Aphid
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Aphid
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He/they. exhausted. You might get art here.
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"what are we going to do with 20,000 ICE agents if we abolish ice" well to start with I think we should all literally spit on them in public for the rest of their lives
January 7, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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Seems especially important right now to give these people $$ for dash cams
ICE observers in the Twin Cities are in need of dash cams to prevent further intimidation and frivolous claims.

Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it!
January 7, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I wrote a song this morning for the first time since August. It's called Marinara in Digitigrade, and is a kinda silly kinda spooky one about bad omens & using astrological-sounding terms speciously to describe the vague feeling of malaise that's settled over so much of my life
January 7, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Finally getting into Orville Peck. Been aware his stuff is ostensibly up my alley for ages, guess I wasn't in the right space to meet it yet (this has been a pattern for how I discover musicians etc that become faves). When I finish Bronco should I pivot to earlier or more recent stuff?
January 7, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?

Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.

Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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"If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money."

I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.
If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money. Famously, we know that's people working in child care.
January 6, 2026 at 5:53 AM
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Creature Commish from way down deep.
January 5, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Poked myself in the eye with the leaves of a whole frozen pineapple I was attempting to smoke out of
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.

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January 6, 2026 at 3:42 AM
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The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Sometimes I casually mention some detail of my health stuff and people look at me like I've grown an extra head. Most recent example was my sister's incredulous, "My guy, you have a hernia??"

My response of "oh yeah it's been like that a year or two" was, apparently, not super reassuring.
January 5, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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This is it. "What do you think calling your electeds will do?"

Make them feel about me the same way everyone who's ever defaulted on student loans feels about their voicemail.
Ask not what your representative will do for you (nothing), ask how you can make your representative so miserable they quit their job
My attitude on this is that I'm not calling them because I think I can change their minds.

I'm calling them because it is unthinkable to let them do this without hearing how evil and awful they are.

My spite powers me. If I can get just 500 people a day to join me, we could fuck up their day.
January 3, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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I feel like letting every president of my lifetime get away with Unlimited War Crimes was a serious mistake
January 3, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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"Against All Wars, Against All Governments, Against All Oppression"
@crimethincredux poster spotted in Lismore NSW
January 4, 2026 at 2:04 AM
It's a scary day, so have some images of Dragon remembering she has toes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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And whilst the impeachment attempt may fail (and won’t be judged until congress returns) the reason you do it is because it’s the right thing to do and also to clearly and publicly decry Trump and his fascism. You do it to show there is resistance. You do it for your own conscience.
Impeach him now. Submit articles today. Sorry, there's nothing else to do and waiting is madness.
January 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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🚨 Thread collecting actionable steps to help civilians in Venezuela, Venezuelan refugees fleeing to neighboring countries, and Venezuelan immigrants in the US. 🚨

✅️ Please post ideas / links, especially to local frontline groups.

❌️ Please avoid non-actions, and be cautious regarding sanctions.

👇
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"
January 3, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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This insane asshole has been doing nothing but crimes since the day he took office, you're the only branch of government with the power to remove him and you're not even going to try because it might not work? Why are you even there? To feel important and do insider trading?
January 3, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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In the car today with my son, age 20!, & he punched me on the shoulder & shouted ‘yellow car no return’, a game we hadn’t played in years

Got thinking about all the other stuff we used to notice & exclaim when they kids were younger

Reminded me of this. Don't stop noticing x

#poetry
#poemoftheday
January 2, 2026 at 7:03 PM
No cheating. Reskeet with the most recent picture of your pet(s).
January 2, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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Pookie is SO WEIRD
January 2, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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I wish you, and me, and all of us, strength & solidarity & joy in the new year as we find our way together: which we have done this year already, and will arise tomorrow to do again. /thread
December 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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EUGENE VICTOR DEBS
1855-1926

While there is a lower class I am in it. While there is a criminal element I am of it. While there is a soul in prison I am not free.
December 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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they should invent a year that's better than the one before it
December 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM