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I'm not as new to all of this as I look. 😉 I love sci-fi, music, new and different cultures and FOOD. Folks in the US, please, please travel more! There's a world of ideas out there waiting. ❤️
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This piece from @jvl.bsky.social is one of the most important insightful I have read since January 20th 2025.
How to Think (and Act) Like a Dissident Movement
AOC, solidarity, and people power.
www.thebulwark.com
"This is an extraordinary moment and it requires extraordinary vision and actions. We must stop viewing political life through the lens of American politics as we have known it, and adopt the viewpoint of dissident movements in autocratic states."
Please read, so many important points made.
Please read, so many important points made.
WE must start fighting back against the almost unimaginable power of the oligarchy controlling world governments.
We have to take responsibility for OUR OWN worship of money and the constant, DRIVING NEED to consume. It's not sustainable and, turns out, it's dangerous, too.
We have to take responsibility for OUR OWN worship of money and the constant, DRIVING NEED to consume. It's not sustainable and, turns out, it's dangerous, too.
If you’re looking for something to do, start working on overturning citizens united in your state. States control the power corporations have. Take their political power away with a ballot initiative. Here’s how: open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
WE must start fighting back against the almost unimaginable power of the oligarchy controlling world governments.
We have to take responsibility for OUR OWN worship of money and the constant, DRIVING NEED to consume. It's not sustainable and, turns out, it's dangerous, too.
We have to take responsibility for OUR OWN worship of money and the constant, DRIVING NEED to consume. It's not sustainable and, turns out, it's dangerous, too.
This is what it looks like when authoritarians come into power.
WALKINSHAW: Are you familiar with the Proud Boys?
GLASHEEN: I'm familiar with the name
WALKINSHAW: Does the FBI still designate them as an extremist organization? They did during Trump's first term
GLASHEEN: We are in the process right now of changing our, uh, categories for domestic terrorism
GLASHEEN: I'm familiar with the name
WALKINSHAW: Does the FBI still designate them as an extremist organization? They did during Trump's first term
GLASHEEN: We are in the process right now of changing our, uh, categories for domestic terrorism
December 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This is what it looks like when authoritarians come into power.
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BILL BURR: “If someone’s working 160 hours a month and can’t make their rent, you’re not paying them enough. Maybe you should just be worth $900,000,000… How does a CEO take a f*cking 8 figure bonus and none of your employees have dental insurance?”
December 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
BILL BURR: “If someone’s working 160 hours a month and can’t make their rent, you’re not paying them enough. Maybe you should just be worth $900,000,000… How does a CEO take a f*cking 8 figure bonus and none of your employees have dental insurance?”
"The decision is here: The Indiana Senate has rejected the mid-decade redistricting bill by a 19-31 vote."
www.usatoday.com/live-story/n...
www.usatoday.com/live-story/n...
Live updates: Indiana Senate votes down redistricting bill, breaking with Trump
The vote may come down to the wire as on-the-fence lawmakers hear final arguments.
www.usatoday.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"The decision is here: The Indiana Senate has rejected the mid-decade redistricting bill by a 19-31 vote."
www.usatoday.com/live-story/n...
www.usatoday.com/live-story/n...
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It used to be an impeachable offense.
Now it’s a daily occurrence.
Now it’s a daily occurrence.
December 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
It used to be an impeachable offense.
Now it’s a daily occurrence.
Now it’s a daily occurrence.
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(with apologies that I've posted this a few times before. Now that it's published, expect me to be annoying with it -- but as we wait for SCOTUS to potentially harm what remains of the VRA, understanding what happened last time is very important!)
New from Michael Miller and me at @thejop.bsky.social: Evidence that, in most areas that were affected by the decision, the Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act in 2013 (Shelby County v Holder) increased the racial turnout gap. A thread...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
December 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
(with apologies that I've posted this a few times before. Now that it's published, expect me to be annoying with it -- but as we wait for SCOTUS to potentially harm what remains of the VRA, understanding what happened last time is very important!)
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Made a little something I haven't in a while! 😋
Gotta admit, I should've been adding lime to my black beans all along, but uff, the tomato salsa on top (thanks to Kalyn's kitchen) took it over the top.
