2025-09-10 17:11:08
«If you had dinner with a trans friend on Tuesday, and dinner with fascists on Thursday, your trans friend had dinner with a fascist on Tuesday. […] There are no medals to be won for sitting silently while a table that is meant for giving thanks is taken over by hatred. There are no medals to be won for being tolerant of people who want your friends dead. If you’re not willing to fight, then you’re just having a meal with racists.»
Such a good post!
https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-eat-with-others/
The R's are trying to make C. Kirk a martyr.
Well, I'll see their faux martyr and raise 'em by four real ones:
The anniversary of Birmingham Sunday - September 15, 1963 - is next Monday.
On that day the predecessors of our present R-party fascists, the KKK, bombed a church and killed four children - martyrs.
https://www.
It is a strange kind of irony to grow up with divorced parents and discover that the two sides of my family could not be more different. My mom is voting for fascists, and it shows in the way she tries to dictate every part of me, how I should look, how my hair should be, and the choices I never wanted to make but was pushed toward. Her world feels like control, a constant pressure to fit into something I do not belong to.
My dad, on the other hand, is voting for socialists, but more t…
(Please don’t explain why large organizations can have seemingly contradictory goals, I know)
It’s funny how one part of Apple made a notification pop up on my watch this morning reminding me that tomorrow is world mental health day.
And another part of Apple is very busy appeasing fascists, the very thing that is hurting my mental health the most.
Blue Bird Bar: We are henceforth known as Nazi Central.
Folks: See you all at Blue Bird Bar tonight!
Nazi Central: We said we’re Nazi Central now! We’re literally fascists!
Folks: Ah, Blue Bird Bar, it’s so lovely here… why would anyone ever want to leave?
Randi Weingarten’s new book, Why Fascists Fear Teachers, reveals why Trump and the right demean teachers, slash school funding, and rewrite history
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/randi-weing…
Why Fascists Fear Music And Why They Can’t Create It
https://thelastmixedtape.com/2025/09/20/why-fascists-fear-music-and-why-they-cant-create-it/
Read today’s pathetic remarks as an attempt to mock the military and all the people who serve in it so that the fascists can get what they crave: a monopoly on the perception of strength. It is a “culture war” in the truest sense of the word: an attempt to make lies about strength trump actual strength. (The very same principle is at play when fascists mock protestors, but I think the dissonance is culturally easier to spot here.)
Also read it as an attempt to consolidate military power. It is both. These things go together.
Dangerous times.
/end
This is my regular reminder that "peertube.se" is run by The Nordic Resistance Movement, the fascists of the Nordic countries.
That instance has nothing to do with PeerTube itself, it’s just a instance run by scummy fascists who poison free spaces with their hate.
#Fascism #AntiFascism
Everyone should read
"Pranksters vs Autocrats"
by Srdja Popovic.
It's a short, cheap ($4.99!), easy read
detailing how to use carefully planned mockery and
"Dilemma actions"
to fight fascists -- and why it works.
https://bsky.app/profile…
JFC, Trump is a senile old fool, empowered by MAGA racists, actual fascists & billionaires to adjust reality to his own perverted, warped worldview.
Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rddeinqb45gzem3n3zyma7im/post/3ly5kzrp2542l
I see the fascists are going crazy because seven AfD candidates died in run up to local elections in Germany. They are too stupid to notice that eight candidates from other parties also died. AfD candidates were mostly old and male. Nothing to see here.
https://www.tagesschau.de/faktenfinder/…
It's fascinating to see the difference between how those who actually honor their oath to defend the #constitution are treated compared to the way the #fascists in Federal office are. Yet the #GOPCongress
It's fascinating to see the difference between how those who actually honor their oath to defend the #constitution are treated compared to the way the #fascists in Federal office are. Yet the #GOPCongress
Een liedje van ome Woody voor de Geert, Mona, Joost, Dilan en alle andere bruine typetjes.
I’m gonna tell you fascists: you may be surprised
The people in this world are getting organized
You’re bound to lose, you fascists bound to lose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIOHXYDaT-s
Oh, look, the result of anti-immigration fascists' policies are labor shortages.
Who would've known?
(unless it's paired with starting a global trade war, I suppose; in that case you'd get an economic slump, bankrupcies and unemployment... if you don't TACO)
https://…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Mudhoney:
🎵 Flush the Fascists
#Mudhoney
https://mudhoney.bandcamp.com/track/flush-the-fascists
https://open.spotify.com/track/77LpWp3bm2qGYPZoWMggYS
«So, to sum it up, Kling wears his mask a bit better than DHH, but as far as I’m concerned it seems clear that both projects are run by fascists. If it walks like a fascist and quacks like a fascist… then why is Cloudflare giving them hundreds of thousands of dollars?»
