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A photograph from the 1988 ACT UP demonstration outside the FDA. Many people are participating in a die-in on the front steps, holding mock tombstones with messages like "RIP - killed by the FDA" and "Dead from lack of drugs." A line of police officers (some with classic 80s mustaches) wearing riot helmets stands between them and the building; one cop wearing white gloves is walking through the demonstrators. Affixed to the 2nd story windows of the building is a series of posters and a large blank banner reading Silence = Death.

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.

One of my highlights of this game was seeing the baby pitcher say “let’s fucking go” in real time, and then again in slow motion

I remember @birgerpahl.bsky.social telling me about how Soviet era broadcasters would announce temperatures that were higher than they really were so that people would think they were less cold.

This! This is it!

Da iawn! We love to see it 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🖤♥️🤍💚🖤

I want this for us

The questions in this thread are useful, as a check on my own thinking as well as the Ezras among us.

Oh yeah, they do that here in Milwaukee too. I’ve been at the last session for humans and the way the dogs start gathering at the end is…unsettling

Oh (it was just yesterday too)

FIND THE COURAGE TO BE WHAT THE MOMENT REQUIRES

We deserve this

Yeeessssssssss

So easy!

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Political violence is evil, killing people is evil, a country with more guns in it than people is broken, and what the government is saying about political violence right now being a primarily leftwing phenomenon is factually, statistically untrue. They are using this moment to rewrite history.

Tbh the horizontal element helps balance him visually but regular glasses can do that without … the rest

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Most political violence in America is right wing violence and that includes violence against right wing figures.

the new account created today with 6 followers and 0 posts and 12 replies that is replying to you with bullshit is a troll and if you aren't blocking on sight you lost the game

cmon yall don't waste the energy, don't engage especially in other people's mentions

I’m outsourcing my take, here it is

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At last! Something good coming out of Henrico County!

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THAT SHOWER CAN GET THEIR OWN FECKING FLAG

An absolute must read

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As a governor who cares about the well-being of my people, I can’t live in a fantasy land where I pretend Trump is not tearing this country apart for personal greed and power.

Difficult difficult lemon difficult

Ther ys power yn a union