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Playing hard, but keeping it casual. Games, music, movies, pop culture. Anti-fascism, far, far left. Monterey, CA

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Hard Casual @hardcasual.bsky.social · Jun 11

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 6h

This is quite a hed/subhed.
1) Start with Vance. Use strong action verb. Accept the autocratic premise that the “Marines’ Might” are Vance’s to flex.
2) Mention the protest second and absurdly describe them as in the thousands
3) Treat Trump’s strong man use of the military as a partisan scuffle.

Vance Flexes the Marines’ Might as Thousand Protest Trump’s Agenda
VP JD Vance’s trips o a military base in California illustrated rising tensions between the federal government and Democratic leaders

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 2h

Becoming a parent should not push you into poverty. But that's where we are.

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Fear Captain @cheercaptain.wang · 16h

I wasn’t exaggerating it rules so hard

Pin from today’s No Kings protest showing Barney and Friends and the phrase “Join Antifa”

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The Onion @theonion.com · 18m

The Night Epstein Died

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Hard Casual @hardcasual.bsky.social · 11h

But will they?

Hard Casual @hardcasual.bsky.social · 11h

Absolutely and it wouldn't even have to be that convincing

Hard Casual @hardcasual.bsky.social · 11h

There's not enough fuck the police rhetoric at these no kings protests btw

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onion person @junlper.beer · 22h

would be very fun to make all of trumps regimes bluesky accounts the most blocked accounts on bluesky

eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 1d

white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 11h

Maybe the most badass picture of an axlotl ever taken

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 14h

Portland ICE facility now.

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 21h

Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.

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Hard Casual @hardcasual.bsky.social · 14h

This was really one of the most incredible and groundbreaking pieces of art I've ever experienced. A double edged sword is that it can't be lived through again or experienced any more, sadly

Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 20h

Nine Inch Nails “Art is Resistance” flyer (2007), with some thoughts on what it means today that came up in my recent Q&A. #NoKings ✊

Nine Inch Nails "Art is Resistance" flyer, 2007. The Art is Resistance flyer, designed by 42 Entertainment with art direction by Trent Reznor and me, was plastered around cities to draw players of the NIN “Year Zero” ARG to real-world gatherings, secret meetings of “the resistance” in the Year Zero fiction, but also a very real mechanism to plant the seeds of real-world activism into a story about what the future might look like if more people didn’t “wake up and give a shit.” Unfortunately, the future turned out almost exactly like what we imagined in Year Zero, but the message - that art is resistance, and you have a voice - is more important than ever.

Question (u/tiktock34): What do you think is the most powerful combination of art and music today, given our political climate? Im thinking of movements similar to the "Art is Resistance" type of message. Lots of
music and lots of artists but its clear you are passionate about the blend.
Also, thanks for the years! Huge fan Rob Sheridan: I think about this a lot, and wonder what the role of art should be in this particular moment of resistance. It's weird to look back at the NIN Year Zero ARG and "Art is Resistance" campaign from 2007 and see that the future took the bad path anyway, almost eerily to a tee. Not that I expected an album to change the future or anything, but at the bleakest of times I couldn't help but second-guess if art did matter anymore in terms of actually affecting change; if I should have been more involved with organizing or with direct action, if we were deluding ourselves in thinking
we were doing anything more than a cool art project. But then, year in and year out, again and again, right now included, fans tell me - more than any other project I ever worked on, by far - how much Year Zero meant to them, how much the Art is Resistance campaign inspired them, how it changed the way they viewed the intersection of music and politics. They show me the AiR flag tattoos, their numbers from the ARG, the friends they made through the process, the paths they took after - some even met their future spouses! And it reminds me that yeah, what we did mattered, because a lot of fans were radicalized by that experience to be more politically-aware and think more like activists, and a lot of
artists were emboldened to speak out more.
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These days artists/celebs are expected to have an opinion on everything and will even get called out for not speaking up on some things, but back in the early 2000s there was this real cynicism about music being "political." Bands would get so much backlash and told to "stick to music" if they voiced political opinions. I'm proud I helped NIN be one of the bands of the era to really break through that barrier on With Teeth and then demolish it completely on Year Zero, and help a lot of fans come around to how
fundamentally intertwined art and politics have always been. And today? I don't think there's any right or wrong way to combine art / music with message, because I think just making art - any kind of art - is a crucial part of the resistance we need right now. At the core of the fascist project is the removal of intellectual and artistic freedoms, and that tells you all you need to know about how much art matters. Between the billionaire techbros & CEOs showing how much they revile creators by racing to gut their livelihoods, and the grotesquely ugly, unfunny, uncreative anti-aesthetics of the right-wing movement, a systemic disdain
for the arts and sciences is stronger than it's ever been. In a moment like this, we all have to keep making human art and connecting around human art, whether it's aggressive music that calls the fuckers out directly or just cute drawings of cats that make people smile. I know artists who are making very direct and provocative protest art; speaking truth to power loudly and directly is important, but it's not
everyone's lane and it's not the only way to use art right now.
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I also know musicians who are just carrying on with their shows without really speaking out specifically, because they know how many vulnerable people are in their audiences going to their shows for strength and community, and they don't want to put additional targets on those peoples'
backs. Protecting your community matters, too. For my own part, thinking about all of this over the past year was a big motivation in doing my art book right now. The feeling of not being sure who I should be or what I should say as an artist in this moment, how much it matters, and finding along the way that some of the art I was making that was really connecting with people and helping them, was art that wasn't literal with a specific message, it just honestly evoked the way I was feeling and the way I think a lot of people are feeling. The catharsis of feeling together, of knowing you're not alone in the way you feel, of seeing artists who matter to you also feeling the same thing; that gives
strength, and strength is power. It's okay to check out to take care of yourself. And it's okay to find joy in music, art, movies, games, books, sports right now. I'd say it's crucial to find joy, more than ever. They're counting on you sacrificing joy, because
then you lose hope, and then you lose the strength to fight back. Art is resistance, and joy is defiance. If your little drawing of a cat brought you or someone else some joy today, that matters. They want you
to give up. Keep. Making. Art.
Rob Sheridan, 16 Oct 2025

