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Be strong sweet little one. Some day they will all be dead and you will do a shit on all of their graves.
🌈She/her - Minneapolis - N95s and vaccines work - trans rights are human rights
🌈She/her - Minneapolis - N95s and vaccines work - trans rights are human rights
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“Social media has amped up the the speed, reach, and intensity of the dissemination of falsehoods and conspiracy theories, but I find myself asking how much tech itself is contributing to the decline of a shared consensus reality when the major legacy media are also gaslighting us hard”
IT'S FLYTRAP TUESDAY!! Today, we have @andreagrimes.com, @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social and @nicolefroio.bsky.social discussing media literacy in the age of reality decimation and the necessity of robust, healthy communities: the-flytrap.ghost.io/flytrap-foun...
Flytrap Roundtable Special: The FYP Won't Save Us
There's profit in AI slop, but more importantly, there's power in community.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“Social media has amped up the the speed, reach, and intensity of the dissemination of falsehoods and conspiracy theories, but I find myself asking how much tech itself is contributing to the decline of a shared consensus reality when the major legacy media are also gaslighting us hard”
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They depend on places “falling apart” to stay in power. And to ensure a place is “falling apart” you must deny people basic services and dignity.
It’s amazing.
I see it in the South all the time. It’s a dump so…they vote them back in??
It’s amazing.
I see it in the South all the time. It’s a dump so…they vote them back in??
November 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
They depend on places “falling apart” to stay in power. And to ensure a place is “falling apart” you must deny people basic services and dignity.
It’s amazing.
I see it in the South all the time. It’s a dump so…they vote them back in??
It’s amazing.
I see it in the South all the time. It’s a dump so…they vote them back in??
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Rights are not "politics."
October 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Rights are not "politics."
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"No politics at the dinner table" is for white-knuckling a holiday meal with people you see once a year without being The Granddaughter Who Ruined Thanksgiving.
But for actually raising your son to care about other people and understand the world around him with empathy, it's actively destructive.
But for actually raising your son to care about other people and understand the world around him with empathy, it's actively destructive.
I come back a lot to the idea that "no politics at the dinner table" was harmful and let this kind of shitty ideology fester undiscussed
October 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"No politics at the dinner table" is for white-knuckling a holiday meal with people you see once a year without being The Granddaughter Who Ruined Thanksgiving.
But for actually raising your son to care about other people and understand the world around him with empathy, it's actively destructive.
But for actually raising your son to care about other people and understand the world around him with empathy, it's actively destructive.
@kare11.bsky.social 😱 you're making it sound like "natural" "healthy choices" are just as good as vaccines and masks in preventing illness
www.voicesforvaccines.org/toolkits/fal...
www.voicesforvaccines.org/toolkits/fal...
False Balance in the Media
It is the journalist’s job to make sure the main narrative of their report is rooted in fact or scientifically verifiable consensus.
www.voicesforvaccines.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
@kare11.bsky.social 😱 you're making it sound like "natural" "healthy choices" are just as good as vaccines and masks in preventing illness
www.voicesforvaccines.org/toolkits/fal...
www.voicesforvaccines.org/toolkits/fal...
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The DFL is a shitshow and I'm dedicated to doing my part in fixing it over the next year because if they don't get their shit together, we are going to lose and my life and home in Minnesota will be at risk.
If you're mad about this shit like me, help me out with this organizing effort.
If you're mad about this shit like me, help me out with this organizing effort.
A Better DFL
abetterdfl.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The DFL is a shitshow and I'm dedicated to doing my part in fixing it over the next year because if they don't get their shit together, we are going to lose and my life and home in Minnesota will be at risk.
If you're mad about this shit like me, help me out with this organizing effort.
If you're mad about this shit like me, help me out with this organizing effort.
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All my Christmas presents this year are food bank donations and subscriptions to indie pubs.
November 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
All my Christmas presents this year are food bank donations and subscriptions to indie pubs.
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This is genuinely frightening. Nothing good can come of us being trapped inside this country
BREAKING: The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to enforce its discriminatory passport policy while our lawsuit makes its way through the courts.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is genuinely frightening. Nothing good can come of us being trapped inside this country
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Dr Oz talking about obesity, diabetes and dementia while Trump is slumped over like a man minutes from death is supremely funny content
November 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Dr Oz talking about obesity, diabetes and dementia while Trump is slumped over like a man minutes from death is supremely funny content
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Ellis is concluding, with John Adams words to his wife in 1775 about the need to fight for the nascent American democracy.
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Ellis is concluding, with John Adams words to his wife in 1775 about the need to fight for the nascent American democracy.
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
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Did men ruin every fucking thing?
