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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 1d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 1d

the idea that freedom is in our DNA is just a misinterpretation of the fact that we’re a nation of finicky whiners who don’t like to be personally inconvenienced

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

At least we no longer have to hear about freedom being in Americans' DNA or whatever. Turns out we love to eat shit and bow to some bloated halfwit like any other people throughout history

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Hopkins Press @hopkinspress.bsky.social · 1d

Offering fresh insights for policymakers, development practitioners, and scholars, "How Ordinary People Make Aid Work" redefines what it takes to make aid truly impactful.

https://ow.ly/MNUx50X8MZ1

The book "How Ordinary People Make Aid Work: Civic Engagement and Health Aid Effectiveness" Stefan Kruse on a green background.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 2d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 2d

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.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Chris in DC @chrisb2.bsky.social · 1d

one thing I liked about Kamala Harris's campaign that I think Dems broadly are missing is "people want to succeed and do well and we will help them do those things"

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Fish Sauce Friend @meltedliquid.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry for liking all your posts, I have no self control and a dopamine addiction.

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TheSocioPhi @thesociophi.bsky.social · Jul 30

And weapons should be used with caution. You should save their deployment for when it matters most—like when a nazi shows up at your door and asks you to help them kill a family of innocent people. Basically: Make the lies you tell, *matter*.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 2d

We already have plenty of examples of people saying NO and him/the regime backing down.

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esbee2010.bsky.social @esbee2010.bsky.social · 2d

Le Creuset is getting cheugy with it

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Kallastra @kallastra.bsky.social · 2d

I loved that part of Gumbs book, the descriptions of the water and the books and effects of flooding were so evocative! 😍

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Kallastra @kallastra.bsky.social · 2d

I have a copy of Rich’s The Fact of a Doorframe that got drenched while used as a doorstop during an Incident in a tub ~25 years ago (long story).

I love this dried out wrinkled book so much

Copy of The Fact of a Doorframe on my bookshelf and the latter half is all water damaged. Don’t worry: a less destroyed copy is right next to it. Because people are always interested in books on a bookshelf, this picture shows these two books between Claudia Rankine’s Don’t Let Me Be Lonely, a Muriel Rukeyser book, The Essential Rumi, and a book by Kaia Sand

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KLo @klogoldman.bsky.social · 9d

to talk about what we can do to resist this. This is preexisting problem that has existed during the times we had a "normal" government. Now that we have an abnormal and fascistic one the GJ process is even more problematic and we have to resist to assisting these fascists to achieve normality.

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Kallastra @kallastra.bsky.social · 3d

this is a great cover!!

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 3d

When you see scary things in the news, look for the helpers.

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 4d

As @brooklynmarie.bsky.social often says.

Borders aren't just for keeping people out.

They can also be used to trap people within.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 4d

“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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

Trans rights and migrants safety? Meh

My flight might be canceled? WHAT

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 4d

I really hate the dogwhistle "would you leave your front door open for anyone to come in" question. That's the wrong question.
The real analogy is "If a stranger knocked on your door and asked you for help, would you help them?"

and for me, the answer is yes, in a heartbeat. every time.

Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · 4d

Very proud of my fellow Green councillors for proposing this motion. "We are a rich tapestry, we are strengthened by our diversity, and we must stand up as a council and as a city for that diversity, unite against the far right and the divisive narratives of them." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Oxford City Council backs city's minority communities in vote

A Green party motion called on Oxford City Council to oppose far right rhetoric.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Kallastra @kallastra.bsky.social · 4d

Relatable! and then there was the morning stretches/warmup of tiptoe stretching around squeaky parts of the floor to get out the door without waking them, too (also, good job on run!)

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A. Rascal @rascality.bsky.social · 4d

imagine calling yourself a Catholic and being offended when a Pope criticizes cruelty

imagine doing the Stations of the Cross and identifying with the Roman soldiers

Pope Leo's critique of Trump ends honeymoon with conservative Catholics

Pope Leo initially impressed conservative Catholics after his election in May as he embraced traditions shunned by his predecessor Pope Francis and steered clear of hot button social issues that divided the 1.4 billion-member Church.

www.reuters.com

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