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peregrine kate (she/her) @peregrinekate.bsky.social · 32m

Yes, all of this must be understood. Roberts is an unrepentant racist, fully committed to his goal of an unequal, segregated, white supremacist society. And now he is eager to achieve it.

Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 22h

Everything about John Roberts's approach to the Voting Rights Act makes sense when you remember that John Roberts has has always been hostile to the Voting Rights Act, never believed it was appropriate, and has spent most of his 45-year legal career working to hollow it out.

One of the Biggest Cases of the Supreme Court’s Term Is John Roberts’ Decadeslong Pet Project

If there’s one thing the Roberts court has been consistent on, it’s this.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 3d

"To be a Republican in 2025 represents a clear public confession that you either don't know the difference between good and evil and you're so morally empty that you can't be bothered to begin to try, or that you do know the difference, and you prefer evil." www.the-reframe.com/the-crime-of...

The Crime of Human Virtue

Sometimes it really is as simple as good vs. evil. This is one of those times. Human virtue is our great crime against the fascist project; it's also our great weapon against it.

www.the-reframe.com

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MegueyB @megueyb.bsky.social · 15h

On this day, October 15, in 1945, the Soviet "Night Witches" regiment was disbanded. Maybe check out the game? bullypulpitgames.com/products/nig...

Night Witches

There was a night bomber regiment in World War Two composed entirely of women. Natural-born Soviet airwomen. These 200 women and girls, flying outdated biplanes from open fields near the front lines, ...

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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 21h

#NoKings

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 21h

Republican officials have spent years psy-oping themselves into thinking that there are no sincere, good faith liberals or progressives anywhere in America. So no wonder they're totally unequipped to deal with a large crowd of normal people waving American flags.

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Ineffable Benthic Pulchritude (braveiowan on bird app) @anineffablegrump.bsky.social · 16h

Wildly, this happened on Oct 15th, today, then

calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...

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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 14h

The Democratic leadership are Charlie Brown trying to kick the football as Lucy yanks it away again and again and again and again.

It's fucking pathetic.

They keep trying to govern as if it's still 1987. That ship has sailed: The GOP cannot be negotiated with. They need to stop trying.

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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 15h

The Democratic leadership needs to act under the obvious assumption that the GOP argues in bad faith, negotiates in bad faith, has absolutely zero compunction against lying through their teeth, and cannot be trusted at all, under any circumstance.

The GOP has no honor whatsoever.

George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16h

The GOP spent years screaming about a manufactured Biden bribe but says nothing about this. Tells you all you need to know.

Tweet by Melanie D’Arrigo stating: “The UAE bought $2B of Trump’s crypto — and gets computer chips. Saudi Arabia gave Kushner $2B for a new Trump Tower — and gets weapons. Qatar gives Trump a private jet and a $5.5B real estate deal — and gets US military protection. This is how bribes work.” Below is an image of Donald Trump sitting across from the Emir of Qatar in a formal meeting room. Text overlay: “Quid Pro Presidency.”

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16h

That’s $5 billion more than the entire annual USAID budget. All to one country. To rescue one friend of the president’s.

Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 17h

Trump found another $20 BILLION to give to Argentina, totaling their bailout to $40 BILLION.

Yet we can’t afford to prevent millions of Americans from losing their healthcare.

Shame.

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stewardish.bsky.social @stewardish.bsky.social · 1d

It may have taken it a hundred and sixty years, but the Confederacy conquered the Supreme Court and the White House.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

The Reconstruction Amendments were adopted to end slavery and provide Black people with equal rights, including the right to vote.

To use those same amendments as weapons of white supremacy today is not just legally incorrect—it is a tragedy.

Voting rights are on the Supreme Court’s chopping block

Tuesday's case pits fanciful claims of racial harmony against the reality of ongoing discrimination.

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Mistress Matisse @mistressmatisse.bsky.social · 15h

This right here

Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 1d

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 16h

Move to Win 11 and then turn off all the bloatware and AI crap. I've been on Win 11 for years, and it's fine.

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Brian Liberge/Freddie (she/he) 🔜Dungeons and Drag Nuns @brianliberge.bsky.social · 19h

I'm so excited to talk about my biggest project to date, with themes that are important to my community. Every mechanic supports the narrative. All the principles are lessons learned. A game that begins and ends with safety and consent. Art by @neonjess.bsky.social

Take the journey with us.

Natalie Pudim @luckoftheharbor.com · 19h

Last Kiss by @brianliberge.bsky.social and published by Luck of the Harbor will be coming to BackerKit on November 10th!

It's a game about identity, authority, sexuality, and hopelessness.

Please follow the project here and share! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 1d

This song has been on repeat in my head for a while now...

youtu.be/-sOSr7n_8YU

Cheap Perfume-It's Okay To Punch Nazis

YouTube video by Cheap Perfume Band

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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 2d

I still remember the phone number of the house we lived in before my parents split up in 1977. I still know my grandmother's number, and she died in 1990. And I remember several of my high school friends' numbers from the 80s.

I don't have either my wife's or kid's cell number memorized!

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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 2d

If the rating system has become "5 stars = minimally adequate, <5 stars = abyssmal," that what the hell is the point of a "star" rating system. Use "Thumbs up/thumbs down" instead.

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Olivia Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 2d

Luigi Mangione

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 3d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

a foundational belief of the modern right is that there is no such thing as organic disagreement with their policies, it’s all directed from the top down

they just can’t conceive that ordinary people find them horrifying

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · Jul 2

1) cops never actually do this.

2) any who would are the ones you definitely want gone.

Amir Talai @amirtalai.bsky.social · Jul 2

zohran come to Los Angeles!!!!!!!!!

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d

The Dem establishment is going to back Mills over the absolute phenom outsider Platner in Maine, which tells you everything you need to know about how well they understand the current moment & how prepared they are to meet it.

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 3d

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 4d

Like I know there are edgelord leftists out there who look down their noses at shit like No Kings but sorry you guys, the more mass protest looks fun and family-friendly, the bigger it gets and the better its chances of being broadly effective

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 4d

Portland does not own the patent on inflatable animal costume protests, come on people

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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 3d

DW was a revelation: this was the collaborative game experience I'd been fighting Pathfinder into trying to provide for years. From there I dove head first into the deep end of indie RPGs and story-games.

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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 3d

I've been gaming since 1981. It was all trad until 2015: D&D (BX/AD&D/3.x/4e), Traveller, Champions, GURPS, Call of Cthulhu, and Pathfinder. I burned out GMing a years-long PF campaign and pulled the plug.

Then I fell into a group playing Dungeon World. And that game Opened My Brain!

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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 3d

In honor of Spooky Month, share a 4-word horror story that only people in your profession would understand.

"We've changed the specs."

The Allie B. You Were Afraid Of @madpierrot.design · 3d

The level design changed.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 6d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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