Melanie Jones
@melanietzsche.bsky.social
I Am Not Nice 💀🖤
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Our Liberation Is Connected. 🇵🇸🍉🇨🇩🇸🇩🇭🇹🇸🇾🇪🇹
#StopCopCity ACAB
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Chronically Ill Queer ☆
She/They
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If you see anyone talking about how the Amazon strike could disrupt the flow of packages:
December 19, 2024 at 4:12 PM
If you see anyone talking about how the Amazon strike could disrupt the flow of packages:
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Yeah, for a few reasons — labor exploitation, wealth hoarding, legal tax evasion, etc — but also who needs that kind of money? You could give away 70% of it and still live wildly well for the rest of your life.
There’s a lot of discourse about CEOs and billionaires right now. It’s hard to have this convo on TikTok but I think Bluesky can handle it with nuance.
Are all billionaires bad?
Are all billionaires bad?
December 6, 2024 at 4:39 AM
Yeah, for a few reasons — labor exploitation, wealth hoarding, legal tax evasion, etc — but also who needs that kind of money? You could give away 70% of it and still live wildly well for the rest of your life.
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ID: Imani dancing in front of a greenscreen that reads “Anthem backtracks on anesthesiology cap policy in СТ.”
ID: Imani dancing in front of a greenscreen that reads “Anthem backtracks on anesthesiology cap policy in СТ.”
December 5, 2024 at 11:53 PM
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ID: Imani dancing in front of a greenscreen that reads “Anthem backtracks on anesthesiology cap policy in СТ.”
ID: Imani dancing in front of a greenscreen that reads “Anthem backtracks on anesthesiology cap policy in СТ.”
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A MUST READ — Without Black women, democracy as we know it wouldn’t exist in America.
Chicago raptivist Bella BAHHS gives a history lesson on the ways Black women’s abolitionist and feminist ideologies shaped the fabric of this country.
thetriibe.com/2024/12/the-...
Chicago raptivist Bella BAHHS gives a history lesson on the ways Black women’s abolitionist and feminist ideologies shaped the fabric of this country.
thetriibe.com/2024/12/the-...
The Revolutionary Column: There’s no democracy in America without Black women • The TRiiBE
Let’s talk about how the thankless and tenacious work of Black women gave y’all the freedom and enfranchisement that you enjoy today.
thetriibe.com
December 6, 2024 at 1:20 AM
A MUST READ — Without Black women, democracy as we know it wouldn’t exist in America.
Chicago raptivist Bella BAHHS gives a history lesson on the ways Black women’s abolitionist and feminist ideologies shaped the fabric of this country.
thetriibe.com/2024/12/the-...
Chicago raptivist Bella BAHHS gives a history lesson on the ways Black women’s abolitionist and feminist ideologies shaped the fabric of this country.
thetriibe.com/2024/12/the-...
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A doctor’s letter to United Healthcare for denying nausea meds for a child on chemo
December 5, 2024 at 3:01 PM
A doctor’s letter to United Healthcare for denying nausea meds for a child on chemo
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On Dec. 4, 1969, Chicago Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were assassinated by Chicago Police and the FBI
December 4, 2024 at 1:57 PM
On Dec. 4, 1969, Chicago Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were assassinated by Chicago Police and the FBI
I don't remember seeing this many recalls back to back in my lifetime. Can Biden do anything at all before he leaves office that is actually good for us? Like re-regulate the fucking food industry again, since Trump deregulated it. FFS.
December 4, 2024 at 10:09 PM
I don't remember seeing this many recalls back to back in my lifetime. Can Biden do anything at all before he leaves office that is actually good for us? Like re-regulate the fucking food industry again, since Trump deregulated it. FFS.
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We republish this statement "We Are Not Afraid of Ruins!" from our sibling organization Tekoşîna Anarşîst, on the ground in North East Syria.
www.blackrosefed.org/ta-statement...
www.blackrosefed.org/ta-statement...
Statement from Tekoşîna Anarşîst on Developments in Syria: "We Are Not Afraid of Ruins!"
The Black Rose/Rosa Negra International Relations Committee (IRC) republishes this statement from our International Anarchist Coordination (IAC) sibling organization Tekoşîna Anarşîst (Anarchist Struggle). BackgroundOn November 27th the loose coalition of forces that has been engaged in a years-long military conflict with the government of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, broke out of a containment zone in […]
www.blackrosefed.org
December 4, 2024 at 1:43 AM
We republish this statement "We Are Not Afraid of Ruins!" from our sibling organization Tekoşîna Anarşîst, on the ground in North East Syria.
www.blackrosefed.org/ta-statement...
www.blackrosefed.org/ta-statement...
