astraea
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I am annoyed by the persistence of 'resist libs are tired of resisting Trump' line.
No Kings put record-breaking numbers of people into the streets, specials/off-years are at D+10 or more.
I don't think the resist libs are tired. I think some writers are tired of writing about resist libs.
No Kings put record-breaking numbers of people into the streets, specials/off-years are at D+10 or more.
I don't think the resist libs are tired. I think some writers are tired of writing about resist libs.
December 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I am annoyed by the persistence of 'resist libs are tired of resisting Trump' line.
No Kings put record-breaking numbers of people into the streets, specials/off-years are at D+10 or more.
I don't think the resist libs are tired. I think some writers are tired of writing about resist libs.
No Kings put record-breaking numbers of people into the streets, specials/off-years are at D+10 or more.
I don't think the resist libs are tired. I think some writers are tired of writing about resist libs.
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Don't be a nice person. Be nice to people.
Be a good fuckin' person. Be a decent fuckin' person.
And a lot of times that doesn't remotely involve being "nice" or "professional."
Be a good fuckin' person. Be a decent fuckin' person.
And a lot of times that doesn't remotely involve being "nice" or "professional."
December 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Don't be a nice person. Be nice to people.
Be a good fuckin' person. Be a decent fuckin' person.
And a lot of times that doesn't remotely involve being "nice" or "professional."
Be a good fuckin' person. Be a decent fuckin' person.
And a lot of times that doesn't remotely involve being "nice" or "professional."
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For all the new artists joining Bluesky:
🎨 You don't have to censor words such as commission, Patreon or Ko-Fi.
🎨 You can share links and your post will not be de-boosted.
🎨 You can take time away from Bluesky and come back whenever you feel like, there's no algorithm to punish you!
🎨 You don't have to censor words such as commission, Patreon or Ko-Fi.
🎨 You can share links and your post will not be de-boosted.
🎨 You can take time away from Bluesky and come back whenever you feel like, there's no algorithm to punish you!
December 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
For all the new artists joining Bluesky:
🎨 You don't have to censor words such as commission, Patreon or Ko-Fi.
🎨 You can share links and your post will not be de-boosted.
🎨 You can take time away from Bluesky and come back whenever you feel like, there's no algorithm to punish you!
🎨 You don't have to censor words such as commission, Patreon or Ko-Fi.
🎨 You can share links and your post will not be de-boosted.
🎨 You can take time away from Bluesky and come back whenever you feel like, there's no algorithm to punish you!
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Call me a nerd, but yesterday, a federal judge in Pennsylvania cited my reporting in a ruling against the DOJ in a case challenging Trump-era actions targeting transgender people.
A reminder that this work really does matter.
A reminder that this work really does matter.
December 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Call me a nerd, but yesterday, a federal judge in Pennsylvania cited my reporting in a ruling against the DOJ in a case challenging Trump-era actions targeting transgender people.
A reminder that this work really does matter.
A reminder that this work really does matter.
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And to add to this, things don't get algorithmically re-shown, so reposting stuff is not only not-bad it's encouraged!
For all the new artists joining Bluesky:
🎨 You don't have to censor words such as commission, Patreon or Ko-Fi.
🎨 You can share links and your post will not be de-boosted.
🎨 You can take time away from Bluesky and come back whenever you feel like, there's no algorithm to punish you!
🎨 You don't have to censor words such as commission, Patreon or Ko-Fi.
🎨 You can share links and your post will not be de-boosted.
🎨 You can take time away from Bluesky and come back whenever you feel like, there's no algorithm to punish you!
December 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
And to add to this, things don't get algorithmically re-shown, so reposting stuff is not only not-bad it's encouraged!
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this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
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it's on gogg. you can watch it on brawbro. it's literally on Juaggu. it's on gouf with ads. you can probably find it on grublo.
December 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
it's on gogg. you can watch it on brawbro. it's literally on Juaggu. it's on gouf with ads. you can probably find it on grublo.
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losing half your support on one of your strongest issues after 11 months of doing everything exactly the way you want to do it would give most politicians something to think about, but miller's calling these shots and he's not a politician
New AP poll has Trump's approval on immigration down to an abysmal 38% as he rants psychotically about "shithole countries," smears Somalis, threatens large-scale denaturalization and remigration, and openly pines for more white immigrants and fewer nonwhite ones
December 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
losing half your support on one of your strongest issues after 11 months of doing everything exactly the way you want to do it would give most politicians something to think about, but miller's calling these shots and he's not a politician
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the defensiveness and incredulity of a good chunk of the commentary class toward arguments about trump’s racism is, imho, downstream of the same impulse behind the endless trump voter safaris and self-flagellation about being out of touch with the heartland
Thinking back to how people were "hysterical" for calling trump white supremacist and now he's doing nordic theory on the campaign trail
December 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the defensiveness and incredulity of a good chunk of the commentary class toward arguments about trump’s racism is, imho, downstream of the same impulse behind the endless trump voter safaris and self-flagellation about being out of touch with the heartland
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Biden was the best we’re ever going to do on student loans because a very clear lesson there was that there is apparently absolutely no electoral benefit to moving heaven and earth to try and help student debtors
Congrats again to the people who continuously said Biden did nothing about student loans for four years! www.cnbc.com/2025/12/09/s...
