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1y

New music video, hot off the... rendering?

https://video.stevesworld.co/w/q5TKVUu3Dop1mTjjb7jsp5

#music #rock #jazz #progressive #AlternativeRock

230d

NOW PLAYING == Native Roots Radio with Robert Pilot 3/24/26

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6lIW35Q34c

#News #Culture #Commentary #Indigenous #Native #RobertPilot #WendyPilot #Nativerootsradio #Radio #Vsn #Progressivenewstalk #Progressive #Left #Diversespectrumoftheleft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist

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1y

"I think for far too long we've tried not to lose, as opposed to figuring out how to win."

-- Zohran Mamdani, speaking about the Democratic party and his bold proposals, in the October 20, 2025, issue of The New Yorker. My, I like him. He's the future. I want to see more politicians like him (and AOC, Michelle Wu, Katie Wilson, Maxwell Frost, etc.).

#Politics #NewYork #NYC #NewYorkCity #DemocraticSocialism #Democracy #Progressive #US #USpol

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1y

"#Democrats further narrow #GOP’s House majority with #Arizona #specialElection win

#AdelitaGrijalva ran on… her father’s legacy and received endorsements from… #BernieSanders… #AOC… and the Congressional #Progressive Caucus. She cited affordable #housing, defending #workersrights, expanding #welfare programs and fighting #Trump’s economic agenda"

Great!

And the zinger…

👀

We should get the #EpsteinFiles due to her #election

👀

(see screenshot explaining why)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-further-narrow-gop-s-house-majority-with-arizona-special-election-win/ar-AA1NbcDc

#VOTE

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While Democrats are likely to be glad to have another vote in the House, Grijalva might be greeted warmly by an unlikely figure: Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky), who, alongside Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California), is collecting signatures for a discharge petition to force a vote on a bill requiring the Justice Department to release all unclassified files related to the investigation into Epstein, who died in prison while awaiting trial in 2019. (A discharge petition is a method of bringing a bill to the floor when the House speaker refuses to do so.) The petition had 216 signatures before Walkinshaw won his special election this month, with all House Democrats and four Republicans supporting it. Walkinshaw signed on shortly after being sworn in, and Grijalva’s assent would be the final signature of support needed to reach the 218 it needs to force a vote.

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325d

Our #introduction.

We are a US-based charitable #nonprofit organization.

Mission: Strengthen humanity through #empathy and #compassion.
Vision: A resilient, #progressive society in which everyone is an equal partner.

Check out our website (https://www.empathyforward.org/) to see what we're working on, and follow us for announcements and conversations.

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1y

We are sick and tired of hearing "where is Joe Rogan of the left? Why don't we have #progressive content on TikTok and Insta so Gen-Z can see it?"

We do. There's a ton of them. They reach hundreds to millions of people.

The real issue, is that social media algorithms promote what is popular. And what's popular is garbage. And conservatives are great at making garbage.

Until we crack down on biased algorithms, non-Conservative content will always be sidelined.

#fediverse #mastodon

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244d

NOW PLAYING == Tarabuster with Tara Devlin: Civilians, Trump, & Vance’s Stolen Valor Regime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqC_x0euLIo

#news #uspol #commentary #progressive #left #TaraDevlin #Democrats #vsn #radio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist

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203d

NOW PLAYING == 🔴 Al Jazeera News | Live 24/7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCNeDWCI0vo

#news #uspol #commentary #progressive #left #vsn #radio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist

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265d

NOW PLAYING == Generation of Praise International Black History Moment Day 17 - The Mothers of the Church

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_XMxF4v178

#news #culture #history #BlackMastodon #BenjaminDixon #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackLivesMatter #radio #vsn #progressive #left #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist

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1y

After two and a half years, it's time for an #IntroductoryPost

Hi Everyone!

