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Refracted Grove

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Refracted Grove @refractedgrove.bsky.social · 8h
Thats my rep! Closest ill come to stanning a politician these days
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Cynthia Rose @stillcham.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
These are the things that reveal why they're trying to force him on us.
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Personally if I was living under a fascist right wing party one thing I wouldn’t do would be to ally with it on ridiculing a minority group that’s a historic genocidal target of fascism, but hey, that’s me.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 19/09/2026
It's very clear that companies are generating racist and sexist controversy as a brand strategy, e.g., Sydney Sweeney, Converse.
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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ @sloanelysbeth.northsky.social · 14/09/2026
libs aren't on here harassing and abusing trans ppl bcos they want us to support transphobic dems. they're on here harassing and abusing trans ppl bcos they want us to give them permission to support transphobic dems. it's the same shit they do with harry potter trying to seek our permission.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Can't say it enuff: Every leftist politician should Xerox Mayor Mamdani's direct-to-the-people model, speak DIRECTLY to the constituency about the good they're doing, ignore the billionaire-captured filter of legacy media, & reduce those people to impotent hecklers forever reacting never directing.
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
sorry, but torturing the omelas kid is just a smart move, polling-wise. i personally wish there wasn't a kid in the omelas hole--of course i do!--but let's not get distracted by purity tests, here.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 10/09/2026
"Tax flight is nothing more than a myth, and should be given as much credence as flat-earthers.”​
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Guess What Happened After New York Raised Taxes on the Rich? More Millionaires Moved In
Despite threats from the wealthy elite, new IRS data proves that higher taxes on the rich do not drive them away from New York City. The myth of tax flight is debunked.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hey everybody. On the 25-year anniversary, we're reprinting the much revered 9/11 edition of The Onion and sending that free to every member this month. It's been 25 long years. Look back in anger.
The front page of The Onion's September edition from September 2001 featuring the headline "U.S. Vows to Defeat Whoever It Is We're At War With."
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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem really did work for the CIA & was involved in some dastardly shit despite all the real, true good she did to advance feminism in the world. I just contacted my mentor who's a Black feminist who was her friend with condolences. Famous figures like all humans are flawed & complicated.
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Ashley Holden 🩷 M.Ed. @mrsholden2019.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
So #MitchMcConnell just gets to be dead & no one cares anymore? He just keeps collecting a paycheck, taking unlimited time off & everyone shrugs? I'm a teacher fighting stage 4 #cancer & if I was even 10 minutes late to work, I'd hear about it. If I disappeared, didn't call in, I'd be unemployed.
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John Travolta Confused Meme
ALT: John Travolta Confused Meme
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Good for the Chicago Sun Times. It's just CONSTANT demagoguery by politicians. chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...
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Mayoral candidates decry Chicago violence ‘crisis,’ even as summer murders hit 61-year low
Chicago had 122 murders in June, July and August, the lowest summer total since 1965, according to city and police data. But in their mayoral quests, candidates keep stoking public anxiety about viole...
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Refracted Grove @refractedgrove.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
But if i say what i think should happen to this guy *I'm* the one who will get banned
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Husky "Synthwhoa" Powerfist - Certified Hat Owner @synthwhoa.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Yuri weighs in on the current state of the Democratic party in the US.
Yuri from Tales of Vesperia says "You'd rather tell those people, "Sorry you have to die today, I promise we'll change things soon"?"
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But Black Dynamite... @tillaeonproject.blacksky.app · 30/08/2026
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
JKR had her chance at a future where she would be remembered forever for getting kids to fall in love with reading, and instead she will be remembered as a stochastic terrorist on the wrong side of one of 21st century history’s foremost civil rights battles, and I do think that’s somewhat sinking in
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Sarah O’Connell @sarahoconnellshow.com · 14/08/2026
THIS is how you be an actual trans ally! 🙌 variety.com/2026/tv/glob...
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‘Black Mirror’ and ‘Loki’ Directors Say They Rejected HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ Due to J.K. Rowling’s Transphobia: ‘Absolutely F—-ing Not’
Top TV directors Ally Pankiw and Kate Herron rejected the chance to join HBO's forthcoming series adaptation of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" novels.
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Conor @ernekid.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Hating the Irish is their bedrock. Their original mark 1 racism. Sometimes it gets buried by the newer versions of racism but it’s always there and they are always delighted to bring it out and dust it off.
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 30/07/2026
Keep this in mind when the Netanyahu regime continues its bombing. For three years now, we've been told that this isn't a genocide because when Hamas agrees to disarm, the bombing will stop. Hamas has agreed to disarm. The bombing will not stop. www.ynetnews.com/article/skwl...
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Israeli officials: Hamas has accepted full Gaza disarmament
Sources say the emerging deal requires Hamas to surrender all weapons, destroy tunnels and relinquish power before an Israeli withdrawal, though Hamas-linked accounts are presenting a less sweeping fo...
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Bill Maher is a vile virulent racist his whole life and the fact that he’s a “lifelong lib” tells you all you need to know about that label
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Okay but all cops know is shoot you and your dog, eat the local budget, and lie
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Police say Flock cameras help solve crimes, but critics call them an invasion of privacy
Law enforcement agencies in the U.S. use AI-powered cameras to scan billions of vehicles each month, often without drivers ever realizing. Supporters say the technology is a tool for solving crimes. B...
