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tripleawrites.bsky.social @tripleawrites.bsky.social · 1d

This is how you talk about queer issues. Historical context, truth about the lives people lead, and concrete action you’ll take to help protect vulnerable people. It’s easy when it’s guided by principles and not craven political calculations.

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tripleawrites.bsky.social @tripleawrites.bsky.social · 5d

Always loved sharing you work

tripleawrites.bsky.social @tripleawrites.bsky.social · 10d

It was really great seeing you work at Folsom!

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Spooky Back From the Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 21d

We're at the point where the Trump does something worse than Watergate daily, often multiple times a day. And none of it makes news; it's just normal now.

Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 21d

In a less insane time, if it was discovered that the President of the United States said this privately to their AG, it would’ve triggered an all-encompassing, impeachable corruption scandal.

Here, Trump is saying it publicly and it’s just another Saturday.

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tripleawrites.bsky.social @tripleawrites.bsky.social · 21d

Happy birthday Stephen! The Long Walk was very good. A lovely story of friendship and human connection, which is what your stories always do amazingly.

tripleawrites.bsky.social @tripleawrites.bsky.social · 24d

And you "calling me cosplay" was the thing that didn't make any sense whatsoever. It undercut your entire argument because you felt the need to attack me rather than mount any real defense. Grow up.

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tripleawrites.bsky.social @tripleawrites.bsky.social · 24d

So really, again, I don't know what the fuck you're talking about, the conflation of control of production by the state with socialism which objectively argues for workers controlling the means of production is just false and missing what they mean by the "state" in most examples.

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tripleawrites.bsky.social @tripleawrites.bsky.social · 24d

Google definition which is allegedly powered by Oxford: a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

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tripleawrites.bsky.social @tripleawrites.bsky.social · 24d

Marriam Webster: any of various egalitarian economic and political theories or movements advocating collective *OR* governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods

Emphasis is mine.

tripleawrites.bsky.social @tripleawrites.bsky.social · 24d

Britannica: social and economic doctrine that calls for public rather than private ownership or control of property. Furthermore, everything that people produce is in some sense a social product, and everyone who contributes to the production of a good is entitled to a share in it.

tripleawrites.bsky.social @tripleawrites.bsky.social · 25d

Is this AI? Why does that not even make sense? And which teachings of socialism teach that the state owns the means of production? That’s literally the opposite of what I learned socialism was.

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SILVER LINING UNITED @silverliningunited.bsky.social · 25d

The Democratic Party must choose: be the party of the people again or be replaced. Reform if possible, replace if necessary.🇺🇸

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tripleawrites.bsky.social @tripleawrites.bsky.social · 25d

Capitalism is dying, there’s more than enough evidence it doesn’t work. Whether we go to socialism or create a new economic paradigm, capitalism has to go.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 26d

The U.S. pressure campaign against Venezuela, including two deadly U.S. strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug-trafficking boats, is an "ongoing effort at regime change" that "reminds me of Iraq," says Latin America scholar @mtinkersalas

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 29d

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Sep 10

I want to once again reiterate what I said earlier. The reason the vast majority of Democratic and so-called centrist elites have acquiesced over and over again is that they are COMPLICIT. Because they actually know that direct confrontation is how you defeat fascists and choose not to do it.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Sep 10

Certainly looks like we scared the President away from Chicago. Fighting like hell works.

“They are a progressive city, and they don’t want the president’s help. That’s on them. It’s horrific that they don’t want President Trump’s help.”

“Chicago should be begging Donald Trump for help to keep Chicago safe,” Bondi added. “Yet, they aren’t so we’re going to go into a city who wants us there.”

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SILVER LINING UNITED @silverliningunited.bsky.social · Aug 31

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SILVER LINING UNITED @silverliningunited.bsky.social · Aug 13

D.C. IS UNDER MILITARY RULE RIGHT NOW-AND NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, THIS IS YOUR FIGHT.

CONGRESS CONTROLS D.C., WHICH MEANS YOUR SENATORS AND HOUSE REP CAN RESTORE CIVIL GOVERNANCE.

CALL /EMAIL THEM TODAY & TELL THEM
"END THE MILITARIZATION OF OUR CAPITAL.”

D.C. IS UNDER MILITARY RULE RIGHT NOW-AND NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, THIS IS YOUR FIGHT.
CONGRESS CONTROLS D.C., WHICH MEANS YOUR SENATORS AND HOUSE REP HAVE THE POWER TO DEMAND ANSWERS, END DEPLOYMENTS, AND RESTORE CIVIL GOVERNANCE.
& CALL /EMAIL THEM TODAY-TELL THEM:
"END THE MILITARIZATION OF OUR CAPITAL. DEMAND HEARINGS. PROTECT DEMOCRACY."
THEN SUPPORT GROUPS ON THE GROUND LIKE #FREEDC-THEY'RE DOCUMENTING ABUSES, DEFENDING RESIDENTS, AND KEEPING THE TRUTH ALIVE. VISIT: FREEDCPROJECT.ORG
WHAT HAPPENS IN D.C. SETS PRECEDENT FOR EVERY U.S. CITY. IF WE LET THIS STAND THERE, IT CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE.
DEMOCRACY IS NOT OPTIONAL. MAKE THE CALL. SHARE THE WORD. STAND WITH D.C.

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tripleawrites.bsky.social @tripleawrites.bsky.social · Jul 26

I’ve been so excited for this since the first time I saw the trailer!

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tripleawrites.bsky.social @tripleawrites.bsky.social · Jul 25

What a shameful, horrendous experience we’ve allowed to fester. A truly evil society we’ve allowed to move with absolute impunity.

Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · Jul 25

As Palestinians returned from the U.S.-Israeli aid sites, ER doctors found gunshot wounds clustered in different body parts.

Dr. Nick Maynard, who just returned from Gaza, says the clustered injuries appear to be “target practice,” indicating that Israeli soldiers are “playing some sort of game.”

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · Jul 25

As Palestinians returned from the U.S.-Israeli aid sites, ER doctors found gunshot wounds clustered in different body parts.

Dr. Nick Maynard, who just returned from Gaza, says the clustered injuries appear to be “target practice,” indicating that Israeli soldiers are “playing some sort of game.”

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · Jul 24

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Ben Lorber @benlorber8.bsky.social · Jul 20

The self-identified fascist making the rounds in today's viral @mehdirhasan.bsky.social video is an online personality in Nick Fuentes' groyper movement known as Pinesap. Here he is speaking at a Fuentes rally in June 2024 & pictured with other figures in the movement

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The Independent @the-independent.com · Jul 21

BREAKING | Israel depriving Gazans of ‘human dignity’, says UK and 25 other countries in call to end war now

UK and 25 other countries accuse Israel of depriving Gazans of ‘human dignity’

David Lammy has joined other foreign ministers in condemning the Israeli government for depriving Gazans "of human dignity" as they called on the war to "end now".

www.independent.co.uk

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🍄🐾🌵🎶📽🍜🚸👽🛸🪐🌊 @harrylime6286.bsky.social · Jun 26

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