Reposted by aunt witchyDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 02/11/2024If you want Sam Alito to ever face any type of consequences for this, whatsoever, you're going to need to flip the house AND hound your congresspeople. 430986
Reposted by aunt witchyAndrew Gurza @andrewgurza6.bsky.social · 9hdisability rights (or the lack of them) will be your rights one day. and yes, I say this to absolutely scare you into thinking about disability. What rights will you want? Think about that. 05425
Reposted by aunt witchyPUNKI (PERPETUALLY POST DEBUT) @pun-ki.bsky.social · 16hYou should be asking why Rockstar gets to do this and doesn't run into any issues with payment processors, while the rest of anyone drawing or writing "explicit content" on any platform have so much trouble getting paid 5565372833
Reposted by aunt witchyRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11hHawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.youtube.comCould This Actually End Citizens United?Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti 16486962968
Reposted by aunt witchyAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11hDe Niro: When that coward, that fucking piece of shit, Donald Trump, tries to take our voice and power away, what do we tell him? Keep your fucking hands off our vote. 773499856
Reposted by aunt witchyRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 13hDr Norma Bowe is one of my personal heroes Establishing a mobile health clinic for the families visiting immigrants detained at Delaney -in horrendous conditions- is an act of compassion and courage. Every week she is there ICE has harassed her Her union-local, state & national has her back 05924
Reposted by aunt witchyDannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Do yourself a favor. Read these 7 pages by @lilymasonphd.bsky.social right now. It is the most concise explanation of the current situation in U.S. politics I've seen and it captures why calls to reduce "polarization" can ultimately worsen the problem 🧵 www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/pol...journalofdemocracy.orgPolarization Is Not the Problem | Journal of DemocracyAmericans have never been angrier with one another. But polarization is not the disease—it is the response to a revanchist movement seeking to roll back sixty years of social progress. 11342156
Reposted by aunt witchyExiled New Yorker ♿️ ElderGeek @dsafire.bsky.social · 13hits kinda a wake up call, aint it? 011
Reposted by aunt witchyMaggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 13hHere's the thing: most books that are banned don't make the lists that get circulated each #BannedBooksWeek. If you're a book creator and your book gets banned, please respond to this post with your book and its buy link on bookshop.org. That way we can support indies and banned books 💛bookshop.orgBookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores. 10584295
Reposted by aunt witchyThe Creatively Maladjusted @tyrotcm.bsky.social · 13hKrystal does very important work. It's in our best interests to support them financially. 045
Reposted by aunt witchyDonate A Mask Canada @donatemask.bsky.social · 14h🦃🍂 Gathering for #Thanksgiving? Keep your loved ones in mind! ❤ Having COVID-19 rapid tests on hand can be a simple way to help make holiday gatherings safer. 🛒 Support our fundraiser & grab your tests at buymask.ca Stay safe & enjoy the holiday! #CovidIsntOver #StaySafe 01813
Reposted by aunt witchyKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18hJust a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.rollingstone.comJ.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio. 9540021402
Reposted by aunt witchyrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 16hpeople are saying maybe the cornell case leads to the end of campus greek life. which feels daunting but plausible. my preference though would be the end of ivy league universities & everyone whose degree is from one of them has to wear a dunce cap until they've officially proven they aren't a shit 1662959
Reposted by aunt witchyKakistocracy of TERROR! 💀 @crankypacifist.bsky.social · 16hA reminder: punching Nazis is pacifism. 0448
Reposted by aunt witchyKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 16hMy man looks like a beluga whale pitching Bitcoin 4785463575
Reposted by aunt witchyWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 18hThe facts are shocking enough, but the bigger reason that the Cornell gang-rape case has broken through is that everyday Americans are sick of the rich and powerful and their sons getting away with it And everyone knows this fish stinks from the head My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/corn...inquirer.comFor a fed-up America, the elite impunity of the Cornell rape case is the last straw | Will BunchA nation’s frustration with rich and powerful men boils over after a stunning rape allegation at an Ivy League college. 271040300
Reposted by aunt witchyGail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 20hYou guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it. 4734461037
aunt witchy @witchywomin.bsky.social · 17hI dunno, Crack Hitler is good but there’s no song like Jizzlobber #FaithNoMore #SundayMusic 010
Reposted by aunt witchyJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I'm not naive enough to actually believe this will happen, but Democrats could be preparing, right now, lists of impeachment charges against (at a bare minimum) Hegseth, Kennedy, Mullin, Patel, Blanche, & Trump, as well as Bondi, Bovino, & Noem (still worth doing!) that rely purely on public facts, 993067618
