Colby Williams (xe/they) 🌹
@colbywilliams.bsky.social
Sociologist, Gadfly, Radical, tree-hugger, cat parent, Queer as Hell (they/them or xe/xir)
Dreaming of a world without money…
Free Palestine! Free Turtle Island!
Aī is theft, ecocide, fascīst, and shit
Dreaming of a world without money…
Free Palestine! Free Turtle Island!
Aī is theft, ecocide, fascīst, and shit
Pinned
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#OtD 3 Oct 1993 Katerina Gogou, Greek anarchist poet, author and actor died by suicide aged just 53. After the fall of the dictatorship, she was a key figure in the early Athens anarchist scene, and a vigourous proponent of trans and gay rights stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1025...
October 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
#OtD 3 Oct 1993 Katerina Gogou, Greek anarchist poet, author and actor died by suicide aged just 53. After the fall of the dictatorship, she was a key figure in the early Athens anarchist scene, and a vigourous proponent of trans and gay rights stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1025...
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#OtD 3 Oct 1896 designer, artist and libertarian socialist William Morris died of tuberculosis at age 62. We have used some of his iconic artwork in merch to help fund our work: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
October 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
#OtD 3 Oct 1896 designer, artist and libertarian socialist William Morris died of tuberculosis at age 62. We have used some of his iconic artwork in merch to help fund our work: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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#OtD 3 Oct 1935 Ethiopia was invaded by Mussolini's Italy, who committed countless atrocities, including the using poison gas and concentration camps. Many Black men and women came to the country to fight stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1024...
October 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
#OtD 3 Oct 1935 Ethiopia was invaded by Mussolini's Italy, who committed countless atrocities, including the using poison gas and concentration camps. Many Black men and women came to the country to fight stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1024...
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#OtD 3 Oct 1932 Iraq became independent after 17 years of British rule. After independence, the Iraqi government maintained close military and economic ties with Britain, and several anti-British revolts subsequently took place stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7745...
October 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
#OtD 3 Oct 1932 Iraq became independent after 17 years of British rule. After independence, the Iraqi government maintained close military and economic ties with Britain, and several anti-British revolts subsequently took place stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7745...
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#OtD 3 Oct 1965 revolutionary nurse, Beatriz González Ortega, died in Mexico City aged 91. During the Mexican Revolution, Ortega was part of Pancho Villa's peasant army, caring for the militia and nursing the wounded. More on the Mexican Revolution: shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/collec...
October 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
#OtD 3 Oct 1965 revolutionary nurse, Beatriz González Ortega, died in Mexico City aged 91. During the Mexican Revolution, Ortega was part of Pancho Villa's peasant army, caring for the militia and nursing the wounded. More on the Mexican Revolution: shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/collec...
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#OtD 3 Oct 1952 the UK conducted its first-ever atomic bomb test on the Monte Bello Islands off the coast of Western Australia. The government later admitted they gave no thought for the health of Aboriginal people living nearby stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1024...
October 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
#OtD 3 Oct 1952 the UK conducted its first-ever atomic bomb test on the Monte Bello Islands off the coast of Western Australia. The government later admitted they gave no thought for the health of Aboriginal people living nearby stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1024...
Damn, Bluesky really nosedived even faster than I feared it would.
Another drop in the bucket for not having any CEOs of anything. Fucking parasites.
Another drop in the bucket for not having any CEOs of anything. Fucking parasites.
October 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Damn, Bluesky really nosedived even faster than I feared it would.
Another drop in the bucket for not having any CEOs of anything. Fucking parasites.
Another drop in the bucket for not having any CEOs of anything. Fucking parasites.
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Deskilling is real.
This is the world generative AI peddlers long for, one where people are incompetent without their service.
Don't outsource your brain to this shit. You'll regret it.
This is the world generative AI peddlers long for, one where people are incompetent without their service.
Don't outsource your brain to this shit. You'll regret it.
help my job says i have to do my job what do i do help
August 1, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Deskilling is real.
This is the world generative AI peddlers long for, one where people are incompetent without their service.
Don't outsource your brain to this shit. You'll regret it.
This is the world generative AI peddlers long for, one where people are incompetent without their service.
Don't outsource your brain to this shit. You'll regret it.
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For poetry day, here's a personal favorite by Rita Mae Brown. Words to outlast every empire.
An army of lovers shall not fail. 🏴
An army of lovers shall not fail. 🏴
October 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
For poetry day, here's a personal favorite by Rita Mae Brown. Words to outlast every empire.
An army of lovers shall not fail. 🏴
An army of lovers shall not fail. 🏴
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Memorizing this
October 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Memorizing this
Fuck EA for this buyout!
I have been a regular player of Sims for years and years (and years) but will now be boycotting.
#BoycottEA #EABuyout
I have been a regular player of Sims for years and years (and years) but will now be boycotting.
#BoycottEA #EABuyout
October 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Fuck EA for this buyout!
I have been a regular player of Sims for years and years (and years) but will now be boycotting.
#BoycottEA #EABuyout
I have been a regular player of Sims for years and years (and years) but will now be boycotting.
#BoycottEA #EABuyout
Another government shut down, because the fascists that sycophants keep electing to exterminate me and other groups are increasing the exploitation of a predatory, dysfunctional healthcare system?
Idk, man, I’ve got a lot going on. It’s still Single-payer Universal Healthcare.
Idk, man, I’ve got a lot going on. It’s still Single-payer Universal Healthcare.
