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Sarah 🥖🌹 @sarahrocks.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I encourage everyone to watch John Oliver's piece on this, and I welcome conversation from anyone who actually takes the time to watch it and wants to discuss it in good faith. youtu.be/flSS1tjoxf0?... (3/3)

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Trans Athletes: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Sarah 🥖🌹 @sarahrocks.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

We can continue to have good-faith conversations about how to include our trans community in sports in a safe and fair way. But that's not what these bans are doing - they are designed to exclude trans people, mostly trans kids, because their authors want trans people to not exist at all. (2/3)

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Sarah 🥖🌹 @sarahrocks.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

If you're unsure how to feel about trans people playing sports with their identified gender as opposed to their assigned gender at birth, you're not alone. Many people are concerned that there are fairness or safety issues, but there's really no evidence that that's the case. (1/3)

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Sarah 🥖🌹 @sarahrocks.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I think the best path to getting our demands met is with a general strike - protests are good, boycotts are better but still not enough. A critical step towards general strike is to unionize your workplace or join and be active in your union. If you don't know where to start try workerorganizing.org

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Sarah 🥖🌹 @sarahrocks.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Waiting 30 minutes for a store employee to show up and get something out of a locked case makes me want to steal it just on principle

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Sarah 🥖🌹 @sarahrocks.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Fun times we're living in. www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

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Sarah 🥖🌹 @sarahrocks.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

To be an anti-racist you also have to be an anti-capitalist

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Sarah 🥖🌹 @sarahrocks.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Yes, I do see a difference, that's why I voted Harris. It was a full-on dictator vs the shitty status quo. Democrats pretend to care about the people but they still support mass incarceration and deportations and genocide. Liberalism leads to fascism every time because it fails the people.

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Sarah 🥖🌹 @sarahrocks.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Fascism is the merging of corporate power with state power. We've already been there for a while under both Dems and Reps.

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Sarah 🥖🌹 @sarahrocks.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

What do you mean by democracy? Do you mean maintaining a system where money = speech and people in rural areas are over-represented? Because that's what Dem electeds mean. If they actually cared about democracy they would abolish the senate and electoral college and get money out of politics.

Sarah 🥖🌹 @sarahrocks.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

The two-party system is how we got here. Why should I be forced to vote for a party that doesn't represent me just because the other option is worse? We need to break the two party system with democratic reforms like proportional representation, ranked choice voting, and publicly funded elections.

It's not 🤷‍♀️ I'm not denying that antisemitism really happens and it's not okay. But criticizing Israel's government isn't the same as being antisemitic. "Israel speaks for all Jews" is an awfully convenient line to take if you're Israel and you don't want any criticism.

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It's hard to fathom how the wealthy can behave the way they do. If I ever have more than I need it goes to helping other people.

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Found a graphic. It's normal for us to get a wavy polar vortex sometimes but global warming is making it more extreme.

The science behind the polar vortex. Graphic from NOAA shows two gray and white globes. Caption reads: air pressure and winds around the Arctic switch between these two phases (Arctic Oscillation) and contribute to winter weather patterns. Left globe has bright blue swirl over the North Pole labeled stable polar vortex. A strong jet stream is indicated with bright blue arrows that point west to east, parallel with latitude lines, cold air contained. The right hand globe has a light blue swirl over the north pole labeled wavy polar vortex. A weak jet stream is indicated with light blue arrows that point west to east but in a wavy pattern that is farther north in some places and farther south in others. White arrows indicate cold air moving south and red arrows indicate warm air moving north.

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You probs know this but for anyone who doesn't: global warming IS causing this cold weather. Less ice at the poles weakens the polar vortex, an air current that keeps cold air contained. The cold air moves closer to the equator causing colder weather than we'd normally see in these places.

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Even though it's cold in FL, global warming is still the cause. Less ice at the poles weakens the polar vortex, the air current that keeps cold air contained to the poles. A weak polar vortex allows cold air to move closer to the equator. But that's too much science for these people.

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Yeah, I'm well aware she's not a leftist. I'm saying Democrats fight against leftism harder than they fight against fascism. Like when they circled the wagons against Bernie, or when leftists democratically took over the NV Dems and the establishment took all the money and created a shadow party.

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Musk's salute was nothing but a calculated distraction. Now everyone's talking about that instead of questioning how he was allowed to buy power and what he's doing with it.

