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Andrew

@tjsleakyroof.bsky.social

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Cville local. Overeducated carpenter. Fascists eat shit, liberation for the rest. The future's looking rough, but hope is our duty.

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Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · Nov 10

not sure a bio thing’s always necessary or even wise but I’m bored so here’s a summary of already shared info. I’m a staff carpenter at large institution; have a BA in philosophy and MS in a healthcare adjacent field but that didn’t work out so I rebuild Jeffersonian roofs and renovate offices now.

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Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 10m

ngl I cannot ever get enough of right wingers crying to the refs about how they’re losing a culture war they started

Nolan Zugernat @zugernat.bsky.social · 37m

‘“For this movie to make any sense at all, one has to believe the United States, today, right now, is a fascist dictatorship,” wrote David Marcus at Fox News.’

Damn, this movie must make a lot of sense.

Conservatives Take Aim at ‘One Battle After Another’: “Year’s Most Irresponsible Movie”

While Paul Thomas Anderson's film is being heralded as a masterpiece by many, some conservatives accuse it of potentially inspiring left-wing violence.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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dirtgod raven mack @dirtgod.bsky.social · 23m

I guess local militarized police vs federal secret police is the new two party system.

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Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 27m

like his answer obviously could have been worse, I’d love to be wrong, but please do not be shocked if it just ended up looking like “crowd control”.

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Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 28m

not to be a downer but I wonder if perhaps people are focusing a little too much on “protective” and not enough on “crowd control”. this is a pretty common way to frame these things, for what should be obvious reasons.

Sabrina
@sabrinarina.bsky.social

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

October 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM

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Joad The Wet Sprocket @joadsprocket.bsky.social · 1h

One of the rare bright spots in our current horrible politics is the VA Dems having figured out "don't resign or drop out" and it driving the chuds nuts

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Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 15h

ngl I love how far out over their skis they get with this shit

Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 15h

best topping combo hands down, ideally on a thin, crunchy crust

Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 17h

personally I think it’s neat that literally everything I warned Council about at that meeting has eventually come out via a steady progression of 404 Media articles, I love being right

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Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 17h

remember when they promised us during the push to install them that Flock absolutely did not use AI, what a silly idea

Charlottesville Tomorrow @cvilletomorrow.bsky.social · 17h

Ever wonder about those cameras installed around Charlottesville? Here's how you can learn more and ask questions about Flock cameras, which detect vehicles and read license plates using AI for the police. www.cvilletomorrow.org/learn-more-a...

Learn more about the Charlottesville Police Department's use of AI-powered license plate-reading cameras

The CPD will present updates this month on its Automated License Plate Reader pilot program. The meetings are open to the public.

www.cvilletomorrow.org

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Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 18h

I’d like someone to ask this guy to name his preferred technique for clearing a house—and inciting other people to do it for him does not count.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Schmitt: "Let's just call it out. We need a cleansing here. Let's just be truthful about what's happening. This left-wing political violence is not a both sides thing. It's not."

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Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 21h

“Ken Paxton makes wholly political announcement to feed his base red meat over a thing everybody assumed was already happening”

steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 21h

Law enforcement historically loves announcing their undercover operations ahead of time

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Under- cover Operations to Infil- trate and Uproot Leftist Terror Cells in Texas After Increased Political Violence

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Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 21h

in a respirator obvs, safety first

Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 21h

ngl it is pretty gratifying that middle aged or no I can still spend all morning steady whaling an 8lb sledge through a block and plaster wall

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Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 1d

if your resistance is supposed to work by causing shame, either in the perpetrators or in third parties who may come to your aid, you need a clear mechanism by which that might actually happen. I don’t see one here.

Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 1d

imo a core issue with this approach to resistance is that it fundamentally misunderstands the way in which our society is broken. there is *plenty* of evidence for our enemies’ brutality already; the problem is many people live in a completely different epistemic reality from us and cannot see it.

Asha Rangappa O
@asharangappa.bsky.social
We're in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire
October 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM ® Everybody can reply

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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 ICE said Marimar Martinez “rammed their vehicles.”

Bodycam footage says otherwise.

It shows an ICE agent ram his own vehicle into hers, sneer “Do something, bitch,” and then shoot her.

We can never believe anything ICE accuses anyone of.

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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 1d

When they perform outrage about social media posts, know exactly how bad their faith is

When a Guardian reporter pointed out on social media that the image was not a genuine photograph of the generally small and tame protests outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Portland, the Oregon Republican Party's X account replied: "We're not reporters, just bad memers."

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

How many videos have you seen of protesters being brutalized? Pretending this imagery still changes the math the way you wish it would is an insult to the people whose bodies you would treat as props. Ghandi's era was more complex than many of you make out. This is not the 60s either. Things change.

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

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Michael Senters the Sigillite, ABD. (Yang Wen-li stan) @mikesenters.bsky.social · 1d

All Dem governors should stand in solidarity with Pritzker and say they will withdraw as well if this demand isn’t met.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 1d

I think a real problem in this world is a lack of posting bushido. You can go to war with the mods, with the big accounts, hell with the government itself on X the Everything Site, sometimes it is the honorable thing to do. But you should have your death poem written.

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Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 1d

I hate to admit it but they hold all the cards here

Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 1d

I will permanently cede a negotiable 1% of the nooks, crannies, and other dark places in our home to the Stinkbug Confederation if it will bring an end to these unconscionable terror attacks

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Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 1d

I would like the stinkbugs to quit ambushing me in the shower please

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Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 1d

yeah I just got too much other shit to worry about right now tbh

Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 1d

sometimes the id of a population just manifests bodily and wanders around for a bit

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