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LIVE NOW!
Censored By Prisons, Censored By TedX
Join incarcerated journalists Kwaneta Harris, Lyle C. May and Rayne Vylette as they illustrate the reach of the carceral system.
Stream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV_5...
Censored By Prisons, Censored By TedX
Join incarcerated journalists Kwaneta Harris, Lyle C. May and Rayne Vylette as they illustrate the reach of the carceral system.
Stream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV_5...
Censored by Prisons, Censored by TedX*
YouTube video by Haymarket Books
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December 4, 2024 at 1:55 AM
LIVE NOW!
Censored By Prisons, Censored By TedX
Join incarcerated journalists Kwaneta Harris, Lyle C. May and Rayne Vylette as they illustrate the reach of the carceral system.
Stream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV_5...
Censored By Prisons, Censored By TedX
Join incarcerated journalists Kwaneta Harris, Lyle C. May and Rayne Vylette as they illustrate the reach of the carceral system.
Stream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV_5...
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People need to realize that trans people and disabled people are just the frontlines. If they can get the broad public comfortable sacrificing these groups, they’re not going to stop there
Fascists aren't just going after trans folks cause they hate trans ppl. They know for a fact that liberals won't risk anything real to protect trans ppl making it an easy way to legally accumulate power to use on everyone else. This is them sharpening their blade on them for y'all.
November 21, 2024 at 7:14 AM
People need to realize that trans people and disabled people are just the frontlines. If they can get the broad public comfortable sacrificing these groups, they’re not going to stop there
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A new must-read:
According to CCPSA president Anthony Driver, firing the nine Chicago police officers with ties to the Oath Keepers will be an impossible task.
"The investigation was closed, and we don’t currently have a legal mechanism to reopen that.”
thetriibe.com/2024/11/firi...
According to CCPSA president Anthony Driver, firing the nine Chicago police officers with ties to the Oath Keepers will be an impossible task.
"The investigation was closed, and we don’t currently have a legal mechanism to reopen that.”
thetriibe.com/2024/11/firi...
Firing Oath Keepers in the Chicago Police Department isn’t as simple as it seems, public officials say • The TRiiBE
Removing the nine Chicago police officers with ties to far-right extremist groups will be an impossible task, according to CCPSA president Anthony Driver.
thetriibe.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:53 AM
A new must-read:
According to CCPSA president Anthony Driver, firing the nine Chicago police officers with ties to the Oath Keepers will be an impossible task.
"The investigation was closed, and we don’t currently have a legal mechanism to reopen that.”
thetriibe.com/2024/11/firi...
According to CCPSA president Anthony Driver, firing the nine Chicago police officers with ties to the Oath Keepers will be an impossible task.
"The investigation was closed, and we don’t currently have a legal mechanism to reopen that.”
thetriibe.com/2024/11/firi...
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"Israel has systematically targeted cultural heritage sites in Lebanon. These attacks, like those in Gaza, are not mere collateral damage but deliberate acts with profound consequences. … an assault on collective memory and identity."
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/2...
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/2...
Beirut Urban Lab - Not Collateral Damage but a Deliberate Act of Cultural Erasure
beiruturbanlab.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:03 AM
"Israel has systematically targeted cultural heritage sites in Lebanon. These attacks, like those in Gaza, are not mere collateral damage but deliberate acts with profound consequences. … an assault on collective memory and identity."
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/2...
beiruturbanlab.com/en/Details/2...
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This is a wonderful case study in how to run a fascist out of your community.
Note the tactics used, but also that there are no names or faces associated with the campaign. Good operational security lets us sleep soundly while our enemies have to look over their shoulders.
Note the tactics used, but also that there are no names or faces associated with the campaign. Good operational security lets us sleep soundly while our enemies have to look over their shoulders.
As far-Right and white supremacist activity accelerates with Trump's win, it's important to remember that anti-racist organizing doesn't have to just look like big demos in the streets - it's also grassroots and neighborhood based organizing in our communities. itsgoingdown.org/pgd-fash-wat...
How Antifascists in Pennsylvania Mobilized Their Community Against an Active Neo-Nazi
In early September, around 50 people in Millvale, PA organized a march on the home of Brandon Cahall, a local landlord and active neo-Nazi. Cahall had recently been exposed for his involvement in whit...
itsgoingdown.org
November 17, 2024 at 9:13 AM
This is a wonderful case study in how to run a fascist out of your community.
