenter's Turner & Hooch.

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 3d

A screenshot of a footnote from the 1949 book "The Divine and the Human" by Nikolai Berdyaev, which read, "1. This was once revealed to me in a dream."

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 4d

11 CD variants and 8 vinyl variants of the same album should be enough to piss anyone off.

Brittany Wong @brittanywong.huffpost.com · 4d

Wrote about Swifties' disillusionment with Taylor Swift's inability to read the room on "The Life of a Showgirl."

“I don’t expect celebrities to be political or foreign policy experts, but the past few months have felt like her only concern is selling us a plethora of vinyl variants," one fan said

Is Taylor Swift's New Album Bad Enough To Trigger Class Consciousness?

"The world is burning down, but your new album’s out and you won’t let us forget that there’s a new limited edition at Target."

www.huffpost.com

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 4d

Like. All this is built on precedent. It's just used in unprecedented (against American) ways. Chickens, roost.

thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 4d

Which..would give them the legal ability to drone strike Americans with impunity due to Patriot Act and Obama-era justifications for the assassination of American citizens without due process.

Everyone wants to pretend that this admin is dumb, but come on, man.

Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 4d

the president, the sec of state, and a random reporter are casually discussing whether to designate antifa a foreign terrorist organization

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 4d

Mutual aid and community care are the most effective things you can do right now. Seriously. Sharing other people's fundraisers, making sure people have food and transportation, protecting your immigrant and racialized and trans neighbors, wearing a mask.

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you for providing a transcript.

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 4d

Same guy who claimed he felt threatened by people exercising their First Amendment rights in the public right of way outside his house and lead to clamping down on protests outside SCOTUS homes. Sounds like that was a mild inconvenience to me.

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 5d

Gotta send it through a couple iterations of Google translate to make it comprehensible from "Dipshit".

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 5d

I mean, extra-judicially executing American citizens without due process sure is a moral and empathetic act, for sure.

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 5d

"You said something I don't like, you're clearly an op, hurrrr *licks power socket*"

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 5d

You mean when they stripped Eugene Debs of his citizenship because he spoke out about war or when they assassinated King because he was too uppity?

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 5d

Bots gotta try harder.

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