Maroon Phoenix
@maroonphoenix.bsky.social
It is all one fight. I’m on the side of the oppressed over the oppressor. Learn to tell the difference.
#LandBack #Enough #ProtectTransKids #TeamOrca #CovidIsAirborne #CleanTheAir
#TaxWealthNotWork
#LandBack #Enough #ProtectTransKids #TeamOrca #CovidIsAirborne #CleanTheAir
#TaxWealthNotWork
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I try not to become so bitter a person that I would wish my long covid on anyone. I don’t wish the crushing fatigue, the heart problems, the weight gain, the hair loss, inability to exercise, the shattered immune system, on anyone.
But I do fucking wish none of them could ever eat a potato again.
But I do fucking wish none of them could ever eat a potato again.
Disappointed to see Jon Stewart & co joke about masking in public. I do it for my medically fragile daughter (Batten Disease). People not masking properly led to her getting pneumonia, which led to her being on life support, which led to me getting price quotes on her cremation just in case.
December 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I try not to become so bitter a person that I would wish my long covid on anyone. I don’t wish the crushing fatigue, the heart problems, the weight gain, the hair loss, inability to exercise, the shattered immune system, on anyone.
But I do fucking wish none of them could ever eat a potato again.
But I do fucking wish none of them could ever eat a potato again.
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Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys mocking people who wear masks while talking about What Is To Be Done is exactly what Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys are, it's the most Jon Stewart and pod saves guys thing possible.
December 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys mocking people who wear masks while talking about What Is To Be Done is exactly what Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys are, it's the most Jon Stewart and pod saves guys thing possible.
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damn. I just searched and the piece I wrote for them years ago about domestic violence and Title IX is gone
Hello repro writers from the mid to late 20 teens - I just discovered Cosmopolitan at some point pulled almost every politics/repro story from the 5 years I wrote for them offline (except two, which they put under someone else's name and gave me "additional reporting" which it very much was not)
December 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
damn. I just searched and the piece I wrote for them years ago about domestic violence and Title IX is gone
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How can someone who says that a stone cold racist and trans-exterminationist Charlie Kirk “did politics the right way” have the nerve to tell us why “we” are polarized? The gall.
December 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
How can someone who says that a stone cold racist and trans-exterminationist Charlie Kirk “did politics the right way” have the nerve to tell us why “we” are polarized? The gall.
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Hello repro writers from the mid to late 20 teens - I just discovered Cosmopolitan at some point pulled almost every politics/repro story from the 5 years I wrote for them offline (except two, which they put under someone else's name and gave me "additional reporting" which it very much was not)
December 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Hello repro writers from the mid to late 20 teens - I just discovered Cosmopolitan at some point pulled almost every politics/repro story from the 5 years I wrote for them offline (except two, which they put under someone else's name and gave me "additional reporting" which it very much was not)
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Vicky doesn't allow for quote posting but I think people forget during BLM protests a teenager killed protesters and was not only not convicted but raised a hundreds of thousands of dollars for doing it.
December 28, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Vicky doesn't allow for quote posting but I think people forget during BLM protests a teenager killed protesters and was not only not convicted but raised a hundreds of thousands of dollars for doing it.
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instagram started serving me a bunch of videos about “so everyone has this mystery illness right we’re all suffering 😷” and thousands of comments agreeing and i’m just here to say no it doesn’t have to be like that actually
December 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
instagram started serving me a bunch of videos about “so everyone has this mystery illness right we’re all suffering 😷” and thousands of comments agreeing and i’m just here to say no it doesn’t have to be like that actually
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Important to also include the more mundane, every day "visits" that Federal and local law enforcement pay to activists and organizers just so they can let you know that they are watching you.
Police in the US do their best to kill and maim protesters on a regular basis.
Those who aren't maimed or killed, prosecutors do their best to bury under the jail.
And cops work with armed right-wing vigilantes to kill even more.
And yet people are still coming out. It takes immense courage.
Those who aren't maimed or killed, prosecutors do their best to bury under the jail.
And cops work with armed right-wing vigilantes to kill even more.
And yet people are still coming out. It takes immense courage.
December 28, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Important to also include the more mundane, every day "visits" that Federal and local law enforcement pay to activists and organizers just so they can let you know that they are watching you.
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A big reason we don’t have UBI is because it would be good for everybody. Most in charge are willing to waste a lot of money and resources specifically to immiserate people and perpetuate an underclass.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
December 28, 2025 at 5:24 AM
A big reason we don’t have UBI is because it would be good for everybody. Most in charge are willing to waste a lot of money and resources specifically to immiserate people and perpetuate an underclass.
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The "nobodies" doing "nothing" are the ELITES and most of the politicians representing you. PEOPLE in their communities are in motion, everywhere. You just have to pay attention and importantly you have to JOIN THEM.
December 28, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The "nobodies" doing "nothing" are the ELITES and most of the politicians representing you. PEOPLE in their communities are in motion, everywhere. You just have to pay attention and importantly you have to JOIN THEM.
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People not in the US routinely downplay the degree to which law enforcement in this country is willing to kill us.
In grad school I referenced this analysis that found that cops in the US kill more people than "criminals" do in other countries. And that's routine.
In grad school I referenced this analysis that found that cops in the US kill more people than "criminals" do in other countries. And that's routine.
December 28, 2025 at 4:28 AM
People not in the US routinely downplay the degree to which law enforcement in this country is willing to kill us.
In grad school I referenced this analysis that found that cops in the US kill more people than "criminals" do in other countries. And that's routine.
