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jaysnuh.bsky.social
DiscardedPoet
@jaysnuh.bsky.social
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Dad, husband, teacher. Nerd. *Finally* angry enough to come off the sidelines. Sorry it took me so long to find my spine.
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Shon @gayblackvet Say you're in a room with 400 people. 36 don't have health insurance. 48 live in poverty. 85 are illiterate. 90 have untreated mental illnesses. And everyday, at least 1 person is shot. But 2 are trans so you decide ruining their lives is a priority. That is what's happening right now. @Itteoal
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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A screenshot from the movie Starship Troopers, showing a military psychic discovering that the hideous, murderous alien bug they have been fighting is actually afraid.
October 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Rising fascism is frustrated by those who see it, name it, call it out as it rears its ugly head. Weakened by those who can draw clear lines between this dark moment and our past horrors. Small wonder, then, to find aspiring fascists decrying those who are lighting the watchtower fires as arsonists.
A shadowy figure lights a pyre atop a battlement, warning others of danger. Below the battlements, shadowy creatures approach. This image was generated using ChatGPT to lend imagery to the text of the post.
September 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen Trump promised to release the Epstein files; closed the case without releasing anything. Trump promised lower costs; launched a trade war instead that sent costs higher. Trump promised to end the Russia-Ukraine war on day one; it's still raging 6 months later. Trump promised a booming economy; the US is the only industrialized country in the world whose economy is contracting. Trump promised to cut federal spending; signed a budget will that will add $4-6 trillion to the debt. Trump promised to end taxes on Social Security; didn't do it and lied that he did. If you believed him, you've been conned.
July 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Credit: Cal's Art for Trans Liberation
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A young woman, drawn in a cartoon style, stands between two flowerpots holding a single flower with yellow petals. She has a ponytail with a red scrunchy-style hair tie. The flower pot to the left of the woman is cracked in three places and contains a tiny tree with some sort of small red fruit or berry adorning it. This pot has a picture of a heart on in. The pot on the right is also cracked in three places, and contains three flowers - one pink, one blue and one white. This pot pot has a simple zig-zag line encircling it. The girl is wearing a tank-top style shirt with red straps and blue "jorts". Her shirt is dirty, as though she's been working in the garden. She wears two bracelets on her right wrist. Small hairs are visible on both forearms. The girl has tears in the corners of her eyes. At the top of the picture, text reads: The "Trans Agenda" is to survive.
July 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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As a Christian, I believe that I will one day be judged on the many times I obeyed, the many times I rebelled, and the many times I stood in confusion.

MAGA, you cheer on this misery from behind sanctimonious smiles and tiny silver crosses. JESUS WAS CLEAR ABOUT THIS.
And the King shall answer and say unto them, "Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." - Matthew 25:40
July 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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#NoKings In our tiny little, ruby-red town, Americans came out to show their love of country today. 10-15 Trump supporters across the street taking pictures and occasionally shouting provocations / attempting to interrupt speakers. Ratioed!
June 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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A recreation of the now-famous Trump photo taken immediately after the assassination attempt, except everyone has been replaced with Star Wars characters. Emperor Palpatine raises a defiant fist as a stormtrooper shields him with his body. Darth Vader and the imperial guard are visible behind the emperor. In lieu of the American flag, the flag of the Empire files in the background.
May 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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This passage from Stephen King's "Wolves of the Calla" often helps me to feel more hopeful during times of darkness and despair...when it feels like everything is going wrong, and that all the light has gone out of the world.

Thank you, Sai King. @stephenking.bsky.social
“But more important than any of these was the vast, accretive weight of small things, from planes which hadn’t crashed to men and women who had come to the correct place at the perfect time and thus founded generations. He saw kisses exchanged in doorways and wallets returned and men who had come to a splitting of the way and chosen the right fork. He saw a thousand random meetings that weren’t random, ten thousand right decisions, a hundred thousand right answers, a million acts of unacknowledged kindness. He saw the old people of River Crossing and Roland kneeling in the dust for Aunt Talitha’s blessing; again heard her giving it freely and gladly. Heard her telling him to lay the cross she had given him at the foot of the Dark Tower and speak the name of Talitha Unwin at the far end of the earth. He saw the Tower itself in the burning folds of the rose and for a moment understood its purpose: how it distributed its lines of force to all the worlds that were and held them steady in time’s great helix. For every brick that landed on the ground instead of some little kid’s head, for every tornado that missed the trailer park, for every missile that didn’t fly, for every hand stayed from violence, there was the Tower. And the quiet, singing voice of the rose. The song that promised all might be well, all might be well, that all manner of things might be well.” ― Stephen King, Wolves of the Calla
April 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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I HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS I BARELY SPEAK TO, OR EVEN SEE ANYMORE. I HAVE LOST DECADES-LONG FRIENDSHIPS OVER DIVISION AND HATE -PEOPLE I THOUGHT I KNEW. I FREQUENTLY WONDER: IF THE COUNTRY BECOMES FULL NEO-NAZI CHRISTOFASCIST, WOULD THEY TURN ME IN FOR BEING PART OF THE RESISTANCE? WOULD THEY BE OKAY WITH THE GENOCIDE OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO I LOVE AND CARE FOR? WOULD THEY PARTICIPATE IN THE GENOCIDE, OR WOULD THEY JUST TURN A BLIND EYE TO IT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T AFFECT THEM OR THEIR LIVES? IS THIS WHO THEY REALLY ARE? IS THIS WHO THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN? AND I WAS JUST TOO STUPID TO NOTICE IT? NIA MOLINARI
April 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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ASL fingerspelling: NEVER LOSE HOPE.