Gotta admit, I should've been adding lime to my black beans all along, but uff, the tomato salsa on top (thanks to Kalyn's kitchen) took it over the top.
December 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Made a little something I haven't in a while! 😋
Gotta admit, I should've been adding lime to my black beans all along, but uff, the tomato salsa on top (thanks to Kalyn's kitchen) took it over the top.
Gotta admit, I should've been adding lime to my black beans all along, but uff, the tomato salsa on top (thanks to Kalyn's kitchen) took it over the top.
Made a little something I haven't in a while! 😋
Gotta admit, I should've been adding lime to my black beans all along, but uff, the tomato salsa on top (thanks to Kalyn's kitchen) took it over the top.
Gotta admit, I should've been adding lime to my black beans all along, but uff, the tomato salsa on top (thanks to Kalyn's kitchen) took it over the top.
December 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Made a little something I haven't in a while! 😋
Gotta admit, I should've been adding lime to my black beans all along, but uff, the tomato salsa on top (thanks to Kalyn's kitchen) took it over the top.
Gotta admit, I should've been adding lime to my black beans all along, but uff, the tomato salsa on top (thanks to Kalyn's kitchen) took it over the top.
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The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
December 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
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The "sleazebag" is the 1 attempting to supersede state AUTHORITY in order to gain custody of a CRIMINAL who committed grave offenses against STATE ELECTION LAWS in CO.
This is what Americans need to remember when the GOP throws out the "state's rights" LIE they push. They gaf about state's rights.
This is what Americans need to remember when the GOP throws out the "state's rights" LIE they push. They gaf about state's rights.
The president attacked Jared Polis, the Democratic governor of Colorado, calling him a “sleazebag” after he rejected a request for Tina Peters to be transferred to federal authorities.
‘Free Tina’: Trump Demands Release Of County Clerk Jailed For Voting Machine Tampering
The president attacked Jared Polis, the Democratic governor of Colorado, calling him a “sleazebag” after he rejected a request for Tina Peters to be transferred to federal authorities.
www.forbes.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The "sleazebag" is the 1 attempting to supersede state AUTHORITY in order to gain custody of a CRIMINAL who committed grave offenses against STATE ELECTION LAWS in CO.
This is what Americans need to remember when the GOP throws out the "state's rights" LIE they push. They gaf about state's rights.
This is what Americans need to remember when the GOP throws out the "state's rights" LIE they push. They gaf about state's rights.
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Be honest–you understand.
You just, like me, find it hard to accept.
The court has been stacked with partisan hacks.
They have no interest in justice or the US Constitution.
Their only goal is to bend the law to enable the worst, most shameful ideas in America.
Fuck Leonard Leo.
You just, like me, find it hard to accept.
The court has been stacked with partisan hacks.
They have no interest in justice or the US Constitution.
Their only goal is to bend the law to enable the worst, most shameful ideas in America.
Fuck Leonard Leo.
December 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Be honest–you understand.
You just, like me, find it hard to accept.
The court has been stacked with partisan hacks.
They have no interest in justice or the US Constitution.
Their only goal is to bend the law to enable the worst, most shameful ideas in America.
Fuck Leonard Leo.
You just, like me, find it hard to accept.
The court has been stacked with partisan hacks.
They have no interest in justice or the US Constitution.
Their only goal is to bend the law to enable the worst, most shameful ideas in America.
Fuck Leonard Leo.
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
December 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
What Americans should take from these "cabinet meetings" is that authoritarians HAVE TO work twice as hard at convincing the broader public their policies/tactics are working AND BENEFICIAL and that the leader is exalted by the most powerful, and in Trump's admin, most wealthy, people in the nation.
Noem: You have saved hundreds of millions of lives with the Cocaine you’ve blown up in the Caribbean
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
What Americans should take from these "cabinet meetings" is that authoritarians HAVE TO work twice as hard at convincing the broader public their policies/tactics are working AND BENEFICIAL and that the leader is exalted by the most powerful, and in Trump's admin, most wealthy, people in the nation.
I always imagined 🇺🇸's would rise up against a tyrannical govt *somehow* & bring an end to the infringement of their rights. INDIVIDUAL rights IS what made the US revolutionary in the world.
