With reports that Elon will run ads about “government waste” today, it would be good to do some basic inoculation with friends who’ll watch the Super Bowl. It can be as basic as “Musk, the Nazi-saluting liar, will run Super Bowl ads today. Don’t believe him.” Don’t assume everyone already knows.

In Germany over 200,000 protestors in Munich gathered against the Musk backed far-right / neo-Nazi AfD ahead of the German election. Thousands chanted "Save Democracy" and "Oppose Nazis" #3E

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🧵 Rome wasn’t razed in a day: 🔥 While the US goes to shit on a turd sandwich, it’s hard not to get lost in all the ways US-ians are getting fucked. Let’s reflect back on some of the meaningful ways you can get active & stay active at combating this new regime, and causing a whole lot of trouble.

The crowd outside of the Dept. of Labor is growing as union leaders and members of Congress make their way to DOL ahead of Musk team’s planned arrival. Already hearing that Musk & co. may have cancelled the trip.

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Yes. Our news media is complicit.

If you’re “not sure” about Musk’s salute then do one at work today. Go on. That should clear it up real quick.

Gotta say, I am not at all surprised that TERF dialects are a significant aspect of modern fascism.

Reminder that “parents rights” almost always means the opposite of children’s rights.

Teens deserve a living wage too

Good morning Bluesky. I'm sure that cool infographic will interest some of you!

"To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace" Spotted in Toronto, Canada

My New Year’s resolution is to make the best decision. Well that’s helpful. 😂

This just in! You 100% can make up a definition and say it’s real. That’s how every definition ever happened.

Joy is a radical act.

Minimum income requirements still exclude the poor from affordable housing

This is a good thread about transphobe Rowling’s recent misinformation that “trans kids don’t exist”. Reality is so hard for bigots.

I am deeply suspicious of "normal" people, in a society like ours. The only way you can be normal in this kinda society, is to be complicit with things that are deeply inhumane. It means being okay with cutthroat capitalism, imperialism, militarism, colonialism, genocide, and ethnic cleansing.

This is a great definition to ponder if you want to move past “doesn’t punish” parenting into doesn’t manipulate or coerce parenting. As an anarchist, those things are violence too.

Please stop using fatness as a shorthand for greed or gluttony. In art, in memes, in your writing.

I have 210 followers and I haven’t even posted anything. That’s so humbling. Thanks for being here. NY resolution: use 🦋 more.

Remember what words they consider violent: “Deny. Defend. Depose.” “Free Palestine.” “From the river to the sea.” “No justice, no peace.” “Defund the police.” And then ask yourself why the words are considered violent but the violence the ruling class commits is considered acceptable.

You cannot "assume" intersectionality. It has to be an ever active and working part of your values and goals while you are doing the work. Intersectionality is the building blocks of liberation. It is also the building blocks of anarchism. It is not something passive. It is active work.

Basic things to begin working on reducing your digital footprint. I'll add stop using Gmail (proton is fantastic), completely wipe your phone every few months, and look into a password manager. #leftsky #cybersecurity #proton

Just thinking about how the expanded child tax credit would have lifted half our nation’s kids out of poverty.

The US wants to stay on Hawaiian land “uninterrupted” now it’s 65 year lease for $1.00 is nearing to end. Saying it needs to for “military readiness”. Comment before August 7th and tell them they are not stewards of the land but thieves and destroyers. atlroahueis.commentinput.com/?id=FU5cgMeiP