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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 7h

Remember,Trump reneged on an agreement to pay medical expenses for his disabled relative and told his nephew in 2020,

“Those people,” Fred Trump said his uncle told him, “the shape they’re in, all the expenses, maybe those kinds of people should just die.”

www.disabilityscoop.com/2024/07/25/t....

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1h

"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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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 1h

They always start with free speech. It sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? Free speech? And they can use it to shut down anyone who criticises them, because it’s all “free speech”

After “free speech” it’s “protecting women and girls”

And then it’s whatever they actually wanted.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 1h

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1h

The tell is when the "free speech" warrior's argument equates to "the people criticizing me are silencing me and should therefore be made to shut up."

It's a pretty obvious tell; makes you wonder about those who keep falling for it time after time after time. Or maybe not wonder so much.

Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 1h

They always start with free speech. It sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? Free speech? And they can use it to shut down anyone who criticises them, because it’s all “free speech”

After “free speech” it’s “protecting women and girls”

And then it’s whatever they actually wanted.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 1h

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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taylorestremera94.bsky.social @taylorestremera94.bsky.social · 9h

“We come all this way to see a bunch a stiffs.” This year marks the 40th anniversary of some director’s edgy “sequel” to the Wizard of Oz…wait what?
Check out the @vaultdisneypod.bsky.social
episode from 2020 with @tonygoldmark.bsky.social
@thewiredone.bsky.social
Sydney Agnew and Kevin Anderson!

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My birthday is very close to 'Ween @travisa.bsky.social · 6h

Honestly, some of my favorite episodes are where y'all are like, "It's real weird, and objectively not good, but I can see what they're going for" and Tony is just, "What?? It was *awful*!!"
This and Strange Magic were the best for that. lol

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You may not fuck with politics, but politics will fuck with you. @thewiredone.bsky.social · 7h

WE WERE SO YOUNG

taylorestremera94.bsky.social @taylorestremera94.bsky.social · 9h

“We come all this way to see a bunch a stiffs.” This year marks the 40th anniversary of some director’s edgy “sequel” to the Wizard of Oz…wait what?
Check out the @vaultdisneypod.bsky.social
episode from 2020 with @tonygoldmark.bsky.social
@thewiredone.bsky.social
Sydney Agnew and Kevin Anderson!

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Shari in AZ🌵 @mutsy67.bsky.social · 14h

Trump has pushed GOP-led states to redraw maps and add more Republican seats—tilting Congress away from the country we actually are. America is more balanced than that & our representation must respect that

Prop 50 is how Californians can defend a fair, representative democracy. Vote #YesOnProp50

Stylized poster promoting Proposition 50 in California. The top reads “Vote YES on Prop 50” in bold, capitalized letters. Below, a bear-shaped illustration contains iconic California imagery: the Golden Gate Bridge, mountains, ocean waves, palm trees, and a sunset. Beneath the bear, “CALIFORNIA” is written in large, bold letters. The bottom features a scenic landscape with orange poppies, rolling hills, and a river—symbolizing California’s natural beauty.

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 16h

Man it really sucks that people heard “Jews and Israelis aren’t synonymous” and interpreted that to mean “you can be as antisemitic as you want if you just say Israeli instead of Jewish”

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 15h

you're god damned right

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 19h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Coca-Cola Freestyle machine is an echo chamber. Good luck finding nuanced debates about hot button issues on that touch screen. It’s just soda names and flavored syrups

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Tron's evil twin brother Troff @tonygoldmark.bsky.social · 16h

Three years, three months, one week and one day until Trump is finally out of our fucking lives forever.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 19h

I wrote about a new Nazi party that seeks to criminalize all human virtue, and how that means that human virtue is the greatest weapon against the new Nazi project.

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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Gray Frights! @clickgate.bsky.social · 18h

Probably the best thing I made during my brief stint on TikTok years ago

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Hipper Reed 🔞🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @hipperreed.bsky.social · 19h

"When will the Democrats learn their lesson?"

When will the voters?

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Disney Prime Video + @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social · 2d

The Muppets Take Portland (2025)

The Muppets fuck around with the National Guard in front of stores that are not boarded up. Voodoo donuts is open late.

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Tron's evil twin brother Troff @tonygoldmark.bsky.social · 1d

It's like whining "I just ate a sandwich last week! Suddenly I have to eat MORE food to keep from starving to death? The system is broken."

Lurks-no-More @lurks-no-more.bsky.social · 1d

I'm baffled by the number of people who seem *offended* by the idea that yes, you really have to keep on voting, in every election, forever.

That's what living in a democracy means! It's never done, you can't just sit back and ignore politics forever.

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Lurks-no-More @lurks-no-more.bsky.social · 1d

I'm baffled by the number of people who seem *offended* by the idea that yes, you really have to keep on voting, in every election, forever.

That's what living in a democracy means! It's never done, you can't just sit back and ignore politics forever.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 1d

Mamdani promises to deploy *hundreds* if lawyers to fight for trans rights, create a new office of LGBTQ affairs, and allocate millions of dollars to fund housing and healthcare for trans kids and adults

This is what fighting back looks like--elevating activists to materually support trans people.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Agatha Vile @agatha-vile.bsky.social · 1d

Who can contact @support.bsky.team and ask them about how to file appeals? Because they’re not going through, I keep getting the error message, and I’ll keep fighting this “rude” claim because i know it was false claims and mass reported, someone screenshot this and help me connect with a human.

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Tron's evil twin brother Troff @tonygoldmark.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, but it came out the same year when even the fucking Tim Burton Alice In Wonderland movie grossed a billion, so even that was considered an underperformer given how much they marketed it.

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herostratus356.bsky.social @herostratus356.bsky.social · 1d

We did it, Pepe. We reclaimed frogs from the Nazis.

You can rest now.

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herostratus356.bsky.social @herostratus356.bsky.social · 1d

We have a whole generation of LGBTQ+ "activists" who read about Stonewall and nothing else.

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Reuben Baron @rubigb.bsky.social · 1d

It’s perfect that this episode aired three weeks before Toy Story. Got in at right the last minute before Tron was no longer the cultural reference point for computer animation

Tron's evil twin brother Troff @tonygoldmark.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes the most obvious clip is obvious for a reason.

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K'eeg @armormodekeeg.blacksky.app · 1d

it took me a number of watches before i realized that wiggum answers three separate times for some reason

Tron's evil twin brother Troff @tonygoldmark.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes the most obvious clip is obvious for a reason.

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