Paul Fitzgerald
@phitzadelphia.bsky.social
South Philly volunteer political organizer, Democratic committee person, cat dad, gay husband, Philly born and raised. GO PHILS
Okay, I waited a bit, resisted the early bandwagon, withheld judgement, but now I can say that Pope Leo can go fuck himself, and do not come at me with any feel-good takes. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss, and no, Francis was not that much better.
Pope Leo XIV affirms family is based on union between a man and a woman, unborn has inherent dignity
Pope Leo XIV has affirmed core Catholic teaching on marriage and the unborn in his first meeting with the ambassadors accredited to the Holy See.
apnews.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Okay, I waited a bit, resisted the early bandwagon, withheld judgement, but now I can say that Pope Leo can go fuck himself, and do not come at me with any feel-good takes. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss, and no, Francis was not that much better.
When you see someone hug a Nazi, that's two Nazis hugging.
April 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
When you see someone hug a Nazi, that's two Nazis hugging.
RFK Jr.'s unrelenting ignorance is breathtaking in its scope.
April 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
RFK Jr.'s unrelenting ignorance is breathtaking in its scope.
Hitting the liquor store to stock up on Irish booze. Bailey's keeps for 2 years unopened and I'm pretty sure whiskey never goes bad. 🇮🇪🇪🇺
April 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Hitting the liquor store to stock up on Irish booze. Bailey's keeps for 2 years unopened and I'm pretty sure whiskey never goes bad. 🇮🇪🇪🇺
Capitalism will destroy us all because too many people were indoctrinated to believe Socialism was the real evil.
April 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Capitalism will destroy us all because too many people were indoctrinated to believe Socialism was the real evil.
Still thinking about this person.
Thinking about an anti-Trump protest I attended in the early days of his first administration, where a real life troll heckled us by repeatedly screaming "What's so wrong? Look at the stock market!" I wonder about that person a lot today.
April 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Still thinking about this person.
Honestly didn't see "then they came for the penguins" coming, but nothing makes sense anymore. We're all still fucked.
April 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Honestly didn't see "then they came for the penguins" coming, but nothing makes sense anymore. We're all still fucked.
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The thing about watching a JD Vance speech is that everyone knows he’s a little pig man. Everyone knows he exists to squeal for Trump‘s amusement. No one respects him and he clearly doesn’t respect himself.
March 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The thing about watching a JD Vance speech is that everyone knows he’s a little pig man. Everyone knows he exists to squeal for Trump‘s amusement. No one respects him and he clearly doesn’t respect himself.
People (MAGAs) claim Trump is "pro-gay," despite not ever giving support to any form of gay rights, but he also holds Hungarian dictator Viktor Orbán in high regard and says he wants policies like his in the US. This could very well be our future, and you're damn right I'll be showing up to march.
1. In what could be a look at our own future in the United States, AI Surveillance is to be deployed on Budapest Pride, which has been banned and which will fine participants.
Organizers vow to march regardless.
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AI Surveillance to be Deployed on Banned Budapest Pride
The yearly parade has been banned, and its organizers and attendees will be targeted with AI surveillance, facial recognition software, and automatic fines.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
People (MAGAs) claim Trump is "pro-gay," despite not ever giving support to any form of gay rights, but he also holds Hungarian dictator Viktor Orbán in high regard and says he wants policies like his in the US. This could very well be our future, and you're damn right I'll be showing up to march.
Fuck you, Utah.
March 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Fuck you, Utah.
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“Leftists being more polite and less mean would win over well adjusted liberals“ is such a tell that all liberals value is their own comfort
March 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
“Leftists being more polite and less mean would win over well adjusted liberals“ is such a tell that all liberals value is their own comfort
Making America Authoritarian Again
A different angle showing the kidnapping of Runeysa Ozturk by U.S. secret police in Massachusetts.
(via Daniel Boguslaw on Twitter) x.com/DRBoguslaw/s...
(via Daniel Boguslaw on Twitter) x.com/DRBoguslaw/s...
March 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Making America Authoritarian Again
I am not spending the next (waves vaguely) however-many-years freaking-the-fuck-out every time that asshole signs an executive order. Seriously. Get a grip. He wants you to react. Your reaction doesn't change that it's an empty act designed to upset you. Don't give them what they want.
