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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 5h

#TeslaTakedown #Austin 10/11/2025 Our group is like a wildcat strike - a strike without direct union support - as the formal resistance groups here tackle other crucial priorities. Still 8-10 of us show up every week without formal organization...
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Tesla Takedown protesters in front of Austin dealership.

Tesla Takedown protester sign. Sign reads: FREEDOM of SPEECH with stenciled image of singer songwriter Bobbie Gentry, who wrote "Ode to Billie Joe.

Telsa Takedown protest sign, reading "COUP KLUX KLAN[ with drawing of Klan hood.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 4d

Then again, they (we) had the best economic opportunities to cover the cost.

John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 4d

All of which were done by my late boomer / Gen Jones cohort (slightly) before y’all Xers so nyaaah nyaaah nyaaah.

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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 7d

#TeslaTakedown #Austin 10/4/2025 A Robotaxi - they're being unsafely piloted here - actually pulled in behind us, across from the dealer. I stood in front of it, but it couldn't figure out to back up - so its "safety" monitor had to drive it off 😅.
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Tesla Takedown protestor posing with Robotaxi. Sign reads: DONT BUY FASCSISM

Tesla Takedown protestor. Sign reads: IF YOU'RE A FASCIST, GET A TESLA. T-shirt reads "Tarrific."

Group of Tesla Takedown protestors in front of the Tesla dealership. Sign in foreground reads: OVERTHROW THE OLIGARCHS. FUERA$$$$$$$

Tesla Takedown protest sign: NO TAX BREAKS FOR NAZIS

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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 14d

You'll get *yours* in winter lol!

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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 14d

#TeslaTakedown #Austin 9/27/2025 Back in 90+ heat in Austin, where term "endless summer" is devoid of positive connotations. Shout-out to excellent work also being done by relatively new @teslatakedownaus.bsky.social opposing Robotaxis and tax rebates for the local Tesla factory.
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Telsa Takedown protest sign: DONT BUY FASCISM. Pictures of Elon Musk, Donald Trump and Greg Abbott with Hitler mustaches.

Photo of Elon Musk with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell.

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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 17d

F*** ICE
No ICE
ICE Out
Kill ICE
I Hate ICE
Die ICE
Crush ICE

So many more likely possibilities than “ANTI ICE”

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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 19d

This song by my sister. youtu.be/LsDt5r5UZKw?...

Always Wear Underwear

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 21d

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 23d

It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.

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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 23d

Yep. People come from all over the world, just to be homeless in Oklahoma.

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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · 28d

#TeslaTakedown #Austin 9/14/2025 About a dozen of us today, though some peeled off early to prep for an anti-ICE protest later in the day. Plenty of support as usual, but two cars and one employee stopped to argue with us. Tense times, I guess. @teslatakedown.com

Tesla takedown protester. Sign with Elon doing nazi salute. Sign reads Tesla douche bag.

Tesla takedown protester. Sign with Elon doing nazi salute. Sign has Speed Gonzalez carrying a rifle, with "resist"

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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · Sep 6

#TeslaTakedown #Austin 9/6/2025 - A bit smaller turnout today, since there was a simultaneous protest at a Tesla on the other side of town. Chant of the day: "Fascists, fascists they all fall down!" Photos include Larry and Dan, regulars who you would never believe are brothers 😅@teslatakedown.com

Tesla Takedown protestors. Brothers Larry and Dan, who look a lot a like, with woman standing behind them. Signs: BUYING TESLA FUNDS FASCISM and NAZI B***H F**K OFF

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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · Aug 30

#TeslaTakedown #Austin 8/30/2025 I missed last week's (out of town), but back at it today, along with 13 others. Dealership tried remotely honking the weak, flatulent-sounding horn of a cybertruck parked near the street a few times to disrupt us, to zero avail. Pathetic. @teslatakedown.com

Bubble machine at Tesla Takedown protest. Sign: NO NAZIS IN AUSTIN!

Sign at Tesla Takedown protest. Mexican Revolution iconography. "Resist" in cursive script. Mouse wearing Sombrero and carrying a machine gun. Mustached skull with sombrero with NO ICE on brim. Zapatista figure.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · Aug 29

The new ICE song by Jesse Welles nails it.

ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures.

Losers with power become the most dangerous kind.

(c/o Caroline Codsi)

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Jeff 🏳️‍🌈 @tinmanic.bsky.social · Aug 28

This is a really great piece ostensibly about the Disney Parks but really about increasing American economic inequality.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...

Opinion | Disney and the Decline of America’s Middle Class

www.nytimes.com

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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · Aug 28

The fight is against fascism. Use the word, Senator.

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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · Aug 26

I know some guys at the Home Depot parking lot who will do it a lot cheaper.

John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · Aug 26

When I majored in American Studies 40 years ago, my advisor, a marvelous educator named Marge Frantz, used exactly that phrase to
describe the U.S. Seems we’re done
with the friendly part though.

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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · Aug 24

I'll have to take down my framed diploma from Bill Clinton University.

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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · Aug 19

A few signs...

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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · Aug 19

A couple dozen folks at the Texas Capitol protesting the kidnapping of State Rep Collier by the GOP, with, as I understand it, a much larger gathering planned for this evening.

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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · Aug 16

#TeslaTakedown #Austin 8/16/2025 At it once again. And still lots of honks, waves, and thumbs-up. Resist fascism, kids, any way you can... @teslatakedown.com

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John Joyner @essephreak.bsky.social · Aug 9

#TeslaTakedown #Austin 8/9/2025 - Still at it in the increasingly brutal Austin summer heat. Just down the street, the sight of row upon row of unsold - likely unsellable - cybertrucks at the dealership's auxiliary lot provokes a bit of schadenfreude... @teslatakedown.com

Rows of unsellable Cybertrucks at Tesla lot.

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