destroy dionysos @sthelen.bsky.social · 16hI’m glad to see Bluesky has people with the same opinion as me. Reddit’s answer to this was bleak. 010
destroy dionysos @sthelen.bsky.social · 16hProblem is… Egypt produces as much steel as the USSR in 1940 and they have domestic ammunition production. It’s not close. Egypt just lands in Sicily and rolls up the whole Italian peninsula. 000
destroy dionysos @sthelen.bsky.social · 16hEgypt manufactures their own tanks and ammunition. They also refine petroleum and manufacture integrated circuits. They don’t have a full semiconductor fab but they do R&D for semiconductors there which means they can make a small amount and can scale up for basic stuff. People underestimate Africa. 100
Reposted by destroy dionysosPortland Jobs with Justice @jwjpdx.bsky.social · 21hYou should be skeptical of the loud calls for “decorum” at a time of profound injustice. Injustice is “divisive” and people who have a pulse and a conscience reflect this with moral outrage. Let’s be for real. 28018
destroy dionysos @sthelen.bsky.social · 17hThese specifics are important because those are the differences between a bantustan and an independent state. 140
Reposted by destroy dionysosRyan @thepeis.bsky.social · 20hIncredibly this comes less than a week after Haaretz’s expose on prisons where Palestinians are kept (which called them torture camps.) What can you even say at this point?haaretz.comThousands are held in Israeli torture camps. This is what happens insideFive testimonies from Palestinians held there 162
Reposted by destroy dionysos#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 21hEisenkot is also against citizenship and equality for all under a single democratic state, of course. 227850
destroy dionysos @sthelen.bsky.social · 17hWhat does a demilitarized Palestinian state mean? Does that state have control over its own borders? Can it prevent settlements? Can it conduct its own trade policy or choose whether or not to allow Israel to build fortresses and limited access roads in its territory? 140
Reposted by destroy dionysosIMEU Policy Project @imeupolicy.bsky.social · 21hThank you Sen. @vanhollen.senate.gov for speaking out against Israel’s unjust military detention of young American citizens Sama Safi and Adam Karakrah, which is just one example of Israel’s rampant human rights abuses against Palestinians in the illegally-occupied West Bank. 14012
destroy dionysos @sthelen.bsky.social · 17hWhat level of Palestinian sovereignty are any major Israeli politicians calling for? 110
destroy dionysos @sthelen.bsky.social · 17hProduction company address: The Hub, 70 Pacific Quay, Glasgow G51 1EA, United Kingdom 000
Reposted by destroy dionysosGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 20hHonest question: Have there been ANY high-profile men driven from Trump II because of scandal? Because I know it’s not for a lack of male scandals. 3039488
Reposted by destroy dionysosGil Durán @gilduran.com · 21hI left Twitter because I was permanently banned for writing about fascism. . . . . .Because Twitter is now a fascist platform controlled by the richest fascist in the world. Some of us aren’t allowed there. So, the pro-X discourse seems like desperate (fascist) propaganda. 191227312
destroy dionysos @sthelen.bsky.social · 18hThis is just more of the permanent occupation status quo where Israel rules over a population with no self-rule. 151
Reposted by destroy dionysosNick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 20hA bunch of state and local politicians just staked their careers on a MAGA sports owner billionaire handout that — on a good day and with the Oregonian’s polling methods — 43% of Portlanders think is important. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202... 59325
Reposted by destroy dionysosAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Ok it is obvious that people fake engagement with bots, and that this is often done for political reasons, but the reality is that there are tens of millions of republicans in america, the number of people who would vote for Trump is even larger, and as elections show, these people really exist 171145136
Reposted by destroy dionysosthe moon report 🌒 @seachanger.bsky.social · 21hwe should resist the term "rightsizing" - both because corporate speak has no place in public services (our schools are not a business) and because in this case it serves to obscure a set of goals and assumptions that have not been communicated transparently to school communities facing closure 3141
Reposted by destroy dionysosthe moon report 🌒 @seachanger.bsky.social · 20hnot a minor detail. we are in a corporate-perpetrated fascist moment in part because neoliberals have insisted on elevating the corporation as a cultural form across all sectors. this has been bipartisan and it is a major reason why today's 'end times fascism' is different than prior versions 1114
Reposted by destroy dionysosMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 21hCan't believe Jean Twenge, the woman who has dedicated her career to manipulating data about teen mental health, would manipulate data about teen sexuality. 81474283
destroy dionysos @sthelen.bsky.social · 18hI haven’t really used winco in a few years and I’m devastated by this news 010
destroy dionysos @sthelen.bsky.social · 18hThe DoJ should have issued a warrant on January 22nd for Donald Trump’s arrest on charges of insurrection and Congress should have gotten rid of the filibuster and packed the court if the Supreme Court wanted to intervene on Trump’s side. 000
Reposted by destroy dionysosTBSkyen @tbskyen.com · 19hIt is generally good life advice that if you ever hear some "everyone knows" third party gossip about a trans creator or public figure, your 1st instinct should be to disbelieve it, your 2nd instinct should be NOT to pass it on, and 3rd to check VERY THOROUGHLY who's saying it and where it came from 61310441
destroy dionysos @sthelen.bsky.social · 18hIn ten years people will be like “Did you know that Swanboy actually used to be about a character named Swanboy? But after Reese introduced Cassie and Crystal he acceded to popular demand and the comic ended up being just about them.” 050
Reposted by destroy dionysosJosephine Riesman @josie.zone · 12/10/2026Just FYI Jacobin's Larry McMurtry / "MEN reading novels about MEN" article that you're all hate-trafficking was written by Ross Barkan aka the guy who got fired by nymag for at least 67 instances of plagiarism, mere weeks ago: 824577
Reposted by destroy dionysosSam @flatmouse.bsky.social · 13/10/2026PSA: Eli Arnold is running for Portland city council, district 4. I can’t think of anyone less fit to represent us than the people who brutalized us. Do not rank. 04314
