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Iron Curtain (Leah Abram) 🏳️‍⚧️ #BringBackLink

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Iron Curtain (Leah Abram) 🏳️‍⚧️ #BringBackLink @ironcurtainyc.bsky.social · 8d

Fascism is the last stop on the colonialism train. What Otto Von Bismarck was doing in Africa, Adolf Hitler was doing in Europe and his own country. Same with the US foreign policy. What we were doing the world over with previous presidents has now come home with Trumpy.

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Iron Curtain (Leah Abram) 🏳️‍⚧️ #BringBackLink @ironcurtainyc.bsky.social · 12h

The MSM is only reporting the Israeli hostage stories and not the Palestinian hostage stories. Fortunately, we have @zeteo.com for that: zeteo.com/p/five-pales...

Five Hostage Stories the Media Is Ignoring Because the Hostages Were… Palestinians

The release of Israeli hostages from Gaza has been widely covered by the Western press. But what about the hundreds of freed Palestinian hostages, and their stories of trauma and suffering?

zeteo.com

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Iron Curtain (Leah Abram) 🏳️‍⚧️ #BringBackLink @ironcurtainyc.bsky.social · 13h

a man with a beard is standing in front of a wall and asking , `` right ? ''

ALT: a man with a beard is standing in front of a wall and asking , `` right ? ''

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Jenna Rose from the Dead @jrosereads.bsky.social · 15h

We absolutely need a Porco Rosso follow-up of Miss Piggy in a seaplane and goggles saying, "Better a pig than a fascist!"

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Katra Ariello, Golden Apple Audio Narrator 🏳️‍⚧️ @katrafiy.bsky.social · 14h

I love getting to watch "ICE are fascist thugs" become the normie position in real time.

We are going to win.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Iron Curtain (Leah Abram) 🏳️‍⚧️ #BringBackLink @ironcurtainyc.bsky.social · 14h

I firmly concur!

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eye.luv.ewe @eye-luv-ewe.bsky.social · 14h

i firmly believe that jim henson would have wholeheartedly signed off on this 🥹

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Iron Curtain (Leah Abram) 🏳️‍⚧️ #BringBackLink @ironcurtainyc.bsky.social · 14h

Roberta Williams, anyone? Living Legend!

And don't get me started on the musicians doing the OSTs!

Iron Curtain (Leah Abram) 🏳️‍⚧️ #BringBackLink @ironcurtainyc.bsky.social · 14h

Gaza also needs to celebrate joy amid the destruction. Let Gaza revive and flourish!

Malak @malak61.bsky.social · 23h

For the first time, we are happy in Gaza despite the destruction and ruin. My sister studied hard and achieved a score of 96% at the end of high school. Share our joy and help her continue her studies.
Congratulations Mais🎉🎉😭
@mommunism.bsky.social
chuffed.org/project/142381

Iron Curtain (Leah Abram) 🏳️‍⚧️ #BringBackLink @ironcurtainyc.bsky.social · 14h

Read this thread.

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 15h

wrote about last week's super interesting tribal sovereignty decision in Washington Supreme Court

one justice wrote a standalone concurrence basically saying 'the court applied the law correctly, but also the law is terrible and it's our responsibility to say so'
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

A Washington State Supreme Court Justice Condemns Federal Indian Law as Racist and Awful

"Each time a court cites a case that has as its foundation such racist fallacies, it is incumbent on us to call out that racism, even if just in a footnote."

ballsandstrikes.org

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 14h

Insane story out of India

Why is India prosecuting Muslims who said ‘I love Muhammad’?

More than 2,500 people have been charged as an initial crackdown on the expression has spawned broader protests.

www.aljazeera.com

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Iron Curtain (Leah Abram) 🏳️‍⚧️ #BringBackLink @ironcurtainyc.bsky.social · 14h

Let Gaza Heal!

Mithqal ❤️ @mitl31.bsky.social · 1d

Hello everyone, as you can see, my dear son Firas was badly injured in his feet, and we urgently need medicine, food, and all possible support to help him recover and treat him properly. Please do not let my son Firas suffer any more pain. Help us. 😞🙏🙏🫂
@mommunism.bsky.social

gofund.me/78acabc1

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 15h

"Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vows 'there will be Jewish settlements in Gaza' during an address at a Simhat Torah event in the southern border city of Sderot."

