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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 4h

I'll take your word for it. The fumes from 白酒 made me dizzy nearly two decades ago, so I don't think I even tried a sip.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 7h

Spread this around. Missouri and Ohio Democrats need at least 100,000 valid signatures to take on Republican gerrymandering maps. This is the fight 🔥

Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 1d

MO & OH Dems need us to help Rally support!

A commissioned poll shows nearly 1/2 of MO voters oppose the maps

The Dem committee needs over 100,000 valid signatures across multiple congressional districts before the state’s 90-day window expires on Dec. 11 to let voters decide on the maps.

Missouri Democrats have an opportunity to block a new congressional map. They say they’re largely on their own.

Despite relatively little investment from Washington, Missouri and Ohio Democrats are looking to block new Republican-drawn maps through uncertain avenues.

www.politico.com

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 4h

You'd have to let me know on that one--my alcohol tolerance is in the negatives to the point where I only use it in cooking.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Kamala Harris: "Here in Chicago I'm told the helicopters that were descending on an American city were Black Hawks. Do you know what Black Hawks were designed to do? War. So I think everyone can draw their conclusions just based on the facts."

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 1d

For any Catholic, the sight of a Eucharistic Procession being turned away at the gates of the destination is the embodiment of Jesus being denied entrance. You don't have to be Catholic to get the symbolism in that!

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 19h

I need to write about this, but I've been telling people that one reason I still feel somewhat optimistic about the future is that, as a high school teacher, I get a good ground-floor view of just how cooked these monsters are. In terms of preventing cultural changes, they've already lost. 1/

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 20h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 5h

The House speaker is blaming the Republican-led government shutdown on Americans protesting Donald Trump. trib.al/7wSwkPh

Make that make sense.

Mike Johnson Blames Shutdown on “No Kings” Protest in Absurd Rant

The House speaker is blaming the Republican-led government shutdown on Americans protesting Donald Trump. Make that make sense.

trib.al

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 7h

Hey friends, it's not queerbaiting if Chris, aka Peacemaker, a bisexual, has feelings for a woman. It's not schroedinger's queerness. He's still queer even if he's in a het relationship. Of all the complaints I've seen about S2, this one makes me the angriest.

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Vince Mancini @vincemancini.bsky.social · 11h

15 years of every C suite going “we need to fire the skilled workers and do more internet” and this is how every business works now.

Vince Mancini @vincemancini.bsky.social · 11h

Wife did a gravel order from Lowe’s for me to pick up. I drive to the pick up dock. Guy with a radio comes out. I show him the order receipt. He radios inside. They tell him to tell me to tell my wife to download the app so that she can check in on it to let them know I’m here to pick up the order.

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 4h

You'll know you have the right one if you cook it and it tastes a bit like gasoline.

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 4h

they're so fucking exhausting, I just can't with them anymore.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4h

some of these fuckos would plainly rather stand shoulder to shoulder with a dapper, erudite fascist than someone who agrees with them 97% but seems cringe

a term which can mean anything from “having fun” to “has not read Marx” to “is a mom”

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 5h

I am so weary of that class of extremely online leftists who think being a Serious Person™️ who only posts and does nothing else is superior to being a Fun Person™️ who physically shows up

Aaron Putnam @aaronputnam.bsky.social · 8h

I deleted a post of me in a frog suit with my 7-yr old daughter because a big account reposted, admonishing us for not being serious enough protestors (or something). I shouldn’t have included my daughter in the image, which was why I deleted it. But I was stunned by the condescension.

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 4h

Nah, I've had kale and it's nowhere as bitter.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 9h

Oh my godddddd I cannot fucking STAND this shit!!! THERE IS NO ONE WAY TO PROTEST. EVERYONE EVERYWHERE SHOULD PROTEST IN EVERY WAY. STOP WORKING AGAINST YOURSELVES

SORRY TO YELL IN YOUR MENTIONS

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SeasonalPun @pixelfish.bsky.social · 5h

Change is only gonna happen if we have protests across all of society and I hope folks can stop this weird gatekeeping behaviour.

Under fascism, folks should keep their focus on fascists. Protest can take many forms and absurdism is generally pretty good at breaking propaganda’s illusions.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 12h

Live from the Emergency Naked Bike Ride 🚲 where the crowd hase just erupted in cheers with the arrival of the Unipipier

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 4h

God bless the frogs.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 4h

If you think you have a better way of protesting the crushing wave of authoritarianism, then get your butt outdoors and do it. You can't lazyweb your way to freedom.

The frogs are great.

Aaron Putnam @aaronputnam.bsky.social · 8h

I deleted a post of me in a frog suit with my 7-yr old daughter because a big account reposted, admonishing us for not being serious enough protestors (or something). I shouldn’t have included my daughter in the image, which was why I deleted it. But I was stunned by the condescension.

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 4h

I think it's 橄欖菜, but it could also be 芥蘭. Woody stems and all that.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 7h

your tactic of protesting in an inflatable frog suit which gets normal people on your side is far inferior to my tactic of posting about laser blinding helicopter pilots which is both wildly illegal and, were it to succeed, would put basically *everyone* against me

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 7h

there is a kind of person who does not think any non-violent protest is legitimate and more often than not, they are the kind of person who will not show up to any protest, violent *or* non-violent

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 4h

dad: your mom likes to overcook these a lot

me: ...how can you even EAT THIS

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 5h

my dad loves a certain brassica plant (the English name I don't know, since I've only ever heard it in Mandarin) stir-fried so that it's still crunchy, tough, and bitter. found this out to my detriment last year.

Sage Divinorum 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 5h

i love science & i love that brassica is clearly some variety of eldritch entity that manifests as a bitter plant, native to the liminal plateaus on the thresholds of reality.

as humans, we are for some reason compelled to trick each other into devouring it.

“Brassica oleracea creating new common names to get 1 month free trials” and it’s a picture of brussel sprouts, cabbage, kale, collared greens, kholrobbi, broccoli, cauliflower, etc

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Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · 5h

People are comparing the frog thing to shit posting and I can kind of see it but also adopting absurdities to mock the authorities in protest is not new

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