Ephire
@ephire.bsky.social
Somewhat of a hermit. I’d rather be in a forest, but I’m here for the fight. Old paradigms are ending. What do we want the future to be? #3E
“No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.” - Ursula LeGuin
“No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.” - Ursula LeGuin
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Dozens of protests planned for Labor Day [for all of the people constantly asking where protests are. I assume they will all be joining] - maydaystrong.org
MAY DAY STRONG
maydaystrong.org
August 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Dozens of protests planned for Labor Day [for all of the people constantly asking where protests are. I assume they will all be joining] - maydaystrong.org
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Great video (2024, but SPOILER ALERT, we elected fascists who are now making climate change exponentially worse): www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i0X...
#climatechange is *right now* costing everyone more in food prices, insurance, and more...
and yet
most people think impacts will happen "later"
1/n
#climatechange is *right now* costing everyone more in food prices, insurance, and more...
and yet
most people think impacts will happen "later"
1/n
The least effective way to tackle climate change
YouTube video by Simon Clark
www.youtube.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Great video (2024, but SPOILER ALERT, we elected fascists who are now making climate change exponentially worse): www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i0X...
#climatechange is *right now* costing everyone more in food prices, insurance, and more...
and yet
most people think impacts will happen "later"
1/n
#climatechange is *right now* costing everyone more in food prices, insurance, and more...
and yet
most people think impacts will happen "later"
1/n
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This new publication for "the left" is funded by $4 million from people and groups associated with Peter Thiel, Mercatus, Abundance, and Third Way
Tom Scocca and I raged about this and related matters at @flaminghydra.com
flaminghydra.com/issue-386/
Tom Scocca and I raged about this and related matters at @flaminghydra.com
flaminghydra.com/issue-386/
Liberal label / Tourist tips
Tom Scocca and Maria Bustillos on the latest media flimflam; advice for travelers from Trevor Alixopulos
flaminghydra.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This new publication for "the left" is funded by $4 million from people and groups associated with Peter Thiel, Mercatus, Abundance, and Third Way
Tom Scocca and I raged about this and related matters at @flaminghydra.com
flaminghydra.com/issue-386/
Tom Scocca and I raged about this and related matters at @flaminghydra.com
flaminghydra.com/issue-386/
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LA Ice protests spurred US military to identify ‘hotels to avoid’ due to ‘harassment’ Exclusive: Organizers disrupted Trump’s immigration crackdown by targeting hotels where officers were staying, documents show www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
LA Ice protests spurred US military to identify ‘hotels to avoid’ due to ‘harassment’
Exclusive: Organizers disrupted Trump’s immigration crackdown by targeting hotels where officers were staying, documents show
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
LA Ice protests spurred US military to identify ‘hotels to avoid’ due to ‘harassment’ Exclusive: Organizers disrupted Trump’s immigration crackdown by targeting hotels where officers were staying, documents show www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This is a BFD.
New: Military police on the streets of DC, and now, military prosecutors in the courtroom. Do not become numb to this. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Military officers shifted to prosecute local D.C. crimes amid Trump takeover
Members of the Judge Advocate General Corps are set to join the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.
www.nbcnews.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This is a BFD.
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The media must dig deeper. What exactly led to the arrests those mornings of Adrienne Villa? What evidence exists supporting the charges she faced? What happened after her arraignment? Did LASD interact with her? Is there surveillance footage at the courthouse?
We need answers! LAPP story here:
We need answers! LAPP story here:
At least 71 people faced criminal charges after LA protests over ICE raids
One woman died in custody after pleading not guilty to 14 counts enhanced by prior convictions.
lapublicpress.org
August 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The media must dig deeper. What exactly led to the arrests those mornings of Adrienne Villa? What evidence exists supporting the charges she faced? What happened after her arraignment? Did LASD interact with her? Is there surveillance footage at the courthouse?
We need answers! LAPP story here:
We need answers! LAPP story here:
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actionnetwork.org/events/thiel...
#ThielTakedown San Francisco
Take the fight with us on Friday, August 22nd to Founders Fund – one of Peter Thiel's primary venture capital vehicles and a key early investor in Palantir.
#ThielTakedown San Francisco
Take the fight with us on Friday, August 22nd to Founders Fund – one of Peter Thiel's primary venture capital vehicles and a key early investor in Palantir.
