Rachel
@funkycatm.bsky.social
Autistic widow
Spelling & Typing Practitioner
*here for the anti-fascism & crip community*
Spelling & Typing Practitioner
*here for the anti-fascism & crip community*
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I know we keep focusing on Colbert and Kimmel as we should, but we also need to remember there are hundreds of people who work for these shows who also just lost their jobs because of this bullshit, and most of them are probably not millionaires.
September 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I know we keep focusing on Colbert and Kimmel as we should, but we also need to remember there are hundreds of people who work for these shows who also just lost their jobs because of this bullshit, and most of them are probably not millionaires.
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Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
September 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
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Going through my reel from today and found a short clip of what led up to this amazing shot by @staceywescott.bsky.social
Gotta hand it to the guy - a lot of us scattered from the gas; he just parade marched back through it like it weren't shit
Gotta hand it to the guy - a lot of us scattered from the gas; he just parade marched back through it like it weren't shit
September 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Going through my reel from today and found a short clip of what led up to this amazing shot by @staceywescott.bsky.social
Gotta hand it to the guy - a lot of us scattered from the gas; he just parade marched back through it like it weren't shit
Gotta hand it to the guy - a lot of us scattered from the gas; he just parade marched back through it like it weren't shit
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This was just last month and we have already memoryholed it. A cop killed by an antivaxxer.
September 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
This was just last month and we have already memoryholed it. A cop killed by an antivaxxer.
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We documented some of the calls for retribution that followed Charlie Kirk’s murder. With @kieraevebutler.bsky.social and @juliannemcshane.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“THIS IS WAR”: Some right-wing figures call for retribution following Kirk killing
“More people will be murdered if the Left isn’t crushed with the power of the state.”
www.motherjones.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
We documented some of the calls for retribution that followed Charlie Kirk’s murder. With @kieraevebutler.bsky.social and @juliannemcshane.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
September 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
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I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself
This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
It's the upside down
Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers
September 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
It's the upside down
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Scientists trying to find a way to noninvasively diagnose a disease literally got asked by doctors—you know, the FIRST DO NO HARM people?—
“Why do you want to NOT cut women open to diagnose a disease, like why would you bother trying to find a way to not cut them open?”
“Why do you want to NOT cut women open to diagnose a disease, like why would you bother trying to find a way to not cut them open?”
September 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Scientists trying to find a way to noninvasively diagnose a disease literally got asked by doctors—you know, the FIRST DO NO HARM people?—
“Why do you want to NOT cut women open to diagnose a disease, like why would you bother trying to find a way to not cut them open?”
“Why do you want to NOT cut women open to diagnose a disease, like why would you bother trying to find a way to not cut them open?”
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“Menstrual blood was messy, it was imprecise, it was difficult to collect, OB-GYNs told the pair. Why bother when the disease could be diagnosed with surgery?”
September 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
“Menstrual blood was messy, it was imprecise, it was difficult to collect, OB-GYNs told the pair. Why bother when the disease could be diagnosed with surgery?”
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social is it possible you guys haven't recorded an episode on Charlie Kirk?! Your podcast is the first thing I looked at when I heard the news!
September 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social is it possible you guys haven't recorded an episode on Charlie Kirk?! Your podcast is the first thing I looked at when I heard the news!
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Happy 40th anniversary to "Thundercats".
Opening animated by Masayuki (who was only 22 years old at the time).
Opening animated by Masayuki (who was only 22 years old at the time).
September 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Happy 40th anniversary to "Thundercats".
Opening animated by Masayuki (who was only 22 years old at the time).
Opening animated by Masayuki (who was only 22 years old at the time).
