Shoq@Shoq

I see and say things that need seeing and saying. See also: @shoq@mastodon.social • @shoq.bsky.social • shoqv4@threads.net

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Shoq@Shoq
17 Sep 2025
Let's redefine it for whatever's left of the thinking people on our planet.
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TEACHING MOMENT FOR U.S. LEFT My nephew, a PhD on his second Fulbright in Brazil says the global media has just missed what a HUGE digital campaign brought Lula that 10 million vote pickup. He's never seen anything like it, and insists this is a major teaching moment for the
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American left. "The Left here finally woke up and started fighting like an angry tiger online. A single brand new Whatsapp channel instantly grew to 10 million users in 2 weeks. Demonstrations were everywhere, sometimes multiple protests in the same cities." (This is the
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@indivisible.org model, but without the same level of result, yet) How did Lula beat Bolsonaro after losing Brazil’s first-round election? aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/2…

How did Lula beat Bolsonaro after losing Brazil’s first-round election?

Brazil's president secured a historic fourth term after overturning a first-round defeat.

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First in eight South American elections that didn't go to the fascists. Some good news amid the previously bad. Lula Defeats Bolsonaro for Brazil Presidency, in Blow to Latin America’s Right nytimes.com/2026/10/25/world…

Lula Defeats Bolsonaro for Brazil Presidency, in Blow to Latin America’s Right

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva triumphed over Flávio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of the right-wing leader he defeated four years ago.

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"Get off you knees, you stupid fucking cucks." #VideoOfTheMonth
Enrico 🇩🇪🇺🇲🗽💙💙💙💙💙
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THIS IS THE FUCKING HARD TRUE🎯☝️❗️ LISTEN CAREFULLY TO THIS GUY IT MAY SAFE YOUR LIVE☝️❗️ SPOT ON ❗️ ❗️ ❗️
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Elon Musk is afraid of Talarico because he [Musk] has a lot of business in Texas. It has nothing to do with principles or programs; for Musk, it's all about the Benjamins.
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Talarico is a far left extremist
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I swear to god if I hear another person on this app talk about the mainstream media while mainlining the disinfo slop on here all day, I’m going to lose my mind
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Trump, Who Once Called Early Voting ‘Ridiculous,’ Casts a Midterm Ballot The president voted at a polling station in Palm Beach County, Fla. nytimes.com/2026/10/24/us/po…

Trump, Who Once Called Early Voting ‘Ridiculous,’ Casts a Midterm Ballot

The president voted at a polling station in Palm Beach County, Fla.

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No other technology in history, except perhaps the printing press itself, has helped to monetize ignorance quite the way social media has. Conservative talk radio is the next runner-up.
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It used to be that only high school know nothings would spew such blatant ignorance with such confidence. Maybe @elonmusk never went high school? stzl.ink/4b0ewl
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She wins 🏆 the internet for tonight!
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We're almost out of hurricane season And it's been mostly a dud here. I just hope that luck holds for one more month. ::knocks wood several times::
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Latinos Are Now America’s Most Important Swing Voters Latinos helped fuel President Trump’s return to the White House. But Democrats have won back the trust of many Hispanic voters over the past two years. nytimes.com/2026/10/25/us/po…

Latinos Are Now America’s Most Important Swing Voters

Latinos helped fuel President Trump’s return to the White House. But Democrats have won back the trust of many Hispanic voters over the past two years.

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Democrats Have Edge Across Four Key House Races in Pennsylvania, Polls Find nytimes.com/2026/10/25/us/po…

Democrats Have Edge Across Four Key House Races in Pennsylvania, Polls Find

Democratic candidates are ahead in two, hold a narrow edge in a third and are tied in a fourth, new polling shows. The seats embody the fights playing out nationwide in the midterms.

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What to Know About Brazil’s Election as Bolsonaro Faces Off With Lula Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the leftist incumbent, and Flávio Bolsonaro, the right-wing challenger, face off in a narrow race that could redefine the future of Latin America. nytimes.com/2026/10/25/world…

What to Know About Brazil’s Election as Bolsonaro Faces Off With Lula

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the leftist incumbent, and Flávio Bolsonaro, the right-wing challenger, face off in a narrow race that could redefine the future of Latin America.

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What This Democrat’s Surge in Texas Says About the Midterms Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for governor, on her appeal to MAGA voters and her refusal to engage in the “culture wars.” nytimes.com/2026/10/24/magaz…

Gina Hinojosa Believes She’s the One Who Can Finally Flip Texas

The Democratic nominee for governor on her appeal to MAGA voters and her refusal to engage in the “culture wars.”

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A tragedy of online culture is that the worst people on it, much like your average MAGA voter, lack the intellectual capacity to understand just what awful people they really are. And okay, maybe that's nature's fault. But so is dog shit. I don't like stepping in either one.
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Once again @chrislhayes.bsky.social hosts another must-hear interview, this time with the always observant @adamserwer.bsky.social, unpacking the scammier side of that toxic rabbit hole of male victim pandering: the "manosphere." Is Donald Trump the Right’s Pinnacle of
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Manhood? with Adam Serwer podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Is Donald Trump the Right’s Pinnacle of Manhood? with Adam Serwer

Podcast Episode · Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast · October 20 · 50m

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