Avast Aghast
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I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow.
January 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow.
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The right is shaping public perception of these protests just like it shaped public perception of the BLM protests, because it dominates the information ecosystem. The narratives it has spent years crafting & spreading are shaping how current events are interpreted.
June 11, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The right is shaping public perception of these protests just like it shaped public perception of the BLM protests, because it dominates the information ecosystem. The narratives it has spent years crafting & spreading are shaping how current events are interpreted.
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As Newsom and others capitulate to right wing framing on the issue of trans athletes, let's remember what real messaging, real movements, real leadership looks like. It's saying what needs to be said: trans people are people. youtube.com/shorts/c67pq...
Never capitulate to right-wing framing. We need our own narratives.
YouTube video by The Bitchuation Room (with Francesca Fiorentini)
youtube.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
As Newsom and others capitulate to right wing framing on the issue of trans athletes, let's remember what real messaging, real movements, real leadership looks like. It's saying what needs to be said: trans people are people. youtube.com/shorts/c67pq...
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Al Green was alive during Jim Crow, before the Civil Rights Movement. This is a statesman that the Democrats should be turning to for wisdom. But the racism SCOTUS declared over is alive and well in 2025, and Democrats went out of their way to call this gentleman uppity. Democrats are a joke.
March 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Al Green was alive during Jim Crow, before the Civil Rights Movement. This is a statesman that the Democrats should be turning to for wisdom. But the racism SCOTUS declared over is alive and well in 2025, and Democrats went out of their way to call this gentleman uppity. Democrats are a joke.
Platforming alt-right turds and alienating minorities, while being a politicized bogeyman to the right, has historically been the very best strategy for beating a GOP presidential candidate. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Platforming alt-right turds and alienating minorities, while being a politicized bogeyman to the right, has historically been the very best strategy for beating a GOP presidential candidate. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social
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If you're an REI member, you can vote to toss out the board that's endorsed Trump's candidate for Dept. of Interior and has worked to stop REI unions. Vote runs until May 2nd. Spread the word. vote.escvote.com/REI/
March 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
If you're an REI member, you can vote to toss out the board that's endorsed Trump's candidate for Dept. of Interior and has worked to stop REI unions. Vote runs until May 2nd. Spread the word. vote.escvote.com/REI/
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i mean, dems are saying the things we want them to say. warren's saying it. jefferies is saying it. wyden's saying it. omar's saying it. AOC is saying it. it's not landing on the front page of any major news website, but they're saying in plain language what's happening here.
"I just want to be clear about what's going on here."
- @warren.senate.gov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...
- @warren.senate.gov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHN...
February 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
i mean, dems are saying the things we want them to say. warren's saying it. jefferies is saying it. wyden's saying it. omar's saying it. AOC is saying it. it's not landing on the front page of any major news website, but they're saying in plain language what's happening here.
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lol
February 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
lol
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if you, for whatever reason, decided to start some basic home preparedness today, and can only get to a few stores, here's what I'd tell you to get:
-walkie talkies for everyone in your family
-little portable power packs, one per phone
-a print road atlas
[...]
-walkie talkies for everyone in your family
-little portable power packs, one per phone
-a print road atlas
[...]
February 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
if you, for whatever reason, decided to start some basic home preparedness today, and can only get to a few stores, here's what I'd tell you to get:
-walkie talkies for everyone in your family
-little portable power packs, one per phone
-a print road atlas
[...]
-walkie talkies for everyone in your family
-little portable power packs, one per phone
-a print road atlas
[...]
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As part of the Nazi "coordination" of all public offices, the regime issued the “Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service” on April 7, 1933. This law excluded all racial and political “enemies” of the regime from the civil service. encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/t...
Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service
April 7, 1933. On this date, the German government issued the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service excluding Jews from civil service.
encyclopedia.ushmm.org
February 1, 2025 at 1:23 AM
As part of the Nazi "coordination" of all public offices, the regime issued the “Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service” on April 7, 1933. This law excluded all racial and political “enemies” of the regime from the civil service. encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/t...
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This is from the most recent episode of @strictscrutiny.bsky.social & I think I stand by it !
Donald Trump is weak. There is no mandate. He doesn't have good, popular ideas. The American people actually don't want what he's doing.
@kateshaw.bsky.social
Strict Scrutiny
January 27, 2025
youtu.be/9bR3qeQtzKo
@kateshaw.bsky.social
Strict Scrutiny
January 27, 2025
youtu.be/9bR3qeQtzKo
January 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is from the most recent episode of @strictscrutiny.bsky.social & I think I stand by it !
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“Denounce thy neighbor, as thou fearest thy neighbor may denounce thee.”
—New Revised King Trump Bible
—New Revised King Trump Bible
January 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“Denounce thy neighbor, as thou fearest thy neighbor may denounce thee.”
—New Revised King Trump Bible
—New Revised King Trump Bible
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Wouldn’t have happened if they didn’t spend so much on Starbucks and Avacado toast
January 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Wouldn’t have happened if they didn’t spend so much on Starbucks and Avacado toast
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This is perfection.
January 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This is perfection.
