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Richard W. Morrison

@swelleganza.bsky.social
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Publisher, Editor, Queer. Lover of poetry, art, music, gardens, nonhumans, collectives, community, safe spaces, open borders, critical thinking.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Dead Inside
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Concrete concentration camp Bashing in veins for peace Joni Mitchell
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Just another perfect day of racial profiling
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Military-Style Sweep Hits NYC as Masked Federal Agents Arrest Canal Street Vendors
Spontaneous protests were met with an armored military vehicle and assault rifles in a crackdown that escalated the Trump administration’s focus on NYC.
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
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Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Trans Activist Who Saw It All, Dies
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
🤷🏻‍♂️
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
19th nervous breakdown
Two empty spray bottles of so-called cleaning products
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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
HAPPY PRIDE ORLANDO!!! And shoutout to everyone who attended No Kings right before. Our biggest pride yet. We proudly believe in justice for the LGBTQ+ & Immigrant community. No to authoritarians scapegoating our people in order to consolidate power and make money. No ICE in the sunshine state 🙅🏾‍♂️
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
One of my favs
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 19/10/2025
the random murder of fishermen in the Caribbean by this lawless administration should be a much bigger story, in my humble fucking opinion
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
😂😂😂😂
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Couldn’t make No Kings, but I still got this awesome button THANK YOU to all who showed up today. #nokings
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
#NoKings Cincinnati
Rally sign reads “I am Aunt Tifa.  Heard you were looking for me!”
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
They think it'll cut down on people of color, but they might be surprised. #vaccineswork
theguardian.com
Florida to end vaccine mandates for children as state’s surgeon general likens them to ‘slavery’
Joseph Ladapo, a long-time vaccine skeptic, says that every state vaccine requirement would be repealed
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Your daily John Waters screenshot @johnwatersbot.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Pushy Donna wants an extremely large glass of ice water.
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Cowards
theguardian.com
US House calls early summer recess to block voting on release of Epstein files
Republicans say last votes will take place on Wednesday, a day earlier than scheduled
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
theintercept.com
Zohran Mamdani and the “Black Vote”
Mamdani struggled against Andrew Cuomo to win the "Black vote" — but his lackluster performance may not tell the whole story.
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to Town."
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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
The second title in a new publication series devoted to visual literacy, "Black Elegies" is an unflinching study of black grief as a form of elegy found in visual art, music, literature — everywhere, if you know how to see it: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255172... @kjuanitabrown.bsky.social
A hand holding a copy of the book "Black Elegies: Meditations on the Art of Mourning" by Kimberly Juanita Brown.
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New York Amsterdam News @nyamnews.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
“Too many in chains. We are shackled by greed.” A reminder that not all chains rattle. Some are silent but just as strong. #Poetry #Truth
amsterdamnews.com
Fierce Love: A Womanist Anthem for Freedom
They passed the Big Ugly Bill. And all I can hear in my head is a cry for freedom.
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Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Every day. It’s just the same story every single day — IDF massacres starving people at food sites they set up with US money and support.
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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
“keep politics out of kids movies” disney in 1973:
death to tyrants! from disney’s animated robin hood
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ricardodominguez.net @rrdominguez.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
#Good #Times
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends. But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month. See you soon, NYC.
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Antipode @antipodeonline.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Book Review Forum — "Settler Militarism: World War II in Hawai‘i and the Making of US Empire" by @julietneb.bsky.social antipodeonline.org/2025/07/11/s...
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Book Review Forum — Juliet Nebolon’s “Settler Militarism: World War II in Hawai‘i and the Making of US Empire” - Antipode Online
Desiree Valadares (UBC), Kawena Elkington (UH Mānoa), Haylee Makana Kushi (UH Hilo), Kelema Lee Moses (UC San Diego), and Laurel Mei-Singh (UT Austin) on Juliet Nebolon’s Settler Militarism: World War...
