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Douglas Moran

@dougom.bsky.social

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Unpublished author; technical writer; web site finagler; auto-didact: computer nerd; Lindy Hopper; D&D player. Full-on progressive. Jewish (despite surname).

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Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · Apr 28

My daughter Raven is trans, autistic, & an immigrant; all at-risk categories w/ the US & Texas govt's. She's already been assaulted here in Austin

I've started a GoFundMe to help move us to the SF Bay Area. If you can contribute or signal-boost I would really appreciate it. gofund.me/75856b5e

Donate to Support Raven's Move for a Better Future, organized by Douglas Moran

This is my daughter Raven at her citizenship swearing-in ceremony. She is trans… Douglas Moran needs your support for Support Raven's Move for a Better Future

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Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 2h

The @motherjones.com TikTok feed today has been great. And tbh so has @jeffpearlman.bsky.social.

Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 2h

There is opportunity in this. Bring TSA folks small gifts? Encourage them to walk out? I don’t know; I’m a tech writer, not a community organizer. But it seems like there’s an opportunity here. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Asd4fy/

The TSA agents at Kennedy Airport are extra ornery tonight. For good reason: They’re not being paid. #tsa #airport #jfkairport #governmentshutdown #america

TikTok video by Jeff Pearlman

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Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 2h

As a child of the Cold War, it sure is weird for me to see Republicans embracing Russia and wearing red hats.

Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 2h

And this isn’t indicative of civil war. Gotcha.

Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 13h

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

Sara Whitmer
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I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and IUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town.
Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming.
Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance.
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Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 2h

Classy. www.freepressjournal.in/amp/world/do...

Donald Trump Shares AI-Generated Video Of Himself Dropping Faeces On Activist Harry Sisson; Post Coincides With ‘No Kings’ Protests Across US

US President Donald Trump on Saturday, October 18, shared an AI-generated video depicting himself piloting a fighter jet marked “KING TRUMP,” wearing a crown, and dropping faeces on Democratic activis...

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Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 2h

Ratio-wise, in NYC that would be a protest of ~2.5 million people.

I’ll probably never be able to live there again, but: “This is my most special place in all the world, Ray. Once a place touches you like this, the wind nevers blows so cold again. You feel for it, like it was your child.”

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Josh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.bsky.social · 5h

It’s taken a decade, but the left has finally found an answer to Pepe

Jason Wells @jfwellspdx.bsky.social · 8h

Seen on r/quilting (of which I am a proud member)

A quilt with an inflatable frog and RESIST at the bottom.

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Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 2h

And thank god. Now if we can find an antidote to Wojak, we’re golden.

Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 2h

I’m a Navy brat. When people ask me where I’m from, I have no idea. I grew up in CT, Long Island, NoVA, & Concord CA. But the town where I came of age & really view as my home town is Santa Cruz, pop. ~63K. And when it comes to protests, we represent. tinyurl.com/323vrzcv Cc @susiebright.bsky.social

Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 3h

Done and done.

Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 7h

How were thins in Bangor, @stephenking.bsky.social ?

Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · 8h

I cannot stress to y’all enough what a big turnout we had in small-town Maine for No Kings. Ellsworth (pop 8,500) had 2,000. Southwest Harbor (pop 1,750) had 775!

Yes, folks came from the surrounding rural areas and towns but even so, these are impressive numbers!

A crowd with protest signs assembled in front of a New England city hall

A person in an inflatable lobster suit with a sign reading I am your bus driver not a terrorist

A unicorn and an axolotl protesting Trump

A protest sign: “Keep ice where it belongs”

Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 7h

Is Prop. 50 the redistricting one?

Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 20h

Thanks!

Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 20h

She said it as a joke, but I think GenX candy necklaces but with Tums and Ibuprofen is a genius idea and someone should create and sell it. youtube.com/shorts/yKiWi...

that's so funny I can't stop laughing 😀😅😂

YouTube video by shan duet

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Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 21h

Is there some way to block the entire list, rather than going through it one account at a time? (If the procedure is described somewhere, a pointer would me great.)

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Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 1d

It’s really quite audacious to control all three branches of government & be in the process of turning the whole country into an autocratic police state while blaming the opposition for their fuck-ups. The bummer is there are people ignorant enough to buy it.

Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 1d

Please do me a favor and just say, "Trump". That's all he deserves.

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Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 1d

@marthawells.com I am enjoying Fugitive Telemetry so much it’s making me want to go back and rewatch the Apple TV adaptation. (Alexander Skarsgård is just so perfect, especially his inner monologue voice-overs. Don’t you think?)

Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a cliché to say men always talk about cars/trucks/motorcycles & sports. I go out to dinner alone a lot, and I have to say: They do. The loud, shouted bar conversation near me right now is about…cars & motorcycles.

I acknowledge I’m an outlier among straight white cis men, but jeez.

Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 1d

@andizeisler.bsky.social I think the older one gets, the more one needs their own space.

My ex just didn’t *get* on a visceral level that there’s a big difference between having the house to yourself & “just go into your man cave.” www.salon.com/2025/10/17/w...

Why living apart could be the key to staying together

Couples are consciously uncoupling from cohabitation — but not commitment.

www.salon.com

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Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 1d

Hope it can be done at scale; BlueSky is now at, what, 40 million users?

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Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 1d

Ya know, until you pointed it out, it never occurred to me that the suffix "tard" was ableist on its own. Thank you!

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Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 1d

I wish I had know about ace-ness when I was dating, well, a really special woman who is still really special to me. Definitely would have helped! (Luckily I was the hinge in a V with another woman who *wasn't* ace, so it worked for a while. But still; the data would have been SO HELPFUL.)

Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 1d

For the love of Dog. They don't even notice, do they?

Douglas Moran @dougom.bsky.social · 1d

Indeed. I also got turned down for a job.

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