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Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
January 3, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
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I'm deeply sorry to the people of Venezuela. There is no opposition party in the United States to counter the fascist regime's actions and the population is easily demagogued.
January 3, 2026 at 7:53 AM
I'm deeply sorry to the people of Venezuela. There is no opposition party in the United States to counter the fascist regime's actions and the population is easily demagogued.
Today I’m reminded that the Bush admin but Paul Bremer in charge of Iraq after an illegal invasion. Quite obviously Bremer had no legitimacy, and the results of Bremer’s policy choices were disastrous.
January 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Today I’m reminded that the Bush admin but Paul Bremer in charge of Iraq after an illegal invasion. Quite obviously Bremer had no legitimacy, and the results of Bremer’s policy choices were disastrous.
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Thanks so much to @davidforbes.bsky.social and the team at @transnews.network for giving me the opportunity to speak about my experiences at the nyt, whose work has had such a profoundly negative effect on the lives of all queer ppl.
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
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January 2, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Thanks so much to @davidforbes.bsky.social and the team at @transnews.network for giving me the opportunity to speak about my experiences at the nyt, whose work has had such a profoundly negative effect on the lives of all queer ppl.
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New: Cop City RICO Cases Dismissed Years After 61 Activists Charged as Criminal Conspiracy
Racketeering charges against dozens indicted as co-conspirators in the Stop Cop City movement were dismissed yesterday marking a legal victory for the movement
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Racketeering charges against dozens indicted as co-conspirators in the Stop Cop City movement were dismissed yesterday marking a legal victory for the movement
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Cop City RICO Cases Dismissed Years After 61 Activists Charged as Criminal Conspiracy - UNICORN RIOT
Atlanta – Racketeering charges against 61 people indicted as co-conspirators in the Stop Cop City movement were dismissed yesterday, marking a significant victory for those facing prosecution in the y...
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December 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
New: Cop City RICO Cases Dismissed Years After 61 Activists Charged as Criminal Conspiracy
Racketeering charges against dozens indicted as co-conspirators in the Stop Cop City movement were dismissed yesterday marking a legal victory for the movement
unicornriot.ninja/2025/cop-cit...
Racketeering charges against dozens indicted as co-conspirators in the Stop Cop City movement were dismissed yesterday marking a legal victory for the movement
unicornriot.ninja/2025/cop-cit...
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People get all worked up over MMT but you can't name a framework that has been as consistently correct about how interest rates and the dollar work in practice.
December 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
People get all worked up over MMT but you can't name a framework that has been as consistently correct about how interest rates and the dollar work in practice.
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bigger problems | patreon.com/lubchansky
December 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
bigger problems | patreon.com/lubchansky
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Lovely piece of ephemera. Milk token label sold by the Co-op to raise funds for milk for Spanish children. Threepence+sixpence. By Dec 1938, £23,000 raised (~1.6m today!) across 426 branches, mainly in working class areas-this one is stamped Islington.
I like to imagine my grandparents buying one.
I like to imagine my grandparents buying one.
December 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Lovely piece of ephemera. Milk token label sold by the Co-op to raise funds for milk for Spanish children. Threepence+sixpence. By Dec 1938, £23,000 raised (~1.6m today!) across 426 branches, mainly in working class areas-this one is stamped Islington.
I like to imagine my grandparents buying one.
I like to imagine my grandparents buying one.
This sums up why the labor movement is in such a shitty moment. Teachers have been struggling every day with the added work (uncompensated work) and stress of AI. But the leader of the teachers’ union is…posting AI slop?!
December 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This sums up why the labor movement is in such a shitty moment. Teachers have been struggling every day with the added work (uncompensated work) and stress of AI. But the leader of the teachers’ union is…posting AI slop?!
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(!) Just weeks before Jeffrey Epstein was dead, Donald Trump’s Department of Justice was apparently monitoring Julie Brown, a journalist who has led coverage on Epstein.
Why?
Why?
December 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
(!) Just weeks before Jeffrey Epstein was dead, Donald Trump’s Department of Justice was apparently monitoring Julie Brown, a journalist who has led coverage on Epstein.
Why?
Why?
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the problem with dedicating campaign funds toward charitable endeavors is what if you lose and then all you’ve done is helped people in need in your community?
December 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
the problem with dedicating campaign funds toward charitable endeavors is what if you lose and then all you’ve done is helped people in need in your community?
Do you know the average budget of a Food Not Bombs? It doesn’t take a lot of money to do mutual aid.
