@thegrimskald.bsky.social
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Thoughts and observations from the frontlines of my life. Or, if you rather, some middle aged dude screaming at the sky while trying to figure out how to leave a world that isn’t post apocalyptic for his kids.
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Thoughts and observations from the frontlines of my life. Or, if you rather, some middle aged dude screaming at the sky while trying to figure out how to leave a world that isn’t post apocalyptic for his kids.
indivisible.org
surj.org
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America in a nutshell.
July 21, 2025 at 3:56 AM
America in a nutshell.
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It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
July 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
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I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
July 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
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On my country's 249th birthday, I wrote about the problem of sharing a nation with millions of evil people, and how to live a human life in the face of overwhelming inhumanity.
Oh and the Beastie Boys make an appearance.
www.the-reframe.com/so-shines-a-...
Oh and the Beastie Boys make an appearance.
www.the-reframe.com/so-shines-a-...
So Shines A Good Deed In A Weary World
Dark isn't the opposite of light, it's the absence of light.
www.the-reframe.com
July 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
On my country's 249th birthday, I wrote about the problem of sharing a nation with millions of evil people, and how to live a human life in the face of overwhelming inhumanity.
Oh and the Beastie Boys make an appearance.
www.the-reframe.com/so-shines-a-...
Oh and the Beastie Boys make an appearance.
www.the-reframe.com/so-shines-a-...
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there is no freedom until we all are free. no freedom until we all can live with dignity, hope and aspiration.
more precious than freedom to own a bunch of guns or freedom to make a bunch of money.
Any revolution, any politic should be a fight for all to live with dignity, hope and aspiration.
more precious than freedom to own a bunch of guns or freedom to make a bunch of money.
Any revolution, any politic should be a fight for all to live with dignity, hope and aspiration.
July 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
there is no freedom until we all are free. no freedom until we all can live with dignity, hope and aspiration.
more precious than freedom to own a bunch of guns or freedom to make a bunch of money.
Any revolution, any politic should be a fight for all to live with dignity, hope and aspiration.
more precious than freedom to own a bunch of guns or freedom to make a bunch of money.
Any revolution, any politic should be a fight for all to live with dignity, hope and aspiration.
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Bad actors cant scam you for ur money. It seems so, but YOU click the links they send, answer the calls & YOU give your info. They put out bait (phishing, etc) but you have to take it to get scammed. You take the bait.
Same with convincing you to deny the people u hate & end up denying yourself.
Same with convincing you to deny the people u hate & end up denying yourself.
June 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Bad actors cant scam you for ur money. It seems so, but YOU click the links they send, answer the calls & YOU give your info. They put out bait (phishing, etc) but you have to take it to get scammed. You take the bait.
Same with convincing you to deny the people u hate & end up denying yourself.
Same with convincing you to deny the people u hate & end up denying yourself.
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Libra: Today, like most days, is a good day to burn everything down.
June 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Libra: Today, like most days, is a good day to burn everything down.
Talking with my daughter a while back and realized that I only had a passing familiarity with what happened in Stonewall. That needs to change, considering the current regime in America.
If there are other works I should read happy to add them to my list.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/327710...
If there are other works I should read happy to add them to my list.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/327710...
Stonewall by Martin Duberman: 9780593083987 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The definitive account of the Stonewall Riots, the first gay rights march, and the LGBTQ activists at the center of the movement. “Martin Duberman is a national treasure.”—Masha...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Talking with my daughter a while back and realized that I only had a passing familiarity with what happened in Stonewall. That needs to change, considering the current regime in America.
If there are other works I should read happy to add them to my list.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/327710...
If there are other works I should read happy to add them to my list.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/327710...
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Really something to watch who is going out of their way to support a grotesquely corrupt sex offender who recently resigned in disgrace to avoid passing the baton to the type of person they appear to find most dangerous: a skilled and positive new progressive talent.
June 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Really something to watch who is going out of their way to support a grotesquely corrupt sex offender who recently resigned in disgrace to avoid passing the baton to the type of person they appear to find most dangerous: a skilled and positive new progressive talent.
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A customer told me she couldn't believe this store would put up a Pride display, because what if children see it??
Anyway, it was my display, and I'm proud of it, and you (and your children) should all see it. #BookSky 📚💙
Anyway, it was my display, and I'm proud of it, and you (and your children) should all see it. #BookSky 📚💙
June 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A customer told me she couldn't believe this store would put up a Pride display, because what if children see it??
