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Grave Dohl
@letsdestroy.bsky.social
· Jul 2
I started ADHD meds and am reining in my social media usage, including Bsky. I'll be posting a lot less and will probably start unfollowing a lot of people. It's nothing personal, and I'm doing well, I just need to unplug from The Discourse to a large degree.
This just seems like good campaigning.
🧵 Our mutual aid hub has been a HUGE draw for our immense volunteer base, many of whom have never wanted to be involved politics before now.
This model isn’t just about the immediate impacts: It’s about showing our values, building a community, and reaching voters — without selling our soul!
This model isn’t just about the immediate impacts: It’s about showing our values, building a community, and reaching voters — without selling our soul!
Turning campaigns into mutual aid hubs isn’t good for campaigns or mutual aid! Your campaign manager should be entirely too busy to schlep around 5600 tampons!
December 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This just seems like good campaigning.
Twitter was never the platform of the masses—it was a place for freaks and weirdos. It's now been taken over by right-wing freaks and weirdos, while the left-wing freaks and weirdos (myself included) have largely migrated here.
to be clear, it is fine if you just want to dick around! that's what i mostly do on here. but the idea that "you're giving up the fight to influence people by not using X" is belied by the fact that effectively *no one* uses X. and i don't see any of the "use X!" people on tiktok or youtube.
December 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Twitter was never the platform of the masses—it was a place for freaks and weirdos. It's now been taken over by right-wing freaks and weirdos, while the left-wing freaks and weirdos (myself included) have largely migrated here.
That's it, I'm converting to... whatever this is
Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas...$70 per ticket.
December 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
That's it, I'm converting to... whatever this is
Frankly, academia preys on idealistic and passionate young people. Principal Investigators use and abuse grad students and postdocs in an essentially feudal mode of production. ~10-20% end up in tenure-track positions, the rest leave academia, or even science altogether.
My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.”
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
December 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Frankly, academia preys on idealistic and passionate young people. Principal Investigators use and abuse grad students and postdocs in an essentially feudal mode of production. ~10-20% end up in tenure-track positions, the rest leave academia, or even science altogether.
Get ready for the worst campaign of the 2028 Democratic primary season
Josh Shapiro believes he is uniquely suited to win over Trump voters—but he’ll need to overcome distrust among some in his own party first, Tim Alberta reports: theatln.tc/mR9AHSG4
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Get ready for the worst campaign of the 2028 Democratic primary season
Abolish the Munk Debates
Prominent Munk Debates on two-state solution to feature four Israeli politicians, no Palestinians
Critics outraged by the move are calling on the debates to be cancelled
www.middleeasteye.net
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Abolish the Munk Debates
Good fucking riddance.
There need to be prosecutions against the people who operated this sick human safari.
There need to be prosecutions against the people who operated this sick human safari.
“The GHF model is one of the worst ‘aid’ — and I use ‘aid’ in quotes — models that’s been tried in the 21st century, if not longer than that,” said Anastasia Moran, advocacy director at MedGlobal, a Chicago-based medical aid organization that has teams inside Gaza.
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Calls It Quits After Thousands Die Seeking Its Aid
The aid group GHF oversaw relief in Gaza during a period defined by the killings of Palestinians seeking food during famine.
interc.pt
November 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Good fucking riddance.
There need to be prosecutions against the people who operated this sick human safari.
There need to be prosecutions against the people who operated this sick human safari.
Didn't realize apartheid South Africa had its own 'land without people' myth. It's pretty much exactly what Joan Peters claimed about Mandatory Palestine: that 'the Arabs' arrived, looking for work, only *after* Zionists had settled and developed Palestine.
November 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Didn't realize apartheid South Africa had its own 'land without people' myth. It's pretty much exactly what Joan Peters claimed about Mandatory Palestine: that 'the Arabs' arrived, looking for work, only *after* Zionists had settled and developed Palestine.
Calls into question the American policy of delivering an endless supply of their latest weapons to a country that fires them at anyone and everyone without the slightest restraint.
This is very funny. "Pretty please can you give our bomb back?"
Meanwhile Israel put hundreds of these fucking things (and Israeli equivalents) into apartment towers in Iran, and Iran is already reverse engineering AIM-120Cs expended over Iraq to shoot down drones.