August 19, 2025 at 4:40 AM
actionnetwork.org/events/thiel...
#ThielTakedown San Francisco
Take the fight with us on Friday, August 22nd to Founders Fund – one of Peter Thiel's primary venture capital vehicles and a key early investor in Palantir.
#ThielTakedown San Francisco
Take the fight with us on Friday, August 22nd to Founders Fund – one of Peter Thiel's primary venture capital vehicles and a key early investor in Palantir.
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Seth Harp, author of "The Fort Bragg Cartel," says the public still does not fully appreciate how central drug trafficking was to the U.S. war in Afghanistan. Under U.S. occupation, the country was "producing more heroin than the entire planet could absorb."
www.democracynow.org/2025/8/14/fo...
www.democracynow.org/2025/8/14/fo...
August 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Seth Harp, author of "The Fort Bragg Cartel," says the public still does not fully appreciate how central drug trafficking was to the U.S. war in Afghanistan. Under U.S. occupation, the country was "producing more heroin than the entire planet could absorb."
www.democracynow.org/2025/8/14/fo...
www.democracynow.org/2025/8/14/fo...
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IF YOU SEE AN ENCAMPMENT BEING CLEARED TONIGHT
DM us location & what details you have (what police, how many, movements, vehicles)
If you see someone being detained get as much info as possible:
- legal name
- DOB
- emergency contact/case worker
- where they are being taken (precinct or hospital)
DM us location & what details you have (what police, how many, movements, vehicles)
If you see someone being detained get as much info as possible:
- legal name
- DOB
- emergency contact/case worker
- where they are being taken (precinct or hospital)
August 15, 2025 at 1:01 AM
IF YOU SEE AN ENCAMPMENT BEING CLEARED TONIGHT
DM us location & what details you have (what police, how many, movements, vehicles)
If you see someone being detained get as much info as possible:
- legal name
- DOB
- emergency contact/case worker
- where they are being taken (precinct or hospital)
DM us location & what details you have (what police, how many, movements, vehicles)
If you see someone being detained get as much info as possible:
- legal name
- DOB
- emergency contact/case worker
- where they are being taken (precinct or hospital)
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America… GET YOURSELVES UP
HIT THE STREETS. 🇺🇸
Time for a #MillionAmericanMarch on DC!
A March in support of Democracy and Accountability!
Let’s have a million people marching on DC to have their voices heard and see how many of “politicians“ are willing to show up and march with us
Who is with Me?
HIT THE STREETS. 🇺🇸
Time for a #MillionAmericanMarch on DC!
A March in support of Democracy and Accountability!
Let’s have a million people marching on DC to have their voices heard and see how many of “politicians“ are willing to show up and march with us
Who is with Me?
August 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
America… GET YOURSELVES UP
HIT THE STREETS. 🇺🇸
Time for a #MillionAmericanMarch on DC!
A March in support of Democracy and Accountability!
Let’s have a million people marching on DC to have their voices heard and see how many of “politicians“ are willing to show up and march with us
Who is with Me?
HIT THE STREETS. 🇺🇸
Time for a #MillionAmericanMarch on DC!
A March in support of Democracy and Accountability!
Let’s have a million people marching on DC to have their voices heard and see how many of “politicians“ are willing to show up and march with us
Who is with Me?
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🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
This needs to be STOPPED!
Trump’s fascist, Nazi federal “cops” roam the streets of D.C. like brownshirts, creating a climate of fear and intimidation in minority neighborhoods. They’re now harassing people for smoking on their own porches, which the Nazi Trump regime sees as an “emergency.”
This needs to be STOPPED!
Trump’s fascist, Nazi federal “cops” roam the streets of D.C. like brownshirts, creating a climate of fear and intimidation in minority neighborhoods. They’re now harassing people for smoking on their own porches, which the Nazi Trump regime sees as an “emergency.”
August 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
This needs to be STOPPED!
Trump’s fascist, Nazi federal “cops” roam the streets of D.C. like brownshirts, creating a climate of fear and intimidation in minority neighborhoods. They’re now harassing people for smoking on their own porches, which the Nazi Trump regime sees as an “emergency.”
This needs to be STOPPED!
