Kristina Makansi | Marie K. Savage
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NOW, MORE THAN EVER..
…we must remember that all art is political. What we create. What we read. What we watch.
In our legends, our myths, our movies, and our books we all love the heroes and heroines who rise up to fight for justice. Now it’s our turn to JOIN THE RESISTANCE.
#booksky 📚
…we must remember that all art is political. What we create. What we read. What we watch.
In our legends, our myths, our movies, and our books we all love the heroes and heroines who rise up to fight for justice. Now it’s our turn to JOIN THE RESISTANCE.
#booksky 📚
Sounds pretty treasony to me.
Trump on war in Iran: ‘Let ’em take out Los Angeles, let ’em take out San Diego’
Hey donnie, get a clue, Mir a lago, they want you not me
ktla.com/news/nationw...
Hey donnie, get a clue, Mir a lago, they want you not me
ktla.com/news/nationw...
Trump on war in Iran: ‘Let ’em take out Los Angeles, let ’em take out San Diego’
U.S. President Donald Trump seemingly discussed the idea of foreign powers taking out California’s most populated cities while delivering a speech at a Republican rally at the Pinnacle Bank Expo in…
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October 6, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Sounds pretty treasony to me.
Still practicing my drawing and trying to capture Helen and Mateo, the stars of Book Two of the Pantheon League series, coming this fall.
I’m not good enough to draw from scratch, so I use figure drawing prompts or images as inspiration.
They’re not quite right, but I’m still having fun! 💅🎨🖌️✍️📚🌶️
I’m not good enough to draw from scratch, so I use figure drawing prompts or images as inspiration.
They’re not quite right, but I’m still having fun! 💅🎨🖌️✍️📚🌶️
July 19, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Still practicing my drawing and trying to capture Helen and Mateo, the stars of Book Two of the Pantheon League series, coming this fall.
I’m not good enough to draw from scratch, so I use figure drawing prompts or images as inspiration.
They’re not quite right, but I’m still having fun! 💅🎨🖌️✍️📚🌶️
I’m not good enough to draw from scratch, so I use figure drawing prompts or images as inspiration.
They’re not quite right, but I’m still having fun! 💅🎨🖌️✍️📚🌶️
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🔴 rep melanie stansbury did
not come to play ♥️✊🏾🇺🇲✊🏻‼️
not come to play ♥️✊🏾🇺🇲✊🏻‼️
July 16, 2026 at 10:57 AM
🔴 rep melanie stansbury did
not come to play ♥️✊🏾🇺🇲✊🏻‼️
not come to play ♥️✊🏾🇺🇲✊🏻‼️
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Fascism is here. If you’re not alarmed you’re not paying attention.
“Left-wing political terrorism” will mean those who oppose the regime — while actual right-wing extremism is allowed to grow and thrive.
We are very far off the cliff, folks.
“Left-wing political terrorism” will mean those who oppose the regime — while actual right-wing extremism is allowed to grow and thrive.
We are very far off the cliff, folks.
July 16, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Fascism is here. If you’re not alarmed you’re not paying attention.
“Left-wing political terrorism” will mean those who oppose the regime — while actual right-wing extremism is allowed to grow and thrive.
We are very far off the cliff, folks.
“Left-wing political terrorism” will mean those who oppose the regime — while actual right-wing extremism is allowed to grow and thrive.
We are very far off the cliff, folks.
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fake feds are investigating ballots that don’t exist from a made-up city. other than that, totally checks out.
June 14, 2026 at 4:54 PM
fake feds are investigating ballots that don’t exist from a made-up city. other than that, totally checks out.
Normally I don’t care about basketball, but as someone who has lived in Texas and New York City, GO KNICKS!!!!!!!
June 14, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Normally I don’t care about basketball, but as someone who has lived in Texas and New York City, GO KNICKS!!!!!!!
I’ve been thinking a lot about THE SEEDS TRILOGY lately. Readers have compared it to THE HUNGER GAMES, and we agree.
A story about love, friendship, and the fight for truth, justice, and liberty for all.
And food. It’s also about food.
Just seems rather timely about now…
A story about love, friendship, and the fight for truth, justice, and liberty for all.
And food. It’s also about food.
Just seems rather timely about now…
June 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
I’ve been thinking a lot about THE SEEDS TRILOGY lately. Readers have compared it to THE HUNGER GAMES, and we agree.
A story about love, friendship, and the fight for truth, justice, and liberty for all.
And food. It’s also about food.
Just seems rather timely about now…
A story about love, friendship, and the fight for truth, justice, and liberty for all.
And food. It’s also about food.
Just seems rather timely about now…
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To be fair, he really needs daytime rest after being up all night posting fantasy A-I images of himself on "Truth" Social, as all presidents do.
June 6, 2026 at 6:28 PM
To be fair, he really needs daytime rest after being up all night posting fantasy A-I images of himself on "Truth" Social, as all presidents do.
I just hit 84,000 words on book 2 of the Pantheon League series. For me, 84k means I’M GETTING SO CLOSE TO THE END! I figure 3 or 4 more chapters before I have a finished draft!
Also it’s summer, so it’s time to RISE UP FOR THE REVOLUTION with some exciting dystopian adventure romance.📚 ♥️
Also it’s summer, so it’s time to RISE UP FOR THE REVOLUTION with some exciting dystopian adventure romance.📚 ♥️
May 30, 2026 at 10:13 PM
I just hit 84,000 words on book 2 of the Pantheon League series. For me, 84k means I’M GETTING SO CLOSE TO THE END! I figure 3 or 4 more chapters before I have a finished draft!
