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@rainst0rm4759.bsky.social
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they/them, 28 writer, game dev, anarchist, jewish 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇸🇾🇹🇼🇪🇭

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Rain @rainst0rm4759.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
centrist against triangulation nobody wants to vote for a republican-lite, so clearly the only way for democrats to win is outflank the republicans from the even-more-extreme right
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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When people see a politician calibrating their position to what they think is most popular, it doesn’t win them over, it makes them think you’re a snake.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If you're a Dem who thinks you'll gain something by going anti-trans, look at Gallup's "most important problem" and Fox News' "most important issue" polling and see where trans issues rank. Whoever told you going anti-trans is a savvy or necessary move spends too much time on X and should be fired.
Gallup polling. "LGBTQ rights" moves between 0 and 1%.Fox news polling. Wokeness/transgender issues at 0%.
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Stephanie 🍉 @ageofoddish.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
mmygod
the slut gnomes of false berlin jeopardy bluesky posttoday's jeopardy categories. the last 2 are "false berlin" and "bizarre little men"
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I don't want to have to think about AI at all.
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LINE @lineshark.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
zelda oracle of ages
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みずたま @polkdots.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
エルシャドール・ミドラーシュ
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餡藻ノミ@がんばる @anmotimotinomi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
#OCGファンアート 嵐征竜と風霊使い
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Micah @rincewind.run · 12/08/2026
that’s fucking right
Peggy Flanagan wearing a protect trans kids shirt
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
If you live in a city you shouldn't have to own a car.
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William Lane @williamjtlane.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A big question in Imperial studies is why older empires seem more stable and longer lasting than modern ones (e.g. Ottoman Empire - 800 years, USSR - 50 years). There are many answers, but IMO the big one is that older empires lacked the state capacity to interfere in everyday life.
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Rain @rainst0rm4759.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Zack speedran turning the Greens into a major party, and now he's speedrunning turning them back into a minor party
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Kabewski @kabewski.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
百合
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Rain @rainst0rm4759.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Slightly off topic, but the AI aesthetic is so shitty, and it demonstrates how an underrated strength of Mamdani's campaign was his leveraging of strong graphic design from the get-go. The "Mamdani font" is now iconic and instantly recognizable; the AI slop font/palette barely even register
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Kabewski @kabewski.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Age of Empires 2 Plumed Archer
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Rain @rainst0rm4759.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Two big southern states in the early primary states is really nice if you’re Kamala Harris
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 21/07/2026
⚡️Breaking: Zelensky dismisses Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi amid widespread protests. President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 21 dismissed the Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi.
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Breaking: Zelensky dismisses Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi amid widespread protests
President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 21 dismissed the Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi. The move comes amid ongoing mass protests in Kyiv and across Ukraine, in which d...
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Shady Inference 🌫️ @blot.city · 20/07/2026
venn diagram meme, three circles

1. no kink at pride
2. the curtains were fucking blue
3. I asked chatgpt and here's what it said:

1-2 intersection: sex scenes in movies are pointless
2-3 intersection: oh you think you're better than me?
3-1 intersection: "degeneracy" is just zoomer slang

