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pay your respects to the vultures @cathoderituals.bsky.social · 46m

People throw around the word “fascism” a lot without really meaning it, or taking in the gravity of what that actually entails. We’ve collectively neutered it to use as a cheap cudgel when arguing about electoral politics, but its true face is what leads to the subjugation and murder of millions.

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pay your respects to the vultures @cathoderituals.bsky.social · 57m

This is fairytale stuff. Not one fascist government in history has been stopped with words and jokes. No violent bullies, homophobes, or transphobes I’ve ever met did either, speaking from first-hand experience. Didn’t stop the shooter at Normandale or any Proud Boy.

Bullies stop when stopped.

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pay your respects to the vultures @cathoderituals.bsky.social · 1h

Straight up. I wasn’t in a DV sitch, but a lot of bullies, then later, adults coming at me sometimes violently for looking like a f*g. Just ignore them and they’ll leave you alone, they’re just doing it to get a reaction, was and still is horrible and ignorant advice.

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pay your respects to the vultures @cathoderituals.bsky.social · 1h

Let that sink in for a sec:

A 15 year old autistic child was being held at The Office of Refugee Resettlement Children’s Detention Center

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 5h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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pay your respects to the vultures @cathoderituals.bsky.social · 2h

Maus originally set me down the path, followed by learning about the Armenian Genocide, Greek diaspora, Japan’s atrocities, teachers who were Holocaust survivors, a Jewish friend who wrote a blog about living with Palestinians, and learning the history of Southeast Asia. Completely changed my life.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6h

They're talking about killing leftist activists. They're talking about murdering people organizing in defense of immigrant communities, doing mutual aid work, and protesting their violence. They are talking about murdering people like me and my friends. We must do more than acknowledge it's fascism.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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pay your respects to the vultures @cathoderituals.bsky.social · 2h

It’s actually… cold outside?! Aww yiss, actual Fall is finally here!

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pay your respects to the vultures @cathoderituals.bsky.social · 2h

As an anarchist and antifascist in PDX, this is exactly why I get enraged by the peaceful protest, don’t give them an excuse crowd. It’s ignorant and naive. Fascism doesn’t need excuses, it needs an opportunity to take root, then spread. Signs, optics, dancing, courts, and Congress won’t protect us.

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pay your respects to the vultures @cathoderituals.bsky.social · 3h

"If it's AI, it's at least true" is a fucking WILD thought for a person to keep in their brain and not immediately discard

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pay your respects to the vultures @cathoderituals.bsky.social · 3h

It's fascinating how much people venerate past protests as peaceful protests, and the right way to do it, even though almost none fit modern conceptions of what that is.

We're at a point where people think civil rights protests were peaceful based on some people holding flowers and sit-ins.

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pay your respects to the vultures @cathoderituals.bsky.social · 5h

The true victims are the several million liberals suffering at the cruel hands of the almighty left

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HerbalCrone @herbalcrone.bsky.social · 5h

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 4d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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pay your respects to the vultures @cathoderituals.bsky.social · 11h

The first two DC games 🥰

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 21h

After 24 hours electricity is back we are so back I wanna cry this doesn’t feel real

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pay your respects to the vultures @cathoderituals.bsky.social · 11h

This is all such an embarrassment to human civilization

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Ben 🇺🇦 @bskolo.bsky.social · 20h

Americans could not live like this for even two days let alone over 3 years. Ukrainians deserve our support and admiration. And they deserve a dignified future of peace and self determination. Send them the fucking tomahawks already.

Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 21h

After 24 hours electricity is back we are so back I wanna cry this doesn’t feel real

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pay your respects to the vultures @cathoderituals.bsky.social · 13h

Journalists are more concerned with keeping a seat at the table of fascism than being honest about what’s on the table

pay your respects to the vultures @cathoderituals.bsky.social · 18h

Secret Society Pizza doing excellent emotional support pizza as usual

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Tito Blanco @acabcats.bsky.social · 19h

Come through on Sunday. Good times with good folks will be had. Promise.

Montavilla News @montavilla.net · 1d

NE Glisan Business Fall Event Oct 12

From noon to 5 p.m. on October 12th, businesses on NE Glisan Street, from 70th to 74th Avenues, will host the inaugural "Gored Gourd Gala on Glisan," featuring food, music, and retail specials. Over 15 vendors and four bands will join the collection of events…

NE Glisan Business Fall Event Oct 12

From noon to 5 p.m. on October 12th, businesses on NE Glisan Street, from 70th to 74th Avenues, will host the inaugural "Gored Gourd Gala on Glisan," featuring food, music, and retail specials. Over 15 vendors and four bands will join the collection of events sponsored by the local businesses as they welcome the community for a family-friendly fall event. People will find vendors in pop-up tents on both sides of NE Glisan Street between NE 71st and 72nd avenues, along with other promotions by area shops.

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pay your respects to the vultures @cathoderituals.bsky.social · 20h

Pretty much every antifascist sticker in general I've put up winds up ripped down within days, it's a real interesting trend.

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pay your respects to the vultures @cathoderituals.bsky.social · 20h

Journalists have a historical responsibility to challenge power, not compromise truth and integrity to maintain a friendly relationship with it

Revealed: how Associated Press cooperated with the Nazis

German historian shows how news agency retained access in 1930s by promising not to undermine strength of Hitler regime

www.theguardian.com

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pay your respects to the vultures @cathoderituals.bsky.social · 21h

And being able to continue to trumpet lies is worse than trumpeting lies uncritically and unchallenged? Gotta play the game so we don't upset the fascist monster harming tens of thousands, and threatening to harm even more, lest we be disinvited?

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pay your respects to the vultures @cathoderituals.bsky.social · 21h

That no one, not journalists, not politicians, are telling him or Kristi Noem to their faces that they're outright lying, and over 600k people in Portland can confirm that, is pretty pathetic. Not one single truthful word here.

A simple, "President Trump, that's not true." is the bare minimum ask.

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pay your respects to the vultures @cathoderituals.bsky.social · 21h

Community organizers are often little more than counterinsurgent protest celebrities, and the term 'grassroots' is a red flag.

Decentralized groups autonomously coming together gets shit done more effectively because people have an inherent capacity to self-organize. They don't need leaders.

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pay your respects to the vultures @cathoderituals.bsky.social · 21h

Oh wait, I was thinking of Outlaw actually, not sure if Sizer went anywhere come to think of it

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