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M. E. O'Brien

@genderhorizon.com

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author. towards trans communist futures. Family Abolition: Capitalism and the Communizing of Care (Pluto, 2023) and Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072 (Common Notions, 2022). Editor at Pinko

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M. E. O'Brien @genderhorizon.com · Jun 30

We’re launching a website of revolutionary speculative fiction, art and poetry set in the world of Everything for Everyone! We’re calling it Project 2052. To support author honoraria, subscribe as a sustainer, make a one-time donation, or pitch a story here: www.commonnotions.org/project2052.

Project 2052 — Common Notions Press

Project 2052 is a website of revolutionary speculative short fiction, visual art and poetry, set in the world of Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072.

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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 6h

Massive escalation at the Portland ICE facility. Worst I’ve ever seen. More pepper balls than I can count. Teargas in the middle of crowd. Violent arrests. Some type of either noise or rubber bullet shotgun fired into the air then later aimed at protesters chests/heads at near point blank range.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 16h

(forgetting the word for antibiotics) do i need cancel culture

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 16h

In southern Lebanon, Israeli troops may no longer occupy towns on foot — but for residents, the war continues overhead and from nearby hilltops.

Drones patrol daily, striking without warning. Snipers stationed on Israeli-held ridges watch roads, rooftops, and fields.

Continued below ⬇️

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 21h

The Nobel *Peace* Prize winner is cool with murdering civilians on boats

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M. E. O'Brien @genderhorizon.com · 16h

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Sex pests kill projects!

Jared Leto Teases ‘Tron: Ares’ Villain Will Be Teen Girl Who Lies For Attention

LOS ANGELES—Revealing new details about the highly anticipated film, actor and producer Jared Leto teased Wednesday that the villain in Tron: Ares would be a teenage girl who lies for attention. “If y...

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 19h

Being mad at Ms Rachel is a pretty good tell that you're just mad that people care about Palestine at all— many such cases actually but in that context these people will die mad because people will always care

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Bruno Leipold @brunoleipold.com · 21h

Once again @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social conference has been an absolute blast. Thanks so much to the brilliant organising committee. Can’t wait for #HyggeMarxism 2026 edition!

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 23h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Mikkel Flohr @mflohr.bsky.social · 2d

The tenth annual conference of the Danish Society of Marxist Studies is on. Two days of brilliant panels and presentations, more than a hundred participants and two amazing keynote speakers, starting with @genderhorizon.com "Insurgent Care and the Utopian Horizon" @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social

People assembled in lecture hall with two people on the stage

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Danish Society for Marxist Studies @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social · 2d

And we are underway! Our 10th (can you believe it!) annual conference kicks off today with brilliant panels and heated coffee break discussions as well as a brilliant keynote on insurgent utopianism by @genderhorizon.com!

Old friends, new comrades, and lots of lovely radical scholarship 🥰

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Image of M.E. O’Brien sitting on a stage giving a keynote presentation in front of a slide depicting the cover of her book, Family Abolition.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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Frances "Are You Scared Yet" Meh @francesmeh.reviews · 3d

my fallback plan if this place fails is to lead a fulfilling life instead of posting

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 3d

Local cops are not on the side of Democratic politicians or under their actual control. People refuse to understand this too even though we've been making this point for decades.

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 3d

The Fraternal Order of Police is on the side of MAGA and against the people they are supposed to be "policing." I think this says a lot to the people who insist local police are going to be "resistance."
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National police union calls Chicago's refusal to help ICE agents 'shocking' violation of duty

Police union leaders called Chicago's alleged directive to not assist ICE agents surrounded by protesters a violation of law enforcement's duty to protect fellow officers.

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M. E. O'Brien @genderhorizon.com · 3d

I think he may not be fashy enough

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Katie Prout @katieprout.bsky.social · 3d

At least 6 unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents since September: 2 have been released, while the status of the remaining 4 is unknown. But the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness is investigating reports of an additional 19 people disappeared.

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Make It Make Sense: ICE targets Chicago’s homeless community

Plus: state and local leaders crack down on anti-ICE protesters and advocates ask the chief judge to keep ICE out of county courthouses.

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M. E. O'Brien @genderhorizon.com · 3d

The powers of the frog are our powers too

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 7d

wizard frog is insane

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M. E. O'Brien @genderhorizon.com · 3d

Coming my comrade! Perhaps as one of us!

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thomas irvine @ahermitsvino.bsky.social · 3d

Long live the inflatifada

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M. E. O'Brien @genderhorizon.com · 3d

Our heroes have answered our call

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

#WarRavagedPortland

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M. E. O'Brien @genderhorizon.com · 3d

Dismantling the elevated trains in Manhattan was a major quality of life improvement for the many people who lived along their tracks. Perhaps with the newer quieter trains (which we don’t really have in nyc) it wouldn’t be so bad

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 4d

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

A group of apparent armed agents assemble at the end of a street, as seen from the perspective of a person in inflatable frog costume, their frog’s eyes dominating the foreground. The Ice facility in downtown Portland on Monday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 4d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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