aquifolius
@aquifolius.bsky.social
I'd rather be a pig than a fascist
It's World AIDS day.
Do you fuck? Get tested!
Do you fuck? Get tested!
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
It's World AIDS day.
Do you fuck? Get tested!
Do you fuck? Get tested!
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this graphic is everything. this is why people overestimate the prevalence of violent crime and terrorism and support punitive police measures.
they are quite literally distorting reality in order to keep you scared of the wrong things.
they are quite literally distorting reality in order to keep you scared of the wrong things.
October 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
this graphic is everything. this is why people overestimate the prevalence of violent crime and terrorism and support punitive police measures.
they are quite literally distorting reality in order to keep you scared of the wrong things.
they are quite literally distorting reality in order to keep you scared of the wrong things.
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Oh nooooo, Lindsey Halligan, this is not how any of this works
(15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
(15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Oh nooooo, Lindsey Halligan, this is not how any of this works
(15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
(15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
One of the things I have been skewering local conservatives with is that their own protests were significantly smaller, and yet they'd like to treat the No Kings Protests (my own issues with them aside) as these tiny, aberrant gatherings.
Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
One of the things I have been skewering local conservatives with is that their own protests were significantly smaller, and yet they'd like to treat the No Kings Protests (my own issues with them aside) as these tiny, aberrant gatherings.
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Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Hesgeth saying "no fats, no fems" to a bunch of generals like his Grindr profile doesn't already list that.
October 1, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Hesgeth saying "no fats, no fems" to a bunch of generals like his Grindr profile doesn't already list that.
Rest well, my queen.
September 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Rest well, my queen.
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is this not just kidnapping?
September 23, 2025 at 4:37 AM
is this not just kidnapping?
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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The video of Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk just goes to show that when you don’t let theater kids pursue what they’re born to do it backfires spectacularly
September 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The video of Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk just goes to show that when you don’t let theater kids pursue what they’re born to do it backfires spectacularly
I refuse to feel bad for someone who has repeatedly told me that being killed while shielding my students from gun violence was less important than preserving the 2nd Amendment as he interprets it.
Conservative influencer Charlie Kirk was shot in Utah on Wednesday, officials said.
Videos circulating on social media appeared to show Kirk being struck in the neck while he was sitting on a stool addressing an outdoor crowd. Kirk’s condition was not immediately clear.
Videos circulating on social media appeared to show Kirk being struck in the neck while he was sitting on a stool addressing an outdoor crowd. Kirk’s condition was not immediately clear.
Conservative Influencer Charlie Kirk Shot In Utah
His condition was not immediately clear, but politicians on both sides of the aisle called for prayers and condemned the political violence.
www.motherjones.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I refuse to feel bad for someone who has repeatedly told me that being killed while shielding my students from gun violence was less important than preserving the 2nd Amendment as he interprets it.
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The New Yorker asked me “how bad” today’s Supreme Court ruling was. I boiled it down to one paragraph:
link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...
link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...
September 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The New Yorker asked me “how bad” today’s Supreme Court ruling was. I boiled it down to one paragraph:
link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...
link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...
Alright fellow nerds, I'm perfectly willing to make it (and have started) but someone please tell me there's a parody version of "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" but it's about Brian De Palma's "Carrie" already in existence.
September 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Alright fellow nerds, I'm perfectly willing to make it (and have started) but someone please tell me there's a parody version of "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" but it's about Brian De Palma's "Carrie" already in existence.
That's what happens when you design a program to make art, =P
It frankly boggles my mind that we have invented a computer that cannot do math.
Good news about the cutting-edge AI tools from the $3-trillion-dollar company.
September 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
That's what happens when you design a program to make art, =P
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Yep a good-faith critique of learning loss would lead to proposals for a massive, New Deal-scale investment in public education. The people pushing the narrative are doing precisely the opposite.
'blue states closed too early' is said by the same people who are working to close public schools, so you know it's not that they care about children's education.
September 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Yep a good-faith critique of learning loss would lead to proposals for a massive, New Deal-scale investment in public education. The people pushing the narrative are doing precisely the opposite.
"We cannot do everything, but we must do what we can."
