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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 16h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Natalie Portman with a shaved head in the film V for Vendetta, which is a movie not real life, gazes at the masked anarchist revolutionary V, who again, is not real life but based on a comic book character.

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 20h

When the Trump regime says "Antifa", they don't only mean protesters, but in their own words: "anti-capitalists; pro-immigrant and anti-racism advocates; all trans people; and anyone with hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality." Remember that.

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Sam @whogivesafocal.bsky.social · 1d

“to not know where the underwater reefs are that house the kelp and fish to survive because we lost the word that gave us that ancestral knowledge keeps us reliant on our broken systems instead of the Earth we are all a part of. It keeps our minds and tongues colonized.”

Sam @whogivesafocal.bsky.social · 1d

Manchán saw beyond borders through language. It wasn’t that he saw the Irish language as exceptional in its ways of expression, he saw that there was commonality in this expression with languages globally that is being eroded via neocolonialism.

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Sam @whogivesafocal.bsky.social · 1d

Inniu, I pay tribute to Manchán Magan who taught us that our connections to each other are what make us divine and human

The Death of Manchán Magan Reminds Us to Relate to Each Other

We must commit to Manchán Magan's revolutionary and anti-colonial act of remembering.

whogivesafocal.ghost.io

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

"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.

The Emergency Is the Atmosphere

“It’s meant to exhaust us. It’s meant to destroy us."

organizingmythoughts.org

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 1d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 2d

Seems like a good day to help someone in Gaza

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Ramadan. Ramadan is 23 years old and worked in his father’s sewing factory. His father was killed and now he’s responsible for his family including his siblings Rula, 26, Rami, 20 and Ramey, 17 as well as his 2 year old nephew Jihad.

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Sam @whogivesafocal.bsky.social · 2d

New perks for paid subscribers are available for my newsletter Who Gives a Focal?

Subscribe now! For fresh hearth recipes and analysis in your inbox! whogivesafocal.ghost.io#/portal/

A green canva announcement graphic with a simmering cauldron and plants that says “new perks! Become a paid subscriber today and get access to recipes directly from my hearth practice”

A mustard yellow canva announcement graphic with a simmering cauldron and plants that says as Gaeilge “buntáistí Nua: éirigh síntiúsóir inniu agus beidh ag teacht agat ar oidis ó mo theallach”

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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 3d

And if youve been on the fence, now would be a great time to subscribe to CAW! Especially since im actually gonna have the time and space to put more and more up there!
Venmo: Vicky-surge
Cash App: $VickySurge1312
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a worker-run anarchist platform of art, culture, and all the shiny things we can find!

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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 3d

I need some help. Got laid-off on Friday: unannounced budget change + my position was first cut, so it was a total surprise. Thanks to a tax status loophole my employer manipulated, I cant get unemployment. In short im SOL

Anything you can give would be huge
Venmo: Vicky-surge
Cash: $VickySurge1312

A cardboard bankers box sitting on top of an office chair filled with assorted odds and ends as I cleaned out my desk

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Sam @whogivesafocal.bsky.social · 2d

New perks for paid subscribers are available for my newsletter Who Gives a Focal?

Subscribe now! For fresh hearth recipes and analysis in your inbox! whogivesafocal.ghost.io#/portal/

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 5d

The biggest pushback to "defund police" was people saying but that's anarchy! What about public safety?

So, to be clear, cops zip tying naked kids at 2am and throwing them into vans while damaging their homes looks like law & order and public safety to you?

This is what makes you feel safe?

FOH

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Maggie Sivit @msivit.bsky.social · 5d

An update from Jessie Fuentes

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William C. @williamcson.bsky.social · 5d

**raiding an emergency room**

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

“ICE detained a sitting elected official while raiding an emergency room. Earlier this afternoon, they deployed tear gas indiscriminately in the middle of a city street.”

Illinois State Police assist feds in Broadview protest, Chicago alderperson cuffed at hospital, rapid responders tear gassed in Logan Square • The TRiiBE

A roundup of ICE activity in the Chicagoland area on Oct. 3.

thetriibe.com

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

CALL PRITZKER TO DEMAND HE REMOVE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE FROM BROADVIEW:
(Chicago) 312-814-2121 or 312-814-2122
(Springfield) 217-782-6830 or 217-782-6831
Hearing impaired (TTY): 888-261-3336

I called and talked about how the state cops joined ICE in brutalizing protesters today.

Illinois State Police are protecting ICE as they move their vehicles out of the Broadview Detention Center. Call Governor Pritzker now to demand that he remove the ISP from Broadview. No state resources to protect kidnappers. Pritzker: Call off the IL state police 312-814-2121

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 5d

Seeing lots of religious leaders as part of this ICE protest:

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

Major commotion as IL state cops shove back crowds trying to stop an ICE vehicle. I was grabbed and shoved repeatedly while filming the incident.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6d

Kristi Noem's on the roof at Broadview surrounded by snipers and Kat is still out there demanding to see what horrific conditions are going on inside.

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 6d

Join us Kristi Noem!

9AM Press Conference at 1930 Beach St

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Sam @whogivesafocal.bsky.social · 6d

Tá mo chroí bhriste. Táim ag caoineadh. Níl a fhios againn cad an chaill an teanga

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 6d

The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55. Here, we revisit his recent interview on RTÉ radio where the writer expressed his thoughts on spirituality, the circle of life and death

Magan talked about facing death in recent interview

The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55. Here, we revisit his recent interview on RTÉ radio where the writer expressed his thoughts on spirituality, the c...

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

They're terrorizing people to create fascist propaganda content to circulate on social media.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

This explains a lot. For a moment, I wondered why they'd do something as ridiculous as drop agents on the roof of the apartment building from helicopters, but of course, they did it for this footage. The same reason they were marching in formation downtown and snatched a family in Millennium Park.

istanbulshiite.bsky.social @istanbulshiite.bsky.social · 6d

DHS posted a sizzle reel about it.

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Sam @whogivesafocal.bsky.social · 6d

LRP: 3 months 30+ apps and a shitty career coach later — I haven’t even gotten an interview at places that are like ADJACENT to my old job

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 6d

People who are currently looking for work can attest that it is a shit show out there.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 7d

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 7d

"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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🕯️ Crowley Rae Jepsen 🕯️ @mags.colvett.online · 7d

Socialism phobes quaking

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7d

New York City, I can see a future with you. And it’s one we can afford.

Our new ad just aired during The Golden Bachelor.

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