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Michael Kwan
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Reader (fiction, science fiction, occasional fantasy, history) / Gamer (TTRPGs, boardgames) / Fountain Pen user & collector / Roller Derby NSO @ Angel City Derby. “It is likely I will die next to a pile of things I was meaning to read.” - Lemony Snicket.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d
Boy Mamdani's race is really a vivid reminder that anti-Islamic bigotry is 100% accepted in US public discourse. People don't even bother dog whistling, it's just right out in the open.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams! Look over here! … It's All For You! @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 2d
I've said it before and I'll say it again now:

Live your life in such a way that millions of people do not rightfully have reason to cheer your death.
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Michael Kwan @mkwan.bsky.social · 2d
@neolithicsheep.bsky.social Did you end up ordering? I need to send you $$$.
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Michael Kwan @mkwan.bsky.social · 17d
In for 2. Let me know when/where to send the $$ and an address.
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Michael Kwan @mkwan.bsky.social · 17d
If we get it under $10 each, put me down for 2. Legit.
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Michael Kwan @mkwan.bsky.social · 17d
There is NO way the Republican President knows or understands the word "allegory" as anything other than a large amphibious reptile that shows up on the golf courses at Mar-A-Lago sometimes.
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Michael Kwan @mkwan.bsky.social · 17d
I feel that's unfair to demons. Presumably, demons don't have a choice. ICE Agents make a clear moral choice.
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Michael Kwan @mkwan.bsky.social · Oct 6
I am getting my drill out for any of those I receive.
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · Oct 6
Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...
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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · Oct 6
Hey, @jay.bsky.team.

As a disabled person, it's disheartening to see one of the foundational pushers of alt text, a Black STEM voice, a queer advocate, and a huge voice for the disabled community gone over a poor taste joke.

Having Link here is good for so many people.

Please reconsider?
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Michael Kwan @mkwan.bsky.social · Oct 6
That is the natural path for Temu Goebbels.
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Mike Peters @mikehistorian.bsky.social · Sep 18
Love this. Humour with a historical sentiment.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · Sep 18
However you define political violence, the right is responsible for much more of it.

The Anti-Defamation League (hardly a left-wing org!) found that all “domestic extremist-related killings” in 2022 were done by right-wing extremists, the vast majority (84%) white supremacists. trib.al/ycZNDE1
I​t’s Time to Broaden Our Definition of Political Violence
In conversations about Charlie Kirk’s murder, pundits and politicians are using the term ​in troublingly narrow ways.
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Point Blank Sandwich Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · Sep 18
A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.
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Michael Kwan @mkwan.bsky.social · Sep 18
🎶"Number three
You have the right to free Speech
As long as
You're not dumb enough to actually try it" 🎶
- The Clash, "Know Your Rights"
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404 Media @404media.co · Sep 16
The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · Sep 8
You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?
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Michael Kwan @mkwan.bsky.social · Aug 18
I really want a Farragut/Bellerophon ('Billy Ruffian') technical manual after that episode.
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Michael Kwan @mkwan.bsky.social · Aug 13
My Chemical Friend With Benefits
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Michael Kwan @mkwan.bsky.social · Jul 22
FFS, people like that are so tunnel visioned and self-centered. Hi they not remember:
"Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses."
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Michael Kwan @mkwan.bsky.social · Jun 27
We have been doing that in Los Angeles since the start and you've seen the result. Peaceful protests, ignored, villainised, and assaulted by law enforcement. Police departments here refusing to interfere and providing support. Troops deployed. What's the support from the rest of the nation?
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Michael Kwan @mkwan.bsky.social · Jun 27
The weakness of the article is that this isn't just a collapse due to age or unknown forces. It's an intentional result of reactionary forces tearing out the underpinnings of the constitutional system. It's not like these weren't openly stated plans and design.
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Michael Kwan @mkwan.bsky.social · Jun 27
I get the point, but it's a terrible, passive article. It's not like this is just happening for some unknown reason. It's no hidden conspiracy. It's a host of coordinated, reactionary, bad actors, including the the whole of the GOP. This is the intended plan, not some by-product.
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Michael Kwan @mkwan.bsky.social · Jun 27
What you get when you order your Bond Villain and Henchpeople from Temu or Wish.
parodypm.bsky.social Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · Jun 27
Oil tanker magnate, John Fredriksen, has left the UK for the UAE so he can pay even less tax on his £13.7 billon fortune. Good, fuck off.
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Michael Kwan @mkwan.bsky.social · Jun 27
They don't want to acknowledge that the middle class has been gutted and emptied and that, even if they made it easier to start a new business a) no one has the capital to start one and b) already established businesses (looking at you Amazon) would run you out of business.
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