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Mastefka
@mastefka.bsky.social
· Jan 26
Hi, all I’ve done is politically rant so far. So here’s our dog, Benny, cuz he’s adorable.
Can our politicians stop being reactive and start being proactive?
October 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Can our politicians stop being reactive and start being proactive?
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
I'm listening to the Expanded Audiobook of On Tyranny, and I want to quote it. BUT FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I cannot discern a word, and it's driving me up a wall.
You say, "We can’t think of democracy any longer as a kind of ____ reality..."
Nasceral? Natural? Maceral?
I'm listening to the Expanded Audiobook of On Tyranny, and I want to quote it. BUT FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I cannot discern a word, and it's driving me up a wall.
You say, "We can’t think of democracy any longer as a kind of ____ reality..."
Nasceral? Natural? Maceral?
September 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
I'm listening to the Expanded Audiobook of On Tyranny, and I want to quote it. BUT FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I cannot discern a word, and it's driving me up a wall.
You say, "We can’t think of democracy any longer as a kind of ____ reality..."
Nasceral? Natural? Maceral?
I'm listening to the Expanded Audiobook of On Tyranny, and I want to quote it. BUT FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I cannot discern a word, and it's driving me up a wall.
You say, "We can’t think of democracy any longer as a kind of ____ reality..."
Nasceral? Natural? Maceral?
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Our struggles for liberation are One
September 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Our struggles for liberation are One
Not mourning is not the same thing as celebrating.
September 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Not mourning is not the same thing as celebrating.
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🔥💯 Jon Stewart's prophecy from 2022:
"When a democracy is under threat: comedians are the ones who get sent away first. Authoritarians are the threat to comedy, to art, to music, to thought, to progress. It ain't the pronoun police, it's the Secret Police. It always has been & it always will be."
"When a democracy is under threat: comedians are the ones who get sent away first. Authoritarians are the threat to comedy, to art, to music, to thought, to progress. It ain't the pronoun police, it's the Secret Police. It always has been & it always will be."
September 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
🔥💯 Jon Stewart's prophecy from 2022:
"When a democracy is under threat: comedians are the ones who get sent away first. Authoritarians are the threat to comedy, to art, to music, to thought, to progress. It ain't the pronoun police, it's the Secret Police. It always has been & it always will be."
"When a democracy is under threat: comedians are the ones who get sent away first. Authoritarians are the threat to comedy, to art, to music, to thought, to progress. It ain't the pronoun police, it's the Secret Police. It always has been & it always will be."
The Right is going to try to make Charlie Kirk their whitewashed version of George Floyd. Somewhere along the way soon, I can hear it already…
September 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Right is going to try to make Charlie Kirk their whitewashed version of George Floyd. Somewhere along the way soon, I can hear it already…
Death shouldn’t be valued by one’s proximity to notice. You sound ridiculous when you cry for one individual and then clump the others into a heap on the thoughts and prayers pile. Your outrage shouldn’t be tied to your sycophantic tendencies. It’s disingenuous.
September 11, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Death shouldn’t be valued by one’s proximity to notice. You sound ridiculous when you cry for one individual and then clump the others into a heap on the thoughts and prayers pile. Your outrage shouldn’t be tied to your sycophantic tendencies. It’s disingenuous.
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The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
August 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
MMW, #Trump will try to use our #medicaldebt and #studentloandebt to justify a move to indentured servitude.
August 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
MMW, #Trump will try to use our #medicaldebt and #studentloandebt to justify a move to indentured servitude.
Less direct access. I bet we start seeing him less too. And then when he dies we won’t even know cuz they’ll pretend he’s still alive with deep fakes or something…
Feels like something a king would do, cloistering themselves because they’re scared and know their tyranny is ramping up.
Feels like something a king would do, cloistering themselves because they’re scared and know their tyranny is ramping up.
August 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Less direct access. I bet we start seeing him less too. And then when he dies we won’t even know cuz they’ll pretend he’s still alive with deep fakes or something…
Feels like something a king would do, cloistering themselves because they’re scared and know their tyranny is ramping up.
Feels like something a king would do, cloistering themselves because they’re scared and know their tyranny is ramping up.
Something in my brain is telling me that we should stop seeing Trump as the top of the food chain for the Right’s plans. They know he’s on his way out too…
July 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Something in my brain is telling me that we should stop seeing Trump as the top of the food chain for the Right’s plans. They know he’s on his way out too…
Benny Bean Boy likes being outside. ❤️
May 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Benny Bean Boy likes being outside. ❤️
April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Trump’s doing what he always does: absolutely breaking something so he can pretend to be the one to fix it.
The fact stands: everyone else is at his mercy while he sees if it works.
That’s bullshit.
The fact stands: everyone else is at his mercy while he sees if it works.
That’s bullshit.
April 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Trump’s doing what he always does: absolutely breaking something so he can pretend to be the one to fix it.
The fact stands: everyone else is at his mercy while he sees if it works.
That’s bullshit.
The fact stands: everyone else is at his mercy while he sees if it works.
That’s bullshit.
