Otasan7500
@aceeden.bsky.social
progressive tetris enthusiast, custom framer
Legend. So many incredible songs about the human condition and struggle. A true champion for civil rights and dignity, who stood bravely against global colonialism and racism. He was also in Club Paradise with Robin Williams the year I was born, which is pretty hilarious and under-appreciated!😂
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
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November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Legend. So many incredible songs about the human condition and struggle. A true champion for civil rights and dignity, who stood bravely against global colonialism and racism. He was also in Club Paradise with Robin Williams the year I was born, which is pretty hilarious and under-appreciated!😂
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“Americans are, of course, the most thoroughly and passively indoctrinated people on earth...and they certainly know little or nothing of the complexities and contradictions comprised within words like ‘socialism’ and ‘capitalism.’”– Stellan Skarsgård
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“Americans are, of course, the most thoroughly and passively indoctrinated people on earth...and they certainly know little or nothing of the complexities and contradictions comprised within words like ‘socialism’ and ‘capitalism.’”– Stellan Skarsgård
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The cops run municipal government and by and large the public is fine with this. THAT is the root problem.
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The cops run municipal government and by and large the public is fine with this. THAT is the root problem.
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they've always been like this and will always be like this and they pretend they are doing something new every time and it makes me want to die www.kenklippenstein.com/p/national-s...
November 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
they've always been like this and will always be like this and they pretend they are doing something new every time and it makes me want to die www.kenklippenstein.com/p/national-s...
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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Every major US city is run by the cops. The fact that the public is fine with this is the only issue.
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Every major US city is run by the cops. The fact that the public is fine with this is the only issue.
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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The nature of policing is to avoid accountability and responsibility. That is how it works, in the past, today, and in the future. (I’m not allowing responses because I don’t want to keep explaining. At this point if you tell me the police need to be more professional, I’ll just tap this.)
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The nature of policing is to avoid accountability and responsibility. That is how it works, in the past, today, and in the future. (I’m not allowing responses because I don’t want to keep explaining. At this point if you tell me the police need to be more professional, I’ll just tap this.)
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True justice would be if Klein, Yglesias, the Pod Bros, and all of the white dude pundits would take a 4 year sabbatical from commenting on politics.
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
True justice would be if Klein, Yglesias, the Pod Bros, and all of the white dude pundits would take a 4 year sabbatical from commenting on politics.
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“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis
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Excellent clip on the history of hostile architecture in NYC-it’s current form seen in the leaning benches in subways &lack of any seating (except Amtrak Lounge) in Moynihan station impacting ppl who are unhoused, older, and/or disabled. Of course, Robert Moses & his legacy are responsible for this.
October 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Excellent clip on the history of hostile architecture in NYC-it’s current form seen in the leaning benches in subways &lack of any seating (except Amtrak Lounge) in Moynihan station impacting ppl who are unhoused, older, and/or disabled. Of course, Robert Moses & his legacy are responsible for this.
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If you are a plumber, you know how to fix leaks. If you are a politician, you are supposed to know how to DO POLITICS. OK? THAT IS YOUR JOB.
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If you are a plumber, you know how to fix leaks. If you are a politician, you are supposed to know how to DO POLITICS. OK? THAT IS YOUR JOB.
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People see political parties as part of their personal identities and not a set of employees sent to represent their political values and best interests which is how we end up "lesser of eviling" and "no matter whoing" our way into this fascist hell hole
October 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
People see political parties as part of their personal identities and not a set of employees sent to represent their political values and best interests which is how we end up "lesser of eviling" and "no matter whoing" our way into this fascist hell hole
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the massive scale of the No Kings protests, from the organizers’ perspectives, was ALWAYS about making it easy for people to people to go and meet organizers and organizations and mutual aid:
“Let this be a springboard, not the end of your journey.”
if you went, how are you doing so?
“Let this be a springboard, not the end of your journey.”
if you went, how are you doing so?
October 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
the massive scale of the No Kings protests, from the organizers’ perspectives, was ALWAYS about making it easy for people to people to go and meet organizers and organizations and mutual aid:
“Let this be a springboard, not the end of your journey.”
if you went, how are you doing so?
“Let this be a springboard, not the end of your journey.”
if you went, how are you doing so?
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LA folks, get on this.
