Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
the US is not a nation of immigrants. the US is a settler colonial society.
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the US is not a nation of immigrants. the US is a settler colonial society.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
Israel is a violent, genocidal settler state⦠just like the United States.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
the US is so wildly car-dependent that walking around certain residential areas will garner you weird looks. as if to say āwhy are you walking?ā imagine stigmatizing walking.
Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart (@mskellymhayes.bsky.social) reposted
I am organizing multiple workshops this week for Chicago activists and organizers as we prepare for a possible military occupation of our city. I am tired but moving fast.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
eating lunch and i saw iShowSpeed being swarmed by crowds in Philly. wow i aināt doing life right.
The Guardian (@theguardian.com) reposted
Five children in Gaza among those killed by Israeli strike while fetching water
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social) reposted
greatest show of all time.
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I think everybody on here is being attacked by bots.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
sitting in complete silence is great for the mind.
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thank you!
this is awkword . com (@awkword.bsky.social) reposted
Dead or alive, Rudy Giuliani brought ābroken windowsā policing to NYC. āNot only did broken windows policing fail to reduce crime, but it also provided cover for a deliberate targeting of Black and brown communities.ā Why? The theory comes from rightwing think tankers
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social) reposted
the Superman movie was terrible in my opinion.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social) reply parent
Mr. Terrific and Green Lantern were more interesting characters than Superman.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
the Superman movie was terrible in my opinion.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social) reply parent
itās gaslighting and ridiculous.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
i was told i need to go to therapy because i always get upset when people cancel or change plans at the last second.
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this is AI
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Why are these posts nearly identical?
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) reposted
Who voted for war with Venezuela?
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
greatest show of all time.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
āi forgot to press sendā is the new āi fell asleepā
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
this society conditions you to admire wealth and luxury, even if itās grotesque.
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you didnāt go to port of call?
Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix.bsky.social) reposted
WSJ: ChatGPT fueled a 56-year-old tech industry veteranās paranoia, encouraging his suspicions that his mother was plotting against him.... On Aug. 5, Greenwich police discovered that Soelberg killed his mother and himself in the $2.7 million Dutch colonial-style home where they lived together.
samuel (@quilombo.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
Esa vinculación entre la asistencia a migrantes y el trĆ”fico de personas es cĆnica y risible, pero efectiva. Varios paĆses europeos, entre ellos Italia y Grecia, criminalizan u obstaculizan las ONG que ayudan a los migrantes desamparados, por ese motivo.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social) reposted
anybody have any recommendations for good YouTube channels or podcasts in Brazilian Portuguese? trying to learn my 4th language š®āšØ
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
wow.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
anybody have any recommendations for good YouTube channels or podcasts in Brazilian Portuguese? trying to learn my 4th language š®āšØ
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Arepa Auntie (@breadbae.blacksky.app) reposted
Love is not enough to sustain a relationship. You can love someone to the highest of heavens and they can be the worst thing to ever happen to you
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Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
these people donāt feel shame.
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Lloyd Banks š¤£
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these comments are super white š¬
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š¬š Ms. Sausage(s) š (@debbiecakes.blacksky.app) reposted
Why? Why do y'all wanna kill Black and Brown people so much? Smh
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social) reposted
colonialism is a species producing system. it creates humans and subhumans. and these creations arenāt rooted in biology but systems of domination and violence.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social) reposted
what implications does this have for how this group of people is treated in broader society?
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social) reposted
once you fully understand what colonialism is and what it did, itāll be hard for you to look at most statues without contempt.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
once you fully understand what colonialism is and what it did, itāll be hard for you to look at most statues without contempt.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
no way some of yall are this boring. my TL is often like: āiām hungry so i guess iāll get upā āi think i might go to the grocery store later but iām not sureā yall might as well be bots, unthinking robots.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
what implications does this have for how this group of people is treated in broader society?
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
this video iām bout to post⦠oof. exhibit #3323.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
colonialism is a species producing system. it creates humans and subhumans. and these creations arenāt rooted in biology but systems of domination and violence.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
white people are constantly indoctrinated to misremember their own past.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
is someone in the pursuit of money in control?
onion person (@junlper.beer) reposted
it really doesnāt matter if someone is in america illegally or not. who cares, grow up
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
i donāt know how freediving competitions got on my algorithm but Iām watching these videos now and iām getting into it.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
grief is the price of clarity, my friend.
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein š (@chanda.bsky.social) reposted
This should get WIDE circulation: MIT stating that it āhas no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the data and has no confidence in the veracity of the research contained in the paper.ā gizmodo.com/mit-backs-aw...
