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@someblueskyacct.bsky.social

Seattle, Washington I research things and write about them (as a hobby) and I volunteer a lot. Opinions are my own. Trans rights are human rights. AuDHD, antifascist, nonbinary, anti-tankie, atheist. Not a spy or a fed or gov affiliated.

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Young men voted +42 for Mamdani. So weird that he didn't need to lean into crypto/gambling to pull that off.

03.03.2026 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 228    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Just 100 accounts responsible for 70% of conspiracy posts. Puts things in perspective.

03.03.2026 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
uld you support or oppose abolishing ICE? (%)

Somewhat or strongly supportNot sureSomewhat or strongly oppose
U.S. adult citizens
39
Party ID
Democrats
14
Independents
35
Republicans
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uld you support or oppose abolishing ICE? (%) Somewhat or strongly supportNot sureSomewhat or strongly oppose U.S. adult citizens 39 Party ID Democrats 14 Independents 35 Republicans 68

Per The Economist/YouGov, half of Americans support ABOLISHING ICE.

Literally, "abolishing."

yougov.com/en-us/articl...

03.03.2026 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4004    πŸ” 1123    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 133

Just a reminder that for some reason no one talks about Christians United For Israel, which is 10x the size of AIPAC

03.03.2026 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

77% of Democratic voters support abolishing ICE.

Any Democrat running for office who doesn’t call for abolishing ICE is wildly outside the mainstream.

03.03.2026 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 288    πŸ” 79    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

Is AIPAC money in politics bad? Yes. But the Christian Right's money, power, and influence is far bigger, and they just can't wait to get Armageddon going

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1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

03.03.2026 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2203    πŸ” 804    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 133

A computer making a management decision to do war crimes was sort of inevitable because all of our political and business culture is based on avoiding responsibility for things.

02.03.2026 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.

And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

02.03.2026 07:54 β€” πŸ‘ 23821    πŸ” 5934    πŸ’¬ 1727    πŸ“Œ 632

All rape, these girls can’t consent and there will be deaths. These are, extremely, high risk pregnancies. A abomination.

Fix your headline.

02.03.2026 04:23 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Democrats stop making β€œconceding points” your opening gambit, part infinity

01.03.2026 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1746    πŸ” 330    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 7

Israel's systematic attempts to kill the entire Iranian opposition leadership in Iran is indicative of what (some) of us have been sayingβ€” Israel doesn't not want to turn the IRI into a democratic republican state, it wants there to be no state. It wants a rubble-state, Gaza or Yemen or worse.

01.03.2026 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 621    πŸ” 200    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2

If I were a head of state, I would think setting a precedent that assassination is a legitimate tool of state competition would be unwise

28.02.2026 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3526    πŸ” 606    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 32

People really struggling with the idea that the Iranian government sucks but we shouldn't be bombing them can both be true, eh?

28.02.2026 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 7788    πŸ” 1148    πŸ’¬ 150    πŸ“Œ 92
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"Mr. Mamdani, you are more than welcome to come to one of my safe houses."

Masih Alinejad, who was targeted for assassination by the Iranian regime at her Brooklyn home, responded to a statement released by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani that today's military strikes on Iran
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Post Conversation Bari Weiss @bariweiss πŸ”₯ Quote Square profile picture CBS News @CBSNews Β· 1h "Mr. Mamdani, you are more than welcome to come to one of my safe houses." Masih Alinejad, who was targeted for assassination by the Iranian regime at her Brooklyn home, responded to a statement released by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani that today's military strikes on Iran Show more

Crazy how Bari Weiss tries to have it both ways. She decries mainstream media for failing standards then she herself violates core journalism ethics by doing biased posts like this attacking Mayor Mamdani. I know she's a Maga-coded pundit, not a journalist but this is still wildly unacceptable.

28.02.2026 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 388    πŸ” 97    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 5

Imagine telling the world that you're liberating the women of Iran and one of the first things you do is blow up a school full of girls. Disgusting.

28.02.2026 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 414    πŸ” 183    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 8

Gaza, south Lebanon, the West Bank, southwest Syria, this is the model that Israel wants across MENA: weak, permanently unstable, incapable of infrastructural reconstruction or administrative cohesion.

28.02.2026 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1682    πŸ” 438    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 8

If this were true, the percent of white voters that choose the most racist candidate on the ballot would be different before and after drive-time talk radio.

It wasn't.

Also no real effect:
*Price of eggs
*Cambridge Analytica
*Fox News
*Social media
*Economic anxiety

What changes, is the excuses.