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You know what… the economy is a mess, the country is a mess, dating is a mess, housing is a mess… may as well love yourself to fullest because it’s all we’ve got
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
You know what… the economy is a mess, the country is a mess, dating is a mess, housing is a mess… may as well love yourself to fullest because it’s all we’ve got
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ARE YOU READY FOR APRIL 5TH?
With over a quarter of a million sign ups, we are taking action across the world this Saturday to protest Trump and his Tech Bro in Chief.
Join us on April 5th and help Remove the corrupt politicians, Reverse the damage, and Restore our democracy.
With over a quarter of a million sign ups, we are taking action across the world this Saturday to protest Trump and his Tech Bro in Chief.
Join us on April 5th and help Remove the corrupt politicians, Reverse the damage, and Restore our democracy.
April 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
ARE YOU READY FOR APRIL 5TH?
With over a quarter of a million sign ups, we are taking action across the world this Saturday to protest Trump and his Tech Bro in Chief.
Join us on April 5th and help Remove the corrupt politicians, Reverse the damage, and Restore our democracy.
With over a quarter of a million sign ups, we are taking action across the world this Saturday to protest Trump and his Tech Bro in Chief.
Join us on April 5th and help Remove the corrupt politicians, Reverse the damage, and Restore our democracy.
Make no mistake: they will make advanced and last minute attacks on voters’ ability to vote during every upcoming election.
Start planning, do regular checks on requirements, and expect road bumps.
Your ability to adapt to their shitstorm is what will keep you going.
We got this. #democracy
Start planning, do regular checks on requirements, and expect road bumps.
Your ability to adapt to their shitstorm is what will keep you going.
We got this. #democracy
March 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Make no mistake: they will make advanced and last minute attacks on voters’ ability to vote during every upcoming election.
Start planning, do regular checks on requirements, and expect road bumps.
Your ability to adapt to their shitstorm is what will keep you going.
We got this. #democracy
Start planning, do regular checks on requirements, and expect road bumps.
Your ability to adapt to their shitstorm is what will keep you going.
We got this. #democracy
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Ossoff: This was a huge a mistake
Ratcliffe: No
Ossoff: This is an embarrassment. We will get the full transcript of this chain and your testimony will be measured carefully against its content
Ratcliffe: No
Ossoff: This is an embarrassment. We will get the full transcript of this chain and your testimony will be measured carefully against its content
March 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Ossoff: This was a huge a mistake
Ratcliffe: No
Ossoff: This is an embarrassment. We will get the full transcript of this chain and your testimony will be measured carefully against its content
Ratcliffe: No
Ossoff: This is an embarrassment. We will get the full transcript of this chain and your testimony will be measured carefully against its content
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AOC: If you are an LGBTQ kid or family, we cannot throw you under the bus in order to win an election. In this house, we stand together
March 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
AOC: If you are an LGBTQ kid or family, we cannot throw you under the bus in order to win an election. In this house, we stand together
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@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
Authoritarianism scholar Prof. Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins WIRED to answer the Internet's questions about dictators & Fascism. This is excellent and well worth the time to watch.
Prof. Ben-Ghiat has the unique gift of concise specificity.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK6f...
Authoritarianism scholar Prof. Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins WIRED to answer the Internet's questions about dictators & Fascism. This is excellent and well worth the time to watch.
Prof. Ben-Ghiat has the unique gift of concise specificity.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK6f...
History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
YouTube video by WIRED
www.youtube.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
Authoritarianism scholar Prof. Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins WIRED to answer the Internet's questions about dictators & Fascism. This is excellent and well worth the time to watch.
Prof. Ben-Ghiat has the unique gift of concise specificity.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK6f...
Authoritarianism scholar Prof. Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins WIRED to answer the Internet's questions about dictators & Fascism. This is excellent and well worth the time to watch.
Prof. Ben-Ghiat has the unique gift of concise specificity.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK6f...
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If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.
March 17, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.
Don’t ask the question, “What happened to free speech?”
They will tell you what they want to happen and it will slowly become the truth.
REMIND THEM YOU HAVE FREE SPEECH AND THEY CANNOT TAKE IT AWAY.
They will tell you what they want to happen and it will slowly become the truth.
REMIND THEM YOU HAVE FREE SPEECH AND THEY CANNOT TAKE IT AWAY.
March 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Don’t ask the question, “What happened to free speech?”
They will tell you what they want to happen and it will slowly become the truth.
REMIND THEM YOU HAVE FREE SPEECH AND THEY CANNOT TAKE IT AWAY.
They will tell you what they want to happen and it will slowly become the truth.
REMIND THEM YOU HAVE FREE SPEECH AND THEY CANNOT TAKE IT AWAY.
Normalize not letting people who think they’re main characters revel in acting like they’re the main characters.
March 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Normalize not letting people who think they’re main characters revel in acting like they’re the main characters.
It’s just so easy to feel alone during these difficult times. It can feel like no one around you shares the feelings you have. But we do.
March 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
It’s just so easy to feel alone during these difficult times. It can feel like no one around you shares the feelings you have. But we do.
Guys, I love our dog. 🥰
March 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Guys, I love our dog. 🥰