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Hey if you have a problem with the White House sharing A.I. generated photos of their political enemies great reminder to not also do that
January 23, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Hey if you have a problem with the White House sharing A.I. generated photos of their political enemies great reminder to not also do that
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My co-worker shared this, in prep for tomorrow. And I'll add in--your phone battery will drain so fast. So fast. Bring an extra charger, or just be ok with being phone-less.
January 22, 2026 at 10:32 PM
My co-worker shared this, in prep for tomorrow. And I'll add in--your phone battery will drain so fast. So fast. Bring an extra charger, or just be ok with being phone-less.
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To understand the ways that the economy has shifted and how our strike tactics must also shift, we compare the last two general strikes that took place in the US—both of which, conveniently, occurred in Oakland, California—in 1946 and 2011.
The 2011 strike is especially instructive.
The 2011 strike is especially instructive.
A Tale of Two General Strikes
What would a general strike look like today? We explore the last two general strikes to take place in the US—both in Oakland, in 1946 and 2011.
crimethinc.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:17 PM
To understand the ways that the economy has shifted and how our strike tactics must also shift, we compare the last two general strikes that took place in the US—both of which, conveniently, occurred in Oakland, California—in 1946 and 2011.
The 2011 strike is especially instructive.
The 2011 strike is especially instructive.
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Have seen many variations of this & broadly agree—but the part that struck me in the moment wasn’t “this is a microcosm for how America sucks” — it was “this is a microcosm for trying to behave democratically & respectfully of one another in a complex, evolving situation with things we can't know.”
i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
January 20, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Have seen many variations of this & broadly agree—but the part that struck me in the moment wasn’t “this is a microcosm for how America sucks” — it was “this is a microcosm for trying to behave democratically & respectfully of one another in a complex, evolving situation with things we can't know.”
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Hey Philly folks! My foster cats are available for adoption, if you're interested — or know someone who is.
You can find out more here: www.instagram.com/p/DTqQ1DBEfc...
Message me or email me at amanda.marcotte@gmail.com
Share to Philly folks! Let's get these cats their forever home!
You can find out more here: www.instagram.com/p/DTqQ1DBEfc...
Message me or email me at amanda.marcotte@gmail.com
Share to Philly folks! Let's get these cats their forever home!
January 18, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Hey Philly folks! My foster cats are available for adoption, if you're interested — or know someone who is.
You can find out more here: www.instagram.com/p/DTqQ1DBEfc...
Message me or email me at amanda.marcotte@gmail.com
Share to Philly folks! Let's get these cats their forever home!
You can find out more here: www.instagram.com/p/DTqQ1DBEfc...
Message me or email me at amanda.marcotte@gmail.com
Share to Philly folks! Let's get these cats their forever home!
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ANYWAY, HAPPY NEW YEAR, FRIENDS AND READERS AND FELLOW WEIRDOS
*holds up the carcass of 2025 to let 2026 know we are without mercy, so it better be on its best goddamn behavior*
*holds up the carcass of 2025 to let 2026 know we are without mercy, so it better be on its best goddamn behavior*
January 1, 2026 at 2:45 PM
ANYWAY, HAPPY NEW YEAR, FRIENDS AND READERS AND FELLOW WEIRDOS
*holds up the carcass of 2025 to let 2026 know we are without mercy, so it better be on its best goddamn behavior*
*holds up the carcass of 2025 to let 2026 know we are without mercy, so it better be on its best goddamn behavior*
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
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This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
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The Trump administration has completely abandoned enforcement of the Fair Housing Act, a key Civil Rights era achievement. That's left Kenneth Hansbrough, a blind wheelchair user, trapped in an apartment that puts his safety at risk. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
HUD Is Refusing to Enforce Anti-Discrimination Law—and Won’t Let Anyone Else Do It, Either
The initial chaos of layoffs has been followed by a concerted effort by the Trump administration to halt the enforcement of the Fair Housing Act.
www.thenation.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Trump administration has completely abandoned enforcement of the Fair Housing Act, a key Civil Rights era achievement. That's left Kenneth Hansbrough, a blind wheelchair user, trapped in an apartment that puts his safety at risk. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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December 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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There was no "hiking shoot." She went hiking and someone took pictures of her from far away.
