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Our Revolution @our-revolution.bsky.social · 2h

Is the United States an Oligarchy? 🤔

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 5h

IDF is still shooting people in Gaza

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 6h

I feel thrown by the widespread proclamations of a glorious, lasting peace in Gaza. A lot even treats “now that it’s all over” as the unquestioned premise.

It still looks like a disaster to me. Am I way off? Are my domestic politics distorting my view? Either the consensus is wrong or I am.

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 4h

A $20 box of KN95s can keep you and your family off of GoFundMe trying to pass around a collection plate to pay for your $75,000 ventilator that your insurance doesn’t cover and the weeklong hospital stay that will bankrupt your entire family

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'Gory the A'ight @gregoryaight.bsky.social · 2h

The end of this.

...means the end of whiteness.

I need every person who self-identifies as white to understand this. Even if you don't, and you're white? You need to understand this.

This paradigm shift is the end of American Capitalism and the end of Whiteness as a dominating force.

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 17h

DOJ pressed Facebook to remove a group where users alerted members to the presence of ICE agents in Chicago...

Facebook’s submission to Trump comes after Zuckerberg pledged the platform would not “compromise” its content standards under “pressure from any administration in either direction”

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Steven @vedicvalarian.bsky.social · 20h

Well, I mean, its in the name, you know? Most babies only get one or two at first, then they eat shit (hopefully their first steps are on carpet!)

Steven @vedicvalarian.bsky.social · 20h

This is like digital cuckoldry. Damn, those tech bros into some stuff.

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Steven @vedicvalarian.bsky.social · 20h

The hardest step on any journey is the first. succeeded only by the second. And then the third...and, well, it gets repetitive after that. Proud of you, keep being awesome :D

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 21h

This weekend, three men in Evanston hugged their families goodbye to look for work at Home Depot but were attacked by ICE before they could return home.

Two were abducted, one is petrified of leaving the home.

If you’re able, please help us support our neighbors: www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

Donate to Stand With the Families Left Behind After Evanston ICE Raid, organized by Michele Hays

If you are on social media and live near Evanston, IL, you ma… Michele Hays needs your support for Stand With the Families Left Behind After Evanston ICE Raid

www.gofundme.com

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Steven @vedicvalarian.bsky.social · 23h

Well, he's a shit person, so shit posting is about the only thing he's capable of. Not defending him, but when all you have is a hammer.

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Steven @vedicvalarian.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah California! Disenfranchise all those voters, just like the Republicans do! How are you talking about a level playing field when you're literally telling the state to gerrymander in favor of your preferred party? You are a fucking monster, and a terrible human being. I hope you step on legos.

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Steven @vedicvalarian.bsky.social · 1d

Not only that, they are using Grok. MechaHitler. They gave Elon like $200m to contract Grok for DOD use. We're so far beyond the borders of "Fucked" that even border patrol wouldn't find us.

Steven @vedicvalarian.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, "Don't discuss pay". Why? Because it makes it harder for you to screw your workforce?

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 1d

Joe Budden is a bitch ass nigga & he absolutely pulled that stunt to keep the cohosts from discussing what each of them are being paid.

This is EXACTLY WHY I tell people how much I make & get in deals.

“Loyalty” will have you fucking HUNGRY and missing out on opportunities b/c people are SNAKES

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Steven @vedicvalarian.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, yeah, no fuck that. I don't care what happens to her, but I still don't want *that*. I just don't want to acknowledge her existence any more. Despite what she thinks, those are *definitely* two different takes, heh.

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I did NOT vote for the rapist @sarahgies.bsky.social · 1d

Where is the news on this?

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Steven @vedicvalarian.bsky.social · 1d

I've lost all compassion for my mother. She's a monster and not the woman who raised me to care about others and protect those weaker than myself.

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Steven @vedicvalarian.bsky.social · 1d

You are welcome to, but human nature is a hell of a thing. Most people have done shitty things, intentionally or not, in their lives. As they acquire more wealth and power the consequences for those things drop off sharply, so there is no reason for them not to continue in those behaviors.

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Steven @vedicvalarian.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, pretty much every person does shitty things in their life, access to power and influence doesn't tend to improve those proclivities, so I've sort of contented myself with "All famous/rich people are shit until proven otherwise".

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Steven @vedicvalarian.bsky.social · 1d

I must have missed something, what soft treatment are you referring to? Was this something recent? I've always known him as a slimy little aryan asshole in need of a rapid mandibular reconstruction.

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Steven @vedicvalarian.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I could see that angle. I still believe that is giving him far more credit than he is due, but as distanced as he is from general humanity it's completely plausible that, in a vacuum of information, he's concocted some sort of heroic vision of himself.

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Steven @vedicvalarian.bsky.social · 1d

The lionization of Charlie Kirk comes to mind. When people pass, we tend to gloss over all their bad traits and focus exclusively on the positive. While that can be helpful in some instances, in far too many, especially recently, it is used as a means to advance an agenda by people who would benefit

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Steven @vedicvalarian.bsky.social · 1d

So why are your brown-shirted jackboots helping the fucking ICE officers Governor? Your billionaire bullshit is showing.

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Steven @vedicvalarian.bsky.social · 1d

Failed business = silencing another critic. Successful business(somehow?)= profit. Literally a win/win for the oligarchs.

Steven @vedicvalarian.bsky.social · 1d

Ahh, I understand. I would tend to disagree, though. I don't believe he had any real thoughts around it. His job was to buy the paper and silence it, anything else that comes from it can only be a good thing at his level of excess.

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