I think we all know the answer to that one!
https://drewdevault.com/2025/09/24/2025-09-24-Cloudflare-and-fascists.html
Less than a week after copying a Joseph Goebbels speech to mythologize Charlie Kirk,
Stephen Miller is trying to gin up outrage because Gavin Newsom’s trollish Xitter account called him, accurately, a fascist.
Because Stephen Miller’s expression of outrage about the use of inflammatory language
— even the use of the word fascism
— necessarily involved Miller projecting his own actions onto someone else,
it led him to go on Hannity and confess he has been engaged…
Future economists and marketers will hear about this as cautionary tale in their university textbooks, “…and after the Mouse placated the fascists they increased prices by 20%.”
https://bsky.app/profile/marisakabas.bsky.social/post/3lzje22uvt22k
Once in a blue moon, discipline of fascists happens:
ICE Officer ‘Relieved of His Duties’ After Pushing Woman to Floor - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/nyregion/ice-officer-investigation-woman-shoved.html
@…
Democrats: “What do people want?”
People: “Please stop the fascists.”
Democrats: “So we have some exciting news about a few bi-partisan bills. Now I know 80% of what you cared about in the bill got removed, but we really think it’s a win for both sides!”
People: “Can you please just stop aiding the fascists in their agenda?”
Democrats…
In Rab (Croatia) and feeling right at home:
- pizza costs at least 10€
- local beer is good and cheap
- there's a shitload of fascists but I seem to meet only lovely and friendly people
- my residence windows (in this case a tent flap) are old and broken
- today there was a thunderstorm, then sun, then rain, then sun, then rain - all with 40km/h winds
Rab is the Berlin of the Mediterranean
If you think the anti fascists are out to get you, by definition, you are a fascist.
GREAT video. Excellent history, visuals, and commentary on antifascist music.
Fascists can't create -- why they steal and silence history: #FuckFascism
"We must assess who is most imperiled by Trump’s actions and edicts, orient ourselves in opposition to those attacks, and decide how we will oppose them. Then, we must act. The shape of defense will vary—neighborhood by neighborhood, city by city, and state by state."
https://org…
Live updates as fascists and anti-fascist protesters face off in Liverpool - Liverpool Echo
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/live-updates-ukip-anti-fascist-32336551
It's the 1930s again.
I just realised that I will Content-Warn on Computer-nerding, but not on swearing or talking ill of fascists and liars.
This includes his tech writing and code.
I don't care about tech insights and code of fascists and their supporters.
https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/115213016785784099
just a reminder: infighting between marginalized groups is what they want. instead of blocking and subposting, admit you were wrong, apologize, and make amends. we're concentrating more on fighting each other, which means we're concentrating less on fighting the fascists
Not interested in a debate on what ways are better or worse but it seems to me that @TheASF has a fair bit of material on "The Apache Way" which one could approach as a How-To even for projects that are not under the ASF or any other domiciling organization. It's not perfect but I'm not aware of any ASF project having the sort of nasty takeover like the Ruby affair.
OTOH, it may require the "hippie" vibe of ASF focused on consensus and community over code t…
“Great Badges!!”
For the #accordion crowd who refuses to be pro-fascist
https://accordionbruce.etsy.com/listing/1344908552
Please consider following @… to remind yourself that the history of the world is more complex than what we see in the moment – and for millions of reasons to fight fascists. Even when they are in the guise of nations who used to be anti-fascist.
Fascists Abandoned A Little Baby Boy In A Car After Abducing His Parent or Parents in Aurora, IL.
URGENT COMMUNITY HELP NEEDED
Please Reach Out If You Have Any Information on Who His Family Could Be.
Little Boy Reportedly Left Behind in Car After Parent or Parents Detained by ICE in Aurora, Illinois
Aurora, linois. - an immigrant rights group reports
that a young boy was left in a car earlier today after ICE abducted his parent or parents.
He was reportedl…
A toot quoted a tweet earlier (can't find it now) highlighting that "antifa" may be cute for those associating with it, but it allows opponents to criticise without admitting to being fascists.
I agree. If the intention is to protest resurgence of fascism, then cute names that do not name the danger are counter-productive.
SWP had the right idea when they set up the "Anti Nazi League", which is now part of "Unite Against Fascism".