Note the tactics used, but also that there are no names or faces associated with the campaign. Good operational security lets us sleep soundly while our enemies have to look over their shoulders.
Note the tactics used, but also that there are no names or faces associated with the campaign. Good operational security lets us sleep soundly while our enemies have to look over their shoulders.
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Understand that this probability was considered by the lawmakers beforehand. This is the outcome that Patriotic Christians knew they were fighting for. They’re not THAT naive.
November 18, 2024 at 6:35 AM
Understand that this probability was considered by the lawmakers beforehand. This is the outcome that Patriotic Christians knew they were fighting for. They’re not THAT naive.
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Under Biden - not Trump.
Police stopped, but didn't arrest neo-Nazis in #Columbus that held an armed march + attacked people with pepper spray and racial slurs.
Compare this response to arrests of students in nearby #Cleveland on felony charges for putting up graffiti + posters for #Palestine.
Police stopped, but didn't arrest neo-Nazis in #Columbus that held an armed march + attacked people with pepper spray and racial slurs.
Compare this response to arrests of students in nearby #Cleveland on felony charges for putting up graffiti + posters for #Palestine.
November 17, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Under Biden - not Trump.
Police stopped, but didn't arrest neo-Nazis in #Columbus that held an armed march + attacked people with pepper spray and racial slurs.
Compare this response to arrests of students in nearby #Cleveland on felony charges for putting up graffiti + posters for #Palestine.
Police stopped, but didn't arrest neo-Nazis in #Columbus that held an armed march + attacked people with pepper spray and racial slurs.
Compare this response to arrests of students in nearby #Cleveland on felony charges for putting up graffiti + posters for #Palestine.
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Us: I wish all us top posters could live together to workshop bits & revolution haha wouldn't that be fun
The monkey's paw: *curls another finger*
www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-...
The monkey's paw: *curls another finger*
www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-...
RFK Jr. Says He’ll Send People Taking Adderall to Labor Camps
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., independent challenger for president and anti-vaccine activist, has a cockamamie solution for drug addicts and people who use medication for depression or ADHD: strip people of ...
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November 16, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Us: I wish all us top posters could live together to workshop bits & revolution haha wouldn't that be fun
The monkey's paw: *curls another finger*
www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-...
The monkey's paw: *curls another finger*
www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-...
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Read Palestine Week starts November 29 with a 24-hour, around-the-world multilingual reading, beginning with Palestinian poets in Palestine and following the sun
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxJN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxJN...
Global Reading for Freedom of Expression and Solidarity with Palestine and Lebanon (2nd Iteration)
YouTube video by Pamenar Press
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November 17, 2024 at 1:58 AM
Read Palestine Week starts November 29 with a 24-hour, around-the-world multilingual reading, beginning with Palestinian poets in Palestine and following the sun
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxJN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxJN...
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people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙
November 13, 2024 at 5:24 PM
people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙
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That's just Trans Pride, Overwatch. That's not Neon Streets.
November 14, 2024 at 4:06 AM
That's just Trans Pride, Overwatch. That's not Neon Streets.
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Suspect we're going to see more and more of this as the predictable outcome for rainbow capitalism when the spring showers dry up.
Disney has reportedly pulled a Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur episode for telling a trans-inclusive story
Disney has reportedly pulled a Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur episode for telling a trans-inclusive story
One of the show’s final episodes seemingly won’t make it to air because of its message of inclusivity.
buff.ly
November 16, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Suspect we're going to see more and more of this as the predictable outcome for rainbow capitalism when the spring showers dry up.
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How to move your followers from Twitter/X to Bluesky
The great exodus begins.
medium.com
November 16, 2024 at 5:44 PM
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My man’s main problem with BlueSky is “positive interactions”.
November 17, 2024 at 3:22 AM
My man’s main problem with BlueSky is “positive interactions”.
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Trump is choosing Obama’s former Executive Associate Director of ICE, Tom Homan, as his "border czar."
Homan received a Presidential Rank Award from Obama in 2015 for his work on deportations, which drastically increased during Obama’s eight years in office.
Homan received a Presidential Rank Award from Obama in 2015 for his work on deportations, which drastically increased during Obama’s eight years in office.
November 11, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Trump is choosing Obama’s former Executive Associate Director of ICE, Tom Homan, as his "border czar."
Homan received a Presidential Rank Award from Obama in 2015 for his work on deportations, which drastically increased during Obama’s eight years in office.
Homan received a Presidential Rank Award from Obama in 2015 for his work on deportations, which drastically increased during Obama’s eight years in office.