Lucky
@theeoptimist.bsky.social
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Charlie Kirk’s assassination was horrific.
That doesn’t change the fact that the vast majority of gun (and political) violence has been perpetuated by right wingers.
You don’t get to change the narrative at will.
That doesn’t change the fact that the vast majority of gun (and political) violence has been perpetuated by right wingers.
You don’t get to change the narrative at will.
September 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Charlie Kirk’s assassination was horrific.
That doesn’t change the fact that the vast majority of gun (and political) violence has been perpetuated by right wingers.
You don’t get to change the narrative at will.
That doesn’t change the fact that the vast majority of gun (and political) violence has been perpetuated by right wingers.
You don’t get to change the narrative at will.
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Notice how not a SINGLE CLIP of Charlie Kirk is being shown on TV as the news organizations try to eulogize him kindly. Even Fox News. You cannot show a SINGLE THING he ever said that wasnt spewing HATE and violence.
What a legacy.
What a legacy.
September 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Notice how not a SINGLE CLIP of Charlie Kirk is being shown on TV as the news organizations try to eulogize him kindly. Even Fox News. You cannot show a SINGLE THING he ever said that wasnt spewing HATE and violence.
What a legacy.
What a legacy.
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Experiencing the terror of realizing that you're hearing gunfire and needing to flee is a violence. It's deeply traumatizing, and it gets inflicted on so many Americans and it's crazy that we don't talk more about the effects surviving such events have on people.
September 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Experiencing the terror of realizing that you're hearing gunfire and needing to flee is a violence. It's deeply traumatizing, and it gets inflicted on so many Americans and it's crazy that we don't talk more about the effects surviving such events have on people.
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There are violent extremists on the left but they are not in charge of the party. You can find them on social media, not in the halls of power.
The violent extremists on the right are in congress, on courts, and sitting in the Oval Office.
The violent extremists on the right are in congress, on courts, and sitting in the Oval Office.
September 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
There are violent extremists on the left but they are not in charge of the party. You can find them on social media, not in the halls of power.
The violent extremists on the right are in congress, on courts, and sitting in the Oval Office.
The violent extremists on the right are in congress, on courts, and sitting in the Oval Office.
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In the 80s, if a boom box didn’t feel like playing a cassette tape, it would just fucken eat it.
July 15, 2025 at 2:29 AM
In the 80s, if a boom box didn’t feel like playing a cassette tape, it would just fucken eat it.
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Here’s the bottom line for what’s going on with Grok - if the owner of the website is putting his thumb on the scale hard enough for the chatbot to turn into Goebbels, you should be deeply concerned about what he’s doing to the algorithm that you can’t so easily see, and what it’s doing to you
July 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Here’s the bottom line for what’s going on with Grok - if the owner of the website is putting his thumb on the scale hard enough for the chatbot to turn into Goebbels, you should be deeply concerned about what he’s doing to the algorithm that you can’t so easily see, and what it’s doing to you
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1/ If Justice Barrett thinks we need to go back to what the Founding Fathers intended, I’ve got news for her. Their biggest concern was avoiding tyranny. So they created 3 branches of gov’t & divvied up the power the people (that’s us) were allowing the gov’t to use to create order for all of us.
June 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
1/ If Justice Barrett thinks we need to go back to what the Founding Fathers intended, I’ve got news for her. Their biggest concern was avoiding tyranny. So they created 3 branches of gov’t & divvied up the power the people (that’s us) were allowing the gov’t to use to create order for all of us.
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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
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Sound familiar?
That’s why they’re going after education, museums, books and literally trying to change history … So it’s not familiar and and they can get away with doing it again.
www.instagram.com/reel/DLBFpBo...
That’s why they’re going after education, museums, books and literally trying to change history … So it’s not familiar and and they can get away with doing it again.
www.instagram.com/reel/DLBFpBo...
June 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Sound familiar?
That’s why they’re going after education, museums, books and literally trying to change history … So it’s not familiar and and they can get away with doing it again.
www.instagram.com/reel/DLBFpBo...
That’s why they’re going after education, museums, books and literally trying to change history … So it’s not familiar and and they can get away with doing it again.
www.instagram.com/reel/DLBFpBo...
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@prisonculture.bsky.social and I have been encouraging people to read chapter six of our book, Let This Radicalize You, which deals with the question of "violence" in social movements. We have decided to share the chapter publicly, to offer some context and grounding for the current conversation.
Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate
"We are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating."
organizingmythoughts.org
June 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
@prisonculture.bsky.social and I have been encouraging people to read chapter six of our book, Let This Radicalize You, which deals with the question of "violence" in social movements. We have decided to share the chapter publicly, to offer some context and grounding for the current conversation.
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Take a listen and seriously consider it. While this is not an uncommon practice, I am glad people are beginning to speak up about it.
June 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Take a listen and seriously consider it. While this is not an uncommon practice, I am glad people are beginning to speak up about it.
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JUST IN: Two ballot measures to protect public libraries from the conservative city council in Huntington Beach are both ahead by very wide margins.
Measure to repeal a 'book review committee' up 61/39.
Measure to bar privatization up 63/37.
That's already with 51K+ ballots counted.
Context:
Measure to repeal a 'book review committee' up 61/39.
Measure to bar privatization up 63/37.
That's already with 51K+ ballots counted.
