Sam (Afterthoughts)
@afterthoughts.bsky.social
Video essayist. Fiction Writer. ❌ AI slop.
Climbing rocks and living in 🚗 with best friend 🐶
(she/her)
Climbing rocks and living in 🚗 with best friend 🐶
(she/her)
Pinned
I have worked harder on this than on any previous video. I'm going to bed now. Goodnight 🌱❤️
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Sam's recent output is like a warm blanket and a call to action at the same time.
Everything can be alright, if we make it alright.
Everything can be alright, if we make it alright.
"One day, you will be called on to break a big law in the name of justice and rationality. How are you going to prepare for that day when it really matters? You have to stay ‘in shape’ so that when the big day comes, you'll be ready."
– James C Scott
youtu.be/zavx4Obq1OI
– James C Scott
youtu.be/zavx4Obq1OI
Change-Makers: Anarchist (/Activist) Calisthenics
YouTube video by Afterthoughts
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February 11, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Sam's recent output is like a warm blanket and a call to action at the same time.
Everything can be alright, if we make it alright.
Everything can be alright, if we make it alright.
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If you are still figuring the WHAT you're going to do after deciding on your Rubicon, or HOW you're going to go about it - do I have the video for you.
Just watch it! You should be thinking about this in your daily life.
Just watch it! You should be thinking about this in your daily life.
"One day, you will be called on to break a big law in the name of justice and rationality. How are you going to prepare for that day when it really matters? You have to stay ‘in shape’ so that when the big day comes, you'll be ready."
– James C Scott
youtu.be/zavx4Obq1OI
– James C Scott
youtu.be/zavx4Obq1OI
Change-Makers: Anarchist (/Activist) Calisthenics
YouTube video by Afterthoughts
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 6:16 PM
If you are still figuring the WHAT you're going to do after deciding on your Rubicon, or HOW you're going to go about it - do I have the video for you.
Just watch it! You should be thinking about this in your daily life.
Just watch it! You should be thinking about this in your daily life.
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Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
buff.ly
February 13, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.
Ok sorry but the phrase "read theory" is always deployed in the most aggravating interactions. In my experience there is a solid correlation between people who use that exact phrase, and people who actually give time to a real campaign.
I might just be incensed over old organizing wounds lmao.
I might just be incensed over old organizing wounds lmao.
February 11, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Ok sorry but the phrase "read theory" is always deployed in the most aggravating interactions. In my experience there is a solid correlation between people who use that exact phrase, and people who actually give time to a real campaign.
I might just be incensed over old organizing wounds lmao.
I might just be incensed over old organizing wounds lmao.
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"One day, you will be called on to break a big law in the name of justice and rationality. How are you going to prepare for that day when it really matters? You have to stay ‘in shape’ so that when the big day comes, you'll be ready."
– James C Scott
youtu.be/zavx4Obq1OI
– James C Scott
youtu.be/zavx4Obq1OI
Change-Makers: Anarchist (/Activist) Calisthenics
YouTube video by Afterthoughts
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
"One day, you will be called on to break a big law in the name of justice and rationality. How are you going to prepare for that day when it really matters? You have to stay ‘in shape’ so that when the big day comes, you'll be ready."
– James C Scott
youtu.be/zavx4Obq1OI
– James C Scott
youtu.be/zavx4Obq1OI
"One day, you will be called on to break a big law in the name of justice and rationality. How are you going to prepare for that day when it really matters? You have to stay ‘in shape’ so that when the big day comes, you'll be ready."
– James C Scott
youtu.be/zavx4Obq1OI
– James C Scott
youtu.be/zavx4Obq1OI
Change-Makers: Anarchist (/Activist) Calisthenics
YouTube video by Afterthoughts
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
"One day, you will be called on to break a big law in the name of justice and rationality. How are you going to prepare for that day when it really matters? You have to stay ‘in shape’ so that when the big day comes, you'll be ready."
– James C Scott
youtu.be/zavx4Obq1OI
– James C Scott
youtu.be/zavx4Obq1OI
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Fellow writers: I am deeply saddened to share that if we want the rewards of having written, we must submit to the mortifying ordeal of writing
January 29, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Fellow writers: I am deeply saddened to share that if we want the rewards of having written, we must submit to the mortifying ordeal of writing
We still got it 🔥🩼
January 30, 2026 at 1:42 AM
We still got it 🔥🩼
Nina is streaming now! Go support a wonderful person getting to safety – lord knows Nina has always shown up to support her community!
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
This and next weekends @darkfry.bsky.social and I are hosting the final two streams to help me raise enough funds to move to safety and marry my amazing @deviousbec.bsky.social
New quiz shows, a bunch of guests and the entire Wolfenstein trilogy included. Come say hi!