centre intersection: upcoming reactionary movement

caption: developments under capital in 2026
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Rain @rainst0rm4759.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Well, I had been debating on whether or not I'd see it and this for sure seals the deal that I have 0 interest.
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Gender Census @gendercensus.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The 13th annual international Gender Census 2026 is now open until at least 13th August 2026! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy. #LGBTQ
Promotional image. Title: Gender Census 2026. Text: If you can't easily put yourself into just one of these two boxes, you are invited to take part. Images: On the left, a box with a Venus/female symbol on it, patterned with tree bark. On the right, a box with a Mars/male symbol on it, patterned with grass.
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Rain @rainst0rm4759.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
i don't even know who this is
My results of the viral "who are you in 2020s politics" quiz  
78% Woke 
59% Neo-Luddite 
67% Doomer 
88% Davos  
Result: Ed Zitron (whoever the hell that is)
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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
now you got me anthropomorphizing the age of empire II goats
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Rain @rainst0rm4759.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
muppet joker movie
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Rain @rainst0rm4759.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
yo @ec.europa.eu might need to ask your Vice-President and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy why she's part of a secret society led by a neo-nazi
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maia arson crimew 🏴 @crimew.gay · 16/06/2026
SCOOP: So remember Dialog, Peter Thiel's private society that doesn't have a public website and no public list of members? I (along with a number of other journalists) have just been tipped off that embedded in the code of their closed off website there IS what seems to be a list of some members.
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Local Observer 🇮🇶🇵🇸🍉 @observer46664.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
"Open Minded to Fascism" should be the Democratic Party slogan.
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みずたま @polkdots.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
ウィンダ祭りの日遅刻組ですが今年も描けました🍃
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Rain @rainst0rm4759.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Me, an Anarcho-Syndicalist? I'm shocked, shocked! Well, not that shocked.
results of the reposted quiz "who would you have been in the Russian Revolution"

my result was "Anarcho-Syndicalist"
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Rain @rainst0rm4759.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
So many breathy thinkpieces about the pink tide, but the black wave is just normal politics.
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Rain @rainst0rm4759.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
this shit is why I moved all my retirement index funds to a purely international blend, the US stock market is just a billionaire fantasyland playground toxic waste dump
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ぽちらにあん @pochi70m.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
再掲チャンス。入院して落とした本の始まりになったイラストです
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Rain @rainst0rm4759.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
i'm not entirely sure what this means but also i'm not sure how to feel that my butt is a better poster than i am
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Rain @rainst0rm4759.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Lo posted
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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 09/05/2026
We don't ordinarily publish posts at [checks watch] 8:51 PM on a Friday night, but state constitutional law expert Quinn @yeargain.bsky.social has an outside-the-box idea for reversing the VA Supreme Court that is very much worth taking seriously: Dems can simply lower the retirement age.
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How Virginia Democrats can overturn the redistricting ruling: Retire the Supreme Court
The state Constitution gives lawmakers complete latitude to set the judicial retirement age. They should use it.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
we don’t talk enough about how Chicago is the most gorgeous city in the country
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Jason Fanhees @jasonfanelli.com · 03/05/2026
ps1ps1ps1ps1ps1
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Thomas van Linge @thomasvlinge.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I have just come back Myanmar 🇲🇲 where I spent two weeks traveling around the resistance-held territories of the Sagaing region. Its a remote region which no other foreign press has managed to visit since the start of the war five years ago. I'll share some impressions below 🧵
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/04/2026
the case for strategic gerrymandering youtu.be/YgMSs_aMP84?si…
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Why I'm Voting Yes on Virginia's Redistricting Amendment
Today Virginia votes on a constitutional amendment that would allow mid-decade redistricting — redrawing congressional maps in a way that would eliminate mos...
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Schumer is out of step with his caucus and should step aside.
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Rain @rainst0rm4759.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The winds are blowing loud enough even the Senate can hear it
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Rain @rainst0rm4759.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Congrats to Hungary! This is more than a symbolic blow: Dismantling Orban's network of support to the international fascist movement (funds/safe haven to far-right activists and diplomatic support/intelligence sharing to Russia's war effort) is a strategic coup in the war against fascism globally.
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Rain @rainst0rm4759.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Somehow the only ones not on my current list of potential candidates were Spanberger and Moulton. Anyway: maybe (gun to head), no, no, no, yes, no, yes no, probably not, no, probably not, no, maybe, no no, yes, no, probably not, no, lmao fuck off why
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Rain @rainst0rm4759.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Honestly, he can probably just say that operations are winding down/victorious and there’s a decent chance the press just accepts it regardless of the facts on the ground just like in Chicago and Minnesota.
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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
This week has been fucking awful
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Rain @rainst0rm4759.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Even if Ervin loses the house race, she'll remain influential in the state party as a State Central Committeeperson. Basically every race on my ballot (Ward 42 Precinct 13) went to machine or conservative candidates. I just hope Stratton pulls it out or this will be a dark day in Illinois.
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