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If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing

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If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing @nathrach.bsky.social · Dec 19

This was my first pinned post here and one of the first posts I was kind of happy about. Right when I started actually using this place.

If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing @nathrach.bsky.social · Nov 15

It is that the power exists at all, to speak on behalf of a god that does not exist. To impose a mythology on a Human Being without consent, teaching them that this mythology is reality.

That's what I am angry about.

The existence of this power is in itself an abuse.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1h

Joe Kahn runs his most ludicrous slam piece on Mamdani yet. Apparently Mamdani is just a left-wing mirror image of Trump and we can doctor some photos to prove it. No rational analyst thinks like this. More evidence that this is simply not a serious publication when politics is the issue.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2h

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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Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 12h

I had a lot of convos with people who said they were sympathetic, but Defund the Police was a "bad slogan". I told them it wasn't a slogan. It was an answer. It was an answer to the constant question "what can we do to actually lower crime and make our neighborhood's safer?"

Anyway. Here we are.

Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 12h

Should’ve defunded the police like we instructed smh

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Rhapsody in BOO! @jimhenleymusic.bsky.social · 1h

Defund the Police was pragmatism. Abolish Ice was pragmatism. Unpack the Courts was pragmatism. Oppose Netanyahu’s Genocide was pragmatism.

Marco Rogers @polotek.bsky.social · 12h

Jay Perk @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 12h

Should’ve defunded the police like we instructed smh

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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 3h

All the "good cop" Democrats like Biden, Harris, Schumer, Pelosi, Torres, Fetterman, etc. refused to draw the line at genocide, and now we ALL suffer the wrath of their BFFs, the "bad cop" GOP. They all got filthy rich and they had a fully-furnished prepared script to blame the left. It's repulsive.

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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 4h

💯💯💯

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 11h

The shameless GOP lying about the No Kings gatherings scheduled for next Saturday reveals how deeply hostile much of the Republican Party is to “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” I look forward to our local No Kings event, and urge my fellow Americans to attend in their communities.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 3h

The US wants the world to buy its fossil fuels. China wants to sell the world its clean-energy technologies.

There is one clear winner — for now

China Is Beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance

China’s exports of clean energy technology hit a record in August, with $20 billion shipped globally.

bloom.bg

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BBudd @bbudd10-97.bsky.social · 16h

Laugh my ass off. You can’t make this stuff up. It’s perfect and hilarious. So now the trump regime is allowing the royal family of Qatar to open an Air Force Base in Idaho! Oh my God, lol these people are incredibly rude, but and they’ve been sold a bill of goods all the way!!!

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 3h

As the genocide in Gaza began its third year, there was some hope that the end might finally be in sight, but if history has shown us anything, you can't fully trust Israel or the U.S. for that matter.

Cartoon by @LatuffCartoons

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 3h

So the Democrats are going to really ignore the CDC stuff and keep pretending they are fighting for health care huh?

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We Are Saners @wearesaners.bsky.social · 18h

I think this is a good time to remind everyone:

Pam Bondi is PROTECTING wealthy adult men who have RAPED little girls

AND

she is currently the top law enforcement official in the United States.

Let that sink in.

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Rocket Skates @themalevelonmauler.bsky.social · 13h

Good night ✨

Image courtesy of the James Webb Space Telescope

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 10h

It is a serious problem that I first heard about this from reports on here and not from members of congress.

You know...the ones who claim to be shutting down the government for "health care".

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 12h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Al Cappuccino…☕️🇮🇹 @alcappuccinoit.bsky.social · 3h

A Qatar military base in Idaho. I can’t even believe I’m typing that. America First!

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 4h

So ok so public health is gone.

The military is trying to kill us and the cops are mostly assisting a masked gestapo that is kidnapping people and sending them to concentration camps.

What exactly is the point of the United States anymore?

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I Post Animal Vids... 😊 @realjfairclough.bsky.social · 3h

I hope this video brightens up ur day...

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

#cat #catday #bluesky #animals #nature #wildlife

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 3h

something quite brain-melting about the hard right's position apparently now being "we hate all Muslims and distrust Muslim states, aside from that one Muslim place that still has slavery because that sounds fun"

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Cathy Green (she/they) 🏳️‍🌈💜🏳️‍⚧️ @cathygreen67.bsky.social · 3h

Love this!! 🐸 🐸 🐸

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 17h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Shannon (she/her) @ravenlenore.bsky.social · 14h

Didn’t you dare give me hope
substack.com/@authorkstar...

K. Starling (@authorkstarling)

UPDATE: No Kings protest count has risen to 2466!!! Here are the 10 states with the most locations: 10. Pennsylvania - 84 9. Florida - 85 8. Ohio - 87 7. Wisconsin - 91 6. Washington - 95 5. Tex...

substack.com

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 11h

Sorry, is there a question here?

27 children died.

Close the goddam camps if you can’t comply with safety measures.

This isn’t the first time flash flooding in this zone has killed campers, just the most well known with the highest death toll.

www.texastribune.org/2025/10/10/t...

Texas youth camps say cost of implementing new safety requirements will force them to close

During a Friday state hearing, parents of July 4 flood victims said camps should prioritize the safety even if costs are high.

www.texastribune.org

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ralphpoppy.bsky.social @ralphpoppy.bsky.social · 19h

Cancer immunity in a shot.

Scientists at the University of Florida have created a breakthrough mRNA cancer vaccine that erased deadly brain tumors in early human trials without chemo or radiation.

It is now moving into Phase 1 pediatric trials.

CANCER IMMUNITY IN A SHOT

BREAKTHROUGH MRNA SHOT TURNS IMMUNE CELLS INTO
CANCER KILLERS DIRECTLY IN THE BODY, NO LAB NEEDED, JUST LIKE A VACCINE

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montygibbon.bsky.social @montygibbon.bsky.social · 12h

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If we do not Own Ourselves, we Own Nothing @nathrach.bsky.social · 10h

The purpose of Government is to provide public services

How is this hard to understand?