October 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Another government shut down, because the fascists that sycophants keep electing to exterminate me and other groups are increasing the exploitation of a predatory, dysfunctional healthcare system?
Idk, man, I’ve got a lot going on. It’s still Single-payer Universal Healthcare.
Idk, man, I’ve got a lot going on. It’s still Single-payer Universal Healthcare.
A lot of people are going to be wringing their hands and asking what went wrong with AI in the next few years, like we haven’t always had proof of it wasting extreme amounts of water, pushing fascist ideology, and stealing intellectual property
Count on it. Then, never listen to those people again.
Count on it. Then, never listen to those people again.
October 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A lot of people are going to be wringing their hands and asking what went wrong with AI in the next few years, like we haven’t always had proof of it wasting extreme amounts of water, pushing fascist ideology, and stealing intellectual property
Count on it. Then, never listen to those people again.
Count on it. Then, never listen to those people again.
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“I’m resigning from my position as Democratic leader and retiring from the Senate.”
September 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“I’m resigning from my position as Democratic leader and retiring from the Senate.”
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I don't think the people expressing surprise about things the Trump administration is doing understand how absolutely fucking crazymaking each of your posts is for Black and Indigenous folks who called *all of this* and sat through people talking about "respecting norms" for years
September 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I don't think the people expressing surprise about things the Trump administration is doing understand how absolutely fucking crazymaking each of your posts is for Black and Indigenous folks who called *all of this* and sat through people talking about "respecting norms" for years
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"Fuck Every Cop Who Ever Did His Job"
Seen in Downtown Los Angeles
Seen in Downtown Los Angeles
September 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"Fuck Every Cop Who Ever Did His Job"
Seen in Downtown Los Angeles
Seen in Downtown Los Angeles
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#OtD 30 Sep 1946 sentencing at the Nuremberg trials began. 12 were sentenced to death, seven received prison sentences from 10 years to life in prison, and three acquitted. But thousands of fascists were reintegrated into society across Europe and the US
September 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
#OtD 30 Sep 1946 sentencing at the Nuremberg trials began. 12 were sentenced to death, seven received prison sentences from 10 years to life in prison, and three acquitted. But thousands of fascists were reintegrated into society across Europe and the US
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#OtD 30 Sep 1918 bankers in Zürich, Switzerland walked out in their first ever strike amidst growing unrest over the rising cost of living. A local general strike then broke out in support of their demand for a pay rise and was successful stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1034...
September 30, 2025 at 7:25 AM
#OtD 30 Sep 1918 bankers in Zürich, Switzerland walked out in their first ever strike amidst growing unrest over the rising cost of living. A local general strike then broke out in support of their demand for a pay rise and was successful stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1034...
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#OtD 30 Sep 1919 the Elaine massacre began in Arkansas, US, when hundreds of African-Americans were murdered and tortured by white racists and security forces, after Black farm workers tried to organise for better pay stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1034...
September 30, 2025 at 7:55 AM
#OtD 30 Sep 1919 the Elaine massacre began in Arkansas, US, when hundreds of African-Americans were murdered and tortured by white racists and security forces, after Black farm workers tried to organise for better pay stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1034...
We were in a bad place, historically, as soon as “Antifa” became widely considered bad and scary.
September 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We were in a bad place, historically, as soon as “Antifa” became widely considered bad and scary.
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#OtD 28 Sep 1864 the International Workingmen's Association was formed in London, UK. It was a gathering of socialist, anarchist and trade union organisations from around the world dedicated to the emancipation of the working class shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...
September 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
#OtD 28 Sep 1864 the International Workingmen's Association was formed in London, UK. It was a gathering of socialist, anarchist and trade union organisations from around the world dedicated to the emancipation of the working class shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...
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#OtD 28 Sep 1985 two days of rioting erupted in Brixton, London after police shot and paralysed Dorothy Groce, an innocent Jamaican mother, in her bed. The police did not apologise until 29 years later stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1006...
September 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
#OtD 28 Sep 1985 two days of rioting erupted in Brixton, London after police shot and paralysed Dorothy Groce, an innocent Jamaican mother, in her bed. The police did not apologise until 29 years later stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1006...
I would feel bad for everyone who just can’t grasp—despite years of evidence—that the democratic establishment is corrupted beyond salvaging… if they weren’t such a huge part of the fucking problem.
Start seeing the whole picture.
Start seeing the whole picture.
September 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I would feel bad for everyone who just can’t grasp—despite years of evidence—that the democratic establishment is corrupted beyond salvaging… if they weren’t such a huge part of the fucking problem.
Start seeing the whole picture.
Start seeing the whole picture.
AI isn’t artificial intelligence
it’s Anti-Intelligence
it’s Anti-Intelligence
September 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
AI isn’t artificial intelligence
it’s Anti-Intelligence
it’s Anti-Intelligence
Genuinely happy for every Disney adult freeing themself right now.
There is no magic in the reality of that franchise.
But like, can we do this with everything? We could literally mold a better economy and culture, creating incredible new shit.
There is no magic in the reality of that franchise.
But like, can we do this with everything? We could literally mold a better economy and culture, creating incredible new shit.
September 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Genuinely happy for every Disney adult freeing themself right now.
There is no magic in the reality of that franchise.
But like, can we do this with everything? We could literally mold a better economy and culture, creating incredible new shit.
There is no magic in the reality of that franchise.
But like, can we do this with everything? We could literally mold a better economy and culture, creating incredible new shit.