ancientreader wonders why it's bad to be antifascist now
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terfs & fashies keep out
make fun of poor & working-class people for having bad teeth and i will block your ass
she/her
hashtagnotallboomers
oxford comma stan
terfs & fashies keep out
make fun of poor & working-class people for having bad teeth and i will block your ass
she/her
hashtagnotallboomers
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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 13, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
February 13, 2026 at 4:48 AM
It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
this was so good! jem and tean are the gateway drug for any number of greg ashe fans & this is for good reason
(you should really start with "the same breath," the first jem & tean book: you will not regret it!)
(you should really start with "the same breath," the first jem & tean book: you will not regret it!)
THE SAME BONES comes out February 16! This contemporary mystery features wildlife veterinarian Teancum Leon and semi-reformed con man Jem Berger. Pre-order here: books2read.com/thesamebones
(Hat tip to Mat Mansfield for the image)
#MMMystery #MMRomance #GayRomance #GayMystery #SlowBurnRomance
(Hat tip to Mat Mansfield for the image)
#MMMystery #MMRomance #GayRomance #GayMystery #SlowBurnRomance
February 13, 2026 at 5:28 AM
this was so good! jem and tean are the gateway drug for any number of greg ashe fans & this is for good reason
(you should really start with "the same breath," the first jem & tean book: you will not regret it!)
(you should really start with "the same breath," the first jem & tean book: you will not regret it!)
#BrooklynNY: Our local anti-fascist folks are making care packages for kids whose family members have been kidnapped by the regime's #ICE thugs. If you can contribute a few bucks, we would sure appreciate it! gofund.me/55a1456a7
Donate to Support Brooklyn Kids Facing ICE Abduction Trauma, organized by Julia Garland
Please help support children traumatized by ICE in Brooklyn, NY.
H… Julia Garland needs your support for Support Brooklyn Kids Facing ICE Abduction Trauma
gofund.me
February 12, 2026 at 4:03 AM
#BrooklynNY: Our local anti-fascist folks are making care packages for kids whose family members have been kidnapped by the regime's #ICE thugs. If you can contribute a few bucks, we would sure appreciate it! gofund.me/55a1456a7
oh cool so now it's illegal in australia to invite readers to imagine illegal acts. bye-bye murder mysteries, i guess? -- but no, because sex is BAD but violence is FUN
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#booksky #romancelandia #sex #MoralPanics
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#booksky #romancelandia #sex #MoralPanics
Sydney author guilty of child abuse after book, Daddy’s Little Toy, depicted adult role-playing as toddler
Christian charity executive, Lauren Mastrosa, pen name Tori Woods, found to have written novel that ‘sexually objectifies children’
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:43 PM
oh cool so now it's illegal in australia to invite readers to imagine illegal acts. bye-bye murder mysteries, i guess? -- but no, because sex is BAD but violence is FUN
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#booksky #romancelandia #sex #MoralPanics
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#booksky #romancelandia #sex #MoralPanics
Oh how I wish bookshop.org sold epubs that you could send to any device, not only read on their own app. Fuck your free app that only benefits people with good vision and un-arthritic hands. Some of us can't read on our phones, you know? #disability #ableism #ageism #ebooks
February 10, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Oh how I wish bookshop.org sold epubs that you could send to any device, not only read on their own app. Fuck your free app that only benefits people with good vision and un-arthritic hands. Some of us can't read on our phones, you know? #disability #ableism #ageism #ebooks
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I spent a long time trying to figure out what to do with my Harry Potter books, because just dumping them in a little free library felt wrong. So I mailed them to this artist who was turning them into portraits of murdered trans women
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/11/a...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/11/a...
Artist uses Harry Potter books to make portraits of murdered trans women
A Vermont-based artist is making a statement after using Harry Potter books to make powerful portraits of murdered trans women.
www.thepinknews.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I spent a long time trying to figure out what to do with my Harry Potter books, because just dumping them in a little free library felt wrong. So I mailed them to this artist who was turning them into portraits of murdered trans women
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/11/a...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/11/a...
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Did you know that a new education centre is being built by hand at Stonehenge? It is based on Durrington 68, a late Neolithic square-in-circle timber structure. Watch regular updates from Luke, the project leader, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LATY...
Week 17 Durrington 68 Neolithic Hall
YouTube video by Historic Concepts
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February 10, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Did you know that a new education centre is being built by hand at Stonehenge? It is based on Durrington 68, a late Neolithic square-in-circle timber structure. Watch regular updates from Luke, the project leader, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LATY...
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January 31, 2026 at 6:23 PM
I have to think that if Epstein "turns you into an anti-Semite" then the anti-Semitism might just be a pre-existing condition.
please do not let epstein turn you into an antisemite
February 7, 2026 at 11:22 PM
I have to think that if Epstein "turns you into an anti-Semite" then the anti-Semitism might just be a pre-existing condition.
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And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
February 4, 2026 at 5:46 PM
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
yes please more like this futurism.com/future-socie...
Mamdani Forces Delivery Apps to Pay Back $4.6 Million Cheated From Drivers
New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has already scored a major win for deliveristas working for three delivery giants.
futurism.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:11 PM
yes please more like this futurism.com/future-socie...
