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Tristan Snyder
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Totally blind, gay, democratic socialist geek with a love of all things space scifi, urban fantasy and gay romance. Avid reader, musician and music lover, dog lover, foodie. Voice actor. Audio description narrator and producer. Secretary Blind LGBT Pride.
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Thank you to Senator Ed Marky. Keep fighting!
The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Ed Markey, whose Twitter handle is @SenMarkey. The tweet lists several actions followed by the word "BLOCKED." The actions are: Birthright citizenship order - BLOCKED. Federal funding cut off - BLOCKED. Illegal feds resignation plan - BLOCKED. Access to Treasury's vital data system - BLOCKED. Firing 2000 USAID workers - BLOCKED. Drastic NIH Grant Cuts - BLOCKED. Removing public health websites - BLOCKED. The tweet was posted at 3:21 PM on February 11, 2025, and has 41.8K views.
February 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Don’t lick the boot. 
black text on a white background: Never accept the fascist offer. The fascist offer is an offer of false peace. It's an offer to us to join them, or at least to not oppose them, with the promise that if we do, it will go easier on us, and the implicit threat that if we do not accept the offer, it will go harder. The fascist offer is the offer of false unity. It's an offer to align ourselves with fascist intent-not even necessarily by agreeing with them, but by agreeing that our disagreement over the people they intend to abuse and kill is not a disagreement worth sacrificing our friendship and goodwill. It's a framing that says, "we are people, you and I, but they are not, and wouldn't it be a shame if we people stopped being friends over a little thing like this?" The fascist offer is an offer to do what I see some Democrats already rushing to accept, to agree with fascist framing stating that the only unity allowable is unity with them, and suggesting that if we don't accept this unity then we are the ones to blame for what happens next, because in our divisiveness we forced them to do what they already have said they intend to do with or without us. It's a trap. If you accept their frame, you'll be inside their picture.
February 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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My sentiments exactly.
The image contains a bold statement in black text that reads: "THE ONLY GOOD FASCIST ...IS A DEAD ONE". The text is arranged around a graphic of a swastika being stabbed by a dagger. The dagger is depicted with a detailed handle and is shown piercing through the swastika, which is drawn in a three-dimensional style. The overall design is monochromatic, using black on a white background.
January 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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We must all be as vigilant as this bartender.
Screenshot with the following text: "@iamragesparkle I was at a shitty crustpunk bar once getting an after-work beer. One of those shitholes where the bartenders clearly hate you. So the bartender and I were ignoring one another when someone sits next to me and he immediately says, "no. get out." And the dude next to me says, "hey i'm not doing anything, i'm a paying customer." and the bartender reaches under the counter for a bat or something and says, "out. now." and the dude leaves, kind of yelling. And he was dressed in a punk uniform, I noticed Anyway, I asked what that was about and the bartender was like, "you didn't see his vest but it was all nazi shit. Iron crosses and stuff. You get to recognize them." And i was like, ohok and he continues. "you have to nip it in the bud immediately. These guys come in and it's always a nice, polite one. And you serve them because you don't want to cause a scene. And then they become a regular and after awhile they bring a friend. And that dude is cool too. And then THEY bring friends and the friends bring friends and they stop being cool and then you realize, oh shit, this is a Nazi bar now. And it's too late because they're entrenched and if you try to kick them out, they cause a PROBLEM. So you have to shut them down. And i was like, 'oh damn.' and he said "yeah, you have to ignore their reasonable arguments because their end goal is to be terrible, awful people." And then he went back to ignoring me. But I haven't forgotten that at all."
January 25, 2025 at 7:13 AM