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Melissa Lima
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Trans girl 20 yo

From Portugal 🇵🇹
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casmudde.bsky.social
I was already skeptical about transatlantic relations before it was cool. 😊
December 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Intentionally killing innocent people is always wrong.

Wherever in the world it happens.

You might think everyone agrees with this simple moral principle, and yet far too many people, on far too many different sections of the political spectrum, try and make exceptions to it.
December 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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jujusrocket.bsky.social
Y2K frog girl 🌐🐸
December 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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josesimoes.bsky.social
Descalça vai para a fonte
Lianor pela verdura;
Vai fermosa, e não segura.
December 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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casmudde.bsky.social
Whatever the reasons of the Republicans who stood up against Trump-Vance, this is GOOD news for U.S. democracy. Hopefully, it will bring a little bit of courage to Republicans in other states to push back to the administration’s anti-democratic initiatives.
stephenwolf.bsky.social Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 15d
BREAKING: Indiana Republicans FAILED to pass a new 9-0 congressional gerrymander after enough GOP senators sided with Dems. The GOP's 7-2 map stays in place.

Trump is trying to re-gerrymander maps nationwide. At least 11 Indiana Rs got death threats after he called for primaries—but it still failed
Image of Indiana Republicans’ attempted new congressional gerrymander that was designed to turn their currently gerrymandered 7-to-2 majority into a 9-to-0 majority. An accompanying chart displays the 2024 presidential results for each district. Every district is a shade of medium to dark red, and five districts crack the Indianapolis metropolitan area to prevent the heavily Democratic city and its suburbs from electing a Democrat or two. Two districts also split the Democratic-leaning northwest along Lake Michigan by combining the region with rural areas further south and east.
December 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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casmudde.bsky.social
This is a pretty depressing read. Very few empowering suggestions, let alone solutions. And add to that how passive and (self-)isolated progressive U.S. civil society is, we could be in for a long dark period.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Activists from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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chiitan.love
🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈I dream of the day when the world can become a place where transgender people can live proudly and freely as themselves, and where they can love freely

As a mascot, I see human love as beautiful and wonderful.
I love you all today as well♡
December 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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acemaxx.bsky.social
#economics
An upcoming new #book “Keynes for Our Times” - Prof Robert Skidelsky @yalebooks.bsky.social 26 May 2026
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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ruitavares.bsky.social
"Dez minutos em qualquer rede social permite perceber como o algoritmo está permanentemente enviesado para o discurso odioso, em particular da extrema-direita. Só uma mente muito ingénua poderá acreditar que tudo isto se passa sem consequências."👉 expresso.pt/opiniao/2025...
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Love switching on my cable news to see Zeteo all over it.
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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tiffandevecomics.bsky.social
Tough (pt. 1/6) #webcomics
(Mikey and Eddie carrying a large slab) Mikey: “Augh! Hang on, my hands need a rest.” Eddie: “We’re almost there. Quit being a girl.” ~ Mikey: “Careful, Eddie. Eve’s on today.” Eddie: “So what? She’s tough, but she’s just a skinny li’l redhead.” ~ Eddie: “Be a man. You can’t be intimidated by chicks any- WAAAUGH! EVE!!!” (Drops slab at Eve’s feet) ~ Eve: (leaning in) “Get. That. Slab. Off. My. Foot.” Eddie: “Yes Eve! Right away, Eve!” Mikey: “Never saw granite bend around a boot like that.”
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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casmudde.bsky.social
I finally have a pdf version of my book chapter "Soccer as Civil Society" and I have now also made it freely available on my Researchgate page. Hope you like it! ⚽
(PDF) Soccer as Civil Society
PDF | On Aug 28, 2025, Cas Mudde published Soccer as Civil Society | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
www.researchgate.net
November 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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thevivllainous.bsky.social
Teen Vogue changed my life and their politics team was doing incredible journalism comparable to very little other publications. I can't say I'm not disappointed with this decision. Sending y'all love❤️
lexmcmenamin.com Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · Nov 3
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
The Democratic gubernatorial nominee in VA is effectively calling the Democratic mayoral nominee in NYC a liar on the eve of close, contentious, and crucial elections for both of them. What a joke this party often is. No wonder Republicans win so much.
kenklippenstein.bsky.social Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · Nov 3
Abigail Spanberger takes a swipe at Mamdani, saying "maybe he should be a Democrat" and that his campaign promises are dishonest.
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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ruimartins.bsky.social
⚠️ ATENÇÃO: Não alimentem a propaganda do Chega
Evitem partilhar, republicar ou comentar vídeos e publicações provenientes de páginas ligadas ao Chega — mesmo que seja para criticar.
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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volksvargas.bsky.social
Não está a ser um dia fácil para o Messias de Massamá
October 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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zeteo.com
“While she has made history by defying all odds to become Japan’s first-ever female prime minister, her rule threatens to set the country back by decades.”

Read seven essential facts about Sanae Takaichi — Japan’s new hard-right prime minister:

zeteo.com/p/japan-firs...
October 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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casmudde.bsky.social
By contemporary far-right standards, this is rare good news for democracy.
Far right fizzles in Portugal’s local elections
Chega failed to conquer any major cities but is set to receive three times as many votes as in 2021.
www.politico.eu
October 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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mushroomqueen.bsky.social
A quick comic bout my insta followers
A post that says "shut up! Im an artist and i can draw you pregnant!!" Is seens and shared while Mush says "Hehehe I bet the Shroomlings will find this funny!" The second panel depicts Mush looking at her vibrating phone in her pocket a few hours after sharing the initial post The third panel has Mush looking at a bunch of different texts she received about how they want to be drawn pregnant Mush looks worried at her phone and thinks "All these girls want me to make them pregnant... I dunno whether to be flattered or worried..."
September 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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bamoroso.bsky.social
Primeiro parem de inventar, segundo o que é uma bola de berlim de espetáculos? A bola canta, dança, recita poesia?
August 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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yrokusaykaro.bsky.social
problematic amount of senrio plushies gap
August 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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ruimartins.bsky.social
Outro dado preocupante é a ausência quase total de pluralidade política: entre os 37 vídeos políticos identificados, 34 eram pró-CHEGA, dois eram críticos a este partido e apenas um era neutro (de apelo ao voto).
O algoritmo que não faz pausa: TikTok, propaganda política e o vazio das instituições
A democracia portuguesa não pode ficar refém de algoritmos opacos que acabam por interferir diretamente na formação da vontade popular.
observador.pt
August 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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yrokusaykaro.bsky.social
Why are they fighting on a cool transgender flag redesign?
July 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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drjacekdebiec.bsky.social
"The Anti-Autocracy Handbook is a call to action..and collective defence of democracy, truth, and academic freedom.. It tries to provide guidance to scholars navigating the..global trend of democratic backsliding and autocratization, in particular in the U.S."
#AcademicSky
zenodo.org/records/1569...
The cover of The Anti-Autocracy Handbook. A Scholars' Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding
July 7, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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comculturaearte.bsky.social
O juiz do Supremo Tribunal Federal do Brasil Alexandre de Moraes afirmou hoje que o tribunal mostrou que a”internet não é terra sem lei” após a decisão de que plataformas de redes sociais serão responsáveis pelo conteúdo partilhado.

Sabe mais: comunidadeculturaearte.com/internet-nao...
July 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM