Reposted by Mangusta DefordBuffalo Temple of Music, Sports, and Whatever @sethfromthe716.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Eric Schmitt is going to lose his shit when they tell him about the Chicago Blackhawks, Seattle Seahawks, Miami RedHawks, or the Kansas Jayhawks. 1964031639
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Earth’s organisms will not reproduce if the environment is not conducive. All of our physical, emotional, mental, and social environments are polluted. What is it conservatives like to say before telling people to have more babies than they can afford? Oh yeah, “Don’t breed em if you can’t feed em.” 100
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 24/09/2026threads.comClimate Defiance (@climatedefiance) on ThreadsBig Tech just held a Climate Week panel to greenwash AI data centers. So we and @xr_nyc ended it. The panel was called "Unlocking the Grid: an AI solution to the AI problem", i.e., these tHoUgHt LeAd... 020
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Wilber Garces Perez, the Venezuelan man and Door Dash delivery driver shot in the back by ICE in Austin, TX, still has the bullet in his back while he is detained. And a judge has stated his deportation until he can get a court hearing. Looks like it’s slated for 9/30. 000
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Texas administration and legislature is panicking. They know their policies are dangerous, and they’re trying to deflect. All the support and listening won’t do a damned thing if you need an abortion to live in a state whose doctors are afraid of going to jail for saving their patients. 100
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Another day in AmeriKKKa.kut.orgMan injured in shooting by ICE officer in North AustinThe shooting happened Sunday afternoon near Anderson Square and U.S. 183. The man's lawyer says he has been released from the hospital into ICE custody. 100
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I don’t have sympathy for people who are willfully ignorant enough to continuously align and vote against their own self-interest. But I hope this is eye-opening for those who’ve been questioning that alignment. If nothing else, my wish is at least some of these cultists will wake the fuck up.chron.comTexas GOP photo sparks ugly backlash days after Bo French post"You couldn't find a single Texan at the entire convention to get in the photo?" 110
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 15/09/2026In France it’s blasphemous. In the US, it’s just Tuesday. I’m reminded of Bill Hicks. “Jesus is back! … AND HE’S PISSED OFF!!” 000
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I was 12 on 9/11. It was one of the most memorable and shaping events that I’ve witnessed in my life. It was my generation’s Pearl Harbor. The two and half decades that followed showed how the rubble of this attack became the foundation of lies to continue attacking the Middle East. Never forget. 010
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 11/09/2026James Talarico’s second interview banned by the FCC.youtu.beJimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To SeeYouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live 100
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“Texas lawmakers cannot make informed maternal health policy without fully examining why pregnant and postpartum Texans are dying,” ———————— TX GOP: “Don’t worry your pretty lil heads about silly things like maternal death rates— LOOK BEHIND YOU! A trans Muslim immigrant is taking your cookie!”news.rice.edu 001
Reposted by Mangusta DefordEverydayOptimist @thestampcollector.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It’s been 12 hours and not a single Democrat In Congress has called for Trump to be arrested for his attempt to buy votes last night Pathetic 1532169567
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Right wing propaganda and the slow corporatization of education in this country has been so effective, Repugnican civilians are still blaming immigrants, still surprised Trump is fucking them over, and still more concerned with being labeled a Democrat than the actual events harming them right now. 100
Reposted by Mangusta DefordRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits 491129263884
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 06/09/2026As Americans, we can be embarrassed by as many as 6 ridiculous things before breakfast. 100
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 04/09/2026🐆 😮 (I read this article on archivebuttons.com, try it if you hit a paywall.)theatlantic.comThe Jews Who Voted for HitlerWhat happened when members of a minority community cast its lot with a political leader who despised them 000
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Voters with Trump-gret need to stop saying they were fooled. You were not. He said he would implement tariffs. He said he would roll back regulation. He said he did not care about you, just your vote. 100
Reposted by Mangusta DefordHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I absolutely love that Rafael Cruz is running for president in 2028. Run, Raffy, run, or just waddle. 2933325798
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It’s still fuck 🧊, but I’ll definitely take some shadenfreude and leopards eating some well-deserving faces. They are never going to learn, are they? 000
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 29/08/2026“Best we can do is let you pump in a bathroom stall during your lunch break, take it or leave it.” 000