Can't put the toothpaste back.
Meanwhile Israel put hundreds of these fucking things (and Israeli equivalents) into apartment towers in Iran, and Iran is already reverse engineering AIM-120Cs expended over Iraq to shoot down drones.
Can't put the toothpaste back.
US urges Lebanon to return undetonated GBU-39 | The Jerusalem Post
The GBU-39 is a glide bomb manufactured by Boeing. Once launched, it deploys wings and can glide up to 110 km, despite lacking its own engine.
www.jpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Calls into question the American policy of delivering an endless supply of their latest weapons to a country that fires them at anyone and everyone without the slightest restraint.
It was obvious that eventually, Syrian locals would start fighting the Israelis forces which invaded their communities without provocation. It was equally obvious that Israel would use that armed resistance as a justification for maintaining and even expanding their occupation.
According to Syrian media, Israel accuses the Syrian government of having affiliations with the "militants" (Syrian locals) who resisted the Israeli raid on Beit Jinn
November 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
It was obvious that eventually, Syrian locals would start fighting the Israelis forces which invaded their communities without provocation. It was equally obvious that Israel would use that armed resistance as a justification for maintaining and even expanding their occupation.
My most lib trait is that I love when celebrities do this
thank you for supporting striking Starbucks workers, Comrade Hilary Duff
November 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My most lib trait is that I love when celebrities do this
(Snapshot rather than quote tweet because this is more of a reflection than a criticism)
I supported the US-led intervention in Libya in 2011. That succeeded insofar as it overthrew Qaddafi, but it also ended up turning Libya into a failed state. 1/
I supported the US-led intervention in Libya in 2011. That succeeded insofar as it overthrew Qaddafi, but it also ended up turning Libya into a failed state. 1/
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
(Snapshot rather than quote tweet because this is more of a reflection than a criticism)
I supported the US-led intervention in Libya in 2011. That succeeded insofar as it overthrew Qaddafi, but it also ended up turning Libya into a failed state. 1/
I supported the US-led intervention in Libya in 2011. That succeeded insofar as it overthrew Qaddafi, but it also ended up turning Libya into a failed state. 1/
Reposted by Grave Dohl
If a Russian Orthodox Church was holding an event to sell land in occupied areas of Ukraine and some people held a protest zero people would condemn it and they'd be correct
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
If a Russian Orthodox Church was holding an event to sell land in occupied areas of Ukraine and some people held a protest zero people would condemn it and they'd be correct
MTG appears to be a savvy political entrepreneur with a keen sense of which way the winds are blowing. I don't think she's experiencing a personal epiphany. Rather, she's positioning herself to be a leader of the post-Trump MAGA movement.
again, the takeaway is not "MTG is good now". It's "MTG really wants to distnace herself from trump because she thinks he's doomed"
November 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
MTG appears to be a savvy political entrepreneur with a keen sense of which way the winds are blowing. I don't think she's experiencing a personal epiphany. Rather, she's positioning herself to be a leader of the post-Trump MAGA movement.
The thing about this plan is that it won't work. Just like Israel's "transfer" plan or Trump's "Gaza Riviera" plan, it won't work because it does not account, in the least, for the needs and desires of Palestinians.
All praise the Gaza peacemakers! They're:
-Dividing the strip into 2 zones
-Pushing Gazans into one, which will see airstrikes and raids
-doing reconstruction only in the other
-promising a foreign force made up of Europeans, who aren't willing to do it
You better be seen praising the peacemakers.
-Dividing the strip into 2 zones
-Pushing Gazans into one, which will see airstrikes and raids
-doing reconstruction only in the other
-promising a foreign force made up of Europeans, who aren't willing to do it
You better be seen praising the peacemakers.
US military planning for divided Gaza with ‘green zone’ secured by international and Israeli troops
Exclusive: Almost all Palestinians have been displaced to ‘red zone’ where no reconstruction is planned
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The thing about this plan is that it won't work. Just like Israel's "transfer" plan or Trump's "Gaza Riviera" plan, it won't work because it does not account, in the least, for the needs and desires of Palestinians.
'Average American vaguely opposed to wanton state brutality' is... more heartening than I would've thought tbh.
