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Garrett
@rettcon.bsky.social
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Anti-fascist, anti-colonialist heathen 🏳️‍⚧️🌈🌻🍉🍁 No one is free while others are oppressed ✊
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#HeathensAgainstHate
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Hey hey! @skirmiche.bsky.social and I will be a part of this panel later today. Even if you can’t watch live, there will be a recording sent out to folks who sign up, which you can do here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#heathensky
#heathensagainsthate
An advertisement for a panel. The text reads: “Building Rainbow Bridges Beyond the Binary. Join us live on Zoom, Saturday Nov. 15 at 4pm EST. A panel on Heathen experience with trans identity and Norse spirituality outside the gender binary. For more information, visit the collaborating organizations. Organized by an Inclusive Heathen Coalition, including Fellowship of Fire & Ice, The Asatru Community Inc, The Troth, and Heathens Against Hate”
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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It’s Trans Day of Visibility, and I just have a couple things to say. #TDOV
A heart-shaped trans pride sticker that says “Fuck your executive order” A handmade sign in trans pride colors that says “You will not erase us” in large font.
March 31, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Fascinating response to my search query, Google. Concerned that folks may find out about Trump's red triangle FB ads that got removed in 2020? I think it's good for folks to see that this co-opting of Nazi symbols has been happening for a long time. The pink triangle showing up is no surprise.
A screenshot of Google search results when the query is "trump pink triangle post". At the top of the search results is a message from Google that says "It looks like the results below are changing quickly. If this topic is new, it can sometimes take time for reliable sources to publish information." This is followed by three search results that talk about Trump's post on Truth Social where he reshared a Washington Times opinion article that had a header image of a pink triangle being crossed out with a red circle and slash through it. These search results are from Chicago Tribune Digital Education, Times Now, and Instagram respectively. A screenshot of three ads with identical text posted on FB by Donald J. Trump, Mike Pence, and Team Trump respectively. The ad has a huge picture of an upside down red triangle, a symbol used in Nazi Germany to denote political prisoners. The text for the ad reads: Dangerous MOBS of far-left groups are running through our streets and causing absolute mayhem. They are DESTROYING our cities and rioting - it's absolute madness. It's important that EVERY American comes together at a time like this to send a united message that we will not stand for their radical actions any longer. We're calling on YOU to make a public statement and ad your name to stand with President Trump against ANTIFA. Please add your name IMMEDIATELY to stand with your President and his decision to declare ANTIFA a Terrorist Organization." A screenshot of a post by Donald J. Trump on Truth Social where he shared a Washington Times article titled "Army recruitment ads look quite different under Trump" and has a banner image displayed of an old TV with a black screen and a pink triangle crossed out on it.
March 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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For anyone in the Philly area, a few of us will be at the #WomensMarch today. Let’s goooo. 👏👏
International Women’s Day March in Philly - Saturday March 8th, 4:00 PM at City Hall
March 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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#50501movement
#Boycott
#TaxTheRich
#BuyNothing
February 28 - Economic Blackout. Tax the rich. Hit them in their profits. Buy nothing, and continue boycotting Tesla, Uber, Amazon, Walmart, Target, and Meta. The economic blackout will last 24 hours, from 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM local time. Join the 50501 Movement!
February 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy.
#heathensky #pagansky
A willow tree in a park during summer. The grass beneath it is green, and the sky is just starting to turn orange before twilight.
December 8, 2024 at 6:12 AM
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If you ask whether I’d be the man or the geese, the answer is both.
A man lying on a grass lawn with geese honking around him like “what’s wrong?”
November 25, 2024 at 4:53 AM
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POV: Watching a documentary on YouTube about the first few years of Hitler’s rule, scrolling to the comments, and realizing you’re far from the only person watching it because of the election results.
I’m glad we aren’t the only ones who see it.
#FuckFascists
Two comments on YouTube. The names and profile pictures have been hidden. The comments read: “Studying up again for the next few years in America” And “History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes” Two YouTube comments. The names and profile pictures have been hidden. The comments read: “‘The enemy from within’” sounds very familiar” And “Proud of others coming here to learn from history to know what to watch for. It’s their playbook.” Two YouTube comments. The names and profile pictures have been hidden. The comments read: “Seriously, do you really need a college degree to see these parallels?” And “Are we all here for the same reason?” One YouTube comment. The name and profile picture have been hidden. The comment reads: “‘Give us four years’”
November 24, 2024 at 5:47 AM
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📣 Call your reps and tell them to vote NO on HR 9495!