Upcoming Courtwatch LA training for immigration courts--an important role in community defense. Court watchers, like cop watchers, show that the community is actively participating in its own safety, and in holding the justice system accountable.
bit.ly/imm-training-116
bit.ly/imm-training-116
October 16, 2025 at 1:45 AM
LA folks, get on this.
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I would go further and say that everyone deserves basic necessities to live whether they have a job or not.
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I would go further and say that everyone deserves basic necessities to live whether they have a job or not.
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All charges brought against protesters at Broadview today must be dropped. When cops and agents attack crowds without provocation, they make shit up to justify their attacks (in his case, an attack waged on a cooperative crowd to produce fascist social media content). These charges must be dropped.
October 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
All charges brought against protesters at Broadview today must be dropped. When cops and agents attack crowds without provocation, they make shit up to justify their attacks (in his case, an attack waged on a cooperative crowd to produce fascist social media content). These charges must be dropped.
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I don't think pointing out the fascists' 'hypocrisy' is a good use of time. It's not hypocrisy, it's hierarchy. They actually do believe that they have the right and obligation to dominate you because they are superior to you. They are using their power not being hypocritical.
September 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I don't think pointing out the fascists' 'hypocrisy' is a good use of time. It's not hypocrisy, it's hierarchy. They actually do believe that they have the right and obligation to dominate you because they are superior to you. They are using their power not being hypocritical.
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If you think you're helping by screaming someone doesn't deserve something because they're “not a criminal,” you're absolutely not. The state will deem you and that person both criminals under the established and whatever expanded terms you're upholding by legitimizing criminality as a construct.
September 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
If you think you're helping by screaming someone doesn't deserve something because they're “not a criminal,” you're absolutely not. The state will deem you and that person both criminals under the established and whatever expanded terms you're upholding by legitimizing criminality as a construct.
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More people need to understand that saying only “criminals” should be subjected to expanding state violence around us is what led to the broader public being targeted by it, too. Criminality is subjective, and power determines what it is or is not.
September 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
More people need to understand that saying only “criminals” should be subjected to expanding state violence around us is what led to the broader public being targeted by it, too. Criminality is subjective, and power determines what it is or is not.
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It is not our job to determine if resistance is hopeless. It is our duty to render it effective, at all possible points, while we are alive. It is the future that will determine if our efforts were victorious, not the present. To act fully in the present means to never face defeat.
September 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
It is not our job to determine if resistance is hopeless. It is our duty to render it effective, at all possible points, while we are alive. It is the future that will determine if our efforts were victorious, not the present. To act fully in the present means to never face defeat.
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It is a long running bipartisan position that ‘terror’ suspects can be killed without evidence or process and that ‘drugs’ are a major problem that require a military solution. Both wrong, but this is how we got here.
September 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It is a long running bipartisan position that ‘terror’ suspects can be killed without evidence or process and that ‘drugs’ are a major problem that require a military solution. Both wrong, but this is how we got here.
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It would appear that uncritically funding the people that hate us so much that they mint coins commemorating body counts instead of listening to the people who said that the institutional rot within the police is so deeply engrained that they represent a danger to us all has mysteriously backfired.
NOTUS:
Dem House Rep Steven Horsford:
“They called the local sheriff; they showed up and were going to arrest me. These are the same people that I’m supposed to call to coordinate security or to do support when I have a town hall.”
www.notus.org/democrats/me...
Dem House Rep Steven Horsford:
“They called the local sheriff; they showed up and were going to arrest me. These are the same people that I’m supposed to call to coordinate security or to do support when I have a town hall.”
www.notus.org/democrats/me...
Democrats' New Fear: They Can’t Rely on Local Law Enforcement for Protection
“They called the local sheriff; they showed up and were going to arrest me,” said Rep. Steven Horsford.
www.notus.org
September 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It would appear that uncritically funding the people that hate us so much that they mint coins commemorating body counts instead of listening to the people who said that the institutional rot within the police is so deeply engrained that they represent a danger to us all has mysteriously backfired.
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You don't have to mourn people who despised you and wanted terrible things to happen to you. Hard to believe that this needs to be said but apparently it does.
September 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
You don't have to mourn people who despised you and wanted terrible things to happen to you. Hard to believe that this needs to be said but apparently it does.