Rick Innis
@rickinnis.bsky.social
Former hacker turned protest singer, aiming to follow Woody Guthrie’s injunction that “It's a folk singer's job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people.” Anti-fascist. He/him. 🏴🇨🇦🏳️🌈🥂
Debut EP out now: https://linktr.ee/rickinnis
Debut EP out now: https://linktr.ee/rickinnis
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Rick Innis
@rickinnis.bsky.social
· Feb 14
My EP “The Winter of Our Discontent” is a collection of acoustic protest songs inspired by events of the past few years.
In the spirit of sharing, please feel free to promote your own creative works in this thread or Scalzi’s original thread. Or both.
rickinnis.bandcamp.com/album/the-wi...
In the spirit of sharing, please feel free to promote your own creative works in this thread or Scalzi’s original thread. Or both.
rickinnis.bandcamp.com/album/the-wi...
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Magnificent banner made by a Madrid socialist group for event surrounding the 50th anniversary of the death of Franco.
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Magnificent banner made by a Madrid socialist group for event surrounding the 50th anniversary of the death of Franco.
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Reading about the Cagots, who were savagely persecuted for centuries despite lacking "any distinct physical or cultural traits differentiating them from the general population". Not race, not religion. They were ostracised just because they were people that you ostracised
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cagot
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cagot
Cagot - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Reading about the Cagots, who were savagely persecuted for centuries despite lacking "any distinct physical or cultural traits differentiating them from the general population". Not race, not religion. They were ostracised just because they were people that you ostracised
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cagot
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cagot
Trump defends MBS while wishing he too could dismember journalists with chain saws
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Trump defends MBS while wishing he too could dismember journalists with chain saws
The real problem here is the shag carpeting.
On a scale of 1 being “only enough morning orange juice for half a cup” and 10 being “accidentally burned down the house”, where does dropping a plate of loaded tacos onto shag carpeting fall?
November 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The real problem here is the shag carpeting.
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"One irony of this situation is that while those on the British left tend to defend the BBC on principle, they are often exasperated by its deference to the right-wing press..."
Exactly.
"The Plan to Bring Down a Giant." www.cjr.org/the_media_to... in Columbia Journalism Review.
Recommended.
Exactly.
"The Plan to Bring Down a Giant." www.cjr.org/the_media_to... in Columbia Journalism Review.
Recommended.
The Plan to Bring Down a Giant: How right-wing forces struck a coordinated blow to the BBC.
How right-wing forces struck a coordinated blow to the BBC.
www.cjr.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"One irony of this situation is that while those on the British left tend to defend the BBC on principle, they are often exasperated by its deference to the right-wing press..."
Exactly.
"The Plan to Bring Down a Giant." www.cjr.org/the_media_to... in Columbia Journalism Review.
Recommended.
Exactly.
"The Plan to Bring Down a Giant." www.cjr.org/the_media_to... in Columbia Journalism Review.
Recommended.
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“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
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Turns out the academic meritocracy *is* skewed by minorities, it's just that those minorities are pedophiles and petrocrats.
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Turns out the academic meritocracy *is* skewed by minorities, it's just that those minorities are pedophiles and petrocrats.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 3:11 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
“Peace through Strength” is a pretty short step from “Strength through Joy” and “Work makes you free”
November 16, 2025 at 4:07 AM
“Peace through Strength” is a pretty short step from “Strength through Joy” and “Work makes you free”
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Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life.
"When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving."
www.teenvogue.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
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November 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Taxes are the price of living in a civilized society
Tax is love and "we should stop always describing tax as a burden or cost, and start seeing it as an acknowledgment of the benefits we derive from public services – and a loving contribution to the wellbeing of all of us."
Bangin' piece from 2018 New Zealand.
Bangin' piece from 2018 New Zealand.
A crazy little thing called tax
Tax heroes: If tax is love then New Zealand needs to show a lot more affection, writes Max Harris.
thespinoff.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Taxes are the price of living in a civilized society
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Canada First is an ideology used by White supremacists and Maple maga traitors.
ricochet.media/politics/how...
ricochet.media/politics/how...