April 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Taken at night: the exterior of Biff’s Pleasure Palace casino-hotel from the movie Back to the Future II.
April 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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DEAF CHILDREN NEED: DEAF ROLE MODELS TO INSPIRE THEM. DEAF LEADERS TO GUIDE THEM. DEAF INFLUENCERS TO EMPOWER THEM. DEAF CONTENT CREATORS TO REPRESENT THEM. DEAF ADVOCATES TO FIGHT FOR THEM. DEAF ADVISORS TO SUPPORT THEM. DEAF INSTRUCTORS TO EDUCATE THEM. DEAF MENTORS TO SHAPE THEIR FUTURE. DEAF STORYTELLERS TO SHARE THEIR CULTURE. DEAF ENTREPRENEURS TO SHOW THEM SUCCESS IS POSSIBLE. @AVRILHERTNEKY
March 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Vector, the antagonist of the movie Despicable Me, stands on the surface of the moon. He is wearing an orange tracksuit and a clear bubble-style helmet. The Earth is clearly visible in the inky blackness of space beyond.
March 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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A black-and-white cartoon using simple lines and shading. The cartoon shows a large, wide-open area upon which many people stand holding giant pencils - larger than themselves. They are all drawing on the ground, partitioning every square inch into differently-sized rectangles. In the middle of all this line-drawing, Jesus stands, wearing a crown of thorns, also holding a giant pencil. His pencil is inverted; he is using the eraser to erase the lines that have been drawn, undoing the work of the others. The other cartoon people are looking at Jesus with mild annoyance.
March 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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I’m starting to think that we may be in real trouble here.
Linda McMahon, speaking on the news, is asked what the acronym IDEA means. She replies: “I'm not exactly sure I can tell you what [IDEA] stands for except that it's the programs for disabled, uh, and needs. Individuals with Disabilites Act, I think. I'm guessing. I don't know. This is my fifth day on the job.”
March 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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"You have been willingly putting good, loving, faithful, decent human beings through hell on this earth. You and those who think and believe and legislate like you are living hell-makers." John Pavlovitz To Hell With Your Hatred, Mr. Trump JOHNPAVLOVITZ.SUBSTACK.COM
February 20, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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“90%”
Aside from the fact that Musk is himself King Leech, DOGE running amok in the federal government is not actually something that people are feeling at the moment. #kingleech
Chart from YouGov showing the relative popularity of government agencies. DOGE is at the bottom of the list with less than 5% net popularity.
February 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Some people would rather debate doctrine or beliefs or tradition or interpretation than actually do what Jesus said. It’s not rocket science. Just go do it. Practice loving a difficult person or try forgiving someone. Give away some money. Tell someone thank you. Encourage a friend. Bless an enemy. Say, “I’m sorry.” Worship God. You already know more than you need to know.
February 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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A two-panel cartoon. The top panel snows a number of simple, featureless beige characters standing and smiling in a line across the panel. The title reads “Two ways to solve intolerance in America.” The body text of the top panel reads: “We could genetically alter every human to be the same size, shape,color, sex and require everyone to think exactly alike.” The bottom panel shows a diverse group of characters varying in many different attributes. The text reads: “or we could all accept the idea that diversity is fucking awesome and quit being assholes about it.”
February 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Homer Simpson discovers a slice of pie on the floor in the foreground, and approaches from the distance. A snare lies encircling the slice of pie.
February 6, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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Wanted: more middle-aged, bald (balding OK) cis men to show up to schools and public events wearing these:
Black t-shirt with an image of a large heart with rainbow stripes making up the left side of the heart and the trans flag colors (baby blue, pink and white) making up the right side. In white, the words read: YOU WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH ME.
January 30, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Laura Loomer - I think - wearing a red and white dress and smiling with giant lips after undergoing "surgical and chemical mutilation" to impress the most powerful man in the world.
January 30, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Lara Trump, daugher-in-law of Donald Trump, has undergone elective "surgical and chemical mutilation" in order to endear herself to her father-in-law, who definitely has a type.
January 30, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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In light of the most recent attacks on transgender citizens and the people who love them, I feel it's important to document *actual* 'surgical and chemical mutilation', versus the life-saving medical care Trump's acolytes are lying about. Feel free to join in.
Matt Gaetz speaking at the Republican National Convention, having undergone "surgical and chemical mutilation" in a desperate attempt to make him more palatable to the underage girls he pursues.
January 30, 2025 at 5:09 AM