Aunty Antifa
@auntyantifa.bsky.social
Earned my black belt in media self defense while escaping from a cult. Tools and tactics for surviving the misinformation jungle and being an effective operator on the culture war battlefield.
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Aunty Antifa
@auntyantifa.bsky.social
· Dec 10
This is the United States of America in 2024: There are MAGA, non MAGA who voted for Trump anyway, and the rest of us.
The rest of us may not agree about much, but we want a civil society where we can work out our disagreements peacefully and find a path together into the future. That is enough.
The rest of us may not agree about much, but we want a civil society where we can work out our disagreements peacefully and find a path together into the future. That is enough.
Yglesias's take seems like the dumbest thing ever (or at least since his last take) but if you substitute "vision" for "detailed policy proposals" then suddenly his statement is 100% correct.
MAGA GOP has always had vision. It's not coherent. It's not good. But it's vision, and ppl respond to that.
MAGA GOP has always had vision. It's not coherent. It's not good. But it's vision, and ppl respond to that.
December 18, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Yglesias's take seems like the dumbest thing ever (or at least since his last take) but if you substitute "vision" for "detailed policy proposals" then suddenly his statement is 100% correct.
MAGA GOP has always had vision. It's not coherent. It's not good. But it's vision, and ppl respond to that.
MAGA GOP has always had vision. It's not coherent. It's not good. But it's vision, and ppl respond to that.
Of course they did.
This is to be expected.
This is to be expected.
This didn’t get enough media attention when it happened so I’m posting it again. The Biden’s were not only innocent, they were framed. And the GOP knew it and amplified the lie anyway.
December 18, 2024 at 2:33 AM
Of course they did.
This is to be expected.
This is to be expected.
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it's never a good thing when the idea of bipartisanship is treasured by exactly one party
December 16, 2024 at 10:33 PM
it's never a good thing when the idea of bipartisanship is treasured by exactly one party
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When Bill Kristol is out there saying sure give AOC a shot at least she fights, I'm just so embarrassed for all these cowardly Democrats who set up their weathervanes inside a basement.
December 16, 2024 at 10:38 PM
When Bill Kristol is out there saying sure give AOC a shot at least she fights, I'm just so embarrassed for all these cowardly Democrats who set up their weathervanes inside a basement.
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with the widespread capitulation to Trump among the professional and political classes there is a wide open path to national prominence for any Dem who’s willing to actually stand up to the guy
I think the people mumbling about bipartisanship are wildly misreading the room
I think the people mumbling about bipartisanship are wildly misreading the room
December 16, 2024 at 10:29 PM
with the widespread capitulation to Trump among the professional and political classes there is a wide open path to national prominence for any Dem who’s willing to actually stand up to the guy
I think the people mumbling about bipartisanship are wildly misreading the room
I think the people mumbling about bipartisanship are wildly misreading the room
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Thank you @jonnybravo0311.bsky.social.
I will be blocking @galaxylover.bsky.social now for being content thief. What an asshole.
I will be blocking @galaxylover.bsky.social now for being content thief. What an asshole.
This is a STOLEN post. The image presented is NOT owned by the account that posted it here. The text in their post is directly copied and pasted (REMOVING the accreditation of the image). Here's the original post: bsky.app/profile/astr...
I do astronomy for a living, and images like this *still* take my breath away. What a beautiful universe we live in. Even in the midst of trouble, grief, & anything you might be struggling with (like we all are) - try to seek out the beauty. It helps ❤️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap24121... #FridayFeeling
December 17, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Thank you @jonnybravo0311.bsky.social.
I will be blocking @galaxylover.bsky.social now for being content thief. What an asshole.
I will be blocking @galaxylover.bsky.social now for being content thief. What an asshole.
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so he admits he still lives there then
Since it seems like he chickens out; i think it's important that people see that even in "intimidating correspondence" Jesse Singal is just a child apeing what he imagines a "serious adult" is.
December 16, 2024 at 6:59 PM
so he admits he still lives there then
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“Keep scolding, I’m reloading”
December 12, 2024 at 4:22 PM
“Keep scolding, I’m reloading”
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"This is the mindset of the institutionalist. It is important that people retain faith in our institutions, which does not mean that our institutions should work to earn people’s faith, but instead that people shouldn’t hear about it when they don’t." substack.com/@theap/p-533...
I do not care about Hunter Biden. I don't believe anyone does.
But the pardon was *uncouth*. And the hidden value system of our media and political elites is to defend the social order.
That, more than anything, is why they prove so useless in resisting Trump II.
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
But the pardon was *uncouth*. And the hidden value system of our media and political elites is to defend the social order.
That, more than anything, is why they prove so useless in resisting Trump II.
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
December 12, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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a real sense of panic from establishment elite types who are getting a whiff of the fact that the US political system has very little popular legitimacy
What exactly is false or misleading about these statistics
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
December 12, 2024 at 3:32 PM
a real sense of panic from establishment elite types who are getting a whiff of the fact that the US political system has very little popular legitimacy
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I don't want the cool zone in the same way I don't want nuclear war. This doesn't mean I support unilateral disarmament
December 12, 2024 at 3:09 PM
I don't want the cool zone in the same way I don't want nuclear war. This doesn't mean I support unilateral disarmament
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Considering that this petition calling upon Bluesky to enforce its terms of service equally upon all users has only been up for a few hours...that's a lot of signatures! (Sign today!)
www.change.org/p/bluesky-mu...
www.change.org/p/bluesky-mu...
