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randy r. potts

@thephatic.bsky.social

Okie anti fascist journo + editor; Hromadske, New Yorker, Baffler, et al πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸŒΉ Tulsa / Baltimore / mieszkam w Warszawie Signal: thephatic.39

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Er machte seinem Freund im Fussballstadion einen Heiratsantrag – dann wird er verprΓΌgelt Ein deutscher Schiedsrichter machte seinem Freund im vollen Fussballstadion einen Heiratsantrag – nach Drohungen gegen ihn wurde er nun von tΓ€tlich angegangen.

if you saw the viral video of this gay marriage proposal, well, he was just beaten up right outside his apartment :(

09.02.2026 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

tim walz is a cop

09.02.2026 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a photo of DeSantis, Trump, and Noem looking at new human cages

a photo of DeSantis, Trump, and Noem looking at new human cages

when I look at a picture of this I sometimes imagine the sounds you would hear, once a place like this is full of human beings

08.02.2026 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 8

hey guys check it -

09.02.2026 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

what happens after Trump is out of office? do they rename the route? there's a reason democratic leaders don't name things after themselves ........,

09.02.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Power TRIPP: The Trump Route and the Logic of Transactional Diplomacy The Trump Route for International Peace (TRIPP) perfectly encapsulates the US president’s preferred style of foreign policy: power exercised through transactional deals rather than institutions, profi...

the best words for deals like this are "medievalism" or "feudalism" - the "TRIPP/Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity" is being negotiated sans any other intl agreements, bears Trump's name, and bypasses the State Dept - a business venture of a monarch not the actions of a modern state

09.02.2026 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Elmo
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That Bunny was AMAZING. Elmo thinks he should be called Good Bunny! Elmo loves you, Mr. Good Bunny! ❀️🎢🐰
Based Yankee
@thebasedyankee
You and Bad Bunny should be deported

Elmo @elmo · 1h That Bunny was AMAZING. Elmo thinks he should be called Good Bunny! Elmo loves you, Mr. Good Bunny! ❀️🎢🐰 Based Yankee @thebasedyankee You and Bad Bunny should be deported

It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."

09.02.2026 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 38714    πŸ” 6833    πŸ’¬ 910    πŸ“Œ 511

the patron saint of Warsaw is a boobs out, sword wielding mermaid named Syrenka who will come out of the water to fight any time the city is in danger

08.02.2026 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 241    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1

fuck yes we are

09.02.2026 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record

"He said he has been locked in the same large, cold and damp room for 4Β½ months with more than 70 men. He said detainees are constantly hungry because meals served at tables in the centre of the room offer only child-sized portions." www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

09.02.2026 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 173    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 11

such a familiar story :(

09.02.2026 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

so many people in the US forget that Okies were the last great wave of internal migration and they were treated like shit

09.02.2026 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

3 new books I am realllllllly excited about this spring:

@unlawfulentries.bsky.social's
Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship

@letsgomathias.bsky.social's
To Catch a Fascist

@thrasherxy.bsky.social's
THE OVERSEER CLASS:
A Manifesto

(will thread links to buy these below!)

06.02.2026 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

thank you for writing it!

09.02.2026 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

fellow Okie writer and friend @rilla-askew.bsky.social wrote a novel over 10 years ago that you should buy - imagining our way out of this is a big first step:

"With the passing of a new state law, it becomes a felony to harbor an undocumented immigrant in Oklahoma ... "

08.02.2026 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Swordless but upright in the wake of the Warsaw Uprising:

08.02.2026 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our wedding invite was Syrena meets Yemaja, the Yoruba deity of the water.

08.02.2026 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

fellow Okie writer and friend @rilla-askew.bsky.social wrote a novel over 10 years ago that you should buy - imagining our way out of this is a big first step:

"With the passing of a new state law, it becomes a felony to harbor an undocumented immigrant in Oklahoma ... "

08.02.2026 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

the patron saint of Warsaw is a boobs out, sword wielding mermaid named Syrenka who will come out of the water to fight any time the city is in danger

08.02.2026 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 241    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1
a photo of DeSantis, Trump, and Noem looking at new human cages

a photo of DeSantis, Trump, and Noem looking at new human cages

when I look at a picture of this I sometimes imagine the sounds you would hear, once a place like this is full of human beings

08.02.2026 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 8

I really do think the size of the US will make much of it easy to make ungovernable. Even with Palantir etc, these ppl are fools and the geography is against them.

08.02.2026 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

so much of our present misery is just a giant, prolonged backlash to integration

08.02.2026 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3959    πŸ” 741    πŸ’¬ 67    πŸ“Œ 51

"going around fixing kicked-in doors"

08.02.2026 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | We Shouldn’t Want to Eat Like Our Great-Great-Grandparents

"The policy tools exist to minimize the harms and maximize the benefits of a system that provides food, much of it healthy, in abundance. But first we need to stop demonizing industrial food, and instead think about how to make it better."

Gabe & I for @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...

08.02.2026 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
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National Day of Patriotic Devotion, 2026 Search, browse and learn about the Federal Register. Federal Register 2.0 is the unofficial daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as e...

it was almost exactly 1 year ago when DOGE laid me off from my position as one of the editors of the Federal Register; I have to say, I am very glad to not be there publishing this -

08.02.2026 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

it explains the grammar in a way that's not normal for apps

08.02.2026 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What is the link between privacy and the intersectional lived experiences of queer Roma | Dr Lucie Fremlova It's been over five years since my book Queer Roma was published. I've had a chance to think about some of the concepts emanating from the lived experiences of LGBTIQ Roma through the lens of #privacy...

It's been over five years since my book Queer Roma was published. I've had a chance to think about some of the concepts emanating from the lived experiences of LGBTIQ Roma through the lens of #privacy and #sensitive #personalinformation. Here's a snapshot.

07.02.2026 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

look, Mayor Frey, Governor Walz, the sheriffs, they are not on the peoples' side - they make noise, they talk tough for Time magazine, but ultimately they are choosing ICE over the people of Minnesota - and we need to reckon with that

07.02.2026 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

live your life in such a way that your work would never get past the Florida censors

07.02.2026 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

have you tried Google AI studio? I really like it for more nuanced translations or ones that need context.

07.02.2026 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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