Aristophon
@aristophon.bsky.social
Socialist, here for the cats, working towards "fully automated, luxury gay space communism."
"Who invented the human heart, I wonder? Tell me -- then show me the place where he was hanged!"
-- The Alexandria Quartet, by Lawrence Durrell
"Who invented the human heart, I wonder? Tell me -- then show me the place where he was hanged!"
-- The Alexandria Quartet, by Lawrence Durrell
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Aristophon
@aristophon.bsky.social
· Dec 18
Warning!
Bluesky is on to the "Left". The translate function now offers me only the choice of translation to "Russian" when I try to translate a post in any other language to English. The feds will be at my door any minute. Nice knowing y'all.
Bluesky is on to the "Left". The translate function now offers me only the choice of translation to "Russian" when I try to translate a post in any other language to English. The feds will be at my door any minute. Nice knowing y'all.
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🚨 WARNING - VERY GRAPHIC CONTENT🚨
OMG this is really bad. I'm warning this will 💯 trigger some of you. If you're a survivor, please take a moment before rushing to read these files in the latest Epstein files drop. You matter ❤️
#Epstein
OMG this is really bad. I'm warning this will 💯 trigger some of you. If you're a survivor, please take a moment before rushing to read these files in the latest Epstein files drop. You matter ❤️
#Epstein
The new Epstein files production features numerous allegations made against Donald Trump and others.
January 30, 2026 at 6:55 PM
🚨 WARNING - VERY GRAPHIC CONTENT🚨
OMG this is really bad. I'm warning this will 💯 trigger some of you. If you're a survivor, please take a moment before rushing to read these files in the latest Epstein files drop. You matter ❤️
#Epstein
OMG this is really bad. I'm warning this will 💯 trigger some of you. If you're a survivor, please take a moment before rushing to read these files in the latest Epstein files drop. You matter ❤️
#Epstein
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What’s really gonna fuck some of you up later is the realization that politicians are in positions of power BECAUSE they are doing their jobs… selling us on our own oppression.
January 30, 2026 at 2:27 PM
What’s really gonna fuck some of you up later is the realization that politicians are in positions of power BECAUSE they are doing their jobs… selling us on our own oppression.
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Took a look at the new Epstein release and first thing I opened was a routine news roundup buried in redactions. What a joke
January 30, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Took a look at the new Epstein release and first thing I opened was a routine news roundup buried in redactions. What a joke
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Gotta update the chart
January 30, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Gotta update the chart
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We're not even there yet, but a gentle reminder that when a professional Liberal talks about "affordability", they are talking about you somehow setting aside another 5 grand of your paycheck for the whole year for a modest tax savings.
January 29, 2026 at 3:38 PM
We're not even there yet, but a gentle reminder that when a professional Liberal talks about "affordability", they are talking about you somehow setting aside another 5 grand of your paycheck for the whole year for a modest tax savings.
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Hey cuties. Everything sucks ass. Get some valentines and send them to your friends.
I'm sad. You're sad. They're probably sad.
Send them a valentine.
It keeps Skype a Scientist running, which hey, is very good too.
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I'm sad. You're sad. They're probably sad.
Send them a valentine.
It keeps Skype a Scientist running, which hey, is very good too.
squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/deep...
January 28, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Hey cuties. Everything sucks ass. Get some valentines and send them to your friends.
I'm sad. You're sad. They're probably sad.
Send them a valentine.
It keeps Skype a Scientist running, which hey, is very good too.
squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/deep...
I'm sad. You're sad. They're probably sad.
Send them a valentine.
It keeps Skype a Scientist running, which hey, is very good too.
squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/deep...
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I will answer this.
Because Democrats since 1970 have NEVER once cut police or ICE funding.
Not
Even
One
Single
Time
DNC Services Corporation like RNC are:
Police State Authoritarian
Corporate State Fascist
Because Democrats since 1970 have NEVER once cut police or ICE funding.
Not
Even
One
Single
Time
DNC Services Corporation like RNC are:
Police State Authoritarian
Corporate State Fascist
January 28, 2026 at 3:54 PM
I will answer this.
Because Democrats since 1970 have NEVER once cut police or ICE funding.
Not
Even
One
Single
Time
DNC Services Corporation like RNC are:
Police State Authoritarian
Corporate State Fascist
Because Democrats since 1970 have NEVER once cut police or ICE funding.
Not
Even
One
Single
Time
DNC Services Corporation like RNC are:
Police State Authoritarian
Corporate State Fascist
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Well, this is new...
You showed up so fast our servers tapped out.
Frustrating? Yes. Emotional? Also yes.
We're a tiny team building what Big Tech stopped being. Right now, we're scaling on caffeine to keep up with what YOU started.
Bear with us. We're on it.
This is what real looks like.
You showed up so fast our servers tapped out.
Frustrating? Yes. Emotional? Also yes.
We're a tiny team building what Big Tech stopped being. Right now, we're scaling on caffeine to keep up with what YOU started.
Bear with us. We're on it.