Trump’s fascist, Nazi federal “cops” roam the streets of D.C. like brownshirts, creating a climate of fear and intimidation in minority neighborhoods. They’re now harassing people for smoking on their own porches, which the Nazi Trump regime sees as an “emergency.”
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BLACKOUT THE SYSTEM is a national movement born out of frustration, injustice, and the undeniable truth that the people hold the power - not corrupt governments, not billionaires, not broken systems.
blackoutthesystem.com
blackoutthesystem.com
Blackout The System | Home Page
BLACKOUT THE SYSTEM
blackoutthesystem.com
August 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
BLACKOUT THE SYSTEM is a national movement born out of frustration, injustice, and the undeniable truth that the people hold the power - not corrupt governments, not billionaires, not broken systems.
blackoutthesystem.com
blackoutthesystem.com
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More businesses are looking to alternative models to preserve their community focus and identity. Instead of being shut down or sold to corporate entities that only care for profit, businesses can be owned by their workers and community members to equitably distribute economic power and wealth.
Sankofa Is Trying to Ensure It Remains A D.C. Fixture
Plans are underway to expand the business and transform the bookstore into a worker-community-owned cooperative.
51st.news
August 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
More businesses are looking to alternative models to preserve their community focus and identity. Instead of being shut down or sold to corporate entities that only care for profit, businesses can be owned by their workers and community members to equitably distribute economic power and wealth.
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If the news feels like a constant onslaught that you’re trying to duck and run from, it might be time to take a pause.
It might be time to ask, how did we get here?
Read #XRGlobal Newsletter #97 at bit.ly/xrnews97
It might be time to ask, how did we get here?
Read #XRGlobal Newsletter #97 at bit.ly/xrnews97
August 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
If the news feels like a constant onslaught that you’re trying to duck and run from, it might be time to take a pause.
It might be time to ask, how did we get here?
Read #XRGlobal Newsletter #97 at bit.ly/xrnews97
It might be time to ask, how did we get here?
Read #XRGlobal Newsletter #97 at bit.ly/xrnews97
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Freg Stokes et al. show how Indigenous resistance assisted in the conservation of South American tropical forests, acting as a significant factor in both regional and global environmental history.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1017/S174...
Read it here: doi.org/10.1017/S174...
Tropical deforestation and Indigenous resistance over the longue durée in South America | Journal of Global History | Cambridge Core
Tropical deforestation and Indigenous resistance over the longue durée in South America - Volume 20 Issue 2
doi.org
August 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Freg Stokes et al. show how Indigenous resistance assisted in the conservation of South American tropical forests, acting as a significant factor in both regional and global environmental history.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1017/S174...
Read it here: doi.org/10.1017/S174...
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What's needed is for the rest of the world to boycott the Olympics. Will they? No, because the leaders are corrupt almost everywhere.
The International Olympic Committee needs to move the 2028 Games out of the U.S. to a country that doesn’t persecute foreigners.
What Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Means for the 2028 Olympics
www.nytimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
What's needed is for the rest of the world to boycott the Olympics. Will they? No, because the leaders are corrupt almost everywhere.
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We are deeply troubled by apparent raids in Southern California, including one involving a Penske truck filled with agents descending on day laborers today. While more investigation is needed, we have serious concerns that the federal government may be in violation of the federal judge's July TRO.
Westlake Home Depot raided again, reigniting fears of more sweeps despite judge's order to stop
Westlake Home Depot raided again, reigniting fears of more sweeps despite judge's order to stop
Border Patrol agents reportedly arrested 16 people at a Home Depot in Westlake on Wednesday. They utilized Penske trucks to carry out the arrests
www.latimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We are deeply troubled by apparent raids in Southern California, including one involving a Penske truck filled with agents descending on day laborers today. While more investigation is needed, we have serious concerns that the federal government may be in violation of the federal judge's July TRO.
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The more people are excluded from effective participation in traditional politics, the more it makes sense to pursue tactics like creating counteroccupations which aim to replace the state.
Social Movements Are Physically Reclaiming Spaces to Replace the State
More than a way of protest, social movements are occupying spaces to challenge authority and fight against oppression.
buff.ly
August 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The more people are excluded from effective participation in traditional politics, the more it makes sense to pursue tactics like creating counteroccupations which aim to replace the state.
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A sense of the sacred...
August 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
A sense of the sacred...
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