Orion Kidder
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Those of us who are SA survivors are used to the mass shrug in response to even the most overt evidence of horrific behavior. Epstein's crimes and the complicity of many influential figures involved have been known for decades (’05 to be exact). It's never mustered much interest or consequence.
November 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Those of us who are SA survivors are used to the mass shrug in response to even the most overt evidence of horrific behavior. Epstein's crimes and the complicity of many influential figures involved have been known for decades (’05 to be exact). It's never mustered much interest or consequence.
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I think the core point is that trump had a honeymoon in which capital/media/political opposition all decided he was the one true voice of america. he did a lot of horrible things with that (including murdering 100s of thousands), but didn't consolidate power...
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I think the core point is that trump had a honeymoon in which capital/media/political opposition all decided he was the one true voice of america. he did a lot of horrible things with that (including murdering 100s of thousands), but didn't consolidate power...
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A pedophile who acts on his urges is a child rapist, whereas an ephebophile who acts on his urges is a child rapist.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
A pedophile who acts on his urges is a child rapist, whereas an ephebophile who acts on his urges is a child rapist.
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Journalists please, please, please copy paste your big blocks screenshot text into alt text. It takes five seconds longer and makes your work three times as accessible and searchable.
November 14, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Journalists please, please, please copy paste your big blocks screenshot text into alt text. It takes five seconds longer and makes your work three times as accessible and searchable.
Podcasters put videos on YouTube because YouTube pays them.
That's it. That's the story.
That's it. That's the story.
Video podcasts become next streaming battleground
Video podcasts headed to streaming
Big tech platforms, including TikTok and Netflix, are all looking to add video podcasts to their content, a rapidly growing format that attracts a young audience prized by advertisers and where YouTube dominates.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 14, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Podcasters put videos on YouTube because YouTube pays them.
That's it. That's the story.
That's it. That's the story.
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when you understand that patriarchy views children as sexual property it all makes sense. there's no hypocrisy. exposure to queerness & transness threatens to "corrupt" the father's property, to "lead them astray" into self-determination, to taint their future sexual value. CSA is permissible as >
Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 AM
when you understand that patriarchy views children as sexual property it all makes sense. there's no hypocrisy. exposure to queerness & transness threatens to "corrupt" the father's property, to "lead them astray" into self-determination, to taint their future sexual value. CSA is permissible as >
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
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It's so interesting that in the name of practicality we are urged to avoid any practical action; in the name of redemption we are urged to exonerate people who have shown no interest in redemption; in the name of civility we are urged to overlook the cruelty of those who scorn all civility
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
It's so interesting that in the name of practicality we are urged to avoid any practical action; in the name of redemption we are urged to exonerate people who have shown no interest in redemption; in the name of civility we are urged to overlook the cruelty of those who scorn all civility
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Federal and provincial governments more focused on reckless resource development than economic and climate solutions
Statement from @jervaler.bsky.social, BC Green MLA for West-Vancouver-Sea to Sky, on today's Major Projects Announcement by Prime Minister Mark Carney
#bcpoli
Statement from @jervaler.bsky.social, BC Green MLA for West-Vancouver-Sea to Sky, on today's Major Projects Announcement by Prime Minister Mark Carney
#bcpoli
BC Greens: Federal and provincial governments more focused on reckless resource development than economic and climate solutions - BC Green Caucus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2025 VICTORIA, B.C. – Statement from Jeremy Valeriote, BC Green MLA for West-Vancouver-Sea to Sky, on the Major Projects Announcement by Prime Minister Mark Carney: ...
bcgreencaucus.ca
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Federal and provincial governments more focused on reckless resource development than economic and climate solutions
Statement from @jervaler.bsky.social, BC Green MLA for West-Vancouver-Sea to Sky, on today's Major Projects Announcement by Prime Minister Mark Carney
#bcpoli
Statement from @jervaler.bsky.social, BC Green MLA for West-Vancouver-Sea to Sky, on today's Major Projects Announcement by Prime Minister Mark Carney
#bcpoli
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The major projects highlighted by the PM raise serious questions:
Ksi Lisims LNG does not represent the interests of British Columbians, and the Prime Minister’s message that fossil fuel projects, such as Ksi Lisims, are low carbon and aid the energy transition is flat-out greenwashing.