I've been meaning to do this since I migrated from the bad site in November 2022. I may be guilty of procrastination from time to time. Anyway.. I started on mastodon.social, migrated to mastodon.lol (RIP), briefly ran my own mastodon instance and then migrated to the mighty beige.

I'm a middle-aged, white, #bisexual, #polyamorous, cisgender male and deal with #BPD, #anxiety, and #depression. I live on the outskirts of what I lovingly call the "Mormon Vatican". I self-medicate with #cannabis to maintain emotional regulation. I live with my partner who struggles with #CPTSD, crippling anxiety, depression and BPD tendencies; and also with our obese, codependent #BorderCollie. I almost compulsively use profanity. My content is probably not suited for younger viewers.

My partner is currently unable to work due to the aforementioned conditions. We're currently between residences and have been staying in an extended-stay style hotel while my partner recovers from a recent toxic living situation.

Meanwhile, I put every ounce of my #spoons into poverty-wage #retail. I simply don't have the stamina to work a second job.

Our goal is to be moved into permanent housing in the next 60 days, in large part because this motel costs more than my entire monthly wage income (including a recent rate hike of over $350/mo), and any expenses beyond that have unfortunately been the burden of the #MutualAid community.

Essentially, we've been "making a living from panhandling" because written content and curation by amateurs like myself generally isn't a lucrative endeavor, and I'm always too damned tired to pursue podcasting or vlogging.

If you're someone morally opposed to seeing a #MutualAidRequest in your timeline (or wax pedantic about the etymology and perversion of the term being used in this manner instead of "begging"), you'll probably want to disengage at least for the immediate future. On the other hand, you've likely already muted the terms and therefore won't even be able to see this post, so..

Somehow there are still people who have put up with our begging and "grifting". I would guess their motivation is sort of like a Simpsons quote that seemed particularly appropriate for our situation:

=~=~=
"But why did you do it?"
"I felt there was something special in you. It's like rooting for the Cubs. You keep thinking they'll make it, and then you realize they never, ever will."
=~=~=

If you couldn't already gather, I'm a hardcore, bleeding-heart #progressive. I'm also a deeply-flawed, hypocritical poser about all those things a la Brian Griffin on "Family Guy". I try to divert my views and rants about this to my secondary account @LibertyForward1.

I boost *a lot*. That post average on my profile? It's not an exaggeration; it's updated automatically at midnight local time. Expect an avalanche of #cat pics, #dog pics, other interesting animal pics, and metric (not imperial) shittons of #shitposts. I love weird, vulgar, and silly. I'll almost always boost a #DadJoke if it's sufficiently cringe.

Also.. Brevity isn't my strongest suite.

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258d

NOW PLAYING == LIVE: People's State of the Union

#MeidasTouch and #MoveOn present the People’s State of the Union, from the National Mall in #WashingtonDC. Hosted by Katie Phang and Joy Reid, the event will feature lawmakers alongside federal workers, immigrants, and USians impacted by #Trump policies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oArKZutSbF0

#news #dc #dmv #uspol #BoycottSOTU #live #breakingnews #alternateSOTU #SOTU #progressive #left #vsn #radio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

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258d

NOW PLAYING == Generation of Praise International Black History Moment | Day 24 - Henry Ossian Flipper

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/25ZqKAiSPbY

#news #culture #history #BlackMastodon #BenjaminDixon #JadaDixon #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackLivesMatter #radio #vsn #progressive #left #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist

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237d

NOW PLAYING == James O'Brien 3/17/26 'Would anything change if the world called out Trump’s lies?'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWx6i51lF4w

#news #uk #uspol #geopolitics #commentary #progressive #left #JamesOBrien #vsn #radio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist

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244d

NOW PLAYING == Native Roots Radio with Robert Pilot 3/10/26: Guests Gary Farmer, actor, musician, and frontman of Gary Farmer and the TroubleMakers; political consultant Arvina Martin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lns_cgndi0w

#News #Culture #Commentary #Indigenous #Native #RobertPilot #WendyPilot #Nativerootsradio #Radio #Vsn #Progressivenewstalk #Progressive #Left #Diversespectrumoftheleft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist

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131d

Democratic socialist #MelatKiros defeats longtime #US #House incumbent in #Colorado

Democratic socialist Melat Kiros beat US Rep. Diana DeGette in a Colorado House primary Tuesday, a stunning victory for the first-time candidate against a nearly 30-year incumbent & another win for #progressive challengers across the country.