Reposted by aunt witchyJ. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026At face value, it looks like Trump is giving mixed messages on vote-by-mail. But when you consider that he wants it to be easy for Republicans to vote but hard for Democrats, it's not really strange at all. He scared the heck out of lots of Dems, but there's no... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comTrump Urges Republicans to Vote By Mail After Criticizing Practice (Gift Article)It was the latest mixed messaging from President Trump, who regularly votes by mail, but has made baseless claims that the practice is “inherently corrupt.” 154
Reposted by aunt witchyJ. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The NYT quotes an election law expert as saying Trump is "realizing that his efforts to change policy on mail-in voting have basically run aground at this point, and he’s shifting gears." In any case: If you need to vote by mail, do it - preferably early, & preferably checking afterward that your 111
Reposted by aunt witchychbarts @chbarts.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Good, because the shoot was disrupting access to a food pantry:kbzk.comFake pawn shop, ICE scenes and protests: Inside Livingston’s controversial film setA film set has taken over downtown Livingston, bringing fake businesses, road closures and protests as residents raise concerns about the production’s impact on the community. Details below: 212313
aunt witchy @witchywomin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026What’s that? Another rape apologist blocked and cursed? #RapistsShouldNotExist #YoucreepyFuckers 130
Reposted by aunt witchyMatt Ortega @mattortega.com · 03/10/2026These people don't want a "color-blind meritocracy"! They are white supremacists who believe non-whites are inferior and the benefits of our citizenship should reflect it. 19549123
Reposted by aunt witchyDigital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 30/05/202510/ So if you’re watching disinfo spread or seeing strongmen rise, start small. Laugh at them. Meme them. Build your crew. Share the truth loud, weird, and relentlessly. The point isn’t just to inform, it’s to disarm the lie and make it look foolish. 129814
Reposted by aunt witchyDigital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 30/05/20252/ NAFO, the North Atlantic Fellas Organization, is a decentralized swarm fighting Russian propaganda with memes, mockery, and donations. They ridicule tyrants, multiply fast, and offer a clever model for people looking to fight authoritarianism creatively and effectively. 210614
Reposted by aunt witchyDigital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 04/10/20261/ Billionaire Peter Thiel & Trump budget director Russ Vought signed the same nationalist manifesto. Now an Australian former deputy PM is heading to its movement’s Jerusalem conference. @lucyham.bsky.social Hamilton traces the network. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy 510791
Reposted by aunt witchyKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 04/10/2026For profit healthcare should be abolished. Healthcare is a human right. Insurance companies have been allowed to determine who lives, who dies, who suffers and who goes bankrupt for far too long. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...independent.co.ukPatient died by suicide after insurance delayed medication: reportKenney Blewett’s wife said her husband was hopeful the medication would work but said, ‘I wish we had the chance to find out’ 728190
aunt witchy @witchywomin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Re: the white rapist guy on you tube: go fuck yourself, we don’t want you on the planet. #ThisGoesForAllRapists #DontMakeUsCastrateYou 000
Reposted by aunt witchyHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026When my father was faculty at Cornell he was stopped by the police chief in the street & asked who he was & where he was going. When he balked at the fact that no one but him, an Arab man, was being asked, the chief said “I’m just protecting students” Same guy failed to investigate 7 rapists. 142185548
Reposted by aunt witchyChantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026Look y'all the folks in the cult anthropomorphizing AI & LLMs who make them seem conscious & genius & the greatest technological advance in all human history? Stop paying attention to them. They all talk garbage. The fools think we're getting left behind but it's them. @disabilitystor1.bsky.social 1344
Reposted by aunt witchyTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Look past the LA mayoral race: the city attorney election is a clash testing how a socialist candidate would govern.boltsmag.orgThe Most Overlooked But Wide-Reaching Office on the Los Angeles Ballot - BoltsIn June, when Hydee Feldstein Soto became the first Los Angeles city attorney to lose a primary reelection race in nearly 100 years, her ouster put the spotlight on an... Read More 18926
Reposted by aunt witchyFights🏳️⚧️4🇵🇸Love @hyenagirl64.bsky.social · 03/10/2026There are two halves to rape culture that appear contradictory but form a synthesis On one hand, powerful people are able to get away with rape, even visible and public rape On the other hand, marginalized people are often lynched on false rape allegations synthesis: rape is about power 37924
