Meg
@prayingmantis.bsky.social
Anticapitalist, abolitionist, 🏴, queer. She/her. Chicago. #WearAMask + #BlackLivesMatter + #FreePalestine + #ProtectTransKids + #FuckICE
Pinned
I feel really out of it so I'm gonna go ahead & gobble a rosin edible ✌️
December 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I feel really out of it so I'm gonna go ahead & gobble a rosin edible ✌️
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So fascists have a ton of power and are literally disappearing people off the streets while everyone is struggling to survive and now the ostensible opposition is wringing their hands over whether or not it's "smart" to do mutual aid?
Do you hear yourselves?
Do you hear yourselves?
December 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
So fascists have a ton of power and are literally disappearing people off the streets while everyone is struggling to survive and now the ostensible opposition is wringing their hands over whether or not it's "smart" to do mutual aid?
Do you hear yourselves?
Do you hear yourselves?
WAR IS OVER!
IF YOU WANT IT
IF YOU WANT IT
December 27, 2025 at 7:24 AM
WAR IS OVER!
IF YOU WANT IT
IF YOU WANT IT
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"We cannot accept the stories that the winners tell us to keep us playing their game. ... We deserve robustly funded public schools, libraries, parks, mental healthcare, community safety, and jobs for youth. And the ultra-rich and large corporations have the money to pay their fair share."
Corporations should pay more taxes, writes @etoddbreland.bsky.social
As Chicago’s budget standoff continues, the question isn’t if corporations should contribute to the public good—but why they’ve been allowed not to. 🧵
As Chicago’s budget standoff continues, the question isn’t if corporations should contribute to the public good—but why they’ve been allowed not to. 🧵
There Should Be No Debate. Corporations Should Pay More Taxes.
As Chicago's budget standoff continues, the issue of whether corporations should pay more taxes to support the public good should not be contentious.
inthesetimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
"We cannot accept the stories that the winners tell us to keep us playing their game. ... We deserve robustly funded public schools, libraries, parks, mental healthcare, community safety, and jobs for youth. And the ultra-rich and large corporations have the money to pay their fair share."
Or gave?
this song goes out to anyone who ever got a handjob in a threadless t-shirt,
December 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Or gave?
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“the president seems to be using the doj to hide his years of involvement with the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history” feels like a story worth reporting on
December 27, 2025 at 4:22 AM
“the president seems to be using the doj to hide his years of involvement with the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history” feels like a story worth reporting on
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“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.” - Ray Goforth
December 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.” - Ray Goforth
Trust (1990)
Name your fav film that nobody else knows about
December 27, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Trust (1990)
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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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some people so badly want to be the victim because they can’t admit that they suck and everyone hates them for being the worst.
December 27, 2025 at 6:10 AM
some people so badly want to be the victim because they can’t admit that they suck and everyone hates them for being the worst.
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Die Hard was actually appropriated from pagans
December 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Die Hard was actually appropriated from pagans
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Anyway. They spent the last decade telling us STEM degrees were the future and the Humanities were worthless then they spent hundreds of billions of dollars to build a glitchy Humanities robot.
December 26, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Anyway. They spent the last decade telling us STEM degrees were the future and the Humanities were worthless then they spent hundreds of billions of dollars to build a glitchy Humanities robot.
The "Peace President"!
Because
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
Because
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
First-ever US airstrikes in Nigeria put the second Trump admin’s 2025 combat actions at:
—Nigeria—tonight’s strikes
—Yemen—1,000+ strikes (Mar-Apr)
—Somalia—120 strikes, 1 ground raid
—Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids
—Caribbean—11 strikes
—Eastern Pacific—20 strikes
—Iran—3 strikes
—Iraq—1 strike
—Nigeria—tonight’s strikes
—Yemen—1,000+ strikes (Mar-Apr)
—Somalia—120 strikes, 1 ground raid
—Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids
—Caribbean—11 strikes
—Eastern Pacific—20 strikes
—Iran—3 strikes
—Iraq—1 strike
December 26, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The "Peace President"!
Because
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
Because
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
Who asked for war for Christmas?!
December 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Who asked for war for Christmas?!
