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@msteph.bsky.social
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The reason we do mutual aid & the reason why mutual aid is grounded in anticapitalist theory from a long time is that capitalism says your survival depends on what you can do for people. We say, no you deserve to survive by virtue of your humanity. If you can't produce, we will help you survive.
February 9, 2026 at 11:52 PM
The reason we do mutual aid & the reason why mutual aid is grounded in anticapitalist theory from a long time is that capitalism says your survival depends on what you can do for people. We say, no you deserve to survive by virtue of your humanity. If you can't produce, we will help you survive.
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Like I dunno, I keep thinking about how every time women, especially older women, start becoming *visible* in a left-of-center movement, instead of just invisibly making it run, there’s complaints that the movement is somehow now too centrist.
Still a little mad about this. Dismissing craftivists (who are mostly women) as cringey bandwagoneers is bullshit. Not everyone is Extremely Online; communities form in person, too: PTA meetings, book club, grocery store, gas pump, daycare pickup, pharmacy, dog park, ice rink, stadium, etc etc etc
And they aren't all crowing about it on social media, so let's not assume that all the people in hats and buttons passing out whistles are doing nothing else. People - "wine moms," "knitters," who else do you think has ready access to breast milk? - are working behind the scenes for good.
February 9, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Like I dunno, I keep thinking about how every time women, especially older women, start becoming *visible* in a left-of-center movement, instead of just invisibly making it run, there’s complaints that the movement is somehow now too centrist.
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Another resistance quilt finished this week. The eye is my own design, the letters are a fpp pattern by QuiltByNight, the rounded corners and black binding are meant to resemble the phones we the people are using to document the horrors and disprove the government’s lies about what they are doing.
February 9, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Another resistance quilt finished this week. The eye is my own design, the letters are a fpp pattern by QuiltByNight, the rounded corners and black binding are meant to resemble the phones we the people are using to document the horrors and disprove the government’s lies about what they are doing.
owls! in towels!
i see we are doing owl content today so once again time to share owlsintowels.org
Owls in Towels
Wildlife rehabilitators often wrap owls in fabric so they can be weighed, treated, and fed. If not, the owls get in a flap.
owlsintowels.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:18 PM
owls! in towels!
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Laurent Grasso www.instagram.com/laurentgrasso
June 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Laurent Grasso www.instagram.com/laurentgrasso
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
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fellow engineers,
you really need to start asking yourself some questions when building something:
1. how will the police use what i'm making?
2. what kinds of people are the police going to use it against?
3. how many people will be harmed in silence before we find out?
you really need to start asking yourself some questions when building something:
1. how will the police use what i'm making?
2. what kinds of people are the police going to use it against?
3. how many people will be harmed in silence before we find out?
January 19, 2024 at 9:25 PM
fellow engineers,
you really need to start asking yourself some questions when building something:
1. how will the police use what i'm making?
2. what kinds of people are the police going to use it against?
3. how many people will be harmed in silence before we find out?
you really need to start asking yourself some questions when building something:
1. how will the police use what i'm making?
2. what kinds of people are the police going to use it against?
3. how many people will be harmed in silence before we find out?
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This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 AM
This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.
I read a (short) book today and I’m feeling like starting another and yes this is avoidant behavior but in terms of general coping it seems like a decent strategy
February 9, 2026 at 3:34 AM
I read a (short) book today and I’m feeling like starting another and yes this is avoidant behavior but in terms of general coping it seems like a decent strategy
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No Kings includes Draft Kings
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
No Kings includes Draft Kings
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in the same kind of thought as the last repost, I had my class identify what feels wrong about AI images and they loved it and asked to do more. It's important that we acknowledge that ALL THIS feels like madness and we're all feeling that together
February 6, 2026 at 10:06 PM
in the same kind of thought as the last repost, I had my class identify what feels wrong about AI images and they loved it and asked to do more. It's important that we acknowledge that ALL THIS feels like madness and we're all feeling that together
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When we notice something is wrong? It’s important to say- I notice that too! That’s an injustice! We can do things differently!
February 6, 2026 at 9:50 PM
When we notice something is wrong? It’s important to say- I notice that too! That’s an injustice! We can do things differently!
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And when you report, keep tabs on SALUTE! Report accurate information.
February 6, 2026 at 2:36 PM
And when you report, keep tabs on SALUTE! Report accurate information.
hey sickos, I made that blondies recipe from Smitten Kitchen you all were yelling about and now they're in the rotation. My kid's gonna be so popular when he rolls up to college ready to make these in a toaster oven
February 6, 2026 at 12:07 AM
hey sickos, I made that blondies recipe from Smitten Kitchen you all were yelling about and now they're in the rotation. My kid's gonna be so popular when he rolls up to college ready to make these in a toaster oven
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February 5, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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i will not let my stupid little heart harden or give up on believing things can be good
September 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
i will not let my stupid little heart harden or give up on believing things can be good
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Dorothea Lange. Kern County, California (1938)
February 5, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Dorothea Lange. Kern County, California (1938)
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Philadelphians are bringing the history back to the President’s House. 🦅
February 4, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Philadelphians are bringing the history back to the President’s House. 🦅
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It feels worth saying that the thing that unifies men as disparate as Noam Chomsky, Deepak Chopra and Trump is patriarchy. Patriarchy, hatred of women, and the need to dominate them, persists across race and class status. Left movements refuse a robust analysis of persisting gender violence.
February 4, 2026 at 11:24 PM
It feels worth saying that the thing that unifies men as disparate as Noam Chomsky, Deepak Chopra and Trump is patriarchy. Patriarchy, hatred of women, and the need to dominate them, persists across race and class status. Left movements refuse a robust analysis of persisting gender violence.
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i know i've been pretty quiet but here's the result of my January: a totally handmade, fully-functional marionette created for a local winter-themed puppet show. she's called the Winter Maw & she'll eat you alive, just like real winter
February 2, 2026 at 9:37 PM
i know i've been pretty quiet but here's the result of my January: a totally handmade, fully-functional marionette created for a local winter-themed puppet show. she's called the Winter Maw & she'll eat you alive, just like real winter
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worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
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If anyone was wondering, the ~23% reduction in ICE agents in Minnesota apparently doesn't include the ones down the street that are lurking, now as I type this, as vulnerable folks are getting their kids to the school bus this morning.
We cannot rest until ICE is gone, entirely.
We cannot rest until ICE is gone, entirely.
February 4, 2026 at 2:50 PM
If anyone was wondering, the ~23% reduction in ICE agents in Minnesota apparently doesn't include the ones down the street that are lurking, now as I type this, as vulnerable folks are getting their kids to the school bus this morning.
We cannot rest until ICE is gone, entirely.
We cannot rest until ICE is gone, entirely.
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unionize your workplace
February 4, 2026 at 1:23 PM
unionize your workplace
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Gravestone, 1987
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5301
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5301
January 22, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Gravestone, 1987
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5301
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5301