March 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I am not spending the next (waves vaguely) however-many-years freaking-the-fuck-out every time that asshole signs an executive order. Seriously. Get a grip. He wants you to react. Your reaction doesn't change that it's an empty act designed to upset you. Don't give them what they want.
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The annual State Department human rights report “will remove all sections covering the rights of women, LGBTQ+ people, and the disabled as well as sections dedicated to discrimination against indigenous people and corruption in government.”
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/marc...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/marc...
Marco Rubio removes LGBTQ+ people & women from annual human rights report - LGBTQ Nation
He also removed sections on women, people with disabilities, and government corruption.
www.lgbtqnation.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The annual State Department human rights report “will remove all sections covering the rights of women, LGBTQ+ people, and the disabled as well as sections dedicated to discrimination against indigenous people and corruption in government.”
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/marc...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/marc...
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💥 BREAKING: Walt Disney Company shareholders voted today 99-1 percent to reject an anti-LGBTQ+ proposal, requesting that the company sever its relationship with the Human Rights Campaign and HRC's Corporate Equality Index. Disney Board recommended shareholders vote against the proposal.
March 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
💥 BREAKING: Walt Disney Company shareholders voted today 99-1 percent to reject an anti-LGBTQ+ proposal, requesting that the company sever its relationship with the Human Rights Campaign and HRC's Corporate Equality Index. Disney Board recommended shareholders vote against the proposal.
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So the reason I used Twitter so much was I was able to get real time news and hook into lots of different conversations.
Feel like this isn’t quite happening for me on here. Is there a way to make it happen? How are people using the various tabs?
Feel like this isn’t quite happening for me on here. Is there a way to make it happen? How are people using the various tabs?
March 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
So the reason I used Twitter so much was I was able to get real time news and hook into lots of different conversations.
Feel like this isn’t quite happening for me on here. Is there a way to make it happen? How are people using the various tabs?
Feel like this isn’t quite happening for me on here. Is there a way to make it happen? How are people using the various tabs?
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“Boyz II Stronger Men: Achieving a Better Masculinity Through Slow Jams” (Simon and Schuster, 2026)
March 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
“Boyz II Stronger Men: Achieving a Better Masculinity Through Slow Jams” (Simon and Schuster, 2026)
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I can sing a 30 year old song word for word but can’t remember what I came into the living room for.
March 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I can sing a 30 year old song word for word but can’t remember what I came into the living room for.
Who wants to see cat photos?
March 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Who wants to see cat photos?
THIS. I limit my Bluesky time because it's definitely doomscrolling and bad for my mental health to read post after post about the latest news in dystopia. Culture, especially pop culture, is not the enemy right now. I'd argue it's much needed pressure relief for many who are trying to stay engaged.
I knew I'd get pushback but man, it's depressing how many people went straight to insults because I said this place needed more culture accounts. There are truly some broken brains here
March 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
THIS. I limit my Bluesky time because it's definitely doomscrolling and bad for my mental health to read post after post about the latest news in dystopia. Culture, especially pop culture, is not the enemy right now. I'd argue it's much needed pressure relief for many who are trying to stay engaged.
Call me crazy but a case of arson on a Swasticar could just as easily be an insurance scam by the owner knowing Tesla has become a toxic brand. The false flag opportunity is just an added bonus for a MAGA diehard with a hefty car payment due every month.
March 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Call me crazy but a case of arson on a Swasticar could just as easily be an insurance scam by the owner knowing Tesla has become a toxic brand. The false flag opportunity is just an added bonus for a MAGA diehard with a hefty car payment due every month.
lol John Roberts
March 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
lol John Roberts
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It is genuinely your moral duty, if you’re in the sciences, to violate the terms of your contact and take as much of the research home with you as you can. Today, tomorrow, every day your lab’s still open.
this is a golden age for walking out of your lab with a USB key in your pocket getting on a plane and going to Luxembourg
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
March 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
It is genuinely your moral duty, if you’re in the sciences, to violate the terms of your contact and take as much of the research home with you as you can. Today, tomorrow, every day your lab’s still open.
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Republicans = mass shooters
Dems = Uvalde police
Dems = Uvalde police
March 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Republicans = mass shooters
Dems = Uvalde police
Dems = Uvalde police
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.