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Arek Dreyer

@arekd.bsky.social
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Living in Chicago and hopefully visiting a city near you soon!

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/09/2026
Any sweeping systemic change you want to make in the United States has to begin with adding seats to the Supreme Court in 2029. No major reform bill will survive the current court. No civil rights law, no anti-corruption law, no wealth tax, nothing.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Milo stuff is the perfect picture of fascism. You think you're protected because you go as big as you can on racism, you spend years harassing the movement's perceived enemies, you even disavow your own sexuality. They'll still throw you in a cage over the tiniest disagreement already forgotten.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
What anti-fascist work are you committed to doing over the next two years? Where are you specifically laser focusing in your activism/organizing?
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Hey @chicagotribune.com Editorial Board: Why did you describe me as a “bomb-throwing influencer”? This is wrong, inflammatory, and racist. Change it. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/05/e...
So far, the Democratic Socialists of America's success has been confined in large part to deep-blue city districts. Meanwhile, in suburban areas and in statewide contests establishment Democrats generally are winning against progressive challengers. Chicago saw its own version of this dynamic in March in the hotly contested and crowded race to succeed retiring Rep. Jan Schakowsky in the 9th Congressional District. The bomb-throwing influencer Kat Abughazaleh, 27, won the portions of that district in Chicago's North Side lakefront neighborhoods, but suburban votes gave savvy
Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss the win.
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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026
I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.
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Arek Dreyer @arekd.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Costa Rica is an island nation? Is this a translation mistake from the original from DPA?
Newspaper article about Costa Rica with the following phrase circled: “The island nation’s landscape makes up just”
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Arek Dreyer @arekd.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
You two did a great job setting the context and telling your story in a very small amount of time. Thanks for standing up.
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Matthew Remski @matthewremski.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Audiobook excerpt! Introduction to Antifascist Dad: Urgent Conversations with Young People in Chaotic Times. www.conspirituality.net/episodes/brief-antifascist-dad-audiobook-excerpt
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Brief: Antifascist Dad (Audiobook Excerpt) — Conspirituality
Matthew reads the Introduction from Antifascist Dad: Urgent Conversations with Young People in Chaotic Times.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/05/2026
some wisdom from james wilson, framer. "The truth is that, in our governments, the supreme, absolute, and uncontrollable power remains in the people."
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 01/05/2026
Happy May Day from Chicago.
an illustration of the May Day originally published in Harpers Weekly in 1886
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 08/03/2026
The Dreyer Pledge
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy. This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis. 44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.
Crude oil prices, showing a very sharp increase in the last day, from around 65 to 101 dollars per barrel..
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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Long 🧵… KEY WORD: DISABILITY We tried to warn you all that they were coming for the disabled communities— we’re are there now.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 17/02/2026
One of the lessons I hope people take away from Jesse Jackson’s life and the outpouring of remembrances small and large is that progress is made and measured in every act and utterance against oppression and not measured solely in legislative or electoral victories.
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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 14/02/2026
Some of us didn't hop online in the 90s or the 2000s to get rich and famous, man. Some of us hopped online in the 90s and 2000s 'cause it was FUN to chat with people all over the world... for free! Baby, we grew up when it cost a zillion dollars to call long distance! We had pen pals at school!
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse
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Draw a horse, watch it run!
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 08/02/2026
I think that the best way to build an audience for your writing is to write interesting things that people will want to read.
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Robert Talisse @roberttalisse.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
“Since those documents you saw outlining allegations of terrible people committing awful crimes against children does not involve me, the country needs to move on and stop talking about those crimes”
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/02/2026
NEW: This isn't about "training." The two agents who murdered Alex Pretti - Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez - have been with Border Patrol for 8 and 12 years respectively. You can't reform CBP. Abolish ICE/CBP. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 01/02/2026
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
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Kate Harding @kateharding.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
When they say Me Too "went too far," they mean "got too close."
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Arek Dreyer @arekd.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Just saw The 4th Witch, by www.manualcinema.com, as part of the 2026 Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival. chicagopuppetfest.org/event/manual... After the show they invited us to come onstage to look at the puppets and equipment, and to ask questions of the cast or musicians. Amazing show.
A stage with lots of cast and audience members, some in hats and coats. A screen is at the top half of the photo. There’s a shadow of a girl and trees, and other ambiguous shapes. There’s a layer of red color. Below the screen is another smaller screen with the same image, about as tall as a person.
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Arek Dreyer @arekd.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Got my second shingles shot today.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Someday corporations and technology companies will pretend they were always against this
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
MLK Jr. said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people." Remember this.
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Arek Dreyer @arekd.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
“There is extreme consternation that your president appears completely immune to data, facts, arguments and common knowledge…We cannot understand what is happening. We wonder what is next.” Bleak Times in Copenhagen: Danes Feel Betrayed and Bewildered by Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...
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Bleak Times in Copenhagen: Danes Feel Betrayed and Bewildered by Trump
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Pritzker: The Insurrection Act is designed for circumstances where your rights can’t be protected by local authorities This is exactly the opposite. Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
On Fox 9 just now they interviewed a woman at the scene in Minneapolis. She says she’s not an activist but felt a call to action like she hasn’t felt since 9/11. She says she was raised to love America. She says she’s never felt scared of the government in her life, until now.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 31/12/2025
I do almost all my reading via audiobook because the amount of time I am available for uninterrupted holding and staring is much less than the amount of time I am available for listening
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 29/12/2025
Ok all sarcasm aside, what these white supremacists are really talking about is when they are asked to apologize for doing racist things. Which happens. Because racism is something to apologize for. What they are saying is that no one should have to apologize for racist actions or statements.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
“What have I done!” 🤡
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
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Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 24/11/2025
So excited to get to help The Ñ Fund with their website. And if you care about representation in journalism, you should toss em a donation.
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Kelly J. Baker (she/her) @kellyjbaker.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays: Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink. If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business. Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Jamelle was cooking. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
If they win, Democrats will have to use their newfound authority to rethink, even dismantle, agencies like U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. They may need to walk back the Bush-era decision to consolidate those agencies and others under a single department, given the wild abuses perpetrated under this administration and its predecessors. It will need to give serious thought to major political and social reform, including D.C. statehood, a federal ban on partisan gerrymandering, a new voting rights act and federal protections for reproductive rights and bodily autonomy, including the rights of gender and sexual minorities. Democrats will also need to embrace the legislature’s constitutional authority to structure the executive branch and the judiciary, up to and including Supreme Court reform.

