Straw Raccoon
@strawraccoons.bsky.social
Used to be on the other site. Still stuck in Texas.
Communist. MA in History. Antizionist Jew. Former journalist. Current type 1 diabetic.
Communist. MA in History. Antizionist Jew. Former journalist. Current type 1 diabetic.
Pinned
I still believe communism will win.
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I hate to say that sex workers tried to warn y'all this wasn't going to stop at just porn sites, but...
Y'all, I was in Mississippi today for my nephews J-State graduation and got this when I opened Blue Sky
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I hate to say that sex workers tried to warn y'all this wasn't going to stop at just porn sites, but...
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The despair and rage that comes with knowing that there was once a walkable and public transit-oriented America which we abandoned for the hellscape that is suburban sprawl and filled our neighborhoods with parking lots and endless highways is just sometimes too much for my poor heart
December 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The despair and rage that comes with knowing that there was once a walkable and public transit-oriented America which we abandoned for the hellscape that is suburban sprawl and filled our neighborhoods with parking lots and endless highways is just sometimes too much for my poor heart
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trump admin reaction to EU fine of X is illuminating. it shows a few things:
1. they are trying to distract from its own massive censorship of americans.
2. they are worried about losing a propaganda and disinformation platform to support racist anti-migrant parties in europe.
1. they are trying to distract from its own massive censorship of americans.
2. they are worried about losing a propaganda and disinformation platform to support racist anti-migrant parties in europe.
December 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
trump admin reaction to EU fine of X is illuminating. it shows a few things:
1. they are trying to distract from its own massive censorship of americans.
2. they are worried about losing a propaganda and disinformation platform to support racist anti-migrant parties in europe.
1. they are trying to distract from its own massive censorship of americans.
2. they are worried about losing a propaganda and disinformation platform to support racist anti-migrant parties in europe.
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"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
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To me the whole "grindset" shit was the biggest scam ever. They convinced a generation of dolts that breaking your back working 12 hours a day for meager pay or "exposure" was the path to greatness and the rest of us old motherfuckers lived it and learned it wasn't true we just didn't post about it
I shouldn’t have to kill myself to make someone else a ton of money. Fuck hustle culture.
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
To me the whole "grindset" shit was the biggest scam ever. They convinced a generation of dolts that breaking your back working 12 hours a day for meager pay or "exposure" was the path to greatness and the rest of us old motherfuckers lived it and learned it wasn't true we just didn't post about it
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Hampton wasn’t killed because he was “too inspiring.” He was killed because he was building a multiracial, working-class organization with teeth; the kind that scared the state enough to drug him, raid his home, and execute him in his sleep.
December 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Hampton wasn’t killed because he was “too inspiring.” He was killed because he was building a multiracial, working-class organization with teeth; the kind that scared the state enough to drug him, raid his home, and execute him in his sleep.
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We learned a lot during the initial COVID reaction.
We learned the UBI works, that working from home is possible for most jobs, and that the country survives on the hardworking people of retail, service industry, transportation, and nursing.
Then we promptly forgot all that shit.
We learned the UBI works, that working from home is possible for most jobs, and that the country survives on the hardworking people of retail, service industry, transportation, and nursing.
Then we promptly forgot all that shit.
December 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We learned a lot during the initial COVID reaction.
We learned the UBI works, that working from home is possible for most jobs, and that the country survives on the hardworking people of retail, service industry, transportation, and nursing.
Then we promptly forgot all that shit.
We learned the UBI works, that working from home is possible for most jobs, and that the country survives on the hardworking people of retail, service industry, transportation, and nursing.
Then we promptly forgot all that shit.
Back in the day, we just called these things what they actually are - assassination markets.
The recent 60 Minutes on Polymarket was just Anderson Cooper being a credulous rube the whole time. No discussion at all about how whales/coordinated influence ops could skew odds and drive narratives about electoral possibilities or the general corrosiveness of gambling on our society. BLEAK
December 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Back in the day, we just called these things what they actually are - assassination markets.
President Xi, my country yearns for freedom.
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
President Xi, my country yearns for freedom.
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does anyone else notice the giant lady doesnt cut up your hot dogs anymore!?
Because you're an adult you fucking muppet. You gotta pay the magic forward.
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
does anyone else notice the giant lady doesnt cut up your hot dogs anymore!?
People who own "prediction markets" should be 《redacted》.
This is the head of the company that CNN just partnered with, insisting that prediction markets are a great way to cut through the noise and determine what’s true and what isn’t.