#1. Make …
I don't think at framework they are racists or transphobes or xenophobes or fascists in general.
I think it's just a living example of the parable of the Nazi bar. They might not believe in it, but that does not change that they are going in that direction.
I wonder how the work culture will be influenced by this. Will people leave and will they hire more white supremacists as a replacement?
If you don’t want to be compared to Nazis and called fascists, here’s a simple rule of thumb:
STOP COMMITTING GENOCIDE, YOU SICK FUCKS. https://mastodon.social/@8124/115215365985382080
There have to be consequences. Would-be quislings need to start having vivid pictures of what’s going to happen to them •personally• if they collaborate with fascists. I’d much prefer those consequences not be violent; in fact, harsh consequences now are the very thing that •avoid• violence. Professional and personal ruin will suffice. That means •we• have to make it stick.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeHviTKEqSo
>How We Beat The Fascists Last Time: The London History Show
LOL
Kimmel's monologue was put on youtube 11 hours ago. By now it has 10 million views.
Way to go, fascists.
Most people still haven't realized that the right-wing #mob, incited by #fascists and the libertarian platform capitalists of #SiliconValley, by political
Maybe Framework should concentrate on their products and not on platforming and sponsoring fascists https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/secure-boot-bypass-risk-on-nearly-200-000-linux-framework-sytems/
TL;DR: what if instead of denying the harms of fascism, we denied its suppressive threats of punishment
Many of us have really sharpened our denial skills since the advent of the ongoing pandemic (perhaps you even hesitated at the word "ongoing" there and thought "maybe I won't read this one, it seems like it'll be tiresome"). I don't say this as a preface to a fiery condemnation or a plea to "sanity" or a bunch of evidence of how bad things are, because I too have honed my denial skills in these recent years, and I feel like talking about that development.
Denial comes in many forms, including strategic information avoidance ("I don't have time to look that up right now", "I keep forgetting to look into that", "well this author made a tiny mistake, so I'll click away and read something else", "I'm so tired of hearing about this, let me scroll farther", etc.) strategic dismissal ("look, there's a bit of uncertainty here, I should ignore this", "this doesn't line up perfectly with my anecdotal experience, it must be completely wrong", etc.) and strategic forgetting ("I don't remember what that one study said exactly; it was painful to think about", "I forgot exactly what my friend was saying when we got into that argument", etc.). It's in fact a kind of skill that you can get better at, along with the complementary skill of compartmentalization. It can of course be incredibly harmful, and a huge genre of fables exists precisely to highlight its harms, but it also has some short-term psychological benefits, chiefly in the form of muting anxiety. This is not an endorsement of denial (the harms can be catastrophic), but I want to acknowledge that there *are* short-term benefits. Via compartmentalization, it's even possible to be honest with ourselves about some of our own denials without giving them up immediately.
But as I said earlier, I'm not here to talk you out of your denials. Instead, given that we are so good at denial now, I'm here to ask you to be strategic about it. In particular, we live in a world awash with propaganda/advertising that serves both political and commercial ends. Why not use some of our denial skills to counteract that?
For example, I know quite a few people in complete denial of our current political situation, but those who aren't (including myself) often express consternation about just how many people in the country are supporting literal fascism. Of course, logically that appearance of widespread support is going to be partly a lie, given how much our public media is beholden to the fascists or outright in their side. Finding better facts on the true level of support is hard, but in the meantime, why not be in denial about the "fact" that Trump has widespread popular support?
To give another example: advertisers constantly barrage us with messages about our bodies and weight, trying to keep us insecure (and thus in the mood to spend money to "fix" the problem). For sure cutting through that bullshit by reading about body positivity etc. is a better solution, but in the meantime, why not be in denial about there being anything wrong with your body?
This kind of intentional denial certainly has its own risks (our bodies do actually need regular maintenance, for example, so complete denial on that front is risky) but there's definitely a whole lot of misinformation out there that it would be better to ignore. To the extent such denial expands to a more general denial of underlying problems, this idea of intentional denial is probably just bad. But I sure wish that in a world where people (including myself) routinely deny significant widespread dangers like COVID-19's long-term risks or the ongoing harms of escalating fascism, they'd at least also deny some of the propaganda keeping them unhappy and passive. Instead of being in denial about US-run concentration camps, why not be in denial that the state will be able to punish you for resisting them?
