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Blank Willbur

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Gen-X Nerd, Walker of Ancient Forests, Lover of Music, Cheeba-Believer, Loves a Good Constitutional-Democracy, Anti-authoritarian, Anti-theist, "Radicalized" by Sesame Street & Star Trek. 𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘-𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗘

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Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 23d

They're coming for us.

Stop marching and yelling, and help your neighbors, before you're the target..

First they came for our immigrants/PoC.
But I didn't 𝘿𝙊 anything, because I wasn't an immigrant or PoC

Then they came for they came for the educators
But I didn't 𝘿𝙊 anything, because I wasn't an educator

Then they came for the LGBTQ people
I didn't DO anything, because I wasn't LGBTQ .

Then they came for they came for the Leftists
I didn't 𝘿𝙊 anything, because I wasn't a Leftist.

Then they came for me.
But there was no one left to do anything for me.

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 3h

“The girlfriend of one of the founders of Antifa”

Karen Allen as Marion Ravenwood in INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

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Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 5h

Some things you can do...

• STOP SPENDING.
They depend on your money. Food and Essentials Only.

• PARTICIPATE IN THE GENERAL STRIKE
Shut them down at the root. Take a sick-day for the strike.

• GUM UP THE WORKS
Thing go wrong. You don't have to help fix it.

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 5h

So, hoping is fine, but if you actually want change, you're going to need to DO SOMETHING.

Put some skin in the game.

Make a contribution.

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 5h

That's simply not going to happen as long as the fascists still control the government and military.

And they're not going to give up that power willingly.

No judicial ruling will force them out.
No protests will force them out.
No elections will force them out (see: Adelita Grijalva)

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 7h

Good info, via @crimethinc.com.

crimethinc.com/2025/09/18/m...

Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression

Donald Trump has declared that he is designating “Antifa” a “terrorist organization.” What does that mean? How can we prepare to weather the storm?

crimethinc.com

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 7h

"𝙼𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍..."

...and on schedule.

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 7h

Democrats have endless fears, and zero courage.

Matt Henry 🥄 @matthenry.fyi · 18d

When the nazis were coming into power, there was a lag before local law enforcement was fully on board. People were able to get police protection from nazi-aligned paramilitaries. Here, today, police look at rising fascism and say “Finally. We’ve been waiting for this.” www.notus.org/democrats/me...

Democrats' New Fear: They Can’t Rely on Local Law Enforcement for Protection

“They called the local sheriff; they showed up and were going to arrest me,” said Rep. Steven Horsford.

www.notus.org

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 8h

If you care about public health, you have to become a revolutionary. If you care about medical research, you have to become a revolutionary. If you care about climate change, labor conditions, the well-being of children in war zones—you have to become a revolutionary.

crimethinc.com/becomeananar...

There is no more middle ground.

If you care about public health, you have to become a revolutionary. If you care about medical research, you have to become a revolutionary. If you care about climate change, labor conditions, the well-being of children in warzones, there is nothing else for it—you have to become a revolutionary.

There is no going back to the way things were, to the future that we once anticipated. The old world is in flames around us.

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Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 11h

Don't beat yourself up for something that the fascists/Republicans/conservatives/christians did to themselves.

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 13h

Seems like more Wishcasting, to me...

NO ONE WILL PROSECUTE TRUMP
NO ONE WILL PROSECUTE HIS FELLOW RICH PEDOPHILES
THIS WILL NOT STOP THE FASCIST COUP

www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...

'Epstein bomb about to drop': Dem lawmaker claims House Republicans ready to abandon Trump

Republican lawmakers in the House are ready to abandon Donald Trump because of the fallout over files related to convicted child abuser Jeffrey Epstein, according to one Dem in Congress.Rep. Eric Swal...

www.rawstory.com

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 1d

I started Degenerate Art a year ago today, in the last weeks of the before times. Today, I wrote about the most important history and current events I've covered related to our rapidly expanding authoritarianism, and what the future is likely to bring.

State of the Degenerate union

The newsletter turned one today! What's happened and what's next.

degenerateart.beehiiv.com

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Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 1d

I feel, there's 2 answers: renditioned to a foreign dictatorship, or "mass graves". I honestly lean towards the latter, because of previously revealed "horrific living conditions" and all...

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Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 1d

They're gonna "disappear" some more innocent souls into their mass graves.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Polly @pollyphemeus.bsky.social · 1d

Did we ever find those 1,100 people from that florida prison they shut down? Are they still missing? Feels like that story just kinda vanished.

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Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 1d

"𝙂𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙖𝙛𝙞 ... 𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙇𝙞𝙗𝙮𝙖 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 1969 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙮 𝙇𝙞𝙗𝙮𝙖𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 2011"

Maybe you're OK with letting your grandchildren boot them out, but most of us don't think 45 years of totalitarian rule is acceptable.

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Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 1d

They don't intend for this "administration" to be over.

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Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, Nazis like to hang out with Nazis, so it makes sense.

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 1d

I think I agree with you. I don't need my tax dollars paying for Fox News Lite™

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to December 2026. You feckless, unprepared, weak-minded buffoon...

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 1d

Remember when Electronic Arts made innovative, wholesome and fun games, not AI-Driven fascist-adjacent shite?

Pepperidge Farms Remembers....

Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 1d

a teddy bear is singing into a microphone while wearing a tie .

ALT: a teddy bear is singing into a microphone while wearing a tie .

media.tenor.com

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Sweet Science, Savage Art @sweetscisavart.bsky.social · 1d

Turn Off Your Phone and other Digital Security Strategies: Keep your phone, computer, and digital life safe with these basic tips.

archive.org/details/turn...

Turn Off Your Phone and other Digital Security Strategies : Anonymous : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Keep your phone, computer, and digital life safe with these basic tips.

archive.org

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Sweet Science, Savage Art @sweetscisavart.bsky.social · 1d

Flyers are currently available for Portland, Chicago, LA, DC, and Memphis. Please print, flyer, wheatpaste, and share widely. Let me know if there are other cities you would like me to include.

#AbolishICE #Portland #Chicago #LA #DC #Memphis #Resist #FedsOut

tinyurl.com/mwfwn38y

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

tinyurl.com

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Blank Willbur @blankwillbur.bsky.social · 1d

"‪𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘵𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩-𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙢 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙣𝙨..."

There, fixed for you. Now it's accurate.

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MsBrownMilf @jojojolie.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning! Remember it’s Fuck ICE and Fuck Donald Trump.

God never said to idolize murderers, pedophilia ,or treat immigrants like criminals. So if you are okay with everything the current administration is doing and feel no need to speak out, you are apart of the problem! Hope that helps.

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