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WordsManifest @wordsmanifest.bsky.social · 55m

"If you ever wondered what you would have done during past critical moments in history, it’s whatever you’re doing right now."

- Jacob Weindling, Splinter.com

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WordsManifest @wordsmanifest.bsky.social · 3d

tomorrow, Israelis will remember a shocking, brutal attack by Palestinians in 2023

today, Palestinians remember how they have been oppressed and occupied by Israel since 1948

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WordsManifest @wordsmanifest.bsky.social · 4d

if you're rich, you're eccentric
if you're poor, you're just crazy.

if you're rich, you're savvy
if you're poor, you're just scheming.

if you're rich (and white), you're an expatriate
if you're poor (and brown), you're just an immigrant.

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WordsManifest @wordsmanifest.bsky.social · 6d

feel better soon, Chris!

WordsManifest @wordsmanifest.bsky.social · 11d

If you see this, quote with an image from a game that released the year you were born.

WordsManifest @wordsmanifest.bsky.social · 20d

so United Statians are losing their minds over their freedom of speech being eroded

... must be nice.

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WordsManifest @wordsmanifest.bsky.social · 20d

well sure, but what is constitutional integrity in the face of mob "nice TV network you get here, shame if something happened to it" vibes?

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 20d

Sen. Maria Cantwell, Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, which oversees the FCC:

"Chairman Brendan Carr does not have the authority to police speech that he or the President don't personally like. Especially when there is a pending merger with the affected parties in front of the FCC."

WordsManifest @wordsmanifest.bsky.social · 22d

If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.

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WordsManifest @wordsmanifest.bsky.social · 28d

can we please not fucking do this right now

UAE startup charters planes for pets and their owners

Dubai’s latest jet-setters aren’t hedge funders or influencers, they’re poodles and pomeranians.

www.semafor.com

WordsManifest @wordsmanifest.bsky.social · Sep 5

I pray God gives me the intelligence, strength, fortitude, and general wherewithal to combat these injustices

but first and foremost, I pray for the continued ability to feel rage

it is, I think, what the Prophet would have done

WordsManifest @wordsmanifest.bsky.social · Sep 5

salaam Maulid ur-Rasul

to commemorate the anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad's (SAW) birth, I am allowing myself to be enraged at injustice the world over

at the very least, I hope to break into tears with rage today

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WordsManifest @wordsmanifest.bsky.social · Sep 2

Drop an old person you are going to turn into in the future

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · Sep 2

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WordsManifest @wordsmanifest.bsky.social · Sep 1

genocide now has a prospectus.

najis.

Leaked ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan dismissed as ‘insane’ attempt to cover ethnic cleansing

Prospectus proposes forced displacement of entire population and puts territory into US trusteeship

www.theguardian.com

WordsManifest @wordsmanifest.bsky.social · Sep 1

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WordsManifest @wordsmanifest.bsky.social · Sep 1

How to Send Food (and Money) to Grab Riders in Indonesia

help if you can. solidariti tak susah.

🇮🇩✊🏽🇲🇾

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WordsManifest @wordsmanifest.bsky.social · Aug 30

Happy Birthday, Malaya!

(okay just 16 more days til the main event)

WordsManifest @wordsmanifest.bsky.social · Aug 29

tazkirah buat diri sendiri dan komunitas tempatan di Malaysia terchenta:

kengkadang - kengkadang la - hulur memorandum dan petisyen je tak cukup

kalau pe'on dok songlap duit bos, lama-lama bos naik tangan gak

WordsManifest @wordsmanifest.bsky.social · Aug 29

Q: how do you make oligarchs and corrupt politicians lose sleep?

A:

(selamat berehat, Affan Kurniawan. al-Fatihah.)

WordsManifest @wordsmanifest.bsky.social · Aug 29

solidariti untuk semua yang tertindas

atau tak payah solidariti untuk sapa-sapa pun

solidariti itu universal, bukan country club pak ngah kau.

WordsManifest @wordsmanifest.bsky.social · Aug 29

there is marked difference between "do not let the perfect be the enemy of the good"

and "do not let the 'free billions from oppression' be the enemy of the 'free hundreds of thousands from oppression'"

the status quo should drive you insane

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 28

Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.

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