In grad school I referenced this analysis that found that cops in the US kill more people than "criminals" do in other countries. And that's routine.
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America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
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We need those who claim to be “left” to stop punching down on the disabled, covid cautious and immune compromised.
Masking is resistance.
It’s community care.
The ruling class wants you sick and weak so you won’t fight back.
Healthcare is being gutted.
There’s never been a better time to mask
Masking is resistance.
It’s community care.
The ruling class wants you sick and weak so you won’t fight back.
Healthcare is being gutted.
There’s never been a better time to mask
December 27, 2025 at 4:32 AM
We need those who claim to be “left” to stop punching down on the disabled, covid cautious and immune compromised.
Masking is resistance.
It’s community care.
The ruling class wants you sick and weak so you won’t fight back.
Healthcare is being gutted.
There’s never been a better time to mask
Masking is resistance.
It’s community care.
The ruling class wants you sick and weak so you won’t fight back.
Healthcare is being gutted.
There’s never been a better time to mask
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will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
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Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.
They’re again advocating against Denmark when it comes to Greenland
December 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.
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You know what IS being pushed out of "our" lives? Diverse voices.
Google "book bans." Google "DEI bans." Or just turn on the fucking news.
Choosing to frame white men's apparent struggles to be rewarded, awarded and cheered as the problem to be solved sure is a fucking choice in 2025.
Google "book bans." Google "DEI bans." Or just turn on the fucking news.
Choosing to frame white men's apparent struggles to be rewarded, awarded and cheered as the problem to be solved sure is a fucking choice in 2025.
December 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
You know what IS being pushed out of "our" lives? Diverse voices.
Google "book bans." Google "DEI bans." Or just turn on the fucking news.
Choosing to frame white men's apparent struggles to be rewarded, awarded and cheered as the problem to be solved sure is a fucking choice in 2025.
Google "book bans." Google "DEI bans." Or just turn on the fucking news.
Choosing to frame white men's apparent struggles to be rewarded, awarded and cheered as the problem to be solved sure is a fucking choice in 2025.
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Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Published Oct. w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Published Oct. w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
www.propublica.org
December 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Published Oct. w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Published Oct. w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social
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I did not understand this: one of the five Europeans the US has barred from traveling to the United States...is a permanent resident who lives with his family in the US.
Now he is worried about being arrested and deported for the crime of monitoring online hate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Now he is worried about being arrested and deported for the crime of monitoring online hate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I did not understand this: one of the five Europeans the US has barred from traveling to the United States...is a permanent resident who lives with his family in the US.
Now he is worried about being arrested and deported for the crime of monitoring online hate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Now he is worried about being arrested and deported for the crime of monitoring online hate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
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Happy holidays to everyone who's in solitude today. You get to decide what this post-solstice 24 hours is like! You could mourn or reflect, give gratitude or binge-watch, join your chosen family or cozy up with your animals. You may not be surrounded by people, but a lot of us are in the same place.
December 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Happy holidays to everyone who's in solitude today. You get to decide what this post-solstice 24 hours is like! You could mourn or reflect, give gratitude or binge-watch, join your chosen family or cozy up with your animals. You may not be surrounded by people, but a lot of us are in the same place.
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the least shocking thing in the epstein files that wont get enough attention. police regularly arrest and charge victims to coerce them into participating, often jailing them in conditions that are worse.
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
![. . . very cooperative, but the police at that point had to let [redacted] know that what she had done that she could be facing charges.
Q And that was after they had told her earlier that she didn't need an attorney present, correct?
A Exactly.
Q Okay. So this happens to her with the Palm Beach Police Department and did the Palm Beach Police actually present or propose charging [redacted]?
A They did get a probable cause affidavit against [redacted].
Q And is that why Ms. [redacted] and her attorney were concerned about her testimony here?
A Yes.
Q Now was a subpoena issued for Ms. [redacted] on behalf of this grand jury?
A Yes, it was.
Q And before Ms. [redacted] would comply with that, did she -- did her attorney request some sort of order?
A Yes.
Q And what did he ask for?
A He asked for immunity for [redacted].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eoss3vmzem55cm5kuddhdmwn/bafkreiariijffjjrgfh26o22jjr76pwprinvnbpkcho5lyi2sucfbqlooy@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
the least shocking thing in the epstein files that wont get enough attention. police regularly arrest and charge victims to coerce them into participating, often jailing them in conditions that are worse.
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"We’re monitoring what you do online. Disseminating, writing, or publishing inciting content online is considered a terrorist crime in every sense and may lead to arrest or imprisonment. We have warned you."
Israel warns Palestinians that posting about their suffering will be considered terrorism.
Israel warns Palestinians that posting about their suffering will be considered terrorism.
December 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
"We’re monitoring what you do online. Disseminating, writing, or publishing inciting content online is considered a terrorist crime in every sense and may lead to arrest or imprisonment. We have warned you."
Israel warns Palestinians that posting about their suffering will be considered terrorism.
Israel warns Palestinians that posting about their suffering will be considered terrorism.
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And you can do this everywhere really. White unemployment is always half that of black unemployment.
You simply can’t explain that without either acknowledging racial privilege or asserting racist shit.
You simply can’t explain that without either acknowledging racial privilege or asserting racist shit.
December 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
And you can do this everywhere really. White unemployment is always half that of black unemployment.
You simply can’t explain that without either acknowledging racial privilege or asserting racist shit.
You simply can’t explain that without either acknowledging racial privilege or asserting racist shit.