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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 29m

it's the sort of haircut and beard combo that would have conservative relatives telling you you 'looked like a commie' 10 years ago so it makes sense that some people trying to LARP as communists would adopt it as A Look, but it is kind of funny how similar the two look isn't it

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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 39m

Also it's definitely the same guy, he's gone through a few styles over the last decade and change but he's still recognizably the same guy when you look at his pictures next to each other

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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 39m

Well, technically a failed Republican politician; he's run for office twice, and failed both times.

Which is somehow even sadder than just being a Republican Politician, y'know?

But yeah if you look up 'Craig Brittain' in Google News you get these results:

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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 49m

But yeah I'm not going to say it's impossible that he's changed over the last half decade, but like, he's not acting like someone who has changed; he's acting like someone who is trying to run a grift and hide his past because it's inconvenient for the grift.

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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 49m

Another notable detail about him: He got rich running a revenge porn website, and then tried to sue twitter because news organizations ran coverage of the fact he got rich running a revenge porn website.

Which may have been a contributing factor to his losing his 2020 election bid tbh.

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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 49m

He's positioning himself as an anarchist these days, which is why I brought his 2020 campaign up in the first place, fun fact!

Also the fact that he's still positioning himself as, like, 'yeah I'm running for congress' even while he's calling himself an anarchist.

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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 1h

tbqh if there is a single quality I don't want in my doctor, it's 'the ability to have an informed discourse on honposting'

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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 5h

"Um I didn't consent to seeing sexualized content (a trans person existing in public), therefore-"

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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 5h

"I guess you don't care about consent-" you consented to see what a person posts, reposts, etc. when you followed them, actually! If you don't want to see the things they're sharing, then there's a really simple way for you to withdraw that consent as well- it's called 'unfollow them'.

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𝕴𝖓𝖋𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖝 𝕾𝖔𝖕𝖍𝖎𝖆 @infernatrixsophia.bsky.social · 7h

Every faggot from red states has queerphobic family members they dislike, this is just guilt by association.

Give it up Deelishis you look like a man..🧍🏾‍♂️ @blackranga.blacksky.app · 1d

Darin Chappell, who's a Missouri legislator actively pushing anti-trans laws, is her uncle. 🤎

Chappell Roan Declares She's “Voting for Fucking Kamala Harris” Following Backlash

Recent quotes about the 2024 election and “problems on both sides” of government had fans saying H-O-T-T-oh no and led to dual clarification videos from Roan.

www.vanityfair.com

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𝕴𝖓𝖋𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖝 𝕾𝖔𝖕𝖍𝖎𝖆 @infernatrixsophia.bsky.social · 6h

I prayed to Lilith that Jordan B Peterson's life essence be sacrificed in Dolly's stead. You're all welcome.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 7h

The worst person you ever encountered: "Listen, I just think that it's a purity test to demand we run on a no-eating-babies platform and deny the baby eaters their opportunity to run for office. We can't win a national election if we close the big tent, the majority won't support us!"

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Castration🦂🥛💉 @casssdreams.neocities.org · 7h

I've seen some libs call trans rights a purity test and suggest that dems discard us in pursuit of a wider voter base. If you are so willing to discard the rights of others to protect yourself then you don't deserve any.

Sorry, not sorry. Blow it out your bigotry excusing ass

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𝕴𝖓𝖋𝖊𝖗𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖝 𝕾𝖔𝖕𝖍𝖎𝖆 @infernatrixsophia.bsky.social · 20h

This framing is fucking stupid, if Newsom is being queerphobic and the Democrats choose him as their general candidate and queer people who now make up 20% of people metriculating into the age of majority simply stay home, then the Democrats are the ones who chose to lose.

Kerr Avon ♨️ @kerravon.bsky.social · 22h

I said my piece b/c specific groups withholding votes is a.) part of how we got in this mess and b.) is a good way for the wider Dem base to turn against said group, which what happened with the Berners.

I think Newsom is a clod for the way he's handled trans issues, and I'm glad that my state...

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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 21h

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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 21h

I still find it funny that an actual republican politician put me on an 'anti-maga' blocklist because I recognized them and said 'hey, Craig Brittain is a republican politician who ran for Senate in Arizona,' which he took offense to me pointing out. Definitely one of the top ten funniest blocks.

cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 2d

I love checking the blocklists I'm on and it's like "leftists that make me so so so mad" by the most annoying guy you've ever seen in your life

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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 23h

"There is an idea of Gavin Newsom. Some kind of abstraction. But there is no real me. Only an entity. Something illusory. And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours, and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable, I'm not there."

picture of Gavin Newsom smiling like a cannibal left unattended in an unmonitored morgue

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himham @himham.bsky.social · 5d

Since you've voluntarily invited a boycott, you get one.

A thread 🧵 about investors in Bluesky, who would love to hear your feedback by phone, snail mail, or email.

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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 1d

'national hero Charlie Kirk'

are these people fucking serious

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

In a press release, Texas Attorney General calls "transgenderism" a "corrupted ideology" that is "a cancer on our culture."

This is openly genocidal rhetoric about trans people from a sitting AG.

A press release dated October 7, 2025, with the headline: “Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Undercover Operations to Infiltrate and Uproot Leftist Terror Cells in Texas After Increased Political Violence.” The statement claims rising left-wing violence, referencing the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and outlines Paxton’s directive for undercover investigations. A highlighted quote from Paxton reads: “Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people.” The text further accuses the radical Left of fostering political violence, referencing incidents involving Antifa-like groups and a supposed assassin tied to transgender movements. It also notes that President Trump designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, with Paxton vowing sweeping investigations into radical leftist groups.

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 1d

It is no longer reasonable to assume decency or honesty from any ICE agent.

Act accordingly. They will lie. They will cheat. They will steal. They will kill. All in order to hurt your friends and family for not fitting their broken definitions of what an American is.

Don’t play fair. ICE won’t.

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

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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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 1d

You have that person in your mind? Good.

That person is using the same fundamental logic as is being used here- that an idea being expressed in children's media means it is not worth further consideration because it is inherently juvenile.

So, is the refusal to engage in critical thought maturity?

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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine running into someone saying something like 'oh wow you think climate change is bad? don't you know that captain planet is a show for children? mature adults don't care about stuff like that,' and who uses that argument as a way to refuse to engage with the actual substance of climate change.

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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 1d

I think one of the most interesting elements of contemporary culture and media is the way it trains us to look at criticism of existing society as childish because it's the sort of thing that's shown in children's cartoons, while using those same children's cartoons as the basis for such judgement.

Meza @meza.bsky.social · 1d

Villains

#MezaTellonym

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deny defend depose destroy @sthelen.bsky.social · 1d

This post completely dismisses the idea that some media can be reactionary. Plenty of stuff is made by uncritical reactionaries. Popular stuff, too!

Meza @meza.bsky.social · 1d

Villains

#MezaTellonym

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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 1d

it's important to be clear here- bluesky's administration thinks that wanting nazis gone is the toxicity facing this site, which is why the steps they are taking are not to make this site less comfortable to nazis, but instead, to make it harder to say things like 'nazis are bad'.

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