james.
@abacadabber.bsky.social
antifascism. harm reduction. bookworker.
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i don’t see the point in discourse about which geographic half of the country is more racist. the only reason people are trying to win the argument on here is so they can feel morally superior about living somewhere with a lower proportion of racism?? congrats?
November 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
i don’t see the point in discourse about which geographic half of the country is more racist. the only reason people are trying to win the argument on here is so they can feel morally superior about living somewhere with a lower proportion of racism?? congrats?
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The comparison isn’t perfect but I kind of think Olivia Nuzzi is to journalism what Jake Paul is to boxing. Influencer culture usurping institutions and turning outrage and negative engagement into maximum clicks and therefore value, plus it flatters elite interests
November 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The comparison isn’t perfect but I kind of think Olivia Nuzzi is to journalism what Jake Paul is to boxing. Influencer culture usurping institutions and turning outrage and negative engagement into maximum clicks and therefore value, plus it flatters elite interests
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I’m not dooming here, we’ve seen time and time again what happens when powerful people in this system break things and what happens when reform gets elected, ask the Obama admin about the NSA and the war on terror
November 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I’m not dooming here, we’ve seen time and time again what happens when powerful people in this system break things and what happens when reform gets elected, ask the Obama admin about the NSA and the war on terror
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But death threats are inevitable. Death threats are the future. Our students must be trained in death threats for the job market.
Can we not acknowledge the AI industry as a death project? How many stories solely in the last week related AI & death?!
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Can we not acknowledge the AI industry as a death project? How many stories solely in the last week related AI & death?!
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google AI chatbot responds with a threatening message: "Human … Please die."
In an online conversation about aging adults, Google's Gemini AI chatbot responded with a threatening message, telling the user to "please die."
www.cbsnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
But death threats are inevitable. Death threats are the future. Our students must be trained in death threats for the job market.
Can we not acknowledge the AI industry as a death project? How many stories solely in the last week related AI & death?!
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Can we not acknowledge the AI industry as a death project? How many stories solely in the last week related AI & death?!
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
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Death to all nazis
UPDATE: It was gay-bashing that occurred in Lavender Heights, according to KCRA.
We train Angels. Help us increase diligence in Lavender Heights.
#defendlavenderheights #lavenderangels #thisareamonitoredbyantifa #gaybashing #queersbashback #lavenderheights #seanpayton #alvinprasad #hatecrime
We train Angels. Help us increase diligence in Lavender Heights.
#defendlavenderheights #lavenderangels #thisareamonitoredbyantifa #gaybashing #queersbashback #lavenderheights #seanpayton #alvinprasad #hatecrime
November 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Death to all nazis
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Now through December 15th, spend at least $25 at a small, locally-owned shop in the lake street area and upload your receipt to lakestreetloyalty.com and get a $15 gift card to 1 of 5 local shops!!
This is how you support our immigrant community
This is how you support our immigrant community
Lake Street Loyalty Challenge
lakestreetloyalty.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Now through December 15th, spend at least $25 at a small, locally-owned shop in the lake street area and upload your receipt to lakestreetloyalty.com and get a $15 gift card to 1 of 5 local shops!!
This is how you support our immigrant community
This is how you support our immigrant community
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Semiannual reminder that if the holidays are reminding you that you want to help your neighbors, pick a day and put it on your calendar. My homeless friends have told me that they could eat 30 free meals on Thanksgiving if they wanted to, but mid- February or March it all dries up!
November 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Semiannual reminder that if the holidays are reminding you that you want to help your neighbors, pick a day and put it on your calendar. My homeless friends have told me that they could eat 30 free meals on Thanksgiving if they wanted to, but mid- February or March it all dries up!
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Love this so much. 💜
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Love this so much. 💜
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Specially designed bricks that provide safe nesting spaces for swifts are being installed on properties around Shirebrook Valley as part of a council-funded environmental scheme.
Sheffield charity given grant to fit 'swift bricks' in homes
The Sheffield Swift Network was given £7,000 by the council for a project to help the birds nest.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Listen to the corporate centrists. They do not care about people. Their only priority is protecting the capitalist machine that feeds them.
They’ll sacrifice anyone, normalize fascism, do anything if it means the checks keep coming in.
They’ll sacrifice anyone, normalize fascism, do anything if it means the checks keep coming in.
November 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Listen to the corporate centrists. They do not care about people. Their only priority is protecting the capitalist machine that feeds them.
They’ll sacrifice anyone, normalize fascism, do anything if it means the checks keep coming in.