Also it’s summer, so it’s time to RISE UP FOR THE REVOLUTION with some exciting dystopian adventure romance.📚 ♥️
Also it’s summer, so it’s time to RISE UP FOR THE REVOLUTION with some exciting dystopian adventure romance.📚 ♥️
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How is this farce of a do nothing government still going on? It's as if the system that protects incompetent white men and women in power was built to protect incompetent white men and women to stay in power.
May 23, 2026 at 7:08 AM
How is this farce of a do nothing government still going on? It's as if the system that protects incompetent white men and women in power was built to protect incompetent white men and women to stay in power.
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We are very far off the cliff, folks. @CBS should be avoided entirely. Shame on them.
May 23, 2026 at 12:47 AM
We are very far off the cliff, folks. @CBS should be avoided entirely. Shame on them.
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Your 'doom quote' for today:
"The more this civilisation refuses to acknowledge the unsustainable foundations of its existence, the more it confirms that its ultimate destiny is to self-annihilate."
tsakraklides.com/2024/08/20/i...
"The more this civilisation refuses to acknowledge the unsustainable foundations of its existence, the more it confirms that its ultimate destiny is to self-annihilate."
tsakraklides.com/2024/08/20/i...
In The Grip of Necrocapitalism (Part 2)
cont’d from Part 1 …Killing the Thing of course suggests the collapse of many, but maybe not all, of the edifices of our civilization it depends upon. But very few admit this dark…
tsakraklides.com
May 22, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Your 'doom quote' for today:
"The more this civilisation refuses to acknowledge the unsustainable foundations of its existence, the more it confirms that its ultimate destiny is to self-annihilate."
tsakraklides.com/2024/08/20/i...
"The more this civilisation refuses to acknowledge the unsustainable foundations of its existence, the more it confirms that its ultimate destiny is to self-annihilate."
tsakraklides.com/2024/08/20/i...
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We're gonna' need a bigger y-axis.
May 22, 2026 at 12:18 PM
We're gonna' need a bigger y-axis.
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SEN. TILLIS, on the new DOJ 'anti-weaponization' fund:
“Stupid on stilts.”
“Stupid on stilts.”
May 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM
SEN. TILLIS, on the new DOJ 'anti-weaponization' fund:
“Stupid on stilts.”
“Stupid on stilts.”
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Hear how we track transnational far-right networks...
This panel recorded at re:publica is now available online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywcp...
This panel recorded at re:publica is now available online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywcp...
May 22, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Hear how we track transnational far-right networks...
This panel recorded at re:publica is now available online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywcp...
This panel recorded at re:publica is now available online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywcp...
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Bruce Springsteen has no fucks to give. 👏
May 22, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Bruce Springsteen has no fucks to give. 👏
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True, but just TRY to get something like this past the GOP.
May 12, 2026 at 10:34 PM
True, but just TRY to get something like this past the GOP.
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very good and it zeroes in on a really important dynamic: the way the professionalization of the court and the industry around it serves to insulate the justices from democratic feedback as well as contribute to the idea that the justices are law wizards to whom we *ought* to defer.
I had some thoughts about the broader context of the modern SCOTUS, why it's out of control, and what we can try and do about it.
Delegitimizing the Juristocracy
A week ago, the Supreme Court of the United States decided to eviscerate the Voting Rights Act, clearing the way for Southern states to reimpose discriminatory maps that strip representation from A…
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May 12, 2026 at 11:06 PM
very good and it zeroes in on a really important dynamic: the way the professionalization of the court and the industry around it serves to insulate the justices from democratic feedback as well as contribute to the idea that the justices are law wizards to whom we *ought* to defer.
Well, this is not okay.
Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr
After USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by school
Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs
scim.ag
May 10, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Well, this is not okay.
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DO NOT STOP TALKING ABOUT THE EPSTEIN FILES
May 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM
DO NOT STOP TALKING ABOUT THE EPSTEIN FILES
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The U.S. has spent billions to lose a war that enriches its oligarchs, impoverishes the citizenry, sabotages its alliances, and strengthens its enemies. Empires have risen and failed before, but to my knowledge no state has ever chosen to kill its own power.
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snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpo...
On Superpower Suicide
And the recovery of justice
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May 9, 2026 at 4:23 PM
The U.S. has spent billions to lose a war that enriches its oligarchs, impoverishes the citizenry, sabotages its alliances, and strengthens its enemies. Empires have risen and failed before, but to my knowledge no state has ever chosen to kill its own power.
snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpo...
snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpo...
#booksky 📚I saw a post about how authors who want to sell more books should make it clear who the book was written for.
So, scroll through and see if one of these books might be for you.
So, scroll through and see if one of these books might be for you.
May 9, 2026 at 6:58 PM
#booksky 📚I saw a post about how authors who want to sell more books should make it clear who the book was written for.
So, scroll through and see if one of these books might be for you.
So, scroll through and see if one of these books might be for you.
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What would a typical worker earn today if their wages had grown as fast as CEO pay over the past 50 years?
Take a guess and watch this video to find out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lPPsrAMtTI
Take a guess and watch this video to find out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lPPsrAMtTI
This Graph Exposes Our Rigged System
What would a typical worker earn today if their wages had grown as fast as CEO pay over the past 50 years? Take a guess
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May 4, 2026 at 12:01 AM
What would a typical worker earn today if their wages had grown as fast as CEO pay over the past 50 years?
Take a guess and watch this video to find out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lPPsrAMtTI
Take a guess and watch this video to find out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lPPsrAMtTI
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Pete Buttigieg: “One thing that would make a huge difference is if we selected our president by letting the person who got the most votes actually take the office instead of the National Electoral College”
May 3, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Pete Buttigieg: “One thing that would make a huge difference is if we selected our president by letting the person who got the most votes actually take the office instead of the National Electoral College”