If they win next year, Democrats will need to treat the next Congress not as a return to the status quo ante but as the beginning of a new era in which the principal task is to roll back the president’s effort to create and consolidate a personalist dictatorship. They’ll need to fortify the American political system against future attempts to play dictator and lay out a project of genuine democratic renewal. None of this is possible without a willingness to use power rather than just hold it. What we’ve seen this week is that there are still too many Democrats whose instinct is to retreat to normalcy rather than face the conflict at hand.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Incredibly bittersweet to be published in Teen Vogue this weekend after devastating layoffs, including my editor for this piece. It’s about how beauty influencers have fallen into and become part of the alt-right pipeline targeting girls and women www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...
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The 'Womanosphere' Is Coming for Teen Girls
How beauty and wellness influencers are part of a misinformation ecosystem pushing traditional values on girls.
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 08/11/2025
I sure would appreciate it if you spent about 20 seconds of your Friday signing up to get my writing sent straight to you. It's free, it's fun (sometimes), and it would mean a lot: dansinker.com/follow/
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/10/2025
Wow! It’s not even close. Food banks can’t keep up with the need… Question: “How long is this sustainable.” Food bank director: “It’s not… for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
impossible to overstate the degree to which we are being governed by people whose formative politics is gamergate, but DHS posting Halo memes to recruit for ICE is pretty close.
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