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Karim Merchant

@kmerchant.bsky.social
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Helping drive Accessible Design at Dell. Musician and Teaching Artist. Opinions my own. Not a fan of fascism. He/they.

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Karim Merchant @kmerchant.bsky.social · 2h
Election time reminder: ads that flood you with maximum airplay will always have been purchased by the wealthiest people regardless of whatever demographic they claim to represent, and should always be perceived through that lens
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Menotti Minutillo @menotti.bsky.social · 11h
The defining quality of so many tech guys is completely missing the point of nearly every social or leisure activity
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Jared Kushner is not "on the other side of the aisle." He's not an elected official. He's not an administration official. He's the president's son-in-law and a private citizen. You do not, in fact, have to take meetings with relatives of the president. Some might even say you should *not* do that
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Karim Merchant @kmerchant.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Kind of cool that Apple’s Duo phone folds up so you can put it in your wallet where your money used to be? 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Karim Merchant @kmerchant.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Happy 60th to Star Trek! Love all the shows, but I’ll always be ride-or-die for Deep Space Nine. ❤️
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Karim Merchant @kmerchant.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Other people are saying this, but if this is Sony’s argument, then they need to own it. Use “rented” instead of “purchased”. Change every CTA accordingly. The fact is that ‘buying’ digitally was always marketed as an alternative to buying physically, not a completely different model.
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
You write your eulogy in life. If you want people to mourn, make your life something to celebrate. If you want people to celebrate, make your life something to mourn.
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Karim Merchant @kmerchant.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Inject it directly into my bloodstream
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
When Hitler fell, the purging of that mindset wasn’t de-Hitlerification, it was de-Nazification. When Saddam fell, it wasn’t de-Saddamification, it was de-Baathification. When Trump falls, it will be de-MAGAfication, not de-Trumpification. The entire movement’s hatred and corruption must be purged.
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Karim Merchant @kmerchant.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Fellow Californians: this voter guide is pretty good. www.californiadsa.org/voterguide
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Voter Guide — California DSA
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 22/05/2026
Today is the last day to comment to the FCC that LGBTQIA2S+ names, stories, identities don't need a warning label. This new potential rulemaking is an attempt at criminalizing the mere fact of being trans or otherwise queer, in the name of discrimination, bigotry, and persecution. Tell them no, now.
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Tell the FCC that LGBTQ Stories Don’t Need a Warning Label | GLAAD
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is targeting LGBTQ stories. They are trying to control what you see on television. This government overreach is dangerous...
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Karim Merchant @kmerchant.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
This rollercoaster is going to be such a cool thrill ride when it’s finished
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Karim Merchant @kmerchant.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Mini-rant: eBay’s app has really been on a race to the bottom lately. First they packed the Home Screen with useless video auction feeds (from ‘here’s what you’re into’ to ‘here’s what we want you to be into’) and now selling is a useless AI slop that won’t even let you opt out to draft manually? 😡
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 12/05/2026
The Purcell Principle means it always too late for courts to fix something racist and never too late for states to do something racist
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 30/04/2026
"In Louisiana, where Black people make up roughly a third of the population, the congressional maps were specifically drawn so that a third of the districts were majority Black. Does that seem fair to you?" www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-...
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We Believe That Combating Racism Is the Real Racism
“In Louisiana, where Black people make up roughly a third of the population, the congressional maps were specifically drawn so that a third of the districts ...
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 30/04/2026
I have spent my entire career listening to FedSoc types complain about liberal “activist judges” who “legislate from the bench,” and none of them are going to say a single blessed thing about Sam Alito rewriting the Voting Rights Act to say what he thinks Congress ought to have said
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Six Conservative Activists Killed the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court's conservatives have spent their careers working to kill the Voting Rights Act. They just did it.
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Karim Merchant @kmerchant.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Congrats to @frank.computer on an awesome an thoughtful Doctoral thesis defense this morning. 👏🏼❤️ Really enjoyed it and can’t wait for the news that you’re finally a Doctor!
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The correct response to today’s Burning of Entrails by the Wizards in Robes is not only that we need 25 SCOTUS justices & these charlatans need to lose their clerks & building & ride the circuit, but also that we need to get rid of single member districts entirely if we want to ever be a democracy:
protectdemocracy.org
Over 200 Democracy Scholars Call on Congress to End Single-Member Congressional District
More than 200 political scientists, legal scholars, and historians released an open letter calling on Congress to reject the United States’ winner-take-all elections.
