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MINNEAPOLIS: “Thousands and thousands— the people of Minneapolis are not letting up. Despite Tom Homan saying there’s a drawdown, these people don’t believe it. They want ICE OUT COMPLETELY.”
January 31, 2026 at 5:17 AM
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THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND WHISTLES SHIPPED TODAY.

The whistle goblins are unstoppable.
Y'all, we shipped ~45k whistles in December.

I think we shipped ~35k whistles TODAY.

This team of rogue 3D printing enthusiasts is... really rocking & rolling. 💓💃 And thank you to all of you who helped supply the filament & shipping $ so that could happen!
January 31, 2026 at 3:52 AM
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The Will Stancil sitch with Minneapolis activists is one of those things that's best left to the local mpls scene to work through.

I say this as someone whose opinions on Stancil are pretty well known. Nothing good comes of people not from that community using a local situation as discourse imho
January 31, 2026 at 3:55 AM
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It's genuinely crazy the degree to which scientific racism is way more popular among liberal elites than normie liberals, despite it not being supported by relevant science
It's crazy that if you have the first principle "human ethnic groups, physical differences aside, are not different in terms of mental capacity or 'inherent' personality traits" you are woker than 90% of the people who work for supposedly liberal media organizations.
January 31, 2026 at 3:57 AM
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Despots try to erase history when they intend to resurrect the atrocities and brutality they seek to erase—domestically and/or internationally.

Let that sink in.

Ask yourself, what did the history of the Enslaved Africans and Black Americans ever do to Trump and his MAGA cabal?
January 23, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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GWB judge btw
January 31, 2026 at 4:19 AM
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Not true. I've been writing about menswear for 15+ years, so there's a clear record of what I believe. My posts include:

— Nearly 700 posts rounding up quality menswear on eBay
— Guides on how to thrift online
— Guides on how to build a wardrobe on a budget
— Guides to high-value brands
January 31, 2026 at 4:15 AM
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every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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If I was a billionaire I would buy some bus service.

I would build some greenways, dedicate them to the public and donate them with an endowment.

And why not invest in a non-profit community housing builder?

I can’t imagine becoming a billionaire while being true to myself but if somehow I did..
If I was a billionaire I would not take trips to Crime Island. I would own The Simpsons arcade machine
January 31, 2026 at 4:24 AM
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Epstein also gave starter funding to J.F. Gariepy.
January 31, 2026 at 5:24 AM
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Jeffrey Epstein sent a link to the white nationalist podcast The Right Stuff, whose core hosts played an active role in the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally. He did so in February 2016. Before TRS made national news, really.

Genuinely bizarre.
January 31, 2026 at 4:15 AM
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This month, my reporting resulted in two people resigning from positions and a congressman trying to reduce the salary of a fascist ICE lawyer. From the outside it may seem like I'm doing great but it's tough going as a freelancer. Chip in to help keep me going!

patreon.com/stevanzetti
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Investigating fascism and the far-right in Texas
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January 31, 2026 at 4:51 AM
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JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”
January 31, 2026 at 4:54 AM
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One well publicized instance where a sudden refinery or power plant closure kills people because they don't have enough EVs or solar or whatever would set this fragile transition back for a very long time, in addition to just being morally reprehensible given that good planning could prevent this.
January 31, 2026 at 4:46 AM
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What we're worried about is that people aren't taking seriously enough the point that we can't rely on the fossil system to be a backup safety valve for providing energy services as long as it seems. We don't really have the condition where maybe a few emissions are ok if it saves the system,
January 31, 2026 at 4:46 AM
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The piece is pretty short -- we hope you read it. We're really excited to do the deeper detail work on how you plan for these outcomes and enable a rapid transition to a better energy system that serves everyone.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Fossil energy minimum viable scale
Unseen infrastructural threats to safety and decarbonization may arise as fossil energy systems are phased out
www.science.org
January 29, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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This comes with my picture of an oilfield near the fenceline community where I was born, but didn't grow up -- we propose the frame of "minimum viable scale" to talk about how fossil fuel systems can suddenly become less safe, less effective, and potentially inoperable when they get "too small"
January 29, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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1) Fuck ICE, and

2) in our ongoing pursuit of a more just, more dignified, more joyful, and better future, @jlappen1.bsky.social and I are really proud of our new piece in Science on managing fossil fuel phase-out

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Fossil energy minimum viable scale
Unseen infrastructural threats to safety and decarbonization may arise as fossil energy systems are phased out
www.science.org
January 29, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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It’s amazing to me that Musk had the sheer gall to tweet that the ‘bomb’ was that Trump is in the Epstein files knowing full well… that he was in there too.

These people are astonishing. No shame.

Just zero shame or self-awareness.
January 31, 2026 at 5:39 AM
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And STILL the files aren’t all released as required… www.cnbc.com/2026/01/30/j...
Jeffrey Epstein victims blast DOJ for 'incomplete' release of files
"We did not protect President Trump ... or anybody," Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said as he revealed there would be no more release of Epstein files.
www.cnbc.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:56 AM
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January 31, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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A federal judge warned Justice Department lawyers that their statements on a slavery exhibit display in Philadelphia were "horrifying."

"You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way"
Judge Calls DOJ's Statements On Slavery Exhibit Display 'Dangerous' And 'Horrifying'
Senior U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe told the Justice Department's attorneys, "“You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way.”
www.huffpost.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:12 AM
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Target is acknowledging Black History Month...
a man wearing a red and white shirt with hearts on it is smiling
ALT: a man wearing a red and white shirt with hearts on it is smiling
media.tenor.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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He really was a bad pedophile.
January 31, 2026 at 2:56 AM
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Each time I see an email from one of these academics to Epstein (which is FAR more often an occurrence than it should be), I think of Claudine Gay and grow irate.
Look im not jumping into the opsec conversation but consider the irony of people debating opsec while more powerful people are just using their academic emails like this
Doo do doo
January 31, 2026 at 3:04 AM