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Jackson 🎃 @json95.bsky.social · 1d

Union gyms too!

Jackson 🎃 @json95.bsky.social · 1d

That's the thing, you started by talking about democracy but ended by talking about capitalism

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Jackson 🎃 @json95.bsky.social · 1d

That's on you bud. Being involved in your community requires effort and research. Grassroots aren't going to put ads on YouTube. Find a cause you care most about, look for people echoing those points, ask questions.

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Jackson 🎃 @json95.bsky.social · 1d

In our city, the grassroots organized the protest, we intentionally kept the Dem-backed factions on the sidelines and the politicians off of the stage so our message would be clear. We did it the same way in June and it was very successful

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Jackson 🎃 @json95.bsky.social · 1d

- Recruitment and platforming for grassroots organizations making a difference in their communities
- Increasing solidarity and raising awareness amongst multiple causes and struggles
- Community engagement in a forum that isn't online and owned by billionaires
- Exercise

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Jennifer Griffin Graham @jgriffingraham.bsky.social · 2d

SNAP benefits are going to be paused on November 1. If you are able, now is a good time to give to food banks, food pantries, or local mutual aid groups.

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Spice8Rack (Marxist) @spice8rack.bsky.social · 2d

Israel bombed Gaza 100 times last night & has, once again, blocked essential aid. They want total death.

Trump's "plan" was always going to lead to this & it's an irrevocable stain on our "leaders" that they rushed to praise it. Only a full embargo on the zionist state will end the genocide.

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 2d

Federal agents arrested 11 rideshare drivers at O'Hare Saturday, the second time agents have targeted workers who are the "backbone" of the city's transportation network, an advocacy group said.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/19/b...

Border Patrol Arrests 11 Rideshare Drivers At O'Hare Parking Lot

It is the second time federal agents arrested rideshare drivers at O'Hare Airport, targeting workers that are the "backbone of Chicago's transportation system," an advocacy group said.

blockclubchicago.org

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 2d

"You college students are hypocrites because you won't provide the billions of dollars needed to rebuild Gaza after the genocide we did" is a hell of a thing to put in writing but okay

Which means it’s time for the pro-Palestinian activists who have protested in cities and on college campuses all over the world since October, 2023, to change their tune. If you were marching for a ceasefire in Gaza; if you were pushing institutions to divest from Israeli-linked firms; if you’ve held a sign that says “Free Palestine” — it’s time to reconsider your tactics.

It’s easy to say, “We won’t fund oppression.” It’s harder — and far more meaningful — to say, “We will fund rebuilding.”

That pledge is desperately needed. There are encouraging headlines about funding for Gaza, but, as of yet, little cold, hard cash.

If activists demand accountability from Gaza’s reconstruction, while proactively investing in it, they’ll be making a future for the strip not just possible, but better.

And here’s the uncomfortable truth: While divestment campaigns are great at signaling values, they rarely create concrete results that bring positive change to the lives of everyday Palestinians. They have yet to rebuild a single school. They don’t help provide health care.

Gaza needs more than slogans. It needs billions of dollars. Now.

So, to those in the pro-Palestinian movement: you’ve spent months organizing, marching and lobbying. You’ve asked the world to listen. Now’s your chance to lead. If you truly believe in justice for Palestinians, this is the time to show it. Put your money where your mouth is. Don’t divest from Israel. Invest in Gaza.

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Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social · 3d

I recognize that a lot of people who complain like this are also doing the real work, and I recognize that it can be frustrating to watch people engage in what we view as wasted effort, but what's going to convince people to do things your way is seeing your way work.

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cool lich doritos 🦝 🏴 @comrade-raccoon.bsky.social · 5d

Stop putting this crap in your house

techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/a...

Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police | TechCrunch

Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."

techcrunch.com

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Jackson 🎃 @json95.bsky.social · 3d

I'm still thinking he'll be on Fox. Truth hardly matters to their viewership, nobody's going to look for the original source if they watch Fox or Newsmax

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Jackson 🎃 @json95.bsky.social · 3d

Cool now ask Fenway Health to stop throwing trans people under the bus!

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 7d

So that was a lie. Fenway health in Boston just eliminated access for trans youth.

Dallas is their Executive Vice President of Donor Engagement and External Relations.

Dallas Ducar @dallasducar.bsky.social · Sep 4

Massachusetts is standing strong. While many states across the country have restricted or even banned access to healthcare, Massachusetts has not backed down.

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Real Benisons @realbenisons.bsky.social · 3d

The @nytimes.com editors probably feel they broke that Santos story, and they don't have any ownership of the #NoKings events

So their blinkered attitude is that "their" story must be more important

Lord Guardian of Gastown @darkdementus.bsky.social · 3d

I looked at 38 papers. The NYT was one of only a few not to have it as the top story and photo

The handful of exceptions were pretty much all places with a big D1 football game

I genuinely don't understand why the NYT is so reticent to give coverage to one of the largest protests in history

NYT on the protests: sixth headline and third photo down. This is Saturday at 8pm

WSJ: protests are the top story and photo

Wapo: protests are the top story and photo

Chicago Tribune: protests are the top story and photo

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 3d

This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal

To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jackson 🎃 @json95.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you! Was about to say don't take it out on the environment

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Leta Lestrange @joybella.blacksky.app · 3d

Wtf is a TEST of a ceasefire?!?!??!?

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d

BREAKING: Israel strikes southern Gaza in test of ceasefire.

Israel strikes Gaza in first major test of ceasefire

Israel said it struck Hamas militants in Gaza on Sunday after they shot at Israeli soldiers who were inside the area that is still under Israeli control, according to the conditions of the Oct. 10 ceasefire.

bit.ly

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Jackson 🎃 @json95.bsky.social · 3d

I take solace in the fact that there are libs who are getting it because they've been exposed to leftist organizing IRL. Our local protest was organized by several grassroots orgs so our points were made very clear without politicians watering them down. We had people chanting "up with intifada" lol

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Jackson 🎃 @json95.bsky.social · 3d

Oh it's absolutely still true for protests, I'm just clarifying that it's not the chemical compound of tear gas (CS) that's banned, but the deployment of it in war in vapor form

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 3d

Moureen Kaki, an aid worker in Gaza, has spoken to many former Palestinian prisoners released by Israel as part of the ceasefire. "Everybody described torture," she says.

Palestinian Prisoners “Taken Hostage” by Israel Describe Torture

Palestinians who have been released from Israeli prisons as part of the hostage exchange with Hamas are describing physical and psychological torture, medical neglect, deprivation and more. Moureen Ka...

www.democracynow.org

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Jackson 🎃 @json95.bsky.social · 3d

Some Sinclair station probably, "while there were cases of peaceful protestors in some locations, we're also seeing a lot of violence. Here is some footage from LA..."

Jackson 🎃 @json95.bsky.social · 3d

Mutual Aid? Don't you mean welfare? I'm already giving you my tax dollars 🧐

- These people, probably. Fuck them

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 3d

A bicyclist riding in the intersection tried to join the group on the outside of the police line after it moved and was shoved off his bike by two officers and wrecked into the pavement. He’s bleeding from the head

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Jackson 🎃 @json95.bsky.social · 3d

That's a factoid that gets passed around. Tear gas is only a violation of the Geneva Convention because any gas/chemical weapon could contain anything. Since you can't tell if it has a neurotoxin or something it could lead to a deadly retaliation and escalation in war.

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Jackson 🎃 @json95.bsky.social · 3d

If I were a reporter: "it's a 19 second video sir, let's watch it together right now"

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