This is what real looks like.
January 26, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Well, this is new...
You showed up so fast our servers tapped out.
Frustrating? Yes. Emotional? Also yes.
We're a tiny team building what Big Tech stopped being. Right now, we're scaling on caffeine to keep up with what YOU started.
Bear with us. We're on it.
This is what real looks like.
You showed up so fast our servers tapped out.
Frustrating? Yes. Emotional? Also yes.
We're a tiny team building what Big Tech stopped being. Right now, we're scaling on caffeine to keep up with what YOU started.
Bear with us. We're on it.
This is what real looks like.
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Inability to recognize beauty and to see that there’s a component to aesthetics that transcends status signifiers are two key features of fascists and tech bros
January 27, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Inability to recognize beauty and to see that there’s a component to aesthetics that transcends status signifiers are two key features of fascists and tech bros
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January 27, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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There's apparently body cam footage of Alex's murder. Do people know this?
This lets you know that a demand for body cams is USELESS and in fact just a way to give more money to the killers.
This lets you know that a demand for body cams is USELESS and in fact just a way to give more money to the killers.
January 27, 2026 at 12:37 PM
There's apparently body cam footage of Alex's murder. Do people know this?
This lets you know that a demand for body cams is USELESS and in fact just a way to give more money to the killers.
This lets you know that a demand for body cams is USELESS and in fact just a way to give more money to the killers.
Word.
saw someone call schumer cowardly and chide him for lacking the backbone to call for ICE to be abolished, & it must once again be pointed out that that is untrue. he is not trying to oppose the republicans and failing, he is on the same team as the republicans, and his enemy is you
January 27, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Word.
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I get it. They sometimes publish a good piece. But my contempt for The Atlantic runs so deep. I'll pretty much always look for a piece that covers the same ground in a more ethical publication, and such work usually exists. Support indy media, fam. It'll help get you free, instead of the reverse.
January 27, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I get it. They sometimes publish a good piece. But my contempt for The Atlantic runs so deep. I'll pretty much always look for a piece that covers the same ground in a more ethical publication, and such work usually exists. Support indy media, fam. It'll help get you free, instead of the reverse.
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This is why "give the extrajudicial execution squad body cameras and QR codes" is bullshit. ABOLISH. ICE.
January 27, 2026 at 4:43 PM
This is why "give the extrajudicial execution squad body cameras and QR codes" is bullshit. ABOLISH. ICE.
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Someone please explain to me like I'm 5 what US immigration and customs laws ICE will be enforcing at the Olympics IN ITALY
January 27, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Someone please explain to me like I'm 5 what US immigration and customs laws ICE will be enforcing at the Olympics IN ITALY
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Keep up the pressure! Call your Senators now at 202-224-3121 and ask them to block ICE funding!
January 27, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Keep up the pressure! Call your Senators now at 202-224-3121 and ask them to block ICE funding!
:)
all you need to know about Wil Wheaton is he got bullied off Mastodon back in 2018, which is like getting bullied off Sesame Street by Big Bird and Grover
January 27, 2026 at 4:57 PM
:)
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
The worst transphobic Arkansas state senator got his bigoted wife appointed to the TV board and here we are:
Arkansas TV, formerly Arkansas PBS, wants to "march boldly forward with a business model that can work for the long term," CEO Carlton Wing said.
In the short term, viewers all over the state are cancelling their donations and PBS Passport subscriptions.
arkansasadvocate.com/2026/01/26/a...
In the short term, viewers all over the state are cancelling their donations and PBS Passport subscriptions.
arkansasadvocate.com/2026/01/26/a...
Arkansas public television viewers, parents disillusioned with network's plan to cut ties with PBS | Arkansas Advocate
Some viewers are threatening to not just tune out, but no longer give money to the network, according to emails obtained via a records request.
arkansasadvocate.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The worst transphobic Arkansas state senator got his bigoted wife appointed to the TV board and here we are:
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January 26, 2026 at 3:32 PM
❄️Curious how much snow and ice has fallen so far? Check out these maps populated by NWS offices throughout the US:
Snow Totals
www.weather.gov/source/crh/s...
Ice Totals
www.weather.gov/source/crh/i...
Use the slider bar to view the past 24, 48, and 72 hours.
Snow Totals
www.weather.gov/source/crh/s...
Ice Totals
www.weather.gov/source/crh/i...
Use the slider bar to view the past 24, 48, and 72 hours.
This is the minimum -- bare minimum - political program:
abolish DHS, repeal the patriot act, defund the police is the pragmatism now
January 26, 2026 at 1:15 PM
This is the minimum -- bare minimum - political program:
Now the fash are suppressing our art. :)
January 26, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Now the fash are suppressing our art. :)
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Once again: Free President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores!
They should never have been kidnapped in the first place.
They should never have been kidnapped in the first place.
January 25, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Once again: Free President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores!
They should never have been kidnapped in the first place.
They should never have been kidnapped in the first place.
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Just sayin...
January 25, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Just sayin...