Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Matt da Silva @mdasilva.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The reality is that you can’t fund a cradle to grave welfare state just by taxing billionaires. Higher taxes on car dealers, landlords, mid-size business owners, doctors and dentists, lawyers and consultants, and other “Main Street millionaires” are needed - but Dems are afraid to speak up. 58818
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 02/10/2026sorry i get fired up about this but like once a month the "why doesn't everyone become [trade]" conversation picks up despite very few of you actually knowing what it feels like to be one (also i would love if someone who actually knows what it's like to work like that wrote about it.) 037647
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Alex Koma @alexkoma.bsky.social · 01/10/2026For the DC Week Without Driving, @janeese4dc.bsky.social joined @ggwash.org organizers (and @elissasilverman.bsky.social) for a bus ride from Petworth to downtown. JLG emphasized her desire to get projects like the Georgia Ave dedicated lane done quickly: “We don’t need to study the study.” 37429
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is fantastic cultural geography. Very strong lede. Even if you don’t read it all (you should; remember we are working on our brains) the first three paras do the work. Thanks to the person who shared it. www.queergeographies.com/stuck-on-the...queergeographies.comWhy We’re Stuck on the Last DitchWhy does the public delight in watching lesbian bars unravel? 214452
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Mark Masterson @markjmasterson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The linked material is thought provoking and this person, Ru (not Ru Paul), is smart. 1205
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Hannah Bowman @hannahnpbowman.com · 01/10/2026End the death penalty. End it now. There is no reason for it, never. 111537279
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Isabella Lewis @irvlewis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026On Saturday, 7 November, I will be running a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon around the theme of Byzantine women & genderqueer saints. I hope that this workshop will help to improve the coverage of women and LGBTQ+ history on Wikipedia. To attend, follow this link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wiki-edit-...eventbrite.co.ukWiki Edit-a-Thon: Byzantine Women & Genderqueer SaintsAn in-person edit-a-thon that aims to improve the coverage of Byzantine women & genderqueer saints on Wikipedia. No prior experience needed. 35228
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Complete vindication for LA DSA lmao 815618
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Yeah it's really more of a question of why we've never seen this kind of thing about people like Thom Tillis (widely known to be a mean-spirited sonofabitch even to friends and staffers) or other male swing seat Republican men. 731341
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Power Map @powermapmag.com · 17/09/2026Earlier this week, Jacobin released a report detailing how we can win the working class. But their definition of working class is flawed and leads them to justify reactionary views on social issues. @danielgoulden.bsky.social reviews for Power Map. powermapmag.substack.com/p/why-does-j...powermapmag.substack.comWhy Does Jacobin Sound Like Third Way?We can do better than this. 215135
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This is true Burnhamism in action: a vibesy TikTok ‘Q&A’ by the Home Sec about all she is doing to crush The Small Boats 5623051
Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸 @dbarthe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Either Summer Lee or Nikhil Saval should strongly begin considering a bid for higher office in 2028. 010
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026One of the global hallmarks of the anti-trans movement is that it's pushing people to reject levels of gender integration that were completely uncontroversial as recently as a few years ago. 152812631
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Henry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 31/08/2026it's really important to me to point out that in fact the medieval peasant did in fact run out of food, every year lots of them did starve, and less often but still often enough the peasantry in general ran out of food causing well known historic events 732207346
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸niraliberalism @niral.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I donated because “a few thousand dollars would go far” makes me feel very important. It flat out makes me important. Also, I want this person to be elected 0153
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 30/08/2026Aid workers in Nepal laid off by USAID cuts - including trans women who were working on community HIV outreach - have been forced to turn to sex work to survive.apnews.comSex work or starve: Aid workers in Nepal left jobless by USAID cuts turn to sex work to surviveAfter the United States slashed its foreign aid funding last year, more than 280,000 aid workers worldwide lost their jobs. 5347125
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Will Stronge @wstronge.bsky.social · 29/08/2026You really need to be become a supporter of Culture Power Politics. Keeps your political instincts sharp and gives you substantial theory deep dives too: www.patreon.com/culturepower... 032
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 23/09/2025USAID was one small element in "global leadership" (certainly in terms of dollars) and it could absolutely continue under a future US that exists as a non-hegemonic participant in the global community. 111024
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Ashley Moody redirected $10 million in taxpayer funds meant for sick children for her own gain. She must resign. 19821271
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 27/08/2026DSA Good 3485
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This is the thing, unless you actually do not work for a living - that is, you live off interest and rents, socializing the cost of (all kinds of) care would benefit you & make your life better & less stressful even if your taxes went up considerably. It is not rocket science it is basic math. 1033164
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 23/08/2026it's crazy how easily this is understood for every *other* non-profit serving the public good 2376
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 23/08/2026You can listen to the lectures the book is based on for free here: www.cbc.ca/books/the-ag...cbc.caThe Age of Insecurity by Astra Taylor | CBC BooksA genre-bending book that explores insecurity. 38915
