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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 7h

People are loving these, but they really aren’t new. There’s been antifascist street theater for decades. Lets take a little inspiration for the Anti-Nazi League carnivals while they fought the National Front

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 19h

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 7h

Hey @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social is dope and you should subscribe to her work. We need to support reporters doing essential work exposing the far-rights slow moving coup on democracy

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · Sep 12

The Texas GOP was probably fine with the Nick Fuentes groyper group bc their biggest billionaire donor shares many of his beliefs.

Top Texas GOP Donor and Nick Fuentes Seem to Agree

Jewish people shouldn't hold office, women shouldn't work

www.turtlediaries.net

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Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (AFT 5017) @ofnhp.bsky.social · 9h

We are in the final hours before our strike begins on Oct. 14th at 7am, and we have been getting trained on how to run a picket line and how to share our story with the public. But we will need your support! Click here and sign up for a picket shift: form.jotform.com/251634890806...

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 7h

Shout out to the Naked Bikeride who today ran hundreds of naked people directly through the line of federal officers and effectively blocked them from assaulting demonstrators. Being naked on a bike goes on the list of effective tactics if you get at least 500 of them and the city loves you.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 1d

The biggest #strike of the year starts on Tuesday, featuring 45k #healthcareworkers. This means tens of thousands across Oregon, California, Washington and Hawaii, in particular. Picket lines at 6 KP locations in Portland area, and will lead the labor march on Oct 18th.
truthout.org/articles/23-...

23 Unions Plan to Strike Together If Kaiser Fails to Address Workplace Crises

Overworked and understaffed, over 45,000 health care workers at Kaiser Permanente are poised to strike.

truthout.org

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 12h

Frequent honesty advocate Andy Ngo reminding people while indiscriminately naming vague leftist politics as cause to treat you like a terrorist is good actually

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 2d

Very serious person Andy Ngo has now been reduced to pleading with his audience to please please PLEASE take the dancing antifa muppets seriously

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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 13h

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 12h

Anything that stops the bombs is good right now.

Palestinians, aid groups express cautious ‘jubilation’ as ceasefire deal reached

“People were screaming in the streets, because after two years of bombings and destruction and loss, finally they will sign the ceasefire,” said one aid worker. “I hope they can maintain this deal.”

therealnews.com

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 12h

The fear is the point.

Indiscriminate ICE arrests have left Baltimore’s immigrant communities in a constant state of fear and anxiety

The “arrest first and ask questions later” reality forces families to spend immense energy on safety planning, rights rehearsals, and preparing for potential detentions, fraying the very foundation of...

therealnews.com

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 3d

Biggest strike of the year about to happen in Oregon. You coming to the picket line or what?

Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (AFT 5017) @ofnhp.bsky.social · 3d

We’re fighting for safe staffing, fair wages & the time to care for every patient. Time for Kaiser to get serious about bargaining an agreement that ensures retention and recruitment of skilled healthcare providers.

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Portland-Area Kaiser Permanente Workers Could Strike as Soon as Next Week

Healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente in Oregon and Southwest Washington are set to strike for five days beginning next Tuesday if they are unable to reach a contract agreement with the care consort...

www.portlandmercury.com

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 1d

The biggest #strike of the year starts on Tuesday, featuring 45k #healthcareworkers. This means tens of thousands across Oregon, California, Washington and Hawaii, in particular. Picket lines at 6 KP locations in Portland area, and will lead the labor march on Oct 18th.
truthout.org/articles/23-...

23 Unions Plan to Strike Together If Kaiser Fails to Address Workplace Crises

Overworked and understaffed, over 45,000 health care workers at Kaiser Permanente are poised to strike.

truthout.org

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 3d

Dozens

Boise Autonomous Solidarity Hub @bigbash.bsky.social · Jun 21

NOT THE LOCAL NEWS TROLLING HETERO PRIDE

Dozens attend 'Hetero Awesome Fest' in Idaho

A minor confrontation erupted as a protester took the stage after organizers said he lied to staff about his intentions.

www.ktvb.com

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 8d

For those lucky enough to not know this is a neo-Nazi meme normally found on TRS and the Daily Stormer being shared by the official DHS account.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 5d

I went on Think Out Loud at @opb.org today to talk about antifascism in the second age of Trump he brings national guard troops into the streets of American cities.

Portland writer's perspective on antifascism amid protests and looming National Guard troop deployment

Podcast Episode · Think Out Loud · 10/07/2025 · 17m

podcasts.apple.com

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 3d

Biggest strike of the year about to happen in Oregon. You coming to the picket line or what?

Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (AFT 5017) @ofnhp.bsky.social · 3d

We’re fighting for safe staffing, fair wages & the time to care for every patient. Time for Kaiser to get serious about bargaining an agreement that ensures retention and recruitment of skilled healthcare providers.

Read more 👇

Portland-Area Kaiser Permanente Workers Could Strike as Soon as Next Week

Healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente in Oregon and Southwest Washington are set to strike for five days beginning next Tuesday if they are unable to reach a contract agreement with the care consort...

www.portlandmercury.com

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William Gillis 🏴 @rechelon.bsky.social · Aug 6

Hey, I wrote a book.

Did The Science Wars Take Place?

Covers the history and philosophy of a fight in the 80s & 90s between some postmodernists and scientists, with an eye to anarchist interests and lasting political influences among the far-right.

Pre-order here: store.c4ss.org/index.php/pr...

Today, one faction of reactionaries denounce leftists as enemies of science, while another faction of reactionaries happily embrace that same role, attacking science as totalitarian. Words like “postmodernism” and “relativism” get thrown about with fervor but little clarity, echoes of a conflict from decades ago.

Is there actually a physical world and can we know anything about it?

Did academics on the left influence “post-truth” politics on the right?

How could supposed defenders of “science” get lost in a mire of transphobia?

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 4d

This is really fucking scary and the only thing we can do is basically show up with solidarity as much as possible. Whatever mark and their family need

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 4d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 4d

I mean the Post Millenial is there literally every day and no one bothers them and Barney poses for their live streamers so I think they’re fine

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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 4d

I love when Andy Ngo does one of his David Attenborough-style posts about Antifa and highlights some kid who took a bong rip and waddled into the protest dressed like a giant muppet.

My favorite flavor of his commentary by far.

Andy Ngo wants to draw your attention to Barney the dinosaur

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 4d

ICE shooting a pastor in the head with pepper balls as he pleads to their humanity

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 5d

Here’s video of the incident

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 5d

I went on Think Out Loud at @opb.org today to talk about antifascism in the second age of Trump he brings national guard troops into the streets of American cities.

Portland writer's perspective on antifascism amid protests and looming National Guard troop deployment

Podcast Episode · Think Out Loud · 10/07/2025 · 17m

podcasts.apple.com

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salto mortale @saltomortale0.bsky.social · 5d

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 5d

If they believe that blue states are the last bastion of resistance to their agenda, they will undermine their basic autonomy. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump authorises National Guard deployment to Chicago

The controversial move follows protests over ramped-up immigration enforcement and the shooting of a woman during unrest on Saturday.

www.bbc.com

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 6d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 5d

The court blockages are helpful, but they aren't final: it is mass resistance in the streets that will actually dissuade the deployment of federal troops.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Judge deals Trump new setback in plans to deploy troops to Portland

U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut temporarily blocked the administration from sending any state’s National Guard troops under federal control to Portland.

www.washingtonpost.com

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