Joey Buoy
@spiralbatross.bsky.social
He/Him
All I wanted to do is take care of my parents and now we have Nazis
All I wanted to do is take care of my parents and now we have Nazis
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It feels needlessly cruel to be harassing people for student debt while simultaneously dismantling the department of education.
Student Debt Collections Resume, Targeting Borrowers Least Able to Pay
With wage garnishments expected later this summer, low-income Americans brace for impact.
capitalandmain.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It feels needlessly cruel to be harassing people for student debt while simultaneously dismantling the department of education.
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“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”
July 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“The New York Times collaborated with a white nationalist eugenicist hacker and agreed to keep his identity a secret to publish a Zohran Mamdani hit piece” is a way bigger story than “18 year old Zohran Mamdani ticked ‘African American’ on his Columbia application because he was a citizen of Uganda”
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fwiw, i don’t personally think that either doomerism OR toxic positivity is what this moment calls for; i think what we actually need to be collectively looking towards is a secret third thing (hopepunk)
it’s cool and important to give a shit, and to look for ways to help each other.
it’s cool and important to give a shit, and to look for ways to help each other.
July 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
fwiw, i don’t personally think that either doomerism OR toxic positivity is what this moment calls for; i think what we actually need to be collectively looking towards is a secret third thing (hopepunk)
it’s cool and important to give a shit, and to look for ways to help each other.
it’s cool and important to give a shit, and to look for ways to help each other.
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Zohran proved that protecting trans people is winning policy. His entire campaign wasn't just protecting trans people, but Democrats act like protecting trans people will lose them elections, meanwhile Zohran won handily with one of his major policy positions being protection of trans people.
July 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Zohran proved that protecting trans people is winning policy. His entire campaign wasn't just protecting trans people, but Democrats act like protecting trans people will lose them elections, meanwhile Zohran won handily with one of his major policy positions being protection of trans people.
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even if you’re not at all interested in the next UN Secretary General, you might be interested in this argument about how the US has become a risk generator across every arena of international cooperation ny.fes.de/article/who-...
June 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
even if you’re not at all interested in the next UN Secretary General, you might be interested in this argument about how the US has become a risk generator across every arena of international cooperation ny.fes.de/article/who-...
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We’re in the Capitol for a youth read-in of Donald Trump’s Big Ugly Bill with @yassaminansari.bsky.social.
We’re reading all 900 pages of bullshit out loud, to make sure Republicans know they are betraying our generation with their vote.
We’re reading all 900 pages of bullshit out loud, to make sure Republicans know they are betraying our generation with their vote.
July 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
We’re in the Capitol for a youth read-in of Donald Trump’s Big Ugly Bill with @yassaminansari.bsky.social.
We’re reading all 900 pages of bullshit out loud, to make sure Republicans know they are betraying our generation with their vote.
We’re reading all 900 pages of bullshit out loud, to make sure Republicans know they are betraying our generation with their vote.
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Yes please. None of that weak “we’re looking forward not backward” bullshit that Obama preached or the hands off approach that Biden took so as not to appear too political. They let a party of criminals off the hook and now we seemed surprised that they are robbing, kidnapping, and killing us.
July 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Yes please. None of that weak “we’re looking forward not backward” bullshit that Obama preached or the hands off approach that Biden took so as not to appear too political. They let a party of criminals off the hook and now we seemed surprised that they are robbing, kidnapping, and killing us.
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"Teachers are powerful. Teachers have vision. Teachers have courage. All the things that this country needs right now is in this room."
Thank you @neatoday.bsky.social for inviting me to be the keynote speaker at the Conference on
Racial & Social Justice!
@translash.org
Thank you @neatoday.bsky.social for inviting me to be the keynote speaker at the Conference on
Racial & Social Justice!
@translash.org
July 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
"Teachers are powerful. Teachers have vision. Teachers have courage. All the things that this country needs right now is in this room."
Thank you @neatoday.bsky.social for inviting me to be the keynote speaker at the Conference on
Racial & Social Justice!
@translash.org
Thank you @neatoday.bsky.social for inviting me to be the keynote speaker at the Conference on
Racial & Social Justice!
@translash.org
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The truly craven form of identity politics Democratic elites are playing against Zohran Mamdani is a fascinating real time enactment of @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social's Elite Capture thesis. Cynical assumptions, especially about Black and Jewish voters, completely rejected by the electorate.
June 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The truly craven form of identity politics Democratic elites are playing against Zohran Mamdani is a fascinating real time enactment of @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social's Elite Capture thesis. Cynical assumptions, especially about Black and Jewish voters, completely rejected by the electorate.