An under-the-radar *delight* that I had an ARC of has fiiiiiinally made it to Goodreads: herewith my rave review. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#MMRomance #Romancelandia #Booksky
#MMRomance #Romancelandia #Booksky
ancientreader's review of Kind
5/5: I did some serious hesitating over requesting an ARC of this book, because that subtitle “A Romance Where Nothing Bad Happens” suggests big goo potential. Wrong wrong wrong! There was no goo to b...
www.goodreads.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:17 PM
An under-the-radar *delight* that I had an ARC of has fiiiiiinally made it to Goodreads: herewith my rave review. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#MMRomance #Romancelandia #Booksky
#MMRomance #Romancelandia #Booksky
Defend and Recruit is offering Fourth Amendment Workplace training on Wed. 2/4/26: actionnetwork.org/events/4th-a...
NB this training is for those who've already had some, but there's a link on the page to a recording of part 1.
#FourthAmendment #FourthAmendmentWorkplace #ICE #Resistance
NB this training is for those who've already had some, but there's a link on the page to a recording of part 1.
#FourthAmendment #FourthAmendmentWorkplace #ICE #Resistance
February 2, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Defend and Recruit is offering Fourth Amendment Workplace training on Wed. 2/4/26: actionnetwork.org/events/4th-a...
NB this training is for those who've already had some, but there's a link on the page to a recording of part 1.
#FourthAmendment #FourthAmendmentWorkplace #ICE #Resistance
NB this training is for those who've already had some, but there's a link on the page to a recording of part 1.
#FourthAmendment #FourthAmendmentWorkplace #ICE #Resistance
404Media has produced a zine with info about ICE & surveillance technologies. Download in English and Spanish here: www.404media.co/icezine/
(No other languages available -- yet? I think ask 404Media for permission, doubt they'd say no!)
#ICE #Surveillance #Resistance
(No other languages available -- yet? I think ask 404Media for permission, doubt they'd say no!)
#ICE #Surveillance #Resistance
Our Zine About ICE Surveillance Is Here
Download a PDF of our first ever zine here.
www.404media.co
February 2, 2026 at 4:44 PM
404Media has produced a zine with info about ICE & surveillance technologies. Download in English and Spanish here: www.404media.co/icezine/
(No other languages available -- yet? I think ask 404Media for permission, doubt they'd say no!)
#ICE #Surveillance #Resistance
(No other languages available -- yet? I think ask 404Media for permission, doubt they'd say no!)
#ICE #Surveillance #Resistance
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I am going to Springfield, Ohio this week to report. If you are involved in community action to support immigrants or prepare for ICE in Springfield, I would like to be in touch with you. Please DM me here or email Hamilton.Nolan@gmail.com. Thank you.
January 31, 2026 at 8:11 PM
I am going to Springfield, Ohio this week to report. If you are involved in community action to support immigrants or prepare for ICE in Springfield, I would like to be in touch with you. Please DM me here or email Hamilton.Nolan@gmail.com. Thank you.
Good that the chief intervened, not so good that he seems to have done so bc the woman's husband knows him. Not wild about the word "female," either
"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Good that the chief intervened, not so good that he seems to have done so bc the woman's husband knows him. Not wild about the word "female," either
omg i just want to vote for him all over again
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdami advises New Yorkers to stay home and read ‘Heated Rivalry’ during the winter storm
via hearts530
via hearts530
January 25, 2026 at 8:50 PM
omg i just want to vote for him all over again
for some reason i keep thinking about nazis being hanged, though ngl firing squads also appeal
mind you, this would be after a fair trial, not summary execution after being wrestled to the ground on frozen pavement
mind you, this would be after a fair trial, not summary execution after being wrestled to the ground on frozen pavement
January 24, 2026 at 5:58 PM
for some reason i keep thinking about nazis being hanged, though ngl firing squads also appeal
mind you, this would be after a fair trial, not summary execution after being wrestled to the ground on frozen pavement
mind you, this would be after a fair trial, not summary execution after being wrestled to the ground on frozen pavement
an organization in minneapolis: people greet those released after ice kidnapping & provide them with burner phones, warm clothes, and a ride home. (ice, unsurprisingly, seizes or "loses" victims' personal property and i.d.) www.gofundme.com/f/safe-haven...
Donate to Safe Haven MN, organized by Natalie Ehret
Safe Haven was created to help individuals released from ICE detention centers who are often discharged wi… Natalie Ehret needs your support for Safe Haven MN
www.gofundme.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:53 PM
an organization in minneapolis: people greet those released after ice kidnapping & provide them with burner phones, warm clothes, and a ride home. (ice, unsurprisingly, seizes or "loses" victims' personal property and i.d.) www.gofundme.com/f/safe-haven...
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If you're using five year old children as bait you'd better start praying there isn't an afterlife.
January 22, 2026 at 1:51 AM
If you're using five year old children as bait you'd better start praying there isn't an afterlife.
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Just got back from my time traveling dinosaur safari and you won’t believe how many butterflies I stepped on! Now to take a big sip of water and check on President Harris’s trip to Davos
January 21, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Just got back from my time traveling dinosaur safari and you won’t believe how many butterflies I stepped on! Now to take a big sip of water and check on President Harris’s trip to Davos