How Pierre Poilievre’s ‘Canada First’ slogan parallels white nationalist ideology
Canadian Conservatives appear to be inspired by Donald Trump's "America First" platform, a slogan with roots in white supremacy and racism.
ricochet.media
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Canada First is an ideology used by White supremacists and Maple maga traitors.
ricochet.media/politics/how...
ricochet.media/politics/how...
Don’t cross picket lines, don’t be a scab, get your coffee somewhere else and let *$ know why.
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Don’t cross picket lines, don’t be a scab, get your coffee somewhere else and let *$ know why.
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
Expose them all and let the light burn who it will
"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
November 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Expose them all and let the light burn who it will
So @bsky.app is now siding with pedo apologists over satirists?
patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
So @bsky.app is now siding with pedo apologists over satirists?
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This is extremely disturbing if true. It's Ford though and it's exactly what he'd do.
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
My office just uncovered that, buried in their Fall Economic Statement, Ford’s Conservatives are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
#ONpoli
My office just uncovered that, buried in their Fall Economic Statement, Ford’s Conservatives are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
#ONpoli
November 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This is extremely disturbing if true. It's Ford though and it's exactly what he'd do.
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Consider joining me in backing this campaign for "Release of Glenn Branca's Symphony No. 4 (Physics)" launched by my good friend Reg Bloor on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/reg...
#MusicSky #GlennBranca #RegBloor #KickStarter
cc: @florgoth.bsky.social
#MusicSky #GlennBranca #RegBloor #KickStarter
cc: @florgoth.bsky.social
Release of Glenn Branca's Symphony No. 4 (Physics)
Much anticipated release of a long lost recording.
www.kickstarter.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Consider joining me in backing this campaign for "Release of Glenn Branca's Symphony No. 4 (Physics)" launched by my good friend Reg Bloor on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/reg...
#MusicSky #GlennBranca #RegBloor #KickStarter
cc: @florgoth.bsky.social
#MusicSky #GlennBranca #RegBloor #KickStarter
cc: @florgoth.bsky.social
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Statement from the Unitarian Universalist Association and 8 other denominations:
“…our faiths call on us to proclaim that transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people deserve respect, love, and equal rights.… our beloveds are created in the image of God – Holy and whole.”
www.uua.org/pressroom/pr...
“…our faiths call on us to proclaim that transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people deserve respect, love, and equal rights.… our beloveds are created in the image of God – Holy and whole.”
www.uua.org/pressroom/pr...
www.uua.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Statement from the Unitarian Universalist Association and 8 other denominations:
“…our faiths call on us to proclaim that transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people deserve respect, love, and equal rights.… our beloveds are created in the image of God – Holy and whole.”
www.uua.org/pressroom/pr...
“…our faiths call on us to proclaim that transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people deserve respect, love, and equal rights.… our beloveds are created in the image of God – Holy and whole.”
www.uua.org/pressroom/pr...
I’d love a peek at the timeline in which FDR lived out his fourth term.
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I’d love a peek at the timeline in which FDR lived out his fourth term.
@bsky.app what, and I say this in all sincerity, the actual fuck? What has @sarahkendzior.bsky.social done to warrant suspension?
srsly @bsky.app @safety.bsky.app
@support.bsky.team ? you have porn bots and literal nazi trolls from X all over this site and yet you've suspended
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social/ Sarah Kendzior..
...
are we on X.. twitter or what?
@support.bsky.team ? you have porn bots and literal nazi trolls from X all over this site and yet you've suspended
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social/ Sarah Kendzior..
...
are we on X.. twitter or what?
nooooooo say it ain't so..
Sarah Kendzior pls come back.. we need your voice...
Sarah Kendzior pls come back.. we need your voice...
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
@bsky.app what, and I say this in all sincerity, the actual fuck? What has @sarahkendzior.bsky.social done to warrant suspension?
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...