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@stealingzen.bsky.social

i wanna get fuckin' high/ i wanna eat the sun

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Look, I know all the reasons we got here, but we really need to start seriously thinking about what we do in a world where The Markets punish whole countries for voting for decency, compassion, and fairness. We must stop pretending the capitalist machine is an objective, value neutral force.

Lewis Wade 🗃️@wadehistory.bsky.social

It's very, very telling, I think, that the markets are so concerned about the pro-democracy incumbent winning

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Grok is it good when people in your camp are blowing up a WaPo reporter's phone begging to leak stuff not even 24 hours after you lost an election

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I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

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My contribution to Cheesecake Factory discourse: Aryan Brotherhood of Texas gang members assaulted a mixed-race family. I identified one of them because he worked at a Cheesecake Factory and their Instagram page posted pictures of him. He has a back tattoo with SS bolts and phrase "Aryan Soldier"

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the biggest presidential scandal in history but the political media largely acts as if it's not happening. hasan piker has received more mainstream political media coverage over the last 6 months than trump's connections with epstein has

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social

NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

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White people calling the police on a Black toddler and police responding are why it's always and forever the racism, not "economic anxiety."

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

I spoke to the mom of the 3-year-old soccer star who was left "thinking he did something wrong" after a league official called police "due to a disturbance between parents" The youth sports league said they launched a review and reached out to the family

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Why this issue is personal for me: 🧵

Jeremy Beausoleil Smith@jeremy4pdx.bsky.social

I’m running for #Portland City Council, District 4, to defend and strengthen trans rights. Trans lives are on the line, and elected leaders must put people’s safety ahead of imagined risk to their political careers. 🗳️ Vote by Nov. 3 + Rank me #1 🗳️ Swipe to see how I’ll protect trans Portlanders ➡️

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The Government™ has made an ad about all these protests happening around the world, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.

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The news from Brazil and Serbia are great and show that you don't defeat the far right by copying it or trying to appeal to their supporters You do it by being uncompromising, showing the danger they pose and offering something different to the many crises people suffer from

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I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

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Replying to @raposabranca.bsky.social

Never forget that fascism lives for aesthetics and attention. They have no depth. Take the stage, take your colors, solidarize with those they hate, don't engage with them, don't give them oxygen, and make fury your dance partner make it shine, laugh, take children, MAKE THE FIGHT WORTH ITSELF

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Yissss

Rose Schmits@roseschmits.bsky.social

I know absolutely nothing about Lula except that i saw someone share a clip on insta of him in celebration kissing a trans woman politician on the cheek and oh my god is that a radical act for a politician in 2026 so lets fucking go

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In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

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THANK FUCK

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social

Lula has been reelected president, Brazilian media has now called. An extraordinary comeback for the left-wing politician who trailed by 2 points in round 1 but managed to hold off Flávio Bolsonaro, the former president's son.

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me before transition: dysfunctional corrosive depression and omnidirectional rage me after transition: dysfunctional but much less depressed and rage aimed in a very specific direction

Mark Grimshaw@markgrimshawtism.bsky.social

It’s hard to see how to clear the rot out of our media, when the press is so full of “journalists” like The Telegraph’s Janet Murray, who uses her profile to harass random strangers for the crime of existing, and legitimises it by claiming she’s “expressing her legally held gender critical views”.

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Fuck you If the things you require me to sacrifice "for the greater good" are my healthcare, my safety, my bodily autonomy and my right to exist as an equal human being in your society, then it's not the good at all, and your party can burn to the ground and the nation along with it.

Jake Friedman@spaceisfun.bsky.social

Because in an election in a two party system it’s all about harm reduction. Who is worse, don’t vote for them. Once a candidate is elected then there is all sorts of pressure you can apply from within the party to get the vote outcome you want.

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pundits are basically bored by the idea that these democratic candidates are not meaningfully behind with black voters and so are trying to conjure a controversy into existence

Ariel@ari-el222.bsky.social

he’s also given multiple speeches on this and has really been trying with outreach both during the primary and now. I think the media just really wants Black voters to abandon Dems. Talarico had more time to show this narrative was completely bunk but it really mirrors that coverage too

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People who think embracing GOP hatred of trans people is the only way for Democrats to win in that part of the country should remember that in 2025, John Ewing became the first Black mayor of Omaha NE by running this ad. He beat Republican incumbent Jean Stothert by 12 points.

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com

Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet. Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well. Horrific.