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Adam Sakauye

@adamsakauye.bsky.social

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Writer, theatre creator, freelance editor, and technical writing student in the Ottawa region. Find the rest of my socials here: https://linktr.ee/AdamSakauye Check out my show, Subparse here: https://bsky.app/profile/subparseshow.bsky.social

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Adam Sakauye @adamsakauye.bsky.social · 16h

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Adam Sakauye @adamsakauye.bsky.social · 1d

Sing it with me ♪cops are liaaaars♪

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

DHS just got caught telling multiple lies about federal agents shooting a US citizen multiple times

newrepublic.com/article/2019...

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 2d

"You college students are hypocrites because you won't provide the billions of dollars needed to rebuild Gaza after the genocide we did" is a hell of a thing to put in writing but okay

Which means it’s time for the pro-Palestinian activists who have protested in cities and on college campuses all over the world since October, 2023, to change their tune. If you were marching for a ceasefire in Gaza; if you were pushing institutions to divest from Israeli-linked firms; if you’ve held a sign that says “Free Palestine” — it’s time to reconsider your tactics.

It’s easy to say, “We won’t fund oppression.” It’s harder — and far more meaningful — to say, “We will fund rebuilding.”

That pledge is desperately needed. There are encouraging headlines about funding for Gaza, but, as of yet, little cold, hard cash.

If activists demand accountability from Gaza’s reconstruction, while proactively investing in it, they’ll be making a future for the strip not just possible, but better.

And here’s the uncomfortable truth: While divestment campaigns are great at signaling values, they rarely create concrete results that bring positive change to the lives of everyday Palestinians. They have yet to rebuild a single school. They don’t help provide health care.

Gaza needs more than slogans. It needs billions of dollars. Now.

So, to those in the pro-Palestinian movement: you’ve spent months organizing, marching and lobbying. You’ve asked the world to listen. Now’s your chance to lead. If you truly believe in justice for Palestinians, this is the time to show it. Put your money where your mouth is. Don’t divest from Israel. Invest in Gaza.

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🕸️jess m. 🎃🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 3d

I honestly never thought we'd get to the point of reclaiming frogs from the far right and I'm so happy about it

Frettie Fingers @frettie.bsky.social · 3d

#nokings
Portland frog brigade

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Adam Sakauye @adamsakauye.bsky.social · 4d

It really does feel like the eye of Sauron is looking this way

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 5d

An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others, tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him. Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative

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Jonathan Harris @jonathan-a-thon.bsky.social · 4d

Not for nothing, but this is literally the current storyline with Jesus on South Park.

Derek Guy: heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

He includes an image of a tweet fro Pope Leo XIV, who says "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe

and a response from @bloodyhellAU: "I was so hopeful that I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken. How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 4d

This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.

I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.

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Adam Sakauye @adamsakauye.bsky.social · 5d

Super interesting doc by Slavoj Zizek about that talks about They Live. Changed the way I watched that movie.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 8d

All of the Israelis held by Hamas are called “hostages,” including the IDF soliders.

All the Palestinians released, though, are “prisoners,” including the many victims of Israel’s widespread arbitrary detention - meaning they are legally innocent, detained without charge or conviction.

Disgusting.

CBC headline reads: All living Israeli hostages freed, nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners released

Trump in Egypt for world leaders' meeting following an address to Israel's parliament

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 8d

Meanwhile:

Save the Children article reads: “PALESTINIAN CHILDREN IN ISRAELI MILITARY DETENTION REPORT INCREASINGLY VIOLENT CONDITIONS

29 FEB 2024 - OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN
TERRITORY”

Save the Children piece continues:

“The Palestinian Commission has said that conditions for children held in prisons have significantly deteriorated

RAMALLAH, 29 Feb 2024 - Rising numbers of Palestinians including children detained without charge in the Israel military system since 7 October have reported facing violence and abuse while imprisoned, Save the Children said.”

Headline from Defense for Children Palestine reads: “Palestinian child administrative detainees reach all-time high JAN 27, 2025”

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 8d

Lots of people spreading disinformation today that there’s some nefarious reason no female hostages were released.

It’s literally just because women, child n and men over 50 were released under a previous ceasefire deal.

CNN World article excerpt reads: “The hostages who are believed to be alive are all men and all but one are in their 20s and 30s. Women, children and men over the age of 50 were released under previous ceasefire agreements.”

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 8d

That’s right! Thanks, Fox News!
www.foxnews.com/politics/squ...

Squad 2.0: Meet America's next wave of radical Democrats shaping the party's future

Progressive Democrats, including Zohran Mamdani and Omar Fateh, have emerged as the new generation of candidates responding to President Donald Trump's second term.

www.foxnews.com

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Adam Sakauye @adamsakauye.bsky.social · 8d

Canada is asserting it's sovereignty amid threats of invasion from your pedophile president. You can't guilt a country into undermining their own interests in the face of an existential threat to their freedom. Americans' economic woes are his fault, not ours.

Adam Sakauye @adamsakauye.bsky.social · 9d

We only talk about "left-wing violence" because right-wing violence is sanctioned by the state.

Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 10d

I am so sick of living in a world where certain groups insist art & culture be re-oriented to serve their tastes and whims when their own pitiful inability or unwillingness to critically engage with and contemplate creativity clearly demonstrate that art & culture are too good for them.

Conservatives Take Aim at ‘One Battle After Another’: “Year’s Most Irresponsible Movie”

While Paul Thomas Anderson's film is being heralded as a masterpiece by many, some conservatives accuse it of potentially inspiring left-wing violence.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 10d

To reiterate, we have passed through the veil.

We want to think that the repeated, widespread abuse of basic rights by DHS; the DOJ actions against former officials like James Comey and John Bolton; the presence of 2020 election deniers across congressional and executive branch leaders; the unconstitutional dismantling of federal agencies; the consolidation of old and new media under leadership favorable to Trump; the use of lawsuits and executive branch power to intimidate and silence critics; and the clear attempts to subvert the 2026 and 2028 elections; and Trump's constant insinuation that he might seek a third term do not all in fact mean
that we have crossed the threshold into a competitive authoritarian environment.
But we have. We have passed through the veil. Whatever becomes of American liberal democracy in the near or distant future, it will be a resurrection and not a continuation.

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Adam Sakauye @adamsakauye.bsky.social · 11d

America first amirite?

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 18d

Israel reports they have found “missing” Greta Thunberg safe and invited her for fun, mandatory sleepover

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - The government of Israel reports that it has intercepted a flotilla of boats, containing among others Greta Thunberg, which was in fact en route for a long-scheduled sleepover party...

www.thebeaverton.com

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 17d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 18d

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Why Underachievers Dominate Secret Police Organizations: Evidence from Autocratic Argentina
Adam Scharpf and Christian Gläßel

Autocrats depend on a capable secret police. Anecdotal evidence, however, often characterizes agents as surprisingly mediocre in skill and intellect. To explain this puzzle, this article focuses on the career incentives underachieving individuals face in the regular security apparatus. Low-performing officials in hierarchical organizations have little chance of being promoted or filling lucrative positions. To salvage their careers, these officials are willing to undertake burdensome secret police work. Using data on all 4,287 officers who served in autocratic Argentina (1975-83), we study biographic differences between secret police agents and the entire recruitment pool. We find that low-achieving officers were stuck within the regime hierarchy, threatened with discharge, and thus more likely to join the secret police for future benefits. The study demonstrates how state bureaucracies breed mundane career concerns that produce willing enforcers and cement violent regimes. This has implications for the understanding of autocratic consolidation and democratic breakdown.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 18d

Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago. Man wearing a balaclava in a white, unmarked vehicle, pulls the pin on a tear gas canister and tosses it in the road.

"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 18d

I am just so fucking proud of her.

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Adam Sakauye @adamsakauye.bsky.social · 18d

@rachelgilmore.bsky.social Your Charlie Kirk tweet is mentioned here in regard to that one doxxing website. They didn't know you were a journalist, so think there could be a beneficial collaboration here.

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Adam Sakauye @adamsakauye.bsky.social · 20d

They'll make the same face when they learn where Alf ended up at the end of the series.

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