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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 6h

I sincerely know less than nothing about this nba gambling ring dealio. I do know that in a moment when powerful mostly white men are stealing from everybody at scale and with breathtaking gall, it’s odd that these are the faces I’m seeing.

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N. Cognito @ncogneato.bsky.social · 4h

Back on my bullshit. Ripping out a few chapters has helped immensely with bringing wordcount back within range. Down from 26 to 21 chapters. Current editing pass is going fast, when I force myself to sit still. Only 14 chapters left to edit.
(Re-edit. Again.) #AmEditing #WritingCommunity

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Alt: Gif of a man says i did this to myself in a blue shirt

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N. Cognito @ncogneato.bsky.social · 9h

I think the line is right after one of thes folks says such things to your face. Then you step back, remind them how their views hurt them first and THEN lost the only help they had, and let them handle it on their own.

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letyourlifebe.bsky.social @letyourlifebe.bsky.social · 9h

not sure why this is confusing him. There is zero context in which ICE can arrest a US citizen. A mere week or so ago scrotus claimed this was never happening, you know - back in the halycon days before the white house was literally being demolished.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 10h

This is a U.S. citizen being brutally abducted by ICE while his mom pleads for them to stop and the videographer cries for help. The Chicago police do nothing to stop it.

They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.

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MSW Media @mswmedia.com · 12h

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N. Cognito @ncogneato.bsky.social · 10h

a man in a suit and cowboy hat is dancing in front of a fireplace with the word the written on it

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 16h

I don't think this has registered enough. Duterte is behind bars and will likely be held accountable for his state-sanctioned campaign of extrajudicial murders under the guise of a war on drugs.

How he got there has to do with rivalries among the Philippines' political dynasties. But he got there.

International Criminal Court judges reject jurisdiction challenge in Duterte case

Judges at the International Criminal Court have rejected a challenge to jurisdiction in the case involving former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.

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the ghost of pony pony huckabuck @spindlypete.bsky.social · 15h

i think it's important for children to spend a lot of time bored out of their minds visiting relatives in very old houses crammed full of old family stuff and forced to examine the old stuff due to there being nothing else to do and it concerns me how people in my family keep moving into new builds

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N. Cognito @ncogneato.bsky.social · 14h

You can just say "Cafe Risqué," everyone knows.

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N. Cognito @ncogneato.bsky.social · 16h

The unsaid part (which we haven't arrived at yet) is "standing together (with weapons)."

I hope I'm wrong, but every day it seems more likely.

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Errant @errantv.bsky.social · 16h

7 million people took the streets last week, and there were zero personal or professional consequences to anyone.

America is led by the biggest pussies in the history of the world.

James Meek @jamesmeek.bsky.social · 22h

Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America

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N. Cognito @ncogneato.bsky.social · 16h

The rich are scared. That means it's going to have to be the rest of us, who have little to lose, who get stuff done.

Poor people will get some stuff done differently, with much more violence, because that's going to be the only tool left to them.

Remember you made the choice, rich folks.

James Meek @jamesmeek.bsky.social · 22h

Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America

N. Cognito @ncogneato.bsky.social · 1d

There's always enough "being an asshole" to go around. So both.

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N. Cognito @ncogneato.bsky.social · 1d

When do the other countries start killing Americans for bringing violence into their countries? Since there are no rules anymore.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."

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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 1d

It is impossible to imagine people allowing this to go on (or even participating in it within the government) if he was ordering the murder without any process of French citizens or Brits or Australians on boats no matter what they were alleged to be doing.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."

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The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · 1d

Anders: you don't do liminal space offerings? how do you do magic then?
Crowley: i eat a big block of hashish and fuck
Manly Wade Wellman: i put a mercury head dime inside a chicken
Grant Morrison: i definitely do NOT use the AI
Morrison: not anymore

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N. Cognito @ncogneato.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe it's got velcro seams for later.

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N. Cognito @ncogneato.bsky.social · 1d

Is it time yet for another weekend disappearance to get all our hopes up?

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N. Cognito @ncogneato.bsky.social · 1d

This is like a story i heard on the radio once: wife comes home to find husband with a cat in each hand, house in chaos... bird got in, and his solution was to keep tossing cats at it to try and catch it. Cracks me up every time i think about it.

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N. Cognito @ncogneato.bsky.social · 1d

They're taking children. They're taking children. They're taking children. They're taking children. They're taking children. They're taking children. They're taking children. They're taking children. They're taking children. They're taking children. They're taking children. They're taking children

CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 HS students (US citizens) were gassed and assaulted (reportedly, one student’s face was bloodied) before being taken away in custody by federal agents. There are no rules for ICE. Keep your kids safe.

N. Cognito @ncogneato.bsky.social · 1d

Didn't he do something horrible and unforgivable and get fired? (I refuse to google POS like I what I think he is.)

N. Cognito @ncogneato.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes I think I'd be more impressed with the crucifixion story if Jesus had been forced to live longer in a mortal body before getting to the finale. Let me see how you handle decrepit old age, oh immortal one

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Amen.

There was no one unified and tidy movement, but rather multiple overlapping ones with rival leaders and disparate constituencies, generational and sectional tensions, arguments over strategies and tactics, wildly different attitudes to capitalism and religion, focal points all over the map …

Harlem Toots @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1d

Here’s the thing about the Civil Rights Movement people don’t realize, shit was messy.

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N. Cognito @ncogneato.bsky.social · 1d

For bonus points, folks would not be just having that for backup, of course. Hope you like these things, coz that's almost ALL your eating every day. Only as much variety as you can grow and store.

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