AFAcriminology1
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terminally online | former harm doer ☠️ | present healer ⚖️ | 💟 | ethnography of local extremism responses | trying to do too much / trying too hard
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don't listen to this dumbass
the Mavericks are in hospice care because of your caretaking
the Mavericks are in hospice care because of your caretaking
I'm here willing to read anything someone puts together that details how we can get from here to there
I'm all for universal healthcare. Tell me how we get there.
I'm all for universal healthcare. Tell me how we get there.
December 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
don't listen to this dumbass
the Mavericks are in hospice care because of your caretaking
the Mavericks are in hospice care because of your caretaking
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My thoughts on how the Christian nationalism framework can be too limiting are relevant
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Seeking Broad Appeal to US Christians, 'God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism' Glosses Over Critical Context
I wanted to like God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism, the new Rob Reiner-produced documentary on “the dangerous implications” of Christian nationalism. I wanted to like it in spite of the...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My thoughts on how the Christian nationalism framework can be too limiting are relevant
religiondispatches.org/seeking-broa...
religiondispatches.org/good-enough-...
religiondispatches.org/seeking-broa...
religiondispatches.org/good-enough-...
I nominate rick mercer and the faux canadian respectability class that took part in this idiocy. You have yet to repent!
December 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I nominate rick mercer and the faux canadian respectability class that took part in this idiocy. You have yet to repent!
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Every pundit who took at face value the idea that the Right sincerely cares about free speech, or ideological diversity, or in fact has any principles at all, should be wearing a dunce cap and writing a lengthy mea culpa right now. Not for our catharsis but for public awareness at least
September 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Every pundit who took at face value the idea that the Right sincerely cares about free speech, or ideological diversity, or in fact has any principles at all, should be wearing a dunce cap and writing a lengthy mea culpa right now. Not for our catharsis but for public awareness at least
Graphic via FightBackWR
Waterloo Region continues to freeze people to death
Waterloo Region continues to freeze people to death
December 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Graphic via FightBackWR
Waterloo Region continues to freeze people to death
Waterloo Region continues to freeze people to death
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Not enough attention paid to the very direct right wing pipeline Substack promotes. Enough that Platformer and Casey Newton elected to switch to another service rather than support a platform that pushes and promotes hard right, conspiracy, and neo Nazi content www.platformer.news/why-platform...
Why Platformer is leaving Substack
We’ve seen this movie before — and we won’t stick around to watch it play out
www.platformer.news
December 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Not enough attention paid to the very direct right wing pipeline Substack promotes. Enough that Platformer and Casey Newton elected to switch to another service rather than support a platform that pushes and promotes hard right, conspiracy, and neo Nazi content www.platformer.news/why-platform...
and if you don't support those doing this work don't fall yourself and ally
and don't talk about people spewing anger online when that is the outlet in our community for voice - when all other avenues are co-opted , ignored or filled with misinformation.
It's also on the emotions wheel. Make space
and don't talk about people spewing anger online when that is the outlet in our community for voice - when all other avenues are co-opted , ignored or filled with misinformation.
It's also on the emotions wheel. Make space
So if you’re suggesting that it’s an insult, quite the opposite. If you’ve covering powerful people and none of them threaten you? Odd!
December 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
and if you don't support those doing this work don't fall yourself and ally
and don't talk about people spewing anger online when that is the outlet in our community for voice - when all other avenues are co-opted , ignored or filled with misinformation.
It's also on the emotions wheel. Make space
and don't talk about people spewing anger online when that is the outlet in our community for voice - when all other avenues are co-opted , ignored or filled with misinformation.
It's also on the emotions wheel. Make space
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The amount of open anti-Indian racism on US software engineering forums (esp related to hiring) has really cranked up with the latest collapse of tech hiring + AI-driven labor displacement (and I guess the broader cultural turn). And people wonder why there is a reactionary culture foothold there.
December 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The amount of open anti-Indian racism on US software engineering forums (esp related to hiring) has really cranked up with the latest collapse of tech hiring + AI-driven labor displacement (and I guess the broader cultural turn). And people wonder why there is a reactionary culture foothold there.
I called a trustee, correctly, a transphobe because I believe language matters.
I watched allies shudder at the concept of calling things out directly.
I was threatened with a lawsuit. I worked for the government. People can take risks, they choose not to.
Privilege.
I watched allies shudder at the concept of calling things out directly.
I was threatened with a lawsuit. I worked for the government. People can take risks, they choose not to.
Privilege.
Btw this is one of the biggest reasons why it’s not as easy as people think to start up independent newsrooms or just be an indie journalist on substack. If you are actually holding powerful and rich people to account, you WILL need legal representation. Not a matter of whether but when
I say that as someone who has started newsrooms from scratch sometimes with two people - if you’re doing your job correctly you will need a lawyer because the first thing rich people do when you write something they don’t like is threaten you legally. It’s cheap for them and expensive for you
December 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I called a trustee, correctly, a transphobe because I believe language matters.
I watched allies shudder at the concept of calling things out directly.
I was threatened with a lawsuit. I worked for the government. People can take risks, they choose not to.
Privilege.
I watched allies shudder at the concept of calling things out directly.
I was threatened with a lawsuit. I worked for the government. People can take risks, they choose not to.
Privilege.
the fear generated by local far right actors in Waterloo Region through actual lawsuits and the threat of them has turned our community into a dangerous space for advocacy
lots of folks stood by and let it happen while lecturing people who held receipts for years, imo because of this fear.
lots of folks stood by and let it happen while lecturing people who held receipts for years, imo because of this fear.