Turns out Americans may not be buying the administration's bogus terrorism narrative for its maritime killing spree.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/p...
Analysis: Trump’s boat strikes appear quite unpopular, as Americans again support due process | CNN Politics
When President Donald Trump began rapidly deporting migrants earlier this year to a brutal Salvadoran prison – including some wrongfully so – without due process, Democrats were somewhat wary of pushi...
www.cnn.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
'Average American vaguely opposed to wanton state brutality' is... more heartening than I would've thought tbh.
It's time for Woke 2: Dark Woke
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It's time for Woke 2: Dark Woke
I regret to inform everyone that Tim Kaine is no longer in the membrane
These 8 senators broke with Democrats on the government shutdown deal. Here's how they explain it
Eight senators are facing criticism from Democrats for their deal with Republicans to end the federal government shutdown.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I regret to inform everyone that Tim Kaine is no longer in the membrane
I realize the NYT is a mixed bag, that they have some very talented journalists who do great work, that the problems come largely from the top, etc.
But what the fuck is this?
But what the fuck is this?
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I realize the NYT is a mixed bag, that they have some very talented journalists who do great work, that the problems come largely from the top, etc.
But what the fuck is this?
But what the fuck is this?
I'm not that familiar with Candace Owens but, from what I gather, she's widely considered a far-right lunatic, so the criticism against Finkelstein is probably deserved.
What really stuck out to me was the term "Bolshevik". It's such a throwback that I don't how to interpret it in this context. 1/
What really stuck out to me was the term "Bolshevik". It's such a throwback that I don't how to interpret it in this context. 1/
Norman Finkelstein, the fuck is wrong with you?
This is the second time he's gone on Candace Owens' show, and look how she frames the interview in her tweet.
This is the second time he's gone on Candace Owens' show, and look how she frames the interview in her tweet.
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I'm not that familiar with Candace Owens but, from what I gather, she's widely considered a far-right lunatic, so the criticism against Finkelstein is probably deserved.
What really stuck out to me was the term "Bolshevik". It's such a throwback that I don't how to interpret it in this context. 1/
What really stuck out to me was the term "Bolshevik". It's such a throwback that I don't how to interpret it in this context. 1/
The new Life After People season on History uses AI. It looks awful.
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The new Life After People season on History uses AI. It looks awful.
A claim I've seen repeated about pre-Zionist Palestine is that it was a "stateless no-man's-land", another version of the "land without a people" myth.
It doesn't make sense. It never made sense.
Palestine was a fully-integrated part of the Ottoman Empire, which was very much a state.
It doesn't make sense. It never made sense.
Palestine was a fully-integrated part of the Ottoman Empire, which was very much a state.
November 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A claim I've seen repeated about pre-Zionist Palestine is that it was a "stateless no-man's-land", another version of the "land without a people" myth.
It doesn't make sense. It never made sense.
Palestine was a fully-integrated part of the Ottoman Empire, which was very much a state.
It doesn't make sense. It never made sense.
Palestine was a fully-integrated part of the Ottoman Empire, which was very much a state.
Pundit admits "I'm a dumb idiot", continues to be rewarded for his bad takes forever
I think this would qualify as a knee-jerk reaction.
Yglesias: "In an irresponsible-but-probably-typical manner I just took my cues from the fact that almost all of the leading Democrats seemed to be backing Bush on this."
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Yglesias: "In an irresponsible-but-probably-typical manner I just took my cues from the fact that almost all of the leading Democrats seemed to be backing Bush on this."
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Me & The War
www.theatlantic.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Pundit admits "I'm a dumb idiot", continues to be rewarded for his bad takes forever
The people most obsessed with Israel are the politicians who insist on supporting it unconditionally.
Democrats who want to maintain the standard U.S. support for Israel despite their own voters’ deep opposition to the country’s government will increasingly struggle — not because voters are obsessed with Israel but because it’s an indication they’re deeply out-of-touch or beholden to lobbyists.
November 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The people most obsessed with Israel are the politicians who insist on supporting it unconditionally.
9/11 was an inside job (Mamdani did it, retroactively)
November 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
9/11 was an inside job (Mamdani did it, retroactively)