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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Substack is making money from newsletters promoting “virulent Nazi ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism” One, NatSocToday has 2,800 subscribers, charges $80, and describes Hitler as “one of the greatest men of all time”. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

“Frederick Douglass didn’t say there were two sides to slavery” — and Ida B. Wells didn’t “interview the lyncher” Chuck Modiano has a message for today’s journalists bit.ly/chuckandawkword

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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 27/01/2026

🎥 Keeping it cool We need to take urgent #ClimateAction to keep it below 1.5° warming! more📖 www.wwf.org.uk/our-reports/... PL RP🩷💚💙 graph via WWF #climate #ClimateChange #environment #hope #cleanenergy #EndFossilFuels #ClimateChangeIsReal #Klima #ClimateActionNow #renewables #ActOnClimate

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

ICYMI: Following Renee Good’s murder by ICE, her son’s Minneapolis charter school was forced to go fully online due to right-wing attacks sahanjournal.com/education/mi...

Brick building of St. Joan of Arc School with snow patches and clear skies. Text overlay discusses targeted attacks. Calm yet concerning tone.

A sign on a chain-link fence reads, "Federal Agents Not Permitted On Premises." The snowy background and empty parking lot evoke a tense atmosphere.

Snowy courtyard of a school entrance with bare tree branches and snow-covered benches. A text overlay discusses threats to the Southside Family Charter School.

A stone church entrance with a circular window and cross above, framed by leafless trees and a snowy ground, conveys a quiet, winter setting.

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

If only they’d listened… DC, 2020

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

History buffs! Fantasy fans! This one’s for you… In The Boys, is Homelander Donald Trump? Or, Andrew Jackson? the-most-important-election-of-our-lives.castos.com/episodes/the... @garaktailor.com @kennedytcooper.bsky.social

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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 12/01/2026

📽️ 19 Climate Actions - ranked personal #ClimateAction we can all take today! PL RP🩷💚💙 full #video with more detail▶️https://youtu.be/Xia2dKtHHCg report @worldresources.bsky.social 📖 wri.org/research/eff... #ClimateChange #ClimateActionNow #ActOnClimate #climate #environment #hope #cleanenergy

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

"It's a surprise to people when I don't go at them. But I think if you want to learn about people, if you want to understand where they're coming from, you have to approach it with curiosity and you have to be willing to listen." - @noellecook.com

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Alex Vitale (@alexvitale.bsky.social) on the “false conflict” between street protest and electoral politics — and what really happens in between: “community organizing for power” and “building campaigns” youtu.be/WJhtvFJZuhY @50501movement.bsky.social @generalstrikeus.bsky.social

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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

“Tech fascists are working to establish their own sovereign, distributed state. This is the Network State: a new, billionaire-backed nation made up of crypto cities and colonies across the United States, Latin America, Africa, the Mediterranean, the Philippines.” www.vcinfodocs.com/venture-capi...

This extremism emerges from the power grab of venture capitalists in the technology industry. Having grown exceedingly rich in the first two internet bubbles, this element now seeks to compromise the US government, to assume a new level of power and wealth, and attain forms of legal, economic and regulatory sovereignty, where they can operate outside of any other nation-state power. The resultant ideology is racist, eugenicist, fascist and authoritarian in nature, often openly so.

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TEN DEMANDS (The Abolitionists) @tendemands.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

What is mutual aid? A 🧵 Abolitionist thought leader (and TEN DEMANDS endorser) @dylanrodriguez.bsky.social talks to TEN DEMANDS co-founder @awkword.bsky.social — citing @deanspade.bsky.social

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

“… Elusive this lucidness, you float like a butterfly And every track mark's another note of your lullaby But you take chances, cause that’s what being a man is Plus it’s romantic when you ask God for answers…” 🎶 Why we do it. What it does. Through the eyes of an addict. awkword.bandcamp.com

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

That time a radical leftist scum went on a Black white supremacist’s podcast… This is the breadth of the opposition.

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TEN DEMANDS (The Abolitionists) @tendemands.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Chanelle Gallant (@chanellegallant.bsky.social) is an abolitionist feminist organizer and co-author of Not Your Rescue Project 📕 out now via @haymarketbooks.org - fwd: @harshawalia.bsky.social - awd: @policingblack.bsky.social 🎥 convo with @awkword.bsky.social HERE on Wednesday for #globalwarning

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Podcast cover for "Global Warning with Awkword" featuring a circle photo of a person with red glasses. Background includes torn newspaper clippings, a hooded figure, and "Crime Scene - Do Not Cross" tape, conveying a mysterious and investigative tone.

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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

ICYMI: Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is “altering images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.” futurism.com/future-socie...

In addition to the sexual imagery of underage girls, the women depicted in Grok-generated nonconsensual porn range from some who appear to be private citizens to a slew of celebrities, from famous actresses to the First Lady of the United States. And somehow, that was only the tip of the iceberg.

