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@btstickney.bsky.social
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Social Justice, Narratives, Gaming & Miniatures
Riding the day-job to academic pipeline
Social Justice, Narratives, Gaming & Miniatures
Riding the day-job to academic pipeline
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@btstickney.bsky.social
· Jan 14
China is trying to erase the Uighurs and their culture
Uighurs are neither extremists nor separatists as Beijing claims. They just want their rights.
www.aljazeera.com
Posting these here since I was blocked in a different thread.
I think accuracy is important, especially on a global scale. Just because a power opposes US interests doesn't make them good.
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/201...
I think accuracy is important, especially on a global scale. Just because a power opposes US interests doesn't make them good.
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/201...
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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THE NERD REICH
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Cover Reveal!
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
THE NERD REICH
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Transphobia is a fixation of elite culture. The same elite culture that is obsessed with defending and rehabilitating the social standing of wealthy child abusers, who fly to child rape islands to rape children together. That is the core culturar pillar of the elite— transphobia is also child abuse.
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Transphobia is a fixation of elite culture. The same elite culture that is obsessed with defending and rehabilitating the social standing of wealthy child abusers, who fly to child rape islands to rape children together. That is the core culturar pillar of the elite— transphobia is also child abuse.
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Ah yes, the people against political violence, the ones who claim they do not have a political violence problem! Here they are being non-violent once again!
NEW: As President Trump increases pressure on Colorado Governor Polis to free Tina Peters, a close ally of Peters is calling for Gov Polis and Attorney General Weiser to be executed.
MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann called for the execution of several Colorado Democrats by name.
MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann called for the execution of several Colorado Democrats by name.
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Ah yes, the people against political violence, the ones who claim they do not have a political violence problem! Here they are being non-violent once again!
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His campaign was ambitious, and it isn’t something he can execute by himself. Citizens must lean on their other representatives to let them know their wishes align with Mamdani.
Yeah I think even Mamdani could have told you that the next step of his career is to be undermined at every turn. And getting leaned on heavy by the same NYPD that was stalking & threatening De Blasio’s daughter was a given. It’s the harsh reality but it’s not something you discuss while campaigning
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
His campaign was ambitious, and it isn’t something he can execute by himself. Citizens must lean on their other representatives to let them know their wishes align with Mamdani.
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This administration has aggressively targeted trans people, seeking to force the nation back to an imaginary time where people like us didn’t exist—where gender is a prison to cage us, instead of a canvas to express our true selves.
But we have always been here.
But we have always been here.
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This administration has aggressively targeted trans people, seeking to force the nation back to an imaginary time where people like us didn’t exist—where gender is a prison to cage us, instead of a canvas to express our true selves.
But we have always been here.
But we have always been here.
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The party, who made the best friend of a child abuser president twice, is "just protecting children" again
GOP lawmakers pass bill allowing child genital exams without parental consent - buff.ly/6qqLafL
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The party, who made the best friend of a child abuser president twice, is "just protecting children" again
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total aside here but im already really tired of this shit. i stopped one million wars. i made gas basically free now. i brought in a googolplex of dollars. our country is #1 now. shut the fuck up you weird old creep. you didn't do shit except line your pockets. sick of your shit
After making comments here and there over the past few weeks, President Trump finally turns on Congresswoman Majorie Taylor Greene and says he will back a viable primary challenger.
November 15, 2025 at 1:43 AM
total aside here but im already really tired of this shit. i stopped one million wars. i made gas basically free now. i brought in a googolplex of dollars. our country is #1 now. shut the fuck up you weird old creep. you didn't do shit except line your pockets. sick of your shit
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Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
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Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
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I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
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i don't mean this in terms of hypocrisy, i mean it in literal, linguistic terms: what is this if not censorship by the state
not "what about!"
just this, taken on its own, wherein the government must approve what you teach adults. we literally have a word for it.
not "what about!"
just this, taken on its own, wherein the government must approve what you teach adults. we literally have a word for it.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
i don't mean this in terms of hypocrisy, i mean it in literal, linguistic terms: what is this if not censorship by the state
not "what about!"
just this, taken on its own, wherein the government must approve what you teach adults. we literally have a word for it.
not "what about!"
just this, taken on its own, wherein the government must approve what you teach adults. we literally have a word for it.
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At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
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i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
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Look at Nancy Mace. Even fellow Republicans are calling for her to seek help because she's deeply unwell. Every single one of these obsessives are mentally unwell and unbalanced people who seek validation by targeting a small minority group.
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Look at Nancy Mace. Even fellow Republicans are calling for her to seek help because she's deeply unwell. Every single one of these obsessives are mentally unwell and unbalanced people who seek validation by targeting a small minority group.
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There’s a two party duopoly in this nation.
Is it great? No! Is it reality? Yes.
Creating a third party means building up an entirely new infrastructure from scratch and then fighting both R & D.
