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Phil McDuff
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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · Nov 8
I've had this in the drafts for a while. One month after she went seems like a good time to publish. ❤️
The Unbearable Weight of Small Absences
This morning my dog Jingles wasn’t in the kitchen while I was making coffee.
open.substack.com
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startribune.com
Counterprotesters vastly outnumber influencer Jake Lang's anti-Islam group in downtown Minneapolis. bit.ly/4qlze56

📷️: Alex Kormann
Live: Protesters square off in Minneapolis amid police presence
Confrontations started around noon as large and visible presence of city police officers and Hennepin County sheriff’s deputies monitored downtown Saturday.
bit.ly
January 17, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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acekatana.bsky.social
Has Walz tried not taking the bait
January 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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renrut-mas.bsky.social
Nice
startribune.com Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 41m
Right-wing influencer Jake Lang is stuck in a window recess against Minneapolis City Hall.

He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn
January 17, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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harlotprincess.bsky.social
please donate and share!
aboodfamily.cryptoanarchy.network Save Abood🤲 @aboodfamily.cryptoanarchy.network · 1h
I am Aboud from the Gaza Strip 🍉
I have autism & special needs, and I suffer from epilepsy
I need medicine😭
I need medicine😭
I need food😭
My family urgently needs a tent to live in
I desperately need your donation🤲
We need $200. Any donation will be a blessing
chuffed.org/project/1580...
January 17, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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skateintraffic.bsky.social
you'll notice cops aren't ever ordered to not "fall for the bait"
kennedytcooper.bsky.social Themperor Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedytcooper.bsky.social · 4h
Hey just for the record even if someone actually is a "left wing agitator" that wouldn't justify them being abused by the police. Don't let them own the narrative, reject the framework.
January 17, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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flyingrodent.bsky.social
They say this stuff for the same reason every grim 7 October atrocity was pored over (especially the invented ones), why regime-enemy MPs being chased down the street by news camera crews, and so on: things may be about to get much more violent, and we need to invalidate objections now.
The obvious difference between college protests for Palestinians in 2024 and the seeming lack of them now is that American unis are sanctioned from working with, investing in, and otherwise openly supporting the Iranian regime. The students had *local* , achievable goals for Palestine. Michael Hobbes• @michaelho... • 1d It is not "pedantic" to acknowledge that a college protest against Iran makes zero sense. Protests are typically against things, not in favor of rights movements in other countries! What could be fueling this perception on the left is the fact that the right is indeed viewing the protest through its own interests. Trump said he hopes to "make Iran great again" —though as of this writing, the president seems to have backed off his threat of intervention, convinced that "the killing in Iran is stopping—it's stopped—it's stopping," as he stutteringly put it. To many on the left, agreeing with the premise that regime change would be optimal feels like encouraging the start of another war in the Middle East. And if you ask a college activist why they are willing to protest in support of Palestinians but not Iranians, they might answer, logically, that the United States is complicit in the killing in Gaza because of the money that flows to Israel, whereas it already sanctions the Islamic Republic—so there is no policy change to agitate for. This argument, however, sounds pedantic to me, like a point scored in a debate rather than a real explanation for why some human dramas compel empathy and action and others do not.
January 17, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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tassja.bsky.social
The through line of apathy is that it doesnt count until its done. If it was happening they'd know, but the only proof they'll accept is counting numbers when it's over.
January 17, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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phoenixcalida.bsky.social
Myth: if you're a citizen, you have no reason to worry!

Reality: Black people who've been here since their ancestors were stolen are being asked if they're immigrants

Indigenous people are being asked if they have a right to be here

People with ID are being called liars and dragged away
January 17, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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nikolajbill.bsky.social
Catholic Bishops are giving their flock dispensation from Sunday Mass because of fear that the Government’s secret police may kidnap the faithful. The Regime’s favorite bishop wants you to know that this is a religious freedom like we’ve never had before.
dixitinsipiens.bsky.social Tom @dixitinsipiens.bsky.social · 19h
Successor of Judas says what
I'm very grateful to President Trump for his declaration of religious liberty day. More than any other president in my lifetime, Trump has recognized the central importance of our “first freedom.” He understands that when religious liberty is threatened, all of our other freedoms are endangered. It has been an honor to serve on the President's Religious Liberty Commission, whose entire purpose is to propose ways in which this most precious of our freedoms might be defended and enhanced.
January 17, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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flawlessangel.bsky.social
i can't believe there are people who think this 😭😭😭
bostonreview.bsky.social Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 3h
"Strangest of all is the liberal pipe dream that local police will stand up against ICE and CBP, when police have collaborated with ICE and been deployed to protect agents from protesters, even in so-called sanctuary cities."

