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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist)

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Extremely Online medieval archaeologist. Stubborn electoralist, your fave needs a primary. Gerontocracy hater. 🌹DSA for my sins. ADHD. He/Him. #nomoresenators

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · Aug 21

they do not have enough men. destroying USAID didn't end the protests, or switch off the woke. they aren't successfully intimidating their enemies, they are inspiring them. they aren't gerrymandering because they are confident about the midterms, or their ability to prevent them occuring

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 12h

They not only stop selling beer in the seventh but they straight up run out of food and stop serving anything. We were drinking bathroom sink water out of nacho helmets.

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 12h

As someone who sat through a seven hour, 18 inning playoff game, let me tell u that everyone in that stadium is both freezing and starving lol

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 12h

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Keith (vibe spreadsheeter) @mosheroperandi.bsky.social · 12h

BASEBALL FANS UPSET AT RECEIVING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF BASEBALL

"I came here hoping to see the normal amount of nothing happening. But this is more nothing than I prepared for," said one attendee.

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 4h

Some kid is doing the standard “ur mom” voice chat trash talk and they got no idea they’re talking to bashar al assad

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TRT 🇺🇦🇵🇸 @trt.bsky.social · 3h

Not to make this religious but it’s what I do.

The sustained assault on public empathy is bigger than genuine skepticism of performative empathy.

It’s a country where people’s anger for each other has become so intense that they gravitate toward that which will communicate hatred

utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 19h

anyone else notice that the west took a turn for the worse once the concept of signaling one’s own social virtue became derogatory, almost as if cynically deriding all displays of charity and good will is indicative of a deeply cynical and nihilistic society capable of collaborating in genocide

larry @larrrrrry.bsky.social · 1d

her advocacy for Palestinians doesn't bother me nearly as much as she is so desperately doing all this as an actual act of transparent virtue signaling, to fill the absence she has in depth of character

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 12m

Jayapal keeping track of this is actually pretty important and more Democrats should join her if they have the courage.

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 2d

Last night, I received notification of the 19th death of a detained person in ICE custody since Trump took office.

ICE is detaining people, mostly in private, for-profit prisons that put profit over health. And now they have furloughed the safety inspectors. This is unacceptable.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 2h

the Palestinian side had seen the disproportionate majority of the bloodshed and suffering from about October 11th, 2023 forward

larry @larrrrrry.bsky.social · 23h

also I get it the Palestinian side has seen the disproportionate majority of the bloodshed and suffering at this point but if you didn't shed the same tears for innocent Israeli civilians I think you at best have an agenda and at worst are an unrepentant antisemite but that's a whole can o worms

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 2h

Frustration toward SCOTUS building even among Republican judges. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 19h

Some reporter should bring this up in a question asked as obnoxiously as possible to try and make him blow a gasket

darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 19h

also a sign of how far trump has checked out-there is zero chance in the old days he would countenance anyone else taking credit, even in a slip of the tongue

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 20h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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victoria zeller (buy ONE OF THE BOYS) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 12h

best wiki page

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 1h

What drives me nuts about this dialogue: diversity and inclusion training was a corporate response to the statutory requirements civil rights laws. None of these laws have been repealed by Congress. Congress can pass the laws under Section 5 of the 14th Amendment, which has also not been repealed.

Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 2h

lol gentle reminder that DEI is not illegal. Supporting marginalized groups is not illegal. Anyone reneging on support is making a CHOICE to do so.

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Leonid Baezhnev @rev-avocado.bsky.social · 1h

No more members of the LifeAlert Caucus!

Charlie Thomas @cthomasjamh.bsky.social · 1d

Mills won her last two races in a purple state by nearly 10% each time and when the current admin tried to bully her about trans kids she publicly told them to piss up a rope and she'd see them in court. Do people want a senate majority? Because this is a must win seat and Mills has won statewide.

Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 1d

Shades of Bernie

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1h

It is a good sign for us that the effective-for-our-side framing "Trump's Argentina Bailout" is how it's being referred to in NYT headlines. If that's the language being used we've already won the argument on the issue. Trump's Argentina Bailout

Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 1h

When the bailout for Argentina…is actually a bailout for the Treasury Secretary’s hedge fund billionaires.

They get richer…and it just gets harder for you.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout

www.nytimes.com

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1h

"Argentina Bailout" is tautologically objectionable, all that's left is to attribute it to Trump. I think peppering in descriptors like "$20B" or "massive" can help too but isn't strictly necessary

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2h

One reason Dems should be sharing this and talking about it nonstop is because the key to dominating the public mind is media that evokes emotion. It’s how George Floyd started nationwide protests overnight. And it’s impossible to see this without feeling blind rage. Healthcare policy could never.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16h

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 1h

I mean this as loudly as I can say it: every tamale vendor is 10,000 times more important, as a person but also for society and safety and security, than every ICE agent.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-my-au...

Donate to Help My Aunt Rebuild Her Life After Being Taken by ICE, organized by marilyn perez

We just found out through social media that my aunt — who sells t… marilyn perez needs your support for Help My Aunt Rebuild Her Life After Being Taken by ICE

www.gofundme.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1h

The global Palestine solidarity movement is in fact as large as ever and has been going strong for a long time. Young people care at a higher clip than ever and so do nonwhite people. Turns out those angry will die mad.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1h

Being mad at Ms Rachel is a pretty good tell that you're just mad that people care about Palestine at all— many such cases actually but in that context these people will die mad because people will always care

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 1h

The thing about this is that:

1) it is a righteous fight on Dems’ favored ground

2) if Republicans cave they did so after already fighting hard against subsidies

3) if Republicans cave, people start to touch a very specific stove that Democrats have been trying to keep them from touching

CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 3h

What comes through loud and clear here is Congressional Rs are adamantly opposed to an extension.

Shutdown fight puts Republicans on healthcare defense share.google/vQ9O3RIE7rTo...

Republicans, playing defense on health care, uncertain of path forward

Republicans are on the defensive as Democrats have successfully made the shutdown fight about health care. Most Republicans said they don’t want to see insurance premiums spike, but neither…

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X-Wings & History @xwnhist.bsky.social · 1h

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1h

The reason the ICE videos aren’t producing a backlash of that scale (yet) is that our institutional elites are deeply committed to ignoring them, which both reduces their spread and reduces the sense that this is something important we SHOULD be freaking out about.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1h

All of these protests have been on one side of the spectrum, too. It’s darkly funny to imagine how Dems would react if the largest protests in history were regularly being held AGAINST them - they’d have surrendered to King Trump years ago - but when it’s in their favor they just ignore it

ineptitudinous.bsky.social @ineptitudinous.bsky.social · 1h

Six out of eight of the largest mass-movement protests in US history have happened since 2017. You wouldn't know this from most media reporting, and you sure af wouldn't know this from the way either major party has reacted.

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