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Robin Phoenix 🏳️‍⚧️ #Resist ❌👑

@robinphoenix.bsky.social

They/them/their, but pronouns that reflect my gender presentation ATM are okay. Writer, gamer, fanby, spouse, parent, cat furniture, victim of outrage overload, refugee from Xitter.

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Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · 22h ago

“The message was unmistakable: They wanted us to go away,” survivors said in a joint statement. “We are not going away.”

“The treatment we received from senators throughout this process was just as revealing. Senator Tillis publicly invited us, on camera, to come to his office and promised to meet with us. We did. We waited for 45 minutes in his lobby, only to be told by a staffer he would not meet with us after all,” the survivors wrote in a joint statement. “Senator Cornyn also refused to hear directly from survivors before casting his vote. Senators Tillis and Cornyn were not willing to sit across from us and answer for the vote they were preparing to cast. If they believed they were doing the right thing, they should have had the courage to look survivors in the eye and tell us why. The message was unmistakable: They wanted us to go away. We are not going away.”
Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · 22h ago

“Tillis’ snubbing is particularly nasty given … he made a big fuss about not voting for Blanche’s confirmation unless he met w/Epstein survivors. Blanche did eventually meet w/survivors, but it did not go well, as survivors reported he told them to ‘get to the point’ and to talk to the FBI instead.”

Lupita Nihongo@otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 20h ago

For the past five months the only refugees the USA has accepted are white South Africans fleeing equality & safety meanwhile they are disappearing or strapping ankle monitors on any Haitian they can get ahold of. It needs to be understood how thoroughly connected these two things are.

Robin Phoenix 🏳️‍⚧️ #Resist ❌👑@robinphoenix.bsky.social · yesterday

Partly. But they are also the spiritual descendants of liberals (or are those liberals in the case of the oldest ones) who wanted the dirty effing hippies out of the party in the 60s, then never forgave them for being right about Vietnam.

Elizabeth Spiers@espiers.bsky.social · yesterday

I have a theory that a big chunk of the socialist fear mongering by liberals is really about the fact that it’s perceived as a youth movement and godforbid the young exert political power

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2d ago

Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

Ryan the Design Lion@ryanmiglavs.bsky.social · last mo.

Worth noting she’s saying not only should a trans person not get to play in sports, they shouldn’t get a scholarship and go to college, either. No concern for the trans child’s parents’ hopes. Trans people don’t count as people to them. (Also obviously college should be free.)

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

Gluesenkamp Perez: "At town halls, what I saw was the people who were the most upset had spent the last 12 years driving their girls to sports practice & they view their best shot of their student going to college as an athletic scholarship. So when we rush to moralize we miss some of the nuance."

Robin Phoenix 🏳️‍⚧️ #Resist ❌👑@robinphoenix.bsky.social · 4d ago

"uphold its values of diversity and inclusion"?

Princess Bride: You Keep Using That Word

ALT: Princess Bride: You Keep Using That Word

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The Athletic@theathletic.com · 4d ago

Speaking for the first time since ralliers began assembling in support of her stance against transgender participation in women’s sports, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said this was an opportunity for the WNBA to uphold its values of diversity and inclusion. nyti.ms/4fHr4Qn

Thaddeus Howze@ebonstorm.bsky.social · 4mo ago

DAY 33 OF CHEMO — 4/13/2026 A GoFundMe Series: gofund.me/d053ee11d The new chemo drugs are stronger and have more prominent side effects. However, she has eaten a few ounces every day and kept them down. In an effort to boost this GoFundMe — How We Got Here: substack.com/@cognitivedi...

Thaddeus Howze (@cognitivedissident)

WHERE I’VE BEEN I owe you an explanation. For those of you who have followed my work, who have read The Cognitive Dissident, who have tracked my essays across systems, story, and signal, you may ha...

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Robin Phoenix 🏳️‍⚧️ #Resist ❌👑@robinphoenix.bsky.social · 4d ago

The GOP hasn't cared about propriety since Nixon's resignation. They've wanted revenge ever since, despite Republicans being vital to forcing Tricky Dickie out, and now that they're getting it, they don't even miss the souls they sold.

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 5d ago

I remember when Bill Clinton met with the Attorney General for three minutes when Hillary was being investigated for mishandling classified information, and the republicans cried bloody murder. Now, the AG nominee is covering for pedophiles and that seems okay. WHAT THE FUCK?

The Christian Left@the-christian-left.bsky.social · 5d ago

This is what the majority of Americans want. The Authoritarian Oligarchy calls it "Communism." They've always hated FDR. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Bill_of_Rights

Second Bill of Rights - Wikipedia

The Second Bill of Rights or Bill of Economic Rights was proposed by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his State of the Union Address on Tuesday, January 11, 1944.[1] In his address, Roosevelt suggested that the nation had come to recognise and should now implement a “second bill of rights”. Roosevelt argued that the “political rights” guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights had “proved inadequate to assure us equality in the pursuit of happiness”. His remedy was to declare an “economic bill of rights” to guarantee these specific rights:

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David Corn@davidcorn.bsky.social · 5d ago

The claim was a lie. Trump had no evidence of vandals. He makes shit up all the time. That's the big story, the never-ending story, the story that needs to be reported over and over.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 5d ago

“Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched’ installation.” A major concession from President Trump’s team after he repeatedly claimed the problem was caused by vandals. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Susan Hudak Cohen@halushki.bsky.social · 5d ago

Research shows “…where democracies fought back and won—contains a critical lesson: acting in the early stages, within a single electoral cycle (4–6 years) after onset, is decisive.” Pay attention.

🗽LOLGOP🗽@thefarce.org · 5d ago

Democrats Are Pulling Away in the Generic Ballot. So Elon’s Trying to Buy Another Election. American fascism isn’t a mystery about human nature or a vibe that showed up out of nowhere. It begins as a campaign finance story.

Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 6d ago

"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."

Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington

I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities

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Steve Kenson ❌👑@stevekenson.com · 6d ago

I was reminded in a conversation tonight that the aspirational element of superheroes is using your power for good, to help others, but that some mistake it as the aspiration to simply have power.

Robin Phoenix 🏳️‍⚧️ #Resist ❌👑@robinphoenix.bsky.social · 6d ago

This would be an important thread if the Serious Democrats weren't afraid of Bluesky. *sigh*

Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 6d ago

A very serious Rural Politico once told me "Dems have to go to farmer meetings! We gotta be where the people are!" I was in fact in a farmer meeting at that very moment! So I live-texted him the meeting. They were complaining that they want indentured workers that they don't have to pay or feed.