james.
@abacadabber.bsky.social
antifascism. harm reduction. bookworker.
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Semiannual reminder that if the holidays are reminding you that you want to help your neighbors, pick a day and put it on your calendar. My homeless friends have told me that they could eat 30 free meals on Thanksgiving if they wanted to, but mid- February or March it all dries up!
November 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Semiannual reminder that if the holidays are reminding you that you want to help your neighbors, pick a day and put it on your calendar. My homeless friends have told me that they could eat 30 free meals on Thanksgiving if they wanted to, but mid- February or March it all dries up!
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Love this so much. 💜
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Love this so much. 💜
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Specially designed bricks that provide safe nesting spaces for swifts are being installed on properties around Shirebrook Valley as part of a council-funded environmental scheme.
Sheffield charity given grant to fit 'swift bricks' in homes
The Sheffield Swift Network was given £7,000 by the council for a project to help the birds nest.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Listen to the corporate centrists. They do not care about people. Their only priority is protecting the capitalist machine that feeds them.
They’ll sacrifice anyone, normalize fascism, do anything if it means the checks keep coming in.
They’ll sacrifice anyone, normalize fascism, do anything if it means the checks keep coming in.
November 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Listen to the corporate centrists. They do not care about people. Their only priority is protecting the capitalist machine that feeds them.
They’ll sacrifice anyone, normalize fascism, do anything if it means the checks keep coming in.
They’ll sacrifice anyone, normalize fascism, do anything if it means the checks keep coming in.
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I haaaaate men but they’re so hot.
November 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I haaaaate men but they’re so hot.
Thread:
So there's a lot of hooplah about this whole "welcoming into the tent" business that's been occasioned by Marjorie the Gathering's Damascene conversion.
Point blank, if you're not being very specific about what you *mean* by any of this stuff, it's an absurd and pointless debate.
Point blank, if you're not being very specific about what you *mean* by any of this stuff, it's an absurd and pointless debate.
November 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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People like that, whether we like it or not, made up the 1.5% margin of victory for Trump.
When it comes to the MTGs of the world, "how can we politically exploit the divisions they're creating in the GOP?" is a useful question.
When it comes to the MTGs of the world, "how can we politically exploit the divisions they're creating in the GOP?" is a useful question.
November 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
People like that, whether we like it or not, made up the 1.5% margin of victory for Trump.
When it comes to the MTGs of the world, "how can we politically exploit the divisions they're creating in the GOP?" is a useful question.
When it comes to the MTGs of the world, "how can we politically exploit the divisions they're creating in the GOP?" is a useful question.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Trump looks a little gaunt in the face lately, tbh. Hopefully it’s serious.
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Trump looks a little gaunt in the face lately, tbh. Hopefully it’s serious.
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Pundits: Why didn't Kamala Harris run to the center on immigration?
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
November 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Pundits: Why didn't Kamala Harris run to the center on immigration?
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
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The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
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They're trying to claim all of MAGA for the Nazis and it won't work (the evangelicals need Israel for their End Days vision, the Nazis won't accommodate that).
It will implode the coalition totally
But also?
An emerging hardcore Nazi axis within mainstream US politics? NOT GOOD
It will implode the coalition totally
But also?
An emerging hardcore Nazi axis within mainstream US politics? NOT GOOD
November 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
They're trying to claim all of MAGA for the Nazis and it won't work (the evangelicals need Israel for their End Days vision, the Nazis won't accommodate that).
It will implode the coalition totally
But also?
An emerging hardcore Nazi axis within mainstream US politics? NOT GOOD
It will implode the coalition totally
But also?
An emerging hardcore Nazi axis within mainstream US politics? NOT GOOD
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I really think we are seeing an MTG/Funetes/Carlson alliance forming.
I love what that spells for MAGA right now, and also I have deep misgivings for what that is going to mean in the longer term
I love what that spells for MAGA right now, and also I have deep misgivings for what that is going to mean in the longer term
November 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I really think we are seeing an MTG/Funetes/Carlson alliance forming.
