Benji, the Jack of Hearts 🔆🏳️🌈🇵🇸🇺🇦🌹
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Insatiably curious bibliophile. Nerd of many colors. Seeker of peace, democratic socialist, cishumanist, decelerationist, up the #Arsenal! #LGBTQ+ #BLM #COYG #ForeverPrint. Anti-fascist.
Pinned
remember: whether it's to a government or to a technology, you always have the right to say "no." you may pay a price for it, but your compliance is not foreordained. refusal is your right; sometimes, it is your obligation as a free human being.
yes! support your local libraries — they are a key component of whatever glue is still holding our communities together.
lareviewofbooks.org/article/free...
lareviewofbooks.org/article/free...
Freeing the Library | Los Angeles Review of Books
Aaron Boehmer writes about community libraries and the importance of accessible archival and literary resources in these times.
lareviewofbooks.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
yes! support your local libraries — they are a key component of whatever glue is still holding our communities together.
lareviewofbooks.org/article/free...
lareviewofbooks.org/article/free...
my bad, missed newcastle-bournemouth as another all-prem FA cup fixture
December 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
my bad, missed newcastle-bournemouth as another all-prem FA cup fixture
pretty important stuff — www.democracynow.org/2025/12/8/ke...
Trump Admin Targets “Anti-Americanism, Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Christianity”: Leaked Memo
A leaked memo by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi directs the Justice Department and FBI to compile a list of groups that may be labeled “domestic terrorism” organizations based on political views rela...
www.democracynow.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
pretty important stuff — www.democracynow.org/2025/12/8/ke...
portsmouth away, okay. spurs and united drawing epl opponents is lovely though.
December 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
portsmouth away, okay. spurs and united drawing epl opponents is lovely though.
if this is someone who plays for a london club, my money is on adama traoré. (merino's the only 29yo who plays for us, and that seems unlikely, but who knows?)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
Footballer arrested in London on suspicion of assault and affray
The victim's injuries are not believed to be life-changing or life-threatening, the Metropolitan Police confirmed on Sunday.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
if this is someone who plays for a london club, my money is on adama traoré. (merino's the only 29yo who plays for us, and that seems unlikely, but who knows?)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
cherish small victories and keep fighting. "the trans agenda is staying alive." — my sister today. —
Trans Healthcare Coverage Ban Stripped From Negotiated Military NDAA Bill In Sunday Night Surprise
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Trans Healthcare Coverage Ban Stripped From Negotiated Military NDAA Bill In Sunday Night Surprise
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Trans Healthcare Coverage Ban Stripped From Negotiated Military NDAA Bill In Sunday Night Surprise
Anti-DEI and sports ban provisions for the military still exist in the bill, but the removal of a health care provision is a major victory for transgender people in congressional legislation.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
cherish small victories and keep fighting. "the trans agenda is staying alive." — my sister today. —
Trans Healthcare Coverage Ban Stripped From Negotiated Military NDAA Bill In Sunday Night Surprise
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
Trans Healthcare Coverage Ban Stripped From Negotiated Military NDAA Bill In Sunday Night Surprise
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
Whiskey Pete goes caroling
Senator Tom Cotton joins in the merrymaking
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
once you see it, you can't unsee it.
i had a major epiphany today. when saka takes a pen — www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fNm...
what he's doing is the football equivalent of the cat butt waggle — www.youtube.com/shorts/m4VgA...
@petchary.bsky.social @erlkonigkid.bsky.social @4jinxremoving.bsky.social @kellywood.bsky.social
what he's doing is the football equivalent of the cat butt waggle — www.youtube.com/shorts/m4VgA...
@petchary.bsky.social @erlkonigkid.bsky.social @4jinxremoving.bsky.social @kellywood.bsky.social
I found all Bukayo Saka's penalties...
YouTube video by Attem 2
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
once you see it, you can't unsee it.
i had a major epiphany today. when saka takes a pen — www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fNm...
what he's doing is the football equivalent of the cat butt waggle — www.youtube.com/shorts/m4VgA...
