Franklin
@fsuss.bsky.social
left-handed, leftist, public defender, jew for a free palestine, from Seattle
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“Conquerors live in dread of the day when they are shown to be, not superior, but simply lucky.”
The Stone Sky, N.K. Jemisin
The Stone Sky, N.K. Jemisin
November 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
“Conquerors live in dread of the day when they are shown to be, not superior, but simply lucky.”
The Stone Sky, N.K. Jemisin
The Stone Sky, N.K. Jemisin
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Just when I thought I couldn’t like Zohran anymore, here’s a clip of him saying “I think of Toni Morrison often…” Like?????? A MAN!!!!
As Toni Morrison said, “the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work.” But she also reminded us never to lose our capacity to be shocked.
TikTok video by Zohran Mamdani
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October 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Just when I thought I couldn’t like Zohran anymore, here’s a clip of him saying “I think of Toni Morrison often…” Like?????? A MAN!!!!
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Nazi tat affair useful because anyone doing bizarre prevarications atm re how its totally normal to have a Nazi tattoo, good actually, not a big deal that'd matter in an election, if anything its cringe you care, etc etc, has revealed you never need to take their politics opinions seriously again.
October 22, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Nazi tat affair useful because anyone doing bizarre prevarications atm re how its totally normal to have a Nazi tattoo, good actually, not a big deal that'd matter in an election, if anything its cringe you care, etc etc, has revealed you never need to take their politics opinions seriously again.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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I’m never gonna let this Charlie Kirk thing go, as long as i live. I want Democrats to pass a resolution condemning him. I want investigations into how his death was used to stamp out dissent. I want CEOs hailed before committees to explain why they fired workers who condemned him.
October 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
I’m never gonna let this Charlie Kirk thing go, as long as i live. I want Democrats to pass a resolution condemning him. I want investigations into how his death was used to stamp out dissent. I want CEOs hailed before committees to explain why they fired workers who condemned him.
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The biggest challenge is convincing people that things could be different and that their actions matter.
October 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The biggest challenge is convincing people that things could be different and that their actions matter.
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
I was in a "gifted" program that reinforced race and class divides in public school and I'm glad it no longer exists
My wife is an elementary gifted ed specialist. The idea that gifted kids either don't exist or don't benefit from gifted education services is both wrong and harmful to those kids. Phasing out gifted programs is stupid. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/n...
Mamdani Says He Would Phase Out N.Y.C. Gifted Program for Early Grades
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I was in a "gifted" program that reinforced race and class divides in public school and I'm glad it no longer exists
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
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October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
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Amid an ongoing wave of conspiracy theories and bogus claims about Jan 6, I’ll note this from our reporting:
Rioters made all kinds of claims and defenses in court … and jurors convicted 100% of the defendants who went to trial
100%
Rioters made all kinds of claims and defenses in court … and jurors convicted 100% of the defendants who went to trial
100%
September 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Amid an ongoing wave of conspiracy theories and bogus claims about Jan 6, I’ll note this from our reporting:
Rioters made all kinds of claims and defenses in court … and jurors convicted 100% of the defendants who went to trial
100%
Rioters made all kinds of claims and defenses in court … and jurors convicted 100% of the defendants who went to trial
100%
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This is political violence. It's only accepted because the state claims the monopoly on violence.
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This is political violence. It's only accepted because the state claims the monopoly on violence.
I've loved fat bears for as long as I can remember but this is the first year I'm making sure to vote every day
September 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I've loved fat bears for as long as I can remember but this is the first year I'm making sure to vote every day
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Carly is so powerful that just *thinking* about Run Away With Me has me tearing up right now
there's a big problem with the culture here on bluesky, and it's that not nearly enough people are posting about the 10 year anniversary of Carly Rae Jepsen's groundbreaking and timeless album EMOTION being this year and how awesome that is
September 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Carly is so powerful that just *thinking* about Run Away With Me has me tearing up right now
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tbc, I meant this: If you're autistic? You're great. I wish the medical-industrial-complex, the White House, and our society were more accessible to you. This will remain a pro-autist space. Anyone who has a problem with that is invited to fuck all the way off.
September 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
tbc, I meant this: If you're autistic? You're great. I wish the medical-industrial-complex, the White House, and our society were more accessible to you. This will remain a pro-autist space. Anyone who has a problem with that is invited to fuck all the way off.
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ICYMI: Brooklyn Defenders concocted a union-busting scheme that involved offering a lighter workload to an employee in exchange for replacing the ALAA-UAW with a so-called "sham" union friendly to management's interests, according to a complaint from ALAA www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/19/b...
Brooklyn Public Defenders Accuse Boss of Scheme to Bring in Pro-Management Union
In a complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board, a UAW local alleges the head of Brooklyn Defender Services promised a worker rep a cushy job in exchange for bringing in a management-frie...
www.thecity.nyc
September 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
ICYMI: Brooklyn Defenders concocted a union-busting scheme that involved offering a lighter workload to an employee in exchange for replacing the ALAA-UAW with a so-called "sham" union friendly to management's interests, according to a complaint from ALAA www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/19/b...
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A fun fact about McCarthyism is that just two and a half years after he was condemned and censured, Sen. Joseph McCarthy drank himself to death at 48.
Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.
Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.
September 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
A fun fact about McCarthyism is that just two and a half years after he was condemned and censured, Sen. Joseph McCarthy drank himself to death at 48.
Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.
Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.
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This is the biggest attack on free speech since the McCarthy era but it also has significantly less popular consensus behind it than the second Red Scare. It's being done on behalf of a minority faction led by the most unpopular president in modern history. Organizing against this can win.
September 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This is the biggest attack on free speech since the McCarthy era but it also has significantly less popular consensus behind it than the second Red Scare. It's being done on behalf of a minority faction led by the most unpopular president in modern history. Organizing against this can win.
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Liberals now feeling what it has been like to support Palestine in the US. Every word twisted. Loss of job for a simple opinion. Taken off air for a monologue. Lists to target you. Employers harassed. It feels endless, coming from all directions. It only gets worse from here
September 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Liberals now feeling what it has been like to support Palestine in the US. Every word twisted. Loss of job for a simple opinion. Taken off air for a monologue. Lists to target you. Employers harassed. It feels endless, coming from all directions. It only gets worse from here
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idk i read in the free press that the real risk to free speech is three oberlin undergraduates who say geometry is ableist. this is pretty confusing to me.
September 18, 2025 at 3:18 AM
idk i read in the free press that the real risk to free speech is three oberlin undergraduates who say geometry is ableist. this is pretty confusing to me.
I love Ursula K Le Guin so much. Who else is going to give you complex explorations of sexism, colonialism, and racial caste systems plus the phrase "brown alien cock" in the same short story?
September 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I love Ursula K Le Guin so much. Who else is going to give you complex explorations of sexism, colonialism, and racial caste systems plus the phrase "brown alien cock" in the same short story?
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The Gilded Age star Morgan Spector — who joins Hannah Einbinder & Javier Bardem in boycotting Israeli film institutions implicated in the genocide — explains why he & others are speaking out despite industry pressures:
"Israel wants to portray itself as David, Israel is Goliath."
"Israel wants to portray itself as David, Israel is Goliath."
September 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The Gilded Age star Morgan Spector — who joins Hannah Einbinder & Javier Bardem in boycotting Israeli film institutions implicated in the genocide — explains why he & others are speaking out despite industry pressures:
"Israel wants to portray itself as David, Israel is Goliath."
"Israel wants to portray itself as David, Israel is Goliath."
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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”