October 6 is World #CerebralPalsyDay. #CerebralPalsy is diagnosed in childhood, & some people think it can be outgrown or will get "better" over time. But it's a permanent disability from birth, and it can encompass a wide array of disabling symptoms that each vary in severity.

Breaking: Palestinian resistance launches surprise offensive against Israel By Leon V., Red Phoenix correspondent, Florida. "Palestinians from the Gaza Strip take down the colonial fence alongside the borders of the occupied interior as they make their way into the lands libe...

BREAKING: Earlier tonight, the Palestinian resistance began their first steps towards liberation from the fascist ethnostate of Israel. In a daring attack, coalition forces seem to have caught the IDF completely by surprise.

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!

An adorable raccoon.

a black and white hypnotize spiral with text saying "ooo you think you are important; u want to take care of yourself and slowly improve over time"

Community control of police, a revolutionary restructuring of law enforcement Thousands marched in downtown Chicago on July 11, 2016, protesting the police murders of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile and demanding community control of the police. By Sofia D., Red Phoenix cor...

Community Control of the Police is not a defanged alternative to defunding the police, but rather its more complete and powerful realization. We are calling for a revolutionary restructuring of law enforcement.

an mspaint drawing of earth and the moon seen from space. the moon is of course a clock you already knew that; it was obvious. on top of the moon is a small united states flag that is visible. the earth is showing the americas, both north and south, poorly conveyed but still recognizable. between the space of the moon and the earth are a large number of grey blobs that are labeled "ROCKS" with an arrow pointing at them. these rocks are all being directly in a beam, dropped from the moon onto earth. parts of south america are red and presumably on fire from the power of 100s of nuclear bombs due to the force of the rocks being dropped from the moon. the moon is, after all, the most tactually valuable military ground for earth. if you are reading this and are very confused i promise you the person that this is making fun of is not worth learning about. she's really this stupid. i just realized that this technically makes this a political comic. i'm doing my own message conveyed. oh fuck.

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My cat Nala sleeping with one paw stretched out as a chin rest. She is in the middle of the bed making much of the bed unusable. I am currently curled up writing this. She has dibs.

dude shut up she’s sleeping 😡

UAW: Fighting to win back concessions given in 2009 By Sofia D., Red Phoenix correspondent, Minnesota. Since Sep. 15, thousands of United Auto Workers (UAW) nationwide have been on strike against General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis, demanding higher w...

"I think that what’s really going on here is that back in 2008 and 2009... the upper tier of our union gave a lot of concessions to the Big Three to allow them to stay afloat. I think a really big part of this fight, is that they’re asking for a lot of those things back."

Abortion and marijuana amendments would increase worker autonomy in Florida Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is pictured at a 2021 press conference with Gov. Ron DeSantis. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda / Orlando Sentinel / Tribune News Service via Getty Images) By Benjamin J. ...

Two proposed amendments to Florida’s Constitution would, if approved by voters in 2024, increase worker autonomy in the Sunshine State by adding the right to abortion and the right to use marijuana recreationally to that document.

Guardian report noting that social attitudes survey shows significantly worsening attitudes towards trans people.

Guardian reporting on the mysterious change in social attitudes about trans people since 2016, when the Guardian started regularly demonising trans people.

The Fall of Lin Biao (Hoxha, 1979) Mao Zedong and Lin Biao on November 10, 1966. By Camilo Lazo, Red Phoenix correspondent, Illinois. A review of Yao Ming-Le's The Conspiracy and Murder of Mao’s Heir. In his political diary, Albanian...

"The Conspiracy and Murder of Mao’s Heir" deserves a second look in that it offers an interesting explanation not only for Lin Biao’s fall but for why, so many years after the fact, the details remain a closely guarded secret.

The Moroccan Association for Human Rights offers condolences to the Moroccan people and all victims ... Published by Democratic Way, Morocco. Translated by Sofia D. for the Red Phoenix. Statement of the AMDH. “Let us turn the tragedy of the earthquake into a moment of universal solidarity.” “Stand...

The AMDH notes the alarming extent and effect of the earthquake, so it addresses all officials, and demands that they deal with public opinion with the utmost transparency, by exposing the full extant of malpractice in the remnants of the earthquake.

Opinion: Labor strike news coverage suppressed by omission Members of SAG-AFTRA, an American actors union, protest and strike on July 17, 2023. By Alan I., Red Phoenix correspondent, Ohio. The strikes of SAG-AFTRA and WGA continue to rage, but you likely woul...

The workers must not only have their own independent political party, but their own media as well! Few other tools are as important for the raising of the masses from this manufactured ignorance and confusion to a prepared, organized and rightfully-outraged army of labor.

