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@aprildaniels.bsky.social

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Trans YA Author Dreadnought, Sovereign, and a forthcoming third book Purveyor of artisanal gender ideology propaganda

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October DEATHules @aprildaniels.bsky.social · Oct 27

Here's my one and only trans discourse take, and it's an intensely subjective take deliberately designed to center my own perspective and get the goat of assholes, so if you're angry about this, check a mirror:

Trans women are FANTASTIC. We are AMAZING. Estrogen is MAGIC.

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October DEATHules @aprildaniels.bsky.social · 23m

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

October DEATHules @aprildaniels.bsky.social · 47m

"Hi, I'm Max Keller, and I'm the most belligerent asshole you've ever heard of."

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 7h

The very first riot after a George Floyd protest was started by a white supremacist nicknamed "Umbrella Man."

He spraypainted "free shit" on an AutoZone, broke the windows, and encouraged others to come in. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/man-h...

Man who helped ignite George Floyd riots identified as white supremacist: Police

A masked umbrella-wielding man helped incite riots and looting in the immediate aftermath of George Floyd's death, police said.

abcnews.go.com

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October DEATHules @aprildaniels.bsky.social · 3h

I think it's BECAUSE they whiff so hard that they think it's inevitable and can be justified with a few mumbles about ethics.

October DEATHules @aprildaniels.bsky.social · 4h

Oh, no, we are that obvious.

October DEATHules @aprildaniels.bsky.social · 4h

What really angers me is how low all the arbiters of power and status have decided to set the bar for this guy. The double standard is maddening.

October DEATHules @aprildaniels.bsky.social · 4h

If you're not from Portland, you will never guess how we pronounce Couch Street. Not in a million years.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 17h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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October DEATHules @aprildaniels.bsky.social · 5h

This will not work out for him if he does this.

Alex Koppelman @alexkoppelman.bsky.social · 8h

Exclusive from @nbcnews.com: Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say

A decision is not expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

www.nbcnews.com

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 3d

Geordi La Forge Nope/Yes meme, but the yes has laser eyes in the visor:

NOPE:
"Do Not Comply In Advance"
- bossy
- already a cliche
- implies permission to comply later

YES:
"Fuck You, Make Me"
- leads by example
- directs yelling at opposition instead of allies
- easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 1d

It is super annoying to acknowledge, OK as a species we've had basically instantaneous access to all documented human knowledge for 20 years now and yet our collective decision-making sucks ass.

But faster access to wronger information at a higher cost isn't the move.

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October DEATHules @aprildaniels.bsky.social · 23h

Nixon was *this close* to trying to introduce a UBI into the budget. Some goddamn staffer talked him out of it, and we're never allowed to get that close again.

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 1d

kinda crazy how every single “just give people enough money to afford some basic stuff” experiments yield the exact same positive results that everyone benefits from every time, huh

Anyway, back to toiling

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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October DEATHules @aprildaniels.bsky.social · 1d

Indeed, I wonder if such sentiments will soon be considered displeasing to the regime.

October DEATHules @aprildaniels.bsky.social · 1d

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October DEATHules @aprildaniels.bsky.social · 1d

I desire a turnover in our political leadership.

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October DEATHules @aprildaniels.bsky.social · 1d

The new Reddit layout is so bad it drove me to old.reddit.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

We have reached a level of authoritarianism, let’s use the word FASCISM, where the President, based entirely on lies about violence and disorder, and against the will of the governors of the states, can send hostile state’s National Guard to invade and sit on citizens

Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t think these Texas National Guard guys are going to be chasing any immigrants around Chicago on foot

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HerRoyalBOO👻bies @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 1d

I need one of these to wear when the cops ask about my husband who has gone missing under suspicious circumstances.

An old Hollywood sheer dressing robe with fluffy cuffs.

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stuaa.bsky.social @stuaa.bsky.social · 1d

A Simpsons screengrab of Troy McClure in an educational film talking to a child. He is saying: “If a printer ever got the chance it’d eat you and everyone you care about.”

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 1d

“everything is broken & i think we should have a civil war about it & it should be fought by people who aren’t me & i will absolutely not make a phone call that takes me 2 minutes but i will take 2 minutes to let you personally know death is coming” is a thing i hear a lot on here & it’s a bummer.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Under the Third Reich, most Germans generally lived in the law-bound normative state, while Jews and other disfavored people were victims of the arbitrary and violent prerogative state.

The dual state is characterized by the facade of normalcy obscuring the fact of an authoritarian state.

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.

Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.

www.motherjones.com

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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 1d

*To quote a guy on Mastodon:

We went from "we will deport the worst of the worst" to "we will deport anyone here illegally" to "we will round up anyone who looks wrong" to "people who live in cities are the enemy" essentially overnight.

Jonathan Alters @pangelico.bsky.social · 2d

They’re coming for the globalists now too? Who’s next, the politically correct?

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 2d

A major part of Elon's desire to dismantle Wikipedia revolves around this one page, in my opinion en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

A complete flip of the usual pattern we see in these updates - China's and India's emissions fell, and EU and US emissions increased.....

ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

@ember-energy.org

Global CO2 emissions plateau
Global CO2 emissions from the power sector fell marginally by 12 MtCO2 (-0.2%) to 6,963 MtCO2 in the first half of 2025. The decline was possible because solar and wind power exceeded demand growth and led to a slight fall in fossil fuel use. Without solar and wind growth, emissions would have risen by an estimated 236 MtCO2 (+3.9%) globally, which is equivalent to almost all emissions (251 MtCO2) from Africa in H1-2025.

At the country level, there was significant variation. Among the four economies that account for the majority of global emissions (64%), emissions fell in China (-46 MtCO2, -1.7%) and India (-24 MtCO2, -3.6%), as clean electricity outpaced growth in demand in those countries.

In contrast, emissions rose in the EU (+13 MtCO2, +4.8%), where strong growth in solar was outweighed by shortfalls in wind, hydro and bioenergy, leading to higher gas and coal generation. Emissions also rose in the US (+33 MtCO2, +4.3%), as clean electricity growth was smaller than demand growth, leading to an increase in coal generation, which was exacerbated by gas-to-coal switching.

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