zipper [any]

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community organizer and volunteer, AUS based.

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Cake day: September 11th, 2025

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  • the death of charlie KKKirk

    charlie-kirk < “pshh, women are so dumb. all these damn “sOcIoLoGy” grads walking around not pregnant or engaged. what a waste of wombs–” ak47 a-guy

    pew pew pewwww…

    AAAAAAAACKKK!!! rip-bozo-grave

    trump-drenched < "oh, charlie!!!~ guess which minority we’re gonna terrorize toda-- ak47 a-guy

    trump-moist < "GASP! TED KAZINSKY, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE??? a-guy ak47

    a-guy ak47 < “shit shit shit fuck god fucking damn it i planned this shit for weeks why the FUCK is this dumb removed here NOW??? fffuuukckckk what do i say what do i do??–”

    “hey guys how’s it going”

    trump-anguish “IT WAS HIM!!! IT WAS HIM HE GAVE ME THE GUN HE MADE ME SHOOT THE GUN PLEASE TRUMPY BEAR BELIEVE ME!!!” > a-guy

    trump-kubrick-stare # “COPS, ARREST THAT MAN IMMEDIATELY!!!” ________ “sir yes sir snortthumb-cop

    owned-2 clink clink “sir you have a right to defend yourse-- i mean be silent”

    “cowabummer”

    biden-alert < “are you okay trumpy wumpy?”_______"yeah i guess but i’m just… i’m so heartbroken… my bestie kirk got his shit rocked by a white mormon kid from utah… man… " > sad-boi

    obama “another day another banger”

    charlie-kirk trump-kubrick-stare THE END biden-alert a-guy

    edit: posted this in the wrong thread but yk what i’ll leave it here, still applies big-cool




  • as usual, the bill is using intentionally vague wording by not defining what counts as “supporting terrorism” and expands (not redefines) terrorism charges to simply saying things that the regime doesn’t like. from what i’m reading, if a person gives “material support [what does that even mean???] to terrorists”, their visas or passports could be revoked on sight.

    The other section sidesteps the legal process entirely. Rather, the secretary of state would be able to deny passports to people whom they determine “has knowingly aided, assisted, abetted, or otherwise provided material support to an organization the Secretary has designated as a foreign terrorist organization.”

    The Supreme Court ruled in 2010 that even offering advice about international law to designated terror groups could be classified as material support. The government even deemed a woman who was kidnapped and forced to cook and clean for Salvadoran guerrillas a material supporter of terrorism, in order to justify her deportation.

    as the article brings up, the bill is almost identical to the past “nonprofit killer” bill that failed to pass. so as most people predicted, if this new bill is able to pass, the regime will have the ability to squash and shut down anyone and anything who supports an organization that the regime does not approve.

    so is there a way to appeal this annulment if you happen to be the unfortunate bloke that said the wrong thing? well…

    *Citizens would be granted the right to appeal to Rubio within 60 days of their passports being denied or revoked. “Basically, you can go back to the secretary, who has already made this determination, and try to appeal. There’s no standard set. There’s nothing,” [Hamadanchy] said.

    and what will happen to the people whose legal documents are revoked? i’m sure we all know already. yet again, america proves to us that the cruelty is always the point. bill’s first hearing is on wednesday this week.

    you just know all the dems are going to do is pull a “guys pwease don’t do this that’s mean!!! 🥺🥺🥺” and the bill will pass 51/49… america is a fucking dumpsterfire biggus-piggus







  • i generally do agree to avoid the left-right terminology, because it’s too simplistic and doesn’t accurately place schools of thought together, but it’s easier to say “left wing” this or “right wing” that because it’s the most common type of ideology classification, albeit incredibly flawed.

    i am actually australian! the socialist party i’ve been talking about is the victorian socialists. at some point they had a person in parliament but from what i know right now they don’t hold any positions in government. they’ve been getting a lot of new members, though, and have finally expanded beyond victoria. the social democratic party is the australian greens. they’re pretty solid socdems and actively pushed dental + mental health into our medicare coverage. they’ve also been staunch supporters of the LGBTQ community and were the first party to speak out against israel. sadly the leader of the greens lost his seat in parliament this year, but as a party they’ve been growing more than anyone else, especially amongst the youth.

    we are also lucky in that our conservative party is incredibly stupid and incompetent. over a third of aussies are first gen immigrants, so the rhetoric of “the immigrants are taking your jobs” doesn’t really work here. they’ve also made blunder upon a blunder in every single recent election and fucked up so badly this year that they lost half their seats, the leader included. even after such a historical loss, they can’t help but shoot themselves in the foot by saying quite literally all the wrong things to this day, and it’s very satisfying to watch.

    our current issues is the housing and childcare crisis. we have one of the worst housing markets in the world, to the point of where it’s impossible of getting a rental on your own as a young person. the current party in power is trying to do something, but whatever policies they’ve attempted to implement to curb the housing costs, they’re not working that well. we’ve got a decent healthcare system where you pay next to nothing out of pocket for most things, and our social services have never been better. i’d put australia somewhere between the scandinavian states and the rest of europe in terms of livability.

    as an individual, i’ve been doing a lot to help out in the community. for privacy reasons i won’t disclose what org i’m a part of but it’s been very fulfilling for me to volunteer and help people out. as miserable as the state of the world makes me sometimes, at least i know that i’m doing as much as an individual like me can, and that helps me stay sane.

    i think one of america’s core issues when it comes to politics and academia is just how anti-intellectual the society itself is. the education system is underfunded, outdated and exhausted. america’s teachers have to beg for scraps from a government that would rather give ICE agents signing bonuses than put any of those funds towards building an educated youth. it’s ridiculous how little the average voter knows about their own country and how it works, let alone anything outside of their western bubble. it’s likely a big contributor as to how populist and nationalist rhetoric of trump and his associates took root in the country. the mccarthyism and the red scare leftovers that stayed past the cold war is also probably why any anticapitalist movement in america cannot fundamentally get any footing. when your old teach the young that even the concept of communism or the like is dangerous to the very fabric of their country’s society, however flawed and dysfunctional it may be, they’re bound to grow up not thinking twice about it, and oppose anything remotely socialist out of habit. but maybe, just maybe, the capitalist bubble of america will eventually pop. one can only hope.