No, really, listen to him. It’s actually that stupid.
No, really, listen to him. It’s actually that stupid.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
People who own "prediction markets" should be 《redacted》.
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I’d rather die
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I’d rather die
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Incredible:
"Nancy Mace of South Carolina has told people she is so frustrated... that she is planning to huddle with Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia next week to discuss following her lead and retiring early from Congress."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
"Nancy Mace of South Carolina has told people she is so frustrated... that she is planning to huddle with Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia next week to discuss following her lead and retiring early from Congress."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Incredible:
"Nancy Mace of South Carolina has told people she is so frustrated... that she is planning to huddle with Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia next week to discuss following her lead and retiring early from Congress."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
"Nancy Mace of South Carolina has told people she is so frustrated... that she is planning to huddle with Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia next week to discuss following her lead and retiring early from Congress."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Feeling particularly grim about the world today.
December 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Feeling particularly grim about the world today.
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Trump just pardoned Anti-Women Rights Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Dem Leadership is making themselves complicit by endorsing blatant corruption.
Cuellar was indicted in 2024 for taking 600k in bribes from a bank & from Azerbaijan, who ethnically cleansed over 100,000 Armenians last year.
Cuellar was indicted in 2024 for taking 600k in bribes from a bank & from Azerbaijan, who ethnically cleansed over 100,000 Armenians last year.
Jeffries claims the charges against Cueller were "very thin" and says Trump's pardon was "exactly the right outcome"
December 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Trump just pardoned Anti-Women Rights Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Dem Leadership is making themselves complicit by endorsing blatant corruption.
Cuellar was indicted in 2024 for taking 600k in bribes from a bank & from Azerbaijan, who ethnically cleansed over 100,000 Armenians last year.
Cuellar was indicted in 2024 for taking 600k in bribes from a bank & from Azerbaijan, who ethnically cleansed over 100,000 Armenians last year.
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Omg you all let the police beat the shit out of young Americans for protesting genocide for a whole year straight and now you're publishing and reposting articles on how the youth is not interested in politics because they didn't want to participate in your whitewashed PG shitlib protest???
Fantastic data in here. Was just talking to a neighbor about the age curve at No Kings. Not an easy thing to fix.
The Times piece by @brendannyhan.bsky.social about No Kings made me curious about the political activism of young people over time. So I pulled some CES data and made some charts. www.pbump.net/o/how-severe...
December 2, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Omg you all let the police beat the shit out of young Americans for protesting genocide for a whole year straight and now you're publishing and reposting articles on how the youth is not interested in politics because they didn't want to participate in your whitewashed PG shitlib protest???
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Gosh, why is the party disliked so much
December 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Gosh, why is the party disliked so much
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ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
December 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
ICE raids are cruel, inhumane, and do nothing to serve public safety.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
My responsibility is to be the mayor to each and every person that calls this city their home. That includes millions of immigrants— of which I am one.
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INSPIRING: do you have a gambling problem and read the news? this man figured out a way to take advantage of you, and he doesn't even have a college degree
Shayne Coplan dropped out of college his freshman year. When COVID hit, he started building Polymarket, an online prediction market. cbsn.ws/4ooJSGk
December 1, 2025 at 12:54 AM
INSPIRING: do you have a gambling problem and read the news? this man figured out a way to take advantage of you, and he doesn't even have a college degree
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I mean, they used to be an avenue for tech, defense, and finance capital to dominate the working class. Now most of those guys just use the republicans now. It’s just pathetic they still exist as a major political party
November 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I mean, they used to be an avenue for tech, defense, and finance capital to dominate the working class. Now most of those guys just use the republicans now. It’s just pathetic they still exist as a major political party
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Besides fighting the left, I’m pretty sure the only other function of the Democratic Party is to sloganeer neoliberal austerity for an audience of party hacks.
November 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Besides fighting the left, I’m pretty sure the only other function of the Democratic Party is to sloganeer neoliberal austerity for an audience of party hacks.
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In the past week a bipartisan investigation opened into the boat strikes, Indiana Republicans defected from redistricting, and now Dimon is mentioning fear of the future. Rats are beginning to flee the sinking ship.
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
In the past week a bipartisan investigation opened into the boat strikes, Indiana Republicans defected from redistricting, and now Dimon is mentioning fear of the future. Rats are beginning to flee the sinking ship.
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Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
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Weird, I thought it was totalitarian censorship to sideline people with views you don’t agree with
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Weird, I thought it was totalitarian censorship to sideline people with views you don’t agree with