Saltypepper
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"Remember: Care for yourself and the people around you. Believe that the world can be better than it is now. Never give up."
—Sarah Gailey
Both a masterpiece and a work-in-progress. She/her ✊🏽
—Sarah Gailey
Both a masterpiece and a work-in-progress. She/her ✊🏽
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I'm interested in these two forthcoming books being published by @uncpress.bsky.social in 2026:
uncpress.org/978146969396...
uncpress.org/978146969396...
It Is Not Enough to Survive
Formed in the late 1960s, the Young Patriots Organization was a Chicago-based radical group made up of young white migrants from Appalachia and the South who...
uncpress.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I'm interested in these two forthcoming books being published by @uncpress.bsky.social in 2026:
uncpress.org/978146969396...
uncpress.org/978146969396...
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I’m in the Bronze Age collapse. I’m in the fall of the Roman Republic. I’m in the combination Bronze Age collapse and fall of the Roman Republic
February 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I’m in the Bronze Age collapse. I’m in the fall of the Roman Republic. I’m in the combination Bronze Age collapse and fall of the Roman Republic
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I mean I have been enraged about this topic for a while, but I had also never actually figured out how they calculate the poverty line.
I am legitimately speechless.
I am legitimately speechless.
We have a “poverty trap” and it’s driving the destruction of social cohesion.
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I mean I have been enraged about this topic for a while, but I had also never actually figured out how they calculate the poverty line.
I am legitimately speechless.
I am legitimately speechless.
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if anyone hears of any World AIDS Day gatherings happening to honor everyone we've lost and to protest Trump's decision not to observe it, please let me know
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
if anyone hears of any World AIDS Day gatherings happening to honor everyone we've lost and to protest Trump's decision not to observe it, please let me know
OMG YES THIS.
Everything about that story is such a throwback to that era.
Everything about that story is such a throwback to that era.
Calling ICE on your immigrant partner so you can steal the child you two created together is a vestige of chattel slavery and what it did to how USians understand ‘family.’
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
OMG YES THIS.
Everything about that story is such a throwback to that era.
Everything about that story is such a throwback to that era.
If they redid Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style, my xmas shopping for my husband would be sorted with one click.
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
If they redid Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style, my xmas shopping for my husband would be sorted with one click.
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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I remain convinced DOGE was a massive, planetary scale data exfiltration scheme and that Palantir has it all now
Musk's people infiltrated the GSA technology arm early on and demanded root-level access to computer systems, trying to circumvent normal security procedures. Here's one example where they pushed so hard they forced someone to resign rather than give in.
Why did they do this?
Why did they do this?
Musk Ally Demands Admin Access to System That Lets Government Text the Public
A worker resigned in protest rather than giving Thomas Shedd access to Notify.gov, which they said would allow him to see "all personally identifiable information moving through the Notiy system, incl...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I remain convinced DOGE was a massive, planetary scale data exfiltration scheme and that Palantir has it all now
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He was an icon of the Black Power Movement. May he finally be allowed peace. apple.news/AOUJX0Hx9SR6...
Jamil Al-Amin, Black Power activist known as H. Rap Brown, dies at 82 — The Washington Post
The civil rights organizer was a fiery voice for Black empowerment. He died in prison, serving a life sentence for the murder of a sheriff’s deputy in 2000.
apple.news
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
He was an icon of the Black Power Movement. May he finally be allowed peace. apple.news/AOUJX0Hx9SR6...
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The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The only correct pie take is that pies are like dogs—they’re all good, we just have stronger personal attachments to some than others.
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The President intends to tell the US military to murder US civilians, and is using the FBI to threaten anyone who wants to stop him.
The FBI has requested interviews with Democrats who appeared in a controversial video reminding U.S. service members of their duty to disobey unlawful orders, deepening the Trump administration’s campaign to punish some of its fiercest critics.
FBI seeks interviews with Democrats whom Trump called ‘traitors’
The Trump administration has aggressively sought to punish lawmakers who encouraged service members to disobey unlawful orders.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The President intends to tell the US military to murder US civilians, and is using the FBI to threaten anyone who wants to stop him.
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I have thoughts about the death of Social Media in comparison to the death of The Mall, and other thoughts about 1/3rd of social media being bots and AI and how that plays into the fantasies of the powerful.
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I have thoughts about the death of Social Media in comparison to the death of The Mall, and other thoughts about 1/3rd of social media being bots and AI and how that plays into the fantasies of the powerful.
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Sometimes I think about how every 3 months the news tells people they're financially irresponsible for having a coffee or eating a candy bar or whatever the fuck and therefore deserve to die without housing or healthcare.
Then this shit.
Then this shit.
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
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November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Sometimes I think about how every 3 months the news tells people they're financially irresponsible for having a coffee or eating a candy bar or whatever the fuck and therefore deserve to die without housing or healthcare.
Then this shit.
Then this shit.
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Once again the internet provides us with an immortal phrase that nobody will ever guess the context of.
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Once again the internet provides us with an immortal phrase that nobody will ever guess the context of.
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Wow I wonder why
12th grade girls are now less likely to say they want to get married someday
1993: 83%
2023: 61%
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
1993: 83%
2023: 61%
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Wow I wonder why
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A USPS COLLECTION?!?? i'll do murder for that bag.
November 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A USPS COLLECTION?!?? i'll do murder for that bag.
“It’s ultimately more important that we gather and eat than it is that we have a perfect meal.”
- Samin Nosrat
I will be reminding myself of this often over the next 6 weeks or so. The process of building stronger family ties/community by connecting over food/ritual is essential for well-being.
- Samin Nosrat
I will be reminding myself of this often over the next 6 weeks or so. The process of building stronger family ties/community by connecting over food/ritual is essential for well-being.
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“It’s ultimately more important that we gather and eat than it is that we have a perfect meal.”
- Samin Nosrat
I will be reminding myself of this often over the next 6 weeks or so. The process of building stronger family ties/community by connecting over food/ritual is essential for well-being.
- Samin Nosrat
I will be reminding myself of this often over the next 6 weeks or so. The process of building stronger family ties/community by connecting over food/ritual is essential for well-being.
Years back, I was going through a miserable patch of life, and what kept me moving forward was re-reading this book and endless cups of tea with toast. $1.99! A bargain! ❤️
A sellsword weekend sale! STEELFLOWER is $1.99USD (and CAD) in ebook until 11/24, through these retailers. books2read.com/steelflower
November 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Years back, I was going through a miserable patch of life, and what kept me moving forward was re-reading this book and endless cups of tea with toast. $1.99! A bargain! ❤️
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AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
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WIZARD NEEDS FOOD BADLY!
Nothin like looking up an old invoice checkin in with the ol' inflation calculator and realizing that even though you raised your rates 100 dollars/day, you're still making $27.48 less a day than you were 5 years ago.
Freelancers; pop yer 2020 dayrate in www.usinflationcalculator.com and your 2025.
Freelancers; pop yer 2020 dayrate in www.usinflationcalculator.com and your 2025.
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
WIZARD NEEDS FOOD BADLY!
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I scream-laughed
Trump filling out his NYC DSA membership card to vote on primarying Jeffries right now
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I scream-laughed
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please, if there is any gofundme or whatever for this hero, I need to know
A U.S. postal worker on Long Island is accused of trying to help a man escape from ICE custody earlier this month, according to a federal criminal complaint: https://gothamist.visitlink.me/YNagDp
US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island
Police arrested the worker and the man she tried to free.
gothamist.visitlink.me
November 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
please, if there is any gofundme or whatever for this hero, I need to know