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Raelee May Carpenter, Capitalism's Folk Devil

@raeleemaycarpenter.bsky.social

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I write fiction so I can tell the truth. Multiply disabled, #landback, #faithfullylgbtq, social justice warrior, leftist dope, & professional snark lord. they/them https://linktr.ee/raelee.may.carpenter

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Raelee May Carpenter, Capitalism's Folk Devil @raeleemaycarpenter.bsky.social · Jul 8

My three beautiful #BookBabies!

The Morning After: books2read.com/u/bwBDYY

The Mercy Light: books2read.com/u/4EpYyA

The Wild Unbroken: books2read.com/u/mYerGp

#BookSky #LoveStories #IndieBooks

Copies of The Grace Rises Series books 1 & 2, The Morning After, The Mercy Light, and The Wild Unbroken lying on a concrete slab.

Copies of The Grace Rises Series books 1 & 2, The Morning After, The Mercy Light, and The Wild Unbroken lying in a bed of clover.

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Raelee May Carpenter, Capitalism's Folk Devil @raeleemaycarpenter.bsky.social · 8h

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Raelee May Carpenter, Capitalism's Folk Devil @raeleemaycarpenter.bsky.social · 8h

Your cat got a new box!

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 1d

Today on the blog, Robyn Maynard @policingblack.bsky.social discusses the new revised & expanded edition of her book "Policing Black Lives," explaining its continued relevance to students, scholars, & activists around the world.
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A brown skinned woman with long dreadlocs parted to one side looks at the camera without smiling. She wears a white tank top and a pendant necklace.

Cover of Policing Black Lives by Robyn Maynard. The background features a grainy, black-and-white image of a Black individual facing a wall. The person's posture and the ruler markings adjacent to the figure suggest that the image is a mugshot. The entire cover has a gritty feel and is overlaid with a grainy, stippled texture. The title text is bold and distressed.

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Chris Jackson @chriscjackson.bsky.social · 10h

Welcome to Bluesky. It’s a little annoying and pedantic but the trade-off is you won’t be doxxed by actual Nazis.

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Raelee May Carpenter, Capitalism's Folk Devil @raeleemaycarpenter.bsky.social · 9h

That happens here too. Actually on my street, there wasn't any sidewalk most of the way until a year ago. When they repaved it, they finally put sidewalk on one side of the road. This country just isn't designed for anything but everyone driving their own cars everywhere, & it sucks so much.

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Raelee May Carpenter, Capitalism's Folk Devil @raeleemaycarpenter.bsky.social · 10h

LeSigh

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Raelee May Carpenter, Capitalism's Folk Devil @raeleemaycarpenter.bsky.social · 10h

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Raelee May Carpenter, Capitalism's Folk Devil @raeleemaycarpenter.bsky.social · 10h

oh my god

Raelee May Carpenter, Capitalism's Folk Devil @raeleemaycarpenter.bsky.social · 13h

I can't find anything bookish due to the Search function on here being nonfunctional, so if you're seeing this, and you have bookish things, please post them in the replies.

#BookSky

Raelee May Carpenter, Capitalism's Folk Devil @raeleemaycarpenter.bsky.social · Jul 8

My three beautiful #BookBabies!

The Morning After: books2read.com/u/bwBDYY

The Mercy Light: books2read.com/u/4EpYyA

The Wild Unbroken: books2read.com/u/mYerGp

#BookSky #LoveStories #IndieBooks

Raelee May Carpenter, Capitalism's Folk Devil @raeleemaycarpenter.bsky.social · 13h

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Raelee May Carpenter, Capitalism's Folk Devil @raeleemaycarpenter.bsky.social · 13h

Pride Tribbles! 🎉🎉🎉

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mash 🍉 (they/them) 🔞😷 @maiar.bsky.social · 1d

sooo i can’t make any jewellery for the forseeable whilst i heal this fracture/see the clinic in 2-4 weeks.

i’m already disabled, mostly bedbound and make crafts to help out when i can but now that’s completely impossible. we have many stickers and jewellery ready to ship if anyone wants to help❤️‍🩹🎨

mash 🍉 (they/them) 🔞😷 @maiar.bsky.social · Sep 13

look what i designed 😎🖖🌈

madewithsash.etsy.com

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 14h

Every Zionist account: Yes we did genocide but we signed a peace of paper that said we'd stop (ignore that we didn't follow through), why aren't you celebrating? The fact that you haven't immediately forgotten about what we did is proof you just hate Israel.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 14h

The Alaska Native village of Kipnuk was due to receive a $20M grant from the EPA that they were going to use for flood protection.

It was labelled “wasteful DEI spending” and canceled.

The recent storm destroyed homes & flooded Kipnuk: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

www.nytimes.com

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Raelee May Carpenter, Capitalism's Folk Devil @raeleemaycarpenter.bsky.social · 13h

LeSigh.

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Despoina She/They [Commissions Open] @desdarkdesigns.bsky.social · 6d

A bit more refined now.

sketch of a piece of concept art for my game, showing the vague posing of some characters in a quick composition of the metro station. There are 3 characters in it, one is pointing their gun forward while leaning on their cane while the other is turning towards the first and the third is crawling up the metro rails.

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 21h

Assigned Media has a complete ban on AI because I don't like it or think it's any good.

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

Pay people you like on the internet folks, it’s going to be rough out there

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Over half of all articles on the Internet are now written by AI

(via Axios)

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Raelee May Carpenter, Capitalism's Folk Devil @raeleemaycarpenter.bsky.social · 15h

Has Search gone to hell for everyone on here or is that just me?

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Raelee May Carpenter, Capitalism's Folk Devil @raeleemaycarpenter.bsky.social · 15h

Oh ffs.

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Raelee May Carpenter, Capitalism's Folk Devil @raeleemaycarpenter.bsky.social · 1d

Me: Do you really need to eat all that plastic?

Roo: *gasps & gives me a look of shock indignation that says, "How DARE you! My body, my choice!"*

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 8d

every time you read a story about how no-strings-attached direct payments to vulnerable, marginalized or otherwise needy people are a big net profit to the society disbursing them, and you ask "why doesn't america do that?", please know that this is the answer why

mac from always sunny saying "but who versus? who are we doing it versus?" because he cannot understand a plan that does not have a victim

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Raelee May Carpenter, Capitalism's Folk Devil @raeleemaycarpenter.bsky.social · 1d

But, sure, keep on defending a bloody-mouthed politician who has fewer moral scruples than Ronald American Hitler Reagan. That says a lot of really good things about your character.

Raelee May Carpenter, Capitalism's Folk Devil @raeleemaycarpenter.bsky.social · 1d

This genocide never would've happened if Biden hadn't paid for it. Biden could've stopped this genocide at any time by simply ceasing to give Israel our money. Biden could've picked up the phone & stopped it immediately, like Reagan did last time. Biden is genocidaire & war criminal. Period.

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Raelee May Carpenter, Capitalism's Folk Devil @raeleemaycarpenter.bsky.social · 1d

We'll make it multiple choice, to give you a fighting chance:

a) They would riot in the streets.

b) They would plot his assassination.

c) They would go back where they came from.

d) All of the above

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Raelee May Carpenter, Capitalism's Folk Devil @raeleemaycarpenter.bsky.social · 1d

5. You failed 3rd grade math, but let's try 7th grade social studies: considering most of Bibi's white, upper-caste constituents immigrated to Israel largely for the free education, housing, & healthcare paid for by US taxpayers, what would happen if US taxpayers stopped paying because of him?

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