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Probably the only anglophone Toby Bartels. They/them. Mathematics instructor at a community college in Nebraska. Tolstoyan ex-Catholic. 🏴🚩🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ https://mathstodon.xyz/@TobyBartels/
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I’ve seen a lot of hand wringing about the dangers of going to No Kings protests and gently, I want to tell people to chill a little. These are permitted marches and the point is to be out there and seen en masse. Please don’t scare off people who are maybe going to their very first protest

submitted 1 day ago • 119 comments

Solidarity and so much love to everyone protesting this weekend. Other people have said a lot of the things which needed said (don't sit down - that's a tactic for a different kind of issue in a different structure of society, know your rights, write phone numbers on your arm... cont 1/

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

This is a kidnapper, caught in the act of abducting (apparently) a U.S. citizen. (Not that I would ever dox anyone, but it can't be against TOS to put up a wanted poster for a known criminal, can it? I'm just looking out for law and order!) @theanarchistturtle.bsky.social

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

DO NOT GO TO THE WORLD CUP!

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

“Border patrol came without a warrant to my family’s business. They took my cousin who is a US citizen. This happened 6/12/25 at 4:33pm” 👇🏼 Naty2023 TikTok

submitted 1 day ago • 121 comments

A woman is hospitalized and receives staples in her head after LAPD trampled her with their horses. LAPD also impeded her receiving medical attention.

submitted 1 day ago • 634 comments

DO NOT SIT DOWN YOU WILL DIE You increase your risks of permanent, injurous bodily harm, disability and death by sitting down in a protest. The cops have horses and vehicles. They are shooting projectiles that are supposed to bounce off the ground before hitting you to make them "less lethal".

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

They’re tearing down the prison walls during the uprising at Delaney Hall 👀👀

submitted 2 days ago • 39 comments

Reports of an uprising inside Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark NJ. I was here with people trying to visit family when we all started choking due to tear gas used inside.

submitted 2 days ago • 53 comments

HERE IS A THING that EVERY American can do: 1. Call your Senator. 2. Say the following: "I am requesting that you place a hold on the nomination of Bill Essayli as U.S. Attorney for the Central District of CA for directing federal agents to assault a U.S. Senator." 3. Call other Senator, repeat

submitted 2 days ago • 22 comments

Presidentialism was a mistake

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

This is a hilarious example of how conservatism's pretenses to limited government, skepticism of majoritarian rule, seperation of powers, and respect for the constitution was always bullshit. But Hillsdale College in particular is one of the most instructive examples of this phenomenon. A long🧵

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

STARTING NOW:

submitted 2 days ago • 30 comments

Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city." Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!

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