Smotrich: ‘There will be Jewish settlements in Gaza’

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www.timesofisrael.com

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 15h

Unfortunately I don’t find your anti communism funny when anti capitalism has been designated as a terrorist activity. Sorry!

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 15h

I am an animal lover.

ICE shot and killed a family dog during a sweep looking for migrants.

Americans, I want you to care about Chop, the dog.

But I want you to care that we live in a Nazi state with white Americans bursting into homes to violently separate families MORE.

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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 15h

This is what I'm talking about, cis ppl creating boob bones on skeletons bc they're shocked that you can't look at two skeletons and tell which one stays home with the kids and which one goes to architecture school.

bsky.app/profile/anth...

Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 23d

One of the most pernicious cissexual myths is that **trans ppl** are obsessed w gender when the average cis woman would never think of wearing a bow tie and the average cis man gets angry if he has to drink out of a coffee cup w too many dainty flowers glazed on it.

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 23d

trans people just want to be able to live their lives and cis people are like "due to this we need to do mandatory genital inspections to children playing sports". im sorry but the problem is cis people

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Iron Curtain (Leah Abram) 🏳️‍⚧️ #BringBackLink @ironcurtainyc.bsky.social · 16h

Let Gaza heal!

Help farahat's family 💔🍉 @husamfarahat0.bsky.social · 2d

It doesn’t shield us from the burning heat of summer, nor does it protect us from the freezing cold of winter.💔
This is what we now call “home.”
No shelter no safety just fear and hunge😢
A small help can make a huge diffrence
tinyurl.com/fashamaid

Iron Curtain (Leah Abram) 🏳️‍⚧️ #BringBackLink @ironcurtainyc.bsky.social · 16h

I gotta see that! I’ve heard of Venus Xtravaganza from Paris is Burning, but it looks like I’m Your Venus May shed more light on the circumstances of her murder…

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Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social · 17h

A beautiful film!

Annalise Ophelian @dr-ophelian.bsky.social · 17h

The documentary I made with Miss Major 10 years ago is available to stream free on Vimeo. If you want to spend some time with her and her loved ones, and learn some abolitionist trans history while you're at it, updated streaming link is here: vimeo.com/whatdowewant...

MAJOR! (free streaming link)

The award-winning 2016 documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting…

vimeo.com

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Iron Curtain (Leah Abram) 🏳️‍⚧️ #BringBackLink @ironcurtainyc.bsky.social · 16h

Let Gaza Heal!!!

rami-ii.bsky.social @rami-ii.bsky.social · 17h

They call it a ceasefire, but how can you cease the suffering?
The war didn’t end for us.
We’re still among the ruins after losing our home, jobs and everything we owned
Silence doesn’t mean safety, and hunger doesn’t stop with peace talks
Please don’t forget us we still need you💔
gofund.me/edd687b8

Iron Curtain (Leah Abram) 🏳️‍⚧️ #BringBackLink @ironcurtainyc.bsky.social · 16h

I’d like to know the details of this as to whether or not this is jawboning…

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 17h

At the request of the U.S. Department of Justice, a Facebook group used by nearly 80,000 people to report sightings of federal immigration agents in the Chicago area has been taken down by the social media giant Meta, Facebook’s parent company.

Facebook suspends popular Chicago ICE-sightings group at Trump administration’s request

The group, "ICE Sighting-Chicagoland," has been increasingly used in the last five weeks of President Donald Trump’s intense deportation campaign to warn neighbors that federal agents are nearby.

trib.al

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Iron Curtain (Leah Abram) 🏳️‍⚧️ #BringBackLink @ironcurtainyc.bsky.social · 16h

Let Gaza Revive!

Hassan Sheikh Khalil @hassnhana200319.bsky.social · 16h

Hello, kind and merciful people, my family and I are appealing to you to stand by me and help my family. We are sleeping in the streets after my home was destroyed. Please help me with a small donation of money so that I can buy a tent for my family to sleep in. With it

gofund.me/6917dcb4

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spooky tim dewey @tjdfotographist.bsky.social · 18h

These young Republicans are doing politics the right way.

by Ezra Klein

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Iron Curtain (Leah Abram) 🏳️‍⚧️ #BringBackLink @ironcurtainyc.bsky.social · 16h

And now Europe doesn’t want them, and telling by polling in the US, we don’t want them either (the governments on the other hand…)

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Iron Curtain (Leah Abram) 🏳️‍⚧️ #BringBackLink @ironcurtainyc.bsky.social · 18h

Why, thank you! We will! 😊