Anyway, it was my display, and I'm proud of it, and you (and your children) should all see it. #BookSky 📚💙
Anyway, it was my display, and I'm proud of it, and you (and your children) should all see it. #BookSky 📚💙
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I’m gonna make it simple since it seems a lot of the liberals on this site right now are having trouble with this. It was illegal to protect Anne Frank and it was legally required to turn her in to the Nazis.
If your reliance on the law dictates your morals you have already lost to the fascists.
If your reliance on the law dictates your morals you have already lost to the fascists.
March 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I’m gonna make it simple since it seems a lot of the liberals on this site right now are having trouble with this. It was illegal to protect Anne Frank and it was legally required to turn her in to the Nazis.
If your reliance on the law dictates your morals you have already lost to the fascists.
If your reliance on the law dictates your morals you have already lost to the fascists.
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Edward R. Murrow’s powerful anti-McCarthy broadcast is as relevant now as it was 71 years ago.
Have a listen.
Have a listen.
June 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Edward R. Murrow’s powerful anti-McCarthy broadcast is as relevant now as it was 71 years ago.
Have a listen.
Have a listen.
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"If food is destroyed because it cannot be sold while people go hungry, that is not considered violent under the norms of capitalism. If a person’s belongings are tossed on a sidewalk during an eviction and consequently destroyed, that is likewise not considered violent..."
@prisonculture.bsky.social and I have been encouraging people to read chapter six of our book, Let This Radicalize You, which deals with the question of "violence" in social movements. We have decided to share the chapter publicly, to offer some context and grounding for the current conversation.
Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate
"We are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating."
organizingmythoughts.org
June 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"If food is destroyed because it cannot be sold while people go hungry, that is not considered violent under the norms of capitalism. If a person’s belongings are tossed on a sidewalk during an eviction and consequently destroyed, that is likewise not considered violent..."
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One truth we truly need to rally around is the uncomfortable but undeniable fact that Republican Party is best described as a hate group.
June 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
One truth we truly need to rally around is the uncomfortable but undeniable fact that Republican Party is best described as a hate group.
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Solidarity is understanding how domination seeps into all corners of our present world, and then seeking to uproot it in its various, adapting forms.
We understand that the only way to fight various & adapting forms of domination is to have adapting forms of un-prescribed & studied resistance.
We understand that the only way to fight various & adapting forms of domination is to have adapting forms of un-prescribed & studied resistance.
January 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Solidarity is understanding how domination seeps into all corners of our present world, and then seeking to uproot it in its various, adapting forms.
We understand that the only way to fight various & adapting forms of domination is to have adapting forms of un-prescribed & studied resistance.
We understand that the only way to fight various & adapting forms of domination is to have adapting forms of un-prescribed & studied resistance.
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Owl says STFU every day
June 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Owl says STFU every day
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If you haven’t heard of Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove… you have now.
When she stepped out from the back without missing a beat, I knew it was on🔥
@kamlager-dove.house.gov
When she stepped out from the back without missing a beat, I knew it was on🔥
@kamlager-dove.house.gov
June 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
If you haven’t heard of Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove… you have now.
When she stepped out from the back without missing a beat, I knew it was on🔥
@kamlager-dove.house.gov
When she stepped out from the back without missing a beat, I knew it was on🔥
@kamlager-dove.house.gov
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Question. Did democracy cease to function during the Whiskey Rebellion?The Great Railroad Strike of 1877? The May Day Riots?
Let me put this another way, can you identify a single point in U.S. history where Americans exclusively expressed themselves in an orderly fashion along acceptable lines?
Let me put this another way, can you identify a single point in U.S. history where Americans exclusively expressed themselves in an orderly fashion along acceptable lines?
I don’t care if you’re razing Kenosha, storming the Capitol, or doing whatever this is in LA, no democracy can function when every group and identity block decides it has the right and moral authority to take its specific political disagreements into the streets.
June 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Question. Did democracy cease to function during the Whiskey Rebellion?The Great Railroad Strike of 1877? The May Day Riots?
Let me put this another way, can you identify a single point in U.S. history where Americans exclusively expressed themselves in an orderly fashion along acceptable lines?
Let me put this another way, can you identify a single point in U.S. history where Americans exclusively expressed themselves in an orderly fashion along acceptable lines?
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Outkast + Sesame Street + Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds = The Combo I Never Knew I Needed 🎶 🪶 🖤
Created by Bell Brothers 🤘🏼
Created by Bell Brothers 🤘🏼
June 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Outkast + Sesame Street + Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds = The Combo I Never Knew I Needed 🎶 🪶 🖤
Created by Bell Brothers 🤘🏼
Created by Bell Brothers 🤘🏼