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Brooklyn. Leftist. Stoner. Musician/creative. Humanity is worth saving. Medium: https://medium.com/@refreshingtime MAGAs, alt righters, bigots and grifters are all blocked on sight

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friday the burtteenth @refreshingtime.bsky.social · Jul 12

friedrich engels on “social murder” in his book condition of the working class (1845)

When one individual inflicts bodily injury upon another such that death results, we call the deed manslaughter; when the assailant knew in advance that the injury would be fatal, we call his deed murder. But when society places hundreds of proletarians in such a position that they inevitably meet a too early and an unnatural death, one which is quite as much a death by violence as that by the sword or bullet; when it deprives thousands of the necessaries of life, places them under conditions in which they cannot live— forces them, through the strong arm of the law, to remain in such conditions until that death ensues which is the inevitable consequence— knows that these thousands of victims must perish, and yet permits these conditions to remain, its deed is murder just as surely as the deed of the single individual; disguised, malicious murder, murder against which (cont.)

none can defend himself, which does not seem what it is, because no man sees the murderer, because the death of the victim seems a natural one, since the offence is more one of omission than of commission. But murder it remains. I have now to prove that society in England daily and hourly commits what the working-men’s organs, with perfect correctness, characterise as social murder, that it has placed the workers under conditions in which they can neither retain health nor live long; that it undermines the vital force of these workers gradually, little by little, and so hurries them to the grave before their time. I have further to prove that society knows how injurious such conditions are to the health and the life of the workers, and yet does nothing to improve these conditions. That it knows the consequences of its deeds; that its act is, therefore, not mere manslaughter, but murder, I shall have proved, when I cite official documents, reports of Parliament and of the Government, in substantiation of my charge.

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friday the burtteenth @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 2h

memphis (where i live)

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friday the burtteenth @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 2h

do you really need it spelled out for you mother jones?

friday the burtteenth @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 2h

lol

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 4h

Rest in peace to Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley, a man who seemed less repulsive than at least two of his bandmates

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 13h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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Return of the Cmonstermacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 3h

A moderator just went over the amount of money it cost the state to defend Andrew Cuomo from Sexual Harassment Lawsuits. I have entered the state of nirvana and am at total peace.

Return of the Cmonstermacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 3h

Anyway, it's delightful to see Andrew Cuomo squirm on stage. He's a piece of shit who used his position as governor to turn the House of Representatives republican, abuse women, ignore the elderly, and bungle Covid. Now we get to see him getting called a loser by a crazy person on stage. Marvelous.

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friday the burtteenth @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 3h

acute cowgirl

friday the burtteenth @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 3h

that is murder

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3h

U.S. military strikes another boat in Caribbean — and there are survivors, official says

The U.S. military struck a sixth boat in the Caribbean Sea on Thursday, and there were survivors aboard the vessel, a U.S. official told CBS News.

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friday the burtteenth @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 3h

[timbaland voice] recipricowgirl

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Liz 🇵🇸 @lizhebert.bsky.social · 3h

Curtis Sliwa telling Cuomo “I know you think you’re the toughest person in the room but you couldn’t even win your own primary” lmfao

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friday the burtteenth @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 3h

this is just harlem globetrotters level of running up the score. cuomo's numbers are going to be rough

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity.

And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.

friday the burtteenth @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 4h

i wont watch the debate but i will gladly watch the fun clips people post on here from it

friday the burtteenth @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 4h

i just think it's neat

friday the burtteenth @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 4h

it's so sad to lose diane keaton. at least we can take solace in the fact that we have many more years of joy and mirth ahead from america's sweetheart, Sam Kinison

friday the burtteenth @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 4h

literally just start putting together your own bills with your own rules separately. "while the nazi government is shut down we've passed this, and this, and this." go for it

friday the burtteenth @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 4h

a real opposition party would basically just strike and never approve any funding for this government

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friday the burtteenth @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 4h

yeah but you have to talk to the whole damn group. plus lurkers

friday the burtteenth @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 4h

you know what group chats were just a bad idea overall. group messaging a failed endeavor with no meaningful benefit. back to forums

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friday the burtteenth @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 8h

who defeated the nazis mike? what ideology did they have??

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12h

Johnson: That is not the principles of the Republican Party. You want me to articulate them? We fought the Nazis, we defended that evil ideology.

friday the burtteenth @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 8h

this was a ton better than shore leave but the latter half was a lot more worthwhile than the tedium of the first half. some nice moments for spock and kirk. bones’ whole thing i could do without. pretty decent. 7/10

friday the burtteenth @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 8h

still we get a meoldramatic but touching scene between spock and his ex. it helps that spock is the best character on the show

spock’s girlfriend crying and saying “i have lost you, havent i?”

friday the burtteenth @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 8h

it turns out the solution is for kirk to piss off spock by saying a lot, and i mean A Lot, of very very racist shit at him. sighhhhh

friday the burtteenth @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 8h

kirk comes back from being infected and gets the idea that he needs to piss everyone off. but if spock is horny he could be lethal. how can he stop Boner Spock??

kirk saying “aroused, his great physical strength could kill”

friday the burtteenth @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 8h

now everyone is infected but kirk and for some reason they are talking like southern yokels. i guess it makes you a combination of a hippie and a rural bumpkin

friday the burtteenth @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 9h

kirk’s call to spock interrupts his snogging session with his ex girlfriend who is definitely real. this exact scene happened in shore leave with kirk and his ex. please can we move on