Esme Rylan
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Esme Rylan
@esmerylan.bsky.social
· Sep 10
My comment on current events: I don't mourn Nazis.
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it looks like the NYC DSA also has an antiwar working group, and given their recent success with zohran, there's not been a better time to throw your weight behind what they're doing
Working Groups and Issues - NYC Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
Working Groups In addition to our geographically-based branches, NYC-DSA has campaign and working groups that focus on specific issues. Electoral The Electoral Working Group is Focused on recruiting a...
socialists.nyc
January 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
it looks like the NYC DSA also has an antiwar working group, and given their recent success with zohran, there's not been a better time to throw your weight behind what they're doing
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codepink was the first place i found that had scheduled actions for venezuela. there's some info on local protests and also a couple of policy actions that can be taken here:
NO WAR ON VENEZUELA: Emergency Actions
NO WAR ON VENEZUELA: Emergency Actions
www.codepink.org
January 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
codepink was the first place i found that had scheduled actions for venezuela. there's some info on local protests and also a couple of policy actions that can be taken here:
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We’re never, ever going to be rid of this administration as long as spineless bootlickers like Jeffries continue to be involved.
January 3, 2026 at 6:19 PM
We’re never, ever going to be rid of this administration as long as spineless bootlickers like Jeffries continue to be involved.
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so... what do we even fucking say.
there's a war on.
we still definitely need to at least try and pay bills.
sorry. fuck. what the fuck.
welcome to 2026. it's ✨ Shameless Self Promotion Saturday ✨ and we're very sorry.
there's a war on.
we still definitely need to at least try and pay bills.
sorry. fuck. what the fuck.
welcome to 2026. it's ✨ Shameless Self Promotion Saturday ✨ and we're very sorry.
January 3, 2026 at 4:58 PM
so... what do we even fucking say.
there's a war on.
we still definitely need to at least try and pay bills.
sorry. fuck. what the fuck.
welcome to 2026. it's ✨ Shameless Self Promotion Saturday ✨ and we're very sorry.
there's a war on.
we still definitely need to at least try and pay bills.
sorry. fuck. what the fuck.
welcome to 2026. it's ✨ Shameless Self Promotion Saturday ✨ and we're very sorry.
Someone needs to explain to me how the damage rolls work in Brighter Shores because it just seems like hot nonsense, I can't find any rhyme or reason to them.
January 3, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Someone needs to explain to me how the damage rolls work in Brighter Shores because it just seems like hot nonsense, I can't find any rhyme or reason to them.
My only thought on the Odyssey trailer is that one shot where Odysseus steps out from total darkness into a single lit patch of grass looks bizarrely bad, like they skipped some steps in the SFX process somewhere, everything else looks fine.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
My only thought on the Odyssey trailer is that one shot where Odysseus steps out from total darkness into a single lit patch of grass looks bizarrely bad, like they skipped some steps in the SFX process somewhere, everything else looks fine.
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Like we see so much "well yes western imperial powers are soaked in blood to the elbows but they meant well", where is that energy for these countries trying to do land reform whose leaders keep getting assassinated and couped about it?
January 3, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Like we see so much "well yes western imperial powers are soaked in blood to the elbows but they meant well", where is that energy for these countries trying to do land reform whose leaders keep getting assassinated and couped about it?
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I'm gonna be honest, it sucks to see people who appeal, however abstractly, to the "ideals" of the west to smooth over their own easy complicity in atrocity and violence, totally ignoring the ideal of the Bolivarian revolution, however flawed it has been in execution.
January 3, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I'm gonna be honest, it sucks to see people who appeal, however abstractly, to the "ideals" of the west to smooth over their own easy complicity in atrocity and violence, totally ignoring the ideal of the Bolivarian revolution, however flawed it has been in execution.
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We need to purge the entire political class.
Everyone in the upper class IS A FASCIST. They're just openly boasting about it now. Jacking each other off over it, declaring anyone and anything they dislike "lacking legitimacy" and that means laws no longer matter.
ACT. ACCORDINGLY.
Everyone in the upper class IS A FASCIST. They're just openly boasting about it now. Jacking each other off over it, declaring anyone and anything they dislike "lacking legitimacy" and that means laws no longer matter.
ACT. ACCORDINGLY.
I have spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and our Ambassador in Caracas. The EU is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela.
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
January 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM
We need to purge the entire political class.
Everyone in the upper class IS A FASCIST. They're just openly boasting about it now. Jacking each other off over it, declaring anyone and anything they dislike "lacking legitimacy" and that means laws no longer matter.
ACT. ACCORDINGLY.
Everyone in the upper class IS A FASCIST. They're just openly boasting about it now. Jacking each other off over it, declaring anyone and anything they dislike "lacking legitimacy" and that means laws no longer matter.
ACT. ACCORDINGLY.
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Democracy is when a foreign power sees themselves as having the right to be very much involved in deciding who the leader of your country can be. 🙃
Fox: “What do you think is next for the Venezuelan people?”
