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andyaf

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Born to be alive 🎹 Research admin, producer, vocalist, writer. Love nature, science, books, documentaries, horror, surrealism, colored vinyl, cycling & 🏀. Loud abt universal healthcare, disability justice, anti-fascism, anti-genocide.

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andyaf @andyaf.bsky.social · 6h

Episode #1,001 of Cruelty + Misery Are The Point:

"In an unusual acknowledgement, the Labor Department said that tougher immigration enforcement is hurting farmers and the food supply."

Mike Jopek @mikejopek.bsky.social · 19h

Food about to get even more expensive #mtpol

'Hurting farmers': Trump admin just made an 'unusual acknowledgement' about its policies

Donald Trump's administration just made an "unusual acknowledgement" about its immigration policies, according to a new report Saturday.In a weekend article called "Trump administration says immigrati...

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andyaf @andyaf.bsky.social · 6h

If only more Americans in the $250k-$1m salary range understood they're on the chopping block too. The extreme job & tax cuts they voted for are designed to destroy not just the poor and middle class. Billionaire technobros want greater wealth consolidation and fewer humans in the way.

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 18h

On strikes, boycotts, and rethinking leverage when the government WANTS the economy to collapse:
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon...

Quotes from here: https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon-artists-your-questions

https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon-artists-your-questions

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andyaf @andyaf.bsky.social · 6h

Portland Police and the Oregon National Guard are protecting peaceful protesters from ICE terrorists.

Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 1d

First there was the Portland Cop threatening to arrest an ICE agent if they drive their truck through a crowd.

Now the General of the Oregon National Guard says if they get called up they will protect the protesters.

People are fed up!

Oregon general’s testimony that National Guard troops ‘will be protecting any protesters’ gains traction online

Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold made the comments to state lawmakers Sept. 30, and they drew notice on social media this week.

www.oregonlive.com

andyaf @andyaf.bsky.social · 6h

Agreed. They specifically created "antifa" for this purpose and defined the language progressives also adopted.

andyaf @andyaf.bsky.social · 6h

Episode #1,001 of Cruelty + Misery Are The Point:

"In an unusual acknowledgement, the Labor Department said that tougher immigration enforcement is hurting farmers and the food supply."

Mike Jopek @mikejopek.bsky.social · 19h

Food about to get even more expensive #mtpol

'Hurting farmers': Trump admin just made an 'unusual acknowledgement' about its policies

www.rawstory.com

andyaf @andyaf.bsky.social · 16h

My understanding is there were children in Florida's Alligator Alcatraz but idk if we have clear details on that. And many stories of kids being pulled off the street, outside of elementary schools, etc. There so much ramping up chaotically rn, I haven't seen many in-depth reports yet.

andyaf @andyaf.bsky.social · 16h

That's exactly what I thought of too. Where are they all now?! Aged out or perhaps not alive, this is horrifying on so many levels.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 18h

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19h

I mean…😂

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andyaf @andyaf.bsky.social · 17h

Love your idea. This child of 70s Sesame Street wants a vintage-looking Snuffelufagus T in medium, please.

andyaf @andyaf.bsky.social · 17h

💯 there are a very large # of disappeared young girls (and boys) just like the last time Epstein's best bud was president. They view it as a two-fer: terrorize brown ppl and traffick the young ones.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

A trend I’ve noticed after having watched too many of these despicable ICE arrest videos is when bystanders demand they let detainee go, an officer suggests they’re being picked up for a serious crime to try and deter help. But we know that’s not true of a vast majority of people and the jig is up.

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andyaf @andyaf.bsky.social · 1d

The Florida Room always brings their A game here in "war ravaged" Portland.

Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 4d

Portland 🖤

Sign at a bar says “we love dogs. Noem go home”

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Jessica Wildfire @jessicawildfire.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss nurtured the anti-vaxx rhetoric that directly contributed to 6 million children developing Long Covid. Her rise to head of CBS News is deeply disturbing. The Free Press promotes the most toxic neoliberal, climate denying, MAGA adjacent trash you can find.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

Provocative columnist Bari Weiss publicly quit the New York Times in 2020, then cofounded The Free Press as an alternative to legacy media. Here's what to know as she takes the helm of CBS News.

Who is Bari Weiss? CBS News' new editor-in-chief is a vocal critic of legacy media

Provocative columnist Bari Weiss publicly quit the New York Times in 2020, then cofounded The Free Press as an alternative to legacy media. Here's what to know as she takes the helm of CBS News.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Stand strong and stay safe, Portland. 💙🐸
#FuckICE

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Sean Woods @seanwoods.bsky.social · 2d

"They disappeared her." This story from @timdickinson.bsky.social is so upsetting. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Her Kids Are U.S. Citizens. Trump's Admin Disappeared Them Anyway

Donald Trump's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) disappeared an immigrant mom living in Portland and her four U.S. citizen children.

www.rollingstone.com

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andyaf @andyaf.bsky.social · 2d

Bring it! 31 days of free horror film flicks

Michael Rancic @therewasnosound.bsky.social · 11d

31 DAYS OF HORROR! every day this month i'm going to recommend a different horror film available through Toronto Public Library, via streaming services Hoopla or Kanopy.

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irina cerić @irinaceric.bsky.social · 4d

This is a really clear yet meaty interview with @mark-bray.bsky.social about the actual tactics and history of antifa movements. Will be sharing with students! www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb...

What exactly is Antifa? | CBC Radio

In late September, Donald Trump designated Antifa a domestic terror organization. Today, we’re tracking the meaning and history of antifascist protest — from 1930’s Europe, to today — and asking: how ...

www.cbc.ca

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 12d

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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andyaf @andyaf.bsky.social · 5d

It's a prerequisite to join maga- domestic violence or pedophilia on the resume.

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Nat in Great Lakes Fall Color @nzorach.bsky.social · 5d

I was originally skeptical and I am now a certified zealot of the church of the divine ebike.

I've read that they are also displacing car travel faster than electric vehicles are displacing car travel

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 5d

Reminder that we still don’t know what happened to the 1,000 immigrants who went missing from Alligator Alcatraz.

Their families and attorneys can’t locate them.

They’ve been disappeared.

People are still being sent to that horrible place without any due process.

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vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 5d

I stopped calling Octavia butlers work prophetic once I realized she herself literally said that her work was influenced by deeply studying history which gave have her insight into the future. I realized I was watering down how truly brilliant she was and what she was trying to get across

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Smeefus Smonkus @shydemk.bsky.social · 8d

They are always nakedly on their media hustle, always tossing out new red meat for their base so they stay engaged. It's remarkably easy to focus and have message discipline when you truly believe in nothing but enriching the rich and yelling slurs at your perceived lessers

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 8d

"Solar energy is anticipated to be the world’s main source of energy by 2050" hell yeah

Solar: main source of EU electricity in June with 22%

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andyaf @andyaf.bsky.social · 8d

Nazi terrorists and child traffickers. Of the children legally documented being ripped away from their parents, how many will disappear?

CNN @cnn.com · 8d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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