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@calculizer.bsky.social
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it is beautiful how we are having another moment of Bluesky unity. everybody basking in the glow of how Ilhan Omar was very visibly gonna punch that dude in the mouth
January 28, 2026 at 2:28 AM
it is beautiful how we are having another moment of Bluesky unity. everybody basking in the glow of how Ilhan Omar was very visibly gonna punch that dude in the mouth
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…fucking yikes.
“In Ron DeSantis’s Florida…parents at one Miami school received a notice that their first graders would need a signed permission slip to “participate and listen to a book written by an African American.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/b...
Can American Children Point to America on a Map?
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:46 PM
…fucking yikes.
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Corner of Vin Scully and Stadium Way, Dodger Stadium.
January 27, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Corner of Vin Scully and Stadium Way, Dodger Stadium.
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i don’t think “screwed the pooch” really says as much as “fucked the dog” does
January 25, 2026 at 10:15 PM
i don’t think “screwed the pooch” really says as much as “fucked the dog” does
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~news~: this week I started at The Guardian US @us.theguardian.com as Movement Building reporter, continuing my coverage of protest, repression and resistance against war, LGBTQ rights, policing, labor, and more under Trump.
organizers, advocates—send me your stories! I’m on Signal lex.mcmenamin.68
organizers, advocates—send me your stories! I’m on Signal lex.mcmenamin.68
January 7, 2026 at 2:07 PM
~news~: this week I started at The Guardian US @us.theguardian.com as Movement Building reporter, continuing my coverage of protest, repression and resistance against war, LGBTQ rights, policing, labor, and more under Trump.
organizers, advocates—send me your stories! I’m on Signal lex.mcmenamin.68
organizers, advocates—send me your stories! I’m on Signal lex.mcmenamin.68
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Liam himself is five goddamned years old and should be at home with an adult he trusts right now no matter who his parents are. It would not matter if they were literal criminal masterminds, Liam Ramos is a baby and babies do not belong in prison.
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Liam himself is five goddamned years old and should be at home with an adult he trusts right now no matter who his parents are. It would not matter if they were literal criminal masterminds, Liam Ramos is a baby and babies do not belong in prison.
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oh my god dude www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/s/O...
From the Tacoma community on Reddit: Look what pulled into Tacoma
Explore this post and more from the Tacoma community
www.reddit.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:04 AM
oh my god dude www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/s/O...
we got bovino will you pledge $5 email in 3,
2,
2,
they'll "join with sensible republicans" to throw us bovino and noem and maybe get the fuhrer to keep his voice down for a while and it's otherwise back to the nazi vichy dynamic
January 27, 2026 at 2:57 AM
we got bovino will you pledge $5 email in 3,
2,
2,
smash that bookmark
democrats will now sieze this moment to run surreptitious damage control on behalf of the regime, plead for bipartisanship and moving forward as americans together, unified, and triangulate us into a position that's just to the right of where we were the day before Renee Good was executed
January 27, 2026 at 2:54 AM
smash that bookmark
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This hit so fucking hard today.
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This hit so fucking hard today.
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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I host a mental health podcast called Depresh Mode. And I live in Minnesota. Here's what I said at the end of this week's show about mental health, life in Minnesota, and their overlap.
You can also listen to it here:
maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...
Starts at about 56:00.
You can also listen to it here:
maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...
Starts at about 56:00.
January 26, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I host a mental health podcast called Depresh Mode. And I live in Minnesota. Here's what I said at the end of this week's show about mental health, life in Minnesota, and their overlap.
You can also listen to it here:
maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...
Starts at about 56:00.
You can also listen to it here:
maximumfun.org/episodes/dep...
Starts at about 56:00.
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R.I.P. Sly Dunbar, who played drums on about 73% of your record collection
January 26, 2026 at 6:08 PM
R.I.P. Sly Dunbar, who played drums on about 73% of your record collection
bill rieflin appreciation post
January 26, 2026 at 6:10 PM
bill rieflin appreciation post
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can you go home? @topshelfrecords.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:20 PM
can you go home? @topshelfrecords.com
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This isn’t a mystery. She’s going to harvest everyone’s hands.