A screenshot of Robert Reich posting on YouTube. The text of his post reads: House Republicans have revived HR 9495, which would give Trump power to shut down nonprofits he doesn’t like under the guise of fighting “terrorism.” 52 House Dems shamefully joined the GOP in voting for it last week. Every Dem should vote against this authoritarian power-grab. He quoted this post and above it wrote: If you’re represented by one of these Democrats, get on the phone and tell them to vote NO. (202) 224-3122 A screenshot of a post that reads “If you’re represented by one of these Democrats, get on the phone and tell them to vote NO. (202) 224-3122” This is referring to HR 9495. There is a picture in the screenshot of a list of representatives to call. Allred (TX) Castor (FL) Davids (KS) Golden (ME) Hayes (CT) Lee (NV) Meng (NY) Norcross (NJ) Perez (WA) Scholten (MI) Sorenson (IL) Suozzi (NY) Torres (NY) Budzinski (IL) Costa (CA) Davis (NC) Gonzalez, V. (TX) Hoyer (MD) Levin (CA) Moore (WI) Pallone (NJ) Ryan (NY) Schrier (WA) Stanton (AZ) Sykes (OH) Vargas (CA) A screenshot of a post that reads “If you’re represented by one of these Democrats, get on the phone and tell them to vote NO. (202) 224-3122” This is referring to HR 9495. There is a picture in the screenshot of a list of representatives to call. Caraveo (CO) Craig (MN) Dingell (MI) Gottheimer (NJ) Kaptur (OH) Manning (NC) Moskowitz (FL) Panetta (CA) Schiff (CA) Sherman (CA) Stevens (MI) Thanedar (MI) Vasquez (NM) Case (HI) Cuellar (TX) Frankel (FL) Harder (CA) Landsman (OH) McBath (GA) Mrvan (IN) Pappas (NH) Schneider (IL) Slotkin (MI) Strickland (WA) Torres (CA) Wasserman Schultz (FL)
November 20, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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(3/3) 🧵
Tell me to maintain frith “We’re discussing in private how to handle your feelings and your voice, well— it’s too abrasive, too divisive and the sound cuts our ears” Tell me I’m throwing haymakers when all I’ve done is ask: Why did you light that match in the first place? Or Your friend lit that match, why aren’t you doing anything? Or Shouldn’t we question the morals of people who light matches and don’t apologize to the person whose house they burned? For you, I can only say this: Peacemakers have their place; but peacemakers have no job if haymakers are never thrown When you see evil, call it evil When you’re at war, call it war We are at war We have been at war And evil grows in silence
November 17, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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(2/3) 🧵
Tell me about country— the safety you want from this box; its borders are nothing more than chalk on pavement Tell me how his wall will make that box strong; the scribbles of rich children will be enforced by gunfire (And the ships that carried our ancestors would be shunned today; Can’t have our great grandparents in tents on our lawns— the kids are drawing there) Just— Tell me what you mean When you say “I love you” When you say “I’ll fight for you” The fight already started And you’re not at my side But others are, or claim to be And this poem is for them, too: The ones who fight by my side when it’s comfortable, but can’t handle the flames of even the matches they light Tell me you support my rights, but only when it tastes right on your tongue; who defines ‘peace’ for your palette? The protesters or the police?
November 17, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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It's been a while since I wrote poetry. TW for the heavy use of Christian themes and allusions to violence, including police brutality—and just for the overall tone of the piece being quite angry. If you're looking for something uplifting, probably better to keep scrolling. (1/3) 🧵
"When you say, 'I'll fight for you."' Tell me about division, and how the sound of my voice cuts your ears like shards of a shattered mirror Tell me that’s not who you are in the broken reflection, cracks forming where the pen presses too firmly on “R” (And you say the mirror would crack the same regardless All politicians are equally bad But the person in the mirror wasn’t you It was me) Tell me Christ willed it while you kneel and speak “King” Is this really what he meant by ‘Love thy neighbor as yourself’? Tell me how you bear his cross on your back, as if it’s not a symbol of his execution at the hands of the state (And I am sure that it’s heavy, pushing splinters into your skin That’s what happens when how one dies is honored more their life)
November 17, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline
November 16, 2024 at 4:03 PM
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Discomfort is not a condemnation.
Silence is not a condemnation.
Walking away is not a condemnation.

It is complicity.
November 16, 2024 at 4:30 AM