#Congress #COpol #USpol #DemSoc
https://apnews.com/article/colorado-democratic-socialist-primary-degette-governor-8a77cdb9943f99b70c74fbf811f1bbe3

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56d

Dropped my new track. I'm done working on it for now. Take a listen

PHASE-TRIPPING

https://stage.tidal.com/track/561212410

https://soundcloud.com/zeyus/phase-tripping

#music #musicproduction #synthwave #progressive #prog #electronic #electronicmusic

a811f253b05d3a42.mp3

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69d

We’re not #agist, we’re #progressive

Senator #EdMarkey, a progressive #Massachusetts #Democrat who has served in #Congress for a half-century, defeated a much younger rival in the primary.

Markey, 80, used a fiercely progressive message & the support of many younger left-wing leaders to ward off Rep Seth Moulton, 47, a #moderate Democrat who had campaigned on a message of generational change.

#Senate #USpol #MApol
https://apnews.com/article/massachusetts-senate-primary-election-markey-moulton-7968135279320c758b0fd4750d864db9?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link

massachusetts-senate-primary-election-markey-moulton-7968135279320c758b0fd4750d864db9?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link

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38d

#MAGA US Department of #Education Officially Ends Title IX Protections for LGBTQ+ Students - GO Magazine

https://gomag.com/article/us-department-of-education-officially-ends-title-ix-protections-for-lgbtq-students/

#news #uspol #politics #society #progressive #left #lgbtq #queer #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #nonbinary #asexual #vsn #equality #SupportIndependentMedia #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #Resist #Project2025

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4d

I wanna talk about the political movement of the Open Source community. If you spend enough time on fedi, you surely will have heard *plenty* of criticisms of what's going on in Open Source, and rightfully so.

So I'm curious, what do we think the Open Source community *should be doing* in order to achieve important progressive and anti-authoritarian goals? What should the next generation of programmers be thinking of and working on in this space?

A special rule: You're only allowed to say "don't X" if you have at least as many "do Y" recommendations. Preferably, I'd like to see more do's than don't's.

Boosts welcome

#tech #openSource #FOSS #progressive #programming #askFedi

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2d

RE: https://defcon.social/@riverpunk/117568060385140896

Lots of very interesting discussions on this post. With the amount of fair criticisms against the Free Software/Open Source movement's approach, and where it has seemed to fail, I wonder if perhaps an explicitly new movement needs to "rise from the ashes", so to speak?

A Neo-FOSS or Post-FOSS movement, that takes far more into account than simply just the 4 Freedoms put forth by the FSF.

Some common points I observed in the replies:
- We need more focus on inclusion, accessibility, and kindness
- We need to think about the user, and accommodate *their* needs -- such as by focusing on UX and listening to user input.
- We need to get the creeps out of our movement. We don't work with fascists or rape apologists.
- We need to come to terms with the inherently anti-monopolistic/anti-capitalist (depending who you ask) aims of our movement. Accept the fact that our movement *is* political, and is a progressive movement!

So, the question is: Does this movement need to explicitly define itself as a new thing beyond just Free Software? Do we need a new, less problematic Richard Stallman and FSF to head the effort and write new theory? Or would it be better for this movement to simply continue operating as the modern day version of the same old "Free Software/Open Source movement"?

Once again, boosts encouraged

I'd love to hear y'all's thoughts on this!

#FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #tech #leftism #progressive #programming

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