The Post is trying to frame this as hypocrisy but it's literally "a woman said she doesn't like being shot by paparazzi and yet she was shot by paparazzi."
The Post is trying to frame this as hypocrisy but it's literally "a woman said she doesn't like being shot by paparazzi and yet she was shot by paparazzi."
December 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
There was no "hiking shoot." She went hiking and someone took pictures of her from far away.
The Post is trying to frame this as hypocrisy but it's literally "a woman said she doesn't like being shot by paparazzi and yet she was shot by paparazzi."
The Post is trying to frame this as hypocrisy but it's literally "a woman said she doesn't like being shot by paparazzi and yet she was shot by paparazzi."
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November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Periodic reminder that direct action is a fundamental form of protest.
It is the original form of protest.
To refuse to accept the status quo, to intervene in an effort to shift power from the oppressor to the oppressed is protest.
It is the original form of protest.
To refuse to accept the status quo, to intervene in an effort to shift power from the oppressor to the oppressed is protest.
November 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Periodic reminder that direct action is a fundamental form of protest.
It is the original form of protest.
To refuse to accept the status quo, to intervene in an effort to shift power from the oppressor to the oppressed is protest.
It is the original form of protest.
To refuse to accept the status quo, to intervene in an effort to shift power from the oppressor to the oppressed is protest.
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We're primarying John Fetterman.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We're primarying John Fetterman.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.
Last week, Fetterman again sold out working Pennsylvanians. He was the deciding vote for a Republican budget bill that will strip healthcare from over 400,000 Pennsylvanians.
We deserve real working class leadership in the Senate, not a Trump-enabling Democrat.
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There is a very good reason why the thing I say most consistently about situations like this is "the violent rhetoric policy is my least favorite policy to write and enforce, and the policy that creates the most upheaval among the userbase when it is applied"!
"bluesky will suspend you for anything vaguely resembling a death threat" is maybe the single most consistent moderation policy they have I don't know why anyone is surprised by this one
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
There is a very good reason why the thing I say most consistently about situations like this is "the violent rhetoric policy is my least favorite policy to write and enforce, and the policy that creates the most upheaval among the userbase when it is applied"!
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This movement that we are watching unfold - Zohran Mamdani, Prop 50 in CA, regular people everywhere who are taking power from those at the top -
this movement doesn't build itself.
Funding the work is essential. We power the party, not billionaires: wfpus.org/JoinUs
this movement doesn't build itself.
Funding the work is essential. We power the party, not billionaires: wfpus.org/JoinUs
Become a dues-paying WFP member today!
Will you join me in our fight for the many, not the few?
wfpus.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
This movement that we are watching unfold - Zohran Mamdani, Prop 50 in CA, regular people everywhere who are taking power from those at the top -
this movement doesn't build itself.
Funding the work is essential. We power the party, not billionaires: wfpus.org/JoinUs
this movement doesn't build itself.
Funding the work is essential. We power the party, not billionaires: wfpus.org/JoinUs
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(4) Trump and the Republicans don't have an advantage over Democrats because they *better understand heartland Americans.*
They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets.
Duh.
They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets.
Duh.
October 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
(4) Trump and the Republicans don't have an advantage over Democrats because they *better understand heartland Americans.*
They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets.
Duh.
They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets.
Duh.
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Portland's attitude towards protesting is very much "all the cool kids are doing it" so it's not within my direct experience to have to weigh it as a potential reputation ruiner, but a lot of people did that calculus today and were brave anyway and I just think that needs to be said more often
October 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Portland's attitude towards protesting is very much "all the cool kids are doing it" so it's not within my direct experience to have to weigh it as a potential reputation ruiner, but a lot of people did that calculus today and were brave anyway and I just think that needs to be said more often
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aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
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This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...