John

John

@jthiels.bsky.social

Work in digital scholarship, linguistic anthropologist, painter. BLM, against fascism.

1,523 Followers 3,538 Following 831 Posts Joined Aug 2023
2 hours ago

Anything for my 👑

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2 hours ago

You are, my liege

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1 day ago

This is one of the way that freedom is under attack in this country.

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1 day ago

there's a moment in Der Vorleser where the narrator, going to visit the camp, wonders how they could have hated their victims enough to kill them en masse. the guy giving him a lift suggests hate had little to do with it; they thought nothing of their victims; they simply didn't see them as human

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9 hours ago

friend, this is Marcus Junius Brutus

CAESAR has declared himself DICTATOR FOR LIFE and MUST BE STOPPED

can you rush a donation of ten denarii today to show that you STAND WITH THE REPUBLIC?

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8 hours ago

Don't believe there is, unfortunately

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11 hours ago
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I'm adding a #TimelineCleanse because after hearing & seeing these videos I need a bit of sweetness to refresh.

Remember, there are so many good things in this world to fight for. So take a breather now & then. Indulge in something that makes you laugh or feel lots of joy & then, fight on.

RESIST!

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10 hours ago

Any extra points for trying to bus when it's not clear at first that they don't want you to?

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14 hours ago
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#ICEOut ‼️

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2 days ago
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How many Marines does it take to keep us from talking about the Epstein Files?

Owl: Let's see... a one, a two, ohh it's 2500!

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1 day ago
A banner ad from the Alliance Francise

“France is hiring. Think about it!”

- ad in DC Metro

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2 days ago

This may upset you but if you cancel your subscription all you will do is hurt a news organization that is evil in a time when they’re struggling more than ever

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2 days ago
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Well done 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Wall art at Union Market in DC reads, “OPERATION EPSTEIN FURY.”

Look closer. Fallen soldiers’ names: Nicole Amor, Declan Coady, Noah Tietjens. Each marked, “DID NOT HAVE TO DIE.”

And at the bottom, the gut punch: “FIGHTING IRAN FOR THE EPSTEIN CLASS.”

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2 days ago
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DOGE Deposition Videos Taken Down After Judge Order and Widespread Mockery The government asked a judge to stop the spread of the videos on YouTube. The judge agreed, and ordered their immediate removal.

Breaking: the DOGE deposition videos have been taken off YouTube. On Friday the government asked a judge to intervene, said the videos could cause reputational damage, death threats. Judge agreed, ordered them removed: www.404media.co/doge-deposit...

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Thanks to Trump and his Epstein distractions...

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2 days ago

Good night and rest well. A luta continúa

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2 days ago
Christopher F. Rufo A @realchrisrufo • 2h
We have successfully frozen their brand-"critical race theory"-into the public conversation and are steadily driving up negative perceptions. We will eventually turn it toxic, as we put all of the various cultural insanities under that brand category.
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Replying to @realchrisrufo and @ConceptualJames
The goal is to have the public read something crazy in the newspaper and immediately think "critical race theory." We have decodified the term and will recodify it to annex the entire range of cultural constructions that are unpopular with Americans.
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Chris Rufo famously laid out the plan in a pair of tweets in 2021, but it never would’ve succeeded without enthusiastic support from the centrist wing of the Opinionati, who sanitized and amplified the RW talking point that the Left™ had “gone too far.”

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3 days ago
Lessen the power of women...AI

This needs repeating!
#proudblue

newrepublic.com/post/207693/...

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2 days ago
The Ides of March coin struck after the famous event and honoring Brutus.

This Sunday's commemorative coin honoring Brutus.

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4 days ago
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V.A. Begins Drive to Put Some Homeless Veterans Into Guardianship

What. The fuck.

Trump wants to institutionalize homeless veterans. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...

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6 days ago

One wonders if Mssr Grygiel has considered the anti-social effects of seething at people who don’t see the purpose of every interaction to be about moving through life with cold efficiency.

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6 days ago
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The bombing of Iranian children is an unforgivable crime America has blood on its hands.

“Hegseth insisted that “we, of course, never target civilian targets,” but large-scale bombing raids often hit and kill civilians, including children. This is one reason that it is immoral, as well as illegal, to launch a war of aggression.”

Latest in PN:

www.publicnotice.co/p/iran-eleme...

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6 days ago

They think this is winning

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1 week ago

Part of Trump’s mass appeal (and of why he’s so dangerous) is that he really seems to share Joe Barstool’s worldview that there are no complex problems: Everything has a simple brute solution, which previous leaders were somehow too stupid or weak to deploy.

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1 week ago

He's a fantastic actor. And his comment was stupid and self-serving

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1 week ago

there is no opposition party in the U.S.

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1 week ago

Happy Women's Day!

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Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, “A Call to Conscience” - Statements - Archdiocese of Chicago - AoC Portal As more than 1,000 Iranian men, women and children lay dead after days of bombardment from U.S. and Israeli missiles, the official White House X account on Thursday evening posted a video of scenes fr...

Please please read this from the archbishop of Chicago

www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...

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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but the Iranian people are not our enemy

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