Chad VanMaanen
@hanging-chad.bsky.social
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Because it’s not getting reported on enough:
Muslim fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed, father of two, was the hero who bravely tackled one of the Bondi Beach shooters and took away his gun.
He saved lives during a major terror attack. Say his name, and honor the lives of the victims of the shooters
Muslim fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed, father of two, was the hero who bravely tackled one of the Bondi Beach shooters and took away his gun.
He saved lives during a major terror attack. Say his name, and honor the lives of the victims of the shooters
December 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Because it’s not getting reported on enough:
Muslim fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed, father of two, was the hero who bravely tackled one of the Bondi Beach shooters and took away his gun.
He saved lives during a major terror attack. Say his name, and honor the lives of the victims of the shooters
Muslim fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed, father of two, was the hero who bravely tackled one of the Bondi Beach shooters and took away his gun.
He saved lives during a major terror attack. Say his name, and honor the lives of the victims of the shooters
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As someone who was subjected to conversion therapy, it doesn’t work. It won’t work. It’s torture. I was hooked up to an IV and made to vomit watching gay porn for two hours per week. I was prayed over. Bibles and the Book of Mormon were shoved in my face.
October 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
As someone who was subjected to conversion therapy, it doesn’t work. It won’t work. It’s torture. I was hooked up to an IV and made to vomit watching gay porn for two hours per week. I was prayed over. Bibles and the Book of Mormon were shoved in my face.
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Happy LGBTQ History Month 2025!
Happy LGBT History Month! We are, of course, celebrating as we celebrate everything over here – with books! Specifically, with both fiction and nonfiction that pay tribute to LGBT history. Fiction Middle Grade Alice Austen Lived Here by Alex Gino Sam is very in…
Happy LGBT History Month! We are, of course, celebrating as we celebrate everything over here – with books! Specifically, with both fiction and nonfiction that pay tribute to LGBT history. Fiction Middle Grade Alice Austen Lived Here by Alex Gino Sam is very in…
Happy LGBTQ History Month 2025!
Happy LGBT History Month! We are, of course, celebrating as we celebrate everything over here – with books! Specifically, with both fiction and nonfiction that pay tribute to LGBT history. Fiction Middle Grade Alice Austen Lived Here by Alex Gino Sam is very in touch with their own queer identity. They’re nonbinary, and their best friend, TJ, is nonbinary as well.
lgbtqreads.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Happy LGBTQ History Month 2025!
Happy LGBT History Month! We are, of course, celebrating as we celebrate everything over here – with books! Specifically, with both fiction and nonfiction that pay tribute to LGBT history. Fiction Middle Grade Alice Austen Lived Here by Alex Gino Sam is very in…
Happy LGBT History Month! We are, of course, celebrating as we celebrate everything over here – with books! Specifically, with both fiction and nonfiction that pay tribute to LGBT history. Fiction Middle Grade Alice Austen Lived Here by Alex Gino Sam is very in…
#fightoligarchy Greeley jammed packed. Overflow crowd.
March 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
#fightoligarchy Greeley jammed packed. Overflow crowd.
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Fixed: “Trump just signed an executive order attempting to circumvent the sole and exclusive power of Congress — claiming to dismantle the Department of Education. Such an act would devastate 26 million children across every school district, which is why Congress would never allow it.”
Trump just signed an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, impacting 26 million kids across every school district -- rural, suburban, and urban -- across the country.
March 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Fixed: “Trump just signed an executive order attempting to circumvent the sole and exclusive power of Congress — claiming to dismantle the Department of Education. Such an act would devastate 26 million children across every school district, which is why Congress would never allow it.”
This is beyond the constitution. It is unlawful and harms the children and our future.
Federal education funds are:
📚 7.5M kids getting the extra classroom help they need
🛠️ 12M students training for careers
🎓 10M high school seniors headed to college
All at risk if Trump kills the Dept. of Education. This isn’t policy—it’s sabotage. #ProtectOurKids
📚 7.5M kids getting the extra classroom help they need
🛠️ 12M students training for careers
🎓 10M high school seniors headed to college
All at risk if Trump kills the Dept. of Education. This isn’t policy—it’s sabotage. #ProtectOurKids
March 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This is beyond the constitution. It is unlawful and harms the children and our future.
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+1
If you’re a professor in a classroom today & you don’t mention this, I believe you’re doing your students a profound disservice. This is targeted 1st at international students, but it’s deliberately broad enough to lay groundwork for a scene Trump & Hegseth have fantasized: troops on campus.
March 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
+1
#severence Just realized the show has a northern Colorado connection. Besides the name of the show there are several city names as rooms.
