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‘A republic, if you can keep it.’ —Benjamin Franklin
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Here's an offer you can't refuse. They have a 40% off sale this week too, heartily recommend swagging some bargains. Their non-fiction list is peerless and the fiction is generally top notch too.
To celebrate the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah from prison, the ebook edition of YOU HAVE NOT YET BEEN DEFEATED, tr. an anonymous collective, is available to download for free for the next week via all ebook platforms, including Kindle and Apple Books, until 30 September.
September 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Here's an offer you can't refuse. They have a 40% off sale this week too, heartily recommend swagging some bargains. Their non-fiction list is peerless and the fiction is generally top notch too.
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🚨NEW REPORT: The U.S. incarcerates women at a higher rate than almost any other country in the world
So much for the “land of the free” 🧵
So much for the “land of the free” 🧵
September 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🚨NEW REPORT: The U.S. incarcerates women at a higher rate than almost any other country in the world
So much for the “land of the free” 🧵
So much for the “land of the free” 🧵
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Autism is back on the front pages. Why not read the book that my excellent @manchester.ac.uk @manchstm.bsky.social colleague Dr Bonnie Evans has published on the history of autism? It's open access and you can read it online for free.
www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
September 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Autism is back on the front pages. Why not read the book that my excellent @manchester.ac.uk @manchstm.bsky.social colleague Dr Bonnie Evans has published on the history of autism? It's open access and you can read it online for free.
www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
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Man alive. I have studied Right Wing authoritarianism for years and have watched some truly fucked up shit and today’s memorial service is maybe the most concentrated example of how messed up and disturbing that sector truly is.
September 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Man alive. I have studied Right Wing authoritarianism for years and have watched some truly fucked up shit and today’s memorial service is maybe the most concentrated example of how messed up and disturbing that sector truly is.
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It really is like Nixon live blogging Watergate and the journalism establishment saying eh, what can you do
There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
September 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
It really is like Nixon live blogging Watergate and the journalism establishment saying eh, what can you do
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They like Trump and want to help him
September 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
They like Trump and want to help him
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this charlie kirk deification is some of the weirdest shit i have ever seen
September 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
this charlie kirk deification is some of the weirdest shit i have ever seen
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Call me radical, but I think we *don't* need to have polite chats with racists who are spewing conspiracy theories that keep motivating white supremacists to massacre our fellow citizens, and we *don't* need to have bipartisan deals with fascists trying to destroy our democracy and our government.
September 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Call me radical, but I think we *don't* need to have polite chats with racists who are spewing conspiracy theories that keep motivating white supremacists to massacre our fellow citizens, and we *don't* need to have bipartisan deals with fascists trying to destroy our democracy and our government.
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London UK: JD Vance balloons spotted at the anti-Trump rally.
September 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
London UK: JD Vance balloons spotted at the anti-Trump rally.
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Gonna say this very very very slowly
The main issue with putting your name on a protest list
is not whether the government has your name
It is you providing information about where you are/will be
That is *legally* actionable
The main issue with putting your name on a protest list
is not whether the government has your name
It is you providing information about where you are/will be
That is *legally* actionable
September 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Gonna say this very very very slowly
The main issue with putting your name on a protest list
is not whether the government has your name
It is you providing information about where you are/will be
That is *legally* actionable
The main issue with putting your name on a protest list
is not whether the government has your name
It is you providing information about where you are/will be
That is *legally* actionable
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KAMLAGER-DOVE: Dylan Roof, who followed white supremacist propaganda, murdered 9 Black parishioners in 2015. Do you deny this?
PATEL: I'm sorry. Dylan Roof? Can you give me more information?
KAMLAGER-DOVE: You're head of the FBI
PATEL: I'm sorry. Dylan Roof? Can you give me more information?
KAMLAGER-DOVE: You're head of the FBI
September 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
KAMLAGER-DOVE: Dylan Roof, who followed white supremacist propaganda, murdered 9 Black parishioners in 2015. Do you deny this?
PATEL: I'm sorry. Dylan Roof? Can you give me more information?
KAMLAGER-DOVE: You're head of the FBI
PATEL: I'm sorry. Dylan Roof? Can you give me more information?
