alex
@hopefromfire.bsky.social
adult loosely transmasc gq/demigirl butch. he/it pronouns. audhd/chronic pain/etc. covid conscious. anti-zionist.
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i can’t quite explain it but “standing up as opposition doesn’t work” doesn’t seem like good optics for an opposition party to have
SENATOR ANGUS KING: "Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work. It actually gave him more power."
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
i can’t quite explain it but “standing up as opposition doesn’t work” doesn’t seem like good optics for an opposition party to have
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The different between the right and centrists is that the right gleefully kills millions of people and centrists present mass murder as a technical solution, like they added up all the numbers and carried a zero and oops, sorry, millions have to die.
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The different between the right and centrists is that the right gleefully kills millions of people and centrists present mass murder as a technical solution, like they added up all the numbers and carried a zero and oops, sorry, millions have to die.
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.
We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
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my entire adult life, democrats have needed to be dragged kicking and screaming towards even the consideration that they should do right by the people who voted for them. i’m tired.
it is pretty darkly funny seeing posts like URGENT!!!! it is SUNDAY EVENING you must PUT DOWN YOUR DINNER and call your senator IMMEDIATELY to politely request they not press the big button marked "fuck you". this will not actually stop them from pressing the fuck you button. functioning democracy
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
my entire adult life, democrats have needed to be dragged kicking and screaming towards even the consideration that they should do right by the people who voted for them. i’m tired.
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Sending love to everyone whose health care has been jeopardized by the Democratic cave-in. These Democratic elites will not be part of the solution. We must proceed with that understanding.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Sending love to everyone whose health care has been jeopardized by the Democratic cave-in. These Democratic elites will not be part of the solution. We must proceed with that understanding.
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The status quo delivered us to this moment of fascist acceleration. As Democratic elites in Washington keep proving, they have nothing to offer but behavior that abets and fosters more of the same. Their trajectory is as fixed as the right's.
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The status quo delivered us to this moment of fascist acceleration. As Democratic elites in Washington keep proving, they have nothing to offer but behavior that abets and fosters more of the same. Their trajectory is as fixed as the right's.
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Chicago Public Library's budget cuts would mean losing HALF of the materials budget. It would mean losing 90 staff members.
Cop budget's fine, though.
Cop budget's fine, though.
The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
The People Want To Read: On Massive Budget Cuts Proposed in Chicago
If passed, Chicago Public Library will lose half their budget for acquiring new books and materials.
buttondown.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Chicago Public Library's budget cuts would mean losing HALF of the materials budget. It would mean losing 90 staff members.
Cop budget's fine, though.
Cop budget's fine, though.
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Bluesky banned the person responsible for setting up the Potter’s House distro
Potter’s House distro turned rolling distro around Gallery Place & at MLK Library!
Handed out hats, gloves, socks, hand warmers, hygiene supplies, & know your rights info.
We’ll be out every other week! Help us keep going!:
C*shApp: $RemoraHouseDC
Or givebutter.com/remorahouse
Handed out hats, gloves, socks, hand warmers, hygiene supplies, & know your rights info.
We’ll be out every other week! Help us keep going!:
C*shApp: $RemoraHouseDC
Or givebutter.com/remorahouse
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Bluesky banned the person responsible for setting up the Potter’s House distro
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Going thru my phone, I found this reminder of the importance of sending books to people in prison. This was from a man who had been in solitary confinement for several years & received PRISON BY ANY OTHER NAME, my book with @mayaschenwar.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Going thru my phone, I found this reminder of the importance of sending books to people in prison. This was from a man who had been in solitary confinement for several years & received PRISON BY ANY OTHER NAME, my book with @mayaschenwar.bsky.social
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Important:
Congress has a $79/day allowance for food!!
And they get free healthcare!!
Congress has a $79/day allowance for food!!
And they get free healthcare!!
November 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Important:
Congress has a $79/day allowance for food!!
And they get free healthcare!!
Congress has a $79/day allowance for food!!
And they get free healthcare!!
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Opinion | Actually, don’t let them eat cake
November 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Opinion | Actually, don’t let them eat cake
ahh i was thinking id get at least half of my usual snap benefit today but not even that. fucking depressing. thankfully my rent is low but still frustrating and i know others are worse off :(
November 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
ahh i was thinking id get at least half of my usual snap benefit today but not even that. fucking depressing. thankfully my rent is low but still frustrating and i know others are worse off :(
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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This video is devastating. Imagine dropping your child off at daycare, only to learn that ICE took a beloved caregiver in front of the children minutes after. Imagine going to work to care for beloved children, only to be ripped away from them and your own family by ICE.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This video is devastating. Imagine dropping your child off at daycare, only to learn that ICE took a beloved caregiver in front of the children minutes after. Imagine going to work to care for beloved children, only to be ripped away from them and your own family by ICE.
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Anyway can we all stop treating the NYT like news?
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Anyway can we all stop treating the NYT like news?
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turning a big dial taht says "Sexism" on it and constantly looking back at the audience for approval like a contestant on the price is right
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
turning a big dial taht says "Sexism" on it and constantly looking back at the audience for approval like a contestant on the price is right
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Change in Headline
November 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Change in Headline
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
women love taking hrt yayyyyy
November 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
women love taking hrt yayyyyy
just found out that brianna wu is also lesbophobic and esp seems to get mad about trans lesbians. shes toxic in so many ways.
November 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
just found out that brianna wu is also lesbophobic and esp seems to get mad about trans lesbians. shes toxic in so many ways.
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A daycare. Every day in Chicago. The state is not stopping this. Pritzker’s and Johnson’s cops have ONLY been protecting these assaults so there is so far nothing that is stopping them besides unarmed residents screaming. How many children are technically orphans now @govpritzker.illinois.gov?
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A daycare. Every day in Chicago. The state is not stopping this. Pritzker’s and Johnson’s cops have ONLY been protecting these assaults so there is so far nothing that is stopping them besides unarmed residents screaming. How many children are technically orphans now @govpritzker.illinois.gov?
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
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If you live in NYC and you are interested in organizing with others around our public libraries, you are invited to join our work @nycplan.org. We have a chance to increase and stabilize funding for our public libraries and you can help make that happen. actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
City Council, we demand half a percent of the overall city budget for libraries!
In response to the NYC FY2026 Budget, adopted this June, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library released a joint statement thanking City Leaders for in...
actionnetwork.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If you live in NYC and you are interested in organizing with others around our public libraries, you are invited to join our work @nycplan.org. We have a chance to increase and stabilize funding for our public libraries and you can help make that happen. actionnetwork.org/letters/city...
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I need more people to understand the movement that could be brewing here in Georgia if this young man only lost by 87 votes in COBB COUNTY.
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I need more people to understand the movement that could be brewing here in Georgia if this young man only lost by 87 votes in COBB COUNTY.