Reposted by aunt witchyFights🏳️⚧️4🇵🇸Love @hyenagirl64.bsky.social · 03/10/2026But this society’s justice process does not serve the interests of the people. It serves the interests of capital. Arrest as many black, brown, indigenous, queer trannies you want, but if the perp is a cis white guy with money, suddenly it’s slaps on the wrists at best, arresting the victim at worst 1133
Reposted by aunt witchyElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Because they are eugenicists. Back in the day when we still had to go to the library to make copies of scientific papers from peer-reviewed journals, I always made a point to grab an issue of an old Eugenics journal and copy a random article as a reminder of the dangers of malicious intent. 2535584
Reposted by aunt witchyMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I wrote about Cornell, and the grim discursive cycle in which everyone says that they hate rape, but nobody does anything to stop it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe horror of the Cornell rape case is how ordinary it is | Moira DoneganMany men rape; many men giggle encouragingly, or shrug indifferently, when their friends rape. Many men rape, and few seem to think that it’s a very big deal 725259
Reposted by aunt witchyjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/10/2026this for RFK Jr. is mission accomplished 8045321077
Reposted by aunt witchyWhich Witch R U 🏳️🌈 @which-witch-ru.bsky.social · 21/09/2026As an LGBTQ elder who’s been fighting for our rights since the AIDS crisis, it is my duty to dole out tough love when members of our own community are harming themselves or our community. And telling people not to vote Dem when we’ve already lost rights in GOP states YEARS AGO is harming us all.static.klipy.comMoonstruck CherAlt: Moonstruck Cher slapping Nic Cage and saying “Snap out of it!” 1223684
Reposted by aunt witchyRep. Gloria Johnson @votegloriaj.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Let’s all remember Gov. Bill Lee hired him just as he left AZ under investigation for botched executions. Yes, Strada is incompetent, but Lee is even more incompetent and corrupt. 3176
Reposted by aunt witchyJill Hasday @jillhasday.bsky.social · 03/10/2026On this day in 1904, Mary McLeod Bethune opened her first school for African American students in Daytona Beach, Florida. She went on to found Bethune-Cookman College and spend a lifetime advocating for civil rights. #WeTheMen 10592169
Reposted by aunt witchyICE must be destroyed 🏳️⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Cw rape The Geller stuff gets a lot more clear when you see it in the context of the rehabilitation Deshaun Watson happening at literally the same time because you get to see two different groups of people, one nominally leftist the other right wingers, argue for Moreover, ICE must be destroyed 344786
Reposted by aunt witchyCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Excellent mini thread. Lots of people showing their asses on Bluesky today 213321
Reposted by aunt witchyNancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“We’ve got a president who’s no stranger to the Epstein files leading a Gestapo campaign to round up our most vulnerable population of children, driving profits off their lives. It’s human trafficking," said founder of activist group against ICE facility for kids www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...thequeenzone.comNew ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking RisksA new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to... 713665
Reposted by aunt witchyNancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...thequeenzone.comNew ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking RisksA new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to... 39649693032
Reposted by aunt witchySchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This ghoul administration is responsible for deaths in more places than anyone can keep track of. 216545
Reposted by aunt witchyDARE!!2DOG @dare2dreamrpg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It’s a weird week to plug art, but please check out two trans lesbians of color making a podcast about movies. We love it a lot. 0139
Reposted by aunt witchyClayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 02/10/2026🚨 BREAKING NEWS: A federal judge just HALTED the destruction of Big Bend. This is a massive victory for the landowners, local communities, and everyday Texans who stood up to protect one of our state's greatest treasures. The fight isn't over, but today, the people won. 191111103123
Reposted by aunt witchyMark Histed @markhisted.org · 02/10/2026Chris Rufo was also involved in destroying cancer research and US science. In 2024 he recommended: “usIng the power of the presidency to target…grantmaking” (This is a slide I prepared and showed to science orgs in 2024 to try to mobilize scientists to get in the fight. I didn’t do enough.) 38634
Reposted by aunt witchyGlobal Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026An autopsy found that Tierra Walker of Texas (who repeatedly asked for an abortion to save her life only to be repeatedly told "the baby is fine") died of “hypertensive cardiovascular disease with superimposed preeclampsia.” The real cause of death was the Texas abortion ban.ballsandstrikes.orgTierra Walker’s Death Was Preventable. The Conservative Legal Movement Made It PredictableRepublican politicians have made Texas doctors increasingly afraid to provide lifesaving abortion care. 49153