March 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
#severence Just realized the show has a northern Colorado connection. Besides the name of the show there are several city names as rooms.
February 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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I'm glad someone finally pointed out that the new "masculine energy" is extremely fucking childish. Grow up. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Adolescent Style in American Politics
The version of manhood placed on display by Trump and his aides is the one imagined by teenage boys.
www.theatlantic.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I'm glad someone finally pointed out that the new "masculine energy" is extremely fucking childish. Grow up. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Colorado's largest protest in years brought thousands to the streets of Denver to demonstrate against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. @marcsallinger.bsky.social reports for @nexton9news.bsky.social. #copolitics www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_7b...
Protesters against Trump, Musk gather at Colorado capitol on Presidents Day
YouTube video by Next 9NEWS
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February 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Colorado's largest protest in years brought thousands to the streets of Denver to demonstrate against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. @marcsallinger.bsky.social reports for @nexton9news.bsky.social. #copolitics www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_7b...
Trump protests Denver
February 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Trump protests Denver
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Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
February 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
Got rid of the tesla today! #teslatakedown
February 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Got rid of the tesla today! #teslatakedown
This is it right here!
Last time around, fascism’s overreach extended to a self-destructive world war before the societies in which it rose to power became immune to it for a few generations. Hopefully the disasters it leads to this time will not be on quite such an apocalyptic scale.
February 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This is it right here!
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NEW: The Jewish leaders who led the early X ad boycott under Musk released a new letter. We call on:
1. Companies to pull ads from X
2. Google/Apple to drop X from stores
3. People with 100k+ followers to leave X
4. Jewish orgs to speak up
5. Major shareholders to pressure Musk
1. Companies to pull ads from X
2. Google/Apple to drop X from stores
3. People with 100k+ followers to leave X
4. Jewish orgs to speak up
5. Major shareholders to pressure Musk
Analysis | Some Jewish leaders renew calls for X boycott as Musk’s power grows
Citing “Nazi salute” and antisemitic content, rabbis break with ADL in pressing advertisers, app stores to drop X
wapo.st
February 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
NEW: The Jewish leaders who led the early X ad boycott under Musk released a new letter. We call on:
1. Companies to pull ads from X
2. Google/Apple to drop X from stores
3. People with 100k+ followers to leave X
4. Jewish orgs to speak up
5. Major shareholders to pressure Musk
1. Companies to pull ads from X
2. Google/Apple to drop X from stores
3. People with 100k+ followers to leave X
4. Jewish orgs to speak up
5. Major shareholders to pressure Musk
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National call this Sunday to strategize with Indivisible, MoveOn, WFP, and a ton of other groups. We choose to fight. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
We Choose To Fight: Action Call · Indivisible
This Sunday night, February 2 at 8pm ET/5pm PT, you’re invited to join Indivisible, MoveOn, Working Families Party, and a coalition of other organizations for an action call. During the call, you will...
www.mobilize.us
February 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
National call this Sunday to strategize with Indivisible, MoveOn, WFP, and a ton of other groups. We choose to fight. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
January 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
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This is my favorite picture of Stonewall.
They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.
Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.
I think about it a lot in moments like this.
They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.
Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.
I think about it a lot in moments like this.
January 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This is my favorite picture of Stonewall.
They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.
Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.
I think about it a lot in moments like this.
They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.
Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.
I think about it a lot in moments like this.
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For individuals affected by raids, here is a resource that my colleagues in Denver developed for people returning to México, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala. Please share with affected individuals.
afsc.org/crossing-south
afsc.org/crossing-south
Crossing South
afsc.org
January 19, 2025 at 7:17 AM
For individuals affected by raids, here is a resource that my colleagues in Denver developed for people returning to México, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala. Please share with affected individuals.
afsc.org/crossing-south
afsc.org/crossing-south
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Updated list of companies committed to DEI
Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstrom’s, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…), Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans
Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstrom’s, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…), Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans
January 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Updated list of companies committed to DEI
Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstrom’s, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…), Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans
Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstrom’s, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…), Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans
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Our political leaders should treat everyone with honor and dignity, regardless of their identity or immigration status.
Thank you, Bishop Budde, for bravely supporting our community and holding our leaders accountable.
Thank you, Bishop Budde, for bravely supporting our community and holding our leaders accountable.
January 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Our political leaders should treat everyone with honor and dignity, regardless of their identity or immigration status.
Thank you, Bishop Budde, for bravely supporting our community and holding our leaders accountable.
Thank you, Bishop Budde, for bravely supporting our community and holding our leaders accountable.
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This is your mission. We take our power back now at the local and state level. Stop waiting for a national hero. It’s you. Get to work.
January 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This is your mission. We take our power back now at the local and state level. Stop waiting for a national hero. It’s you. Get to work.