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· Jul 15
Followup: Discord Support reverted the account to my email address for recovery, and I was able to get it back. I still worry about the potential for back-doors remaining for a 2nd-pass attack, so I still don't expect anyone to trust that account, but at least I was able to get back into my servers.
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An aspect with which Jews are very familiar--we're white until someone else decides we aren't.
February 15, 2026 at 6:31 PM
An aspect with which Jews are very familiar--we're white until someone else decides we aren't.
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American culture of the 1840’s would have been *very fucking surprised* to see the Irish considered as co-founders.
Elon’s an ahistorical dipshit, but its always worth saying some stuff out loud: if you‘re a fellow Irish-American and you aren’t 100% pro-immigrant, you’re a fucking embarassment.
Elon’s an ahistorical dipshit, but its always worth saying some stuff out loud: if you‘re a fellow Irish-American and you aren’t 100% pro-immigrant, you’re a fucking embarassment.
1/3 What Musk is really referring to here is, of course “race” - that construct that served to define the hierarchies of wealth & power structured by modern colonialism. Like other far right racists though, he uses the word “culture” as a seemingly less pernicious synonym.
February 15, 2026 at 5:44 PM
American culture of the 1840’s would have been *very fucking surprised* to see the Irish considered as co-founders.
Elon’s an ahistorical dipshit, but its always worth saying some stuff out loud: if you‘re a fellow Irish-American and you aren’t 100% pro-immigrant, you’re a fucking embarassment.
Elon’s an ahistorical dipshit, but its always worth saying some stuff out loud: if you‘re a fellow Irish-American and you aren’t 100% pro-immigrant, you’re a fucking embarassment.
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Sick Detainees Describe Poor Care at Facilities Run by ICE Contractor
“People with injuries often wait days or weeks to receive X-rays, diabetes patients lack regular access to insulin and people hoping to see outside specialists such as cancer doctors or dentists are frequently denied…”
“People with injuries often wait days or weeks to receive X-rays, diabetes patients lack regular access to insulin and people hoping to see outside specialists such as cancer doctors or dentists are frequently denied…”
Sick Detainees Describe Poor Care at Facilities Run by ICE Contractor
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Sick Detainees Describe Poor Care at Facilities Run by ICE Contractor
“People with injuries often wait days or weeks to receive X-rays, diabetes patients lack regular access to insulin and people hoping to see outside specialists such as cancer doctors or dentists are frequently denied…”
“People with injuries often wait days or weeks to receive X-rays, diabetes patients lack regular access to insulin and people hoping to see outside specialists such as cancer doctors or dentists are frequently denied…”
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“…CoreCivic’s medical staff refused to treat them unless they had already vomited at least eight times.”
February 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
“…CoreCivic’s medical staff refused to treat them unless they had already vomited at least eight times.”
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Whenever you read a horrifying list like this about people who are critically ill or died in ICE concentration camps it’s important to remember that these are just the stories that got out because they were lucky enough to have lawyers who could tell their stories.
February 14, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Whenever you read a horrifying list like this about people who are critically ill or died in ICE concentration camps it’s important to remember that these are just the stories that got out because they were lucky enough to have lawyers who could tell their stories.
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“In 2022, the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general found ‘critical staffing shortages’ at a CoreCivic facility in Torrance, N.M., and recommended that all detainees be removed immediately. That never happened.”
February 14, 2026 at 3:06 PM
“In 2022, the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general found ‘critical staffing shortages’ at a CoreCivic facility in Torrance, N.M., and recommended that all detainees be removed immediately. That never happened.”
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If natural disasters strike while DHS is shut down, Ds in Congress should propose clawing back funds from the $75 billion in future funding allotted to ICE to pay for a FEMA response.
February 15, 2026 at 2:57 AM
If natural disasters strike while DHS is shut down, Ds in Congress should propose clawing back funds from the $75 billion in future funding allotted to ICE to pay for a FEMA response.
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Folks have noted that shutting down DHS also means shutting down FEMA. But it's important to remember that Trump already has been fighting to deny $233 million in FEMA funding to blue states. www.ksbw.com/article/judg...
Judge orders restored disaster funding to Democratic-led states
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration must restore $233 million in disaster funding to at least a dozen states. The funding was previously slashed over so-called "sanctuary" immigrat...
www.ksbw.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Folks have noted that shutting down DHS also means shutting down FEMA. But it's important to remember that Trump already has been fighting to deny $233 million in FEMA funding to blue states. www.ksbw.com/article/judg...
