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the lesson is, never try
When I used to docent for a historical museum, we had a women's suffrage exhibit that we did yearly & every year men would absolutely rage at us about it, tell us we shouldn't have the vote, try to deface it, you name it.
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
November 24, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.

Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I have to say that the fact that retail does blackout dates is foolhardy. You tell a group of workers: "can't call out, can't take time off for two months" and they're gonna go "watch me." Like. If you MUST do blackouts, make them short.
November 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Border agents are set to target communities in southeast Mississippi and Louisiana in a major immigration crackdown called "Swamp Sweep.”

Federal agents aim to arrest 5,000 people during the operation.

buff.ly/ISpXE0l
Border Agents Target Mississippi Communities in ‘Swamp Sweep’
Border agents are set to conduct a major immigration crackdown called "Swamp Sweep,” targeting immigrants in southeast Mississippi and Louisiana.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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I think one of the things that makes me the most Unhinged is that the government is dragging people from their homes in the middle of the night, ramming people with their cars and shooting them for fun, and everyone is just doing the same discourses we always have

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
November 23, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Okay, saw about 30 words of the second article about that Olivia girl and noped right out. Not touching that with a 39 & a 1/2 foot pole. What in the world does this leathery tallow tanned man hold over people
November 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Wheatpasted outside the Metro in #OccupiedDC
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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hey guys, bolsonaro is currently in prison 🥰
November 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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ALERT: Christofascists have been forming across the street across from the LGBT Center. They were seen this evening wrestling a trans woman down and filming it until a crowd chased them off.

Do you know recognize these men? Send tips: email in bio

-more attached
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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SACRAMENTO, CA:

Do you recognize them? They were accosting locals and customers in the Queer district, Lavender Heights, across the street from the Sac LGBT Center

They were seen wrestling a trans woman down and filming it until a crowd chased them off.

Send tips: email in bio

-more attached
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Marjorie Taylor Greene managed to tolerate being subjected to the sort of abuse, that she has subjected trans people to for years, for approximately one week.
November 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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The only truly irreversible thing a trans child is likely to do is take their own life. "What if they do something irreversible?" actually means "theyre not allowed to make a decision!"

You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Haha what is happening you guys
November 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Sorry guys universe is splitting open starting today
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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The NYPD is confirming its involvement in an FBI probe targeting volunteer immigration court observers, saying it was part of a “broader counterterrorism investigation" into "a range of possible criminal activities.”

www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/n...
NYPD Confirms Involvement in FBI Probe Targeting Volunteer Observers in Immigration Court
An FBI document referred to activists at immigration courts as “anarchist violent extremist actors” and cited a "sensitive source with excellent access” to an encrypted chat.
www.thecity.nyc
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Seems like they had a source in the chat & not that they’re able to hack into signal or get the records via warrant. Important distinction for organizers & guardian article should’ve made it more clear.

They are spying ON ORGANIZERS, not just the signal chat. Understand how they will come after you
WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”

Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
the biggest week in grocery has already started. Gonna be a long one.
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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The surveillance apparatus in this country is such that you can bet with with a reasonable degree of certainty that your group chats will be infiltrated (successfully or unsuccessfully) at some point or another, and that they will make a mountain out of a molehill re: what you say
WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”

Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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All of this was predicted. A lot of people chose racism and xenophobia anyway.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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The cops run municipal government and by and large the public is fine with this. THAT is the root problem.
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Screenshots of text messages obtained by The Associated Press offer a rare look at how the nation's 75 immigration courts are churning out rulings in an assembly-line like fashion and how, for many people, the courtrooms have become deportation traps.
Migrants thought they were in court for a routine hearing. Instead, it was a deportation trap
The nation's immigration courts have undergone a fundamental change under the administration of President Donald Trump.
bit.ly
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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The federal immigration raids are STILL happening in LA. National media might've moved on, but we're not.

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November 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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I went home to Southeast L.A. to cover the immigration raids there. And this week I've covered the raids in my adopted home of NC. Nothing--and I mean NOTHING--will give you hope like speaking to immigrant organizers and locals fighting back.
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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I’m at Hoover Elementary where there was some ICE presence earlier. The school is on lockdown and community members are chanting “say it loud say it clear immigrants are welcome here”

No obvious sign of any federal agents in the area now
November 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM