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Ash Higgins
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“From the ground, we stand; From our ships, we live; By the stars, we hope."
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Ash Higgins @ashhiggins.bsky.social · Jan 21
Just posting this again because I can: a new humanity, forged in the crucible of intergalactic war has spread throughout the galaxy; among them are millions of Muslims who must return to Earth for Hajj. Meet the crew: 🧵
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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 1d
Ea-Nāşir's perfidy seems eternal!
Comic Panel one. Stick finger singing, "Raindrops on rose/ And whiskers on kittens." Panel two. Same stick figure holding pot and singing, "Bright copper kettles leave/ ...Flakes on my mittens!?" Panel three. Same figure still holding pot and singing, "Hey, these are stone with a copper veneer!" Fourth panel. Same stick figure has put down pot and is singing, "I've been bamboozled by Ea-Nāşir!"
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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 1d
"Willa (Chase Infinity), our cohosts argue, embodies the entangled, embattled, and yet still hopeful left politics that the film ultimately celebrates."
One Battle After Another
In this episode of the Superstructure podcast, Scott Ferguson is joined by independent film scholar Jonathan Haynes to discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed new film, One Battle After Another. T…
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d
“[T]he broader aim of all this agitprop is far uglier. Trump has employed a form of state propaganda that may be unrivaled by any presidency in modern memory, and these MAGA influencers are generating material for that vile effort.”
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d
This MAGA propaganda is deeply sinister. Stephen Miller has been lying about Portland/Chicago relentlessly. It's core to his project: He's trying to establish quasi-absolute power for Trump to simply invent pretexts by fiat to justify whatever abuses he launches. 5/

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 1d
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Yes
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Nicholas Grossman @handle.invalid · 1d
Hannah Arendt distinguished totalitarianism “from other forms of political oppression known to us such as despotism, tyranny and dictatorship” in that totalitarianism seeks to subjugate civil society and private lives, not just political opponents, using psychological, not just physical, repression.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1d
I saw the new George Orwell documentary last night. It’s called 2+2=5. I have been a little bit squeamish about applying the word totalitarian to Trump and the Republicans. Not anymore. We are experiencing a totalitarian movement. There’s no question.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d
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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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 1d
Holy shit someone uploaded the entire stage play adaptation of the Yakuza videogame series with English subtitles and it’s glorious and 500x better than the Amazon show youtu.be/Z2Msr4si6dU?...
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Ash Higgins @ashhiggins.bsky.social · 1d
About a year A friend of mine came out to me as a trans man recently and asked me to help them be more manly because they think I'm just that good at being a man. Part of me is like "FUCK YEAH BRO" and another part of me is like "I'm a fucking doofus."
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 1d
(719 prisoners at the time of the uprising; facility was built for 400), harsh conditions, and racial tensions. Black soldiers who were 11% of U.S. troops and well over 90% of the inmate population, faced disproportionate punishments. The uprising (cont)

www.npr.org/sections/cod...
The Forgotten History Of A Prison Uprising In Vietnam
Long Binh Jail was a prison for American soldiers on the outskirts of Saigon with notoriously harsh conditions. In 1968, a group of black inmates were fed up with their treatment and the war.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d
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Ash Higgins @ashhiggins.bsky.social · 1d
An entire political party like this www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/spyc...
Wound Collectors
"Wound collectors" intentionally look for and collect social slights for their personal benefit. Who are they and what can we expect from them?
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 1d
This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.
Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.
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Ash Higgins @ashhiggins.bsky.social · 1d
He’s just more overt about it. All old men do this.
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Anthony Davis @theanthonydavis.bsky.social · 1d
New #Substack essay... open.substack.com/pub/theantho...
Trump’s Climate Vendetta: Wreck the Future He Won’t Live to See
The Esmeralda 7 solar project gets shelved.
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Ash Higgins @ashhiggins.bsky.social · 1d
Nerds for Literacy | WEIRD ENOUGH COMPANY (Powered by Donorbox)
LET'S GET KIDS SOME BOOKS!Did you know that kids are losing access to books?!Yup! It’s true that: 35% of schools in the U.S. don’t have librarians (source) The national organization that gives public ...
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Ash Higgins @ashhiggins.bsky.social · 1d
Saving lives is hard work
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TizzyWoman @handle.invalid · 1d
“We're women, more powerful than failure, more than just what makes us comfortable. Be Bold, Be Brave and Be Fierce".
✨Diane Keaton, 01/05/1946 – 10/11/2025

May she rest in power.
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d
Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org
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Ash Higgins @ashhiggins.bsky.social · 2d
There has gotta be a word in German where you have the sex you want to have because you think you won’t survive the next 48 hours.
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Ash Higgins @ashhiggins.bsky.social · 2d
It. Seem. So. Simple.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 2d
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Stace RN Resists 📎💙 Portland Strong @stacernresists.bsky.social · 2d
www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Must read and share!

#PortlandStrong 💙

The real peaceful protest!
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Ash Higgins @ashhiggins.bsky.social · 2d
KRISTINA MAHR A Mess of Things I have made a mess of things, or you have made a mess of things, I don't know, there's just a mess of things, and we're sitting in its midst. And I swear I'm speaking, but you can't hear me. And I swear I'm listening, but you aren't speaking. And I swear, I swear, that there's a road we haven't found, one that's wide enough for you to catry your dreams and for me to carry my dreams and for us to be together — we just need to keep looking.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d
No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

Support its work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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Ash Higgins @ashhiggins.bsky.social · 2d
Labubu are just Monchichi on Zoloft
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Ash Higgins @ashhiggins.bsky.social · 2d
You can come up with a good band name by combining a power tool and an Arthropod of any kind. Chainsaw Spider. Saws-All Centipede, Belt Sander Beetle, Buzz Saw Bee, Power Drill Yellow Jacket. The list goes on.
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Ash Higgins @ashhiggins.bsky.social · 2d
Please enjoy this vet tech beat boxer as helps a bird rehab
Just another #beatbox session with Simon #cockatoo #parrot #bird #birb #animals #dancingbird #dance #fyp #foryou #foryoupage
TikTok video by dwayne dolittle
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