@firstnameed.bsky.social
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"Not only were they wrong about every single issue that fell under the white definition of wokeness, but the Black predictions that un-oppressed, newly bearded white moderates dismissed as hyperbolic fearmongering or, in the case of Ezra Klein, “left-wing fatalism,” turned out to be spot on."
"When it comes to the people who dedicated themselves to staying woke, I can’t think of a single thing they were even partly wrong about," writes @michaelharriot.bsky.social. Great essay. www.contrabandcamp.com/p/the-woke-m...
The Woke Mob Was Right
The death of Renee Good is the latest example of why the woke, radical left anti-fascists marching through the streets were right about every single thing.
www.contrabandcamp.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:10 PM
"Not only were they wrong about every single issue that fell under the white definition of wokeness, but the Black predictions that un-oppressed, newly bearded white moderates dismissed as hyperbolic fearmongering or, in the case of Ezra Klein, “left-wing fatalism,” turned out to be spot on."
Fuck yes. Hope in my lifetime to be able to visit.
THREAD: Verified videos of anti-establishment protests in Iran on 1 January
A group of protesters in the small city of Azna, in the western porvince of Lorestan, set fire to the local police station.
Location: maps.app.goo.gl/Qz7rbxSWTp34...
A group of protesters in the small city of Azna, in the western porvince of Lorestan, set fire to the local police station.
Location: maps.app.goo.gl/Qz7rbxSWTp34...
January 3, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Fuck yes. Hope in my lifetime to be able to visit.
I have a hunch that the new Oval Office "sign" (which looks to me like poster board slapped up with some 3M tabs) is there so Trump doesn't get lost when he's doddering outside like a shit-stained Roomba.
November 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I have a hunch that the new Oval Office "sign" (which looks to me like poster board slapped up with some 3M tabs) is there so Trump doesn't get lost when he's doddering outside like a shit-stained Roomba.
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a remarkable thing here is that Platner's defenders are 'can't a man change?' and ... he's shown basically zero repentance! his whole attitude toward this has been a mixture of lying that he didn't know what the tattoo was and entitlement and anger about being called out on it.
October 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
a remarkable thing here is that Platner's defenders are 'can't a man change?' and ... he's shown basically zero repentance! his whole attitude toward this has been a mixture of lying that he didn't know what the tattoo was and entitlement and anger about being called out on it.
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CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?
October 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?
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A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o
October 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o
So, uh... how about those *hundreds* of people completely disappeared when Alligator Auschwitz closed?
October 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
So, uh... how about those *hundreds* of people completely disappeared when Alligator Auschwitz closed?
Massively fucked up
LET'S GET READY TO LITIGATE
*US PAUSES $18B IN NYC INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING: VOUGHT
*US PAUSES HUDSON TUNNEL, SECOND AVE SUBWAY FUNDING: VOUGHT
*US PAUSES NYC PROJECT FUNDING BECAUSE OF DEI CONCERNS: VOUGHT
*US PAUSES $18B IN NYC INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING: VOUGHT
*US PAUSES HUDSON TUNNEL, SECOND AVE SUBWAY FUNDING: VOUGHT
*US PAUSES NYC PROJECT FUNDING BECAUSE OF DEI CONCERNS: VOUGHT
October 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Massively fucked up
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🧵In the past week Israel has bombed: Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Tunisia, Yemen, and now Qatar. In Yemen the prime minister and multiple cabinet members were assassinated. In Qatar the Hamas negotiators who were called there by the US to review a ceasefire proposal were targeted. These are acts of
September 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🧵In the past week Israel has bombed: Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Tunisia, Yemen, and now Qatar. In Yemen the prime minister and multiple cabinet members were assassinated. In Qatar the Hamas negotiators who were called there by the US to review a ceasefire proposal were targeted. These are acts of
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Y'all
The ICE building in Portland is painting a line in front of their building
But they don't even know how to spell government
The ICE building in Portland is painting a line in front of their building
But they don't even know how to spell government
August 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Y'all
The ICE building in Portland is painting a line in front of their building
But they don't even know how to spell government
The ICE building in Portland is painting a line in front of their building
But they don't even know how to spell government
🤞🏼
August 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🤞🏼
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usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”
August 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”
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Straight from a Chaplin film from 1918.
June 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Straight from a Chaplin film from 1918.
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oh is this just a distraction? is that it? a distraction? for rubes? are you the smartest little birthday boy in the whole applebees? is that it? are you three steps ahead? with your mind chess? in your little birthday boy suit? do you have it all figured out? are you mommy’s special buddy?
ooouuuuuu the girls are fightingggg……
Trump suggest that Elon has "Trump derangement syndrome"
June 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
oh is this just a distraction? is that it? a distraction? for rubes? are you the smartest little birthday boy in the whole applebees? is that it? are you three steps ahead? with your mind chess? in your little birthday boy suit? do you have it all figured out? are you mommy’s special buddy?
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In South Park, San Diego, US citizens stigmergically rose up against Trump’s Gestapo. The revolt erupted midday when ICE began rounding up people at a restaurant; patrons and passersby alike dropped everything to confront the regime storm troopers. #3E #EndImpunity #StopICE
June 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
In South Park, San Diego, US citizens stigmergically rose up against Trump’s Gestapo. The revolt erupted midday when ICE began rounding up people at a restaurant; patrons and passersby alike dropped everything to confront the regime storm troopers. #3E #EndImpunity #StopICE
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A few Palestinian YouTube channels have stopped because they were killed. These were kids. They sang songs & loved birds, and showed us the ocean. I'll never forget Medo, a young man growing a garden in the midst of a genocide. Israel killed him; he showed the world that Palestinians are human.
May 13, 2025 at 8:12 AM
A few Palestinian YouTube channels have stopped because they were killed. These were kids. They sang songs & loved birds, and showed us the ocean. I'll never forget Medo, a young man growing a garden in the midst of a genocide. Israel killed him; he showed the world that Palestinians are human.
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Holy fuck I am flabbergasted but so glad
Video stills of Rümeysa Öztürk being released from ICE custody via NBC 10 Boston
May 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Holy fuck I am flabbergasted but so glad
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ICYMI over the Easter break:
I wrote about how, just three months after Trump took power, constitutional protections now come with a disclaimer:
“Unless the regime decides otherwise.”
I wrote about how, just three months after Trump took power, constitutional protections now come with a disclaimer:
“Unless the regime decides otherwise.”
How the Republic Falls
Constitutional protections suspended. The government purging “alien enemies” and the “enemy within.” Three months into Trumpist rule, despotism is rising in America
thomaszimmer.substack.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
ICYMI over the Easter break:
I wrote about how, just three months after Trump took power, constitutional protections now come with a disclaimer:
“Unless the regime decides otherwise.”
I wrote about how, just three months after Trump took power, constitutional protections now come with a disclaimer:
“Unless the regime decides otherwise.”
I guess if my furniture making business goes under I have a good skill set for screwing iPhones together
April 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I guess if my furniture making business goes under I have a good skill set for screwing iPhones together
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
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If your reaction to an escalating state persecution of an extremely vulnerable minority is: “But what if throwing these people under the bus is good messaging in the midterms?!” you are telling the world everything we need to know about you.
March 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If your reaction to an escalating state persecution of an extremely vulnerable minority is: “But what if throwing these people under the bus is good messaging in the midterms?!” you are telling the world everything we need to know about you.