Hyphen 🔆
@hyphen.bsky.social
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I have incredibly mixed feelings. What happened in Utah today was awful. I don't condone retribution, nor murder, nor the “eye for an eye” mentality. It’s tribalistic and feeds into the most animal impulses we have as humans. Perhaps if he had lived, he could have begun to seek repentance and repair
September 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I have incredibly mixed feelings. What happened in Utah today was awful. I don't condone retribution, nor murder, nor the “eye for an eye” mentality. It’s tribalistic and feeds into the most animal impulses we have as humans. Perhaps if he had lived, he could have begun to seek repentance and repair
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these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism
April 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism
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The idea that a government agency can knowingly and willing just lie to you as a strategy is unconscionable.
Yes, this is a post about ICE.
If lying is a fundamental strategy, then it cannot be justice. It is tainted from the outset.
Yes, this is a post about ICE.
If lying is a fundamental strategy, then it cannot be justice. It is tainted from the outset.
April 15, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The idea that a government agency can knowingly and willing just lie to you as a strategy is unconscionable.
Yes, this is a post about ICE.
If lying is a fundamental strategy, then it cannot be justice. It is tainted from the outset.
Yes, this is a post about ICE.
If lying is a fundamental strategy, then it cannot be justice. It is tainted from the outset.
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Reminders:
"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.
Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.
Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.
Never again is now.
"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.
Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.
Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.
Never again is now.
April 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Reminders:
"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.
Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.
Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.
Never again is now.
"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.
Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.
Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.
Never again is now.
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All this guy does is narrate what's happening. He doesn't do anything to stop it. He just... talks about it.
New Yorkers, feel free to call him up and tell him to retire. reps.fyi
New Yorkers, feel free to call him up and tell him to retire. reps.fyi
While markets plunge and retirement accounts reel from Trump’s tariffs:
Elon and DOGE are taking a blowtorch to Social Security
They shut down local offices
They shut down phone services
They shut down website services
And now they’re proposing another round of mass layoffs
Elon and DOGE are taking a blowtorch to Social Security
They shut down local offices
They shut down phone services
They shut down website services
And now they’re proposing another round of mass layoffs
April 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
All this guy does is narrate what's happening. He doesn't do anything to stop it. He just... talks about it.
New Yorkers, feel free to call him up and tell him to retire. reps.fyi
New Yorkers, feel free to call him up and tell him to retire. reps.fyi
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You don’t deserve to be a leader in the US if you don’t believe in due process.
The lowest of bars.
These folks are fascists.
The lowest of bars.
These folks are fascists.
Republican Congresswoman Victoria Spartz just claimed at a town hall that people in America are not guaranteed the constitutional right to due process: “You break the law, you don't have due process.”
Republican congresswoman booed at a town hall in Indiana
As with other town halls held by Republicans across the country, Congresswoman Victoria Spartz was met in her Indiana district by a group of angry constituents who challenged her on the decisions bein...
apnews.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:10 AM
You don’t deserve to be a leader in the US if you don’t believe in due process.
The lowest of bars.
These folks are fascists.
The lowest of bars.
These folks are fascists.
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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel
March 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel
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History will see these photos as indelible proof of an assault on both human rights and human decency.
For Jews, how we responded will reveal whether and how we stayed true to our Jewish values.
And how Jewish orgs responded will indicate whether they had any legitimate claims on our allegiance.
For Jews, how we responded will reveal whether and how we stayed true to our Jewish values.
And how Jewish orgs responded will indicate whether they had any legitimate claims on our allegiance.
March 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
History will see these photos as indelible proof of an assault on both human rights and human decency.
For Jews, how we responded will reveal whether and how we stayed true to our Jewish values.
And how Jewish orgs responded will indicate whether they had any legitimate claims on our allegiance.
For Jews, how we responded will reveal whether and how we stayed true to our Jewish values.
And how Jewish orgs responded will indicate whether they had any legitimate claims on our allegiance.
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Let this radicalize you!
Breaking News: A Columbia University student, who is being hunted by ICE, sued the Trump administration to prevent her deportation after taking part in campus protests. The 21-year-old is a legal resident who moved to the U.S. with her family from South Korea when she was 7.