![The Issue
Bluesky Must Enforce its Community Guidelines Equally
Over the past week, Bluesky’s Trust & Safety team has made several moderation decisions which continue to damage the trustworthiness and goodwill of the team both as stewards of the Bluesky community and as stewards of the ATProto Network. It is the purpose of the Trust & Safety Team to enforce this platform’s Terms of Service and Community Guidelines which prohibit illegal and harmful activity conducted on Bluesky in order to maintain social and legal credibility of the platform.
By allowing such a highly visible user to blatantly violate Community Guidelines, Bluesky endangers its future by repeating the same infamous moderation mistakes that Twitter made. Bluesky PBLLC does not have the same access to the large amounts of capital that Twitter did [1][2] and Bluesky was founded in a different social media regulatory landscape than Twitter was, so Bluesky’s Trust & Safety team must act with more forward thinking than Twitter’s Trust & Safety team did. The purpose of this project is to not recreate Twitter [3][4]. That is an incredibly important mission which should be defended rather than quietly forgotten. Now is a critical moment in the growth of the Bluesky platform to avoid the clear and obvious mistakes made by other social media platforms in the past. Bluesky must not continue the legacy of ill-advised ad-hoc special policy exemptions for self-identified journalists publishing without an outlet, as this undermines the presence of reputable news agencies and accomplished journalists who utilize the platform. Bluesky’s Trust & Safety team does not have the same journalistic qualifications and established credibility to determine which self-published stories distributed through this platform are considered newsworthy enough to be exempt from the Community Guidelines. To continue to do so would be to re-implement the same infamous moderation mistakes that Twitter made…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qiknc4t5rq7yngvz7g4aezq7/bafkreifdumh2m3zexng3scsyblwva4mhecccfaosdnsfkscsetyov4meaq@jpeg)
December 12, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Considering that this petition calling upon Bluesky to enforce its terms of service equally upon all users has only been up for a few hours...that's a lot of signatures! (Sign today!)
www.change.org/p/bluesky-mu...
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I know everyone else has already made every joke possible about this ages ago but because I live on a remote island that is ten years behind the rest of north america I just saw my first cybertruck and now I need to find an even more remote island that is even more ten years behind north america
December 9, 2024 at 11:37 PM
I know everyone else has already made every joke possible about this ages ago but because I live on a remote island that is ten years behind the rest of north america I just saw my first cybertruck and now I need to find an even more remote island that is even more ten years behind north america
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We call them ‘homeless’ because they don’t have homes, you drug-addled lunatic sex pest.
December 11, 2024 at 6:55 AM
We call them ‘homeless’ because they don’t have homes, you drug-addled lunatic sex pest.
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Trump gives the worst people permission to be their worst selves - out loud and in public, which is the really unacceptable part.
December 11, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Trump gives the worst people permission to be their worst selves - out loud and in public, which is the really unacceptable part.
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The GOP currently sets the public perception of what democrats say, not democrats saying things. Do you have any idea how corrosive we'd have to be to undershoot the status quo?
December 10, 2024 at 3:10 PM
The GOP currently sets the public perception of what democrats say, not democrats saying things. Do you have any idea how corrosive we'd have to be to undershoot the status quo?
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"The incoming cabinet is distinguished not just for its odiousness, but for its singular wealth... And John Brown’s body has for too long lain a-mouldering in his grave, with no one to replace him.
Still: the rains came back to New York..." buttondown.com/theswordandt...
Still: the rains came back to New York..." buttondown.com/theswordandt...
John Brown's Body
A few weeks before the election, on the middle of a hot, bright autumn that never seemed to end, I took a trip to Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia. Photos from...
buttondown.com
December 10, 2024 at 6:28 PM
"The incoming cabinet is distinguished not just for its odiousness, but for its singular wealth... And John Brown’s body has for too long lain a-mouldering in his grave, with no one to replace him.
Still: the rains came back to New York..." buttondown.com/theswordandt...
Still: the rains came back to New York..." buttondown.com/theswordandt...
This is the United States of America in 2024: There are MAGA, non MAGA who voted for Trump anyway, and the rest of us.
The rest of us may not agree about much, but we want a civil society where we can work out our disagreements peacefully and find a path together into the future. That is enough.
The rest of us may not agree about much, but we want a civil society where we can work out our disagreements peacefully and find a path together into the future. That is enough.
December 10, 2024 at 2:50 AM
This is the United States of America in 2024: There are MAGA, non MAGA who voted for Trump anyway, and the rest of us.
The rest of us may not agree about much, but we want a civil society where we can work out our disagreements peacefully and find a path together into the future. That is enough.
The rest of us may not agree about much, but we want a civil society where we can work out our disagreements peacefully and find a path together into the future. That is enough.
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Don't assume maximalist outcomes for the Trump administration. That's a form of psychological surrender. We should attempt to exploit every stumble, failure, and misstep, and there will be stumbles, failures, and missteps.
December 9, 2024 at 2:58 AM
Don't assume maximalist outcomes for the Trump administration. That's a form of psychological surrender. We should attempt to exploit every stumble, failure, and misstep, and there will be stumbles, failures, and missteps.