@petchary.bsky.social @erlkonigkid.bsky.social @4jinxremoving.bsky.social @kellywood.bsky.social
what he's doing is the football equivalent of the cat butt waggle — www.youtube.com/shorts/m4VgA...
@petchary.bsky.social @erlkonigkid.bsky.social @4jinxremoving.bsky.social @kellywood.bsky.social
I found all Bukayo Saka's penalties...
YouTube video by Attem 2
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
i had a major epiphany today. when saka takes a pen — www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fNm...
what he's doing is the football equivalent of the cat butt waggle — www.youtube.com/shorts/m4VgA...
@petchary.bsky.social @erlkonigkid.bsky.social @4jinxremoving.bsky.social @kellywood.bsky.social
what he's doing is the football equivalent of the cat butt waggle — www.youtube.com/shorts/m4VgA...
@petchary.bsky.social @erlkonigkid.bsky.social @4jinxremoving.bsky.social @kellywood.bsky.social
Reposted by Benji, the Jack of Hearts 🔆🏳️🌈🇵🇸🇺🇦🌹
The boat wasn’t headed to the U.S., which we would have learned with a little due process instead of murder. www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers | CNN Politics
The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east ...
www.cnn.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The boat wasn’t headed to the U.S., which we would have learned with a little due process instead of murder. www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
Reposted by Benji, the Jack of Hearts 🔆🏳️🌈🇵🇸🇺🇦🌹
More of this nationwide please!
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
More of this nationwide please!
i would have loved to see the @nytimes.com remind these trump supporters that these individuals were not trafficking fentanyl to the united states, but cocaine to suriname. not that it would magically make them respect the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/u...
6 Republican Voters on U.S. Strikes on Boats Suspected of Smuggling Drugs
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
i would have loved to see the @nytimes.com remind these trump supporters that these individuals were not trafficking fentanyl to the united states, but cocaine to suriname. not that it would magically make them respect the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/u...
thanks chelsea, needed that.
December 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
thanks chelsea, needed that.
said it before, will say it again no doubt — tying one's mental and emotional health to the outcomes of football games [or any sporting event] cannot in any way be good for one
December 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
said it before, will say it again no doubt — tying one's mental and emotional health to the outcomes of football games [or any sporting event] cannot in any way be good for one
richarlison, guimarães on the scoresheet... means grealish is next and it's definitely just going to be one of those days, eh?
December 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
richarlison, guimarães on the scoresheet... means grealish is next and it's definitely just going to be one of those days, eh?
i hope this analysis is correct, and that this absurd document only leads to the EU circling its wagons and strengthening its mutual ties. —
America has identified its greatest enemy: Western Europe
open.substack.com/pub/programm...
America has identified its greatest enemy: Western Europe
open.substack.com/pub/programm...
America has identified its greatest enemy: Western Europe
Trump's new National Security Strategy: what if groypers cosplayed George Kennan?
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
i hope this analysis is correct, and that this absurd document only leads to the EU circling its wagons and strengthening its mutual ties. —
America has identified its greatest enemy: Western Europe
open.substack.com/pub/programm...
America has identified its greatest enemy: Western Europe
open.substack.com/pub/programm...
over to you sunderland. do us a solid.
December 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
over to you sunderland. do us a solid.
mood —
FOR FUCKS SAKE
December 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
mood —
so glad i got up at 04.15 for that.
December 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
so glad i got up at 04.15 for that.
ughhhhhhhhhhhh
December 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
ughhhhhhhhhhhh
hincapié has had a really solid game — naïve me thinking we didn't need to sign another defender when we brought him in.
December 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
hincapié has had a really solid game — naïve me thinking we didn't need to sign another defender when we brought him in.
i'll take a martinelli winner in stoppage time for $2000, alex.
December 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
i'll take a martinelli winner in stoppage time for $2000, alex.
ok let's not do that
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
ok let's not do that