An interview with Robin D.G. Kelley
www.bostonreview.net/articles/ren...
Renee Good's Murder and Other Acts of Terror
An interview with Robin D. G. Kelley on how to think about ICE—and the broader history of police violence.
www.bostonreview.net
January 17, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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sammgreer.bsky.social
Makes me feel insane to live in a world that's persecuting trans folk while simultaneously doing big billboards advertising gender affirming care to cis people???
A London Underground advertisement for testosterone for men
January 17, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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eliefmjn19871.bsky.social
I'm suffering terribly from the cold due to my heart valve prolapse,and my 5 Kids are now covered in mud after losing our tent.We've lost everything, and the disease is spreading here. I urgently need $200 for a tent and blankets
Hug us🥹
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@mommunism.bsky.social
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January 17, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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pepsffk.bsky.social
For Ahmed:

We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭
We are so cold 💔😭
I need 150$ to buy a tent for my family 💔
Any donation, no matter how small, could save a life my family 🙏💔

chuffed.org/project/1634...
A fog surrounds, obscuring the horizon, tents sit upon drenched soil and sand and in the foreground is Ahmed, young and barefoot. Too lightly dressed for the weather.
January 17, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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raphaellakay.bsky.social
"Urgent Appeal from Mahmoud in Gaza
I had surgery on my left foot, and now urgently need surgery on my right foot ($3000) Without it, I could lose my foot or life. You are my only hope to stand again. The pain keeps me up at night.
Your donation/share could save my life💔"
chuffed.org/project/omsham
A man seated on a hospital bed, wearing a green tracksuit and scarf, with both legs heavily bandaged. One leg has a large white bandage from mid-thigh to foot, while the other leg has a bandage on the foot and ankle. He is holding his right hand, which has a small bandage, and looking directly at the camera. A wheelchair is visible beside the bed. X-ray of a right lower leg with an external fixator, a metal framework used to stabilize a fractured bone, is displayed on a laptop screen. The image shows the bone structure, with the fixator attached to the leg by pins, and the letter "R" indicating the right side. X-ray image of a lower leg with an external fixation device, showing bone structure and the hardware used for stabilization; the image is displayed on a computer screen.
January 17, 2026 at 5:21 PM
mcduff.bsky.social
Quite something to be claiming other people are "Russo-American" when your guy is a photocopied Euston Manifesto Atlanticist currently debasing himself before Trump.
mrpostsgood.bsky.social Rob @mrpostsgood.bsky.social · 1h
Accusing everyone who dislikes the Prime Minister of being a paid-for Russian Bot and Reform Voter, which is a healthy coping mechanism.
airfriedrose.bsky.social says she hates Starmer Penis Cockman: "I want to see your messages when Farage is PM" Djuschka.bsky.social criticises Starmer for being authoritarian Penis Cockman: "Looking forward to seeing your Russo-American Reform friends in charge" johnnicolson.bsky.social posts Starmer approval ratings, critices Starmer for trying to appease fascists on Immigration Penis Cockman: "Why don't you clearly state on your profile as "Reform Supporter?"" Post from rodneymarques.bsky.social saying Starmer looks tired and broken Penis Cockman: "Constant insults to Starmer. Is this what was ordered by your employer?"
January 17, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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foldablehuman.bsky.social
Airplanes are already oppressively optimized, it is effectively a solved puzzle, you are not squeezing any more juice out of the seating plan. The sheer hubris in thinking that the greedy bastards who preceded you simply didn't think to add another row.
January 17, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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foldablehuman.bsky.social
This whole saga has been both infuriating and hilarious because it was simply never worth it: WestJet started re-configuring planes to add another row, but this is the thing: it's only one more row. Anyone without a middle manager brain slug puppeteer them can do the math.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
WestJet reversing move to install tight seating layout | CBC News
In the wake of a backlash sparked by a viral video, WestJet has cancelled a new seat configuration that squeezed an extra row on board many of its planes and left passengers with less legroom.
www.cbc.ca
January 17, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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helldude.bsky.social
im going to say this. im genuinely very proud of most of you. the people out there trying to impoverish, jail, and/or kill us drove themselves insane on much less than we are enduring right now, while most of you have not yet gone insane. very good work. treat yourself to pizza or somesuch today
January 17, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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lookitup.baby
Shout out to the neighbor lady who baked cookies and is driving around bringing cookies to people on ICE watch. We all have a role to play
January 17, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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sleepy-baby.bsky.social
I know this isn't an original thought but it'd be insane decribe the presence of any other type of woman other than trans women as "violating [women's] dignity" or creating a "hostile, humiliating and degrading environment".

Literally just swap "trans" for anything else. It's discrimination.
January 17, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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aboodfamily.cryptoanarchy.network
I am Aboud from the Gaza Strip 🍉
I have autism & special needs, and I suffer from epilepsy
I need medicine😭
I need medicine😭
I need food😭
My family urgently needs a tent to live in
I desperately need your donation🤲
We need $200. Any donation will be a blessing
chuffed.org/project/1580...
January 17, 2026 at 6:01 PM
mcduff.bsky.social
Khalil feels so helpless and embarrassed by how much help he has to ask for every day.
January 17, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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internethippo.bsky.social
He thinks he is! That's what all the hamfisted policy announcements are about. We're gonna cap credit card rates. We're gonna steal oil from another country to make gas cheaper. This is all just a more elaborate version of the PR scams he's done his whole life
hans-kilian.bsky.social Hans Kilian @hans-kilian.bsky.social · 2h
I don't think that's true. If he cared about public opinion, he'd do more popular things.
January 17, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social
If you guessed that “The Left” here comprises an unspecified number of unidentified people, mainly online, with no effort made to explain why they might be in any way representative of anyone - in other words, business as usual with articles scolding “The Left” - you wouldn’t be far off
theatlantic.com The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 21h
As the Islamic Republic massacres protesters, exiles are dismayed by the lack of sympathy from the American left, @galbeckerman.bsky.social reports. He spoke with the Iranians who feel “betrayed” by their peers:
The Silence of the Left on Iran
As the Islamic Republic massacres protesters, exiles are dismayed by the lack of sympathy from the American left.
bit.ly
January 17, 2026 at 5:45 PM
mcduff.bsky.social
Please continue to help this family.
January 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM