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Mass50501

@mass50501.bsky.social

Remembering the 1980s, activist Dan Savage said: “During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night. The dance kept us in the fight… Keep fighting, keep dancing.”

We’ll keep dancing. We’ll keep fighting. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸✊

June 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM

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Indivisible ❌👑

@indivisible.org

In April, we took to the streets for the biggest day of civic protest in years.

No Kings Day on June 14 is going to be even bigger, with more events in more places to reject Trump’s authoritarianism.

Please join us at your local No Kings Day event in two weeks: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

(around an image of a map of No Kings events) NO KINGS JUNE 14 - NATIONWIDE DAY OF DEFIANCE nokings.org

May 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM

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Chris Geidner

@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

Breaking: A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked the Trump administration's effort to shutter much of the Education Department. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Defendants do acknowledge, as they must, that the Department cannot be shut down without Congress's approval, yet they simultaneously claim that their legislative goals
(obtaining Congressional approval to shut down the Department) are distinct from their
administrative goals (improving efficiency). There is nothing in the record to support these
contradictory positions. Not only is there no evidence that Defendants are pursuing a "legislative goal" or otherwise working with Congress to reach a resolution, but there is also no evidence that the RIF has actually made the Department more efficient. Rather, the record is replete with
evidence of the opposite. Consolidated Plaintiffs have demonstrated that the Department will not
be able to carry out its statutory functions— and in some cases, is already unable to do so-and Defendants have proffered no evidence to the contrary. Defendants fail to understand Plaintiffs claims which is evident by their attempt to frame this case as an unlawful terminations
employment action. As fully explained below, a preliminary injunction is warranted to return the
Department to the status quo such that it can comply with its statutory obligations.

May 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM

Lunsea A

@lynauben.bsky.social

The lack of empathy from Nazis was hate and perhaps the overuse of pervitin. For the U.States, I’d argue it’s those who are addicted to rage/hate. A cocktail of fragile masculinity, racism, and allegiance to the patriarchy.

Photograph of the poem:
I sometimes fear that
people think that fascism arrives in fancy dress
worn by grotesques and monsters
as played out in endless re-runs of the Nazis.

Fascism arrives as your friend.
It will restore your honour,
make you feel proud,
protect your house,
give you a job,
clean up the neighbourhood,
remind you of how great you once were,
clear out the venal and the corrupt,
remove anything you feel is unlike you...

It doesn't walk in saying,
"Our programme means militias, mass imprisonments, transportations, war and persecution."

May 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM

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Erica Joy Astrella

@ericajoy.astrel.la

every little bit of contribution to or normalization of fascism helps fascism.

“i’m on substack because that’s where the network is.”

every little bit helps!

“i’m on x because that’s where my followers are.”

every little bit helps!

March 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM

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🌈Dr. Frizzle

@swilua.bsky.social

hey you want some good news

not only is Tesla stock down MORE, but also, as of just now, I checked and Twitter is still down
www.the-independent.com/tech/x-down-...