destroy dionysos @sthelen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026We do this in Portland, too. If you want to hang out with us you have to do it with us. 040
Reposted by destroy dionysosDara O'Reilly @daraor.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The UK government, governed by the party of which Phillipson is chair, extended immunity for British soldiers engaged in extrajudicial killings in Northern Ireland yesterday. Yesterday. 116177
Reposted by destroy dionysosDr. Hesse Daria⚡[bæddelstar galactica] @thatdoll.online · 12/10/2026trans women are held accountable for the crimes of men more than men are held accountable for the crimes of men 5900207
destroy dionysos @sthelen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Okay but the judges never actually do the contempt hearings. The government just hits it from another angle or moves the case to another jurisdiction to get a different judge and start it all over again. 030
destroy dionysos @sthelen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Have any of these judges considered not doing everything humanly possible to help the Trump regime? 000
destroy dionysos @sthelen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I hope she has her own security loyal to her and not some pinkerton-ass security company. She needs Black Panthers or smth 000
Reposted by destroy dionysosIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced. 14714956511636
Reposted by destroy dionysosgrimm 🎃 @mugrimm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Reminder this investigation was started under Biden to indulge the exceptional islamophobia his administration had and was absolutely about her advocacy for Palestinian rights. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...nytimes.comUnder Biden Administration, Justice Dept. Began Examining Ilhan Omar’s FinancesThe inquiry, initiated by the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, appears to have stalled for lack of evidence. 4517160
destroy dionysos @sthelen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Despite being used primarily by nazis, based is actually AAVE! 41354
Reposted by destroy dionysosneuse river hag @neuseriverhag.bsky.social · 11/10/2026the young nazis are incredibly terrifying but i'm not sure the commentariat has really thought about what "welcome to the room where we keep the levers of political power! we trashed the place for you 😊" is doing to anyone to the left of jd vance, ideologically and uh. anger-wise 1474
destroy dionysos @sthelen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Do you think social media is why people were assassinating politicians in the 1960s, too? 000
Reposted by destroy dionysosRaimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 11/10/2026"Investigators identified Rohan Rane, a 29-year-old Indian national... a fitness coach, as the leader of a neo-nazi sect obsessed with sexually abusing and humiliating young girls. ...Rane was a self-declared fascist, reported French media." searchlightmagazine.com/2026/10/20-y...searchlightmagazine.com20 year sentence for leader of neo-nazi cult that tortured girls online | SearchlightA 29-year-old neo-nazi has been jailed for 20 years for orchestrating an international network of child sexual exploitation, torture and blackmail involving ... 11011
Reposted by destroy dionysosDaniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Very dystopian that on the article about a A.I. data center poisoning the air, there's a little rainbow A.I. chatbot button just lurking at the edge, waiting to poison the air some more to answer your banal question 3129431287
Reposted by destroy dionysosThe Alternate Histoween 🎃 @althistorian.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Sure, when it comes to who is bankrolling their ads, but in the end someone still needs to vote for the AfD, Reform, MAGA, etc. Russian bot farms don't replace human agency. 615432
Reposted by destroy dionysosDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Over the last decade, there were two hypotheses: H1: the political right genuinely cared about threats to speech from the left. H2: they were using campus speech wars to impose their values and silence dissent. Today, the answer is clear, but I can't find any of the H1 people admitting their error. 451917545
Reposted by destroy dionysosMcBoo-lie @mcjulie.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Very much like the mythology “sure, fascists are cruel, but they get the trains running on time” when the reality is that the trains have stopped running entirely and fascists just lie about it. 018744
Reposted by destroy dionysosCaroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Your regular reminder that my daughter Alice’s death wasn’t counted in Appleby’s report, despite her meeting all the criteria. And when I emailed the Tavistock adult GIC to inform them they could take Alice off the waitlist, because she’d died by suicide, they never replied. It’s a disgrace. 201539497
Reposted by destroy dionysosmitch (he/him) @drmitchpdx.bsky.social · 11/10/2026there was also basically no coverage of: - first ever oversight hearing re: admin not disclosing housing funds to council - failure to substantiate any of the claims to economic benefits for moda center deal. - failure to dig into project mt hood in a substantive way for example 09613
Reposted by destroy dionysosXopher @xopher.blacksky.app · 11/10/2026The media always talks about "class war" or "race war" as if they're not already happening. This is an example of both. Making someone pay for their imprisonment is grinding the heel in the back of their neck, just to make sure they know their place. 2261127
Reposted by destroy dionysospnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026In my first meeting with the Mayor he said I must be intimidating for boys to date. These people are inappropriate all the time!!! They’re just sometimes? More soft spoken? And they’re better and presenting different faces. I just unfortunately am the same in every room lmao 719416
Reposted by destroy dionysosVoid-BOO!!! GAh!!!! (AKA Jess Voidburger) @voidburger.com · 11/10/2026cops have the best job security on this entire godforsaken planet 356986
destroy dionysos @sthelen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The worst part is they’re right. I mean even when you show the depredations of American occupation and the war crimes they committed they still come off better than the fucking Nazis. 070