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Embittered and rancorous ex-young man realising it might be a bit too late to be a revolutionary, and that most people wouldn't go for it anyway. So, stick to tea and cake.
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Monte Mader @montemader.bsky.social

submitted 8 days ago • 182 comments

I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE. Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it. Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.

submitted 13 days ago • 3362 comments

"8647" 1. Find someone who opposes Trump 2. Find something innocent that they say in opposition. 3. Redefine the meaning of their statement 4. Normalize that meaning via social media networks 5. Send Secret Service to their home 6. Silence them. Chill free speech of all critics

submitted 31 days ago • 79 comments

It's been 8 years since the iconic moment Tom Holland lip-synced "Umbrella" by Rihanna for Zendaya. 🎥

submitted 41 days ago • 348 comments

Let's see...Trump names himself chair of the Kennedy Center for the Arts (voted in "unanimously" by the board he appointed). This guy might want to read up on Joseph Goebbel's offical role as Minister for Public Engagement and Propaganda and on the 1937 Degenerate Art exhibition.

submitted 49 days ago • 7 comments

Macron shook one hand.

submitted 52 days ago • 4826 comments

@scalzi.com I've got all the Old Man's War books and also the audio book versions from Audible. Audio books are difficult because they really depend on the narrator, but William Dufris is brilliant, and Tavia Gilbert is equally brilliant on Zoe's Tale. Do you select the narrators?

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

submitted 70 days ago • 1313 comments

#booksky

submitted 74 days ago • 23 comments

A Black man just beat the record for the longest filibuster, defeating the record previously held by a man who filibustered the literal Civil Rights Act. As the time ticked over, Cory Booker announced he did it not out of hatred for who he opposed, but out of love for those who supported him.

submitted 76 days ago • 293 comments

so my favorite dive bar in WI passed up showing tonight’s Bucks game so they could show live poll results. when the election was called for Crawford, the whole bar started chanting, “Fuck El*n”. the bartender pulled out the good stuff and handed out free shots to us all—an absolutely electric nite

submitted 76 days ago • 640 comments

submitted 77 days ago • 94 comments

Senator Booker: What kind of man is in the white house that makes fun of the disabled, who lies so much that the fact checkers lose count, that minimizes the pain and the suffering

submitted 77 days ago • 1076 comments

submitted 77 days ago • 351 comments

Hi, BlueSky. It's Hillary. I've joined up here to help get the word out about an important election in Wisconsin tomorrow, and other ways to defend our democracy against those who think votes can be bought.

submitted 77 days ago • 7330 comments