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Karim Merchant @kmerchant.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
This! Hanging a flag says that the people it represents are welcome, which is why we take down confederate flags (not welcome, losers) and put up pride flags (welcome!)
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
“Why aren’t college students protesting” stories are almost always wrong (they are protesting), omit crucial context (they were brutally punished for protesting before), and somehow suggest that 19 yr olds have more moral responsibility than elected officials three times their age
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Karim Merchant @kmerchant.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
So refreshing to hear @rokhanna.bsky.social say this. And he’s absolutely right: we the people want fighters with moral convictions. If you don’t have the courage or energy to do that, get the hell out of the way. 👏🏼
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Karim Merchant @kmerchant.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Today feels like Jan 6th: A watershed moment which left those of us who love our country sickened and horrified. Whatever you do, don’t let Republicans, the media or others gaslight you tomorrow like they did to us after J6. Cling to how you feel right now, and fight like hell for impeachment.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
BREAKING: Trump announces two week window for Congress to remove him from office
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 07/04/2026
Anyway, we have ample research on how living under a state of sustained terror and stress causes life-long health problems as well as intergenerational epigenetic effects. This feels like it's making you sick because it actually is making you sick.
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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 07/04/2026
Republicans continue because the political price they pay for rejecting Trump is higher than the price of their allegiance, and that is a choice made by Democrats and the broader political ecosystem that Trump is the focus and the GOP is more a victim than an accomplice.
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Karim Merchant @kmerchant.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Impeach this Racist thug of a President. Today. Now.
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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
the 'electability' question is increasingly clear www.sosavstate.com/p/gavin-news...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/04/2026
the trump administration is selling this country wholesale to rapacious, extractive industries that will destroy our collective resources for private profit morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service
The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.
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Karim Merchant @kmerchant.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
“The Trump v. Barbara oral argument will reveal nothing new about the law. All it will reveal how willing the justices are to set the law aside in furtherance of Trump’s white nationalist project.” Always love how @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app nails it.
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Per YouGov Rahm Emanuel is the 78th most popular Democrat, behind everyone from Michael Dukakis to Barney Frank. He is 12 places behind Harry Reid, who died five years ago. To the extent anything's happening here it's *entirely* media-driven. yougov.com/en-us/rating...
Screenshot of YouGov popularity rankings with Rahm at 78, between Ayanna Pressley and Nina Turner
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Karim Merchant @kmerchant.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I do understand the economic conditions behind this likely price. Except…those same conditions will impact consumers’ wallets at least as much. At this price point? Sony might as well put out an ad and tell everyone to buy a Nintendo.
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Karim Merchant @kmerchant.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Trans rights are human rights. Newsom and anyone else who disagrees, Democrat or Republican, can fuck all the way off.
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 03/02/2025
New from me in @newrepublic.com: “Primary Every Democrat.” If the current crop cannot demonstrate they care more about democracy than enjoying three-day weekends, we should flood the zone and challenge them all.
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Primary Every Democrat
It’s exhausting to watch poll-tested, donor-beholden congressional Democrats continue to be too old, too cloistered, and too bumbling to do anything as the government burns.
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Karim Merchant @kmerchant.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
“Unity that refuses to name violence is just loyalty to the ones holding the weapons.” 💯
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Karim Merchant @kmerchant.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Exactly
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Karim Merchant @kmerchant.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
That face when you’re nodding like a bobblehead on every other sentence…
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Karim Merchant @kmerchant.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
DODGERS 💙🧢
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 28/10/2025
centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"
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Karim Merchant @kmerchant.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
This is how it’s done. If you won’t stand up ALL OF US - including specifically helping the most marginalized and powerless of us, you belong with the other side. Take note @gavinnewsom.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
This is how it's done, folks
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
this exists it is called thinking
Matthew McConaughey says he wants a private LLM, fed only with his books, notes, journals, and aspirations, so he can ask it questions and get answers based solely on that information, without any outside influence.
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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
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Karim Merchant @kmerchant.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” ― Theodore Roosevelt
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Just so I'm clear: TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft. TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism. Free speech, everyone.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
One thing I wish all Democrats knew is that we don't expect you to be fearless. We expect you to be brave. Bravery is not the absence of fear. It is being afraid and moving ahead anyway. If you find that you are neither, then it is time to step aside. There are people who can do this job ably.
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