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Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 12h

I know economic collapse is bad. But seeing the crypto guys get wiped out in a few minutes and their devastated reactions...

I'm like, it's okay fellas. I've lost everything I owned & started from nothing so many times I lost count. Quit crying. Take a lap. Rub some dirt in it. Get a job.

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Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 12h

Puritans. They got kicked out of England for doing this shit and founded our Puritanical ass backward ass country. Makes me want to fight the British all over again.

Persecuted for their beliefs is their whole personality. Fuck them. Witch burning violent no-fun mfers.

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Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 13h

Here's the one at 51st & Guadalupe. The alt text takes some time, so I'll try to post more later. Too much screen time on this pretty morning. 🥰

Two IWW posters on a light poles at 51st & Guadalupe in Austin.

The top poster shows a worker slumped over a desk. The text reads: Work harder so we can hire less people.

The bottom poster is a black & white line drawing of the continental US. The title reads WE ASSERT. Inside the drawing of the US it reads: Every person, every industry, meek or grand, deserves their proper share of what gets made in this land. The footer reads:

Join the IWW to help yourself and others get what by right belongs to you

For more information, go to IWW.ORG, or mail PO BOX 577893, CHICAGO, IL 60657-3012

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more mr. dice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 20h

i think footage of soldiers mowing down a crowd of people who are all wearing big inflatable frog costumes would be pretty tough for the human race to ever recover from, psychologically

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Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 14h

Walking into hostile territory

ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 14h

round top was terrifying to me. all of the SMU alumni women clad in boho-chic core sipping $25 cocktails could tell i was poor while i was looking at mid century armoires. everything was $1,000.

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Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 14h

I am deeply uncomfortable in those spaces.

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Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 14h

And hey, it's fucking scary, but we have to do it anyway. www.netflix.com/us/title/800...

Watch Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom | Netflix Official Site

Over 93 days in Ukraine, what started as peaceful student demonstrations became a violent revolution and full-fledged civil rights movement.

www.netflix.com

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Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 14h

youtu.be/YzleiHyxq7M?...

Orange Revolution - English (high definition)

YouTube video by ICNC - International Center on Nonviolent Conflict

youtu.be

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Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 14h

Shit, this post is the funniest thing I've seen today

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 1d

It is imperative that you do not depend on the police to help you or take our side during clashes with the fascist Federals.

Police see a protest and know that they hate every person in that protest. It doesn't matter what it's for or who you are - they know their job is to smash you.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 14h

This is a global truth. The cops were never great. But they have been selected and hired for this moment from the least honorable and most violent among us.

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Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 14h

I watched documentaries about Ukraine's revolutions in 2004 and 2014. In '04 the cops were obviously normal young people who were eventually persuaded to take the protesters side.

By 2014 that had changed. The cops eventually shot live rounds and killed people.

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Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 15h

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Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 15h

The DA may drop a lot of charges, but he can't stop the cops from kicking your teeth in.

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Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 15h

Here it is. It's fun. He treats Jesse's character with the care he deserves, I think. 🥹
youtu.be/sRKUPE-2wIM?...

How BREAKING BAD Cleverly Hides Religious Symbolism in Every Season

YouTube video by ScreenCrush

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Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 15h

There's a YT dude who breaks down movies and TV. He did one about Breaking Bad arguing that Mr. White represents the Devil and Jesse is Jesus. It was incredibly well researched and quite interesting.

I love these literary reference presentations. But wtf is this??? Lmoa

Jake Flores @feraljokes.bsky.social · 21h

I can't believe this is real

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Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 15h

Remember when Kirk Watson let DPS patrol Austin and they immediately racially profiled everyone from Rundberg to Riverside?

He collaborated with Greg Abbott to police Austin while our DA had like 30 cops indicted after 2020.

Watson is not going to do shit. He thinks of them as coworkers.

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 15h

There was a moment, very recently, when the popular sentiment was firmly in favor of addressing police violence and unaccountability; the response from these same politicians was “fund the police.”

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 15h

“But the politicians are scared of police violence,” hmm how do you think we feel about it?

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Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 1d

Everything is so terrible and we're all so mad, especially at each other.

But the Portland Frogs and the discourse surrounding them is awesome and fun and creative.

I love that for us.

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Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 1d

Not offensive. Amusing.

Hey, listen. It's a beautiful Saturday and I've got a lot of chores. We disagree. But it's okay.

I really wish you and your loved ones all the safety and support in what's to come. We aren't enemies. ❤️

Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 1d

Someone I know to be an honest person who made a really fucked up mistake. That's all.

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Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 1d

Boomer... lol

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Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't believe it, nor share it. You're lying.

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Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 1d

Having the National Guard spread mulch in parks this summer will be seen as a seed of an idea that sparks a new socialist utopia in America.

Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 1d

Resist lib Twitter-do-your-thing tactics against a woman like her in a takedown of leftwing activists... I simply would not participate in that at this time.

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Luanne Platter @luanneplatter.bsky.social · 1d

I saw her posts before she deleted bc I was surprised that someone I trust had done what y'all said she did.

Again, it's sad y'all can't extend grace to someone who has publicly put themselves at great risk to help immigrants and sexual abuse victims.

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