Week aftr week goes by, streets are mostly empty of protesters & 🇺🇸's just act like none of this is happening.
Week aftr week goes by, streets are mostly empty of protesters & 🇺🇸's just act like none of this is happening.
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I always imagined 🇺🇸's would rise up against a tyrannical govt *somehow* & bring an end to the infringement of their rights. INDIVIDUAL rights IS what made the US revolutionary in the world.
Week aftr week goes by, streets are mostly empty of protesters & 🇺🇸's just act like none of this is happening.
Week aftr week goes by, streets are mostly empty of protesters & 🇺🇸's just act like none of this is happening.
FUCKING AMERICANS - STOP BUYING SHIT, SHIT, AND MORE SHIT!!
You people HAVE ENOUGH, for fucks sake. Your lust for shit pretty much **drives** the trillionaire class, why can't you get this through your heads?
Oh wait, most of you don't gaf because you got yours.
You people HAVE ENOUGH, for fucks sake. Your lust for shit pretty much **drives** the trillionaire class, why can't you get this through your heads?
Oh wait, most of you don't gaf because you got yours.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
FUCKING AMERICANS - STOP BUYING SHIT, SHIT, AND MORE SHIT!!
You people HAVE ENOUGH, for fucks sake. Your lust for shit pretty much **drives** the trillionaire class, why can't you get this through your heads?
Oh wait, most of you don't gaf because you got yours.
You people HAVE ENOUGH, for fucks sake. Your lust for shit pretty much **drives** the trillionaire class, why can't you get this through your heads?
Oh wait, most of you don't gaf because you got yours.
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I just find it hilarious that his whole cabinet is sloberring praise all over him with ridiculous hyperbole and he is falling asleep while they're doing it.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I just find it hilarious that his whole cabinet is sloberring praise all over him with ridiculous hyperbole and he is falling asleep while they're doing it.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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Nonsense. This is based on limited data from a payroll vendor and is incomplete and untrue. Stop gaslighting and do better Forbes
November 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Nonsense. This is based on limited data from a payroll vendor and is incomplete and untrue. Stop gaslighting and do better Forbes
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While the right lose their goddamn minds about a lone wolf doing something horrendous in DC today, let’s not forget that last week in the White House they all gushed over a genocidal, journalist murdering tyrant whose country financed 9/11.
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
While the right lose their goddamn minds about a lone wolf doing something horrendous in DC today, let’s not forget that last week in the White House they all gushed over a genocidal, journalist murdering tyrant whose country financed 9/11.
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And Gabbard. Putin definitely made up in second Trump administration for losing Flynn in first.
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
And Gabbard. Putin definitely made up in second Trump administration for losing Flynn in first.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
I guess I'd say it pretty well captures exactly why we're (the world) here (sliding into authoritarianism) perhaps.
Allowing greed/fame/self-satisfaction (interactions) to dictate decisions about what is pretty clearly a right/wrong choice to stay in an environment full of Nazis that pays a Nazi.
Allowing greed/fame/self-satisfaction (interactions) to dictate decisions about what is pretty clearly a right/wrong choice to stay in an environment full of Nazis that pays a Nazi.
It is excruciatingly fascinating watching Twitter become a nazi playground and seeing that so many people are just like yeah this is still fine (tm). Makes one question whether anyone still on the nazi playground doesn't have a bit of nazi in them.
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I guess I'd say it pretty well captures exactly why we're (the world) here (sliding into authoritarianism) perhaps.
Allowing greed/fame/self-satisfaction (interactions) to dictate decisions about what is pretty clearly a right/wrong choice to stay in an environment full of Nazis that pays a Nazi.
Allowing greed/fame/self-satisfaction (interactions) to dictate decisions about what is pretty clearly a right/wrong choice to stay in an environment full of Nazis that pays a Nazi.
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can’t help but notice it’s ‘they’ when a single mother might manage to use SNAP benefits for food that actually tastes good but it’s ‘we’ when a handful of ketamine addicts wanna ruin the economy
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
can’t help but notice it’s ‘they’ when a single mother might manage to use SNAP benefits for food that actually tastes good but it’s ‘we’ when a handful of ketamine addicts wanna ruin the economy