Neephos
@neephos.bsky.social
Here to doomscroll and wait for the end I guess? Maybe post some amusing things and learn a thing or 2 while I'm at it...
Of course I did not just walk through the back hall of the hospital quietly chanting to myself "be gay do crime" with accompanying cheering motions and the fact that you would insinuate such is slanderous...
November 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Of course I did not just walk through the back hall of the hospital quietly chanting to myself "be gay do crime" with accompanying cheering motions and the fact that you would insinuate such is slanderous...
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Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
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Those 8 Democrats are not “weak,” to their corporate donors, they are incredibly strong.
Corporate money in politics is the problem.
Corporate money in politics is the problem.
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Those 8 Democrats are not “weak,” to their corporate donors, they are incredibly strong.
Corporate money in politics is the problem.
Corporate money in politics is the problem.
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There's a ton of incompetence in this admin; we see that every day.
But *this facet* of the Trump regime is about lawlessness, cruelty, corruption, manipulation, & retribution—& it is EXPERT-level, running circles around Ds & courts.
Ds, he (& his lapdog Rs) cannot be trusted.
📺 is.gd/iHaciD
But *this facet* of the Trump regime is about lawlessness, cruelty, corruption, manipulation, & retribution—& it is EXPERT-level, running circles around Ds & courts.
Ds, he (& his lapdog Rs) cannot be trusted.
📺 is.gd/iHaciD
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Trump is openly defying multiple court orders and withholding food from 42 million Americans, mere hours after the USDA sent guidance to the states.
The incompetence is staggering.
His threat is illegal, immoral, and only causing more chaos and anxiety for food banks and hungry Americans.
Trump is openly defying multiple court orders and withholding food from 42 million Americans, mere hours after the USDA sent guidance to the states.
The incompetence is staggering.
His threat is illegal, immoral, and only causing more chaos and anxiety for food banks and hungry Americans.
November 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
There's a ton of incompetence in this admin; we see that every day.
But *this facet* of the Trump regime is about lawlessness, cruelty, corruption, manipulation, & retribution—& it is EXPERT-level, running circles around Ds & courts.
Ds, he (& his lapdog Rs) cannot be trusted.
📺 is.gd/iHaciD
But *this facet* of the Trump regime is about lawlessness, cruelty, corruption, manipulation, & retribution—& it is EXPERT-level, running circles around Ds & courts.
Ds, he (& his lapdog Rs) cannot be trusted.
📺 is.gd/iHaciD
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Important to remember that none of these W. Era neo-cons ever redeemed themselves, they just demonstrated their own lack of basic foresight in their horror at Trump's exploitation of the mechanisms and narratives they championed
November 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Important to remember that none of these W. Era neo-cons ever redeemed themselves, they just demonstrated their own lack of basic foresight in their horror at Trump's exploitation of the mechanisms and narratives they championed
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Well, hell. Looks like I'm going to need to drink more coffee. Dick Cheney died and I'm going to need a full bladder for the funeral.
November 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Well, hell. Looks like I'm going to need to drink more coffee. Dick Cheney died and I'm going to need a full bladder for the funeral.
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ICE shooting a food bank worker in the back is a little on the nose for the current moment
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
ICE shooting a food bank worker in the back is a little on the nose for the current moment
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Yes, this is it - BORING!
The US captivated global fascination while it was this place where a future *never seen before* was being created.
Now it's just trying to adopt and resurrect stuff that's painfully familiar to the rest of the world.
We know how this goes - we already have it at home!
The US captivated global fascination while it was this place where a future *never seen before* was being created.
Now it's just trying to adopt and resurrect stuff that's painfully familiar to the rest of the world.
We know how this goes - we already have it at home!
Between banning books, non-white people, genders, immigrants, comedians, journalism…
And then pushing AI which just regurgitates new ideas…
America is headed into a deep cultural recession. This place is bleak and getting increasingly boring.
And then pushing AI which just regurgitates new ideas…
America is headed into a deep cultural recession. This place is bleak and getting increasingly boring.
October 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Yes, this is it - BORING!
The US captivated global fascination while it was this place where a future *never seen before* was being created.
Now it's just trying to adopt and resurrect stuff that's painfully familiar to the rest of the world.
We know how this goes - we already have it at home!
The US captivated global fascination while it was this place where a future *never seen before* was being created.
Now it's just trying to adopt and resurrect stuff that's painfully familiar to the rest of the world.
We know how this goes - we already have it at home!
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Why you should care about @karenattiah.bsky.social’s firing: ‘It never stops just at black people when our voices are being silenced. It never stops when it’s just marginalized people being silenced. It is always a test case for what is possible to other people’
New:
I sat down with @aljazeera.com to talk about my firing from the Washington Post, being the last Black staff columnist left at the Post.
And how I believe the right is not just engaging in “cancel culture”, but “annihilation culture”.
Full video here: youtu.be/89qMGkK3LBc?...
I sat down with @aljazeera.com to talk about my firing from the Washington Post, being the last Black staff columnist left at the Post.