This and next weekends @darkfry.bsky.social and I are hosting the final two streams to help me raise enough funds to move to safety and marry my amazing @deviousbec.bsky.social
New quiz shows, a bunch of guests and the entire Wolfenstein trilogy included. Come say hi!
January 24, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Nina is streaming now! Go support a wonderful person getting to safety – lord knows Nina has always shown up to support her community!
❤️ make sure to call rep anna paulina luna’s office to say thank you for protecting the pedo app ❤️ such important work 🥰
(202)225-5961
(202)225-5961
January 12, 2026 at 12:24 AM
❤️ make sure to call rep anna paulina luna’s office to say thank you for protecting the pedo app ❤️ such important work 🥰
(202)225-5961
(202)225-5961
Oh god she keeps getting more embarrassing. How. How does she do it.
[sombrely, with tears in eyes] "truly the people of Iran embody the great spirit of Flumpo The Fart Wizard" - author of Flumpo The Fart Wizard
January 11, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Oh god she keeps getting more embarrassing. How. How does she do it.
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Thousands of Minnesotans gathered last night to honor Renee Nicole Good. We will never accept that a single federal agent can be judge, jury, and executioner in our streets. ICE needs to get out of Minneapolis.
January 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Thousands of Minnesotans gathered last night to honor Renee Nicole Good. We will never accept that a single federal agent can be judge, jury, and executioner in our streets. ICE needs to get out of Minneapolis.
It is increasingly important to be documentarians of reality
The sheer number of videos of the shooting is horrific, but in the vein of what @prisonculture.bsky.social has been saying, it proves how many people cared enough to show up where ICE was and record them. It wasn't just one or two legal observers, and when Good was shot, they didn't abandon her.
January 8, 2026 at 1:16 AM
It is increasingly important to be documentarians of reality
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We’ve graduated from “abolish ICE is the moderate position” to “Nuremberg trials for the Trump regime and its Gestapo is the moderate position.”
January 7, 2026 at 8:44 PM
We’ve graduated from “abolish ICE is the moderate position” to “Nuremberg trials for the Trump regime and its Gestapo is the moderate position.”
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Impeach, convict, remove.
January 3, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Impeach, convict, remove.
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If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
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"It turns out that mostly when people say ‘New York is noisy’ they really mean 'cars are noisy.'"
The Hard Numbers Show That the Results of NYC Congestion Pricing Have Been Absolutely Incredible
After a year of congestion pricing, data shows that the once-controversial policy has delivered huge benefits to those in New York and beyond.
trib.al
January 5, 2026 at 9:24 PM
"It turns out that mostly when people say ‘New York is noisy’ they really mean 'cars are noisy.'"
We are very serious over here at Afterthoughts Enterprises.
January 5, 2026 at 5:36 PM
We are very serious over here at Afterthoughts Enterprises.
This reminds me sooooo much of Kathryn Spiers getting fired from Google after creating a popup window giving workers a link to their labor rights.
The Pentagon will cut the military retirement pay of Sen. Mark Kelly for what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the Arizona Democrat’s “seditious” statements on a video telling service members they have the right to refuse to execute illegal orders.
Read more: cnb.cx/495FHLo
Read more: cnb.cx/495FHLo
January 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
This reminds me sooooo much of Kathryn Spiers getting fired from Google after creating a popup window giving workers a link to their labor rights.
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Attacking a data center like it’s The Bastille, everyone fleeing with a bushels of RAM to desolder and resolder the chips. One peasant coded guy with a wheelbarrow of SFP+ modules. Manifesting this for 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Attacking a data center like it’s The Bastille, everyone fleeing with a bushels of RAM to desolder and resolder the chips. One peasant coded guy with a wheelbarrow of SFP+ modules. Manifesting this for 2026.
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New Video! Earthbound resists being understood. Here I go trying anyway. Join me as we analyze the game from front to back and unravel its ideas about love, evil, sacrifice, togetherness, and humanity 💙
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Earthbound Believes in You, in Us
YouTube video by Skyehoppers
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December 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
New Video! Earthbound resists being understood. Here I go trying anyway. Join me as we analyze the game from front to back and unravel its ideas about love, evil, sacrifice, togetherness, and humanity 💙
youtu.be/1f-xI_NyVvM
youtu.be/1f-xI_NyVvM
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pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
December 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
New Years Resolution: keep track of the videos I watched and liked 😅 Thanks for the shout out, Matt! (And for the recs 👀)
End of year time concludes! As per tradition, my favorite web videos of the year. See below for some elaboration on my picks.
December 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
New Years Resolution: keep track of the videos I watched and liked 😅 Thanks for the shout out, Matt! (And for the recs 👀)
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"Young women don't want to date Hitler youth, have we become too divided?"
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
Majority of Gen Z swipe left on dating people with opposite political views
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
n.pr
December 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"Young women don't want to date Hitler youth, have we become too divided?"