Trump: “We’re making that decision now. We can’t take a chance on letting somebody else run and just take over where he left off.
“We’ll be very much involved, and we want to bring liberty for the people.”
Trump: “We’re making that decision now. We can’t take a chance on letting somebody else run and just take over where he left off.
“We’ll be very much involved, and we want to bring liberty for the people.”
January 3, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Democracy is when a foreign power sees themselves as having the right to be very much involved in deciding who the leader of your country can be. 🙃
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No more photos, no more feeding Altman’s or Musk’s or Zuckerberg’s or anyone else’s rape computer, no more masturbation fodder for these freaks, no more. If no one in power will do anything then I’m slamming the door behind me.
I am opting out.
I encourage other women to do the same.
I am opting out.
I encourage other women to do the same.
January 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
No more photos, no more feeding Altman’s or Musk’s or Zuckerberg’s or anyone else’s rape computer, no more masturbation fodder for these freaks, no more. If no one in power will do anything then I’m slamming the door behind me.
I am opting out.
I encourage other women to do the same.
I am opting out.
I encourage other women to do the same.
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Men have felt and will always feel entitled to control women’s bodies. We see this everywhere, from Twitter to the Supreme Court. Generative AI simply offers another vector for attempting to exert that control. A mere photo of your face online now means you can be in porn against your will.
January 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Men have felt and will always feel entitled to control women’s bodies. We see this everywhere, from Twitter to the Supreme Court. Generative AI simply offers another vector for attempting to exert that control. A mere photo of your face online now means you can be in porn against your will.
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wtf do you even say about such naked evil
January 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
wtf do you even say about such naked evil
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People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
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I don’t live in the same universe as these people, let alone share a party
My statement on the capture of the brutal, illegitimate ruler of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and need for a transition to democracy:
January 3, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I don’t live in the same universe as these people, let alone share a party
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it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"
January 3, 2026 at 2:24 PM
it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"
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it’s interesting to see the start date different people attach to this condition of existential american embarrassment. ten years ago, twenty, sixty. everyone’s sort of right
another morning when it’s an existentially shameful thing to be an american huh
January 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
it’s interesting to see the start date different people attach to this condition of existential american embarrassment. ten years ago, twenty, sixty. everyone’s sort of right
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Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
January 3, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
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The US invades a sovereign nation to force a regime change and a major news network reports it like this and it’s only January 3rd
Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump reut.rs/3YWbo3K
Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump
Nicolas Maduro ruled Venezuela with a heavy hand for more than 12 years, presiding over deep economic and social crises and resisting pressure from domestic opponents and foreign governments for political change.
reut.rs
January 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
The US invades a sovereign nation to force a regime change and a major news network reports it like this and it’s only January 3rd
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trump doing this is shocking but ultimately welcome in this worldview, where harsh republicans take decisive action to do the job liberals want done but are too pussy to do themselves.
January 3, 2026 at 2:32 PM
trump doing this is shocking but ultimately welcome in this worldview, where harsh republicans take decisive action to do the job liberals want done but are too pussy to do themselves.
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democrats have talked for years about how unacceptable maduro was and spent the better part of the biden administration propping up a joke anti-president in the hopes that “organic” change could occur in venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 2:31 PM
democrats have talked for years about how unacceptable maduro was and spent the better part of the biden administration propping up a joke anti-president in the hopes that “organic” change could occur in venezuela.
Listening to the June Tabor cover of "All This Useless Beauty" I submitted in Music League again, and it's remarkable how she brings out the anger and the venom in that final verse in a way Costello's own version, filled with weary defeatism, never accomplished. youtu.be/eu-0QBIys2o?...
All This Useless Beauty
YouTube video by June Tabor - Topic
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Listening to the June Tabor cover of "All This Useless Beauty" I submitted in Music League again, and it's remarkable how she brings out the anger and the venom in that final verse in a way Costello's own version, filled with weary defeatism, never accomplished. youtu.be/eu-0QBIys2o?...
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Xi isn’t coming the EU won’t help us and the liberals in charge won’t either. Socialists and communists need to organize and agitate around this and that’s what needs to be done. US imperialism must end and the only way it will is through the dismantling of US capitalism
January 3, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Xi isn’t coming the EU won’t help us and the liberals in charge won’t either. Socialists and communists need to organize and agitate around this and that’s what needs to be done. US imperialism must end and the only way it will is through the dismantling of US capitalism
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who else is vibrating with anticipation for Chuck Schumer and democratic leadership to sputter impotently and do nothing about this?
January 3, 2026 at 2:11 PM
who else is vibrating with anticipation for Chuck Schumer and democratic leadership to sputter impotently and do nothing about this?
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If your position is that regime change should be forced on countries where the president does not respect democratic norms and regularly kidnaps opponents using an officially sanctioned paramiliatary, have I got news for you about your position on the United States
January 3, 2026 at 1:45 PM
If your position is that regime change should be forced on countries where the president does not respect democratic norms and regularly kidnaps opponents using an officially sanctioned paramiliatary, have I got news for you about your position on the United States