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1o89qtx/comment/njtmeg9/

Hard Casual @hardcasual.bsky.social · 14h

All this stuff was even better than the album. Really still profound, prophetic and interesting stuff. I'll never forget experiencing this on ETS

Hard Casual @hardcasual.bsky.social · 14h

Got a give Tifa credit for putting her money where her mouth is and bombing a bunch of power plants and killing a bunch of executives for poisoning her neighborhood

Jared Rizzi @jaredrizzi.bsky.social · 22h

loved the "Aunt Tifa" signs at #NoKings but I really hope some of you are ready to teach the classics

Tifa Lockhart as portrayed in the Final Fantasy VII remake

Hard Casual @hardcasual.bsky.social · 14h

All timer comeback album. Crazy how good this is after such a long hiatus.

The Mars Volta s/t

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Godspeed You! Woke Moralists @dashwallkick.bsky.social · 21h

Gorgeous, haunting, wonderfully artistic piece of interactive media. Every time I see it again I notice new little animation quirks and audio design tricks.

Shinobi602 @shinobi602.bsky.social · 1d

20 years ago today, Shadow of the Colossus launched on PlayStation 2

#ShadowoftheColossus #PS2

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 16h

I joined the "human banner" at San Francisco's Ocean Beach. This flag was at the center. It was a gorgeous day with enormous waves. #nokings

The image is taken from an angle, and you can see the ocean tilting 30 degrees in the distance, with a huge crowd in front of it. In the foreground, you can see the giant American flag that is being held up by hundreds of protesters clustered around its edges.

This is the human banner from the air. It's sign made from masses of people standing together to form letters. It reads "No Kings Yes on 50." There is an American flag in the middle and a thick border around the banner. (Prop 50 is a California state proposition to gerrymander the state to create more blue districts, in order to combat the Texas law that gerrymanders their state to create more red districts.)

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Hard Casual @hardcasual.bsky.social · 17h

I really think we should lean into this stuff to freak them out instead of debating the points as of they have merit

Hard Casual @hardcasual.bsky.social · 17h

While many go to easier, more palatable protests (including myself) some are doing important work.

I really would like to see no kings march on the concentration camps though

L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 18h

While the nation comes out united on No Kings Day, a small group has remained united everyday at the Downtown L.A. Metropolitan Center demanding ICE out of L.A.

Video by @eltragon.bsky.social

Hard Casual @hardcasual.bsky.social · 17h

They don't belong anywhere. They should be imprisoned, sentenced to death, and all of their wealth should be given to their victims.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 18h

The Trump administration is spending $172 million on two jets for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other senior officials

DHS Purchase Of Business Jets During Shutdown Draws Democrats’ Ire

The department said it would not allow the federal shutdown "to slow down this process" of replacing the jet, but Democrats want to know where the money is coming from.

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 1d

The reason gullible people believe all protesters are paid is because they can't conceive of anyone giving a shit about anyone other than themselves.

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Hard Casual @hardcasual.bsky.social · 23h

You fucking love to see it
Fuck short terms rental owners

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

there’s quite literally no purpose in continuing to pay taxes if they’re going to weaponize them against a majority of people paying them like this

tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: White House announces it's going to pause, and potentially cancel, $11 billion in infrastructure funding (via the Army Corps of Engineers), specifically citing cities, like New York, represented or led by Democrats. More to come.

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Godspeed You! Woke Moralists @dashwallkick.bsky.social · 1d

I know Silwa is an insane thug but watching him attack Mamdani's free bus plan because "you're going to have worse fare evasion" is totally hilarious. You can't evade a free fare! There's no crime!

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