Crystal Pepsi Fan
@calder.bsky.social
Probably going to post about music, basketball, and left-politics.
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We're fighting back! Join Pittsburgh DSA to get in the ring and stand up for the People against Capitalism. We'll be tabling at Velum Fermentation for the Enjoy Wrestling match tomorrow, come say hi! act.dsausa.org/donate/membe...
December 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
We're fighting back! Join Pittsburgh DSA to get in the ring and stand up for the People against Capitalism. We'll be tabling at Velum Fermentation for the Enjoy Wrestling match tomorrow, come say hi! act.dsausa.org/donate/membe...
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So excited to be presenting & discussing this film tonight in Pittsburgh with @pghdsa.org @bukitbailfund.bsky.social! www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
‘They don’t want you to see the slave labor’: a new film goes inside Alabama’s prisons
New documentary The Alabama Solution exposes rampant state violence and inhumane conditions inside prisons
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
So excited to be presenting & discussing this film tonight in Pittsburgh with @pghdsa.org @bukitbailfund.bsky.social! www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
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In 1909 Eugene Debs visited the striking workers at McKees Rocks. In his speech, Debs told the gathered workers:
"There are fifteen nationalities here this morning, but you are one class. You are working men united in a single cause…” (1/2)
"There are fifteen nationalities here this morning, but you are one class. You are working men united in a single cause…” (1/2)
Socialist luminary and union agitator Eugene V. Debs died on this day in 1926.
Debs’s life and work was inspired by an unwavering belief that a more just and free world was possible, and that it would be created through class struggle.
Debs’s life and work was inspired by an unwavering belief that a more just and free world was possible, and that it would be created through class struggle.
October 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
In 1909 Eugene Debs visited the striking workers at McKees Rocks. In his speech, Debs told the gathered workers:
"There are fifteen nationalities here this morning, but you are one class. You are working men united in a single cause…” (1/2)
"There are fifteen nationalities here this morning, but you are one class. You are working men united in a single cause…” (1/2)
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We are here at No Kings Pittsburgh supporting the fight for Democracy! Come say hi and learn more about DSA!
October 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We are here at No Kings Pittsburgh supporting the fight for Democracy! Come say hi and learn more about DSA!
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Trump is in town today for an AI Summit hosted by Sen McCormick and CMU. Absolutely vile stuff from billionaires hoping to gut public services to instead fund climate-destroying, brain-rotting technology.
We hope you can get out to an action today.
We hope you can get out to an action today.
July 15, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Trump is in town today for an AI Summit hosted by Sen McCormick and CMU. Absolutely vile stuff from billionaires hoping to gut public services to instead fund climate-destroying, brain-rotting technology.
We hope you can get out to an action today.
We hope you can get out to an action today.
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NLRB employees line the sidewalk to welcome back Board Member Gwynne Wilcox at HQ this morning after a federal judge ordered her reinstatement.
Trump fired Wilcox Jan 27 in what the judge ruled was an illegal removal.
Trump fired Wilcox Jan 27 in what the judge ruled was an illegal removal.
March 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
NLRB employees line the sidewalk to welcome back Board Member Gwynne Wilcox at HQ this morning after a federal judge ordered her reinstatement.
Trump fired Wilcox Jan 27 in what the judge ruled was an illegal removal.
Trump fired Wilcox Jan 27 in what the judge ruled was an illegal removal.
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illegal, unconstitutional, impeachable offense
Breaking news: The U.S. government will no longer recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States to immigrants who lack legal status, one of 10 immigration-related executive orders President-elect Donald Trump plans to sign Monday, an incoming administration official told reporters.
Trump executive order will attempt to end birthright citizenship
The incoming president plans to take at least 10 actions related to the border or immigration, including ramping up deportations and suspending refugee resettlement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
illegal, unconstitutional, impeachable offense
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the comments section aftermath of lions commanders is reaching critical levels of "i wish they could both win" back patting bullshit
January 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
the comments section aftermath of lions commanders is reaching critical levels of "i wish they could both win" back patting bullshit
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Ok but none of this is possible if Biden doesnt sign a bill Apr 2024 banning TikTok unless it sold by 1/19/25. Between this & “Netanyahu and Trump secretly plotted a ceasefire for 6 mo’s while Biden unconditionally armed Netanyahu” does anyone wonder why Biden keeps assisting Trump’s sinister plots?
Trump hated TikTok (because China) until it helped him win an election (as even he acknowledges) and now he’s going to save it and take a victory lap. So he’ll have X, TikTok, Insta, and Facebook all working on his behalf. That’s a big difference between now and 2017.
January 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Ok but none of this is possible if Biden doesnt sign a bill Apr 2024 banning TikTok unless it sold by 1/19/25. Between this & “Netanyahu and Trump secretly plotted a ceasefire for 6 mo’s while Biden unconditionally armed Netanyahu” does anyone wonder why Biden keeps assisting Trump’s sinister plots?
