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Merit Candour

@meritcandour.bsky.social

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I am an artist and consultant. My main concern is the promotion of peace worldwide and opposition to global Imperialism and Militarism.

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Merit Candour @meritcandour.bsky.social · Mar 18

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Revolutionary Workers

Revolutionary Workers fights to build the working-class movements we’ll need in order to overturn capitalism and replace it with a society organized democratically according to human need.

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Merit Candour @meritcandour.bsky.social · Aug 24

I don’t think the Hispanic vote will
be a hold for the GOP
At this point, they and everyone else
knows, we can’t continue with goon
squads abducting people and engaging
in all imaginable misconduct during
these so called raids.
It’s super depressing, and the GOP
is responsible for doing it.

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sasha (zohranist-hochulist) @silverknyaz.bsky.social · Aug 23

i read his whole thread and OH MY GOOOD is this some misleading bullshit lmao

New York is *not* the only other Dem state thinking about counter-redrawing!

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Merit Candour @meritcandour.bsky.social · Aug 24

I used to live on the shores of Oneida Lake in Upstate New York
The lake is so large it creates a light
sink over the lake, and you can see
the brilliant stars in the sky so
clear they look like little light bulbs.
Western Maine: same thing.
Super low or no light interference.

Merit Candour @meritcandour.bsky.social · Aug 24

To the families of the people
killed in the accident on the
New York State Thruway, please
accept our condolences🌷
We are so sorry for your loss.

From all of us in my neighborhood in
Syracuse, New York

The image is the list of the names of the people killed in a tour bus accident on the
New York State Thruway on August 22nd, 2025

Merit Candour @meritcandour.bsky.social · Aug 24

Dial up lol
Young people would laugh their
asses off if they knew about all
the hilarious screw ups that
happened back then lol
They might think we made
that shit up🤣

Merit Candour @meritcandour.bsky.social · Aug 24

This sounds like a threat to me.
You don’t just casually tell Australians
they’re going to “burn” when you
have a vast network of agents in
country who are well able to start
fires that 100% will kill people.
And Israelis are known for doing
operations like that.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Aug 23

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John Bisognano @johnbisognano.com · Aug 23

At 2:00 a.m., Texas Republicans passed their racially gerrymandered congressional map.

At 8:00 a.m., we at the National Redistricting Foundation, with ELG sued Texas.

As everything moves at light speed, let this serve as a reminder that racial gerrymandering is illegal.

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Merit Candour @meritcandour.bsky.social · Aug 24

I was trying to remember when we
all got broadband up here in Upstate
NY, but I just can’t remember what
year that was.
So much has happened lol😆

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Merit Candour @meritcandour.bsky.social · Aug 24

Young people in teh US are in a dilemma:
Stay in the States and try to change
things, knowing you can’t save, get an
education or healthcare, purchase a
home, own a business
~Or~
Emigrate to a country where the
government isn’t trying quite so
hard to destroy you.

*There are several such countries

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · Aug 23

The Reagan Revolution inside the GOP and the neoliberal takeover of the Democratic Party ended up together creating policies that immiserated the post-Boomer generations — and many of these stats reflect that horrible reality.

There’s Something Very Dark Happening to Millennials and Gen Z Adults

America is not a good place to be an early adult.

slate.com

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dictatorship of the proletariat now @imperialismsucks.bsky.social · Aug 24

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzjQ...

The Battle of Stalingrad (1949) [Eng Sub]

YouTube video by ZoneofDoom

www.youtube.com

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · Aug 24

“Seventeen youngsters had deteriorated into a state of severe malnutrition without preexisting health conditions; 10 suffered from previous illnesses,” they write,

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Bad Boy 🔻 of Mandalore 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇾🇪🇮🇷 @dindjarinsway.bsky.social · Aug 24

"It is a famine. The Gaza Famine.

It is a famine that we could have prevented if we had been allowed. Yet food stacks up at borders because of systematic obstruction by Israel.

Everyone owns this. The #GazaFamine is the world’s famine."

And yet still the White West mugs every single voter off.

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Merit Candour @meritcandour.bsky.social · Aug 24

I’m in Upstate NY and the same thing
has happened here.
Certain areas were plastered with
Trump paraphernalia, and almost
all of it is gone now.
Some of these were huge, impressive
displays that must have taken a lot
of time and effort to install.

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I display @dynamitefuzz.bsky.social · Aug 23

Chicago is in Illinois.

Also, Ohio should know not to fuck with us. See how we gained the UP.

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Tara ❌️👑 @grneyesgirl.bsky.social · Aug 23

Exactly! I've been screaming this for months! @govevers.wisconsin.gov @govpritzker.illinois.gov @governorwalz.mn.gov @governor.ny.gov and any other Dem governors I'm leaving out. They aren't f'n around! (PAST) time to fight fire with fire!

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It's Good To Be Woke @shirlsurely.bsky.social · Aug 23

This brave young Man's message NEEDS to be heard far & wide!

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Aug 23

My name is Captain Dylan Blaha, and this message is for members of the National Guard across the USA.
I've served in the Illinois Army National Guard for over 12 years, including a deployment to Afghanistan and three years on active duty in Europe.
What's going on right now is not normal.

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Apetivist ☭ 🇵🇸 🔻 🏳️‍🌈 👨‍🦼😷 @apetivist.bsky.social · Aug 24

There's a difference between mobilizers and organizers.

Kwame Ture on Mobilization & Oragnization

YouTube video by AfroMarxist

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0151Omski @0151omski.bsky.social · Aug 23

Off to tell UKIP they're not welcome in our city and that refugees are welcome ✊

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · Aug 24

www.counterpunch.org/2025/08/22/s...

Someone Needs to Stop Israel but It Won't Be the West

It is getting harder and harder for me to cover the endless holocaust in Gaza. I am not an objective journalist. In fact, I reject the very notion of

www.counterpunch.org

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · Aug 24

www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/only-liars...

Only Liars And Manipulators Say Gaza Isn't Starving

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):

www.caitlinjohnst.one

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Merit Candour @meritcandour.bsky.social · Aug 24

I love Philip K. Dick.
I’ve read 12 of his books.
I also love the movie Blade Runner.
I remember when it first came out.
All of us art students were so thrilled.

“Quite an experience to live in fear, isn’t it?
That’s what it is to be a slave.”
This is a quote of the character Roy Batty in the movie Blade Runner ca. 1982, directed by Ridley Scott

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · Aug 24

There are about 3000 belugas that congregate every year at the mouth of the Churchill river where it empties into Hudson Bay. It’s always such a treat to see them, especially on such a beautiful day. 🌿🦊🐳

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Merit Candour @meritcandour.bsky.social · Aug 24

I think I first got online in 2001.
The search function of Google
has completely deteriorated since
then, and is now almost useless.

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