Reposted by Optimus DimebagJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In 2014, I interviewed a Columbia University student who went from class to class carrying the mattress she was raped on—a protest performance piece to remind college administrators what they put on her shoulders. Twelve years later, we still expect women on college campuses to carry that weight.jessica.substack.comCarrying That Weight—AgainI can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case 141122311
Reposted by Optimus DimebagKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I think the "debate" about bringing iced coffee to job interviews is effective at distracting people from the really bad job market, the high unemployment rate for Black women, ongoing mass layoffs in tech and media, and how Gen Z workers are refusing to adopt many toxic aspects of corp work culture 642832636
Reposted by Optimus DimebagMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Todd Achilles, a veteran running for U.S. Senate in Idaho as an independent, has a new ad about starting wars. 19854261
Reposted by Optimus DimebagEmily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026David Eby just called a snap election, right on top of local municipal elections. #bcelection2026 823091
Reposted by Optimus DimebagJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I really hope people understand that stories like this are not anomalies or “mistakes.” They’re not the result of hospitals misunderstanding the law or legislative growing pains. This is simply what happens when you allow the government to interfere in pregnancy. 238969
Reposted by Optimus DimebagRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Blanchet, on Carney reportedly moving to weaken the right to strike: “I fear that it is one more token placed on the table in order to attract huge foreign businesses in Canada, telling them that there will be no more environmental regulations, much less work regulations, and things will be easy.” 220858
Optimus Dimebag @billrickson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I don’t know any Ed Sheeran songsyoutube.comMACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - THRIFT SHOP FEAT. WANZ (OFFICIAL VIDEO)YouTube video by Macklemore 000
Optimus Dimebag @billrickson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I wonder what they bribed him with this time? #corruption 120
Optimus Dimebag @billrickson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It's so crazy how many people worship this man when he's one of the most insidious examples of copaganda that exists in media history 020
Optimus Dimebag @billrickson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Thank you @naomiaklein.bsky.socialyoutube.comHow modern fascism works | End Times Fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra TaylorYouTube video by Naomi Klein 000
Reposted by Optimus DimebagShaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 11/09/2026wild, because me and mine did not have this shared experience. the fact that you don’t recognize the intense racism that proliferated post-9/11 tells me you can’t see the current political situation clearly, either. 622435
Reposted by Optimus DimebagAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This is somehow still going, and it’s not just a few random families now; it’s also a former mayor of NYC and governor of New York. There is, again, no way to reason to argue Mamdani shouldn’t attend this commemoration that isn’t fundamentally bigotedabcnews.comMayor Mamdani says he'll attend 9/11 ceremony despite growing criticismMayor Mamdani says he will attend New York City's annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony Friday despite mounting criticism from some family members of victims. 1072120368
Reposted by Optimus Dimebagscha·den·freu·de @blisterpearl.bsky.social · 07/09/2026You can't just run around shortening phases all William-nilliam 3805
Reposted by Optimus DimebagPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026When you want to sleep late but your body tells you to fuck off. Time to get some decaf coffee and pretend it’s the real thing bc this body also hates any substance that makes my life easier. At least it’s a beautiful day. Good morning, Socialism Conference. 6932
Reposted by Optimus DimebagMary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 30/08/2026“You only get to keep the things That you refuse to let go" youtu.be/8NiaUF7RKBU?...youtu.beBlue SkiesYouTube video by Cowboy Junkies - Topic 061
Optimus Dimebag @billrickson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Sure, USAID was only imperialist at the margins but just like how if your police department is only racist at the margins it dramatically impacts the safety of marginalized communities, that small amount of imperialism was weaponised against world peace in a big way 000
Reposted by Optimus DimebagDr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Also: I am team Decriminalize Sex Work in case you are new to my feed. I am also Team Tar and Feather for Caught Fucking Animals. Both? Yes both. 2885
Optimus Dimebag @billrickson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026“Well, I would swim 500 miles and I would swim 500 more, da da dah dacbc.caWhitehorse fish ladder sees highest chinook salmon numbers in 7 yearsCanadian-origin chinook salmon are starting to arrive at the Whitehorse fish ladder via the Yukon River. It's one of the final checkpoints as the fish migrate to their spawning grounds. After years of... 000
Reposted by Optimus DimebagWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026[Exit Queen.] 2063894711014
Reposted by Optimus DimebagPaul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 21/08/2026"Don't send your sons to finish what politicians start." When asked by a reporter what message he would send to future generations, this young soldier delivered a raw, haunting truth about the human cost of war. 19722345
Optimus Dimebag @billrickson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Feeling bad because the eclipse isn’t visible where I am, it’s so unfair 000
Optimus Dimebag @billrickson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026“I couldn’t get over that this was happening. Who allowed this on stage? Who approved this?” 💯cbc.ca'My jaw just dropped': Costumes at Miss Universe Canada pageant spark response from former winner | CBC NewsAshley Callingbull spoke out after two Miss Universe Canada contestants were involved in what she called cultural appropriation during the costume portion of the pageant. 000
Reposted by Optimus Dimebaglaura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Abdul El-Sayed on capitalism: “I’m capitalist who just knows about capitalism. I have a bad habit of reading, I’m so sorry.” 10869251510
