Quill Griffins (xe/xir) 🌹
@quillgriffins.bsky.social
Sociologist • Writer • Radical
Dreaming of a world without money…
Free Palestine! Free Turtle Island!
AuDHD Neurodivergent
Agender Non-binary Queer
(Pronouns: xe/xir or they/them)
AI is theft, ecocide, and shit
Dreaming of a world without money…
Free Palestine! Free Turtle Island!
AuDHD Neurodivergent
Agender Non-binary Queer
(Pronouns: xe/xir or they/them)
AI is theft, ecocide, and shit
Pinned
"Capitalism is temporary. Dykes are forever"
Seen in NYC
Seen in NYC
Not Gay as in “happy”, Queer as in:
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Animal Liberation stencil seen in Copenhagen, Denmark
September 2, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Animal Liberation stencil seen in Copenhagen, Denmark
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Street art spotted in New Orleans
September 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Street art spotted in New Orleans
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Anti-nazi poster spotted in Thornbury, Melbourne
September 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Anti-nazi poster spotted in Thornbury, Melbourne
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#OtD 7 Sep 1976 Ian Davies, a gay social worker in London, won reinstatement after being demoted for a "gross indecency" conviction. First 25 colleagues walked out, then 1300 workers said they would strike and the council relented. Learn more in our book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/be-...
September 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#OtD 7 Sep 1976 Ian Davies, a gay social worker in London, won reinstatement after being demoted for a "gross indecency" conviction. First 25 colleagues walked out, then 1300 workers said they would strike and the council relented. Learn more in our book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/be-...
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#OtD 7 Sep 2011 700 longshore workers in the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and their supporters blockaded a grain train from entering a non-ILWU terminal, facing down violent police attacks. After a long struggle, they won concessions stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1076...
September 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
#OtD 7 Sep 2011 700 longshore workers in the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and their supporters blockaded a grain train from entering a non-ILWU terminal, facing down violent police attacks. After a long struggle, they won concessions stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1076...
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#OtD 1 Sept 1949 trans revolutionary Leslie Feinberg was born. Ze worked in factories before writing powerfully about LGBT+ issues and publishing hir first novel, Stone Butch Blues, in 1993. Hir last words: "Remember me as a revolutionary communist" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8159...
September 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
#OtD 1 Sept 1949 trans revolutionary Leslie Feinberg was born. Ze worked in factories before writing powerfully about LGBT+ issues and publishing hir first novel, Stone Butch Blues, in 1993. Hir last words: "Remember me as a revolutionary communist" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8159...
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#OtD 1 Sep 1911 five women published the first issue of Japan's first all-women literary magazine, Bluestocking, credited with sparking the feminist movement in Japan. Often banned, it was still a commercial success and became more radical over time stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8155...
September 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
#OtD 1 Sep 1911 five women published the first issue of Japan's first all-women literary magazine, Bluestocking, credited with sparking the feminist movement in Japan. Often banned, it was still a commercial success and became more radical over time stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8155...
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#OtD 1 Sep 1976 over a hundred prisoners at Hull Prison rioted to protest against brutality from staff. The disturbances continued until 3 Sep, by which point two-thirds of the prison had been completely wrecked stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8162...
September 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
#OtD 1 Sep 1976 over a hundred prisoners at Hull Prison rioted to protest against brutality from staff. The disturbances continued until 3 Sep, by which point two-thirds of the prison had been completely wrecked stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8162...
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Revoking an entire nationality’s visas is collective punishment and never acceptable — especially in this moment when millions of Palestinians lack equal rights, basic healthcare, and so much more at home, forcing them out of the US is unfathomably cruel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
U.S. Suspends Visas for Palestinian Passport Holders, Officials Say
The move will stop, at least temporarily, travel for medical treatment, attending university, visiting relatives or conducting business.
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Revoking an entire nationality’s visas is collective punishment and never acceptable — especially in this moment when millions of Palestinians lack equal rights, basic healthcare, and so much more at home, forcing them out of the US is unfathomably cruel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
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#OtD 1 Sep 1974 Puerto Rican attendees at a Labour Day event in Newark, New Jersey rioted against police after years of brutality, as well as poor living and economic standards. The police department mobilized virtually its entire 1,500-member force stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8161...
September 1, 2025 at 5:40 AM
#OtD 1 Sep 1974 Puerto Rican attendees at a Labour Day event in Newark, New Jersey rioted against police after years of brutality, as well as poor living and economic standards. The police department mobilized virtually its entire 1,500-member force stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8161...
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#OtD 1 Sep 1920 a mass occupation movement started in which almost all the metalworking factories in Italy were occupied by their workers. It was a high point of the Biennio Rosso (Two Red Years) of near-revolutionary upheaval stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8156...
September 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
#OtD 1 Sep 1920 a mass occupation movement started in which almost all the metalworking factories in Italy were occupied by their workers. It was a high point of the Biennio Rosso (Two Red Years) of near-revolutionary upheaval stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8156...