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Something I tell students: don’t confuse "profitable" with "efficient." Slavery was wildly profitable for masters but inefficient for the South. It stifled urbanization, killed consumer markets (slaves don't buy goods), and prevented industrialization. It built a fragile wealth trap for the elite./3
February 15, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Something I tell students: don’t confuse "profitable" with "efficient." Slavery was wildly profitable for masters but inefficient for the South. It stifled urbanization, killed consumer markets (slaves don't buy goods), and prevented industrialization. It built a fragile wealth trap for the elite./3
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“Children are property of their parents” is a view that southern conservative Christians continue to hold and no joke it is a residuum of the slave power
He would be the first to tell you it’s a thought which was not original to him, but Kermit Roosevelt III’s The Nation that Never Was (arguing that there is no founding but the Second Founding and Lincoln is its prophet) really drove home the point that a very large portion of American slavery was…
February 15, 2026 at 12:03 AM
“Children are property of their parents” is a view that southern conservative Christians continue to hold and no joke it is a residuum of the slave power
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sometimes you'll learn that, like, Napoleon did legal reforms which are the basis for many countries legal systems today. with slavery you learn that men would rape people and enslave their own children
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
sometimes you'll learn that, like, Napoleon did legal reforms which are the basis for many countries legal systems today. with slavery you learn that men would rape people and enslave their own children
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slavery is one of the rare things historically where the more you learn about it the more you realize your initial assessment was correct and it was in fact one of the most evil things ever to occur
Physically incapable of analyzing politics outside of this insipid frame.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
slavery is one of the rare things historically where the more you learn about it the more you realize your initial assessment was correct and it was in fact one of the most evil things ever to occur
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"the elite of the antebellum South were degenerate gamblers who financed their lifestyles with industrialized rape and would kill you for pointing this out" is a straightforwardly accurate statement
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
"the elite of the antebellum South were degenerate gamblers who financed their lifestyles with industrialized rape and would kill you for pointing this out" is a straightforwardly accurate statement
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the more you learn about the antebellum south the more you transform into this
every plantation owner should have been put to death
every plantation owner should have been put to death
February 15, 2026 at 12:01 AM
the more you learn about the antebellum south the more you transform into this
every plantation owner should have been put to death
every plantation owner should have been put to death
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ICE observers in Minnesota are skeptical about the White House's claims of a federal drawdown.
But they have noticed in recent weeks a shift from aggressive street sweeps in Minneapolis to instead target people in the suburbs or quietly waiting in unmarked vehicles of residential areas.
But they have noticed in recent weeks a shift from aggressive street sweeps in Minneapolis to instead target people in the suburbs or quietly waiting in unmarked vehicles of residential areas.
From chaos to radio silence: How ICE tactics changed in weeks leading to Homan announcement
In recent days, observers have noticed a shift in methods.
bit.ly
February 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
ICE observers in Minnesota are skeptical about the White House's claims of a federal drawdown.
But they have noticed in recent weeks a shift from aggressive street sweeps in Minneapolis to instead target people in the suburbs or quietly waiting in unmarked vehicles of residential areas.
But they have noticed in recent weeks a shift from aggressive street sweeps in Minneapolis to instead target people in the suburbs or quietly waiting in unmarked vehicles of residential areas.
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Looks like Voyager-1 will cross 1 light day around July 3rd this year? The US administration won't care, but ought to be a great celebration for NASA .. and for the whole of humanity.
February 15, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Looks like Voyager-1 will cross 1 light day around July 3rd this year? The US administration won't care, but ought to be a great celebration for NASA .. and for the whole of humanity.
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An error caused a large number of accounts to be incorrectly "marked for review" by our automated system. This tool is normally used to rapidly respond to mass harassment and spam campaigns. We have removed the incorrect labels and will publish an incident report in the coming days.
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 AM
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This is called Perfidy, it is an international war crime
anyone with decent training knows why you do not do this. because it puts the innocent civilians who do need aid or are offering it in harm's way because of distrust
anyone with decent training knows why you do not do this. because it puts the innocent civilians who do need aid or are offering it in harm's way because of distrust
February 15, 2026 at 1:09 AM
This is called Perfidy, it is an international war crime
anyone with decent training knows why you do not do this. because it puts the innocent civilians who do need aid or are offering it in harm's way because of distrust
anyone with decent training knows why you do not do this. because it puts the innocent civilians who do need aid or are offering it in harm's way because of distrust
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CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
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Everything is arranged
It was clear before the election but people didn't believe it.
Read Number 4 slowly to know he told us before the election
bsky.app/profile/geni...
It was clear before the election but people didn't believe it.
Read Number 4 slowly to know he told us before the election
bsky.app/profile/geni...
February 15, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Everything is arranged
It was clear before the election but people didn't believe it.
Read Number 4 slowly to know he told us before the election
bsky.app/profile/geni...
It was clear before the election but people didn't believe it.
Read Number 4 slowly to know he told us before the election
bsky.app/profile/geni...
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Fascists will use your empathy against you. Because they know, unlike them, most working class folks feel a moral obligation to help those around them needing a neighbourly helping hand. Have to be careful for your own personal safety and in losing that empathetic response due to fear of violence.
February 15, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Fascists will use your empathy against you. Because they know, unlike them, most working class folks feel a moral obligation to help those around them needing a neighbourly helping hand. Have to be careful for your own personal safety and in losing that empathetic response due to fear of violence.
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They are terrorists.
Wild how the "worst of the worst" are folks who come out to help a stranger with car troubles or render aid to these scumbags when they have a medical emergency (real or fake).
Wild how the "worst of the worst" are folks who come out to help a stranger with car troubles or render aid to these scumbags when they have a medical emergency (real or fake).
February 15, 2026 at 2:01 AM
They are terrorists.
Wild how the "worst of the worst" are folks who come out to help a stranger with car troubles or render aid to these scumbags when they have a medical emergency (real or fake).
Wild how the "worst of the worst" are folks who come out to help a stranger with car troubles or render aid to these scumbags when they have a medical emergency (real or fake).
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ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.