Context:
did you know? a wealthy beach town in southern California now has an all-MAGA city board, and they've been going after public libraries and book access
public library advocates have organized two ballot measures to counter: it's on the ballot on JUNE 10.
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
public library advocates have organized two ballot measures to counter: it's on the ballot on JUNE 10.
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
June 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
JUST IN: Two ballot measures to protect public libraries from the conservative city council in Huntington Beach are both ahead by very wide margins.
Measure to repeal a 'book review committee' up 61/39.
Measure to bar privatization up 63/37.
That's already with 51K+ ballots counted.
Context:
Measure to repeal a 'book review committee' up 61/39.
Measure to bar privatization up 63/37.
That's already with 51K+ ballots counted.
Context:
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Sorry to keep banging this drum, but in ways big and small, the point of shoving “ai” into these devices is to insert the tech as a replacement for interpersonal relationships and foster distrust in your own assessments of how you feel.
June 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Sorry to keep banging this drum, but in ways big and small, the point of shoving “ai” into these devices is to insert the tech as a replacement for interpersonal relationships and foster distrust in your own assessments of how you feel.
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Any protest that would actually stop ICE would be labeled a riot lol. You can't say "the people will stop this via protest" and then pretend it's OK to send in the tanks when the protest starts working.
June 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Any protest that would actually stop ICE would be labeled a riot lol. You can't say "the people will stop this via protest" and then pretend it's OK to send in the tanks when the protest starts working.
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They blame pollution but cut the EPA and clean air and water regulations. They blame poor nutrition but cut SNAP and programs to bring local produce to schools. They blame increased screen time while destroying public infrastructure that connects people. All while they take millions off healthcare.
The White House blamed exposure to environmental toxins, poor nutrition and increased screen time for a decline in Americans’ life expectancy Thursday.
White House says food, toxins among reasons for poor U.S. health
Parts of the “MAHA report” contradict scientific consensus.
wapo.st
May 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
They blame pollution but cut the EPA and clean air and water regulations. They blame poor nutrition but cut SNAP and programs to bring local produce to schools. They blame increased screen time while destroying public infrastructure that connects people. All while they take millions off healthcare.
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It's so depressing to me how quickly people have decided that safety regulations just don't matter. You really don't want botulism, listeria, or salmonella and there are very few companies who will put ethics over profits unless they're forced to. This is what government should be doing.
The reason why older generations burnt the shit out of their meat and boiled the shit out of their vegetables, was your kid died if you didn't.
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
April 25, 2025 at 4:38 AM
It's so depressing to me how quickly people have decided that safety regulations just don't matter. You really don't want botulism, listeria, or salmonella and there are very few companies who will put ethics over profits unless they're forced to. This is what government should be doing.
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UPDATE: ION will have a WNBA doubleheader on Friday, May 2 with the aforementioned Wings-Aces game at Notre Dame and the exhibition between the Brazil National Team & Chicago Sky on the campus of LSU at 9pm ET- Angel Reese's return to the Bayou. ION will have pregame @ 6pm ET.
Per advanced programming listings, the WNBA on ION will return on Friday, May 2 with the preseason game between the Dallas Wings & Las Vegas Aces on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. It will be the network's first ever preseason game. (h/t sportsontvguy on Twitter/X)
April 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
UPDATE: ION will have a WNBA doubleheader on Friday, May 2 with the aforementioned Wings-Aces game at Notre Dame and the exhibition between the Brazil National Team & Chicago Sky on the campus of LSU at 9pm ET- Angel Reese's return to the Bayou. ION will have pregame @ 6pm ET.
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THREAD: The Trump administration's DOJ has removed a study from the NIJ website that found that immigrants, and particularly undocumented immigrants, commit crimes at significantly lower rates than U.S. citizens.
The study is at odds with the Trump regime's propaganda about immigrants & crime. (1)
The study is at odds with the Trump regime's propaganda about immigrants & crime. (1)
April 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
THREAD: The Trump administration's DOJ has removed a study from the NIJ website that found that immigrants, and particularly undocumented immigrants, commit crimes at significantly lower rates than U.S. citizens.
The study is at odds with the Trump regime's propaganda about immigrants & crime. (1)
The study is at odds with the Trump regime's propaganda about immigrants & crime. (1)
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Kidnapping.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
stop calling things deportation just because they call it deportation.
-You cannot legally deport people without due process.
-You cannot legally deport citizens.
-They are defining down deportation to break the law.
-You cannot legally deport people without due process.
-You cannot legally deport citizens.
-They are defining down deportation to break the law.
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Kidnapping.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
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I’m seeing a lot of posts about how certain immigrants sent to El Salvador are not actually criminals and this is true but I would also like to remind you that people with criminal records shouldn’t be subjected to this, either.
April 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I’m seeing a lot of posts about how certain immigrants sent to El Salvador are not actually criminals and this is true but I would also like to remind you that people with criminal records shouldn’t be subjected to this, either.
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The message is: crowd large.
Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift.
Events like this puncture that delusion.
Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift.
Events like this puncture that delusion.
You can stop asking where the mass opposition is. It's everywhere.
People poured out to protest not only what Trump has done—and what they fear he will do next.
www.motherjones.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The message is: crowd large.
Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift.
Events like this puncture that delusion.
Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift.
Events like this puncture that delusion.