THIS THIS THIS 👇
Republicans want to kill the post office and the media is there for it, which is why you have never seen a news story about how the police department has never turned a profit and is a waste
December 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
THIS THIS THIS 👇
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Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
I love this. 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I love this. 🎄
Chicagoans: Vote to name a snowplow Abolish ICE
www.chicago.gov
December 25, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Chicagoans: Vote to name a snowplow Abolish ICE
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A Christmas Carol (1843) is one of our most enduring stories bc it rightly insists that to get wealthy ppl to do the right thing, we gotta scare the shit outta them first
December 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A Christmas Carol (1843) is one of our most enduring stories bc it rightly insists that to get wealthy ppl to do the right thing, we gotta scare the shit outta them first
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You better watch out
you better not cry
you better not pout
I’m telling you why
because based on the data
about flu and Covid levels
Santa Claus
is not the only thing
coming to town.
you better not cry
you better not pout
I’m telling you why
because based on the data
about flu and Covid levels
Santa Claus
is not the only thing
coming to town.
December 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
You better watch out
you better not cry
you better not pout
I’m telling you why
because based on the data
about flu and Covid levels
Santa Claus
is not the only thing
coming to town.
you better not cry
you better not pout
I’m telling you why
because based on the data
about flu and Covid levels
Santa Claus
is not the only thing
coming to town.
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Now
Im not saying Nicki Minaj has the same job as bari Weiss
What i will say tho?
Black folks successfully bullied Minaj into deleting her IG in 48 hours
And Weiss still has a job
Some people understand the assignment and some people refuse to acknowledge the assignment
Im not saying Nicki Minaj has the same job as bari Weiss
What i will say tho?
Black folks successfully bullied Minaj into deleting her IG in 48 hours
And Weiss still has a job
Some people understand the assignment and some people refuse to acknowledge the assignment
One of things thats insidious about whiteness as a cultural concept in America is how it relies on pageantry and respectability
Bc lmao if bari Weiss was black this levle of politeness would not exist and the "you acting like a hoe rn eric" gif would be trending
Bc lmao if bari Weiss was black this levle of politeness would not exist and the "you acting like a hoe rn eric" gif would be trending
December 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Now
Im not saying Nicki Minaj has the same job as bari Weiss
What i will say tho?
Black folks successfully bullied Minaj into deleting her IG in 48 hours
And Weiss still has a job
Some people understand the assignment and some people refuse to acknowledge the assignment
Im not saying Nicki Minaj has the same job as bari Weiss
What i will say tho?
Black folks successfully bullied Minaj into deleting her IG in 48 hours
And Weiss still has a job
Some people understand the assignment and some people refuse to acknowledge the assignment
What? Sexism in a racist, colonizing state?
People need to learn that while you may FEEL safer when there's an out group you're not in, fascism is ever-thirsty & will keep collecting people to oppress; the finger can & will turn to point at you at any time.
People need to learn that while you may FEEL safer when there's an out group you're not in, fascism is ever-thirsty & will keep collecting people to oppress; the finger can & will turn to point at you at any time.
Women’s rights are on a sharp decline in Israel. Advocates blame Netanyahu’s far-right government | CNN
The decline in women’s rights is measurable. In the 2025–26 Women, Peace and Security Index, Israel ranks 84 of 181 countries – behind Albania, Russia, and Saudi Arabia.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
What? Sexism in a racist, colonizing state?
People need to learn that while you may FEEL safer when there's an out group you're not in, fascism is ever-thirsty & will keep collecting people to oppress; the finger can & will turn to point at you at any time.
People need to learn that while you may FEEL safer when there's an out group you're not in, fascism is ever-thirsty & will keep collecting people to oppress; the finger can & will turn to point at you at any time.
Oxytocin withdrawal
Send ketamine
Send ketamine
December 24, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Oxytocin withdrawal
Send ketamine
Send ketamine
TWO WEEKS TO GO
Sending love & solidarity to all my fellow nonprofit fundraising development pros today & for the next 5 weeks!
December 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
TWO WEEKS TO GO
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Antifa la la la la, la la, la, la!
November 14, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Antifa la la la la, la la, la, la!