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as st. olga of kiev once said, the birds coming home to roost are real fuckers bicycle rider, reader, writer, data nerd, unrepentant urbanist and cynical optimist

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I will never ever find it not appalling that we have masked officers with no identification roaming our cities in unmarked cars yanking people off the streets with no warrants. What fucking country is this.

19.10.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This post is funny, but it just shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the history of feminine labor and craft.

Spinsters dismantled the Spinning Jenny by hand. Suffragettes used acid and bombs to attack politicians. Militant textile workers went on strike by the tens of thousands.

19.10.2025 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 280    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Our frog is much cuter. And has a superhero cape. And has friends like dancing unicorns.

It's such a perfect judo move on the hyperbolic bullshit that the Pro-fa administration is pushing... and honestly it's an easier sell for TV than the nekkid bike ride. I LOVE IT.

19.10.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No Kings rally in Durant, Oklahoma, population ~19,000.

18.10.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1609    πŸ” 342    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 25
No Kings Protest in Fountain Square, Evanston, IL.  A cast of thousands!

No Kings Protest in Fountain Square, Evanston, IL. A cast of thousands!

#NoKings rally & protest in Fountain Square, Evanston, IL. October 18, 2025. Was it amazing, beautiful, inspiring? Yes. Indivisible Illinois!

18.10.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 180    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 10
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#NoKings 285 people in Morehead, Kentucky, pop. 6789. That's 4.1% of the population!

KY Tenants Union even did a training on direct action before hand.

18.10.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1044    πŸ” 150    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 7

To call it 'the most corrupt administration in US history' does not do it justice; that so understates the degree of corruption as to be almost false.

They have in fact instituted a new regime in which officeholders treat the public's thingβ€”the republicβ€”as their personal property...like kings do.

18.10.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1059    πŸ” 379    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 20
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Minneapolis is showing up and showing out. #NoKings

18.10.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 30404    πŸ” 7165    πŸ’¬ 308    πŸ“Œ 257
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No Kings in deep red Lafayette, Louisiana!!

18.10.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1257    πŸ” 299    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 21
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Our town of 60,000 in red ass Western Kentucky. #NoKings

18.10.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1290    πŸ” 220    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 9
Steve Cousineau cartoon

The Developmental Divergence of Frogs

Inflatable frog: RESIST

Actual frog: FLIES?

Pepe the frog: RACIST

Steve Cousineau cartoon The Developmental Divergence of Frogs Inflatable frog: RESIST Actual frog: FLIES? Pepe the frog: RACIST

Steve Cousineau:

18.10.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 636    πŸ” 133    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
Protest frog poses with other protesters in Brunswick, me

Protest frog poses with other protesters in Brunswick, me

Brunswick, ME

18.10.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 772    πŸ” 97    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 10
Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod β€’ 22h β€’
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text: Episcopalians on Facebook Elizabeth Rose Elrod β€’ 22h β€’ Exodus 8:2-6 "But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs... The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

15.10.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 35206    πŸ” 9880    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 564

bro did you just challenge portland to express oppositional defiance in competitively creative ways bro

18.10.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2549    πŸ” 353    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 12

omg ed. β€œexpress oppositional defiance in competitively creative ways” is the new β€œcelebrate diversity”

no bumper sticker. just paint it on the car

18.10.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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No Kings protest in The Woodlands, Texas (north suburban Houston). This is the first such protest to occur in the community. I overheard a number of folks telling others that they had never attended such an event before but had gotten to the point of feeling they needed to do something.

18.10.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2493    πŸ” 609    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 54

Based on what I have heard from clothing historians, the costumes are almost perfectly period-appropriate and the fact that they're so lovingly made on such a wee scale kills me every time.

18.10.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In all seriousness this is the absolute best Christmas Carol movie.

In this case though it reminded me of one of my all-time favorite quotes about the First Amendment:

18.10.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So proud of y'all, Oklahoma!

18.10.2025 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Paging @govpritzker.illinois.gov

18.10.2025 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Proof that a) animals are smarter than humans and b) this is the real reason he doesn't have a pet.

18.10.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There's another one:

18.10.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 149    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A beautiful Bald Eagle circled overhead during our protest in Burnsville Minnesota and the crowd went wild
#NoKings #Minnesota

18.10.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2705    πŸ” 717    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 90
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No Kings-Kansas City

18.10.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5693    πŸ” 1463    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 65
A large group of protesters at a no Kings rally in suburban Chicago

A large group of protesters at a no Kings rally in suburban Chicago

A sign at a no Kings rally in suburban Chicago. It reads are we great yet cause I just feel embarrassed.

A sign at a no Kings rally in suburban Chicago. It reads are we great yet cause I just feel embarrassed.

A sign at a no Kings rally in suburban Chicago. It says, borders are make-believe & where you’re born is luck.

A sign at a no Kings rally in suburban Chicago. It says, borders are make-believe & where you’re born is luck.

A sign at a no Kings rally in suburban Chicago. Says free balls for the members Congress who have lost theirs.

A sign at a no Kings rally in suburban Chicago. Says free balls for the members Congress who have lost theirs.

#nokings rally I went to in Extremely Normie Chicago suburb was easily triple the size of earlier one. TRIPLE. & that was much bigger than I thought it would be. Previous one, occasionally cars would beep, this time every single car was leaning on the horn the whole time. Encouraging cacophony. πŸ‘ŠπŸ»πŸ’š

18.10.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 987    πŸ” 180    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 6
No Kings In Ankh-Morpork

No Kings In Ankh-Morpork

Oh right this one I took specifically for @rincewind.run

18.10.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 486    πŸ” 98    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0

A lot of these red states are gerrymandered to the hilt as well. Republicans are making it almost impossible for people to vote their way out of this mess

18.10.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 672    πŸ” 158    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 2
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

18.10.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 15464    πŸ” 4475    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 2
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There will be much larger crowds at #nokings @indivisible.org events in big cities, but this is what interests me most: people turning out in small cities and rural, deep red places.
Pictured here: Charleston WV, and Pikeville and Morehead in eastern KY, coal mining Appalachian communities.

18.10.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1075    πŸ” 294    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 11

The genderfluid amphibian symbol of American renewal! A++++

18.10.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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