Clio2
@clio2.bsky.social
Observer of #polycrisis; excursions into history, nature, oddments. Degrees: philosophy, history of science. Former teacher, writer,
editor, spokesperson, contract researcher, journalist. Occasional fictioneer. NB. No LLMs/other AI need apply. :-)
editor, spokesperson, contract researcher, journalist. Occasional fictioneer. NB. No LLMs/other AI need apply. :-)
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Upset about #ice ? Call your senators today/friday and tell them to defund or limit funding. The house already voted, but the senate votes next week. This is a rare moment when Democrats also have power and leverage indivisible.org/campaigns/ho...
How to Rein in ICE–NOW | Indivisible
Act now with Indivisible to demand Congress rein in ICE, end aggressive enforcement, restrict ICE and Border Patrol funding, and protect communities.
indivisible.org
January 23, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Upset about #ice ? Call your senators today/friday and tell them to defund or limit funding. The house already voted, but the senate votes next week. This is a rare moment when Democrats also have power and leverage indivisible.org/campaigns/ho...
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JFC!! I'm guessing he's going to be jetting off to someplace fun for the weekend, on our dime, when this is over.
Kash decided to do a news conference on an airplane tarmac for some reason so he has to yell and cannot hear questions from reporters lol
January 23, 2026 at 5:54 PM
JFC!! I'm guessing he's going to be jetting off to someplace fun for the weekend, on our dime, when this is over.
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"We have a nice little database. Now you're considered a domestic terrorist." www.reddit.com/r/Maine/comm...
From the Maine community on Reddit: ICE tells legal observer she is a domestic terrorist for peacefully filming
Explore this post and more from the Maine community
www.reddit.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:31 PM
"We have a nice little database. Now you're considered a domestic terrorist." www.reddit.com/r/Maine/comm...
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The existence of this agency, staffed the way it is today, is just completely incompatible with a democratic society.
"We have a nice little database. Now you're considered a domestic terrorist." www.reddit.com/r/Maine/comm...
From the Maine community on Reddit: ICE tells legal observer she is a domestic terrorist for peacefully filming
Explore this post and more from the Maine community
www.reddit.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The existence of this agency, staffed the way it is today, is just completely incompatible with a democratic society.
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They are child traffickers, plain and simple. The heinous criminals they claim to be hunting.
Bovino: "Here in the US Border Patrol, I will say unequivocally that we are experts in dealing with children"
January 23, 2026 at 5:48 PM
They are child traffickers, plain and simple. The heinous criminals they claim to be hunting.
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This is Aimee Bock. She is responsible for defrauding Minnesota of $250M in pandemic scheme.
Not Somalian.
Not Somalian.
January 21, 2026 at 7:22 PM
This is Aimee Bock. She is responsible for defrauding Minnesota of $250M in pandemic scheme.
Not Somalian.
Not Somalian.
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the term is ethnic cleansing and it is a war crime
If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it?
[Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
[Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
January 23, 2026 at 5:34 PM
the term is ethnic cleansing and it is a war crime
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are you fucking kidding me
Urgent News Update: Families Warned as ICE Sends Flyers Seeking to Provide "Food Assistance" as Possible Trap
open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Urgent News Update: Families Warned as ICE Sends Flyers Seeking to Provide "Food Assistance" as Possible Trap
Good evening, everyone, and thank you for being here.
open.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:14 AM
are you fucking kidding me
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The current ICE facility in Tacoma was like four miles from my house before I moved to Santa Barbara and I went to so many protests there I literally lost count but I know it was well over 50. The City of Tacoma needs to think long and hard before they allow any type of expansion. #IceOut4Good
ICE exploring expanded detention capacity in Pacific Northwest, including Tacoma
A federal planning document shows a potential new facility with up to 1,635 beds and five courtrooms.
www.king5.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:33 AM
The current ICE facility in Tacoma was like four miles from my house before I moved to Santa Barbara and I went to so many protests there I literally lost count but I know it was well over 50. The City of Tacoma needs to think long and hard before they allow any type of expansion. #IceOut4Good
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Not mentally, physically, nor operationally prepared for the next 18 or so hours.
Making a 3rd baby bird goodnight post to cope.
The only way out is through 🥰
To get to baby grebe season, first we must get through baby owl season 🐣 🪶
Making a 3rd baby bird goodnight post to cope.
The only way out is through 🥰
To get to baby grebe season, first we must get through baby owl season 🐣 🪶
January 23, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Not mentally, physically, nor operationally prepared for the next 18 or so hours.
Making a 3rd baby bird goodnight post to cope.
The only way out is through 🥰
To get to baby grebe season, first we must get through baby owl season 🐣 🪶
Making a 3rd baby bird goodnight post to cope.
