Aura is My Real Name
@aurajustaura.bsky.social
Sometimes I doubt your commitment to sparkle motion.
She/her/tired
New Orleans & sometimes elsewhere
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I made this list. And I made a tv series about people trying to better connect with each other and change the world through technological innovation.
What does that tell you about how I view the latest tech trends?
What does that tell you about how I view the latest tech trends?
February 15, 2026 at 5:50 AM
I made this list. And I made a tv series about people trying to better connect with each other and change the world through technological innovation.
What does that tell you about how I view the latest tech trends?
What does that tell you about how I view the latest tech trends?
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That Kristi Noem propaganda ad playing while I was watching Inglorious Basterds was kinda on the nose, HBO
February 15, 2026 at 6:49 AM
That Kristi Noem propaganda ad playing while I was watching Inglorious Basterds was kinda on the nose, HBO
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I’m sure this dude is fine. He does have a Nazi tattoo. And says women whine about sexual assault in the military. And that black people are stupid. But gosh darn it he says he’s a progressive, and since he’s white and male, who can really say what’s in a person’s heart.
Platner's dismissive comments about sexual assault in the military were so disgusting that a candidate who had experienced assault in the service dropped out to endorse Mills rather than risk Platner getting into the senate. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/progressiv...
Progressive Candidate Has Dropped Out Of ME Senate Race
Not Platner. Daira Smith-Rodriguez
www.everythingishorrible.net
February 15, 2026 at 7:28 AM
I’m sure this dude is fine. He does have a Nazi tattoo. And says women whine about sexual assault in the military. And that black people are stupid. But gosh darn it he says he’s a progressive, and since he’s white and male, who can really say what’s in a person’s heart.
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Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
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 1:10 AM
Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
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February 15, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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Good morrow, friends. Saint Valentine is past;
Begin these wood-birds but to couple now?
Begin these wood-birds but to couple now?
February 15, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Good morrow, friends. Saint Valentine is past;
Begin these wood-birds but to couple now?
Begin these wood-birds but to couple now?
This thunderstorm makes me think of early summer, in a good way.
February 15, 2026 at 9:18 AM
This thunderstorm makes me think of early summer, in a good way.
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Supporting Gavin Newsom in the primary is announcing that you'll step over the dead bodies of trans people and unhoused people to get what you personally want. It's a character defect. We can't be friends.
February 13, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Supporting Gavin Newsom in the primary is announcing that you'll step over the dead bodies of trans people and unhoused people to get what you personally want. It's a character defect. We can't be friends.
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Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.
February 15, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Ofelia Torres, the teenage Chicago Public Schools student whose fight against cancer while her father was detained by ICE came to represent the federal government's overreach during Operation Midway Blitz, has died. Brave young woman. I will never forget her. RIP.
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Happening now on 50th Street in Minneapolis. Lined up over a ten block stretch.
February 15, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Happening now on 50th Street in Minneapolis. Lined up over a ten block stretch.
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Keep scrolling so George Jefferson can keep "movin' on up."
February 15, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Keep scrolling so George Jefferson can keep "movin' on up."
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It’s once again Girl Scout cookie season so it’s time for me remind everyone to please consider buying from NYC’s Girl Scout Troop 6000, which is entirely made up of girls living in NYC homeless shelters 🙏❤️
Troop 6000
www.girlscoutsnyc.org
February 14, 2026 at 10:45 PM
It’s once again Girl Scout cookie season so it’s time for me remind everyone to please consider buying from NYC’s Girl Scout Troop 6000, which is entirely made up of girls living in NYC homeless shelters 🙏❤️
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Pope Leo could do the most epic thing ever this Wednesday in Chicago
Enraging that this took a court order:
"Catholic nuns and clergy had visited the facility for years, offering prayer services and holy communion to detainees during visitor hours.
Trump Administration immigration authorities rolled back that access in September..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
"Catholic nuns and clergy had visited the facility for years, offering prayer services and holy communion to detainees during visitor hours.
Trump Administration immigration authorities rolled back that access in September..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Judge Orders ICE to Let Clergy Give Communion to Detained Migrants on Ash Wednesday
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Pope Leo could do the most epic thing ever this Wednesday in Chicago
When you still have to wash off today's face glitter so you can put on fresh face glitter in the morning.