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A Jew was mad re: Mamdani & 'globalize the intifada' and this is what I said (more context downthread, read the whole thing before responding):
Original context of conversation here and next skeet
Original context of conversation here and next skeet
I feel like I'm losing my mind. Here is the transcript of what Zohran Mamdani actually said about the phrase "globalize the intifada." This is his "refusal to disavow it." This is what has people terrified. Just fucking read it.
Source: podscripts.co/podcasts/the...
Source: podscripts.co/podcasts/the...
June 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
A Jew was mad re: Mamdani & 'globalize the intifada' and this is what I said (more context downthread, read the whole thing before responding):
Original context of conversation here and next skeet
Original context of conversation here and next skeet
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L I B E R A T I O N
From capitalism, from western liberal democracy, from white supremacy, from gender, from wage labor, so on and so forth
From capitalism, from western liberal democracy, from white supremacy, from gender, from wage labor, so on and so forth
8. What do Black people deserve?
June 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
L I B E R A T I O N
From capitalism, from western liberal democracy, from white supremacy, from gender, from wage labor, so on and so forth
From capitalism, from western liberal democracy, from white supremacy, from gender, from wage labor, so on and so forth
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Together forever. Sad but beautiful.
Shortly before dying from cancer in 2002, anthropologist Grover Krantz arranged to have his body donated to the Smithsonian under one condition: his remains and that of his dog would be displayed to replicate his favourite photo. More info: shorturl.at/hEqbT
June 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Together forever. Sad but beautiful.
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My favourite bit of the Bible is when Jesus entered the temple and said to the money lenders, "You are an important part of the local economy, and I'm looking forward to making use of your services," and then he gestures nonchalantly outside at the starving people, and says "fuck these guys"
June 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
My favourite bit of the Bible is when Jesus entered the temple and said to the money lenders, "You are an important part of the local economy, and I'm looking forward to making use of your services," and then he gestures nonchalantly outside at the starving people, and says "fuck these guys"
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Hmm. Where have I seen that in the New York Times before...
June 29, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Hmm. Where have I seen that in the New York Times before...
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Feels particularly timely at the moment
June 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Feels particularly timely at the moment
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Zohran Mamdani says, "I don't think we should have billionaires because frankly it is so much money in a moment of such inequality"
June 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Zohran Mamdani says, "I don't think we should have billionaires because frankly it is so much money in a moment of such inequality"
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“This is budget fraud—pure and simple.”
Sen. Van Hollen exposes how Republicans are using phony rules to push through $35 trillion in tax breaks for the rich.
They aren’t shrinking the deficit.
They’re hiding it. #KillTheBill
Sen. Van Hollen exposes how Republicans are using phony rules to push through $35 trillion in tax breaks for the rich.
They aren’t shrinking the deficit.
They’re hiding it. #KillTheBill
June 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“This is budget fraud—pure and simple.”
Sen. Van Hollen exposes how Republicans are using phony rules to push through $35 trillion in tax breaks for the rich.
They aren’t shrinking the deficit.
They’re hiding it. #KillTheBill
Sen. Van Hollen exposes how Republicans are using phony rules to push through $35 trillion in tax breaks for the rich.
They aren’t shrinking the deficit.
They’re hiding it. #KillTheBill
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“ICE gets a bigger budget than the Marine Corps” is a simple fact that should be communicated very widely because it clearly expresses how crazy and radical this is
With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
June 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“ICE gets a bigger budget than the Marine Corps” is a simple fact that should be communicated very widely because it clearly expresses how crazy and radical this is
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if you're a politician based in new york city, trump saying he'll withhold federal funding from the city if mamdani is elected is far more important than any other bad faith question you are asked about mamdani and it's the only thing you should be addressing.
Mamdani pushes back on Trump's latest jab
Trump called Mamdani a Communist and threatened to withhold federal funding from the city in case of a conflict.
www.politico.com
June 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
if you're a politician based in new york city, trump saying he'll withhold federal funding from the city if mamdani is elected is far more important than any other bad faith question you are asked about mamdani and it's the only thing you should be addressing.
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“Transphobia is not f**cking feminist”
Kate Nash's powerful speech during her performance at Glastonbury.
Kate Nash's powerful speech during her performance at Glastonbury.
June 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
“Transphobia is not f**cking feminist”
Kate Nash's powerful speech during her performance at Glastonbury.
Kate Nash's powerful speech during her performance at Glastonbury.