Every cycle is the most expensive cycle in history but sure campaigns don’t have enough money to run a mutual aid program.
Every cycle is the most expensive cycle in history but sure campaigns don’t have enough money to run a mutual aid program.
MOST CAMPAIGNS ARE NOT DROWNING IN MONEY. You are completely misinformed about this!
This is a very bad take. Consider the amount of money that most campaigns have, building a mutual aid network can have lasting effects. TV ads don’t contribute to building social ties or to building community institutions…the actual things that influence people at the level of their social identity.
December 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Do you know the average budget of a Food Not Bombs? It doesn’t take a lot of money to do mutual aid.
Every cycle is the most expensive cycle in history but sure campaigns don’t have enough money to run a mutual aid program.
Every cycle is the most expensive cycle in history but sure campaigns don’t have enough money to run a mutual aid program.
This is a very bad take. Consider the amount of money that most campaigns have, building a mutual aid network can have lasting effects. TV ads don’t contribute to building social ties or to building community institutions…the actual things that influence people at the level of their social identity.
Turning campaigns into mutual aid hubs isn’t good for campaigns or mutual aid! Your campaign manager should be entirely too busy to schlep around 5600 tampons!
December 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
This is a very bad take. Consider the amount of money that most campaigns have, building a mutual aid network can have lasting effects. TV ads don’t contribute to building social ties or to building community institutions…the actual things that influence people at the level of their social identity.
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Visited the Haymarket Martyrs Memorial and gravesites.
We didn’t realize a lot of other comrades are buried here — Voltairine De Cleyre, Emma Goldman, Ben Reitman, & of course Lucy Parsons.
Very cool to see folks still leaving offerings, we left some of our own.
Solidarity forever 🏴
We didn’t realize a lot of other comrades are buried here — Voltairine De Cleyre, Emma Goldman, Ben Reitman, & of course Lucy Parsons.
Very cool to see folks still leaving offerings, we left some of our own.
Solidarity forever 🏴
December 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Visited the Haymarket Martyrs Memorial and gravesites.
We didn’t realize a lot of other comrades are buried here — Voltairine De Cleyre, Emma Goldman, Ben Reitman, & of course Lucy Parsons.
Very cool to see folks still leaving offerings, we left some of our own.
Solidarity forever 🏴
We didn’t realize a lot of other comrades are buried here — Voltairine De Cleyre, Emma Goldman, Ben Reitman, & of course Lucy Parsons.
Very cool to see folks still leaving offerings, we left some of our own.
Solidarity forever 🏴
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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People have historically, and rightfully, seen the evil of Guantanamo, Abu Gharib, and now CECOT for what it is, but I wish more people would also see the evil in our domestic prisons too. How we treat our most vulnerable, including prisoners, really sets the tone for our whole society.
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
People have historically, and rightfully, seen the evil of Guantanamo, Abu Gharib, and now CECOT for what it is, but I wish more people would also see the evil in our domestic prisons too. How we treat our most vulnerable, including prisoners, really sets the tone for our whole society.
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i just don't think there are any shortcuts--if we want kids who are readers, we need teachers who are readers, and if we want teachers who are readers, we need professors who are readers
December 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
i just don't think there are any shortcuts--if we want kids who are readers, we need teachers who are readers, and if we want teachers who are readers, we need professors who are readers
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New Forbidden Course at Bari Weiss’s University of Austin: watching bootleg copies of 60 Minutes smuggled in from Canada
December 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
New Forbidden Course at Bari Weiss’s University of Austin: watching bootleg copies of 60 Minutes smuggled in from Canada
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I will never get tired of coming across people sharing my art.
December 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I will never get tired of coming across people sharing my art.
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The rent of a recently-built building has to reflect the cost of constructing it. But the rent of an old building does not. That portion of the rent of the old building is also a rent economically.
December 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The rent of a recently-built building has to reflect the cost of constructing it. But the rent of an old building does not. That portion of the rent of the old building is also a rent economically.
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Samwise and Dave
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Durin Durin.
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Flock of Smeagols
December 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Samwise and Dave
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One reason the NYT has burned its credibility with trans people is that they still cite the discredited Cass report in reporting on trans healthcare. Never the German, Utah, or other systematic reviews supporting care. They also never provide the political context behind restrictions in care.
December 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
One reason the NYT has burned its credibility with trans people is that they still cite the discredited Cass report in reporting on trans healthcare. Never the German, Utah, or other systematic reviews supporting care. They also never provide the political context behind restrictions in care.