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@thisc.bsky.social
He/him
Travelling circus co- ringleader.
Poly folkpunk cryptid.
I like finding junk in the river.
ACAB. Free Palestine.
Protect and support trans folks.
Travelling circus co- ringleader.
Poly folkpunk cryptid.
I like finding junk in the river.
ACAB. Free Palestine.
Protect and support trans folks.
Philly folk punk show tonight!
July 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Philly folk punk show tonight!
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Last week, we talked about one particular incident of vehicular violence on protesters. But where does the tactic come from? Who is doing it? And why?
@socialistdogmom.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
@socialistdogmom.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
June 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Last week, we talked about one particular incident of vehicular violence on protesters. But where does the tactic come from? Who is doing it? And why?
@socialistdogmom.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
@socialistdogmom.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
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dear media:
no one needs to hear about the complex inner life and conflicted humanity of Trump supporters, thanks.
at this historic juncture they have precisely one relevant characteristic:
they are fascists
and for society to endure, all fascists must be crushed
no one needs to hear about the complex inner life and conflicted humanity of Trump supporters, thanks.
at this historic juncture they have precisely one relevant characteristic:
they are fascists
and for society to endure, all fascists must be crushed
June 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
dear media:
no one needs to hear about the complex inner life and conflicted humanity of Trump supporters, thanks.
at this historic juncture they have precisely one relevant characteristic:
they are fascists
and for society to endure, all fascists must be crushed
no one needs to hear about the complex inner life and conflicted humanity of Trump supporters, thanks.
at this historic juncture they have precisely one relevant characteristic:
they are fascists
and for society to endure, all fascists must be crushed
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There are lots of good step-by-step guides
EFF's is solid: ssd.eff.org
Digital Defense Fund is excellent specifically for abortion related privacy: digitaldefensefund.org/ddf-guides
Wired has a guide: www.wired.com/2017/12/digi...
But the first step is just committing to yourself to take a step
EFF's is solid: ssd.eff.org
Digital Defense Fund is excellent specifically for abortion related privacy: digitaldefensefund.org/ddf-guides
Wired has a guide: www.wired.com/2017/12/digi...
But the first step is just committing to yourself to take a step
Surveillance Self-Defense
We’re the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an independent non-profit working to protect online privacy for over thirty years. This is Surveillance Self-Defense: our expert guide to protecting you and y...
ssd.eff.org
January 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
There are lots of good step-by-step guides
EFF's is solid: ssd.eff.org
Digital Defense Fund is excellent specifically for abortion related privacy: digitaldefensefund.org/ddf-guides
Wired has a guide: www.wired.com/2017/12/digi...
But the first step is just committing to yourself to take a step
EFF's is solid: ssd.eff.org
Digital Defense Fund is excellent specifically for abortion related privacy: digitaldefensefund.org/ddf-guides
Wired has a guide: www.wired.com/2017/12/digi...
But the first step is just committing to yourself to take a step
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Dr. Fucking Phil is rounding up immigrants on tv because we are living on the inside of a dystopian fucking MadLibs.
January 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Dr. Fucking Phil is rounding up immigrants on tv because we are living on the inside of a dystopian fucking MadLibs.
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The raids are focused on deep blue cities in blue states. Because undocumented workers "make up a remarkably large sector of the U.S. economy," these raids are a "de facto economic attack on blue states."
January 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The raids are focused on deep blue cities in blue states. Because undocumented workers "make up a remarkably large sector of the U.S. economy," these raids are a "de facto economic attack on blue states."
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Getting a white supremacist realtor fired for racist posts is a great example of "everday antifascism".
"The goal of everyday anti-fascism is to increase the social cost of oppressive behavior to the point where those who promote it see no option but to hide."
"The goal of everyday anti-fascism is to increase the social cost of oppressive behavior to the point where those who promote it see no option but to hide."
Trump and everyday anti-fascism beyond punching Nazis
The goal of everyday anti-fascism is to increase the social cost of oppressive behavior to the point where those who promote it see no option but to hide.
roarmag.org
January 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Getting a white supremacist realtor fired for racist posts is a great example of "everday antifascism".
"The goal of everyday anti-fascism is to increase the social cost of oppressive behavior to the point where those who promote it see no option but to hide."
"The goal of everyday anti-fascism is to increase the social cost of oppressive behavior to the point where those who promote it see no option but to hide."
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this this this
i'd even go further and warn people to watch for people who seem to think posting is the most important form of political action, that it only matters if it happens on their chosen social media platform. they're not allies but engagement farmers.
i'd even go further and warn people to watch for people who seem to think posting is the most important form of political action, that it only matters if it happens on their chosen social media platform. they're not allies but engagement farmers.
