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Angtha Thar

@untamespirit.bsky.social

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Geek who stays on top on news and have a habit of reading/watching documentaries and play with cookies. Octavia Butler fan girl. Currently reading Sarah Kendzior. And don't worry, I'm not a bot and jerk-wad troll. She/her

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Angtha Thar @untamespirit.bsky.social · Jan 19

Hi @swordsjew.bsky.social and #booksky📚💙, I'm ready to do a book thread on Wild Faith. TW: Child abuse, sexual assult, antisemitism

Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · Jan 13

just a reminder that despite somewhat dismal sales numbers, people who've read my book said they found it important and clarifying, and emotionally resonant, and thoughtful, and well-written. and i hope you'll consider buying it as we move into the era it describes:
bookshop.org/p/books/wild...

Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America a book by Talia Lavin

Esquire Best Nonfiction Books of 2024 The acclaimed author of Culture Warlords investigates the rise of the Christian Right over the last half-century that lays out the grim vision evangelicals are en...

bookshop.org

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TabsWorld @tabithaspeaks.bsky.social · 8h

Have y’all read the article?? I haven’t because it’s really not telling me anything new, but I do appreciate that the article included names and then we got faces to go with the names! 🥰👏🏾

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 7h

I remember when there were government shutdowns in the past that it felt like a major story every single day.

Like it was all we talked about.

Now it feels like a B or C level story.

thoughts?

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Angtha Thar @untamespirit.bsky.social · 21h

Cont: for Trans rights.

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Angtha Thar @untamespirit.bsky.social · 21h

Remembering what @sarahkendzior.bsky.social said about Missouri being the bellwether state of American politics and decline Flyover Country after listening to today's episode from @translash.org and @imarajones.bsky.social . This can be applied to Buck County for being the bellwether state

Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 1d

Today my team and I at @translash.org launched Season 4 of our investigative series #AntiTransHateMachine. For over a year looked at how Christian Nationalist and authoritarian forces are working together to destroy public education from the inside out using anti-trans hate.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d

“They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.”

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3d

Just saw an announcement from a kids soccer group that ICE agents have been spotted in the area, so it’s OK to skip today’s games if people are scared.
The MAGA assault on our community is intolerable and has nothing to do with making people’s lives better.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

De minimis dysfunction

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 3d

not raining yet 🤞

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3d

The Department of Education reportedly fired nearly everyone in the office that focuses on the nation’s children with disabilities in a wave of new layoffs

Special education staff decimated after Trump administration shutdown firings: Sources

The nation’s special education services have been significantly damaged after Fridays’s mass layoffs within the Department of Education, sources told ABC News.

abcnews.go.com

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 3d

Vaccinate your kids. Christ almighty.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 4d

A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days.

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

nbcnews.to

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

Another reason to mask at protests, aside from COVID safety and protection from doxxing, is that a lot of responsible documenters don't want to publish protesters' faces (esp without their consent) right now. Your face being in a shot may prevent people from sharing a worthwhile image publicly.

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Danielle Moodie @daniellemoodie.bsky.social · 3d

The fact that ICE is advertising during college football games offering $50K bonuses to torture people is insane and says a lot.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 4d

Bc as a reminder you can mask and still have a good time!

Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · Jul 7

let's post some mask photos bc look at how much stuff i can still do aka in which masking did not stop me from having fun

A picture of me. I'm leaning down and holding a glass bowl full of haldi, and putting on the face of someone off screen. I'm wearing a dark green banarasi sari with a wide gold trim and gold patterning all over it. I have a black kf94 mask on.

My friend and I posing in the window of the catbus at Ghibli Park in Japan, I'm giving the peace sign and have an n95 on, but you can for sure still see how excited I am.

Posing outside of a bookstore with Ashley Poston, we're pointing at the sign written on the window that reads: "Ashley Poston with Preeti Chhibber" - I have an N95 mask on.

At a cooking class, standing next to the chef as I use metal chopsticks to fry katsu. I'm wearing a pink KF94 and an apron that reads, "Washoku, Cooking classes & Cafe. Asakusa, Japan. Chagohan Tokyo"

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 4d

A very good thread on masking, especially in these hellish times when the systems meant to protect us are being spitefully destroyed by evil little power hungry gremlins. Mask up! Protect yourselves and your community! 😷😷😷

bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 4d

if you are rightfully concerned if not frightened about the continued dissolution of U.S. healthcare infrastructure, would you take an action every day to resist it?

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 4d

She was an absolutely wonderful actress- and a rare and fascinating person. Thoughts with her children and sisters. Rest in peace Diane.

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Monica Byrne @monicabyrne13.bsky.social · 4d

"How does one boycott and strike in a country where the government *wants* the economy to collapse? That is the question folks need to answer."

Yup, this. More required reading from @sarahkendzior.bsky.social:

PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered

On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.

sarahkendzior.substack.com

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Angtha Thar @untamespirit.bsky.social · 4d

In the states, Macy's, Marshall's and Burlington too. 😑

Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 4d

Walked into a Canadian Tire and no longer know what holiday season we’re celebrating anymore

Grim Reaper plays heavy metal guitar next to a display of Christmas trees

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

The MSM does not interview community organizers. It's part of why they miss so much of what happens at the local level.

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 5d

My career is listening to people who flee places that get increasingly unsafe. A few months of "wait & see" can make a world of difference for safety & prospects. I've lived under authoritarianism myself.

Leticia James getting indicted, Mark Bray trying to flee & being stopped.

This is not okay.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 6d

AI is a dictator's dream, and it is being forced upon us in an unnatural way: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo1I...

The Dark Fraud Behind the Promise of AI: Sarah Kendzior

YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show

www.youtube.com

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 6d

i think it is time for me to read some classic gothic novels. for spooky season and also because no matter how many creepy monks/sinister staircases/murderous revenants are swanning around it's still better than the news

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 6d

BREAKING via AP

Hamas to release all 20 living hostages this weekend, AP sources say, as Israelis to withdraw from majority of Gaza.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 6d

Cuomo on how he’d handle Trump sending troops into NYC:

Oh they’ll violate the constitution and break the law and violate civil rights and terrorize people but let’s not get all dramatic about it.

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"[I want to] be ready here in New York, and let's be smart. They're going to send in ICE in New York.
They are going to do things that are illegal and unconstitutional, but let's not overreact."
- Andrew Cuomo said in June after Trump deployed National Guard troops to Los Angeles

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Callieween 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🎃🕷️🦇🦉 @meganerd98.bsky.social · 7d

I hate to admit it, but Donnie being a 2020s overly tech-obsessed teenager in this universe means that him using ChatGPT is in fact in character.

He’ll grow out of it though.

Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.social · 7d

First clip from ‘TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: CHROME ALONE 2’ drops, set in the ‘MUTANT MAYHEM’ universe.

The Turtles head to New Jersey on a mission to stop a toy company cashing in on their viral fame.

#TMNT #ChromeAlone2 #MutantMayhem

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

New in PN: Whiny MAGA freaks out over Super Bowl halftime show

"The continued cultural dominance of left-leaning artists is a particular affront to MAGAs right now, when they are wielding their political power with more aggression and cruelty than they ever imagined they could."

Whiny MAGA freaks out over Super Bowl halftime show

Songs in Spanish? In America?

www.publicnotice.co

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