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Democrat politicians would rather have fascists in power than leftists. Their interests are aligned with capitalism and they don't want to see it challenged.

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The wealthy and corporations donate just as much to Democrats as they do to Republicans. Both parties answer to the rich, not to the people. We need to break the two party system with democratic reforms like proportional representation, ranked choice voting, and publicly funded elections.

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Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) - Working towards a better future for all.

But also, we will never fully reform our way out of oligarchy. Our real power is that when we don't work, capitalists don't make money. We need to be laying the groundwork for a revolution. That means labor organizing, mutual aid, community organizing. We're doing this at DSA. dsausa.org

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Working towards a better future for all.

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I believe if we want to get electoral power for the people we have to start at the local and state level. Come up through the ground like weeds. Support candidates who don't take corporate money. BE candidates who don't take corporate money. Local and state policies can make a big material impact.

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Sarah 🥖🌹 @sarahrocks.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I'm really sorry to hear about your situation but unfortunately I can't help. I'm barely surviving myself.

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Community doesn't just happen here in the US, we have to build it. That's what organizing is, building community, building relationships.

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Sarah 🥖🌹 @sarahrocks.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

I'm on rednote and people have been really nice and welcoming so far. Excellent cat videos.

Sarah 🥖🌹 @sarahrocks.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Lol yes I stalked your profile I needed to see him. I too have a sassy snuggle bug but he's a void

Sarah 🥖🌹 @sarahrocks.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Omg please can I see pics of oliver

System system system. In conclusion, system.

Here in Nevada we have a system for ballot measures. I hope we can propose a proportional representation system that will allow us to overcome the two party system.

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Okay, but we tried taking over the party from within in NV. We joined the State Central Committee in droves and democratically elected a slate of leftists to lead the party. The outgoing leaders took the $450k funds and made a shadow party to support their candidates. I don't think it's fixable.

Apparently saying "Free Palestine" in my bio makes me antisemitic. Let me be clear: Jewish people, just like all people, deserve to be safe and happy. Palestinian people also deserve to be safe and happy. My beef is with the state of Israel, IDF and anyone actively contributing to oppression.

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Sarah 🥖🌹 @sarahrocks.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Do you think the Democratic Party can be reformed? I honestly think they're beyond repair because they continue to take corporate and AIPAC money so we need to overcome the two party system with democratic reforms like proportional representation, ranked choice voting, and publicly funded elections.

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If you are an employer, and you're making profits, but your workers are on food stamps - you're not smart, you're not "good at business," you're just selfishly cheating a system that gives you the power to exploit. Why would we think people like this deserve to make decisions about our economy?

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Sarah 🥖🌹 @sarahrocks.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I think we should test it and find out. For science!

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Sarah 🥖🌹 @sarahrocks.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

This is what the trolley problem really looks like. Capitalists control the levers of power. Every time they cut corners on safety measures, every time they lobby against safety or environmental regulations, they are choosing their own profits over YOUR health and safety. This is not a just system.

The Trolley Problem meme. Drawing of a trolley that can take one of two tracks and a man with a top hat, monocle and bow tie holding the lever. Trolley is labeled Norfolk Southern and has a toxic waste symbol. The top track has some money on it and the bottom track has a blue area representing water. Text reads: A train you own is carrying a gajillion gallons of literal poison. It is heading towards a town's entire water supply. You can easily avoid this catastrophe by pulling the lever but a little bit of your money is on the other track.

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I think it's been a class war for a long time, but it's the wealthy who have been waging it and the working class have not been fighting back in any real way. Hopefully that will change.

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Honestly it might be for the best. Painful but quick lol

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Join DSA. Become a member today.

What helps me avoid despair is taking concrete action with others IRL. Mutual aid, labor organizing, community organizing. Find a local org that resonates with you. For me that is DSA, I believe we can change the world with a mass movement of the working class. dsausa.org/join

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Democratic socialists have an historic opportunity and responsibility to play a central role in continuing the political revolution for the long term. As a democratic, grassroots organization, DSA is ...

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Capitalists have an influence on US politics you and I can only dream of, and they use it to further enrich themselves at the expense of society and the environment. Our system is by the wealthy for the wealthy, it's got to go.

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Agree. Also Proportional Representation, where each party gets a % of seats in the legislative body according to the % of votes they received.

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