#bcpoli
Ksi Lisims LNG does not represent the interests of British Columbians, and the Prime Minister’s message that fossil fuel projects, such as Ksi Lisims, are low carbon and aid the energy transition is flat-out greenwashing.
#bcpoli
Federal and provincial governments more focused on reckless resource development than economic and climate solutions
Statement from @jervaler.bsky.social, BC Green MLA for West-Vancouver-Sea to Sky, on today's Major Projects Announcement by Prime Minister Mark Carney
#bcpoli
Statement from @jervaler.bsky.social, BC Green MLA for West-Vancouver-Sea to Sky, on today's Major Projects Announcement by Prime Minister Mark Carney
#bcpoli
BC Greens: Federal and provincial governments more focused on reckless resource development than economic and climate solutions - BC Green Caucus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2025 VICTORIA, B.C. – Statement from Jeremy Valeriote, BC Green MLA for West-Vancouver-Sea to Sky, on the Major Projects Announcement by Prime Minister Mark Carney: ...
bcgreencaucus.ca
November 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The major projects highlighted by the PM raise serious questions:
Ksi Lisims LNG does not represent the interests of British Columbians, and the Prime Minister’s message that fossil fuel projects, such as Ksi Lisims, are low carbon and aid the energy transition is flat-out greenwashing.
#bcpoli
Ksi Lisims LNG does not represent the interests of British Columbians, and the Prime Minister’s message that fossil fuel projects, such as Ksi Lisims, are low carbon and aid the energy transition is flat-out greenwashing.
#bcpoli
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This is exactly why sex workers rights activists have been screaming that the best way to prevent people from being exploited in the first place is to offer them safety and security and access to basic needs.
The fewer the resources one has, the more vulnerable one becomes
The fewer the resources one has, the more vulnerable one becomes
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This is exactly why sex workers rights activists have been screaming that the best way to prevent people from being exploited in the first place is to offer them safety and security and access to basic needs.
The fewer the resources one has, the more vulnerable one becomes
The fewer the resources one has, the more vulnerable one becomes
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Jasmine Crockett: "If people decide that they want to continue to support person who may be a pedophile themselves or a person who obviously is covering on pedophiles, that's on them. But they should at least know the devil they decided to pick."
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Jasmine Crockett: "If people decide that they want to continue to support person who may be a pedophile themselves or a person who obviously is covering on pedophiles, that's on them. But they should at least know the devil they decided to pick."
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RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
Dear Zoom,
I don't want your AI "assistant." Ever.
I keep ticking the box that says, "stop asking," and you keep offering anyway.
You spent a horrific amount of money on an unpopular "service." That's on you.
Cut your loses and move on.
Sincerely,
- seriously, like everyone
I don't want your AI "assistant." Ever.
I keep ticking the box that says, "stop asking," and you keep offering anyway.
You spent a horrific amount of money on an unpopular "service." That's on you.
Cut your loses and move on.
Sincerely,
- seriously, like everyone
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Dear Zoom,
I don't want your AI "assistant." Ever.
I keep ticking the box that says, "stop asking," and you keep offering anyway.
You spent a horrific amount of money on an unpopular "service." That's on you.
Cut your loses and move on.
Sincerely,
- seriously, like everyone
I don't want your AI "assistant." Ever.
I keep ticking the box that says, "stop asking," and you keep offering anyway.
You spent a horrific amount of money on an unpopular "service." That's on you.
Cut your loses and move on.
Sincerely,
- seriously, like everyone
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when your example of 'barely legal' is just literally illegal
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
when your example of 'barely legal' is just literally illegal
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I love how the fascists keep insisting that Bill Clinton is on the list, and we keep telling them we don’t care. Ain’t nobody trying to stand between you and Bill Clinton. Pack them all up.
a man with his hands up and the words i don 't care on the bottom
Alt: Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I love how the fascists keep insisting that Bill Clinton is on the list, and we keep telling them we don’t care. Ain’t nobody trying to stand between you and Bill Clinton. Pack them all up.