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Julie Gray, wife of Holocaust survivor Gidon Lev, who joined Musk in his visit to Auschwitz speaks out. She says that Musk felt nothing during the tour & only "cared about how he looked."
She shared this with me privately shortly after the tour, and I'm grateful she made her thoughts public.
She shared this with me privately shortly after the tour, and I'm grateful she made her thoughts public.
January 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Julie Gray, wife of Holocaust survivor Gidon Lev, who joined Musk in his visit to Auschwitz speaks out. She says that Musk felt nothing during the tour & only "cared about how he looked."
She shared this with me privately shortly after the tour, and I'm grateful she made her thoughts public.
She shared this with me privately shortly after the tour, and I'm grateful she made her thoughts public.
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The wonderful @eff.org has an equally wonderful guide you can use to make it MUCH harder for Meta / Facebook / Instagram to collect and monetize your personal data. It's not super easy - offer to do this for family & neighbors who might not be able to: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...
www.eff.org
January 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The wonderful @eff.org has an equally wonderful guide you can use to make it MUCH harder for Meta / Facebook / Instagram to collect and monetize your personal data. It's not super easy - offer to do this for family & neighbors who might not be able to: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
January 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
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aim the nukes at Primm. You will only make it stronger.
The Heritage Foundation’s Bob Peters now recommends that if the US cannot develop the ability to conduct an underground nuclear test in Nevada within 3-6 months of an order to do so, it consider withdrawing from the 1962 Limited Test Ban Treaty and resuming open-air testing in Nevada or the Pacific.
January 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
aim the nukes at Primm. You will only make it stronger.
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I know a lot of people are exhausted. And many have vowed to check out, tune out, etc.
But that's what they want--a public too exhausted to be outraged and utterly anesthetized to what is happening.
Even if you are taking a break from media, please watch this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...
But that's what they want--a public too exhausted to be outraged and utterly anesthetized to what is happening.
Even if you are taking a break from media, please watch this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...
Opinion | Lessons on Authoritarianism From Around the World
Tyranny doesn’t happen overnight. Take it from the people who missed the first signs.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I know a lot of people are exhausted. And many have vowed to check out, tune out, etc.
But that's what they want--a public too exhausted to be outraged and utterly anesthetized to what is happening.
Even if you are taking a break from media, please watch this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...
But that's what they want--a public too exhausted to be outraged and utterly anesthetized to what is happening.
Even if you are taking a break from media, please watch this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...
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this is so fucking funny man i cannot believe conservatives are even alive
January 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
this is so fucking funny man i cannot believe conservatives are even alive
Every little bit helps.
The Women Refusing to Participate in Trump's Economy
Some women are thinking about the economic impact Donald Trump could have—and they're determined to be prepared.
time.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Every little bit helps.
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"FTC Surveillance Pricing Study Indicates Wide Range of Personal Data Used to Set Individualized Consumer Prices" www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
FTC Surveillance Pricing Study Indicates Wide Range of Personal Data Used to Set Individualized Consumer Prices
The Federal Trade Commission’s initial findings from its surveillance pricing market study revealed that details like a person’s precise location or browser history can be frequently used to target
www.ftc.gov
January 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"FTC Surveillance Pricing Study Indicates Wide Range of Personal Data Used to Set Individualized Consumer Prices" www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
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"Elon Musk furious after Wikipedia page calls his controversial gesture a ‘Nazi salute’
‘Defund Wikipedia until [the] balance is restored!’ Musk spouted..." www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Luckily, Wikimedia is not for sale. Donate here: donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php
‘Defund Wikipedia until [the] balance is restored!’ Musk spouted..." www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Luckily, Wikimedia is not for sale. Donate here: donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php
Elon Musk furious after Wikipedia page calls his gesture a ‘Nazi salute’
‘Defund Wikipedia until [the] balance is restored!’ Musk spouted on his social media platform X
www.independent.co.uk
January 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"Elon Musk furious after Wikipedia page calls his controversial gesture a ‘Nazi salute’
‘Defund Wikipedia until [the] balance is restored!’ Musk spouted..." www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Luckily, Wikimedia is not for sale. Donate here: donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php
‘Defund Wikipedia until [the] balance is restored!’ Musk spouted..." www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Luckily, Wikimedia is not for sale. Donate here: donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php
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the best part about making this a social norm is that suddenly everyone you know is REALLY COOL and also everyone thinks you're likely REALLY COOL too.
Keep this nugget from @margaret.bsky.social in mind: don't talk about the cool shit you're doing, just assume that everyone is doing cool shit that we can't talk about.
Do not
Do not
Do NOT
Announce or even hint on your social media that you’re doing illegal or potentially illegal things. Even if for excellent reasons.
You will be a target and make the people you aid targets.
Do not
Do NOT
Announce or even hint on your social media that you’re doing illegal or potentially illegal things. Even if for excellent reasons.
You will be a target and make the people you aid targets.
January 22, 2025 at 1:08 AM
the best part about making this a social norm is that suddenly everyone you know is REALLY COOL and also everyone thinks you're likely REALLY COOL too.