Columbia Student Hunted by ICE Sues to Prevent Deportation
Yunseo Chung, a legal permanent resident who has lived in the U.S. since she was 7, participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations. Immigration agents visited residences looking for her.
www.nytimes.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Let this radicalize you!
This is absolutely unconscionable and vile. It is inhuman. I struggle to understand how these people can look themselves in the mirror and feel justified. May Hamdan Ballal live and be returned in fullness of body and spirit
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Palestinian director of 'No Other Land' attacked by settler mob, arrested by soldiers
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www.haaretz.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This is absolutely unconscionable and vile. It is inhuman. I struggle to understand how these people can look themselves in the mirror and feel justified. May Hamdan Ballal live and be returned in fullness of body and spirit
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Let’s be clear: when powerful men call empathy a weakness, what they’re really saying is, “Stop caring about people we want to hurt.”
Empathy is not the enemy.
It’s a threat to systems built on cruelty.
It disrupts power. It softens hearts. It humanizes the “other.”
Empathy is not the enemy.
It’s a threat to systems built on cruelty.
It disrupts power. It softens hearts. It humanizes the “other.”
Pay attention, my Christian friends your brethren want us to believe that empathy is bad.
How empathy came to be seen as a weakness in conservative circles
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
How empathy came to be seen as a weakness in conservative circles
www.npr.org/transcripts/...
How empathy came to be seen as a weakness in conservative circles
There's a growing movement, among some conservatives, pushing back against traditional notions of empathy. What's behind it, and what might it mean, especially for Christian conservatives?
www.npr.org
March 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Let’s be clear: when powerful men call empathy a weakness, what they’re really saying is, “Stop caring about people we want to hurt.”
Empathy is not the enemy.
It’s a threat to systems built on cruelty.
It disrupts power. It softens hearts. It humanizes the “other.”
Empathy is not the enemy.
It’s a threat to systems built on cruelty.
It disrupts power. It softens hearts. It humanizes the “other.”
You pathetic cowards. Did you not go to grammar school? Avoid the passive voice. "Seen as an escalation?"
Try this:
The White House directed federal law enforcement to seek action against lawyers who challenge the President's actions, suspending the 1st Amendment right to a redress of grievances
Try this:
The White House directed federal law enforcement to seek action against lawyers who challenge the President's actions, suspending the 1st Amendment right to a redress of grievances
The White House is directing federal law enforcement officials to seek sanctions against attorneys or law firms that challenge President Donald Trump’s actions in court, a move seen as an escalation of the president’s attacks on those who oppose him.
New Trump memo seen as threat to lawyers, attempt to scare off lawsuits
Experts fear the move will allow the administration to make claims against litigators for defending immigrants or challenging the constitutionality of actions.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
You pathetic cowards. Did you not go to grammar school? Avoid the passive voice. "Seen as an escalation?"
Try this:
The White House directed federal law enforcement to seek action against lawyers who challenge the President's actions, suspending the 1st Amendment right to a redress of grievances
Try this:
The White House directed federal law enforcement to seek action against lawyers who challenge the President's actions, suspending the 1st Amendment right to a redress of grievances
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This is not an “escalation of trumpy’s attacks on blah blah blah.”
This is the White House declaring that the right to redress of grievances is suspended.
Do. Your. Fucking. Jobs.
This is the White House declaring that the right to redress of grievances is suspended.
Do. Your. Fucking. Jobs.
March 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is not an “escalation of trumpy’s attacks on blah blah blah.”
This is the White House declaring that the right to redress of grievances is suspended.
Do. Your. Fucking. Jobs.
This is the White House declaring that the right to redress of grievances is suspended.
Do. Your. Fucking. Jobs.
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And it’s long past time for perjury cases to be opened against anyone who made a sworn statement in or to the court that Musk is not in charge of DOGE.
2/ This court filing undercuts public statements to the contrary by Trump officials.
It is most significant for at least three big Appointments Clause cases against Musk's exercise of government authority.
Indeed, the document was submitted over the weekend by @nationalsecuritylaw.org.
It is most significant for at least three big Appointments Clause cases against Musk's exercise of government authority.
