Hygelak
@hygelak.bsky.social
TTRPG enthusiast, Norse Heathen, street-captain of ANTIFA, nature explorer, skeeting newbie. He/him.
@merkley.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov Take a stand and call for Schumer to step down - or I have to assume you were silent partners in the cave to the GOP.
UPDATE — Here are the at least 11 congressional Democrats, 11 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 6 Democratic Senate candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
@merkley.senate.gov @wyden.senate.gov Take a stand and call for Schumer to step down - or I have to assume you were silent partners in the cave to the GOP.
@wyden.senate.gov @merkley.senate.gov Take notice. Unless you call for Schumer to step down, it would be fair for your constituents, like myself, to assume you were a part of this. Get him out of there.
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
@wyden.senate.gov @merkley.senate.gov Take notice. Unless you call for Schumer to step down, it would be fair for your constituents, like myself, to assume you were a part of this. Get him out of there.
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Please add @foreverwars.bsky.social to your lists of worker-owned publications! We are small but we are doing good work!
October 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Please add @foreverwars.bsky.social to your lists of worker-owned publications! We are small but we are doing good work!
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Happy John Brown’s Raid day to all who celebrate
October 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Happy John Brown’s Raid day to all who celebrate
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rt if you are the founder of antifa
October 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
rt if you are the founder of antifa
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topical
a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman
ALT: a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman
media.tenor.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
topical
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“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly now, love mercy now, walk humbly now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.”
October 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly now, love mercy now, walk humbly now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.”
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I need people not from Portland to understand that a majority of the escalations happening here are the direct result of the far right grifting machine. They are another arm of the fascist regime and have been manufacturing content and spreading lies to manufacture consent. It's as simple as that.
October 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I need people not from Portland to understand that a majority of the escalations happening here are the direct result of the far right grifting machine. They are another arm of the fascist regime and have been manufacturing content and spreading lies to manufacture consent. It's as simple as that.
I don't want to read/acknowledge arguments about how I'm hypocritical, so I'll just call those "harassment."
Harassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.
October 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I don't want to read/acknowledge arguments about how I'm hypocritical, so I'll just call those "harassment."
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🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
September 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
Oh, he is absolutely taking a swing.
September 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Oh, he is absolutely taking a swing.
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This is the fundamental mistake people make when they're trying trying to explain Ezra Klein by looking at him as an individual with opinions and not a proxy for the Theil/Andreesen/Koch money behind his movement: it's not that Klein doesn't understand this it's that
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
I wrote a piece in July abt how a lot of liberals simply can't understand authoritarians use language differently than liberals.
That's what Ezra doesn't understand.
Or one thing he doesn't understand. He doesn't understand how threatened marginalized people are
www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/06/s...
That's what Ezra doesn't understand.
Or one thing he doesn't understand. He doesn't understand how threatened marginalized people are
www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/06/s...
Seeing Language as a Tool of Authoritarianism - emptywheel
When you speak on social media, are you saying or are you doing?
www.emptywheel.net
September 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This is the fundamental mistake people make when they're trying trying to explain Ezra Klein by looking at him as an individual with opinions and not a proxy for the Theil/Andreesen/Koch money behind his movement: it's not that Klein doesn't understand this it's that
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Let's agree to condemn the politics of those who think Kirk was practicing politics the right way.
#betterthanezra
#betterthanezra
September 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Let's agree to condemn the politics of those who think Kirk was practicing politics the right way.
#betterthanezra
#betterthanezra
Dragons of October Twilight.
Slightly diminish a book:
Catch 21…
Catch 21…
Slightly diminish a book:
Gone With The Breeze...
Gone With The Breeze...
September 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Dragons of October Twilight.
The alien eye isn't my favorite character, but it's closing the gap. With slingy tentacles.
September 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The alien eye isn't my favorite character, but it's closing the gap. With slingy tentacles.
Slightly diminish a band: They're Probably Not Giants.
Slightly diminish a band: Firm Dan
Slightly diminish a band name: Counting Starlings.
August 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Slightly diminish a band: They're Probably Not Giants.
I don't think work release is a good idea, given what she did before.
Convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has reportedly been cleared to leave prison on work release.
Ghislaine Maxwell cleared to leave prison on work release: report
Convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has reportedly been cleared to leave prison on work release.Podcast host Allison Gill obtained information about Maxwell's security score, sex offender waiver, and other details after the former partner of Jeffrey Epstein was moved to a minimum-securi...
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August 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I don't think work release is a good idea, given what she did before.
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Hey Portland, there’s a lot of fear in our immigrant communities right now and one way you can help is attending a MigraWatch/ICE Watch Training. You’ll learn how to safely identify and verify potential ICE activity, and how to contribute to PIRC’s rapid response network.
August 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Hey Portland, there’s a lot of fear in our immigrant communities right now and one way you can help is attending a MigraWatch/ICE Watch Training. You’ll learn how to safely identify and verify potential ICE activity, and how to contribute to PIRC’s rapid response network.
Let's see those padlock sales...
ICE raided the Westlake Home Depot in Los Angeles this morning. LATU organizers snapped some photos from the raid—one sticks out: ICE agents rolling up in a Penske rental truck.
Wonder where they got the idea😬
Trying to avoid detection? Is this policy now? Are they now doing roving gangs in this?
Wonder where they got the idea😬
Trying to avoid detection? Is this policy now? Are they now doing roving gangs in this?
August 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Let's see those padlock sales...
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If masculinity is always in crisis, then perhaps the defining characteristic of masculinity is its instability.
August 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If masculinity is always in crisis, then perhaps the defining characteristic of masculinity is its instability.
Stumbled on a No Kings rally at the waterfront just now. The speaker at the time said we should stand up for all marginalized communities, then proceeded to tell us all to have hope in Democrats and to put purity tests aside. Okay, pick a lane, guy who owns a downtown bistro.
August 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Stumbled on a No Kings rally at the waterfront just now. The speaker at the time said we should stand up for all marginalized communities, then proceeded to tell us all to have hope in Democrats and to put purity tests aside. Okay, pick a lane, guy who owns a downtown bistro.
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We need a Steve Miller for the left.
Someone who’ll turn the Democratic Party into a big ol’ jetliner that’ll fly like an eagle, take the money and run. Abracadabra, just like that.
Someone who’ll turn the Democratic Party into a big ol’ jetliner that’ll fly like an eagle, take the money and run. Abracadabra, just like that.
August 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We need a Steve Miller for the left.
Someone who’ll turn the Democratic Party into a big ol’ jetliner that’ll fly like an eagle, take the money and run. Abracadabra, just like that.
Someone who’ll turn the Democratic Party into a big ol’ jetliner that’ll fly like an eagle, take the money and run. Abracadabra, just like that.