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every day i see hundreds of comments of people spinning elaborate scenarios to explain how trump can control everything and all opposition is futile. a) i think a lot of you need to log off and stop following professional doomsayers. b) i think a lot of you are cowards
August 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
every day i see hundreds of comments of people spinning elaborate scenarios to explain how trump can control everything and all opposition is futile. a) i think a lot of you need to log off and stop following professional doomsayers. b) i think a lot of you are cowards
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Remembering Fred Hampton born Aug. 30, 1948, assassinated Dec. 4, 1969 by Chicago police and the FBI
August 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Remembering Fred Hampton born Aug. 30, 1948, assassinated Dec. 4, 1969 by Chicago police and the FBI
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"Your worth is not related to your income"
Sticker spotted in Oamaru, New Zealand
Sticker spotted in Oamaru, New Zealand
August 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"Your worth is not related to your income"
Sticker spotted in Oamaru, New Zealand
Sticker spotted in Oamaru, New Zealand
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"Be Gay, Do Crime"
Seen in Sydney
Seen in Sydney
August 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"Be Gay, Do Crime"
Seen in Sydney
Seen in Sydney
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"Police are Murderers"
Seen in Jogjakarta, Indonesia where mass anti-government protests are taking place
Seen in Jogjakarta, Indonesia where mass anti-government protests are taking place
August 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"Police are Murderers"
Seen in Jogjakarta, Indonesia where mass anti-government protests are taking place
Seen in Jogjakarta, Indonesia where mass anti-government protests are taking place
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Graffiti and clashes with police in Makassar during the ongoing anti-government protests across Indonesia
August 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Graffiti and clashes with police in Makassar during the ongoing anti-government protests across Indonesia
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#OtD 29 Aug 2016 600 oil refinery workers in Curaçao walked out for more pay. The strike continued for over two weeks, until a general strike broke out in its support. Faced with closed schools, shops, and no electricity, the employers caved stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1008...
August 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
#OtD 29 Aug 2016 600 oil refinery workers in Curaçao walked out for more pay. The strike continued for over two weeks, until a general strike broke out in its support. Faced with closed schools, shops, and no electricity, the employers caved stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1008...
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#OtD 29 Aug 1979 after years of fruitless campaigning, 30-40 activists took direct action and occupied the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare in protest at homosexuality being classified as a mental illness. They quickly won stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1247...
August 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
#OtD 29 Aug 1979 after years of fruitless campaigning, 30-40 activists took direct action and occupied the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare in protest at homosexuality being classified as a mental illness. They quickly won stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1247...
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#OtD 29 Aug 1944 the Slovak national uprising began against the Nazi occupation and the collaborationist govt. Tens of thousands took part, 12,000 of whom were killed. Though largely repressed, partisan resistance continued until liberation in 1945.
August 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#OtD 29 Aug 1944 the Slovak national uprising began against the Nazi occupation and the collaborationist govt. Tens of thousands took part, 12,000 of whom were killed. Though largely repressed, partisan resistance continued until liberation in 1945.
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#OtD 29 Aug 1914 the macaroni riots took place in Providence, US when angry residents attacked and looted a pasta shop. The crowd of mostly Italian immigrants was protesting against big price increases which had been brought in since the start of WWI stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1007...
August 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
#OtD 29 Aug 1914 the macaroni riots took place in Providence, US when angry residents attacked and looted a pasta shop. The crowd of mostly Italian immigrants was protesting against big price increases which had been brought in since the start of WWI stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1007...
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#OtD 29 Aug 1867 Karl Ulrichs became the first self-proclaimed homosexual to speak out publicly for gay rights when he pleaded at the Congress of German Jurists in Munich for a resolution urging the repeal of anti-homosexual laws stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1007...
August 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
#OtD 29 Aug 1867 Karl Ulrichs became the first self-proclaimed homosexual to speak out publicly for gay rights when he pleaded at the Congress of German Jurists in Munich for a resolution urging the repeal of anti-homosexual laws stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1007...
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#OtD 29 Aug 1970 Ruben Salazar, US Army vet and the first Mexican-American mainstream media journalist to write about the Chicano community, was killed by police during an anti-Vietnam war protest. A 10-inch teargas projectile was shot at his head stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1008...
August 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
#OtD 29 Aug 1970 Ruben Salazar, US Army vet and the first Mexican-American mainstream media journalist to write about the Chicano community, was killed by police during an anti-Vietnam war protest. A 10-inch teargas projectile was shot at his head stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1008...
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#OtD 29 Aug 1923 anti-Nazi resistance fighter and sculptor Truus Oversteegen was born in Schoten, Netherlands. With her sister she sabotaged railways and killed fascists, on one occasion leading an SS officer into the woods to be shot. stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1007...
August 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
#OtD 29 Aug 1923 anti-Nazi resistance fighter and sculptor Truus Oversteegen was born in Schoten, Netherlands. With her sister she sabotaged railways and killed fascists, on one occasion leading an SS officer into the woods to be shot. stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1007...