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 29/08/2026American Farmers: Trump lied, HELP!!! Consumers: Didn’t you vote for him? AF: I voted for $12 billion and deregulation! C: He’s lied a lot, though. Tarrifs, foreign wars, groceries, healthcare. This seems like a natural consequence. AF: Now I will NEVER vote against the GOP because you’re so mean! 😤 000
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Another headline from Captain Obvious of the No Shit, Sherlock Gazette. One of the comments under this news post said “This is just being responsible.” Go tell that to the pro-natalists and fetal-fetishists who are fear-mongering with stats of the falling birth rate. 010
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 27/08/2026They took the wrong 80-year-old. Twice in a row. God fucking damnit. 010
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 01/08/2026As much as I don’t think we should continue littering outer space and the moon, I’d be much less concerned with The Muskrat playing Chairface Chippendale if he paid his fair share of taxes. Sure dude, you can pretend to be a scientist, right after you give up some of that dragon hoard. 000
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Which industry felt more threatened by THC in Texas, so they had to buy Dan Patrick and Greg Abbott? The flailing alcohol industry or the very expensive private prison (i.e. forced prisoner labor) industry? Either way, Republicans are damn near giving this race to Talarico. Stupid move. 021
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Navigating the American healthcare industrial complex is a waking nightmare. “bUt iN CaNaDa yOu hAvE tO wAiT!!!1!1” 010
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 22/07/2026This McConnell bullshit is the perfect opportunity for establishment Dems to actually push back, it’d be astonishing to watch Beshear and Jeffries fumble this hard if they hadn’t been moving more and more center-right as fascism continues to molder democracy beneath our very feet. 000
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 18/07/2026No, I won’t be accepting half-assed apologies for voting for Trump and Republicans. Not when we’ve been begging you to watch something other than FOXNews for the last 30 years. You weren’t fooled. Some have said you’ll vote Republican again. Apology without changed behavior is manipulation. 043
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Not Dems patting themselves on the back for cutting SOME funding to Israel’s regime. Jfc, we’re on the worst fucking timeline. 000
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Something that gives me hope is that someday, someday soon, all the dinosaurs that are holding us back as a species will die the fuck off. The damage they’ve done is able to be healed if we want it badly enough. I have to hold onto this hope for my kid’s future. 000
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Another day, another shooting of an innocent person by ICE. May these murderers never know sleep, peace, or joy. 010
Reposted by Mangusta DefordRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/07/2026For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before. 381181735838
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Well this is totally normal and not alarming at all. 001
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 10/07/2026“Money can’t buy happiness!” And I can’t pay my exorbitant rent in smiles, Kevin! 000
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 09/07/2026My parents were well-meaning people. They would not consider themselves racist. They were kind to their/our Black neighbors, classmates, and coworkers. But they were not great at having uncomfortable conversations around race. I intend to break that silence with my child. 000
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 05/07/2026What’s really disappointing is this day could have been a great celebration. At least a day to reflect on where we are and where we can go. Instead we get to watch Midas of Shit do what he does, his remaining sycophants do mental gymnastics, & white supremacists march lockstep on the capitol. 000
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 02/07/2026So Cecil Turtle has been hospitalized for nearly a month, and the public is just hearing about it? Between keeping this so hush and Dems getting ousted by socialists, I think the establishment might be getting a little nervous.nbcnews.comParamedics responded to a ‘cardiac arrest’ at Mitch McConnell’s home on day of hospitalizationMcConnell’s office hasn’t disclosed why the former Senate majority leader was hospitalized on June 14. 000
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 29/06/2026You know what the US needs? Horrible Histories. I know they had a couple of skits for us, but our kids need to know the shitty parts of history in a digestible way. Pun intended. 000
Mangusta Deford @shadowblind.bsky.social · 28/06/2026No one is doing more for Mamdani’s PR than Republicans clutching their pearls and grasping at straws. Maybe establishment Dems who refuse to stop moving center. Meanwhile New Yorkers are looking at affordable housing and groceries, more teachers, and taxing out-of-state billionaires. 000
Reposted by Mangusta DefordAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/06/2026PSA: Check your passport expiration date before you end up with one of these! 7312988733