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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

What is "autocratic backfire"?

4 frame comic. first frame shows the banner of Trump's face that appeared in DC last year. Second frame shows Mussolini giving a speech in front of a church. third shows the silhouette of Putin. Fourth shows the silhouette of Trump giving a speech in front of a Trump - Make America Great Again banner. The text, spread over the four frames, reads :
coined by ruth ben-ghiat,
history professor and author
of "strongmen: Mussolini to the
present", autocratic backfire
refers to the self-destructive
pattern of authoritarian leaders
who isolate themselves from
expert advice and objective
feedback.
"I follow my instincts and I
am never wrong," said mussolini
shortly before invading ethiopia,
which made him popular at first,
but led to the bankruptcy of
the italian state. doesn't that
sound familiar?
surrounded by an echo
chamber of sycophants, auto-
crats overestimate their power
and underestimate their adver-
saries. that's how russia is
still sending ever more people
to die in ukraine for a "special
operation" that was supposed
to last just a few days.
strongmen are at their most
dangerous when they feel
threatened. they might even,
for example, start wars to
protect their over-inflated
egos from historically low
polling numbers.

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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

This is a fantastic ad. Regardless of who wins the Dem primary for Maine senate race, we need someone who can act with conviction & stop throwing Mainers under the bus. Collins is out of step with the state in ways that have become deadly.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

If you consistently support a brand or do business with a company, you have power. You can use sites like opensecrets.org to find what a company funds and where our money is really going. This is part of the resistance. Cut them off monetarily. One less kidnapped child, one less murder. ICE

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Once again, I implore media outlets to stop saying these are CDC decisions. These are changes being made unilaterally by RFK Jr. against the expert advice of CDC scientists. I note that RFK Jr. no longer recommends flu vaccine for kids in the midst of a horrible influenza year.

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CDC overhauls childhood vaccine schedule to resemble Denmark in unprecedented move

The new U.S. guidelines recommend all children get vaccines for 11 diseases, compared with the 18 previously on the schedule.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

The thought process of Temu ACIP is that of conspiratorial groupthink. They have no evidence of harm with HepB vaccines, which they take to be evidence of a cover-up. This is likely because, with the exception of 3 members, they do not understand epidemiology, but they all think they do.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Malone is claiming that ending the birth dose of HBV will not affect access to the vaccine, which is not true.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Every union that worked on the Jimmy Kimmel Show, and works with Disney, Sinclair Broadcasting, and Nextstar should strike. Just shut it all down. No one’s jobs are safe when corporations put appeasing fascists over workers and their constitutional rights.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Last night, a judge ordered recently-released Palestinian activist and former @columbiasipa.bsky.social student Mahmoud Khalil deported Tonight at 6 at Busboys and Poets, I’ll be the first to speak with Khalil since the ruling. We will talk about Columbia, cancellation, and free speech.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Many in the media today are acting like it’s news that RFK Jr. intends to change the childhood vaccine schedule. We have been telling you this for months, and it is very frustrating that you did not listen.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Busted out my favorite T-shirt to get my COVID19 and flu vaccines. Usually I have a big smile on my face, but this time, I can’t just be happy about it. I’m also angry for all the people struggling to get their vaccines, and for the reason it’s happening. So here’s my message for RFK Jr.

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Jef Poskanzer @jef.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2025

In 1969, Governor Reagan sent the National Guard to Berkeley and I got tear-gassed. Time is a flat circle.

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Tim Bray 🇨🇦 @timbray.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 21/01/2025

Yow, just ran across video of Elon’s Nazi Salute episode and no, he wasn't caught in an unfortunate position, he Sieg Heil’ed to the front of the stage and then turned 180° and Sieg Heil’ed the lucky people in that direction. It was explicitly Nazi and any news organization that doesn’t […]

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ProjectFearlessness @projectfearlessness.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2025

“Now let us begin. Now let us re-dedicate ourselves to the long and bitter, but beautiful, struggle for a new world.” Martin Luther King.

Poster for Martin Luther King Day. Portrait of MLK with the words Martin Luther King Day.

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Alexander Karn @xankarn.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2025

Trump won the election w 49.9 percent (against 48.4 percent for Harris). Mandate. Liberation day. Revolution of common sense. It’s bullshit, folks.

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