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 23/08/2026..rather than one where we all have to scramble and hoard to improve the odds of living with some modicum of dignity as the underlying crises go unaddressed. The rightwing media is mad because lots of people, including some full blown class traitors, agree. 11059
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 23/08/2026When I first got into activism, I was deeply in debt, and never thought I’d ever have a net worth of zero. Now I’m in a different financial situation, and I continue to organize for economic transformation because I’d rather fight for a world where everyone can breath... 110611
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 23/08/2026If inequality can be captured in statistics, insecurity requires talking about feelings: the shame when a debt collector calls, the foreboding when you think about future job prospects or retirement, the dread that comes with the climate crisis. 210418
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Where inequality encourages us to look up and down, to note extremes of indigence and opulence, insecurity encourages us to look sideways and recognize potentially powerful commonalities. 111315
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The upside is that this pervasive insecurity offers the basis for solidarity. This is why I think the lens of insecurity is useful. Unlike inequality, insecurity is more than a binary of haves and have-nots. Its universality reveals the degree to which unnecessary anxiety & suffering is widespread. 216323
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 23/08/2026For one, the bottom can always fall out. Even those with apparent financial stability can have their lives derailed by a climate disaster, job loss, a health emergency, or a domestic or global financial crisis. Ascending the professional ranks hardly guarantees you can afford to rest. 415816
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 23/08/2026That means they see where their true interests lie. Growing numbers of people who have some or even a significant amount of wealth or privilege (again, hard to define) are realizing that there are plenty of ways that the current system isn’t serving them and that the idea of meritocracy is a sham. 117319
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Part of why I wrote my book The Age of Insecurity was to get at some of the economic dynamics now being weaponized against some parts of the socialist left. Yes, “middle class" (hard to define), professionals, and even affluent folks are in DSA. That’s good! 🧵 729749
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Rebecca Scales @rebeccapscales.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Political scientists need to read more history 2538
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 20/08/2026really buryies the lede, as it seems natalie harp's brother is a socialist psych folk rocker living in nicaragua. kinda of a bizarro bart and lisa situation. 211306172
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 15/08/2026“If Mamdani has made the calculation that his best shot at enacting his affordability agenda involves leaving the Adams-era policing regime largely untouched, who is able to force him to reconsider?”hellgatenyc.comZohran Mamdani's Policing Looks a Lot Like Eric Adams's PolicingAdvocates confront yet another mayor apparently committed arresting lots of people on low-level charges. 410333
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I stand by this. This is why they’re not funny. 315215
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Folks, who is telling high school students -- who I am sure are smart and talented and ambitious -- to cold email college professors and volunteer to do research or collaborate with them? This is not a good idea. Please stop this. 2943052
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸NPR @npr.org · 12/08/2026Utah-based Our Rescue was founded by activist Tim Ballard. It was previously known as Operation Underground Railroad and it says it helps law enforcement perform sting operations and rescues human trafficking survivors. n.pr/45l6Asbn.prControversial group wins $158M-contract to represent unaccompanied immigrant childrenUtah-based Our Rescue was founded by activist Tim Ballard. It was previously known as Operation Underground Railroad and it says it helps law enforcement perform sting operations and rescues human trafficking survivors. 3516655
Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸 @dbarthe.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Sounds to me like it's time to remount Caryl Churchill's SERIOUS MONEY 000
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Corinne Blalock @corinneblalock.bsky.social · 12/08/2026So mad that we live in a world of incredible critiques of the worst versions of DEI & identity politics (e.g. Taiwo’s Elite Capture and Asad Haider’s Mistaken Identity) and somehow huge swaths of the left seem to be picking Tyler Austin Harper and Vivek fucking Chibber 14516125
Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸 @dbarthe.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Does anyone have any suggestions of good English-language works on Olof Palme? Preferably pre-assassination? 010
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 10/08/2026using the town of lewiston solely as a referrent to the suffering working class without actually investigating the particulars of its history and dynamics is just as tokenizing as whatever his black colleagues who have actually lived there might have been doing. he does it repeatedly in the essay 254630
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 10/08/2026You don’t have to like this guy‘s politics to recognize that everyone who has insisted for decades that The Issues are almost all too complicated and too nuanced to explain to voters let alone address was lying to you. 75123753000
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 10/08/2026is this motherfucker really doing a politics PSA centered around the legal test for employees vs independent contractors lmfaoooo 433713516
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 07/08/2026This is the real university crisis. No-one seems to care. It's a bit like looking after the elderly: it's too difficult to grasp then solve, so the media just look away and talk excrement. I suppose it was ever thus. 311035
Reposted by Fije D.B 🇳🇬 🇵🇸Your Evil Twin, Skippy 🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️ @twinskippy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Golden State Valkyries forward Gabby Williams: “There’s a lot of discourse around trans athletes and what they can compete in. I would welcome a trans athlete on my team or against my team. Anytime. I don’t think it’s a problem in the world, it’s just another way to kind of attack trans people.” 105157613496