NEWS: Bari Weiss will hold an all-hands meeting to discuss the future of CBS News tomorrow, per note that just went out to employees.
January 26, 2026 at 4:39 PM
This isn’t a mystery. She’s going to harvest everyone’s hands.
i'd really love a day that hits me like, say, only a half ton of bricks
January 26, 2026 at 3:13 PM
i'd really love a day that hits me like, say, only a half ton of bricks
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it is impossible to miss the difference between the names you see in newspaper headlines and the names you don't see in newspaper headlines
Four months of shootings and deaths. This doesn't even count the neglect and death in their concentration camps. Fuck. This. Shit.
January 26, 2026 at 3:19 AM
it is impossible to miss the difference between the names you see in newspaper headlines and the names you don't see in newspaper headlines
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Opp i ringa nå, NRK. Dere kan ikke fortsette å outsource analysene av veldokumenterte hendelser til brukerne deres bak et fikenblad av objektiv rapportering eller hva dere vil kalle det. *Dere* skal kontekstualisere det som skjer for *oss*, ikke omvendt. Dere er liksom proffene her. Act like it.
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Opp i ringa nå, NRK. Dere kan ikke fortsette å outsource analysene av veldokumenterte hendelser til brukerne deres bak et fikenblad av objektiv rapportering eller hva dere vil kalle det. *Dere* skal kontekstualisere det som skjer for *oss*, ikke omvendt. Dere er liksom proffene her. Act like it.
another entry for the ‘not an exaggeration in any way’ column
At about 1m20 the most non-elite US mall ninja shows up with a bafflingly seemingly self inflicted bleeding nose, tucks a shotgun under his taint before tossing a munition canister god knows where, then starts shooting at journalists. If you saw this in a war videogame you’d think it was broken.
Federal officers just came in and cleared the protest with tear gas. One officer asked press why we didn’t call 911 when the protesters were destroying the hotel and told us that we are bad Americans. Full video to come on @statuscoupnews.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 6:31 AM
another entry for the ‘not an exaggeration in any way’ column
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It’s pretty basic, capitalism depends on individualism & we interrupt it by practicing simple human collectivism. You can theorize it but theory’s not the point because it’s actually organic. The capitalist is astounded that people are willing to share & give. It must be bankrolled by a billionaire.
January 26, 2026 at 5:16 AM
It’s pretty basic, capitalism depends on individualism & we interrupt it by practicing simple human collectivism. You can theorize it but theory’s not the point because it’s actually organic. The capitalist is astounded that people are willing to share & give. It must be bankrolled by a billionaire.
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If you’re in Sonoma County and want to help defend your community from ICE please consider training to be a Legal Observer with North Bay Organizing Project. This calendar of trainings and events is updated regularly so check back periodically
Calendar | North Bay Organizing Project (NBOP)
www.northbayop.org
January 26, 2026 at 2:30 AM
If you’re in Sonoma County and want to help defend your community from ICE please consider training to be a Legal Observer with North Bay Organizing Project. This calendar of trainings and events is updated regularly so check back periodically
sure but i'm old enough to remember when we all clowned elon for dumping $37b into twitter. revenue and profitability are simply not as important as media consolidation, and it'll happen here too. for all its flaws, bluesky is an impressive tool; rapid response is priceless
It is important to know that despite its prominence TikTok loses billions of dollars and tweaking algorithms lays havoc to your ad sales. Oracle is gonna destroy this thing and it’s going to combine with the data center debt and consume it whole
www.theinformation.com/articles/tik...
www.theinformation.com/articles/tik...
January 26, 2026 at 5:11 AM
sure but i'm old enough to remember when we all clowned elon for dumping $37b into twitter. revenue and profitability are simply not as important as media consolidation, and it'll happen here too. for all its flaws, bluesky is an impressive tool; rapid response is priceless
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One problem with advocating for censoring unwanted political content on TikTok is that you might get your way
January 26, 2026 at 2:30 AM
One problem with advocating for censoring unwanted political content on TikTok is that you might get your way