They’ll sacrifice anyone, normalize fascism, do anything if it means the checks keep coming in.
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I haaaaate men but they’re so hot.
November 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I haaaaate men but they’re so hot.
Thread:
So there's a lot of hooplah about this whole "welcoming into the tent" business that's been occasioned by Marjorie the Gathering's Damascene conversion.
Point blank, if you're not being very specific about what you *mean* by any of this stuff, it's an absurd and pointless debate.
Point blank, if you're not being very specific about what you *mean* by any of this stuff, it's an absurd and pointless debate.
November 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Thread:
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People like that, whether we like it or not, made up the 1.5% margin of victory for Trump.
When it comes to the MTGs of the world, "how can we politically exploit the divisions they're creating in the GOP?" is a useful question.
When it comes to the MTGs of the world, "how can we politically exploit the divisions they're creating in the GOP?" is a useful question.
November 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
People like that, whether we like it or not, made up the 1.5% margin of victory for Trump.
When it comes to the MTGs of the world, "how can we politically exploit the divisions they're creating in the GOP?" is a useful question.
When it comes to the MTGs of the world, "how can we politically exploit the divisions they're creating in the GOP?" is a useful question.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Trump looks a little gaunt in the face lately, tbh. Hopefully it’s serious.
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Trump looks a little gaunt in the face lately, tbh. Hopefully it’s serious.
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Pundits: Why didn't Kamala Harris run to the center on immigration?
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
November 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Pundits: Why didn't Kamala Harris run to the center on immigration?
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
Kamala Harris's campaign speeches:
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The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
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They're trying to claim all of MAGA for the Nazis and it won't work (the evangelicals need Israel for their End Days vision, the Nazis won't accommodate that).
It will implode the coalition totally
But also?
An emerging hardcore Nazi axis within mainstream US politics? NOT GOOD
It will implode the coalition totally
But also?
An emerging hardcore Nazi axis within mainstream US politics? NOT GOOD
November 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
They're trying to claim all of MAGA for the Nazis and it won't work (the evangelicals need Israel for their End Days vision, the Nazis won't accommodate that).
It will implode the coalition totally
But also?
An emerging hardcore Nazi axis within mainstream US politics? NOT GOOD
It will implode the coalition totally
But also?
An emerging hardcore Nazi axis within mainstream US politics? NOT GOOD
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I really think we are seeing an MTG/Funetes/Carlson alliance forming.
I love what that spells for MAGA right now, and also I have deep misgivings for what that is going to mean in the longer term
I love what that spells for MAGA right now, and also I have deep misgivings for what that is going to mean in the longer term
November 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I really think we are seeing an MTG/Funetes/Carlson alliance forming.
I love what that spells for MAGA right now, and also I have deep misgivings for what that is going to mean in the longer term
I love what that spells for MAGA right now, and also I have deep misgivings for what that is going to mean in the longer term
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MTG isn't rebranding as a moderate, she's circling the wagons w Massie in the America First / Fuentes fash camp. There's some populist overlap w the left there, which fools some Liberals into misreading the coding. But she hasn't changed.
Her core is protectionist xenophobia & antisemitism.
Her core is protectionist xenophobia & antisemitism.
She’s definitely on a rebrand tour. And she’s rebranding herself as more moderate which tells me she has grand ambitions
Like a canary in a coal mine, this rat knows the ship is sinking and has scurried down the hawser. The other rats will catch on soon,
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
MTG isn't rebranding as a moderate, she's circling the wagons w Massie in the America First / Fuentes fash camp. There's some populist overlap w the left there, which fools some Liberals into misreading the coding. But she hasn't changed.
Her core is protectionist xenophobia & antisemitism.
Her core is protectionist xenophobia & antisemitism.
Today!
Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Today!
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Many queer people were also denied restitution after the war because they were not considered victims of fascism - as only those targeted based on racial, political or religious grounds were considered.
November 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Many queer people were also denied restitution after the war because they were not considered victims of fascism - as only those targeted based on racial, political or religious grounds were considered.
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When the US liberated Nazi concentration camps, many queer people stayed in prison because they were seen as having broken the law. Indeed, Paragraph 175, which criminalized gay intercourse in Weimar Germany & had been expanded to include intent by the Nazis, was not abolished by the US after WWII.
November 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
When the US liberated Nazi concentration camps, many queer people stayed in prison because they were seen as having broken the law. Indeed, Paragraph 175, which criminalized gay intercourse in Weimar Germany & had been expanded to include intent by the Nazis, was not abolished by the US after WWII.