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@socialistadri What the fuuuuu

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@andon_backlink time for Pizza Guy by Touch Sensitive

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@andon_backlink feel like it’s time for innerbloom by Rufus du Sol

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@andon_backlink this song you’re playing right now is awesome! I’ve forgotten the name but I know I used to love this song , is it by bicep?

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@UncleHector33 @hasanthehun @RightWingCope Ew yuck

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@MARKA_VELII @subkittenboy @bbnomula @grok An ICU Nurse

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@TheSlaveDriver1 @abierkhatib Nazeem Hussain. He’s fantastic.

[Chris Somerville @chrisomerville]

we’re living in pretty unprecedented times luckily in Australia we have some of the worst journalists in the world to help navigate us through the waters

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@ijustlovepuzzl1 Just sent you $20 from Australia, hope lots of people donate!

[kat⁷🪐 @daddykitkat_]

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE JUST LOST SNAP BENEFITS AND THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES JD VANCE IS TALKING ABOUT HASAN PIKER "SHOCKING" KAYA

OUR COUNTRY IS A JOKE AN ACTUAL JOKE

[wendy ♡ @4ltedits]

i had to get off priv for this series of events i just need everyone to see this

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@yoxics I’m so glad he pulled out, I was waiting for this. He needs to prioritise safety this year for himself and others. Good decision.

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@drdanielgarcia @hasanthehun @abc730 @FergusonNews @charliekirk11 I’m very excited about it. So cool to see him on tv.

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@rola_almoghrabi @gazafunds @Blaze_Knight95 @cursedchuuya @patfahy23 @iskandrah @KermitHigby .

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

The empire has accidentally caused the rebirth of real, politically meaningful counterculture in the western world.

Everyone’s still talking about Bob Vylan, and rightly so. A crowd full of westerners happily being led through a chant of “Death, death to the IDF” at the 2025 Glastonbury Festival was a historical landmark moment for the 21st century, and the group’s persecution at the hands of western governments is once again highlighting the way our society’s purported values of free thought and free expression go right out the window wherever Israel is concerned.

But one thing that’s not getting enough attention is the fact that many, many other acts also spoke out in support of Palestine at that same festival, and that the crowd was full of attendees waving Palestinian flags. Supporting Palestine and opposing Israel’s genocidal atrocities is just what’s cool now.

This is a massive cultural development, because it means we are seeing the emergence of actual, meaningful rebellion in western counterculture for the first time arguably since the Vietnam War. The artists and their fans aren’t just talking the talk of sticking it to the establishment anymore.

For generations the ruling class has been successfully stomping out all politically relevant counterculture, first in the form of direct frontal assault by official government operations like COINTELPRO, and then by the way all major platforms and studios are owned by plutocrats who benefit from the imperial status quo and refuse to elevate anyone who might pose a threat to it.

There have of course been countless artists in every generation who put on a rebellious face and give the finger to authority, but they’ve never presented any kind of threat to real power. Punk rockers who sing “fuck the man” but never advance any actual tangible causes. Satanic panic bands and shock rock superstars scaring church ladies and stirring culture wars. Bands voicing criticisms of the Iraq invasion but making it about supporting the Democratic Party. Celebrity musicians promoting social justice and equality without ever saying anything that might inconvenience the oligarchs and empire managers who rule our world.

The rich and powerful don’t care if you dye your hair or pierce your nose or kiss a member of the same sex or say Hail Satan. They don’t care if you support one mainstream political faction over the other, or if you yell empty words about anarchy and revolution that aren’t pointed toward any real material goals. They care very much, however, if you are undermining public consent for military and geopolitical agendas they’ve worked very hard to propagandize the public into accepting.

The establishment never dropped the hammer on Marilyn Manson. Lady Gaga never ran into trouble with the state for singing that gay people are Born This Way. Ozzy Osbourne is living in the lap of luxury with an estimated net worth of $220 million. But groups like Kneecap and Bob Vylan are being subjected to police investigations and visa revocations for taking a stand on Palestine.

Which, of course, is only going to make their position more popular among young people with a defiant streak in them.

It’s hard to imagine how western governments could make support for Palestine look more attractive to western youths, really. Here’s this unimaginably horrific mass atrocity that they can all watch unfolding on their phone screens in real time every single day of the year, and they’re being told “You’re not allowed to oppose this. We, the stuffed shirts in Washington and London, command you to obey. If you think unauthorized thoughts and chant unauthorized chants, we are going to get very huffy and upset.”

I mean, can you think of anything more fun?

This is after all the generation who’s been told that they need to accept being poorer and sicker than their parents and grandparents and that they’ll never own a home no matter what they do, knowing full well that the crusty old bastards finger-wagging at them for opposing an active genocide are the same freaks who’ve refused to do anything to steer their planet’s ecosystem away from looming disaster. They have every reason to want to express defiance, and nothing to lose by doing so.

A real, politically meaningful counterculture has been born in the western world, and our rulers are already showing us that they’re afraid of it. This is a fascinating time to be alive.

[KNEECAP @KNEECAPCEOL]

Kneecap is not the story.
Genocide in Gaza is.

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@hasansdimple Among us stream with AOC. Valkyrae fan. Then caught him on rust. When jan 6th happened I knew he would have the updates… eventually subbed after.

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@mostlymayra Yes! I’m an Occupational Therapist working in mental health. I’m also a union delegate. It’s bloody hard work and I had to give up working in other areas of OT which pay a lot better. I used to want to be a psychologist so this is similar but definitely what fits me best.

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@costakonti1 @RyanRozbiani I like the part how you assumed people who are Muslim aren’t allowed to speak or have empathy for others who are struggling.

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@MurdochCadell @Richard_D_Boyle David, you’re an inspiration to all of us. You remind me to fight hard to do the right thing, despite any consequences to myself. The end goal is worth any pain I experience.