Rob Budde

This Is Fascism

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Roth: Wheetago War Book One by Richard Van Camp (Author), Christopher Shy (Illustrator) Reviewed by Christina Barber

Roth: Wheetago War Book One by Richard Van Camp (Author), Christopher Shy (Illustrator)
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So delighted to see this review of the new book by my friend and mentor @richardvancamp.bsky.social ! How wonderful!

Kimmel made jokes, which were poignant and intelligent, in his monologue, on his comedy variety show, and got suspended. Brian Kilmeade seriously advocated for giving lethal injections to homeless people, on a news show, and he's going to work, business as usual.

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

The right sets the terms of our political discourse in so many ways, one of which is the idea that there isn't enough "debate" and "free speech" on campus.

We need to push back on this. The truth is (speaking for myself as a history prof), I don't really emphasize debate much in my classes/

From Fairy Creek to the Walbran Valley, the fight for ancient forests persists The Fairy Creek Blockades were the largest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history. Five years later, activists are back on the ground.

Is BC worth protecting @davidebybc.bsky.social? “Unless there is swift change, every ecosystem is at risk of collapse at the current rate of logging. Especially considering that less than 3 per cent of productive old-growth forests remain.” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/10/o...

“Everything is held together with stories. That is all that is holding us together, stories and compassion.”

― Barry Lopez

America: where you can blow up a vessel carrying immigrants for funsies, but don’t you fucking dare use a bathroom that isn’t designated for your gender at birth

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At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed. We join with more than 150 other media outlets across the world to condemn these crimes.

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You got this!

I gotta say, as a Jew, it’s incredibly fucked up and sad that Elon Musk and Grok being Nazi sympathizers hasn’t caused a mass exodus (or coordinated boycott) from X.

I don’t like to shame people for what is clearly a failure of collective action, but honestly, what the fuck?

Mushroom Cloud Hopefully Nothing Major

Mushroom Cloud Hopefully Nothing Major
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Just to be clear, I am not interested in war, world war 3, nuclear war or anything in that general genre of activities. Not my thing, big hard no on that. Kthx.

I am sorry I was late, I was trying to peelllllllll garlic

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Me: *absolutely wailing the opening verse of the Carpenter's 'Close To You' in a fine, fragile tenor*

The guy at the urinal next to mine: *Stony faced and refusing to make eye contact*

i've had enough signs in my lifetime to stop saving for retirement. it's time to buy a boat.

It’s a heist movie but just with a bunch of humanities scholars trying to get their grant money back.

Niigaan Sinclair speaking in a workshop

"Racism doesn't leave quietly. It leaves kicking and screaming...And it might be indicative that when it is the loudest...when it's the most desperate and making the most unreasonable, insane, nonsensical decisions, that you might be seeing change happening.”
~ Anishinaabe writer Niigaan Sinclair 🧡

Zelensky displayed superior emotional intelligence on Fox News after the debacle today. He continued advocating for his country's security and defence. His empathetic, calm, self-aware reactions to what was an utterly unfair attack/vile condescension need to go into textbooks.

Every ten minutes here is like:
- Trump doubles student debt
- Musk now has keys to your house and is in your bathroom doing plumbing drugs
- Three planes just crashed
- Trump signs EO making women illegal
- Face-melted Nazi from Indiana Jones now in charge of CIA
- Meteor not arriving fast enough

*being lined up in front of the wall before the firing squad*

Me, very smugly: I just want y'all to know that without due process, that this is illegal

BREAKING: Almost everything

Alexa, de-weaponize incompetence

Doodle of a black cat with its head tilted upward and appears to be screaming. The background is black with repeated lines of the letter "a" throughout the entire thing.

Screaming into the void