Yes, these demonstrations of #MigrationMoralPanic are organised by fascists.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/a…
The "Once fascists win power democratically, they have never been removed democratically. Not once. Ever." social media guys - please come to the Brazilian Supreme Court. The "not once" guys please.
Mussolini had his “years of humiliation,”
Hitler his fabricated Jewish conspiracies,
and Trump has his “phony crime stats.”
Reality is always bent into whatever shape makes the leader look like a savior.
https://mastodon.world/@BrianJopek/115078774526591227#
When we kick the fascists out of the American government, I propose we throw a real rager at the White House. All Americans (and permanent residents) invited.
If the ball room gets trashed… well, we threw a good party.
I researched every Democratic attempt to stop fascism in history. the success rate after fascists were elected was 0%. | by Chris Armitage | Aug, 2025 | Medium
https://medium.com/@carmitage/i-researched-every-attempt-to-stop-fascism-in-history-the-success-rate-is-0-a665e2e048a2
I find people "on the left" - that is, open, non-bigoted, not full of nonspecific hate towards categories they don't know and don't interact with - seem happier, and they seem happier even even things are shit like they are now.
The others, the fascists and their friends, OTOH, seem desperate and angry and unhappy *even when things go their way*.
If only they could choose happiness.
«tl;dr: #FUTO is not being honest about their “grant program”, they don’t have permission to pass off these logos or project names as endorsements, and they collaborate with and promote mask-off, self-proclaimed fascists.»
oh no, another group centered around 1-2 rich people suck!
https://drewdevault.com/2025/10/22/2025-10-22-Whats-up-with-FUTO.html
"Mass deportations"? So now it's official, Garage (thank you spellchecker) has #Nazi tendencies.
#POX (Party of Xenophobes and Fascists)
#MigrationMoralPanic
I don’t think there has ever been a technology that is so utterly perfect for fascists as video from generative “AI”.
The purpose of propaganda is largely to create indifference to actually real things (like human suffering, the economy crashing or losing a war), this will be a hundred times easier if no video can be trusted anymore.
When Trump federalized the D.C. police, he clobbered the idea that the people of the city govern themselves.
That’s what Mussolini did when he centralized Italy’s municipalities.
That’s what fascists do:
crush local authority under the weight of a single man’s will.
https://www.cl…
RE: https://mastodon.online/@johnmastodon/115404382610928807
Portugal: 6th place.
For now.
We'll stay in that ballpark if we can keep the fascists out of power. Let's do that, mkay?
The #POX, Xenophobes and Fascists in the Reform and Tory parties are now targeting schemes to support migrant children in school.
'Education must remain a beacon of hope, dignity, and solidarity' | Morning Star
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In other news #POX* leader Nigel Garage throws away the mask and reveals a true fascist
*POX is the Party of Xenophobes and Fascists, masquerading under the name 'Reform'
#Facism #MigrationMoralPanic
“A landmark deal to cut global shipping emissions has been abandoned after Saudi Arabia and the US succeeded in ending the talks.”
The purveyors of Fossil Fuels stand strong to doom the world to catastrophe for one more dollar.
I won't be shocked if I hear Canada fell in line.
It's enough to make one want to light the world on fire, if it wasn't already.
#ClimateChange #EndFossilFuels #Fascists #Capitalism #EndStageCapitalism #ClimateEmergency #Shipping #SaudiArabia
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3vnl0yxg53o
The “masses” behave predictably—when the violent, aggressive mob takes to the streets, they get scared, hide, and cower. But as in the 1930s, they misjudge the situation. Even if they escape the riots now, they will certainly have to pay the price, losing everything they are and have, when the mob acts according to the principle of chaos and the law of violence.
There is no hiding from the mob and fascists, only resistance!
He who pedlles hate will only get back hate.
He who promotes violence will end up as victim of the violence he promotes.
Here's something the fascists never seem to understand.
Is it good that it's so? Hell, no. It's sickening and very, very dangerous. But there's no point in pretending things are not how things are.
Violence WILL generate more violence. And everything in the fascist agenda is deeply violent. So prepare for what is coming, because it I…
'MONDAY’S High Court decision, that asylum-seekers must be removed from the Bell Hotel in Epping, has been correctly described by Stand Up to Racism co-convener Sabby Dhalu as a “terrible concession to racist protests organised by fascists.”'
The far right has now won a significant victory against asylum-seekers | Morning Star
DON'T. PRINT. LIES. IN. THE. NEWSPAPERS. 🤷♂️🤦♂️
https://bsky.app/profile/markjacob.bsky.social/post/3m2zqnrjeoc2u