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Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · 1d

This community theater in austin could use some community support after some bad flood damage! If you want to contribute to the grassroots austin comedy scene that’s NOT the rogan simulacrum, consider giving:

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Support the space where the crop of Austin comedy grows wild.

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Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · 2d

anyways this is why i rarely post here. i don't take being talked down to like i'm a moron by white conservatives irl in texas, why would i do it from shrieking libs on the internet.

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Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · 2d

on the other hand it's just like the old days because a big poster must eventually find the path to fundamentally detesting both the platform and the replies

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 13d

NEW: Global Sumud Flotilla says they've detected 20+ unidentified ships on their radar, just 3 nautical miles ahead.

They don't know ID of ships, but concerned of a naval blockade.

"We will not be intimidated by threats, harassment, or efforts to protect Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza," they say.

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Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · 20d

I need the crit legal studies takes on the first amendment, writings from left perspective (not regular lib, left) on the first amendment, etc. Left conceptions of speech/dissent/political expression + “the law.”
DM me or reply. It’s time for me to learn how to read.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26d

"And for all the concern about the First Amendment ... what about all the amendments that Charlie Kirk lost? Because Charlie Kirk has no amendments right now."

- Kayleigh McEnany

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Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · 27d

Brett Kavanaugh really put his sweaty little hot dog fingers on the keyboard to do explicitly racist adjudication and *he didn’t even have to*

5-4 Podcast @fivefourpod.bsky.social · 29d

This week’s episode is Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo, where the Court allowed ICE to do a little bit of racial discrimination as a treat.

Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo

Podcast Episode · 5-4 · 09/16/2025 · 57m

podcasts.apple.com

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Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · 29d

Maybe the thing that breaks me

Black screen monitor as computer goes through software updates. In white text it reads “You’re 2% there. Please keep your computer on.”

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Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · Sep 13

I went on Bechdel Cast to talk about when a woman shaves her head and withstands torture so she can…idk man it gets complicated just listen to us lose our minds

@jamieloftus.bsky.social @caitlindurante.bsky.social

open.spotify.com/episode/6tSZ...?

G.I. Jane with Rhiannon Hamam

open.spotify.com

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · Sep 10

Making a Statement Industrial Complex revving up. make sure to get those Statements in before the deadline tonight!!!!!!!!!

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Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · Sep 9

If you think I am like some fan of Qatar you are not fit to be on the internet without (another) adult’s supervision

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Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · Sep 9

Which other countries’ airspace did Israel fly through to bomb Qatar? It doesn’t matter how far you bend the knee, sovereignty means zero to empire and its proxies. Like Prof Saad says in the other post I shared—the US dominated world order does not conceive of states, only vassals +
protectorates

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Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · Sep 9

Something to really underscore here: again, Qatar hosts the U.S. military’s CENTCOM. 1000s of U.S. troops are stationed there, Qatar is one of the richest countries in the world, Qatar hosts and works with every major western corporation and more—none of this protected Qatar from being bombed

Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · Sep 9

From Breakthrough News on x:

BREAKING: Israel bombed Hamas negotiators in Doha, Qatar as they gathered to discuss Trump's
"ceasefire" proposal — a deal so thin it now looks like bait.
A Hamas official told Al Jazeera the talks were a trap, recalling Trump's use of nuclear negotiations with Iran to target its leaders. Israel has confirmed that the White House was notified in advance.
Qatar, which hosts the US military's Central Command, condemned the Israeli strike, which leaves any future ceasefire talks in serious doubt.

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Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · Sep 9

From Breakthrough News on x:

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Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · Sep 9

(I share these things bc I don’t see anyone talking about things like this here) From Amal Saad on x:

Israel's, US-backed, assassination attempt on the Hamas' negotiating team in Qatar reveals it isn't just desperate to win this war but to dismantle every principle that could restrain it, and to impose a world made in its own image where sovereignty, alignments, negotiations, and diplomacy become obsolete.
The US imperial order denies sovereignty not only to adversaries but also to so-called allies and collaborators who are routinely humiliated and reminded that they are not states but vassals and protectorates. Even the pretense of negotiations is cast aside, because negotiation implies equality and sovereignty. Perfidy is now a governing logic where deception and betrayal are normalised and routinized instruments of statecraft. The world is forced into two camps, with no middle ground: vassalage or resistance.

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · Sep 9

In “a mockery of international law,” per one expert, Israel has bombed the residence of Hamas officials negotiating peace in Doha, Qatar.

Israel’s Peace Plan: Assassinate the Ceasefire Negotiators

In “a mockery of international law,” per one expert, Israel has bombed the residence of Hamas officials negotiating peace in Doha, Qatar.

interc.pt

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Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · Sep 9

From Breakthrough News on x:

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Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · Sep 9

about what the United States is. The largest exporter of violence and domination and subjugation in the world.

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Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · Sep 9

war, blatantly, that would not be tolerated if done by any other state on the planet. It is because the United States approves of all of it (and pays for much of it, and equips for most of it) that it is allowed to continue. Israel is a terrorist state. This reality should make you think differently

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Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · Sep 9

🧵In the past week Israel has bombed: Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Tunisia, Yemen, and now Qatar. In Yemen the prime minister and multiple cabinet members were assassinated. In Qatar the Hamas negotiators who were called there by the US to review a ceasefire proposal were targeted. These are acts of

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Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · Sep 7

Went to a wedding and the fits were immaculate

Three women in Palestinian thobes (long dresses with traditional Palestinian embroidery). I’m on the left side in a green and beige thobe, in the middle is a woman wearing a red and beige thobe, and on the right is a woman wearing a blue and pink thobe.

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Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · Sep 5

important to me here is that you stop smooshing what I said into disagreement with what someone else has said, when these things are not counter argumentative to one another. Your summaries of my point here and in patreon comments are reductive misreads.

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Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · Sep 5

nihilism doesn’t help anything. “Means a great deal” not like normative good but realistically accurate—the law is a weapon and a tool whether we like it or not. Andrea is talking about something else: we can’t rely on the criminalization + punishment system we have to fix this. I agree 100%. What’s

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Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · Sep 5

I read the whole thread, and I am very familiar with all three of the great thinkers/organizers/writers (Kelly, Andrea, and Jessica) included. I did not say that the law can be relied on to fix this. I said law still matters and means a great deal and has real material impact so doing law

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Rhiannon @aywarhiannon.bsky.social · Sep 5

It’s not a counterpoint, because I’m not talking about or arguing for criminalization. I agree with this point by and large!

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