I mean, good I guess, but also what did these people think they were signing up for by joining the company that's literally named after the evil surveillance orb from lord of the rings
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I mean, good I guess, but also what did these people think they were signing up for by joining the company that's literally named after the evil surveillance orb from lord of the rings
27.01.2026 00:51 โ ๐ 84 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 0I'm glad the worst people on earth are on their back foot today but until the two murderers are arrested and prosecuted this is all fluff
26.01.2026 22:51 โ ๐ 6370 ๐ 1220 ๐ฌ 58 ๐ 19May he never know a moment's peace for the rest of his miserable life
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Man I wish there was some sort of new, fresh, queer, woman owned publication I could subscribe to to support independent journalism and a freer internetโฆ (cough cough mothership.blog)
26.01.2026 20:00 โ ๐ 124 ๐ 43 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1you can subscribe here btw: aftermath.site#/portal/signup
26.01.2026 19:39 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0idk if Iโd position my work as so important that itโs a โbig help,โ but itโs certainly a help
26.01.2026 19:37 โ ๐ 32 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0we didn't finish denazification. we didn't finish desegregation. we didn't finish reconstruction. every opportunity for transformative change was deliberately sabotaged by american leaders who knew their wealth would not survive a world freed from eugenics, white supremacy, and war profiteering.
25.01.2026 20:36 โ ๐ 3800 ๐ 1403 ๐ฌ 19 ๐ 13The average fascist is a follower. The average fascist is frightened of life. The average fascist needs the backing of the state to do evil. Without the backing of the state, they're just your neighbor who wishes you were dead but is too terrified of consequences to say it.
25.01.2026 18:31 โ ๐ 332 ๐ 92 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 4Weโre airing a new campaign ad, starting tomorrow.
Here it is:
hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crashโ deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
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25.01.2026 18:44 โ ๐ 71 ๐ 27 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 7Was a total delight talking to my old Kotaku work buddies at @aftermath.site - come for Nintendo book chat, stay for the bit about our favourite journalism rabbit holes at the end
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It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore โ and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.
25.01.2026 17:45 โ ๐ 12818 ๐ 3818 ๐ฌ 105 ๐ 96i once asked an older greek anarchist how it is that greek protestors go so hard and he said that having overthrown a fascist regime in living memory, everyone knows what the cops are and whose side they're on and i think we're getting there.
25.01.2026 05:51 โ ๐ 591 ๐ 229 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1pokemon game where abortion rights were never eroded on a national level
25.01.2026 08:08 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0pokemon game where the point is to make as many enemies as possible: pokemon foe
25.01.2026 05:09 โ ๐ 29 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 2Iโve been encouraged to post more of the things I say out loud, which I think is the wrong thing to encourage from me
25.01.2026 03:54 โ ๐ 96 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 0lose the tradwife and get with the chadwife
25.01.2026 03:54 โ ๐ 109 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0HAPPENING NOW: Protesters forced federal police to retreat from the intersection where they were concentrated. Theyโve totally barricaded the street with dumpsters.
24.01.2026 19:28 โ ๐ 427 ๐ 141 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 24a fighter, amid a shouted post-fight speech made up entirely of rhyming couplets, just said โn-word pleaseโ (as opposed to the actual slur; no, he was not black)
24.01.2026 23:52 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0travis barker, who suddenly joined the broadcast for no apparent reason
24.01.2026 23:09 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0r/ufc thread with a picture of the ufc commentator desk + travis barker for some reason?
ufcโs paramount era is off to a great start
24.01.2026 23:03 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
24.01.2026 21:41 โ ๐ 33651 ๐ 10479 ๐ฌ 448 ๐ 429Some of the signs at this rally in the cold in Union Square this afternoon:
24.01.2026 21:34 โ ๐ 185 ๐ 41 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
24.01.2026 21:29 โ ๐ 10533 ๐ 2871 ๐ฌ 100 ๐ 108The Republicans could not do this without the assistance of the Democrats. There is always enough Democrats to keep the money flowing. There are always enough Democrats to get the fascists in their chairs in committees and Congress. Always enough to shut down protests. They are a part of the engine.
24.01.2026 21:16 โ ๐ 95 ๐ 27 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1Clear and clean, two things are true. One, accepting this responsibility, people have been fighting back against fascism and this particular future for ages in the US and despite their effort it obviously didn't stop this point from occurring.
Two is the Democrats knowingly stood in their way.
Iโm so sick of people throwing their hands up and saying abolishing ICE isnโt possible right now. Abolishing ICE is extremely popular and calls to do so will only continue to grow, meanwhile conservatives manage to do incredibly unpopular things all the time because nobody stops them
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