The Unforgivable Sin of Ms Rachel
YouTube video by Lindsay Ellis
www.youtube.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
"We cannot do everything, but we must do what we can."
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"My friend Victor like saved me though, because he laid on top of me. But he got hit."
10-year-old describes witnessing Minneapolis shooting.
10-year-old describes witnessing Minneapolis shooting.
August 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"My friend Victor like saved me though, because he laid on top of me. But he got hit."
10-year-old describes witnessing Minneapolis shooting.
10-year-old describes witnessing Minneapolis shooting.
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“‘Oh look, it's couch-fucker,’ one person shouted in a video shared on social media. Another added, ‘You gonna fuck a couch, buddy?’ As the heckling escalated, chants of ‘Go fuck a couch, JD Vance!’ and ‘pussy boy’ filled the busy train station.” www.complex.com/life/a/marke...
J.D. Vance Heckled With ‘Couch F*cker’ Chants During D.C....
JD Vance was confronted by angry hecklers at Union Statio...
www.complex.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
“‘Oh look, it's couch-fucker,’ one person shouted in a video shared on social media. Another added, ‘You gonna fuck a couch, buddy?’ As the heckling escalated, chants of ‘Go fuck a couch, JD Vance!’ and ‘pussy boy’ filled the busy train station.” www.complex.com/life/a/marke...
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It’s funny how your “coalition politics” somehow dosnst include
“Tell dude not to be a transphobe”
That’s probably an easier lift
“Tell dude not to be a transphobe”
That’s probably an easier lift
August 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
It’s funny how your “coalition politics” somehow dosnst include
“Tell dude not to be a transphobe”
That’s probably an easier lift
“Tell dude not to be a transphobe”
That’s probably an easier lift
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With regards to marriage equality, remember:
They have already overturned Roe.
They're coming for Obergefell.
They're coming for Lawrence v. TX.
They're coming for contraception.
They're coming for no-fault divorce.
The only thing that will stop them is if we come for them.
They have already overturned Roe.
They're coming for Obergefell.
They're coming for Lawrence v. TX.
They're coming for contraception.
They're coming for no-fault divorce.
The only thing that will stop them is if we come for them.
The only thing that will stop Trump is a grassroots movement using diverse tactics.
(not just protests! We need boycotts, strikes, slowdowns, guerrilla art, disruptions, gumming the works from the inside, etc) from a cross-section of society.
It’s on us.
A few skeets here with resources: 1/x
(not just protests! We need boycotts, strikes, slowdowns, guerrilla art, disruptions, gumming the works from the inside, etc) from a cross-section of society.
It’s on us.
A few skeets here with resources: 1/x
On Organizing
time to level up / an early draft of a playbook
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
With regards to marriage equality, remember:
They have already overturned Roe.
They're coming for Obergefell.
They're coming for Lawrence v. TX.
They're coming for contraception.
They're coming for no-fault divorce.
The only thing that will stop them is if we come for them.
They have already overturned Roe.
They're coming for Obergefell.
They're coming for Lawrence v. TX.
They're coming for contraception.
They're coming for no-fault divorce.
The only thing that will stop them is if we come for them.
"Don't dream it, be it"
The movie ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ opened 50 years ago today at London’s Rialto Theatre 👄
August 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"Don't dream it, be it"
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the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.
August 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.
Been trying to figure out how to sum up my LARP experience in 300 words or less. Shadows over Campus was expensive, but for me, worth it. I was leery about returning to LARP, and the Nordic and blockbuster approach reminded me of all the things I love about fully enacting a character for a weekend.
August 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Been trying to figure out how to sum up my LARP experience in 300 words or less. Shadows over Campus was expensive, but for me, worth it. I was leery about returning to LARP, and the Nordic and blockbuster approach reminded me of all the things I love about fully enacting a character for a weekend.
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That white Marine who fatally strangled a homeless black man on the subway got invited to Trump’s suite at a football game and got a job at a vc firm.
They’ve definitely told us what it is.
They’ve definitely told us what it is.
August 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
That white Marine who fatally strangled a homeless black man on the subway got invited to Trump’s suite at a football game and got a job at a vc firm.
They’ve definitely told us what it is.
They’ve definitely told us what it is.