Yazeed
@sofakinggay.bsky.social
Liberal. Gay. Arab. Atheist. Anti-populist. I invented post-its.
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The past four Republican administrations have tanked the US economy. But I know multiple Democrats who include their pronouns in the footer of their emails. I have never felt more politically homeless.
April 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The past four Republican administrations have tanked the US economy. But I know multiple Democrats who include their pronouns in the footer of their emails. I have never felt more politically homeless.
Huh. I guess it all makes sense now.
USAID fought apartheid. Musk is killing it. the.ink/p/usaid-foug...
USAID fought apartheid. Musk is killing it
The makings of an unelected coup
the.ink
February 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Huh. I guess it all makes sense now.
Hey if you followed me and I didn’t follow back, please like or let me know somehow and I shall follow back.
February 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Hey if you followed me and I didn’t follow back, please like or let me know somehow and I shall follow back.
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So glad we get 4 more years of the Times pretending Trump is playing 4D chess and not just that Panama fined one of his companies and Greenland looks really big on a map.
January 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
So glad we get 4 more years of the Times pretending Trump is playing 4D chess and not just that Panama fined one of his companies and Greenland looks really big on a map.
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“Elon should run the government like one of his businesses”
December 22, 2024 at 2:27 AM
“Elon should run the government like one of his businesses”
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populism!
December 17, 2024 at 12:47 PM
populism!
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From the people who brought you hotels that aren't actually hotels and taxis that aren't actually taxis, an exciting new innovation: Banks that aren't actually banks.
www.cnbc.com/2024/11/22/s...
www.cnbc.com/2024/11/22/s...
'I have no money': Thousands of Americans see their savings vanish in Synapse fintech crisis
CNBC spoke to a dozen customers caught in the Synapse fintech predicament, people who are owed sums ranging from $7,000 to well over $200,000.
www.cnbc.com
December 13, 2024 at 2:09 AM
From the people who brought you hotels that aren't actually hotels and taxis that aren't actually taxis, an exciting new innovation: Banks that aren't actually banks.
www.cnbc.com/2024/11/22/s...
www.cnbc.com/2024/11/22/s...
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lol this magazine is barely a ghost of its former self
“We look forward to working together,” says the owner of TIME Magazine to Donald Trump.
December 13, 2024 at 2:12 AM
lol this magazine is barely a ghost of its former self
Who is she to dictate what our community can or cannot do?
Nancy Mace: "LGBs need to divorce the Ts ... it is a mental illness."
December 12, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Who is she to dictate what our community can or cannot do?
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Let us recall that, for decades, the Ls, Gs, and Bs were also said to have a mental illness.
Nancy Mace: "LGBs need to divorce the Ts ... it is a mental illness."
December 12, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Let us recall that, for decades, the Ls, Gs, and Bs were also said to have a mental illness.
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yeah they essentially tricked him into consenting by misrepresenting the angle of the article, it's super fucked
December 11, 2024 at 7:52 PM
yeah they essentially tricked him into consenting by misrepresenting the angle of the article, it's super fucked
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"just block and ignore" doesn't work when the person in question has a platform like this. can y'all actually stand for something for once in your life
just wanna point out to those who don't know, this is not an exaggeration
he's literally the person most responsible for laundering transphobic talking points into "respectable" liberal media circles thus setting off the current wave of trans panic in american national discourse
he's literally the person most responsible for laundering transphobic talking points into "respectable" liberal media circles thus setting off the current wave of trans panic in american national discourse
December 11, 2024 at 8:07 PM
"just block and ignore" doesn't work when the person in question has a platform like this. can y'all actually stand for something for once in your life
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There’s definitely people who think this way. It’s disgusting.
December 10, 2024 at 11:22 PM
There’s definitely people who think this way. It’s disgusting.
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Russia has excelled at marketing itself in Africa. “They are much better than the Europeans or Americans at selling themselves. The West funds 90% of development needs, but you never hear about that,” says Ulf Laessing of Konrad Adenauer Foundation
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
Inside the effort to market Russia and Putin to Africans
The Africa Initiative is part of an opaque network of groups that Western officials and analysts say the Kremlin uses to spread Russian influence in Africa.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Russia has excelled at marketing itself in Africa. “They are much better than the Europeans or Americans at selling themselves. The West funds 90% of development needs, but you never hear about that,” says Ulf Laessing of Konrad Adenauer Foundation
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
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Old enough to remember when Michelle Obama tried doing this and got trashed by republicans for it….but now it’s cool because it’s their idea 🙄
December 5, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Old enough to remember when Michelle Obama tried doing this and got trashed by republicans for it….but now it’s cool because it’s their idea 🙄
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“I’ll stop drinking if you let me run the Pentagon” is maybe the most alcoholic thing anyone has ever said
December 5, 2024 at 2:38 AM
“I’ll stop drinking if you let me run the Pentagon” is maybe the most alcoholic thing anyone has ever said
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Elon Musk and Pete Hesgeth are the kind of tough alpha males that America needs, according to their mommies
December 4, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Elon Musk and Pete Hesgeth are the kind of tough alpha males that America needs, according to their mommies
Today marks the 10 month anniversary of my sobriety. Here’s to ten years and more.
December 1, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Today marks the 10 month anniversary of my sobriety. Here’s to ten years and more.
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Rosa Parks, who refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger, Montgomery, Alabama, today 1955:
December 1, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Rosa Parks, who refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger, Montgomery, Alabama, today 1955:
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The lawyer that represented Asian students who helped break Affirmative because they thought Black students were less qualified and shouldn't have gotten in. is now suing because Asian enrollment is down at select Ivy-league schools. Come to find out, it is white students who have always benefited.
November 29, 2024 at 5:14 PM
The lawyer that represented Asian students who helped break Affirmative because they thought Black students were less qualified and shouldn't have gotten in. is now suing because Asian enrollment is down at select Ivy-league schools. Come to find out, it is white students who have always benefited.
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I like when the trolls pop in with their fresh edgy humor, because I can go block all their followers before blocking them too.
They’re not smart.
They’re not smart.
November 28, 2024 at 11:48 PM
I like when the trolls pop in with their fresh edgy humor, because I can go block all their followers before blocking them too.
They’re not smart.
They’re not smart.
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Biden: "I have some good news to report from the Middle East. I just spoke with the prime ministers of Israel and Lebanon. I am pleased to announce that their governments have accepted the US proposal to end the devastating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah."
November 26, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Biden: "I have some good news to report from the Middle East. I just spoke with the prime ministers of Israel and Lebanon. I am pleased to announce that their governments have accepted the US proposal to end the devastating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah."
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Per hour, russians now earn one roll of toilet paper from a 9 roll pack. If they work 8 hours a day, they can nearly afford the 9 roll pack.
November 26, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Per hour, russians now earn one roll of toilet paper from a 9 roll pack. If they work 8 hours a day, they can nearly afford the 9 roll pack.