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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 1d

Please remember that the disgust people have over Christopher Columbus is not based on some modern, 21st century “woke” ideology, but rather on contemporaneous accounts of atrocities that make many modern genocides appear quaint in comparison.

Below, are the accounts of Bartlomé de las Casas.

But too many of the slaves died in captivity. And so Columbus, desperate to pay back dividends to those who had in-vested, had to make good his promise to fill the ships with gold. In the province of Cicao on Haiti, where he and his men imagined huge gold fields to exist, they ordered all persons fourteen years or older to collect a certain quantity of gold every three months. When they brought it, they were given copper tokens to hang around their necks. Indians found without a copper token had their hands cut off and bled to death.
The Indians had been given an impossible task. The only gold around was bits of dust garnered from the streams. So they fled, were hunted down with dogs, and were killed.

After each six or eight months' work in the mines, which was the time required of each crew to dig enough gold for melting, up to a third of the men died.
While the men were sent many miles away to the mines, the wives remained to work the soil, forced into the excruciating job of digging and making thousands of hills for cassava plants.
Thus husbands and wives were together only once every eight or ten months and when they met they were so exhausted and depressed on both sides... they ceased to pro-create. As for the newly born, they died early because their mothers, overworked and fam-ished, had no milk to nurse them, and for this reason, while I was in Cuba, 7000 children died in three months. Some mothers even drowned their babies from sheer desper-ation.... In this way, husbands died in the mines, wives died at work, and children died from lack of milk ... and in a short time this land which was so great, so powerful and fer-tile... was depopulated... My eyes have seen these acts so foreign to human nature, and now I tremble as I write....

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 14h

One of the most messed up parts of the "nazis are sexy and funny now" GQ article about Nick Fuentes is that it doesn't cite a single source or data point. It's all just vibes. I have no idea how something like this made it past an editorial team unless it was clearly a story they wanted to tell

traced this rumor across TikTok and Tumblr. I watched fancam edits, mapped accounts, and interviewed a dozen people in their twenties and early thirties, both people who’d made posts about Fuentes and those whose fandom was more private.

TikTok is where most outsiders misread the signal. Fuentes is extremely shareable — he basically speaks in soundbites. Every other line is a joke, and many of those jokes land. When they don’t, that in itself can be funny. His thick Chicago accent, his cartoonish tone of voice—the man was made for broadcasting, for better or worse.

It’s true that he has inspired a viral “sound” several times, but on TikTok that doesn’t equate to fandom. A sound is just a short audio clip that users layer under their own videos. It might come from a movie, a podcast, or a livestream; it doesn’t matter who said it. What matters is how easily it can be reused to set a mood or deliver a punchline. Popularity here measures remixability, not admiration. Serial killers, pedophiles caught red-handed, and random bystanders could theoretically all go viral this way. Fuentes happens to clip well.

There is a dedicated and TikTok-native Fuentes fandom, but searching through the misspellings and alternate tags that users reference him with (to avoid the filter TikTok uses to suppress content about him), only a few prolific editors dominate the results. The rest is noise—ephemeral accounts spun up around attention spikes.

The interviews I conducted reflect what the feeds suggested. Several sources said their very online friends, regardless of politics, share Fuentes clips because he’s funny. The same people said no one they know actually watches his multi-hour streams. One woman described him as “weirdly unhateable,” and suggested he’s a bit of a meme—another way of saying the trend is more of a joke than a nascent political shift.

There is, however, a small female fandom orbiting Fuentes, many of whom identify as being on the left. On Tumblr, a community cal…

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 15h

"We cannot prevent all of the harm that ICE will do in our communities, but we can make their work harder, and we can make our values, our presence, and our solidarity known. We can make our neighborhoods and our relationships stronger, as we forge bonds in opposition to this violence."

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 14h

Israel is reportedly forcing 154 Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons as part of the ceasefire deal into exile and deporting them to an unknown country. Experts say the move is a violation of international law.

154 Freed Palestinian Prisoners Reportedly Being Forced Into Exile by Israel

“Exiling Palestinian prisoners is the continuation of captivity by other means,” one legal expert said.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 14h

Once again, it is Slate Money “Money Talks” season. If you have an Econ / tech / finance / business book comjng out, let me know and we can maybe interview you for the pod!

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Truthout @truthout.org · 14h

Rulings on the Supreme Court’s “emergency docket” foreshadow its abiding deference to Trump.

As SCOTUS Enters a New Term, These Cases May Grant Trump Unbridled Authority

Rulings on the Supreme Court’s “emergency docket” foreshadow its abiding deference to Trump.

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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 16h

Hey remember when Lawler and his flunkie Republican trolls tried to weaponize anti-semitism against actual Jewish people like me?

Yeah, fuck off forever.

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 15h

at this point it would be interesting journalism if someone could locate a Young Republican groupchat that was not full of overt Nazis

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Truthout @truthout.org · 14h

Israel is going to halve the amount of aid that it will allow into Gaza under the ceasefire agreement, aid groups say — a move Israel has attempted to justify by blaming Hamas for supposedly violating the deal that Palestinians have said Israel is working to sabotage.