And how I believe the right is not just engaging in “cancel culture”, but “annihilation culture”.
Full video here: youtu.be/89qMGkK3LBc?...
October 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Why you should care about @karenattiah.bsky.social’s firing: ‘It never stops just at black people when our voices are being silenced. It never stops when it’s just marginalized people being silenced. It is always a test case for what is possible to other people’
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REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
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I will forever say, there are times that call for high risk activities.
But there are NEVER times that call for doing high risk activities with The New Guy, especially if The New Guy proposes them.
But there are NEVER times that call for doing high risk activities with The New Guy, especially if The New Guy proposes them.
If someone is advocating for doing high risk activities, esp if it's someone you're new to, STAY AWAY from that person.
Guide: Is S/He an Informant? A Ten Point Checklist
Guide: Is S/He an Informant? A Ten Point Checklist
October 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I will forever say, there are times that call for high risk activities.
But there are NEVER times that call for doing high risk activities with The New Guy, especially if The New Guy proposes them.
But there are NEVER times that call for doing high risk activities with The New Guy, especially if The New Guy proposes them.
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Elie Mystal on why the GOP needs the illusion of a Trump third term
October 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Elie Mystal on why the GOP needs the illusion of a Trump third term
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So, a child was losing weight (the implication is the stress of the Alpha School's methods) so much so her pediatrician recommended additional snacks, and the School's untrained "guides" (who are not teachers) withheld those snacks from the child until "she met her learning metrics"?
October 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
So, a child was losing weight (the implication is the stress of the Alpha School's methods) so much so her pediatrician recommended additional snacks, and the School's untrained "guides" (who are not teachers) withheld those snacks from the child until "she met her learning metrics"?
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In case you haven't heard, thousands of Starbucks workers could be going on strike soon and it should be much bigger news
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In case you haven't heard, thousands of Starbucks workers could be going on strike soon and it should be much bigger news
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Andrew Cuomo Is Going Out the Way He Came In: as a Vile Bigot
Vote for Zohran, not the moron.
www.thenation.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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...at some point around the middle they came for John Bolton, and I did not speak out, because it kinda seemed like that dude belongs in prison.
October 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
...at some point around the middle they came for John Bolton, and I did not speak out, because it kinda seemed like that dude belongs in prison.
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By far one of the best parts of the culture I was raised in.
October 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
By far one of the best parts of the culture I was raised in.
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Imagine being a minority lawmaker funded by modern day Jim Crow.
Ta-Nehisi Coates describes what he saw in Palestine as ‘apartheid’, resembling America’s segregated Jim Crow South
Ta-Nehisi Coates said going to Palestine, shortly before the Hamas attacks, was ‘a huge shock’ – and he felt a responsibility to yell about what he saw there. In The Message, he does just that.
theconversation.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Imagine being a minority lawmaker funded by modern day Jim Crow.
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In the SCOTUS oral argument about gutting the VRA because it might violate white people's right to be over-represented in Congress, there's a glaring irony in the fact that the lawyers arguing for racism are getting out-balanced time to speak without anybody acting like it's weird.
It's rare in a case of this high profile that the court gives time to one lawyer from one side, and THREE lawyers from the other side.
*Technically* both sides are supposed to have equal time, so like, the 3 lawyers arguing for racism are supposed to share time. But it doesn't work out that way.
*Technically* both sides are supposed to have equal time, so like, the 3 lawyers arguing for racism are supposed to share time. But it doesn't work out that way.
October 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
In the SCOTUS oral argument about gutting the VRA because it might violate white people's right to be over-represented in Congress, there's a glaring irony in the fact that the lawyers arguing for racism are getting out-balanced time to speak without anybody acting like it's weird.
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ICE/gestapo is at Bayview Medical Center for people that is important information for.
October 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
ICE/gestapo is at Bayview Medical Center for people that is important information for.
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Fantastic essay by Roxane Gay: Civility Is a Fantasy. “Calling for civility is about exerting power. It is a way of reminding the powerless that they exist at the will of those in power and should act accordingly. It is a demand for control.” [nytimes.com]
Opinion | Civility Is a Fantasy
Calling for civility is a way of reminding the powerless that they exist at the will of those in power and should act accordingly.
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Fantastic essay by Roxane Gay: Civility Is a Fantasy. “Calling for civility is about exerting power. It is a way of reminding the powerless that they exist at the will of those in power and should act accordingly. It is a demand for control.” [nytimes.com]
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I had a judge presiding over one of my cases ask me if I had been a defendant in one of his cases because he recognized me. I was like nope. I'm counsel. I was dressed impeccably in a vintage Calvin Klein suit that I'd paid way too much money for. It happened in 2005ish and I still think about it.
September 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I had a judge presiding over one of my cases ask me if I had been a defendant in one of his cases because he recognized me. I was like nope. I'm counsel. I was dressed impeccably in a vintage Calvin Klein suit that I'd paid way too much money for. It happened in 2005ish and I still think about it.