Btw this is one of the biggest reasons why it’s not as easy as people think to start up independent newsrooms or just be an indie journalist on substack. If you are actually holding powerful and rich people to account, you WILL need legal representation. Not a matter of whether but when
I say that as someone who has started newsrooms from scratch sometimes with two people - if you’re doing your job correctly you will need a lawyer because the first thing rich people do when you write something they don’t like is threaten you legally. It’s cheap for them and expensive for you
December 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
the fear generated by local far right actors in Waterloo Region through actual lawsuits and the threat of them has turned our community into a dangerous space for advocacy
lots of folks stood by and let it happen while lecturing people who held receipts for years, imo because of this fear.
lots of folks stood by and let it happen while lecturing people who held receipts for years, imo because of this fear.
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I say that as someone who has started newsrooms from scratch sometimes with two people - if you’re doing your job correctly you will need a lawyer because the first thing rich people do when you write something they don’t like is threaten you legally. It’s cheap for them and expensive for you
December 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I say that as someone who has started newsrooms from scratch sometimes with two people - if you’re doing your job correctly you will need a lawyer because the first thing rich people do when you write something they don’t like is threaten you legally. It’s cheap for them and expensive for you
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A member of the neo-Nazi white separatist group PNW Wolf Pack fell to his death trying to pick a mistletoe from a tree this holiday season 🎄❄
December 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
timberrrrrr
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December 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Gemini, the AI built by Google, the company with everyone's data, the company that doesn't chase IPO and invests in tech first - will likely win out
Because it's a Google search at the end of the day.
Everything is computer,
searching for something
Because it's a Google search at the end of the day.
Everything is computer,
searching for something
I'm starting to think a lot of people think AI is whenever the computer does something.
December 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Gemini, the AI built by Google, the company with everyone's data, the company that doesn't chase IPO and invests in tech first - will likely win out
Because it's a Google search at the end of the day.
Everything is computer,
searching for something
Because it's a Google search at the end of the day.
Everything is computer,
searching for something
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combining reich and benjamin, fascists are sexually repressed and find catharsis in violent spectacle
ie fascism is relieving your blue balls at state-sanctioned snuff films
ie fascism is relieving your blue balls at state-sanctioned snuff films
Thousands of internal chat messages show how ICE’s public affairs arm has raced to satisfy the White House by pumping out viral videos of confrontations and arrests.
The cruelty is the point with fascism
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The cruelty is the point with fascism
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December 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
combining reich and benjamin, fascists are sexually repressed and find catharsis in violent spectacle
ie fascism is relieving your blue balls at state-sanctioned snuff films
ie fascism is relieving your blue balls at state-sanctioned snuff films
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one lesser awful thing about the Epstein files is that genuine crimes against a huge number of children are being morphed into fuel for the influencer industrial complex who don't care about truth or accuracy and just want grist for the content mills
December 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
one lesser awful thing about the Epstein files is that genuine crimes against a huge number of children are being morphed into fuel for the influencer industrial complex who don't care about truth or accuracy and just want grist for the content mills
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jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
![. . . very cooperative, but the police at that point had to let [redacted] know that what she had done that she could be facing charges.
Q And that was after they had told her earlier that she didn't need an attorney present, correct?
A Exactly.
Q Okay. So this happens to her with the Palm Beach Police Department and did the Palm Beach Police actually present or propose charging [redacted]?
A They did get a probable cause affidavit against [redacted].
Q And is that why Ms. [redacted] and her attorney were concerned about her testimony here?
A Yes.
Q Now was a subpoena issued for Ms. [redacted] on behalf of this grand jury?
A Yes, it was.
Q And before Ms. [redacted] would comply with that, did she -- did her attorney request some sort of order?
A Yes.
Q And what did he ask for?
A He asked for immunity for [redacted].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eoss3vmzem55cm5kuddhdmwn/bafkreiariijffjjrgfh26o22jjr76pwprinvnbpkcho5lyi2sucfbqlooy@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
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the least shocking thing in the epstein files that wont get enough attention. police regularly arrest and charge victims to coerce them into participating, often jailing them in conditions that are worse.
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
December 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
the least shocking thing in the epstein files that wont get enough attention. police regularly arrest and charge victims to coerce them into participating, often jailing them in conditions that are worse.
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People are rightly disgusted by this speech, but it’s a measure of fascism’s normalization that many see this as more of the awful same rather than what I think most of us who’ve been reporting this beat hear it as: a significant calculated escalation. Full alert stuff.
JD Vance gets the biggest applause of his speech so far when he says "by the grace of God we always will be a Christian nation"
December 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
People are rightly disgusted by this speech, but it’s a measure of fascism’s normalization that many see this as more of the awful same rather than what I think most of us who’ve been reporting this beat hear it as: a significant calculated escalation. Full alert stuff.
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Archivists have saved and uploaded copies of the 60 Minutes episode new CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss ordered be shelved as a torrent and multiple file sharing sites. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/archivists-p...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/archivists-p...
December 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Archivists have saved and uploaded copies of the 60 Minutes episode new CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss ordered be shelved as a torrent and multiple file sharing sites. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/archivists-p...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/archivists-p...
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you cannot stop a united army of posters.
December 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
you cannot stop a united army of posters.
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Woke is back, torrents are back.
December 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Woke is back, torrents are back.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Americans having to bootleg broadcast news about our government’s offshored concentration camp is a level of fascism that immediately precedes democratic societies dropping leaflets on us from weather balloons.
And now someone has uploaded a version that wasn't filmed off a TV.
There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.
There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.
Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...
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December 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Americans having to bootleg broadcast news about our government’s offshored concentration camp is a level of fascism that immediately precedes democratic societies dropping leaflets on us from weather balloons.
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