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
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This Dinosaur Probably Tweeted More Than It Roared
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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
WEEKEND MOST WANTED
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Fantastic
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London library forced to briefly close after fox 'made itself comfortable' inside
Foxes have been known to live everywhere in London from back gardens to the top of the Shard
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Aruna D’Souza @arunadsouza.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Sending a gay man back to Venezuela is not “freedom,” sadly—a lot of gay Venezuelans have sought asylum in the U.S. precisely because of persecution of LGBTQ+ people in that country. Freedom would be being brought back to the U.S. to continue living the life he had built.
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Annie Sprinkle @anniesprinkle.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
www.tandfonline.com/toc/wjls20/2... The earth is a Badass Butch Dyke in Menopause. Check out the piece Beth and I wrote, it really fun and sexy.
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
"What 'Art Is Not Enough' tells us is that while those in government may wish for us to lose this war, people have the power to break through the complacency of everyday life." Conor Williams reviews a recent survey of Gran Fury. lareviewofbooks.org/article/it-i...
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It Is Civil War | Los Angeles Review of Books
Conor Williams on the legacy and continued relevance of the activist art collective Gran Fury.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 18/07/2025
Let’s be clear: This is political censorship. Just as CBS’ parent company handed Trump $16 million to settle a spurious lawsuit, this decision is about preemptively bowing to a regime that demands obedience. We stand with Stephen Colbert and every voice that Trump wants silenced.
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Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning
CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.
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Informed Alarmist @informedalarmist.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
I went to the Coldplay concert last night and these guys were on the Jumbotron.
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Kevin @theekmc.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
These Coldplay concerts are getting out of hand
He-man and Skeletor spotted at the Coldplay concert 

He-man bear hugging Skeletor in a spoof of the hottest meme on the internet today.
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Please please please, let this be the thing that finally brings this motherfucker down www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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‘He’s a lot of fun to be with’: Trump and Epstein were close friends for 15 years
As Trump tries to claim he was ‘not a fan’ of Epstein, photos, videos and anecdotes paint a picture of a their relationship
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
I'm not sure there's anyone out there who deserves recognition and commendation more than Alice Wong. Her work is incredible and she has already changed the world
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Unfun fact! The National Guard evolved out of state and local militias during the colonial period. In the South, militias served as organized vigilantes who rode on horseback with whips to hunt down enslaved people, enforcing a captive labor force.
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The National Guard’s History of Violent Labor Repression
Donald Trump recently commandeered California’s National Guard to repress anti-ICE protests in LA. The National Guard has a long history of being deployed to break up protests and strikes, including…
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller July 16,1959
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER 
P1-NANCY IS SLEEPILY SITTING IN A EASY CHAIR 
NANCY: I FEEL SO LAZY TODAY 
P2- FRITZI SPEAKS TO NANCY FROM THE KITCHEN 
FRITZI: NANCY--- I TOLD YOU TO
EXERCISE THE DOG
P3-NANCY: I AM
P4-NANCY : I'M EXERCISING HIS TAIL,
NANCY IS PETTING THE DOG ON THE HEAD, AND THE DOG IS WAGGING HIS TAIL.
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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS!
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Well, Well, Well.
theguardian.com
US House speaker Mike Johnson calls for release of Epstein files amid backlash
Trump has faced growing resentment over the decision of his attorney general, Pam Bondi, to withhold information
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Prospero (Where are the Epstein files?) @prospero53.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
IYKYK
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Why Are We Sleeping?
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Soft Machine-Why Are We Sleeping?
YouTube video by Lilagodor
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Never before in U.S. history has one man exercised such unbridled discretion affecting the lives of so many, while simultaneously preventing others — Congress, the courts, the American people — from having a say or even knowing what he’s going to do next. This is dictatorship.
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Richard W. Morrison @swelleganza.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
"Tomayto-Tomhato, Tomahto-Tomayto . . ." So typical of the @nytimes.com
A screen grab of the New York Times home page, warning of the coming scarcity of tomatoes off-season jusxtaposed with the "best tomato sandwich you'll ever have" recipe.
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Clarence Patton @cpattonnyc.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Youth baseball coach who protected and defended his kids when ICE-is showed up in Riverside Park to round up the Black and Brown kids. His losing it here broke me.
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