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K @appiah.bsky.social · 2h

“I’m not a fucking communist.”—Vladimir Putin, somewhere in Russia, upon being made aware of this article’s existence.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18h

I'm never actually going to need to write another comment piece again am I?

The right wing shit rags are just going to keep recruiting for us.

Folks - want a better country?

Join.greenparty.org.uk

The party even more dangerous than Starmers labour - UK's answer to Putin's communists

K @appiah.bsky.social · 4h

I’ll believe it when I see it.

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 4h

👀👀👀👀

K @appiah.bsky.social · 23h

I only went through something resembling conversion therapy once, nine years ago, and it was to make me a born again Christian. It did not work.

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K @appiah.bsky.social · 23h

Far, far, far too many still operate under the notion that the Second Trump Administration is some sort of profound aberration. That’s far from the case. This thread by @wihorne.bsky.social is vital for us to understand the reality in which we are inhabiting.

Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 1d

We really need to be thinking abt the current regime through the lens of the Second Klan, which helped to nationalize systems of Jim Crow state & vigilante violence & exploitation while creating an explicitly white nationalist immigration system. They even paraded down Pennsylvania Ave.

A 1926 klan parade marching down Pennsylvania Ave. The front of the column holds banners that read Connecticut & Rhode Island. Original available via the Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001706338/

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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 1d

Game-winning touchdown

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K @appiah.bsky.social · 1d

I was really, really fucking hoping that Dave Roberts would have just disregarded said person. Alas.

Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 1d

SOMEONE IN THE DODGER DUGOUT: you know you have Sasaki, right

DAVE ROBERTS: oh, RIGHT.

Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 1d

oh now Roki Sasaki is available and warming

K @appiah.bsky.social · 1d

Should….should I rejoin DSA?

Democratic Socialists of America @demsocialists.bsky.social · 1d

For the first time in history, DSA has 80,000 members in good standing! Tens of thousands of new members have joined the last year alone. In the face of rising fascism, a US-backed genocide, and an escalating climate crisis, socialism is the only path forward. 1/3

DSA Members in Good Standing -- 80K and Counting! Join today! dsausa.org/join Line graph showing number of members in good standing rising from 50,000 in October 2024 to 80,000 in September 2025.

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K @appiah.bsky.social · 2d

This is the way.

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 2d

While we were sleeping:

A federal judge in Oregon has blocked the Trump administration from deploying any federalized National Guard—Texas, California, the state’s own—in Oregon.

That’s big news. Even bigger: She’s decided to hold a trial on the merits. That is: She’s putting people under oath.

Screenshot of court order, which reads in part:

“A combined hearing on the preliminary injunction motion land a trial on the meries
under Rule 65(al(2) is set for October 29, 2025l before the Honorable Judge Karin J. Immergut, in Courtroom 13A, beginning at 9:00 a.m.”

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 2d

the next time the Eagles find an OC that’s good at the job, they should offer him double what Sirianni makes to stay instead of taking a head coaching gig elsewhere

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K @appiah.bsky.social · 2d

That last penalty was one of the stupidest calls I’ve ever seen.

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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K @appiah.bsky.social · 2d

History rhymes.

Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 3d

“I would like to know by what authority United States troops come in here and shoot our citizens without the slightest warning,” the mayor of Hammond, Indiana, said in 1894. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/22/i...

In 1894 Pullman strike, Illinois’ governor fought president’s decision to send in troops

During the Pullman Strike of 1894, the governor of Illinois decried President Grover Cleveland’s move to call in the federal troops.

www.chicagotribune.com

K @appiah.bsky.social · 4d

You know what would be a better usage of the Inquirer’s time? If they had honest-to-god discussions on how to turn the United States into a plurinational state, rather than ask two white people from the fucking Northeast a subtly loaded question.

K @appiah.bsky.social · 4d

The same dynamic applies to every other major city in this country where this idiotic settler-ass discourse happens (looking at you, NYC).

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K @appiah.bsky.social · 4d

If we’re going to be accurate about mind-numbing discourses such as this, then it’s only fair to recognize that the only people who have the right to say that they are from what is now Philly are the Lenape. www.inquirer.com/life/inq2/ph...

When can I say I’m from Philly?

We are back for another Very Philly Question.

www.inquirer.com

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K @appiah.bsky.social · 4d

This wouldn’t be the first time that the 82nd Airborne Division has been deployed in this country. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_De...

K @appiah.bsky.social · 5d

As a neutral this entire series has been insane. I can’t even imagine what it must feel like as a supporter of either team.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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samuel @quilombo.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 The majority of vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla are not intercepted yet. flotilla-orpin.vercel.app

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 7d

when criticism of tech giants started to spike around 2010 there was a parade of furrow-browed people in tech and tech media who believed criticism went overboard

now every single day you see evidence that these companies are actually WAY worse than the most hyperbolic criticism implied

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 7d

"Google appears to have blocked AI search results for the query “does trump show signs of dementia” as well as other questions about his mental acuity, even though it will show AI results for similar searches about other presidents."

Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia

With Biden, AI Mode will provide a summarized answer.

www.theverge.com

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K @appiah.bsky.social · 7d

An Uncle Tom praising another Uncle Tom. Many such cases.

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 7d

Hakeem Jeffries praises Mayor Eric Adams: "I respect his contributions to the city of New York ... most importantly as someone who wore the uniform to protect and serve."

K @appiah.bsky.social · 7d

Sora 2 is going to be used by the powers that be to do some profoundly disturbing shit, which is why Open AI should go by the wayside sooner rather than later.

K @appiah.bsky.social · 7d

I will vote for anyone who pledges to abolish AI. Seriously, I’m not kidding.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 7d

OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this

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joebos617.bsky.social @joebos617.bsky.social · 7d

empty seats behind home plate for a Red Sox-Yankees playoff game are a massive recession indicator

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K @appiah.bsky.social · 8d

From Saturday onwards, I will be the absolute best/worst/most unhinged version of myself. Go Phillies.

The Athletic @theathletic.com · 9d

Welcome to October baseball 🙂

Let the MLB Postseason begin.