Israel Says It’s Halving Aid Into Gaza After Receiving Last 20 Living Captives

Israel says Hamas hasn’t returned captives’ bodies — while still blocking entry of machinery that can clear rubble.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14h

10. Lastly, EITM is an award-winning media outlet covering LGBTQ+ issues every day. This piece was written by S. Baum at @transvestigations.bsky.social for EITM. You can subscribe to support our journalism at www.erininthemorning.com/subscribe.

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News and discussion on trans legislation and life. Click to read Erin In The Morning, by Erin Reed, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14h

1. In a major capitulation to Trump, Fenway Health, a center ostensibly dedicated to LGBTQ+ healthcare, has ended its trans care program under 19.

It could have fought for its patients. It chose instead to roll over.

Community members are devastated.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Fenway Health Restricts Treatment for Patients Under 19 In Capitulation To Trump

“This is a fundamental betrayal to the core mission of Fenway and the patients they serve.”

www.erininthemorning.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h

Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?

Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.

Just one "verified" Tren de Aragua member and one U.S. citizen with an active warrant were among the 37, DHS said, without saying how it had verified that gang affiliation. Others taken that day, the agency said, were "illegal aliens."

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 14h

As I've noted, central to Stephen Miller's propaganda is the claim that the Chicago complex targeted by ICE was "filled" with Tren de Aragua "terrorists."

Now @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social reports that the number of TdA members netted in that raid is down to *one.*

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 14h

Pat Baker of Mass Law Reform talking about the devastating impact of SNAP cuts. #mapoli

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 14h

Angel Howell of the New England Community Project outlines the looming impact of cuts from the Big Ugly Bill. #mapoli

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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 14h

Allison Anderson of Madison Park CDC and Kendra Patterson of Mass Budget kicking off tonight’s Stop the Cuts town hall in Roxbury! #mapoli

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14h

These issues have been a part of litigation already this year — over the student visa revocation efforts.

This statement essentially admits that the State Department is engaging viewpoint discrimination in revoking these visas.

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An Argentine national said that Kirk "devoted his entire life spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynistic rhetoric" and deserves to burn in hell.
Visa revoked.

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just came on here to say charlie kirk can rest in f|
piss and yet again if you have any
empathy at all for people like this you can ahead and remove yourself as my friend. i do not give a f about the death of a person who devoted his entire life spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynistic rhetoric. it's hot as fut where this man currently is and it's deserved

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A South African national mocked Americans grieving the loss of Kirk, saying
"they're hurt that the racist rally ended in attempted martyrdom" and alleging "he was used to astroturf a movement of white nationalist trailer trash."
Visa revoked.
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Neanderthals can't have their cake & eat it... This weekend they went openly anti-black racist & now they're hurt that the racist rally ended in attempted martyrdom? Charlie Kirk won't be remembered as a hero. He was used to astroturf a movement of white nationalist trailer trash!
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A Mexican national said that Kirk "died being a racist, he died being a misogynist" and stated that "there are people who deserve to die. There are people who would make the world better off dead."
Visa revoked.
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A Brazilian national charged that "Charlie Kirk was the reason for a Nazi rally where they marched in homage to him" and that Kirk "DIED TOO LATE."
Visa revoked.
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A German national celebrated Kirk's death and attempted to justify his murder, writing "when fascists die, democrats don't complain."
Visa revoked.
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Wenn Faschisten sterben, jammern
Demokraten nicht.

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A Paraguayan national charged that "Charlie Kirk was a son of a b**** and he died by his own rules."
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•@POTUS and @SecRubio will defend our borders, our culture, and our citizens by enforcing our immigration laws.
Aliens who take advantage of America's hospitality while celebrating the assassination of our citizens will be removed.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13h

X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate."
3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 13h

NEWS: The Supreme Court will not stop Missouri from killing Lance Shockley today. There were no noted dissents.

CORDER LIST:
607 U.S.)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2025
25-5869
(25A418)
CERTIORARI DENIED
SHOCKLEY, LANCE V. ADAMS, WARDEN, ET AL.
The application for stay of execution of sentence of death
presented to Justice Kavanaugh and by him referred to the Court
is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
Respondents' motion for leave to file a supplemental appendix
under seal is granted.

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Politico @politico.com · 19h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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#FreeHer #DismantleChangeBuild @nameisparadise.bsky.social · 1d

Y'all do know that this is how cops act every day in Black, Brown, and poor communities, right?....Right?

Cause we've been telling y'all. As always #DismantleChangeBuild

NPR @npr.org · 1d

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 1d

The biggest challenge is convincing people that things could be different and that their actions matter.

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TransLash Media @translash.org · 1d

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 1d

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away today according to the House of GG. She was a veteran of the Stonewall rebellion and a lifelong organizer for the safety and dignity of trans people, sex workers, and the incarcerated. She came from the same generation and milieu as Marsha and Sylvia. She was 78.

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