This. I’ve often seen people called out for not speaking about something on social media while aware that they were offering important behind-the-scenes support that a public statement would jeopardize.
Folks need to be more careful about what they think they know. There are multiple lanes.
Folks need to be more careful about what they think they know. There are multiple lanes.
Something I’ve learned over the years:
Just because you don’t see it happen on social media doesn’t mean it’s not happening.
In fact, some of the best community building I’ve seen *has* to happen offline so strategies can get fine-tuned and aligned.
We’ll need to grant more grace in the now.
Just because you don’t see it happen on social media doesn’t mean it’s not happening.
In fact, some of the best community building I’ve seen *has* to happen offline so strategies can get fine-tuned and aligned.
We’ll need to grant more grace in the now.
January 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
this this this
i'd even go further and warn people to watch for people who seem to think posting is the most important form of political action, that it only matters if it happens on their chosen social media platform. they're not allies but engagement farmers.
i'd even go further and warn people to watch for people who seem to think posting is the most important form of political action, that it only matters if it happens on their chosen social media platform. they're not allies but engagement farmers.
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it’s round two, you hashtag resist people really gotta stop using bizarre nicknames for Trump. “Orange Drumpf” etc didn’t hit in 2016 and it extremely does not hit now
January 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
it’s round two, you hashtag resist people really gotta stop using bizarre nicknames for Trump. “Orange Drumpf” etc didn’t hit in 2016 and it extremely does not hit now
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Wow. 🔥🔥🔥
This new bombshell Oxfam report is exactly what billionaires don’t want us to know:
Apparently 60% of global billionaire wealth comes not from entrepreneurship…
…but from inheritance, corruption, cronyism & monopolies.
Share the truth:
This new bombshell Oxfam report is exactly what billionaires don’t want us to know:
Apparently 60% of global billionaire wealth comes not from entrepreneurship…
…but from inheritance, corruption, cronyism & monopolies.
Share the truth:
The Report That Musk, Zuck & Bezos DON'T Want You to See
A scathing OXFAM report exposes how billionaires really "earn" their wealth.
www.tealandorangereport.com
January 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Wow. 🔥🔥🔥
This new bombshell Oxfam report is exactly what billionaires don’t want us to know:
Apparently 60% of global billionaire wealth comes not from entrepreneurship…
…but from inheritance, corruption, cronyism & monopolies.
Share the truth:
This new bombshell Oxfam report is exactly what billionaires don’t want us to know:
Apparently 60% of global billionaire wealth comes not from entrepreneurship…
…but from inheritance, corruption, cronyism & monopolies.
Share the truth:
"They (the opposition party) had fought the election campaign of 1933 in a dreadfully humiliating way, chasing after the Nazi slogans and emphasizing that they were "also nationalist."
January 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
"They (the opposition party) had fought the election campaign of 1933 in a dreadfully humiliating way, chasing after the Nazi slogans and emphasizing that they were "also nationalist."
"One night, six storm troopers fell on a "dissident" in his bed and literally trampled him to death, for which they were sentenced to death. Hitler sent them a telegram of praise and acknowledgment. Nothing happened. No, something did happen: the murderers were pardoned."
January 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"One night, six storm troopers fell on a "dissident" in his bed and literally trampled him to death, for which they were sentenced to death. Hitler sent them a telegram of praise and acknowledgment. Nothing happened. No, something did happen: the murderers were pardoned."
" At the time, while I experienced them, it was not possible to gauge their significance. I felt, intensely, the choking, nauseous character of it all, but I was unable to grasp its constituent parts and place them in an overall order...
January 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
" At the time, while I experienced them, it was not possible to gauge their significance. I felt, intensely, the choking, nauseous character of it all, but I was unable to grasp its constituent parts and place them in an overall order...
Studying up:
"the real mystery of the Hitler phenomenon began to show itself: the strange befuddlement and numbness of his opponents, who could not cope with his behavior and found themselves transfixed by the gaze of the basilisk, unable to see that it was hell personified that challenged them. "
"the real mystery of the Hitler phenomenon began to show itself: the strange befuddlement and numbness of his opponents, who could not cope with his behavior and found themselves transfixed by the gaze of the basilisk, unable to see that it was hell personified that challenged them. "
January 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Studying up:
"the real mystery of the Hitler phenomenon began to show itself: the strange befuddlement and numbness of his opponents, who could not cope with his behavior and found themselves transfixed by the gaze of the basilisk, unable to see that it was hell personified that challenged them. "
"the real mystery of the Hitler phenomenon began to show itself: the strange befuddlement and numbness of his opponents, who could not cope with his behavior and found themselves transfixed by the gaze of the basilisk, unable to see that it was hell personified that challenged them. "
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Also, um, STFU and stop posting everything publicly. Cuz, um. Ah.
