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A Damned Stemple
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Writer, musician, asshole. Will die on any hill.

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Al Jazeera reporting that Air Force One resumed its trip. ☹️

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
Air Force One turned back as it carried Trump to Davos
US president resumed journey to Europe on Boeing 757 that departed just after midnight on Wednesday.
www.aljazeera.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:06 AM
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OMG, my book launch party at Pandemonium Books is THIS SUNDAY. The bookstore needs your RSVPs ASAP :-) pandemoniumbooks.com...
January 20, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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This sounds like something someone who accidentally captured Bastet in their magic camera might say.
Cat wandered in front of the camera during the #aurora long exposure
January 20, 2026 at 1:58 AM
A few points regarding the "Bsky is dying because you get more engagement on Twitter" discussion:

1. When people find out you are still active on the Nazi site, you lose followers here. I'm no data wizard, but I imagine losing followers affects your engagement.
January 20, 2026 at 1:55 AM
[leading a nature walk]

THEM: How did you know that those mushrooms weren't poisonous?

ME: [mumbling through a full mouth of mushrooms] How did I what now?
January 20, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I’d say it would be easier to list the amendments ICE and this administration AREN’T violating, but I can’t think of any.
Four attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held, which they say would violate 5th & 6th Amendment rights to due process & the right to consult with counsel. abcnews.go.com/US/lawyers-a...
Lawyers allege Dept. of Homeland Security is denying legal counsel to Minnesota detainees
Four attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held.
abcnews.go.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Definitely something fishy going on…

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Remarkable Footage from the Mariana Trench. 10,792 meters (36,000 feet) below the ocean surface.😲💙😎
January 19, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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TWIN CITIES FOLKS WHO WANT TO HELP AND DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START: I put together a big list of resources. Do you want to deliver groceries? do people's laundry? work in community defense? I want to help you get connected!

naomikritzer.com/2026/01/19/h...
How to Help: Twin Cities Residents
This is a post for people in Minnesota. I’m going to do a separate post for the non-Minnesotans when I’m done with this one. (If you’re in a hurry you can go to Stand With Minneso…
naomikritzer.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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When people ask, “how do you keep people safe if we abolish the police?”

point to how the Twin Cities has shown up to protect their neighbors during this federal occupation, without any assistance from local law enforcement
January 18, 2026 at 8:52 PM
"Ok, here's the play. First, just let the rushers through."
"Let them through?"
"Yeah, they won't catch me."
"Why not?"
"I'll be running straight back to the 40 yard line."
"What are you going to do there?"
"Fucking heave it."
"To who?"
"How would I know?"

Nat 20. Touchdown.
January 19, 2026 at 2:44 AM
The only thing I really want from this game is that Nacua gets hit so hard his whole antisemitic head gets knocked clean off.
January 19, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Watching football and all the sports betting commercials and all I can think is "Why is online poker still illegal?"
January 18, 2026 at 9:07 PM
I feel like we need to start singing the Oompa Loompa song whenever Bovino is on the scene.
January 18, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Our president is the bad guy in an 80s action film.
“Trump invaded Venezuela, kidnapped its president, stole a bunch of its oil, sold it, and stashed the money in banks in Qatar” is a stone-cold CLASSIC of this genre
The stuff in the GOP bill is some of the clearest ever examples of "if you explain what Republicans are doing in straightforward factual terms an otherwise under-informed normie will think you have entirely lost your mind and can't be trusted"
January 17, 2026 at 3:03 AM
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Trump is going to invent a reason if he’s not given one imo. Bullies hate a fight so we should give them one.
January 17, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Keep your chin tucked in. They’re killing people out there.
I’m one of the ProPublica reporters who has been documenting the aggressive tactics federal agents are using against immigrants & U.S. citizens

All eyes are on Minnesota right now, but I want to tell you about Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-YO citizen in Houston who was choked by immigration agents in October
January 15, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:21 PM
All the right wingers cosplaying Vikings gonna be real surprised when Trump rounds them up and puts them in Danish-American camps during the war on Denmark.
January 15, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Goddamn it. Looks like a great article with facts and figures and… it’s on substack.

You can’t use the one ring for good.
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:

America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.

What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 12, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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Our dear friend Anne died on Christmas of ovarian cancer, leaving her wife Valerie and their son Bobby. This family matters so much to me. They got to know us after Bobby was diagnosed with Down syndrome before he was born, and our families remain close. Help if you can. Just a repost helps.
Donate to Help Our Family Recover After an Unexpected Loss, organized by Valerie Grunsted
After losing my beloved wife Anne to ovarian cancer, Bobby and I are… Valerie Grunsted needs your support for Help Our Family Recover After an Unexpected Loss
gofund.me
January 12, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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It's worth reminding each other every couple days that every delay you create, every horrible opportunity you deter means someone gets home to their family, might even mean someones actual life is saved. All of it is worth it.
January 12, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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we don't need any of this shit. I was a grown adult before they even had ICE. reduce the office to like 5 guys who stop weird oranges from coming over the border and fucking up our orange trees and throw the rest of them in jail
January 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM
January 11, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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We need a huge cross-section of society, engaging in diverse tactics- not just protest, but strikes, slowdowns, leaks, refusals, gumming up the works, ridiculous art, coordinated disruption, a whole range of things to make it impossible for those who intend evil and do harm to execute their plans.
June 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM