Ren (she/her)
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we love a good book probably even a bad book 🫣
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Getting the vast majority of people in this country to vocally and loudly embrace TAXING AND SPENDING is desperately needed as a FIRST STEP to the needed public provision of services and goods.
December 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Getting the vast majority of people in this country to vocally and loudly embrace TAXING AND SPENDING is desperately needed as a FIRST STEP to the needed public provision of services and goods.
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My latest comic breaking down the “generosity” of billionaires is live! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/the-genero...
December 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
My latest comic breaking down the “generosity” of billionaires is live! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/the-genero...
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There is nothing democratizing about large corporations owning access to all our ideas, or all our information about how and where to fight them.
December 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
There is nothing democratizing about large corporations owning access to all our ideas, or all our information about how and where to fight them.
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Don't delegate the reading of your contracts to any one or anything. Read the whole fucking thing. If you have questions or don't understand something, this is what your agent or lawyer is for. And fucking YES get a lawyer, one that has some experience with contracts in the relevant field.
December 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Don't delegate the reading of your contracts to any one or anything. Read the whole fucking thing. If you have questions or don't understand something, this is what your agent or lawyer is for. And fucking YES get a lawyer, one that has some experience with contracts in the relevant field.
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I don't know how many times it needs to be said that you absolutely should not let fucking "AI" anywhere near your legal contracts, either in creating them or evaluating them, but apparently it needs to be said at least one more time, so allow me to say it again, here, right now
December 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I don't know how many times it needs to be said that you absolutely should not let fucking "AI" anywhere near your legal contracts, either in creating them or evaluating them, but apparently it needs to be said at least one more time, so allow me to say it again, here, right now
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Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
December 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
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This was apparently very difficult for Democratic voters to see at the time, but there was no excuse for denying or avoiding these truths then, and there's no excuse for ignoring them now.
People keep mistaking genuine horror for politicking.
The people who supported the DOJ under Biden/Trump condone child rape. They defended officials who protected child rapists.
Other people saw this as a clear moral horror and condemned the DOJ. That's the actual divide. It's not between parties.
The people who supported the DOJ under Biden/Trump condone child rape. They defended officials who protected child rapists.
Other people saw this as a clear moral horror and condemned the DOJ. That's the actual divide. It's not between parties.
December 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This was apparently very difficult for Democratic voters to see at the time, but there was no excuse for denying or avoiding these truths then, and there's no excuse for ignoring them now.
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Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across the globe celebrate the birth of Jesus reut.rs/4sbgSVO
In first Christmas sermon, Pope Leo decries conditions for Palestinians in Gaza
Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon on Thursday, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across...
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December 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across the globe celebrate the birth of Jesus reut.rs/4sbgSVO
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The court document below is NOT new. I reprinted it in my 2020 book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT when discussing Trump's history with Epstein. Others also covered it. It was publicly available. Garland of course knew too and protected Trump. And Dems protected and defended Garland. Why pretend otherwise?
Merrick Garland hid this from us for 4 YEARS,
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
and allowed this disgusting monster to be reelected
December 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The court document below is NOT new. I reprinted it in my 2020 book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT when discussing Trump's history with Epstein. Others also covered it. It was publicly available. Garland of course knew too and protected Trump. And Dems protected and defended Garland. Why pretend otherwise?
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Stephen Miller has more blood on his hands than anyone he has caused to be deported.
I'd be delighted to have a hairstylist or a youth soccer coach visit for a night
December 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Stephen Miller has more blood on his hands than anyone he has caused to be deported.
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Never stop calling them KAVANAUGH STOPS.
Check out the Kavanaugh FN 4; I think it's pretty clear that the Kavanaugh Stop thing has gotten to him:
December 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Never stop calling them KAVANAUGH STOPS.
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this administration is trying to murder one of the most brilliant services our country offers and it is so aggravating because the post office is amazing! it shouldn't need to make money it is a public good! I love it! STOP PUNCHING IT, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
December 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
this administration is trying to murder one of the most brilliant services our country offers and it is so aggravating because the post office is amazing! it shouldn't need to make money it is a public good! I love it! STOP PUNCHING IT, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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The Venn diagram of people who support this and also think trans people should be banned from bathrooms is a perfect, stupid circle
ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
December 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The Venn diagram of people who support this and also think trans people should be banned from bathrooms is a perfect, stupid circle
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“Do we need God?”
Not the one currently being served
“god”
As a matrices of ideas and values represented through the cruelty of the American empire… is faulty
Not the one currently being served
“god”
As a matrices of ideas and values represented through the cruelty of the American empire… is faulty
December 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
“Do we need God?”
Not the one currently being served
“god”
As a matrices of ideas and values represented through the cruelty of the American empire… is faulty
Not the one currently being served
“god”
As a matrices of ideas and values represented through the cruelty of the American empire… is faulty
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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The President of the United States was best friends with the foremost pedophile of the modern era ... and he don't wanna talk about it...
and the people who voted for him ... don't wanna talk about it
Who is really protecting the Children ?
It looks like you put the fox over the hen house
and the people who voted for him ... don't wanna talk about it
Who is really protecting the Children ?
It looks like you put the fox over the hen house
December 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The President of the United States was best friends with the foremost pedophile of the modern era ... and he don't wanna talk about it...
and the people who voted for him ... don't wanna talk about it
Who is really protecting the Children ?
It looks like you put the fox over the hen house
and the people who voted for him ... don't wanna talk about it
Who is really protecting the Children ?
It looks like you put the fox over the hen house
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white male intellectuals will really have you thinking one of their own is indispensable despite proof of how much they suck, and despite the existence of so many others doing similar work and doing it better.
Noam Chomsky’s emails to Jeffrey Epstein display none of the fawning chatter found from, say, Larry Summers. And he does not appear to have been co-opted by whatever access Epstein provided.
https://bit.ly/4s3vx5A
https://bit.ly/4s3vx5A
What the Noam Chomsky–Jeffrey Epstein E-mails Tell Us
Chomsky has often suffered fools, knaves, and criminals too lightly. Epstein was one of them. But that doesn’t mean Chomsky was part of the “Epstein class.”
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
white male intellectuals will really have you thinking one of their own is indispensable despite proof of how much they suck, and despite the existence of so many others doing similar work and doing it better.
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
December 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
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MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
MacKenzie Scott: *donates $50M every 10 hours°
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
Joe Lonsdale, co-founder of Palantir: "I want to see people hang"
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People have to absorb this isn’t happening by plebiscite but through the decisions of the elites both within and beyond Alabama.
The University of Alabama has raised its profile because they’ve been able to convince highly talented out of state students to attend, but in typical state of Alabama fashion the leaders are determined to torpedo the progress they’ve made over the past 20 plus years for…bigotry.
December 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
People have to absorb this isn’t happening by plebiscite but through the decisions of the elites both within and beyond Alabama.
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If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
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These are sick people
Rollins: Joe Biden increased food stamp program funding by 40%. Now… we continue to roll that back… Just gratitude and joy for this work. So, so grateful to you.
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
These are sick people
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to