Flic Meetwood
@abbauhaus.bsky.social
Unions, organizing, social work. Dogs, drums, and baseball. Old-ass KU Social Welfare undergrad. Heartland Labor Forum volunteer producer.
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we are living thorough 10 years of moral collapse. it’s happening everywhere but is concentrated in the US. we have given up on even trying to argue that there must be more to life, both individually and collectively, than bare materialism and power. we must rededicate ourselves to meaningful life.
December 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
we are living thorough 10 years of moral collapse. it’s happening everywhere but is concentrated in the US. we have given up on even trying to argue that there must be more to life, both individually and collectively, than bare materialism and power. we must rededicate ourselves to meaningful life.
Good thread about exactly who's funding MAHA. $52.7 from just 279 donors is a great example of how unlimited money distorts democracy and dilutesour vote. I'm curious as to what the purpose is of all the shifting of funds between PACs. Manufacturing consent? Obfuscation?
Following the MAHA Money:
Until recently, there have been three PACs bringing in most of the MAHA money: MAHA PAC (formerly AV24), MAHA Values PAC, and MAHA ALLIANCE PAC (terminated 09/25).
While we won't know latest totals until sometime next year, thus far they've raised over $62 million.
Until recently, there have been three PACs bringing in most of the MAHA money: MAHA PAC (formerly AV24), MAHA Values PAC, and MAHA ALLIANCE PAC (terminated 09/25).
While we won't know latest totals until sometime next year, thus far they've raised over $62 million.
December 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Good thread about exactly who's funding MAHA. $52.7 from just 279 donors is a great example of how unlimited money distorts democracy and dilutesour vote. I'm curious as to what the purpose is of all the shifting of funds between PACs. Manufacturing consent? Obfuscation?
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Mark Cuban scab origin story
December 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Mark Cuban scab origin story
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Denmark’s MP is mocking Trump’s idea of “buying Greenland”
December 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Denmark’s MP is mocking Trump’s idea of “buying Greenland”
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The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.
December 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.
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Learning now that by opening a Waymo’s door as you walk past it you can take it out commission AND create $20 of profit for a gig worker. Sounds like a win-win
“Because riders and passersby can be unreliable, Waymo pays workers in Los Angeles $20 or more for rescuing a robotaxi by closing a door, summoning help through an app called Honk that is like an Uber for towing companies.”
When robot taxis get stuck, a secret army of humans comes to the rescue
Waymo robotaxis get stranded when a passenger leaves the door open. Tow truck operators can get paid $22 to close a door and set them free again.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Learning now that by opening a Waymo’s door as you walk past it you can take it out commission AND create $20 of profit for a gig worker. Sounds like a win-win
Every couple of years i make the mistake of thinking that my stepfather in-law can have an intelligent conversation about anything. Maybe I'll learn ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
December 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Every couple of years i make the mistake of thinking that my stepfather in-law can have an intelligent conversation about anything. Maybe I'll learn ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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CREATING A TRACKING NUMBER DOES NOT MEAN THE PACKAGE HAS SHIPPED
Let’s air those grievances. I want to hear your pettiest gripes on this the holiest of days.
December 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
CREATING A TRACKING NUMBER DOES NOT MEAN THE PACKAGE HAS SHIPPED
More homes, fewer castles
December 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
More homes, fewer castles
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Marxists: AI is a technology for capital to crush labor power and take control of everything.
Sensible people: this is doomerism and hysteria.
Navarro: AI is a technology for us to crush labor power and take control of everything.
Sensible people: this is doomerism and hysteria.
Navarro: AI is a technology for us to crush labor power and take control of everything.
Peter Navarro: "In an age of AI when all the white collar jobs are going away pretty damn quick, I think maybe it's a good time for people to think about having good blue collar jobs ... give tariffs a chance, because they're working"
December 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Marxists: AI is a technology for capital to crush labor power and take control of everything.
Sensible people: this is doomerism and hysteria.
Navarro: AI is a technology for us to crush labor power and take control of everything.
Sensible people: this is doomerism and hysteria.
Navarro: AI is a technology for us to crush labor power and take control of everything.
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My thoughts on how the Christian nationalism framework can be too limiting are relevant
religiondispatches.org/seeking-broa...
religiondispatches.org/good-enough-...
religiondispatches.org/seeking-broa...
religiondispatches.org/good-enough-...
Seeking Broad Appeal to US Christians, 'God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism' Glosses Over Critical Context
I wanted to like God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism, the new Rob Reiner-produced documentary on “the dangerous implications” of Christian nationalism. I wanted to like it in spite of the...
religiondispatches.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My thoughts on how the Christian nationalism framework can be too limiting are relevant
religiondispatches.org/seeking-broa...
religiondispatches.org/good-enough-...
religiondispatches.org/seeking-broa...
religiondispatches.org/good-enough-...
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"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
December 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
Perfect
Woman who starts riding a bike not sure if she should be a poor unemployed loser who can't afford a car or an elite smug entitled asshole with a toy, asks neighbourhood Facebook group to help out.
December 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Perfect
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Now if we could just get people to view US prisons through the same lens they view CECOT.
December 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Jeeeeeeezussss
December 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Jeeeeeeezussss
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if they had just shown it on 60 Minutes nobody would have seen it
December 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
if they had just shown it on 60 Minutes nobody would have seen it
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THE CANCELLED 60 MINUTES SEGMENT
DOWNLOAD BEFORE APPLE INTERFERES
DOWNLOAD BEFORE APPLE INTERFERES
December 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
THE CANCELLED 60 MINUTES SEGMENT
DOWNLOAD BEFORE APPLE INTERFERES
DOWNLOAD BEFORE APPLE INTERFERES
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This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
December 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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A definitional element of extremism is that harming an out-group is inseparable from the success or survival of the in-group. For extremists, such harm becomes an intrinsic need. They come to believe that denying them the right to harm out-groups is the same thing as denying them the right to exist.
The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions “liberty” as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A definitional element of extremism is that harming an out-group is inseparable from the success or survival of the in-group. For extremists, such harm becomes an intrinsic need. They come to believe that denying them the right to harm out-groups is the same thing as denying them the right to exist.
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The entire american "free speech" panic was about elites being criticized, which is why anyone who ever took it seriously should be ignored forever
Freedom of speech, in the liberal ideal, was about limiting the power of the elites.
Now, in this twisted form, it is about forcing us to listen to elites and silencing the masses.
Now, in this twisted form, it is about forcing us to listen to elites and silencing the masses.
Total gaslighting. Anti-trans activist; chooses to speak in person, provoking students who want to protect trans rights; they exercise their freedom of speech to tell her she isn't wanted; she gets to speak anyway; the BBC dutifully platforms her again; and now she threatens to sue everyone.
December 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The entire american "free speech" panic was about elites being criticized, which is why anyone who ever took it seriously should be ignored forever
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There is a tremendous opportunity for a brand new generation of media outlets to rise up right now because many news outlets that spent decades painstakingly building their credibility are seeing it torched by bootlickers with incredible speed.
December 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
There is a tremendous opportunity for a brand new generation of media outlets to rise up right now because many news outlets that spent decades painstakingly building their credibility are seeing it torched by bootlickers with incredible speed.