It’s important to understand that this is the way all capitalists think about all the “little people” they exploit; this one is just saying it with no filter, which happens every now and then with people who have become accustomed to thinking of their fellow human beings as food.

Cold War Killer File: Augusto Pinochet “Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood.” – Augusto Pinochet “Not a leaf moves in this country if I'm not moving it.” - Pinochet, October 1981 Remember September 11th, 1973 During the h...

Today marks 50 years since the coup against Chile's democratically-elected Salvador Allende.

There is perhaps no better example in history of U.S. intervention bolstering an authoritarian government than the infamous reign of the fascist Augusto Pinochet.

Cuba charges impressment of Cuban citizens to serve in Russian military La Plaza de la Revolución, "Revolution Square," in Havana, Cuba. (Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket/Getty Images) Over the past two days, numerous international press agencies have reported that Cuba h...

Cuba has arrested 17 individuals that were part of an alleged human trafficking ring that lured Cuban citizens, under the pretext of securing employment overseas, to serve in the Russian military in the ongoing Ukraine conflict.

Tennessee is confused.

The Struggles of the Working Class and Peoples, and Inter-Imperialist Disputes By the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador (PCMLE), En Marcha #2063, Sep. 6—12, 2023. On September 1 and 2, 2023, the 27th International Seminar "Problems of the Revolution in Latin America"...

Latin America and the Caribbean is the object of inter-imperialist contention. The massive presence of Chinese capital has gone hand in hand with the “progressive” governments that have fulfilled and are fulfilling the role of renegotiators of the external dependence of their countries.

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At least once a day I remind myself that American Jews were for so unprepared for the rise of antisemitism backed by a domestic oligarch that the head of the ADL responded to Elon buying Twitter by calling him “a modern-day Henry Ford” AS A COMPLIMENT.

illustration of garfield as a roaring wave full of lasagna descending on the boats of odie, jon and nermal below. surely they are doomed to his flavourful assault. not even titan could wield such ocean power.

what if we kissed on the garfield wave

opossum trying to eat some kind of orange gourd or pumpkin

opossum trying to eat some kind of orange gourd or pumpkin

Hot girl summer is over. It's time for opossum autumn.

The BRICS meeting and the inter-imperialist struggles Left to right: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China's President Xi Jinping, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Russia's Foreign Minister...

The resolutions taken by the BRICS show the strengthening of the bloc within the framework of the contest between the imperialist powers. It is not the emergence of a counter-power to the hegemony of the North. It is an anchor of several countries to the imperialist powers such as China and Russia.

Loosening child labor regulations result in deaths of teen workers Left to right: Duvan Tomas Perez, 16; Michael Schuls, 16; Will Hampton, 16. (Photo: HuffPost) By Alan I., Red Phoenix correspondent, Ohio. Child labor laws are being repealed in the United States in o...

Child labor laws are being repealed in the US in order to preserve profits, loosening previous restrictions. In a span of only five weeks this summer, three teens have died in industrial workplace accidents. Now the capitalists are working to make this the legal status quo.

before and after i sneeze in a normal volume in my own home

FRIEND: Your kitchen looks great

ME: Wanna see the new garbage disposal?

FRIEND: Sure

ME: [opening cupboard to reveal a large raccoon napping] His name is Boris

NYT Treats Key Source’s Many Lies as an Aside in Latest Anti-Trans Smear — Assigned Azeen Ghorayshi provides no evidence that any of Jamie Reed’s allegations were correct. In fact, her reporting for the New York Times only reinforces the likelihood that Reed lied repeatedly. So, ...

New NYT abomination of a story about gender-affirming care just dropped:

So you decided to join BLUE SKY [it's not twitter] #1 upload an avatar #2 set Moderation Settings (box showing moderation hand symbol) Moderation (arrow pointing to) Content Filtering

(arrow pointing to drawing of toggle) Toggle to enable Adult Content THEN choose Hide, Warn, or SHOW (star) tip: images are AI moderated so some slip thru & some G-rated images get tagged as "explicit", so "Warn" may be the bet choice atm #3 Go to SETTINGS (box with drawing of toggle) toggle require alt text on images (please ♥) (arrow points to) Home Feed Prefs (star) Use these settings to control seeing reposts & replies on your TL

#4 Go to My Feeds Go to "Discover New Feeds" to search for interesting feeds like "Only Posts" Click the "+" to add the feed (box) Go to the (gear icon) [edit my feeds] here you can pin and unpin feeds (side note) pinned feed will appear at the top of your TL Don't forget to "♥" the feed when you click on it to preview, this helps others find it!

Hey I made a quick welcome guide to BlueSky :)

There's tons more, but I think these few steps will get you up and enjoying it quickly.

Don't ever let another person ruin your day. Life is too short.
Ruin your own damned day. It's more efficient that way.