KAMLAGER-DOVE: You're head of the FBI
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Sen. Bill Cassidy: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expected you to change the childhood vaccine schedule, despite a lack of science or data to support that move?
Former CDC Director Susan Monarez: "Correct."
Former CDC Director Susan Monarez: "Correct."
September 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Sen. Bill Cassidy: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. expected you to change the childhood vaccine schedule, despite a lack of science or data to support that move?
Former CDC Director Susan Monarez: "Correct."
Former CDC Director Susan Monarez: "Correct."
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Yeah no thanks, mate, I'm not risking a stay in ICE's dungeon because some redneck in customs doesn't like who I follow on Instagram, even knowing they'll probably let me out eventually. Visiting the US is currently a material danger for most Europeans
September 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Yeah no thanks, mate, I'm not risking a stay in ICE's dungeon because some redneck in customs doesn't like who I follow on Instagram, even knowing they'll probably let me out eventually. Visiting the US is currently a material danger for most Europeans
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Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"
September 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"
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former CDC official Dr. Houry: "I first learned that the secretary had changed our CDC covid vaccine guidance on an X social media post. CDC scientists have still not seen the scientific data or justification for this change. That is not gold standard science."
September 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
former CDC official Dr. Houry: "I first learned that the secretary had changed our CDC covid vaccine guidance on an X social media post. CDC scientists have still not seen the scientific data or justification for this change. That is not gold standard science."
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This isn't just a case of them thinking too small.
The fix they're proposing will shield their Republican colleagues from facing any blowback in the midterms over the health care cuts they voted for.
They've got one card to play and they're using it to bail out the GOP.
Unfuckingbelievable.
The fix they're proposing will shield their Republican colleagues from facing any blowback in the midterms over the health care cuts they voted for.
They've got one card to play and they're using it to bail out the GOP.
Unfuckingbelievable.
September 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This isn't just a case of them thinking too small.
The fix they're proposing will shield their Republican colleagues from facing any blowback in the midterms over the health care cuts they voted for.
They've got one card to play and they're using it to bail out the GOP.
Unfuckingbelievable.
The fix they're proposing will shield their Republican colleagues from facing any blowback in the midterms over the health care cuts they voted for.
They've got one card to play and they're using it to bail out the GOP.
Unfuckingbelievable.
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Government funding is the one card congressional Democrats have to play, and one they could and should use to push back against Trump's authoritarianism.
What's their big demand?
RFK Jr's resignation? Reforms in ICE? Stand down of National Guard?
NOPE.
"Obamacare enhanced premium tax credits"
What's their big demand?
RFK Jr's resignation? Reforms in ICE? Stand down of National Guard?
NOPE.
"Obamacare enhanced premium tax credits"
September 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Government funding is the one card congressional Democrats have to play, and one they could and should use to push back against Trump's authoritarianism.
What's their big demand?
RFK Jr's resignation? Reforms in ICE? Stand down of National Guard?
NOPE.
"Obamacare enhanced premium tax credits"
What's their big demand?
RFK Jr's resignation? Reforms in ICE? Stand down of National Guard?
NOPE.
"Obamacare enhanced premium tax credits"
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Of the many things Democrats don't seem to have an answer for is the increasing consolidation of media by right-wing billionaires. I don't know how they expect to govern in an environment where every social media app and "mainstream" news outlet is controlled by the far right.
September 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Of the many things Democrats don't seem to have an answer for is the increasing consolidation of media by right-wing billionaires. I don't know how they expect to govern in an environment where every social media app and "mainstream" news outlet is controlled by the far right.
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Ma'am you banned students from hanging whiteboards on their own dorm doors so nobody might write something that could hurt someone else's feelings
The President of Barnard College calls for more controversial speakers like the late Kirk (without citing any of his controversial views), a position at odds with what Barnard colleagues describe as a track record of censoring events and speakers on Palestine. (1/4) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...
September 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Ma'am you banned students from hanging whiteboards on their own dorm doors so nobody might write something that could hurt someone else's feelings
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Oh, you know the ones.
September 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Oh, you know the ones.
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These people calling for bipartisanship! Even now! It’s a level of delusion that defies credulity.
September 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
These people calling for bipartisanship! Even now! It’s a level of delusion that defies credulity.
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lol new clown car just rolled up
September 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
lol new clown car just rolled up