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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 1d

Simply marching in the streets once every few months will not stop fascism. We have to draw people into concrete organizing and activity. No one else is going to do this for us.

Whether there are two of you or two hundred of you, this guide goes over what you can do.

crimethinc.com/NoKings2025

An anarchist red and black flag with an image of a sword run through a crown and the words "No Kings"

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 1d

No Kings, No Masters

A Call for Anti-Authoritarian Blocs at the October 18 “No Kings” Demonstrations

crimethinc.com/NoKings2025

This is a call for you—yes, you specifically—to organize an anti-authoritarian bloc in your community for the “No Kings” demonstrations on October 18.

No Kings, No Masters

A call for anti-authoritarian blocs at the October 18 "No Kings" demonstrations.

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 10h

Nero fiddles while the world burns.

thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 10h

John Carpenter's Turner & Hooch.

thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 13h

A screenshot of a footnote from the 1949 book "The Divine and the Human" by Nikolai Berdyaev, which read, "1. This was once revealed to me in a dream."

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 1d

11 CD variants and 8 vinyl variants of the same album should be enough to piss anyone off.

Brittany Wong @brittanywong.huffpost.com · 1d

Wrote about Swifties' disillusionment with Taylor Swift's inability to read the room on "The Life of a Showgirl."

“I don’t expect celebrities to be political or foreign policy experts, but the past few months have felt like her only concern is selling us a plethora of vinyl variants," one fan said

Is Taylor Swift's New Album Bad Enough To Trigger Class Consciousness?

"The world is burning down, but your new album’s out and you won’t let us forget that there’s a new limited edition at Target."

www.huffpost.com

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 1d

Like. All this is built on precedent. It's just used in unprecedented (against American) ways. Chickens, roost.

thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 1d

Which..would give them the legal ability to drone strike Americans with impunity due to Patriot Act and Obama-era justifications for the assassination of American citizens without due process.

Everyone wants to pretend that this admin is dumb, but come on, man.

Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 1d

the president, the sec of state, and a random reporter are casually discussing whether to designate antifa a foreign terrorist organization

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

Mutual aid and community care are the most effective things you can do right now. Seriously. Sharing other people's fundraisers, making sure people have food and transportation, protecting your immigrant and racialized and trans neighbors, wearing a mask.

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for providing a transcript.

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 1d

Same guy who claimed he felt threatened by people exercising their First Amendment rights in the public right of way outside his house and lead to clamping down on protests outside SCOTUS homes. Sounds like that was a mild inconvenience to me.

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 2d

Gotta send it through a couple iterations of Google translate to make it comprehensible from "Dipshit".

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, extra-judicially executing American citizens without due process sure is a moral and empathetic act, for sure.

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 2d

"You said something I don't like, you're clearly an op, hurrrr *licks power socket*"

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 2d

You mean when they stripped Eugene Debs of his citizenship because he spoke out about war or when they assassinated King because he was too uppity?

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 2d

Bots gotta try harder.

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 2d

You mean the ones we brought into NATO or the ones we brought into NASA or..

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 2d

Dude's foaming for people to be tossed away.

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 2d

Fuck it. Double down. Vote Jay Jones Harder™

thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 2d

He's an "aggressive progressive" shitlib (read: engagement farming bot). There's no reasoning with him.

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 2d

The people who are really embarrassed for voting for Jay Jones are just ashamed that he voiced the thoughts they had and was caught.

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 3d

Basically. The people screaming about the Epstein files are basically the distraction they say everything else is, now.

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 4d

I hate "I told you so"s, but part of me really wishes they (society) had listened to the people who very clearly articulated that this was going to happen. It's been a brush fire for -years- and now the wind is picking up.

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 4d

I like, how unless you know to go looking for it, social media news algorithms are quiet about Goodstein's house going up in flames a day after Miller talked about how "left-wing judges and lawyers" were shielding terrorists.

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thelettuceman (he/him) @usurpedlettuce.bsky.social · 4d

I only just now (at 40) started watching the X-Files.

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