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I'm not being snarky. So much of this seems designed to trap children and lure them away from genuine care. From demonizing trans children to having ICE target parents of American children to school-to-prison pipelines.
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I'm not being snarky. So much of this seems designed to trap children and lure them away from genuine care. From demonizing trans children to having ICE target parents of American children to school-to-prison pipelines.
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No wonder pedophiles don't want national healthcare.
Trump’s first nominee for Attorney General of the United States
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
No wonder pedophiles don't want national healthcare.
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the more you learn about the rich people who hold the entire world in their hands and how dim they all are- real pigshit for brains, embarrassing, tedious, mediocre thinkers--the more it just makes you want to start screaming and never stop
"skin as part of brain?"
This is that great intellect people talk about?
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
the more you learn about the rich people who hold the entire world in their hands and how dim they all are- real pigshit for brains, embarrassing, tedious, mediocre thinkers--the more it just makes you want to start screaming and never stop
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This sort of thing should be standard
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This sort of thing should be standard
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Do any architects follow me?
Tell your architect friends that we need more hooks. To hang our things!
Tell your architect friends that we need more hooks. To hang our things!
November 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Do any architects follow me?
Tell your architect friends that we need more hooks. To hang our things!
Tell your architect friends that we need more hooks. To hang our things!
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Do you know how GOOD the SAG insurance plan is?
So good members of OTHER unions in Hollywood vie for small roles annually so THEY can get it, rather than their OWN union plans - which are STILL better than most.
AND HE STILL HAS TO SELL HIS MEMORABILIA.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/li...
So good members of OTHER unions in Hollywood vie for small roles annually so THEY can get it, rather than their OWN union plans - which are STILL better than most.
AND HE STILL HAS TO SELL HIS MEMORABILIA.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/li...
James Van Der Beek Auctioning Off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ Items to Fund His Cancer Fight
The actor, who has been diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer, will be parting with personal items from some of his popular projects at Propstore's auction next month.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Do you know how GOOD the SAG insurance plan is?
So good members of OTHER unions in Hollywood vie for small roles annually so THEY can get it, rather than their OWN union plans - which are STILL better than most.
AND HE STILL HAS TO SELL HIS MEMORABILIA.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/li...
So good members of OTHER unions in Hollywood vie for small roles annually so THEY can get it, rather than their OWN union plans - which are STILL better than most.
AND HE STILL HAS TO SELL HIS MEMORABILIA.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/li...
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Epstein isn’t the thing that takes everyone down, but he is absolutely a linchpin and understanding how deep the fascist worldwide corruption goes and how large the fast vet international actually is.
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Epstein isn’t the thing that takes everyone down, but he is absolutely a linchpin and understanding how deep the fascist worldwide corruption goes and how large the fast vet international actually is.
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What the Epstein files show is the *solidarity* of many men-across class, race, religion, profession & party affiliation-in the global political project of keeping the boot on women's necks.
People have no problem understanding class solidarity among the rich. Why can't they see gender solidarity?
People have no problem understanding class solidarity among the rich. Why can't they see gender solidarity?
Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
What the Epstein files show is the *solidarity* of many men-across class, race, religion, profession & party affiliation-in the global political project of keeping the boot on women's necks.
People have no problem understanding class solidarity among the rich. Why can't they see gender solidarity?
People have no problem understanding class solidarity among the rich. Why can't they see gender solidarity?
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Ken Sim's austerity budget is so severe that they're going to be REMOVING EXISTING BABY CHANGING TABLES
Vancouver, is this really who we are?
Vancouver, is this really who we are?
Listening to Vancouver Council budget discussion in the background this morning. In response to a question from @seanorr.bsky.social about where they'll be retracting from the city just said they're planning to REMOVE baby changing tables and menstrual product dispensers to save costs. Shameful.
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Ken Sim's austerity budget is so severe that they're going to be REMOVING EXISTING BABY CHANGING TABLES
Vancouver, is this really who we are?
Vancouver, is this really who we are?