February 15, 2026 at 2:16 AM
When you still have to wash off today's face glitter so you can put on fresh face glitter in the morning.
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Happy Mardi Gras!! 💜💚💛 I’m still in a lot of debt and still need help, may have another prescription to pay for next week, need car repairs/maintenance. Please share, it’s a huge help! Donate only if you able, anything helps! #DisabilityCrowdfund #HelpFolksLive2026 #HelpSky #MArequest
So if you can help me, even if it is $5, please do. Pretty please. Even reskeets are helpful. I put my QR codes below. I am not receiving any disability, if I were I wouldn’t need the help. Thank you and I’m sorry again. 🥺😭 #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #PleaseHelp
February 15, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Happy Mardi Gras!! 💜💚💛 I’m still in a lot of debt and still need help, may have another prescription to pay for next week, need car repairs/maintenance. Please share, it’s a huge help! Donate only if you able, anything helps! #DisabilityCrowdfund #HelpFolksLive2026 #HelpSky #MArequest
Okay as a Quarter resident and employee, I am begging y'all, wear safe, comfortable shoes. I see so many people fall and seriously hurt themselves (and they're often not even drunk yet!) These streets and sidewalks are OLD and weird. Anyway, Happy Mardi Gras!
February 15, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Okay as a Quarter resident and employee, I am begging y'all, wear safe, comfortable shoes. I see so many people fall and seriously hurt themselves (and they're often not even drunk yet!) These streets and sidewalks are OLD and weird. Anyway, Happy Mardi Gras!
Surreal moment at the shop today when state troopers came in looking for sunglasses to buy. In and of itself not weird but they were dressed in military-adjacent attire with ar-15s slung over their arms.
This all seems so excessive.
This all seems so excessive.
February 15, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Surreal moment at the shop today when state troopers came in looking for sunglasses to buy. In and of itself not weird but they were dressed in military-adjacent attire with ar-15s slung over their arms.
This all seems so excessive.
This all seems so excessive.
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sometimes, if you’re up early enough, you can hear them turn the birds on
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 AM
sometimes, if you’re up early enough, you can hear them turn the birds on
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"License plate readers and personal data from car registrations are only supposed to be accessed for an active criminal investigation...
“Following or observing or reporting on federal agencies is not a criminal activity — it's protected 1st Amendment activity...”
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
“Following or observing or reporting on federal agencies is not a criminal activity — it's protected 1st Amendment activity...”
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Privacy advocates: ICE using private data to intimidate observers and activists
MPR News has looked into reports that federal agents have accessed private data to track and intimidate anti-ICE activists since the immigration crackdown surged in Minnesota in December. Privacy advo...
www.mprnews.org
January 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
"License plate readers and personal data from car registrations are only supposed to be accessed for an active criminal investigation...
“Following or observing or reporting on federal agencies is not a criminal activity — it's protected 1st Amendment activity...”
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
“Following or observing or reporting on federal agencies is not a criminal activity — it's protected 1st Amendment activity...”
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
So they want to require a passport to vote in federal elections, but they also want to make it harder for people to get a passport, which is already something that is not affordable for a lot of folks ...
February 14, 2026 at 8:42 AM
So they want to require a passport to vote in federal elections, but they also want to make it harder for people to get a passport, which is already something that is not affordable for a lot of folks ...
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i'm older than the DHS and have never seen it do anything good for The Average American (whatever that means) in my entire life. i have seen it be a big racism lever that every administration loves to pull like that dril tweet tho
DHS is just a relic from the overreaction to 9/11 and all the opportunistic skullduggery that took advantage of it. There was never any need for it. Let it be dead. Its abrupt dissolution will be a bit chaotic but fuck it we ball.
February 14, 2026 at 7:37 AM
i'm older than the DHS and have never seen it do anything good for The Average American (whatever that means) in my entire life. i have seen it be a big racism lever that every administration loves to pull like that dril tweet tho
Reminder that I unfollow for intentional AI slop posting.
February 14, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Reminder that I unfollow for intentional AI slop posting.