I love what that spells for MAGA right now, and also I have deep misgivings for what that is going to mean in the longer term
I love what that spells for MAGA right now, and also I have deep misgivings for what that is going to mean in the longer term
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MTG isn't rebranding as a moderate, she's circling the wagons w Massie in the America First / Fuentes fash camp. There's some populist overlap w the left there, which fools some Liberals into misreading the coding. But she hasn't changed.
Her core is protectionist xenophobia & antisemitism.
Her core is protectionist xenophobia & antisemitism.
She’s definitely on a rebrand tour. And she’s rebranding herself as more moderate which tells me she has grand ambitions
Like a canary in a coal mine, this rat knows the ship is sinking and has scurried down the hawser. The other rats will catch on soon,
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
MTG isn't rebranding as a moderate, she's circling the wagons w Massie in the America First / Fuentes fash camp. There's some populist overlap w the left there, which fools some Liberals into misreading the coding. But she hasn't changed.
Her core is protectionist xenophobia & antisemitism.
Her core is protectionist xenophobia & antisemitism.
Today!
Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Today!
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Many queer people were also denied restitution after the war because they were not considered victims of fascism - as only those targeted based on racial, political or religious grounds were considered.
November 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Many queer people were also denied restitution after the war because they were not considered victims of fascism - as only those targeted based on racial, political or religious grounds were considered.
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When the US liberated Nazi concentration camps, many queer people stayed in prison because they were seen as having broken the law. Indeed, Paragraph 175, which criminalized gay intercourse in Weimar Germany & had been expanded to include intent by the Nazis, was not abolished by the US after WWII.
November 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
When the US liberated Nazi concentration camps, many queer people stayed in prison because they were seen as having broken the law. Indeed, Paragraph 175, which criminalized gay intercourse in Weimar Germany & had been expanded to include intent by the Nazis, was not abolished by the US after WWII.
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It goes to show - Queerness disrupts the heteronormative, reproductive logic that underlies both fascism and liberalism. Even when fascism falls, liberal institutions still move to normalize the intensified persecution of queer people, because the same foundational assumptions remain untouched.
November 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
It goes to show - Queerness disrupts the heteronormative, reproductive logic that underlies both fascism and liberalism. Even when fascism falls, liberal institutions still move to normalize the intensified persecution of queer people, because the same foundational assumptions remain untouched.
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maybe i’m naive but i think it’s kinda doomerism to always be saying this is gonna take decades to undo or you’ll be old or dead when it ends. first it doesn’t matter, plant trees you won’t live to sit in the shade of. second great change is capable of happening very quickly
November 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
maybe i’m naive but i think it’s kinda doomerism to always be saying this is gonna take decades to undo or you’ll be old or dead when it ends. first it doesn’t matter, plant trees you won’t live to sit in the shade of. second great change is capable of happening very quickly
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"one day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this"
‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters
‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters
Kamala Harris criticized Joe Biden's Administration, saying they should have been more willing to publicly criticize Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu over Gaza
The post ‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
November 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"one day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this"
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Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.
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Twitter, 2020: lol this Gwen Snyder freak thinks the "dirtbag left" is a pipeline to Nazism. Touch grass, bitch
The entire world, 2026: oh wow all these people we did "dirtbag left" profiles on turned into Nazis. How did that happen? The world may never know
The entire world, 2026: oh wow all these people we did "dirtbag left" profiles on turned into Nazis. How did that happen? The world may never know
November 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Twitter, 2020: lol this Gwen Snyder freak thinks the "dirtbag left" is a pipeline to Nazism. Touch grass, bitch
The entire world, 2026: oh wow all these people we did "dirtbag left" profiles on turned into Nazis. How did that happen? The world may never know
The entire world, 2026: oh wow all these people we did "dirtbag left" profiles on turned into Nazis. How did that happen? The world may never know
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I have thought about this a lot. If you can find community based on the most repulsive part of yourself and also face exile from that community if you fix it, that’s what many psychologists would call “not good “
truly one of the skeleton keys for our modern age.
November 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I have thought about this a lot. If you can find community based on the most repulsive part of yourself and also face exile from that community if you fix it, that’s what many psychologists would call “not good “
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Alice has been such a brilliant light in the world for her joy, her passion, and her commitment to disability justice. May she rest in power.
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Alice has been such a brilliant light in the world for her joy, her passion, and her commitment to disability justice. May she rest in power.