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@kquist.bsky.social

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She/her. Friendly neighborhood anti-capitalist bartender & teacher. Former wannabe journalist. Book worm, angry idealist, shaker of cocktails/fists. I make drinks and I read things. Bay Area. Doing a year-long read of Don Quixote #dq25 🫏

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Quistote @kquist.bsky.social · Dec 13

Bienvenid@s! Below is the Don Quixote 2025 info/schedule/resources sheet.

It's verrry spread out to be compatible with other reads/projects/life events hopefully (I have many right now myself).

Reply here to be added to feed, mark posts with #dq25 or 🫏 for posts to appear.

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Don Quixote 2025 Schedule

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 3h

Attorney says video shows 'CBP agent taunting her—“Do something, bitch” before "steering unmarked vehicle into hers and opening fire."

"“La Maggie” Martinez survived a federal shooting in #Chicago, [h]er attorney says body-cam footage shows agents provoked it." migrantinsider.com/p/chicago-la...

Chicago Latina Shot by Border Patrol Survives, Lawyers Up

“La Maggie” Martinez survived a federal shooting in Chicago. Now her attorney says body-cam footage shows the agents provoked it. The public deserves to see the tape.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 1d

One of the fundamental truths we need to acknowledge in this moment is that domestic violence is where fascists learned how to get away with their violence.

“What did you do to provoke him?” is exactly what victims hear when they try to seek help in an abusive relationship.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

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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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 16h

They're freaking out about Zach Bryan right now but the average bit of Steve Earle stage banter would melt the average MAGA republican

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Quistote @kquist.bsky.social · 16h

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Fuck.
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I need to go to bed.

WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 1d

This is Eeyore. He led a sheriff's deputy to his grandma after she fell during their walk. We are awarding him the incredibly rare 15/10 (FB: OkaloosaSheriff)

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

if the democratic party starts stepping away trans people they might as well sign this country away to the far right forever

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Quistote @kquist.bsky.social · 16h

I laughed sooooooo hard and was so sad no one was with me for share that.

Darthbeezer🍉 @darthbeezer.bsky.social · 2d

The Ed Gein series on Netflix is objectively awful, it's so fucking boring. I will thank it for one thing, the phrase "these sinful cold cuts" will live with me forever.

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Quistote @kquist.bsky.social · 19h

One day if you’re feeling adventurous, I recommend going to bed at 8!! Live wildly!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Healthcare should be guaranteed as a human right #MedicareForAll @salaambhattiva.bsky.social

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 22h

as a kid growing up right-wing i regularly heard people express their desire for "a government so small I can drown it in the bathtub". imagine my surprise growing up to realize i was the only one who actually believed that.

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Melissa Stewart @lissajostewart.bsky.social · 1d

Taylor Swift saying that Ophelia was “driven mad by love” fills me with an incandescent rage.

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Quistote @kquist.bsky.social · 23h

Spam friend rice sounds like perfection honestly. Get some good carrots and stuff in there to cut the saltiness, goddamn.

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Quistote @kquist.bsky.social · 23h

Hear me out...
Sliced very thin. Fried very crispy. Served with some sort of breakfast thing that requires maple syrup. Drench it in said maple syrup.

Or Spam musubi.

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Quistote @kquist.bsky.social · 23h

Oh god, she's been watching the Newsroom to learn about news hasn't she? 🙄🤮

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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ScottInClearwater 🌈 @scottinclearh2o.bsky.social · 1d

Her qualifications

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Mike Isaacson @vulgareconomics.bsky.social · 1d

They should really tell her that she needs to answer the questions or be held in contempt of Congress because this is contempt of Congress

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

DURBIN: You won't even say whether you talked to the WH about this?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any internal conversations with you

D: They're going to transfer TX Guard troops to the state of Illinois. What's the rationale?

B: I wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump

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Quistote @kquist.bsky.social · 1d

Funniest shit is trying to pass off the whitest guy with white blond eyebrows as like a “middle eastern terrorist”

The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 1d

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 2d

If you'd like to delight in a side-by-side comparison, here's Bari Weiss' reported note to CBS staffers (left) and the one I cooked up on ChatGPT with a quickly dashed-off prompt (right). Looking forward to hearing from you in the days and weeks ahead!

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

Cartoon by @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social.

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Quistote @kquist.bsky.social · 1d

Bear doesn’t need my help, just my gentle encouragement from the sidelines.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 2d

Your reminder that credit scores in the US date to 1989. For much of their existence, race and gender were factors.

They were invented bc it had been made illegal to discriminate by race and gender in the US, so financial institutions wanted a facially neutral way to accomplish the same thing.

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Quistote @kquist.bsky.social · 1d

Hotel bartender, gastropub beertender, mixologist

Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 1d

Editor in chief, city editor, features editor

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Super Bowl Champion Basketball Fan, NEVER of the Sixers @drewhamm5.bsky.social · 1d

Bar owner, bartender, bar manager

Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 1d

Editor in chief, city editor, features editor

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Mike Isaacson @vulgareconomics.bsky.social · 1d

There is no law; there is only enforcement, and I need everyone to understand this because the cops and the prosecutors and the judges and the CEOs and the military always have

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d

Weird thing where people say “no one could have predicted it” when really what they mean is their political commitments and orientation were such that they ignored everyone who was predicting it

Sorry but “no one could have“ and you having your head stuck up your ass are two different situations

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Quistote @kquist.bsky.social · 1d

Oh shit is this why the students were so Extra today?

Selina @selinaaa1212.bsky.social · 1d

She's so beautiful GO LOOK AT HER