damn this fascist ideology to hell, and damn the blasphemous theologies that support it

"You'll be visited by three spirits." The three spirits:

“You’ll be visited by three spirits.” The three spirits:

Anytime I hear "ADHD is a superpower," I know that person has outsourced the parts of their lives that require executive function to a partner, parent, and/or administrative assistant.

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted. If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

Today is #TransDayOfRemembrance. Trans people and their human rights are under attack around the globe. The Vagina Museum stands defiant against these attacks. We are a proudly trans inclusive space, even as discourse grows ever more toxic.

Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad

As a victim of a child abuser… all this vomit being ejected from the mouths of conservative pundits in defense of Epstein really makes living hard. To the 77 million Trump voters and those who believe these conservative news outlets? You are no different than my abusive father.

This man, Rev. Michael Woolf, wrote this for us earlier this month: "It is up to us to keep our communities safe from this terror, and scripture tells us that God will meet us there—at the picket line, amid the tear gas." sojo.net/articles/opi...

Dear Humans, Trump is in a full out panic. He hasn’t posted in 24 hours. It’s time to make him the pedophile formerly known as president. If you could do that God would be so happy. Love, God

Someone just prompted an AI-generated song and sent it to a group I’m in as “motivation”. Fuck that noise.

Your enemies are counting on you to lose hope. Despair is one of their greatest weapons, for it leads you to stop fighting for yourself. Hold on to hope, no matter how hard it is, and refuse to join your enemy in bringing you down.

this guy is a loser who likes helping fascists

@baldwin.senate.gov In the absence of decisive Democrat leadership, I am losing confidence the party’s ability to win on behalf of the poor, the worker, minorities and children. Your colleagues who bent the knee MUST GO. Insist on their resignations, especially Kaine, King, Durban, and Fetterman.

@baldwin.senate.gov I am one of your constituents in Wisconsin. Schumer and the Democrat senators who caved to Republicans MUST GO when so many of your colleagues in local and state elections won ON THE ISSUES. We need affirmative, positive victories against fascists, not empty, vain excuses.

Jesus, people, I'm not saying they'll all fall on their swords because we ask politely. You demand a politician's resignation not because you think it will actually happen, but because you want to make it clear you think it *should* happen, you're that pissed off. It's a vote of no confidence.

I called for this with Kaine last night, but Brian is right that it holds true for King, Durbin and Fetterman too.

The surrender caucus secured yes votes from Democrats who aren't facing re-election this cycle, but four of them have Democratic governors who can pick their replacement. If you live in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maine or Virginia this is an easy and effective way to make your anger clear.

This is absolutely right. The eight who signed off on this disaster of a deal were acting as a shield for colleagues who are up this cycle. Don't let any of them off the hook just yet.

We had all the momentum •The American people were blaming Republicans •A landslide Democratic victory •Courts ordering Trump to fund SNAP benefits Yet you couldn't convince your caucus to fight for us It's the final straw that breaks the back of your tenure as leader, Senator Time to step down

This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful. Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened. This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.

You have failed your family, your constituents, your country, and our nation’s allies. You have empowered fascists. You have proven complicit in the breakdown of our laws. You have supported the oppression of children and the poor. Resign now.

Senator, I joined the Democrat party in 2024. I officially changed my party affiliation from Libertarian because I believed this party was for liberation of the poor, the worker, the Black, brown, and indigenous, the queer and unconventional, and all who work for collective good. Resign now.

Resign now.

I had explained to me “AI isn’t a political tool.” Yeah, that’s baloney. It’s bankrolled by key political actors and it’s used by those holding political office as a disinformation machine. Now read this,

And also every single county in Virginia shifted blue, two statewide posts in Georgia went blue (for the first time in two decades), three Pennsylvania judicial races went blue, a Maine vote went blue, a Mississippi state senate seat went blue ....

I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

Hope. New York City is a beacon. Just one. So many were lit all across the nation tonight. Thank you to every voter who leaned in to their best instincts. This is one more way we fight fascism.

BREAKING NEWS: Otter does important science stuff.

I am thoroughly rendered low, but I rise once more. Nothing shall ever oppress my soul forever!

Everyone who can use some hope that change is still possible in these strange fascist times, go watch @xylafoxlin.bsky.social latest video. Her work to lobby for pilot mental healthcare reform is amazing! Bonus opportunity to donate to support the cause. youtube.com/watch?v=eu-T...

i made a template you can use to think about what "frame/negation/kirby" looks like for other issues. For example: Frame: DOGE is a govt efficiency project to save $ Negation: Actually it made things less efficient and cost $ Kirby: DOGE was a project to break and privatize federal bureaucracy

And yes, the operative word is “public.” Most everyone HAS defeatist, doomer thoughts. I know I do. Keep those to yourself, the small group chat, or your friends and family. The world does not need a *public broadcast* of your dark nights of the soul in dangerous times like these.

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

“If you’re angry about THIS, but not about THAT—“ Bro I’m gonna have to stop you there, I am angry about so many things all of the time, I have never in my life been angry about just one thing at a time, my capacity for “things to be angry about” is as wide and as deep as the sea

NO KINGS.

but also...like, the best way to approach this in terms of building an anti trump coalition is to say, "I voted against this so this wouldn't happen to you; please join me in working to make sure it happens to no one else."

this is a good framing imo because honestly it's hard for me to get to where i'm not angry with the people who voted for this

I’ll add, thank you to those who can be there in person.

MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.

I suspect the MAGA government decided to launch all these Bluesky accounts tonight to try to bait people in advance of No Kings. These people have incurable 4chan brain and this is how they operate. Block them. Do not engage. Do not give them what they want.

The Trump admin has come to bluesky. These new accounts for gov agencies are not run by anyone we know in the agencies and have all started off with Hatch Act violations. In true bsky fashion, I'll be blocking the lot of them rather than giving them any engagement.

Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on. Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights. Block, and move on. This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.

I am seeing a lot of people reposting Lakota Man today bc it's Indigenous Peoples Day. A reminder that he is not well liked amongst many (most?) Natives on social media. Many of us blocked him a long time ago. Some of the reasons why are in this article. www.dailydot.com/irl/lakotama...

This is correct, in part - as the grim, military historian in me feels the need to note - it is psychologically much harder to get soldiers to open fire on people they view as 'respectable.' And I dread, with grim increasingly certainty, that we are headed to a point where that matters.

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry. The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Incredible! Checkout this amazing cooking doc from Andy Cooks in support of the Burmese people. youtube.com/watch?v=ZDd_...

I feel like everything wrong with the world is bolder and more open than at any time in my life. All I wanted was to hand off a safer, more liberated world to my children than the one my parents handed me. All my parents’ generation did in response was to say “hold my beer, you entitled brat.”

James Gunn. Please explain yourself. @jamesgunn.bsky.social Chris deserves better.

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