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I would suggest having a party that believes in something instead of trying to imitate the Right's astroturf ecosystem. A legion of tik tokers won't save you if they're pitching the same over-engineered focus grouped drek that your leaders are

In Omaha’s mayoral race, the GOP incumbent dusted off her party’s hate playbook and ran a despicable anti-trans campaign. The Democrat refused to be intimidated. He campaigned for LGBTQ+ votes, while the Dem Party mocked the incumbent’s desperate lies. Omaha elected the Democrat. By a landslide!

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I genuinely don't think good counter-messaging on trans rights is all that difficult. There are Democrats who aren't doing it not because coming up with it is hard but because they agree with the Republicans and want to disguise their disdain for trans people as a matter of political strategy.

Pepe Mujica, the anarchist guerilla who became president of Uruguay, has passed on. He leaves behind as good a legacy as it's possible to leave. So it goes. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

i would imagine hasan knows, rationally, not to talk in situations like this. he did anyway because cops of all stripes are very good at making you feel like in *just this one particular situation* it makes more sense to talk a bit. don't ever give in to that impulse.

Happy Mother's Day.

Holy shit is Rogue One better with the context of Andor though 1. Andor 2. Rogue One 3. Everything else

Happy Birthday to anti-fascist Sophie Scholl, who joined the resistance at age 16 and was executed by the Nazi regime at age 21, along with her brother, comrades, and friends. Thread with her complete quote below:

Beloved f/sf author Diane Duane could really do with help for funeral expenses right now. See details below for how we can help:

It's new, but this guy does some good work

While the dangers we face are real, if someone's not emphasizing our enemies' real weaknesses and ways people can fight back alongside them they're encouraging our defeat in wartime. That may not be their intent, but it's the reality and the rest of us should refuse it accordingly.

Men are not constantly being told “you’re bad,” they are constantly being told “LEFT WING SJWS THINK YOU’RE BAD” by conservative propaganda. There’s a huge difference.

I won't be around today to read the HHS "Gender Dysphoria Report", but here's my comprehensive 2023 essay, "Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth Is Neither New nor Experimental" (with over 100+ references) that will tell you everything that's wrong with it... juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affir...

Magic Card of the Day Here's one for May Day, a very anarchist-coded boy

Adding in one of my favorites youtu.be/zR_KZ4bBglM?...

Doing a May Day thread of various songs of liberation and resistance against tyranny. Will add to it throughout the day. Let's start with an antifascist classic: youtu.be/cUAP-fE81zs?...

Magic Card of the Day We kick things off with an incredibly elegant design - I love a card that can tell a story through both mechanics and flavor. Special shout out to the flavor text - one of the best in Magic's history, imo.

as always when i talk about firearms: you shouldn't consider buying a gun if you struggle with suicidal ideation. 100% of you should take a stop the bleed course and have an IFAK you can carry. find such courses here www.stopthebleed.org/find-a-course/

told y'all it's "the origins of tankies" week no single institution in history has ever been more effective at anticommunism than the USSR

Happy birthday, Dad. Time to come back now, it’s all gone a bit rubbish without you. ❤️❤️❤️

As luck has it, I'm writing about Grant's Attorney General Amos Akerman, who said that Reconstruction required a firm hand with lawbreakers. "It is the business of a judge to terrify evil men, not to coax them.”

my endorsement for any democratic presidential candidate who promises to send the entire DOGE team to prison

there really is no alternative to tearing up CBP and ICE root and branch

abolishing ice was the compromise

Oh man, this thread captures so much of what I love about Koth.

For those puzzled why the strong box office opening of SINNERS is being framed as disappointing somehow, Vulture gave the game away two days ago. Studios are freaking out about letting the copyright revert to Coogler, so the film can't be seen as a success. The fix is in.

it's important this go as viral as the original story for morale purposes if nothing else. despite the image they project these people are NOT unaccountable. consequences CAN be forced. focused anger and outrage MATTERS.

I'll tell you what chafes my hide though 1/10

i am begging for cis people to realize that this is the end goal; make existing in the public sphere fundamentally untenable for trans people such that we'll detransition/stay in the closet, or worse. it's never been about women's spaces, or the sanctity of sports, or Protecting The Youth

Many people are saying, "WHY NOT BOTH?!" and that's missing the divide in the party. Some want to fight, and others want to be the second-best demonizers of immigrants (and trans people) in the exact way that helped elect Trump.

Every time I’ve been forced against my will to see that stupid fucking photo of JKR & her cigar I’ve said “she looks like a cartoon villain” & I finally figured out which one

There is no FAFO suggestion that involves abandoning marginalized folks in need & under attack that ISN'T fascist. The writing people off thing is endorsing fascism. Fuckin stop it. Instead, what are you good at? Do that to help others instead of giving up on folks bc you feel wronged. Do GOOD.

hate that I have to keep re-upping this, but STUDY AFTER STUDY has shown that TRANS PPL POSE NO THREAT to cis ppl in restrooms & other sex-segregated spaces, those studies are detailed in this essay: juliaserano.medium.com/transgender-... which has been adapted into this video: youtu.be/nK41ePuOmzY

This fucking timeline...

This guy makes soooo many oozes in my Zimone deck

it you're coming down "right smack dab in the middle"'of the extrajudicial kidnapping of people based on flimsy at best accusations, you're decidedly not "in the middle." if you're coming down "right smack dab in the middle" of punishing students exercising 1st amendment rights, no you're not.