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Did men ruin every fucking thing?
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We all need to consistently and loudly keep reminding @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social that half of all voters didn't want him to win and he was not the first choice for more than half the city
looks like Frey wins with 50.03%
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We all need to consistently and loudly keep reminding @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social that half of all voters didn't want him to win and he was not the first choice for more than half the city
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Open invitation to any candidate in Minnesota at any level who wants to hear about how and why Democrats last night were so successful in winning both *in spite* of and *because* of their support of trans communities - let's talk.
November 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Open invitation to any candidate in Minnesota at any level who wants to hear about how and why Democrats last night were so successful in winning both *in spite* of and *because* of their support of trans communities - let's talk.
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Minneapolis
prince is sitting on a couch wearing a fur vest and a chain .
ALT: prince is sitting on a couch wearing a fur vest and a chain .
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Minneapolis
Essentially yes
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Essentially yes
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Excellent and infuriating thread. Forcing people back to work when they can work remotely is a huge problem and a lot of people are losing jobs because of it when they should not have to.
Kids deserve to live lives without COVID infections; if only everyone was on board with that.
Kids deserve to live lives without COVID infections; if only everyone was on board with that.
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how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
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how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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November 3, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Excellent and infuriating thread. Forcing people back to work when they can work remotely is a huge problem and a lot of people are losing jobs because of it when they should not have to.
Kids deserve to live lives without COVID infections; if only everyone was on board with that.
Kids deserve to live lives without COVID infections; if only everyone was on board with that.
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“In effect, journalism has been complicit in its own capture. That complicity has blunted our ability to fulfil journalism’s most basic societal function: holding power to account.”
This is why we at @theflytrapmedia.com say “Fuck the algorithm!”
We can build the media we need with people power
This is why we at @theflytrapmedia.com say “Fuck the algorithm!”
We can build the media we need with people power
1/ When tech billionaires with messianic visions control the story, journalism's claim to "objectivity" rings hollow.
Is it time for reporters to drop the politeness and challenge the quasi-religious power driving Silicon Valley's AI revolution? buff.ly/lZo4Ivt
Is it time for reporters to drop the politeness and challenge the quasi-religious power driving Silicon Valley's AI revolution? buff.ly/lZo4Ivt
November 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“In effect, journalism has been complicit in its own capture. That complicity has blunted our ability to fulfil journalism’s most basic societal function: holding power to account.”
This is why we at @theflytrapmedia.com say “Fuck the algorithm!”
We can build the media we need with people power
This is why we at @theflytrapmedia.com say “Fuck the algorithm!”
We can build the media we need with people power
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This is all happening so quickly. They are going to outpace the Nazis at this rate.
October 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This is all happening so quickly. They are going to outpace the Nazis at this rate.
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Not unrelated:
Those layoffs at the big evil online shipping place.
Those layoffs at the big evil online shipping place.
October 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Not unrelated:
Those layoffs at the big evil online shipping place.
Those layoffs at the big evil online shipping place.
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I've got that "socially awkward" thing without the "oblivious to it" part.
October 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I've got that "socially awkward" thing without the "oblivious to it" part.
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Jane is also possibly eligible for CFC Together Forever, a permanent foster program, where the shelter helps cover medical costs.
Sponsors make that program possible so even if you can't adopt Jane you can support cats like her with your recurring donations:
www.caringforcatsmn.org/sponsor
Sponsors make that program possible so even if you can't adopt Jane you can support cats like her with your recurring donations:
www.caringforcatsmn.org/sponsor
October 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Jane is also possibly eligible for CFC Together Forever, a permanent foster program, where the shelter helps cover medical costs.
Sponsors make that program possible so even if you can't adopt Jane you can support cats like her with your recurring donations:
www.caringforcatsmn.org/sponsor
Sponsors make that program possible so even if you can't adopt Jane you can support cats like her with your recurring donations:
www.caringforcatsmn.org/sponsor
Oh no. I procrastinated and now I have too many things to do and can't do anything.
October 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Oh no. I procrastinated and now I have too many things to do and can't do anything.
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No living wage = justifiable rage.
People are going to go hungry.
People are going to go hungry.
October 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
No living wage = justifiable rage.
People are going to go hungry.
People are going to go hungry.
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A significant aspect of SNAP benefits ending I haven't seen much mention of, is the fact that it is incredibly hard to attend to things like social organizing and collaboration when you're trying to survive without food, healthcare, etc. This is a repressive tool.
October 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A significant aspect of SNAP benefits ending I haven't seen much mention of, is the fact that it is incredibly hard to attend to things like social organizing and collaboration when you're trying to survive without food, healthcare, etc. This is a repressive tool.