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Evan Greer

@evangreer.bsky.social

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Queer activist, writer, and musician causing problems for the powerful. Director of Fight for the Future. New album "AMAB/ACAB" out 9/19/25 on Get Better Records. $5 ft. Eve 6 out now on your fav surveillance capitalist streaming platform she/her/they/them

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · Jun 26

Welp, I somehow deleted my original post, so... can y'all do me a big favor and pretend this is brand new & react with surprised excitement and give it a reskeet?

My new song $5 featuring my alt-rock heroes @eve6.bsky.social is out now!

New album AMAB/ACAB 9/19/25 on @getbetterrecords.bsky.social!

Evan Greer - $5 (ft. Eve 6) [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 11h

suspending my generalized agnosticism to pray for Dolly Parton

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 15h

I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 11h

the fact i posted that instead of this shows real personal growth and i'm gonna tell my therapist about it

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 11h

I for one will defend Senator Blumenthal's first amendment rights even though he spends most of his time in office trying to take away mine

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump posts that Sen. Blumenthal “should be allowed to speak no longer”

Sanctimonious Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the biggest “joke” in the United States Senate, is at it again! “Dick” lied until the midpoint of his political career, convincing everyone, in particular the Fake News Media, that he was a great “War Hero” who lived on the precipice of death in the jungles of Vietnam. He would talk about his life in the military in almost every speech, in particular the death defying dangers he faced in his many years “fight for freedom” while in Vietnam. He stated that “the battles were violent and long, but there was no going back” - And then it happened, Blumenthal was found out to be a FRAUD. The soldiers in his so-called “platoon” came forward and said that they had no idea who this guy was. He was revealed, broke down and admitted, tears flowing from his eyes, that he LIED, a Whopper, one that lasted 20 year. This guy shouldn’t even be in the U.S. Senate. It should be investigated, and Justice should be sought. Right now there is a Congressman sitting in prison for lying about his past during a campaign. Well, those lies were nothing compared to those of Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the greatest phony in the history of the United States Senate. He should be allowed to speak no longer!

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 12h

Never forget that Dolly Parton gave a million bucks for covid research at the *very start* of the pandemic—including money that helped fund the development of the Moderna vaccine.

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 11h

yes this. clinging to these narratives springs from an intense collective denial about what the role of "law enforcement" actually is, historically.

jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 11h

there is another characterization of the ice agents/national guard i keep seeing that i dislike for different reasons - that they’re incompetent/not “real” agents or military. obscures that this is systemic violence and the volume of the harm done

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 12h

so um ... fatshaming is still bad? wtf is happening in my feed rn

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 2d

I am once again asking why these data centers are all fucking SECRETS

"A controversial plan to build a 2.2-million-square-foot data center on farmland may still happen. A rural community... is looking to settle a lawsuit recently filed by a development firm working for an unidentified tech giant."

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 14h

Now that my album has been out for a couple weeks seems like a good time to reshare this little interview I did with @punknews.bsky.social where I talk a bit about each song, the recording process, that kinda thing www.punknews.org/article/8655...

Listen to Evan Greer's new album, 'AMAB/ACAB', and read a track-by-track breakdown!

Today, we are extremely excited to bring you the premiere of the new album by Boston-based anarcho-indie-punk musician Evan Greer! The album is called AMAB/ACAB and features percussion from Rachel Blu...

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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 1d

A FB friend of mine posted this about her aunt. I shared her quote here, there was more to her quote but I didn’t have room to fit it all in. It is now being reported by the media too. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

www.oregonlive.com

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Aunty Em @everycourthouse.bsky.social · 1d

“We are home now. We marched from the park to ICE, very peaceful crowd. We were standing around ICE pushed us down, sprayed us with chemical and I was hit in the head with a projectile. This was so unprovoked. People have to know that the Feds are attacking people with NO provocation whatsoever.”

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 20h

Capitalism 🤝 Authoritarianism

Greylace @greylace.bsky.social · 22h

The recent ICE raid which emptied an entire apartment building was apparently at the request of Wells Fargo, which is trying to foreclose on the building.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 22h

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The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 19h

I’d say we’re doing McCarthyism 2.0 but at this point there have been so many versions this is more of a McCarthyism expansion pack

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 20h

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 20h

Capitalism 🤝 Authoritarianism

Greylace @greylace.bsky.social · 22h

The recent ICE raid which emptied an entire apartment building was apparently at the request of Wells Fargo, which is trying to foreclose on the building.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 22h

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 1d

lol so a big reason congress gave for trampling the 1st Amendment & voting to ban TikTok was the claim the app was artificially amplifying pro-Palestinian sentiment.

New study shows what everyone already knew: users are just overwhelmingly more pro-Palestine

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

TikTok posts on Israel-Gaza war are overwhelmingly pro-Palestinian

A new report finds 17 pro-Palestinian posts for every pro-Israeli one, but they tend to get the same amount of traction online.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 1d

Sure, but to be clear this means “we should have a society that redistributes wealth equitably and ensures all people’s basic needs are met” and not “shame and mock teenage girls for liking things”

Asher Langton @asherlangton.bsky.social · 1d

“Billionaires shouldn’t exist” includes Taylor Swift.

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 1d

Whenever anarchism — or any idea more radical than the status quo — gets dismissed as unserious, it's worth remembering the current system runs on things like "we put all the money on a scam machine that tells rich dipshits they're god."

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2d

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

www.ft.com

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 1d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 1d

You know you can just ... not use the app right? And that you can curate who you follow? Seems easier than wanting a world where your government gets to decide how you get news, connect with people, speak out about things that matter to you, etc

Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 1d

prolly cuz many of us are like that in real life too?

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 1d

This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 1d

"Now Wired — which has become indispensable and deserves your subscription dollars (🙏) — reports that DHS wants to create dedicated centers to mass monitor social-media in real time."

"Authoritarian Capacity" and the Trump Regime - Lawyers, Guns & Money

In May of 2022, the Department of Homeland Security tried to stand up a group to coordinate government anti-disinformation efforts. As Deepa Shivaram wrote at NPR, the “decision” resulted from a “coor...

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 1d

anyone seen actually good takes on Bluesky current moderation vs the decentralized promise of AT Protocol that aren't just grievances (legit or not) about specific accounts being banned or not banned?

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

gonna go to my grave muttering about how this charlatan unironically cited an "Official Antifa" Twitter account in the NYT bsky.app/profile/jame...

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 2d

David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press

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