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Refracted Grove @refractedgrove.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
silence is always an option. Lindsey Graham had real blood on his hands, pushing and voting for policies that killed people here and abroad. If you dont want to call him for what the kind of person he truly was, you could at least not unduly lionize him in death.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 07/07/2026
Two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard is wearing a high quality mask at the start of the race. He said: “I hear already that there’s some sickness in some teams and I’ve had a history of being sick in my last two Grand Tours, so as you said: ‘Better safe than sorry.’” Great job! 👏
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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
DAWG WE'RE DOING STATE-RUN GAS PRICES AT PRICE CONTROLLED RATES DESPITE INCREASING SHORTAGES TO PACIFY THE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE SCREAMING ABOUT HOW THEIR OPPONENTS WANT COMMUNISM I AM GOING TO LOSE MY ENTIRE GODDAMN MIND
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Refracted Grove @refractedgrove.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"Well if youd just gone with the establishment candidate" It does not speak *well* of Janet Mills that she lost to Graham Platner The establishment lost to a creep because they can't help but recommend pro-genocide, "nothing will really get better" candidates. That's not something to be proud of.
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Refracted Grove @refractedgrove.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
i try not to sneer too much at people still doing electoral politics. I still vote! It would be cool if we could fix things without bloodshed! A huge benefit of not hanging much hope on elected officials is I can abandon them extremely quickly and I don't feel compelled to do an iota of apologia
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/07/2026
One thing I would love is if, when a straight white guy “sees the light” and joins the left, he would volunteer for a community group and like knock doors for someone who’d been on the left for ages instead of immediately wanting to be the candidate. It’d be like a litmus test for if they’re serious
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Refracted Grove @refractedgrove.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
46%? Damn that propaganda has worked better on my generation that I thought How do you live through what we lived through and not think we might have to fight for better things in a literal way
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Refracted Grove @refractedgrove.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
"So what do we do then?" If the people holding power from your vote misuse it, take that power back - talk to people near you and build parallel systems. To take broad action like a general strike, we'd need everyone to have their needs met while the system is halted.
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Refracted Grove @refractedgrove.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Your regular reminder that virtue signaling is an intellectually bankrupt argument. Everyone is signaling their virtues. They just have different virtues.
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Chico Escuela @blaqdocdown.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The Black Panther Party was way ahead of the curve back then and the message still applies today
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 30/06/2026
We're now at day 28 of setting a new record daily global sea-surface temperature.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 01/07/2026
was thinking about the first person to tell me what harm reduction really meant—Sister maeJoy B. withU—and how she emphasized it wasn’t just about making whatever small choices you can to reduce harm, it was about providing resources to make those choices possible, and continuing to do so over time
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Refracted Grove @refractedgrove.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
What about the actions of Senate Dems for the past decade makes anyone think they'd actually stop a Trump appointee if John Roberts kicks the bucket?
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 10/05/2025
Two baby deer snuggling kitten captioned repost if you love lesbians
or youd be happy if elon musk dies
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Refracted Grove @refractedgrove.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
goooooooooooood
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Refracted Grove @refractedgrove.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
i guarantee some of the exact same dipshits who "don't want politics in video games" are the ones raging that the Steam Machine is so expensive and they will be fully incapable seeing how the two are related
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Study finds narcissism the only trait that predicted objections to remote work. The higher the opinions of themselves leaders expressed, the more they coveted power and status — the more they favored return-to-office mandates. @adammgrant.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/o...
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Opinion | The Real Reason Bosses Want You Back in the Office Full Time (It’s Not Productivity)
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.
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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
There are no echo chambers of consequence besides the echo chamber of the right wing, which denies its own flagrantly psychosexually sadistic nature at every turn, and the larger echo chamber of "civil society", the polite willful ignorance which allows American empire to continue raping and killing
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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Even people I know and like, people I am pretty sure would use their voice to help me if I ever needed it play into the deadly sex worker stigma, seemingly unconsciously, when criticizing vile evil women And while I don't feel like calling them out directly right now and might privately later...
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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 11/02/2026
This writer is so close to getting it! So close! He even makes the connection of The Purge and Handmaid's Tale! As I've said before, a lot of dystopian horror, is just, "😱What if someone treated us, the way we've treated Black people?!" The purge is Sundown towns. Handmaid's Tale is slavery.
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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
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Disembodied Head Lynch @goatburgler.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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This image is a meme using characters from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine to express a strong opinion on labor strikes within the video game industry. 
The first character asks if game developers should strike.
The second character responds that all exploited workers should strike.
The first asks if this is true even if it disrupts the industry.
The second emphasizes that it should happen especially if it causes disruption.
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full slack @fullslack.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
"I'm gonna give Homan the benefit of the doubt" "They should coordinate with local law enforcement, pick these people up in the middle of the night when they're not suspecting it" Walz is capitulating to fascists and encouraging night raids. Genuinely disgusting. Why would anyone settle for this?
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Joseph Fink, we're going to win @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
A lot of Dems are going to take Bovino and Noem being fired as the finish line, and it's very important to make it clear to them that it is a starting line
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Another question I came here with was: how effective are the whistles and honking? Does it stop abductions? And the answer is, surprisingly to my cynical self, yes, and often. I have talked to so many people who have successfully interrupted kidnappings.
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