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Alex

@malshi07.bsky.social
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I try to stay optimistic. Fan of 07th Expansion, Megaten, Jojo, Xeno series, etc. Surprisingly a violinist.

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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Analogizing Zionism as Landback or whatever is more of a 2010s thing since that is basically only relevant for Americans as the main targets in these kinds of pr campaigns. Same thing for Anti-Zionism but it’s much more strongly and historically established.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Modern understandings of indigenous/colonizer weren’t present at that point in time. Palestinian, Israeli, and American academia have used the paradigm for the conflict since around the 60s, after Algerian independence formalized the concepts.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Zionism’s basic draw has always been Jewish return to and political power in the homeland. Indigeneity itself wasn’t always relevant to this conversation, especially since Zionist leadership chauvinistically ignored the Palestinian Arabs’ thoughts until the conflict really started in the 1930s.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
From my understanding Herzl is relatively ancillary to the movement itself? He moreso popularized the school of thought rather than organizing the project. Labor zionists who actually did the work like Ben-Gurion spoke in terms of Jewish renewal and “power” and all that.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
colonization and ethnosupremacism.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I mean there was historically more leftist sympathy towards Zionism/Israel as a model of ”native return” when nationalism was more uniformly ethnic and the conflict was a Cold War theatre. The outcome of the Zionist project is similar to Liberia in how “indigeneity“ can easily warp into
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I need to rewatch the Gears and Saga cutscenes but I recall Shion having significant screentime in Saga 2 despite the focus on Jr
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I would say that Jin and Lora are the best “balanced” protagonists in terms of their narrative…though promotional materials always say Jin is the only Torna protagonist so it’s hard to judge.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I hope Monolith Soft is being coy about Genesis’ more Xeno-y elements in the initial trailers. The generic fantasy high school stuff feels intentional…
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I hope the new Xenoblade 2 blade is Fei Fong Wong
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
It is crucial, existential for the future of this nation, for us as Americans to internalize that this is our fault, on an individual and collective level.
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Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Most of Megaten is D to F tiers but Devil Summoner fans are S
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Falcom is Octuple F tier
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Fucking savages who have to be held at gunpoint at all times just to not disenfranchise black people.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
-onationalism, but I do recognize that my privilege can inform this particular position. I think people like anti-immigrant Native Americans should be engaged with empathetically while still firmly condemning their positions.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
One thing I struggle with is reconciling my status as a colonial settler with my belief in a “borders-free” world. It is easy for me, someone who has benefitted from birth through the expropriation of land, to say that everyone in the world can be anywhere. I’m not abandoning my stance against ethn-
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Also independent UN administration and observance of the poll to ensure impartiality and trustworthiness
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
3. Options are Status Quo, Independence, Statehood, and Free Association. 4. Ranked-Choice vote over 1 month period in order to maximize turnout. 5. Final result concludes with either immediate statehood admission or instant entry into negotiations for free association/independence.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Puerto Rico discourse is back so I’m repeating what I think would be a definitive referendum. 1. Voters are all current residents of the island, mainland PR citizens and their children and grandchildren. 2. Voting is mandatory on the island and comes with a steep fine if ignored like in Australia-
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Well if that’s the case I’m a Thespian
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I think this post and its reactions discount the ways in which Americans have been ‘resisting’ on a local and state level. I don’t blame foreigners for being infuriated by this post’s implicit complacency but please don’t forget we have had real, prolonged movements in Minnesota etc.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Descendants of the white Americans in the Southeast who owned slaves and founded the confederacy. The entire culture is literally just racism and they’re the core of Maga. Scum of the earth
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
White Southern culture as a whole has got to be the most worthless and evil regional identity on planet earth.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
This is technically the case for American Samoa, where people do not receive citizenship in return for greater autonomy than Guam or the Marianas. I believe their citizenship applications are fast-tracked in some manner too.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I once had a MAGA highschool instructor who said that it is argued that “illegal aliens” aren’t under the jurisdiction of the USA so their children aren’t eligible. Problem being if they weren’t under the jurisdiction of the land than they would be diplomatically immune and thus undeportable.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I constantly remind myself of the obligations I have to atone for what I as a member of the oppressor class in the US I am implicated in by my mere existence.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
It’s very difficult and painful for one to accept that there is no reason for their country to exist, and by extension, oneself.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
What Bluesky really needs is more Anitwt “T20 genre OAT” posters
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Some bare minimum first 2 years actions should be -6 new SCOTUS justices to cancel the fascists, there’s no stated numerical limit to the bench. -Extensive corruption and war crimes trials for all major Trump II officials. -Trustbusting of major tech companies and intense ai+algorithm regulations.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I don’t think a “lawless” society is truly possible because even the mere allowance or banning of an act is codifying its role in a society.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
My point is not that the law as it currently exists isn’t a system of oppression, or that racial injustice is not entrenched in the current systems. I was simply making the point that it is a law unto itself to decree if hate crimes or other injustices will be prosecuted or allowed.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
The lack of punishment is in this hypothetical ”the law” unto itself
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
A “lawless” society would not be able to prosecute hate crimes so yes
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
This has got to be intentionally trying to increase anti-semitism right? I have a problem with the “Israeli government tries to increase anti-semitism” claim since it often comes with an implicit “and that’s why we shouldn’t care about anti-semitism” but this is just like
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
My favorite character
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Something like ranked choice for -Statehood -Independence -Territorial Status Quo -Free Association Compact
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
That sounds fair. I think it should also be structured like the 1949 Newfoundland referendum where one choice has to get an outright majority, and it is revised every round. That way the decision is unambiguous.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
How about all adults with proof of residency in Puerto Rico at any point in their lives are allowed to vote in a nationwide referendum. This would exclude some of the diaspora but it is a pretty clean way of making sure all Puerto Rican citizens get a say.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
A Puerto Rican mutual of mine said that the mainland diaspora should get to vote too but I’m not sure how achievable or fair that would be to islanders. I’m not necessarily opposed to that it’s just not really ever been done in similar situations like Quebec.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
To solve any prior referendum controversies or ambiguities the vote should be 100% mandatory like in Australia.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Well I’m just an American so I think whatever Puerto Ricans choose is good as long as it’s their choice.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
We should make Puerto Rico the main country and make the mainland a territory
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I apologize for my cavalier response. I support all Puerto Ricans in the world getting to vote on their self-determination and I respect whatever future they decide upon, and will advocate for such.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Mandatory vote is only for islanders.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
So the 3,000 Puerto Ricans in Toronto probably aren’t getting a vote but I don’t think it’s too significant.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I doubt it, since the Canadian Quebec referendums did not include Franco-Ontariens, for example. I suppose what would be fair is all adults with either proof of residency on the island or listed Puerto Rican ethnic identification on the census vote, with the exception of those living outside the US
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
And I stress that if independence wins in a clear, 100% mandatory turnout referendum then Puerto Rico should be independent asap and that Americans should similarly accept those results as the truth and that PR is not their colony.
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Alex @malshi07.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I just think Puerto Ricans should get self-determination right now, and that if statehood wins that should be respected for the time being. That doesn’t mean I don’t respect pro-independence voices or not support them advocating and changing minds.
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