Taking over the Dem Party is an easier and more effective route. It’ll take time, but it’s worth it.
Is it great? No! Is it reality? Yes.
Creating a third party means building up an entirely new infrastructure from scratch and then fighting both R & D.
Taking over the Dem Party is an easier and more effective route. It’ll take time, but it’s worth it.
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
There’s a two party duopoly in this nation.
Is it great? No! Is it reality? Yes.
Creating a third party means building up an entirely new infrastructure from scratch and then fighting both R & D.
Taking over the Dem Party is an easier and more effective route. It’ll take time, but it’s worth it.
Is it great? No! Is it reality? Yes.
Creating a third party means building up an entirely new infrastructure from scratch and then fighting both R & D.
Taking over the Dem Party is an easier and more effective route. It’ll take time, but it’s worth it.
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one thing sports have taught me is that the great teams, when they have a gigantic lead, press down on the gas and bury their opponents while the mediocre teams coast and more often than not let their often weaker opponent right back into the game
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
one thing sports have taught me is that the great teams, when they have a gigantic lead, press down on the gas and bury their opponents while the mediocre teams coast and more often than not let their often weaker opponent right back into the game
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dem tea party time
Warner is up for reelection. He was widely seen driving towards surrender behind the scenes, but he's voting no in public because it's unpopular. The real question is whether he supports a senate leadership change. If not, someone who supports senate leadership change should primary him.
But I cannot support a deal that still leaves millions of Americans wondering how they are going to pay for their health care or whether they will be able to afford to get sick.
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 AM
dem tea party time
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The leader of the opposition party is supposed to ensure that the opposition speaks with a unified message.
Chuck Schumer failed yet again at that. Why is he still in his role?
Chuck Schumer failed yet again at that. Why is he still in his role?
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 AM
The leader of the opposition party is supposed to ensure that the opposition speaks with a unified message.
Chuck Schumer failed yet again at that. Why is he still in his role?
Chuck Schumer failed yet again at that. Why is he still in his role?
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So every freelancer you know is going to lose their insurance or be bankrupted by premiums because Schumer is an invertebrate
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
So every freelancer you know is going to lose their insurance or be bankrupted by premiums because Schumer is an invertebrate
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to be clear: a rejection of politics altogether is bad. an anti-politics, if you will. which is imo a bit of what’s going on with dems for the last couple decades. politics is dirty business with high stakes, and attempts to sanitize it only obscure the stakes, but do nothing to lessen them
not to be a dick because there’s a little truth to this, but also: all politics is about people’s well being. sometimes it’s just more visible or visceral or people who register as more important. a true rejection of politics that impacts people’s well-being is a rejection of politics altogether
hot take: the actual problem the Dems are having is that they're NOT playing politics with peoples' well-being and actually want things like "people get to go home to their families for Thanksgiving"
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
to be clear: a rejection of politics altogether is bad. an anti-politics, if you will. which is imo a bit of what’s going on with dems for the last couple decades. politics is dirty business with high stakes, and attempts to sanitize it only obscure the stakes, but do nothing to lessen them
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They got cute and used Senators not up for re-election next year or ones that were retiring for the surrender vote.
So here's the metric we use instead:
If you aren't pushing for a new Democratic leader in the Senate *immediately,* you're out on your ass.
So here's the metric we use instead:
If you aren't pushing for a new Democratic leader in the Senate *immediately,* you're out on your ass.
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
They got cute and used Senators not up for re-election next year or ones that were retiring for the surrender vote.
So here's the metric we use instead:
If you aren't pushing for a new Democratic leader in the Senate *immediately,* you're out on your ass.
So here's the metric we use instead:
If you aren't pushing for a new Democratic leader in the Senate *immediately,* you're out on your ass.
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i was here in march so i’m obviously pleased to see so many others arriving at this same space
Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 AM
i was here in march so i’m obviously pleased to see so many others arriving at this same space
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NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!! 🥳
As your politicians caved in Washington, comrades across Texas came together to support trans healthcare by building out 800 HRT Harm Reduction Toolkits.
Fund a kit here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
See their post here: www.instagram.com/p/DQ220LxgP4v/
As your politicians caved in Washington, comrades across Texas came together to support trans healthcare by building out 800 HRT Harm Reduction Toolkits.
Fund a kit here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
See their post here: www.instagram.com/p/DQ220LxgP4v/
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!! 🥳
As your politicians caved in Washington, comrades across Texas came together to support trans healthcare by building out 800 HRT Harm Reduction Toolkits.
Fund a kit here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
See their post here: www.instagram.com/p/DQ220LxgP4v/
As your politicians caved in Washington, comrades across Texas came together to support trans healthcare by building out 800 HRT Harm Reduction Toolkits.
Fund a kit here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
See their post here: www.instagram.com/p/DQ220LxgP4v/