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (@ebonyteach.bsky.social) reposted
I don't know how to tell people on Bluesky that yes, you actually *do* need Black people on board for all your political and social aims. You literally can't go around us, cancel us, or ignore us. Every time y'all do, everyone suffers.
Novakia (@n0v4c0ra.bsky.social) reposted
A White Supremacist society
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social) reply parent
it is a false dichotomy. the liberal mind literally cannot conceptualize ANY political activity outside of voting or calling their representative. thatās how deep the indoctrination runs.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
what a ridiculous statement. in the liberal mind the only thing that you can ever do is vote. so wildly ahistorical. so wildly self-defeating.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
dude in the Jubilee video said that Black Lives Matter started with George Floydā¦
natou (@tichatnwa.bsky.social) reposted
paying rent on stolen land
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can we become human at all under these conditions or must the world itself be destroyed?
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social) reply parent
Black people donāt hate people on sight. we couldnāt survive in this world if thatās how we moved.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
what kind of sick society do we live in where a graphic depicting a KKK member being hanged is offensive?
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social) reply parent
white people especially should buy all her merchandise and wear it to your Thanksgiving dinners with all your racist family members.
Winifred "Goody" Burton (@authorwinifred.blacksky.app) reposted
She's adorable and her stuff is cute. IJS.
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millions of species are going extinct not because of some misunderstanding or denial, but because extraction is profitable, and white settler colonialism existentially only finds meaning in its modes of domination and extraction.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
iām tired.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social) reposted
white people in 2025.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social) reply parent
her instinct is to protect KKK members, the group they used to hunt down Black people and brutalize them and murder them⦠this is how so many white people think. do you know how exhausting it is to live in a society full of these people?
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
white people in 2025.
Leslie Gray Streeter (@lesliegraystreeter.bsky.social) reposted
Slavery was really bad.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social) reposted
white people are okay with Black people in their workspaces so long as Black presence affirms white order⦠meaning be silent, subordinate, cheerful, non-threatening, and above all, do not expose the absurdity or violence of the system.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social) reposted
reform just strengthens the cage.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
white people are okay with Black people in their workspaces so long as Black presence affirms white order⦠meaning be silent, subordinate, cheerful, non-threatening, and above all, do not expose the absurdity or violence of the system.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
reform just strengthens the cage.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
Africa, Latin America, parts of Asia, all places that are considered backwards dirty and diseased yet central to the reproduction of global capital.
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no moral appeal, no amount of dead Palestinians or children dying from malnutrition will convince the empire to change. they cannot be pressured into justice, justice must be seized.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
no moral appeal, no amount of dead Palestinians or children dying from malnutrition will convince the empire to change. they cannot be pressured into justice, justice must be seized.
Xabier Ostale (@embers1.bsky.social) reposted
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Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
can we become human at all under these conditions or must the world itself be destroyed?
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social) reply parent
the problem is that these colonial logics still shape the way white people see the world.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
this world where white = civilized, orderly, innovative, intelligent, clean. and people of color = dirty, unintelligent, lazy, useless, expendable and subhuman, is the grand mythology of world making in the eurocolonial world.
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Europe is literally the creation of the Third World.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
Europe is literally the creation of the Third World.
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European āreasonā and ārationalityā are not progressive, disembodied, neutral processes. they were structured alongside colonial conquest and genocide.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
iām not against theory. iām against academics who treat theory as the destination.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
millions of species are going extinct not because of some misunderstanding or denial, but because extraction is profitable, and white settler colonialism existentially only finds meaning in its modes of domination and extraction.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
European āreasonā and ārationalityā are not progressive, disembodied, neutral processes. they were structured alongside colonial conquest and genocide.
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liberal reformism is not naĆÆve, itās counterrevolutionary.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
liberal reformism is not naĆÆve, itās counterrevolutionary.
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what is substack like?
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
being in the top 10% of a sick system still makes you sick.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social) reply parent
my point wasnāt about what shows up in your feed. it was about how TikTok monetizes the illusion of intimacy through ego-centered gifting mechanics. if you ācuratedā yourself out of that reality, congratulations. but pretending itās not the platformās core business model is not sound.
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in this economy, i donāt blame people for using it, but that system is used to gamify loneliness and the desperation to be seen.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
tiktok is just an emotional strip club⦠just ego, performance and the illusion of connection.
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the rich are only defeated when running for their lives.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
the rich are only defeated when running for their lives.
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under late-stage capitalism, even white people are losing their historical guarantees and are increasingly becoming disposable.
Dr. Manhattan (@thenewthinker.bsky.social)
typically, what passes for āprogressive politicsā in the US is often just peaceful management of oppression.