27.02.2026 06:31 β€” πŸ‘ 249    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 5
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"Mr. Mamdani, you are more than welcome to come to one of my safe houses."
Masih Alinejad, who was targeted for assassination by the Iranian regime at her Brooklyn home, responded to a statement released by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani that today's military strikes on Iran Show
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...They do not want another war in pursuit of regime change. They want relief from the affordability crisis. They want peace...

Bari Weiss C @bariweiss X.com S CBS News 7 @CBSNews β€’ 48m "Mr. Mamdani, you are more than welcome to come to one of my safe houses." Masih Alinejad, who was targeted for assassination by the Iranian regime at her Brooklyn home, responded to a statement released by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani that today's military strikes on Iran Show more THAOrYAYIDANS SATEMENT ...They do not want another war in pursuit of regime change. They want relief from the affordability crisis. They want peace...

we all knew Bari Weiss was a deranged right wing hack but I thought that she’d at least be a little more subtle about it while running cbs news

28.02.2026 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3821    πŸ” 516    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 41

To spell this out a bit more: Platner has a short resume, is not closely tied to the Democratic party's core institutions & constituencies, seems negatively polarized against the ppl most freaked out by the Nazi tattoo, and has some level of affinity to crypto racist stuff.

28.02.2026 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 135    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
Sir Keir supports whatever illegal shit the US tells him to

Sir Keir supports whatever illegal shit the US tells him to

The most unpopular prime minister since records began stands resolutely behind the unprovoked attack on Iran by the two countries that are actively carrying out a genocide in the Middle East.

But please, do elaborate more about "extremism on the Left", Mr Human Rights lawyer KC.

28.02.2026 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 716    πŸ” 252    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 24

you guys realize that rich people are sharing national intelligence so they can put money on bets and then clean up, yes?

i need joe average guy to understand they are literally putting gambling money down on everything.

28.02.2026 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Kamala Harris promised "the most lethal military" in the world and said Iran was our greatest threat. After Israel struck Iran, Tim Walz said that we need "expand Israel and its proxies" in the VP debate. Schumer and Jeffries just worked to delay a war resolutions vote until after these strikes.

28.02.2026 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 547    πŸ” 187    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 4
OCASIO-CORTEZ STATEMENT ON
TRUMP'S COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAN
"The American people are once again dragged into a war they did not want by a president who does not care about the long-term consequences of his actions. This war is unlawful. It is unnecessary. And it will be catastrophic.

"Just this week, Iran and the United States were negotiating key measures that could have staved off war. The President walked away from these discussions and chose war instead.President Trump flippantly acknowledged the possibility of American casualties, stating "that often happens in war.'

"Mr. President: this was not an inevitability. This is a deliberate choice of aggression when diplomacy and security were within reach. Stop lying to the American people.

"Violence begets violence. We learned this lesson in Iraq. We learned this lesson in Afghanistan. And we are about to learn it again in Iran. Bombs have yet to create enduring democracies in the region and this will be no different.

"In moments of war, our Constitution is unambiguous: Congress authorizes war. The President does not. I will do my part to uphold our Constitution by voting YES on Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie's War Powers Resolution. Every member of Congress must join us in rejecting this aimless war.

OCASIO-CORTEZ STATEMENT ON TRUMP'S COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAN "The American people are once again dragged into a war they did not want by a president who does not care about the long-term consequences of his actions. This war is unlawful. It is unnecessary. And it will be catastrophic. "Just this week, Iran and the United States were negotiating key measures that could have staved off war. The President walked away from these discussions and chose war instead.President Trump flippantly acknowledged the possibility of American casualties, stating "that often happens in war.' "Mr. President: this was not an inevitability. This is a deliberate choice of aggression when diplomacy and security were within reach. Stop lying to the American people. "Violence begets violence. We learned this lesson in Iraq. We learned this lesson in Afghanistan. And we are about to learn it again in Iran. Bombs have yet to create enduring democracies in the region and this will be no different. "In moments of war, our Constitution is unambiguous: Congress authorizes war. The President does not. I will do my part to uphold our Constitution by voting YES on Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie's War Powers Resolution. Every member of Congress must join us in rejecting this aimless war.

My statement on President Trump’s combat operations in Iran⬇️

28.02.2026 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 11085    πŸ” 3316    πŸ’¬ 365    πŸ“Œ 245

this is horrifying. this is why they say death to america. because all we bring is death to their children and people

28.02.2026 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6019    πŸ” 1284    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 13

It is really worth saying that, in many ways, the war between Isreal/the US and Iran really started during the Biden presidency. Biden gave Israel the go-ahead and provided weapons, intelligence, and interceptors with a supporting aircraft carrier.

28.02.2026 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

I don't have anything I can say on here except that I want everyone, especially the kids, to be safe and well, and that my heart hurts for so many people I care about who are terrified for their loved ones tonight

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