January 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Also, um, STFU and stop posting everything publicly. Cuz, um. Ah.
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We have already lost so much of our people's history, it's important to preserve what we have before we face another supremacist onslaught.
Okay, here’s the deal: RIGHT NOW is the time for concrete, direct action.
If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.
If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.
The Trans Literature Preservation Project: A Practical Guide to Resisting Censorship
Project 2025 wants to criminalize trans literature. Here’s a game plan for keeping our stories alive.
thetransfemininereview.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
We have already lost so much of our people's history, it's important to preserve what we have before we face another supremacist onslaught.
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Use Signal to talk about protests
Use Signal to talk about your wordle score
Use Signal to talk about abortion
Use Signal to talk about your mom's knitting club
Use Signal to talk about parties
Use Signal to talk about gender affirming care
Use Signal to talk about the weather
Use Signal
Use Signal to talk about your wordle score
Use Signal to talk about abortion
Use Signal to talk about your mom's knitting club
Use Signal to talk about parties
Use Signal to talk about gender affirming care
Use Signal to talk about the weather
Use Signal
January 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Use Signal to talk about protests
Use Signal to talk about your wordle score
Use Signal to talk about abortion
Use Signal to talk about your mom's knitting club
Use Signal to talk about parties
Use Signal to talk about gender affirming care
Use Signal to talk about the weather
Use Signal
Use Signal to talk about your wordle score
Use Signal to talk about abortion
Use Signal to talk about your mom's knitting club
Use Signal to talk about parties
Use Signal to talk about gender affirming care
Use Signal to talk about the weather
Use Signal
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No executive order has the power or the right to tell you who you are. F*ck that noise. Surround yourself with love, and when you’re ready, get back in this fight.
We need you. 🫶🏽
We need you. 🫶🏽
January 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
No executive order has the power or the right to tell you who you are. F*ck that noise. Surround yourself with love, and when you’re ready, get back in this fight.
We need you. 🫶🏽
We need you. 🫶🏽
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Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT.
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
December 14, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT.
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
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The Supreme Court ruled corporations were allowed to donate unlimited amounts to politicians in 2010.
It only took them 6 years to take complete control of the government and 15 years to mark sure their voices are the only ones the masses ever hear again.
It only took them 6 years to take complete control of the government and 15 years to mark sure their voices are the only ones the masses ever hear again.
January 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The Supreme Court ruled corporations were allowed to donate unlimited amounts to politicians in 2010.
It only took them 6 years to take complete control of the government and 15 years to mark sure their voices are the only ones the masses ever hear again.
It only took them 6 years to take complete control of the government and 15 years to mark sure their voices are the only ones the masses ever hear again.
I mean if by "under fire" you mean "not named at all and never facing any consequence," then sure. As a white teacher of black and brown kids, I have heard stories like thia *weekly* for two decades.
www.alternet.org/sheriff-unde...
www.alternet.org/sheriff-unde...
'Not how you handle children': Sheriff under fire after 11 year-old girl put in handcuffs
One county sheriff in upstate New York is now battling criticism from his community after defending deputies who handcuffed an 11 year-old girl after mistaking her for a suspect.NBC News reported that...
www.alternet.org
January 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I mean if by "under fire" you mean "not named at all and never facing any consequence," then sure. As a white teacher of black and brown kids, I have heard stories like thia *weekly* for two decades.
www.alternet.org/sheriff-unde...
www.alternet.org/sheriff-unde...
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What worries me most as an experienced teacher is so many of you won’t ever experience good learning environments, now that we are letting LLM generated slop and chat bots take over
All this fake outrage over social media and attention span and none about losing the ability to research or create
All this fake outrage over social media and attention span and none about losing the ability to research or create
January 17, 2025 at 7:07 AM
What worries me most as an experienced teacher is so many of you won’t ever experience good learning environments, now that we are letting LLM generated slop and chat bots take over
All this fake outrage over social media and attention span and none about losing the ability to research or create
All this fake outrage over social media and attention span and none about losing the ability to research or create
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well son, you have to understand that a lot of people really wanted to say slurs without repercussions
January 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
well son, you have to understand that a lot of people really wanted to say slurs without repercussions