Indeed, the document was submitted over the weekend by @nationalsecuritylaw.org.
March 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
And it’s long past time for perjury cases to be opened against anyone who made a sworn statement in or to the court that Musk is not in charge of DOGE.
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2012
“Robert Schumer, younger brother of the garrulous New York Democrat, gave $1,000 to Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) reelection committee last fall, according to Federal Election Commission records.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2012/01/schumers-brother-donated-1-000-to-mcconnell-071552
March 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
2012
“Robert Schumer, younger brother of the garrulous New York Democrat, gave $1,000 to Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) reelection committee last fall, according to Federal Election Commission records.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2012/01/schumers-brother-donated-1-000-to-mcconnell-071552
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A great leader defines reality and gives hope.
Thankful to have leaders like AOC and Bernie out there to give us a direction and help us mobilize.
Thankful to have leaders like AOC and Bernie out there to give us a direction and help us mobilize.
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
Overflow crowd for Bernie/AOC rally in Greeley, CO — the small one today, big one is in Denver later
March 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
A great leader defines reality and gives hope.
Thankful to have leaders like AOC and Bernie out there to give us a direction and help us mobilize.
Thankful to have leaders like AOC and Bernie out there to give us a direction and help us mobilize.
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Holy shit. Republican Harriet Hagemen got torn apart at a town hall in Wyoming last night. In a state that voted for Trump by 46 points.
She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as you’d imagine.
“Deport Elon, Deport Elon!”
Watch to the end…
She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as you’d imagine.
“Deport Elon, Deport Elon!”
Watch to the end…
March 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Holy shit. Republican Harriet Hagemen got torn apart at a town hall in Wyoming last night. In a state that voted for Trump by 46 points.
She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as you’d imagine.
“Deport Elon, Deport Elon!”
Watch to the end…
She tried defending DOGE and it went as well as you’d imagine.
“Deport Elon, Deport Elon!”
Watch to the end…
"And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through"
--David Bowie
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through"
--David Bowie
March 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through"
--David Bowie
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through"
--David Bowie
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American “individualism” is more about a lack of collective care and understanding of our obligations to one another than it is true self-sufficiency.
Our culture’s obsession with charismatic savior types in politics (see also: celeb culture) is so much about Daddy coming to care for us / fix it
Our culture’s obsession with charismatic savior types in politics (see also: celeb culture) is so much about Daddy coming to care for us / fix it
I’m sure the support of state—er, corporate media has nothing to do with this at all.
But people’ve been looking for protection, direction, & order, & some of them genuinely do not care at whose expense that will come, & do not get that it always comes for them in the end.
But people’ve been looking for protection, direction, & order, & some of them genuinely do not care at whose expense that will come, & do not get that it always comes for them in the end.
Partially explains the Senate Dems' cowardice, the public is apparently very much enjoying fascism at the moment. bsky.app/profile/atru...
March 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
American “individualism” is more about a lack of collective care and understanding of our obligations to one another than it is true self-sufficiency.
Our culture’s obsession with charismatic savior types in politics (see also: celeb culture) is so much about Daddy coming to care for us / fix it
Our culture’s obsession with charismatic savior types in politics (see also: celeb culture) is so much about Daddy coming to care for us / fix it
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I'm not trying to be a wise-ass. Literally, what now?
Rough day for the it’s-not-a-constitutional-crisis-until-he-defies-a-court-order crowd.
March 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I'm not trying to be a wise-ass. Literally, what now?
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This power grab is unprecedented, unbounded, and unconstitutional.
March 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This power grab is unprecedented, unbounded, and unconstitutional.
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This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
March 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
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Hey @schumer.senate.gov - it isn’t just those annoying lefties in your coalition who think you’re dead wrong on this…
The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents 800,000+ federal and D.C. workers (i.e. people directly impacted by a government shutdown), is urging senators to vote no on the House GOP's CR.
In other words, AFGE is saying a government shutdown is less bad than this GOP bill.
In other words, AFGE is saying a government shutdown is less bad than this GOP bill.
March 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Hey @schumer.senate.gov - it isn’t just those annoying lefties in your coalition who think you’re dead wrong on this…