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

They’re strip-searching children at school

Strip searches in schools traumatize kids over minor offenses

I could just feel eyes on me. I never forgot that feeling of just standing there almost disgusted with myself.
Stephanie
A 13-year-old at Memorial Park Middle School who was strip searched after being suspected of having a vape.
A school police officer lifted up Stephanie's shirt and bra, exposing her breasts in front of the male principal, Stephanie said.

How could they even do this?
I actually thought it was illegal.
Kristen Yeckley
She claims her daughter was forced to take off all her clothes by a school aide looking for a vape. When her daughter asked if she could put her bra back on, the aide told her to wait. She was left alone, nearly naked, while the aide went outside to talk to the principal, according to court filings.

The cases show a power imbalance when an adult in a position of authority demands a child remove clothing or expose themselves.
The cases examined by Bloomberg Law show a pattern of schools not getting parents' permission before strip searching their children. In five, the children were told no when they asked to talk to a parent.
Kids are taught to be suspicious of adults who want them to take off their clothes, said Josh Gupta-Kagan, director and founder of the Family Defense Clinic at Columbia Law School.
"Even 7-year-olds have a strong sense of their bodily integrity," he said.

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Miranda 🖤🤍💜 @doomscroling.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

30,000 Minnesota families rely of childcare assistance to keep daycares open. But after a random YouTuber claimed to have found fraud at a few days cares, the chudministration has now frozen all childcare assistance funding nationwide. #Pinks

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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

In case you haven’t had it yet with Big Tech… They’re feeding their employees nicotine pouches “to boost productivity” 🎁🔗 web.archive.org/web/20251231...

A nicotine pouch fridge in an office kitchen

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

“They call me a creep, never said I’m angelic ‘Cause I live on the street, no one knows where I’m headed… I’m penumbral, a relic, amorphous enigma, a vestige Praying for you, the reckless, in desperate need for a respite.” 🪽 In 2026: Don’t judge a person by appearance. Do do #mutualaid.

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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Remember DEI? More than 9 in 10 streaming shows are created by white people. Nearly 8 in 10 by men. And the actors? 80% of all on-screen roles go to whites… “Despite minority households and female audiences driving viewerships for top series”

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More than 90% of streaming shows created by white people, study shows

Annual UCLA study finds declines in cultural diversity behind and in front of the camera since last year

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Environmental and Indigenous activists were being labeled terrorists years before Trump took office. We tried to warn you, then… Have you heard of Jessica Reznicek? (from the vault: 2023: youtu.be/1ZDXJjFa7Gw)

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Shot 22 times at age 22 with a 22 caliber pistol… and from a NY city hospital bed, Hezues rose. True story: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/6xmzx...

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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 15/12/2025

📽️ State of Climate Action 2025 We need to take urgent #ClimateAction to avoid the worst of #ClimateChange! PL RP 🩷💚💙 Thank you! full #video▶️ youtu.be/SKx21eLLUqs report 📖 wri.org/research/sta... #climate #environment #cleanenergy #EndFossilFuels #ClimateChangeIsReal #Klima #ClimateActionNow

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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

“The same systems that made sure Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color were last in line for clean air, safe housing, and political power are the same ones making sure we’re also first in line to drown, burn, or be displaced.” - @merirei.com My first for @unicornriot.bsky.social

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Epstein is a start

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

"It's really important to try to know which groups might be active in your area. Familiarize yourself with the taglines, the most common icons. And if you see something tagged around town... be willing to stand up and support your neighbors who may be targeted before you." - @amycooter.bsky.social

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GLOBAL WARNING: Amy Cooter (Ep 8)

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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

From Junkie to Judge How Mary Beth O’Connor’s survival and success showcase the flaws in our drug policies and failures of our justice system NEW ✍️ + 🎥 for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/junkietojudge

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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Sick of the slop? With the AI ‘Slop Evader’, you can search and scroll the internet “like it’s 2022” www.404media.co/slop-evader-...

AI SLOP
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
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Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

“Corporations dash for cash on our backs while we sleeping Continuing tradition, trash the earth as it weakens While we work the double shift at check out lines, on weekends"

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I was just thinking about contributing to the "charity" Feeding America. Until I discovered that the salary for its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was approximately $949,866 in 2024, with her total compensation being $1,113,502. Apparently, feeding America isn't her top priority.

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

“When Americans were looking for some way to resist at the beginning of the second Trump administration, we kind of had to do it ourselves… What if we all went to our state capitals on the same day, protesting with the same message? And that spread rapidly" - Hunter Dunn, @50501movement.bsky.social

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GLOBAL WARNING: Hunter Dunn, 50501 (Ep 7)

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Icymi: A week before Thanksgiving, the Trump administration deleted the Federal Report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...

A woman with brown skin and glasses holds up a protest sign reading “SILENT NO MORE - MMIW - Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women - No More Stolen Sisters”

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Classic Karen Slayer. Watch til the end.

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