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Being a "conservative intellectual" means you're the one guy in your friend group who has read a book
January 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Being a "conservative intellectual" means you're the one guy in your friend group who has read a book
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I'm glad they banned TikTok so I can share my data exclusively with American tech perverts
January 19, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I'm glad they banned TikTok so I can share my data exclusively with American tech perverts
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Grateful for the opportunity to chat about Pete Hegseth and white nationalism on Democracy Now this morning: www.democracynow.org/2025/1/14/pe...
Trump “Loyalist” Pete Hegseth Faces Senate Confirmation
The confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, former Fox News host and military veteran Pete Hegseth, begins today amid backlash over his history of sexual as...
www.democracynow.org
January 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Grateful for the opportunity to chat about Pete Hegseth and white nationalism on Democracy Now this morning: www.democracynow.org/2025/1/14/pe...
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The Biden administration has carved out a loophole for itself so the TikTok ban won't apply to certain government staff, according to a document signed by Secretary of State Blinken and leaked to me:
Biden Administration Quietly Carves TikTok Ban Loophole for Itself, Leaked Document Shows
TikTok ban for thee but not for me
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The Biden administration has carved out a loophole for itself so the TikTok ban won't apply to certain government staff, according to a document signed by Secretary of State Blinken and leaked to me:
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Federal employees are about to experience an unprecedented full-frontal attack, after facing decades of low-level hostility from both parties. It is in our collective interest to ensure they are not broken by the process. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/o...
Opinion | I’m a Federal Employee. This Is What We Need Most in the Trump Era.
Practical support matters more than encouragement.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Federal employees are about to experience an unprecedented full-frontal attack, after facing decades of low-level hostility from both parties. It is in our collective interest to ensure they are not broken by the process. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/o...
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Trump's incoming national security advisor says they're going to ask Ukraine to drop its draft age from 26 year olds to 18 year olds, adding: "They could generate hundreds of thousands of new soldiers."
"If the Ukrainians have asked the entire world to be all in for democracy"
"If the Ukrainians have asked the entire world to be all in for democracy"
January 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Trump's incoming national security advisor says they're going to ask Ukraine to drop its draft age from 26 year olds to 18 year olds, adding: "They could generate hundreds of thousands of new soldiers."
"If the Ukrainians have asked the entire world to be all in for democracy"
"If the Ukrainians have asked the entire world to be all in for democracy"
People in Pennsylvania don’t know about buying grocery store generic alcohol at Trader Joe’s, Costco and Aldi.
January 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
People in Pennsylvania don’t know about buying grocery store generic alcohol at Trader Joe’s, Costco and Aldi.
Monopoly Capital-Baran and Sweezy
January 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Monopoly Capital-Baran and Sweezy
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"Do you regret cutting the fire department's budget by millions of dollars?"
Karen Bass: [silence]
Karen Bass: [silence]
January 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
"Do you regret cutting the fire department's budget by millions of dollars?"
Karen Bass: [silence]
Karen Bass: [silence]
Sometimes when I’m over eager to cross the street, I’ll stand too close to the edge of the curb and a car will come whizzing by real close and force me back, like a batter getting backed down for crowding the plate.
January 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Sometimes when I’m over eager to cross the street, I’ll stand too close to the edge of the curb and a car will come whizzing by real close and force me back, like a batter getting backed down for crowding the plate.
AI art may just now be coming around, but I’ve been watching AI sports for years. I love booting up my Xbox, loading Madden, and watching two teams on Play Now in spectator mode. Glad the rest of my life is finally catching up.
January 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
AI art may just now be coming around, but I’ve been watching AI sports for years. I love booting up my Xbox, loading Madden, and watching two teams on Play Now in spectator mode. Glad the rest of my life is finally catching up.
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The resignation matters, but the real power of a system that does not tolerate dissent is that whoever takes the job now knows what they are not allowed to say if they want to keep the job.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/b...
Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Jeff Bezos Cartoon Is Killed
The cartoon, by Ann Telnaes, depicted the owner of The Post, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires genuflecting toward a statue of President-elect Donald Trump.
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The resignation matters, but the real power of a system that does not tolerate dissent is that whoever takes the job now knows what they are not allowed to say if they want to keep the job.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/b...
Very upsetting. Industrialized agriculture is a disaster, but it is incredible that three years after Biden won an election pretty much entirely on the basis of the incumbent mishandling a pandemic, that he would let another virus spiral out of control.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird...
Bird Flu Has Spread Out of Control after Mistakes by U.S. Government and Industry
As the bird flu virus moved into cows and people, sluggish federal action, deference to industry and neglect for worker safety put the country at risk
www.scientificamerican.com
January 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Very upsetting. Industrialized agriculture is a disaster, but it is incredible that three years after Biden won an election pretty much entirely on the basis of the incumbent mishandling a pandemic, that he would let another virus spiral out of control.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/bird...
Pathetic.
January 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Pathetic.
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Broken clock etc, although her motivation here is that her MAGA rival Marjorie Taylor Green is chairing the DOGE subcommittee
Lauren Boebert said she is frustrated with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s DOGE Commission, because Congress is the one who should be doing oversight
January 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Broken clock etc, although her motivation here is that her MAGA rival Marjorie Taylor Green is chairing the DOGE subcommittee