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some people are gonna need a few days in the fetal position and some people do best when immediately given a task and some people need to immerse themselves in joy and comfort
we have to let everyone grieve and feel this shit however their own nervous system needs. this is gonna be a long fight
we have to let everyone grieve and feel this shit however their own nervous system needs. this is gonna be a long fight
It’s okay to be sad right now guys fuck stop telling ppl not to despair and get back to work, this is why so many ppl are in a state of apathy and dissociation cuz they don’t even have space from movement leaders to feel how they feel
July 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
some people are gonna need a few days in the fetal position and some people do best when immediately given a task and some people need to immerse themselves in joy and comfort
we have to let everyone grieve and feel this shit however their own nervous system needs. this is gonna be a long fight
we have to let everyone grieve and feel this shit however their own nervous system needs. this is gonna be a long fight
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A moment of silence please for #USAID, which is officially shuttered after months of dismantling.
Why a moment of silence? Not only for the employees. But also for the estimated 14 MILLION deaths by 2030 predicted without the agency.
@altusaid.altgov.info
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Why a moment of silence? Not only for the employees. But also for the estimated 14 MILLION deaths by 2030 predicted without the agency.
@altusaid.altgov.info
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
A moment of silence please for #USAID, which is officially shuttered after months of dismantling.
Why a moment of silence? Not only for the employees. But also for the estimated 14 MILLION deaths by 2030 predicted without the agency.
@altusaid.altgov.info
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Why a moment of silence? Not only for the employees. But also for the estimated 14 MILLION deaths by 2030 predicted without the agency.
@altusaid.altgov.info
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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A very simple thing you can do is stop linking to the NYT.
I know they do some good reporting but they are also actively upholding facism and working to subvert democracy and shaping your world view.
It is more work but it is better if we start starving harmful institutions.
I know they do some good reporting but they are also actively upholding facism and working to subvert democracy and shaping your world view.
It is more work but it is better if we start starving harmful institutions.
July 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
A very simple thing you can do is stop linking to the NYT.
I know they do some good reporting but they are also actively upholding facism and working to subvert democracy and shaping your world view.
It is more work but it is better if we start starving harmful institutions.
I know they do some good reporting but they are also actively upholding facism and working to subvert democracy and shaping your world view.
It is more work but it is better if we start starving harmful institutions.
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What, exactly, are we celebrating tomorrow?
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
July 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What, exactly, are we celebrating tomorrow?
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy?
Our new concentration camps?
Our dying economy?
Our ditching due process?
Our corruption?
Our broken legislature?
Our corrupt SCOTUS?
Our ridiculous buffoon president? #FourthOfJuly
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Imagine this is you.
You’re locked in a cell thousands of miles from home. No one knows where you are. No charges. No trial. No end in sight.
You’re locked in a cell thousands of miles from home. No one knows where you are. No charges. No trial. No end in sight.
July 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Imagine this is you.
You’re locked in a cell thousands of miles from home. No one knows where you are. No charges. No trial. No end in sight.
You’re locked in a cell thousands of miles from home. No one knows where you are. No charges. No trial. No end in sight.
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Some people are working on gathering at the Capitol steps to show support for Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York. If you can’t be there in person, you can still show your support from wherever you are.
July 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Some people are working on gathering at the Capitol steps to show support for Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York. If you can’t be there in person, you can still show your support from wherever you are.
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The "echo chamber" thing is nonsense. How is using a social media app with like minded people any different than hanging out with friends in person? I'm not gonna invite a shitty person over just to hear their shitty views.
GTFO of here with that nonsense.
GTFO of here with that nonsense.
July 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The "echo chamber" thing is nonsense. How is using a social media app with like minded people any different than hanging out with friends in person? I'm not gonna invite a shitty person over just to hear their shitty views.
GTFO of here with that nonsense.
GTFO of here with that nonsense.
And we thought they were spineless before. Some signed merch (maybe an Alligator Alcatraz hat, everyone loves concentration camp merch!) is all it took for them to vote and their constituents die
As Shawn McCreesh and Tyler Pager report, House Republican holdouts were apparently swayed to support President Trump’s tax and spending bill by signed merch and photographs with the president.
Trump Goes on a Charm Offensive as He Woos Holdout Republicans
www.nytimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
And we thought they were spineless before. Some signed merch (maybe an Alligator Alcatraz hat, everyone loves concentration camp merch!) is all it took for them to vote and their constituents die