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Shedding my inhibitions and exoskeleton🪲
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I wrote about the right's attack on empathy here.
the truth is that empathy is central to the right's project...but only empathy for certain people. that empathy gets "weaponized" for genocidal ends. therevealer.org/what-we-can-...
the truth is that empathy is central to the right's project...but only empathy for certain people. that empathy gets "weaponized" for genocidal ends. therevealer.org/what-we-can-...
January 25, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I wrote about the right's attack on empathy here.
the truth is that empathy is central to the right's project...but only empathy for certain people. that empathy gets "weaponized" for genocidal ends. therevealer.org/what-we-can-...
the truth is that empathy is central to the right's project...but only empathy for certain people. that empathy gets "weaponized" for genocidal ends. therevealer.org/what-we-can-...
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There isn't a perfect playbook for defeating authoritarianism, but we know from other countries that democratic resurgence is possible. I wrote for @slate.com about some of what we're seeing in Minnesota and why I believe, even now, that we will win.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
In Minnesota, the Fight Against ICE Is Also the Fight Against Authoritarianism
The community is pulling together. It has been eye-opening.
slate.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:48 PM
There isn't a perfect playbook for defeating authoritarianism, but we know from other countries that democratic resurgence is possible. I wrote for @slate.com about some of what we're seeing in Minnesota and why I believe, even now, that we will win.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Children die in school shootings and it’s “not the guns”.
Mass shootings claim lives multiple times a year and it’s “not the guns”.
Kyle Rittenhouse shot 3 people during a protest and it’s “not the guns”
ICE kills Alex Pretti, and suddenly it’s his fault because he “had a gun”
Mass shootings claim lives multiple times a year and it’s “not the guns”.
Kyle Rittenhouse shot 3 people during a protest and it’s “not the guns”
ICE kills Alex Pretti, and suddenly it’s his fault because he “had a gun”
January 25, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Children die in school shootings and it’s “not the guns”.
Mass shootings claim lives multiple times a year and it’s “not the guns”.
Kyle Rittenhouse shot 3 people during a protest and it’s “not the guns”
ICE kills Alex Pretti, and suddenly it’s his fault because he “had a gun”
Mass shootings claim lives multiple times a year and it’s “not the guns”.
Kyle Rittenhouse shot 3 people during a protest and it’s “not the guns”
ICE kills Alex Pretti, and suddenly it’s his fault because he “had a gun”
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you heard it first here, on Bluesky, the App for Sports.
January 25, 2026 at 9:16 PM
you heard it first here, on Bluesky, the App for Sports.
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ayyy
STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION (NBPA) AND ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE FATAL SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS BY ICE
January 25, 2026 at 9:15 PM
ayyy
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Fox News once postured as the patriotic opposition to purported government tyranny. Right now, its primary purpose is to explain to viewers why it is good that masked agents of the state are executing Americans on the street. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
www.mediamatters.org
January 25, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Fox News once postured as the patriotic opposition to purported government tyranny. Right now, its primary purpose is to explain to viewers why it is good that masked agents of the state are executing Americans on the street. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
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"One child bleeding from an eye injury wasn’t seen by medical staff for two days. Another child’s foot was broken when a member of the staff dropped a volleyball net pole."
They were fed meals "that were moldy and had worms" and then refused to treat food poisoning.
apnews.com/article/immi...
They were fed meals "that were moldy and had worms" and then refused to treat food poisoning.
apnews.com/article/immi...
January 25, 2026 at 4:52 PM
"One child bleeding from an eye injury wasn’t seen by medical staff for two days. Another child’s foot was broken when a member of the staff dropped a volleyball net pole."
They were fed meals "that were moldy and had worms" and then refused to treat food poisoning.
apnews.com/article/immi...
They were fed meals "that were moldy and had worms" and then refused to treat food poisoning.
apnews.com/article/immi...
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and which of course we all know is false, as the loved ones of Breonna Taylor will remind you
seeing conservatives admit alex pretti was disarmed and need to change their message to “well you know where you won’t get shot? at home” is just an impressive level of pathetic allegiance to their dictator
January 25, 2026 at 4:08 PM
and which of course we all know is false, as the loved ones of Breonna Taylor will remind you
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Some people say not to call them Nazis because there are antecedents in our own history, while others are over-reliant on outside examples. But it's important to acknowledge the mingling of our own trends and history with global fascist legacies and movements because that's our reality.
January 25, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Some people say not to call them Nazis because there are antecedents in our own history, while others are over-reliant on outside examples. But it's important to acknowledge the mingling of our own trends and history with global fascist legacies and movements because that's our reality.
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I spent the most formative years of my political life reading headlines like this seemingly every week.
January 25, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I spent the most formative years of my political life reading headlines like this seemingly every week.
