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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 5h

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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Ruth Marshall @wtfis2bdone.bsky.social · 2h

It's a stat from a few years ago, I'd have to check it now, but yeah. We have some pretty famous fash up here - Gavin McInnis, founder of the Proud Boys is one of ours.

We've always been like this, outside Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal.
Here's a grim article.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

'Active clubs' are all over Canada. What are they? | CBC News

'Active clubs' are groups of white-nationalist men who operate fight clubs in anticipation of violence. They are anti-immigrant and some are neo-Nazis.

www.cbc.ca

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 14h

I wrote about Robert Jenrick's embrace of blood and soil nationalism for @bylinetimes.bsky.social

"The British right is adopting an increasingly extreme form of ethnic identity politics, while failing to explain what the rest of us are supposed to be worried about"

bylinetimes.com/2025/08/19/r...

But what about “ethnic change”? Yes, the proportion of Islington’s population who are (like me) white British has dropped from perhaps 85% to about 40%. This change is indeed visible. For West, it is “far beyond what any group would find tolerable.” What he doesn’t and can’t say is why exactly I’m supposed to find it intolerable. Why should I, or my neighbours, be more concerned about what race or ethnicity the kids are at the local school than the quality or financing of local services, or whether the council is successfully balancing the need for more housing with the interests of long-standing residents?

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DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 5h

CNN’s Van Jones is one of 16 journalists and scholars serving as mentors in a new journalism fellowship created to help Israel win the “information war.” Jacki Karsh, who launched the fellowship, praised the IOF as “the most moral army in the world” & has dismissed Gaza’s casualty figures.

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Ruth Marshall @wtfis2bdone.bsky.social · 5h

Sickening.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

NN: Dems say you won't swear in Grijalva bc you don't want her vote on Epstein

JOHNSON: No. It's scheduling

NN: But there have been Rs sworn in during pro forma sessions

MJ: Only reason was bc they flew in their family

NN: So if she flies in her family you'd do it?

MJ: Again, it's a distraction

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Ruth Marshall @wtfis2bdone.bsky.social · 6h

Same.

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss's career is nearly everything wrong with American journalism. She is its suppurating soul made manifest. If a million people hate her guts, I am one of them; if she has but ten sworn enemies, I am of them; if there is nobody left to relentlesly speak ill of her, than I am dead

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Ruth Marshall @wtfis2bdone.bsky.social · 6h

Meanwhile, Corey fucking Walker is the very worst grifting sell-out of all the grifting human stains on our tl and should be shutting the entire fuck up given that he's collecting money to cape for white supremacists and Zionists. Nothing and nobody is more abject than Corey.

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 13h

Weird how they put all their efforts into using technology to replace human creativity and art and then say creative arts degrees are useless.

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Ethan Marcotte @ethanmarcotte.com · 1d

🦊

IN WHICH ONE AUTHOR tried to file a claim in the Anthropic copyright case, failed, got frustrated, then blogged about it while still pretty hot under the collar.

(it’s me; i’m author)

ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/a-righ...

A right to copy. — ethanmarcotte.com

This is one author’s short, failed journey to file a claim in Anthropic’s copyright lawsuit. (Oops. Spoilers, sorry.)

ethanmarcotte.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Trump posts that Sen. Blumenthal “should be allowed to speak no longer”

Sanctimonious Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the biggest “joke” in the United States Senate, is at it again! “Dick” lied until the midpoint of his political career, convincing everyone, in particular the Fake News Media, that he was a great “War Hero” who lived on the precipice of death in the jungles of Vietnam. He would talk about his life in the military in almost every speech, in particular the death defying dangers he faced in his many years “fight for freedom” while in Vietnam. He stated that “the battles were violent and long, but there was no going back” - And then it happened, Blumenthal was found out to be a FRAUD. The soldiers in his so-called “platoon” came forward and said that they had no idea who this guy was. He was revealed, broke down and admitted, tears flowing from his eyes, that he LIED, a Whopper, one that lasted 20 year. This guy shouldn’t even be in the U.S. Senate. It should be investigated, and Justice should be sought. Right now there is a Congressman sitting in prison for lying about his past during a campaign. Well, those lies were nothing compared to those of Richard “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal, perhaps the greatest phony in the history of the United States Senate. He should be allowed to speak no longer!

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 9h

DEI for me, not for thee.

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 6h

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Indigenous nations plan a tariff-free trade corridor across the US-Canada border

“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

www.motherjones.com

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Ruth Marshall @wtfis2bdone.bsky.social · 6h

And then spending the rest of the time before the deadline manically trying to figure out WHY THERE'S A DISCREPANCY of $23 when you input it in the second system. 😭💀

Lemme guess - SSHRC?

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 10h

Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.

If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 23h

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Jonathan-FL #HumanRightsForEVERYONE @amerliberal.bsky.social · 1d

Bernie Sanders Unveils Report on Healthcare Devastation Looming for American Families

“I live in fear of whether or not I will be able to afford my life saving treatment,” one woman told Sanders’ office.

www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...

'I'm Terrified I'll Die': Bernie Sanders Unveils Report on Healthcare Devastation Looming for American Families | Common Dreams

Sen. Bernie Sanders' report reveals Americans' fears over GOP healthcare policies, detailing personal stories of struggles with rising insurance costs.

www.commondreams.org

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 15h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 11h

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. @nsarbutts.bsky.social · 16h

Nick Clegg says asking petrol companies to charge for petrol would kill the car industry

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 15h

"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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Ruth Marshall @wtfis2bdone.bsky.social · 7h

The fucking mods on this app are an ABSOLUTE DISGRACE. Just out here carrying water for genocide, while whining about people being racist to AI chatbots. Abject fucking clowns, all of them.

It's Reem 🇵🇸🍉 @reeeeeeem.bsky.social · 13h

Sakher’s account was shut down — the only place where he spoke to the world about his pain and his suffering.

That account was his only voice, his way to survive and keep going.

Today, Sakher lost his last connection to the world.💔

Complement with comments, don't skip‼️
 gofund.me/f116bf44

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Ruth Marshall @wtfis2bdone.bsky.social · 7h

The fucking mods on this app are an ABSOLUTE DISGRACE. Just out here carrying water for genocide, while whining about people being racist to AI chatbots. Abject fucking clowns, all of them.

It's Reem 🇵🇸🍉 @reeeeeeem.bsky.social · 13h

Sakher’s account was shut down — the only place where he spoke to the world about his pain and his suffering.

That account was his only voice, his way to survive and keep going.

Today, Sakher lost his last connection to the world.💔

Complement with comments, don't skip‼️
 gofund.me/f116bf44

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