Optimus Dimebag @billrickson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Seems fortuitous that Michigan can vote in an epidemiologist to the U.S. Senate, no? 000
Reposted by Optimus DimebagNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 06/08/2026..that is not their real fear. Their fear is that the left will go on to win the general election, and, like Mamdani in NYC, prove that the left can govern. They are willing to throw the general election to Republicans by smearing the left and demoralizing the Dem base to avoid that outcome. 151288239
Optimus Dimebag @billrickson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026The teacher summing it up for the class, thx @hcrichardson.bsky.social 000
Reposted by Optimus DimebagShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 04/08/2026The 5 stages of nobody wants to have sex with you 1) Denial 2) Anger 3) Bargaining 4) Internet 5) Nationalism 325343
Optimus Dimebag @billrickson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026My take on ‘The Odyssey’: the senseless war and subsequent war crimes are portrayed as a betrayal of reason leading to dark ages but actually those are the outcomes of rational society and the fear of the other which it produces 000
Reposted by Optimus DimebagArzeena Hamir @arzeena.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Unbelievable. If you're a donor to any of these universities, time to give them a call and tell them why you're withholding funds until policy is developed never to do this again. shrlnk.ca/s/544rI5COshrlnk.caCanadian universities set up a secret network to crack down on student Palestine demonstrators ⋆ The BreachUniversities in Canada coordinated to spy on and violently clear student encampments. Then, they deleted the evidence 165
Reposted by Optimus DimebagLindsay Brown @lidsville.bsky.social · 31/07/2026CBC may platform arts & cultural topics, but the way it shuts down any interesting examination of art & aesthetics has a relationship to the anti-art, anti-intellectual attitude of settler colonial societies (very distinct from Europe & other continents). It just does it less overtly. 141
Reposted by Optimus DimebagHeather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Danielle Smith’s Bill 11 is the biggest attack on public health care in Canadian history, and Mark Carney is letting her. He and his Health Minister are refusing to enforce the Canada Health Act. (1/2) youtu.be/09BufyB0vWw?...youtu.beHeather McPherson Protect Public Health Care Jul 30, 2026YouTube video by Heather McPherson 914882
Optimus Dimebag @billrickson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026If Mayor Mandani was in charge it would be zero. Stop accepting excuses half measures never become solutions 000
Reposted by Optimus DimebagLeah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 21/07/2026This idiot has probably never been to the BOREAL FOREST a day in his life. It is 5.5 times the size of Texas. You cannot "groom" it. It's burning because of climate change. The utter bullshit from these climate deniers. Canadians are sick of this bullying and they are not going to take it. 1743457719
Reposted by Optimus DimebagLindsay Brown @lidsville.bsky.social · 19/07/2026All day 5 native yellow-faced bumblebees fed busily on one lavender plant and now they are all fast asleep on random stems 3203
Reposted by Optimus DimebagJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 15/07/2026We are experiencing the world's worst air quality, and we're getting absolutely no response from leadership other than announcements about building more pipelines. Do not normalize this. 9361147
Reposted by Optimus DimebagPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I'm far past feeling the need to defend people who celebrate the deaths of ghouls. We live under overt fascism. The regime hunts people in the streets. We are talking about political actors so foul that no moral reconciliation is possible. They can only be defeated. Mourning them is a betrayal. 7903250
Reposted by Optimus DimebagGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026This is a brilliant essay, which, in my view, accurately describes the predicament of the post-Boomer generations, and the vast infrastructure of lies designed to disguise it. "Degeneracy is a symptom. The disease is rent." 🧵 henryfudgeofficial.substack.com/p/degeneracy...henryfudgeofficial.substack.comDegeneracy is a SymptomOn Conspicuous Despair, the Ponzi stage of being alive, and why your grandparents are wrong about you. 49531216
Reposted by Optimus DimebagProf. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 08/07/2026Breaking News! Code: y-axis alert. Nino 3.4 SST is now up to 3.63 SD above the 1991-2020 baseline, about 1-in-7000 in the absence of anthropogenic warming. There's not enough room in a single post to express just how crazy this is. Please read: climatecasino.substack.com/p/some-monst... 20229124
Reposted by Optimus DimebagLindsay Brown @lidsville.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Western Tiger Swallowtail on a fuchsia. Missing part of its tail but it flew off just fine 3111
Reposted by Optimus DimebagAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/07/2026Mamdani: "As we mark 250 years ... we see the wealthiest country -- one where children go to sleep hungry while the world's first trillionaire hungers for more ... we see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans" 556286299498
Reposted by Optimus DimebagNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 03/07/2026The war on TPS is partly a war on the idea that non-white people should have the right to flee lands they cannot survive. It started during Trump I and accelerates today. This is a key plank in what @astra.bsky.social and I call End Times Fascism: Apartheid bunkered states as climate adaptation. 328662
Optimus Dimebag @billrickson.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Like a coffee from Tim’s, it’s not good but it get’s s#!t done 000
Reposted by Optimus DimebagEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 24/06/2026It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23 16531831761
Reposted by Optimus DimebagMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 25/06/2026New - I wrote about progressive Jewish ascendancy in Mamdanistan:thehandbasket.coA new narrative for progressive Jewish New YorkersJudaism divorced from Zionism is now a winning political stance. 371620328
Reposted by Optimus DimebagCrowsa Luxemburg @quendergeer.bsky.social · 18/06/2026*audibly scraping my dessicated cunt to the thought of more genocide* it gives me no pleasure to say this 0337