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I actually think it's pretty easy to explain.
Younger people didn't buy into an older neoliberal elite's prejudices, the older neoliberal elite absolutely lost their shit at the notion that they might be called on to change, and fascists exploited that reactionary moment
Younger people didn't buy into an older neoliberal elite's prejudices, the older neoliberal elite absolutely lost their shit at the notion that they might be called on to change, and fascists exploited that reactionary moment
Years from now, it'll be difficult to explain the things people in media were wailing about before all this. Sophomores writing underconsidered op-eds about cultural appropriation. Protests against demagogues on campus. YA drama. "Mobs" on Twitter. These were the threats to free society.
January 25, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Really hard to look at this and all the other examples of bravery and kindness from ordinary people in this moment not think also of the tremendous cowardice exhibited over the past year by some of the richest, most well-protected people in business, media and politics
Fascism is an ouroboros
January 25, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Fascism is an ouroboros
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People seem to have a hard time distinguishing between "Republicans clearly intend to fuck things up and will try their best to rig the election" and "They are capable of success at a mass scale." The former is true. The later is highly unlikely.
January 25, 2026 at 3:56 PM
People seem to have a hard time distinguishing between "Republicans clearly intend to fuck things up and will try their best to rig the election" and "They are capable of success at a mass scale." The former is true. The later is highly unlikely.
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Because if we’re doomed I don’t need to try to do anything about it, because what would be the point. Lets me off the hook.
January 25, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Because if we’re doomed I don’t need to try to do anything about it, because what would be the point. Lets me off the hook.
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The perennial ‘every accusation a confession’.
January 25, 2026 at 3:45 PM
The perennial ‘every accusation a confession’.
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Never forget that the reason they are so convinced you’re all getting paid is that they are all getting paid.
The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Never forget that the reason they are so convinced you’re all getting paid is that they are all getting paid.
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The altnps account is the 13th most followed account on Bluesky and has more followers than every single news outlet other than the NYT, NPR and Meidas Touch on here. They actively spread misinformation and exploit gullible old people for cash. Accounts this unethical do not deserve to exist.
Completely insane. AltNPS claimed to know the name of Alex Pretti's killer, refused to say it because "the truth always comes out," and then just deleted the post.
A man was executed on the street in my hometown, and AltNPS is using that as an excuse to vaguepost for attention.
A man was executed on the street in my hometown, and AltNPS is using that as an excuse to vaguepost for attention.
January 25, 2026 at 7:21 AM
The altnps account is the 13th most followed account on Bluesky and has more followers than every single news outlet other than the NYT, NPR and Meidas Touch on here. They actively spread misinformation and exploit gullible old people for cash. Accounts this unethical do not deserve to exist.
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yeah this i agree with. bsky.app/profile/knan...
How about “will make ham fisted attempt to mess with elections”?
January 25, 2026 at 3:52 PM
yeah this i agree with. bsky.app/profile/knan...
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This is the core reason why all the Tim Pool types swung right after Occupy, by the way.
There were about ten seconds where you could pull a little cash grifting from the left position, then it all dried up and they went where the money was
There were about ten seconds where you could pull a little cash grifting from the left position, then it all dried up and they went where the money was
The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 4:15 PM
This is the core reason why all the Tim Pool types swung right after Occupy, by the way.
There were about ten seconds where you could pull a little cash grifting from the left position, then it all dried up and they went where the money was
There were about ten seconds where you could pull a little cash grifting from the left position, then it all dried up and they went where the money was
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From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.
January 25, 2026 at 1:53 PM
From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.
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it’s the open glee they take in it which just really makes this internet troll administration feel qualitatively different from many of our past monsters, who did horrible things while standing gravely at podiums and pretending they were protecting us. now they’re just like “lmao fuck you all”
January 25, 2026 at 4:20 PM
it’s the open glee they take in it which just really makes this internet troll administration feel qualitatively different from many of our past monsters, who did horrible things while standing gravely at podiums and pretending they were protecting us. now they’re just like “lmao fuck you all”
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it’s an everybody-way tie across the whole administration for first place in the “Who Deserves the Hottest Seat in Hell” award, but Bovino has really elbowed his way to the front of the line. when he showed up in full SS general cosplay I unlocked a new level of hate I didn’t realize I possessed
It’s become a real tight competition between him and miller for who I personally hate the most. Miller does things that hurt many many more people, but from a safe distance, while Bovino personally goes around humiliating communities and lying to their faces
January 25, 2026 at 4:16 PM
it’s an everybody-way tie across the whole administration for first place in the “Who Deserves the Hottest Seat in Hell” award, but Bovino has really elbowed his way to the front of the line. when he showed up in full SS general cosplay I unlocked a new level of hate I didn’t realize I possessed