Trump officials move to end student loan payment pause for millions of borrowers
The Trump administration announced a proposed joint settlement with Missouri that would soon force millions of student loan borrowers into repayment.
www.cnbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Biden was the best we’re ever going to do on student loans because a very clear lesson there was that there is apparently absolutely no electoral benefit to moving heaven and earth to try and help student debtors
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December 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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I don't care if a non-disabled person accesses a disability accommodation for the same reason I don't care if a child whose parents are rich gets free lunch at school. We don't need to means test being a kind person. I have better things to do with my time than be a cop over social services.
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I don't care if a non-disabled person accesses a disability accommodation for the same reason I don't care if a child whose parents are rich gets free lunch at school. We don't need to means test being a kind person. I have better things to do with my time than be a cop over social services.
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Because the Liberal Currents writers have actual values, they are, almost uniquely among media, able to react our fascist moment not by asking “What if all our beliefs are wrong? What if we went too far with all the democracy and fairness stuff?” but by asking “How do we beat the fascists again?”
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November 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Because the Liberal Currents writers have actual values, they are, almost uniquely among media, able to react our fascist moment not by asking “What if all our beliefs are wrong? What if we went too far with all the democracy and fairness stuff?” but by asking “How do we beat the fascists again?”
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You can love someone you love even if you don't love yourself🏳️⚧️
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
You can love someone you love even if you don't love yourself🏳️⚧️
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
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there are two things in her mind. food, and wife
November 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
there are two things in her mind. food, and wife
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just a reminder this guy slashed the tires on his much younger female coworkers tires to trick her into getting in his car
he was married at the time
he was married at the time
"All they could do to distract from the Schumer shutdown cover-up is leak Epstein emails ... What a sleazy leak."
Jesse Watters attacks Democrats for releasing Epstein emails
www.mediamatters.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
just a reminder this guy slashed the tires on his much younger female coworkers tires to trick her into getting in his car
he was married at the time
he was married at the time
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As someone who has frequently defended free speech rights of sex workers and sex work advocates, it's completely unsurprising but nevertheless galling to be reminded once again how POWERFUL MEN talk fondly about sex work in private while demonizing it and pushing oppressive laws about it publicly.
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
As someone who has frequently defended free speech rights of sex workers and sex work advocates, it's completely unsurprising but nevertheless galling to be reminded once again how POWERFUL MEN talk fondly about sex work in private while demonizing it and pushing oppressive laws about it publicly.
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"god, I'm forgetting suddenly, what's the best Gundam movie ever made?"
Rinami Himesaki, under her breath while pondering it's final scene:
Rinami Himesaki, under her breath while pondering it's final scene:
November 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"god, I'm forgetting suddenly, what's the best Gundam movie ever made?"
Rinami Himesaki, under her breath while pondering it's final scene:
Rinami Himesaki, under her breath while pondering it's final scene:
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If you're wondering how this will go Square Enix handed off their mobile Octopath game to NetEase who immediately started using ChatGPT to translate everything resulting in text like this. When players complained they started asking fans to fix their translations in exchange for in-game currency
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
If you're wondering how this will go Square Enix handed off their mobile Octopath game to NetEase who immediately started using ChatGPT to translate everything resulting in text like this. When players complained they started asking fans to fix their translations in exchange for in-game currency
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The psychic wage of hierarchy is, imo, the #1 obstacle to democracy worldwide
"the revolt of the bosses" is a good way of framing the elite reaction to woke 1. what's particularly interesting is that this isn't a reaction to an attack on profits--it's a reaction to changes in workplace culture--
which is to say, the psychic wage of hierarchy
which is to say, the psychic wage of hierarchy
I suspect that the revolt of the bosses element of all this really is explained by: a bunch of upper echelon Americans really didn't like the cultural and workplace changes induced by Woke era, some portion of them were pushed into internet insanity, but most just wanted a shift slightly right....
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The psychic wage of hierarchy is, imo, the #1 obstacle to democracy worldwide
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"the revolt of the bosses" is a good way of framing the elite reaction to woke 1. what's particularly interesting is that this isn't a reaction to an attack on profits--it's a reaction to changes in workplace culture--
which is to say, the psychic wage of hierarchy
which is to say, the psychic wage of hierarchy
I suspect that the revolt of the bosses element of all this really is explained by: a bunch of upper echelon Americans really didn't like the cultural and workplace changes induced by Woke era, some portion of them were pushed into internet insanity, but most just wanted a shift slightly right....
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"the revolt of the bosses" is a good way of framing the elite reaction to woke 1. what's particularly interesting is that this isn't a reaction to an attack on profits--it's a reaction to changes in workplace culture--
which is to say, the psychic wage of hierarchy
which is to say, the psychic wage of hierarchy
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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pundits triangulating how many people p go under the OrphanCrusher3000, meanwhile fedland winemoms and meemaws are voting for whoever promises to put trump into a blender
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
pundits triangulating how many people p go under the OrphanCrusher3000, meanwhile fedland winemoms and meemaws are voting for whoever promises to put trump into a blender