The only way out is through 🥰
To get to baby grebe season, first we must get through baby owl season 🐣 🪶
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wait what
January 23, 2026 at 2:30 PM
wait what
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They've been at some Rwanda level of eliminationist bullshit for a while now, but damn
“Journalist” for prominent “conservative” media outlet tells readers to gird their loins for future “punishments” of their political opponents, then tweets out a link to a song called “Kill ‘em all.”
January 23, 2026 at 2:35 PM
They've been at some Rwanda level of eliminationist bullshit for a while now, but damn
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They had passports, the federal thugs took them
January 23, 2026 at 2:22 PM
They had passports, the federal thugs took them
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This is a 16-year old girl who was carrying documentation and was pulled over with her documented friend, also 16. This is what they did to both.
January 23, 2026 at 2:14 PM
This is a 16-year old girl who was carrying documentation and was pulled over with her documented friend, also 16. This is what they did to both.
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@courtwatch.bsky.social linked to this important Bloomberg story about a restraint device implicated in 41 deaths.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
January 23, 2026 at 2:25 PM
@courtwatch.bsky.social linked to this important Bloomberg story about a restraint device implicated in 41 deaths.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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The Minnesota strike has made it to the top story on NYT. I am not a knee jerk NYT hater, but imo this is noteworthy given the paper’s relative lack of interest in other recent anti-Trump protest activity
January 23, 2026 at 2:25 PM
The Minnesota strike has made it to the top story on NYT. I am not a knee jerk NYT hater, but imo this is noteworthy given the paper’s relative lack of interest in other recent anti-Trump protest activity
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It’s called Femicide
“This is the tip of the iceberg,” said Thibaudeau. “There are so many women facing intimate partner violence in our society and femicide is the ultimate price to pay.”
Four women killed in #Quebec so far in 2026 💔
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
“This is the tip of the iceberg,” said Thibaudeau. “There are so many women facing intimate partner violence in our society and femicide is the ultimate price to pay.”
Four women killed in #Quebec so far in 2026 💔
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
Domestic violence groups sound alarm after 4 women killed in Quebec so far in 2026
Advocates and organizations are raising red flags after four women have been killed in 2026 in Quebec.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 22, 2026 at 9:53 AM
It’s called Femicide
“This is the tip of the iceberg,” said Thibaudeau. “There are so many women facing intimate partner violence in our society and femicide is the ultimate price to pay.”
Four women killed in #Quebec so far in 2026 💔
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
“This is the tip of the iceberg,” said Thibaudeau. “There are so many women facing intimate partner violence in our society and femicide is the ultimate price to pay.”
Four women killed in #Quebec so far in 2026 💔
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
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Born #OTD 1931, Evelyn Owens was a true pioneer: the first female president of an Irish trade union for both sexes, the first woman to chair the Labour Court and, as a member of the presidential commission, the first woman to sign an Irish bill into law. www.dib.ie/biography/ow... #DIBLives
January 22, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Born #OTD 1931, Evelyn Owens was a true pioneer: the first female president of an Irish trade union for both sexes, the first woman to chair the Labour Court and, as a member of the presidential commission, the first woman to sign an Irish bill into law. www.dib.ie/biography/ow... #DIBLives
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Anyone who's followed BCP's career as a hate preacher / streamer will find the lesson he took away from the Jake Lang rally infuriating.
He interviewed the black guy who protected Lang & is waxing philosophical abt loving each other.
The nerve of this dude, a man who regularly platforms hate.
He interviewed the black guy who protected Lang & is waxing philosophical abt loving each other.
The nerve of this dude, a man who regularly platforms hate.
January 23, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Anyone who's followed BCP's career as a hate preacher / streamer will find the lesson he took away from the Jake Lang rally infuriating.
He interviewed the black guy who protected Lang & is waxing philosophical abt loving each other.
The nerve of this dude, a man who regularly platforms hate.
He interviewed the black guy who protected Lang & is waxing philosophical abt loving each other.
The nerve of this dude, a man who regularly platforms hate.
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I performed abortions when it was still illegal in Canada. I worked in a clinic where one of my colleagues was shot and paralyzed, another was the intended victim of a car bomb, and the clinic itself was bombed twice. Every one of my colleagues was a person of faith.
I was the lone atheist.
I was the lone atheist.
Religion and government both have no place in the choice of medical policies arrived at by a woman and her doctor.
January 23, 2026 at 6:11 AM
I performed abortions when it was still illegal in Canada. I worked in a clinic where one of my colleagues was shot and paralyzed, another was the intended victim of a car bomb, and the clinic itself was bombed twice. Every one of my colleagues was a person of faith.
I was the lone atheist.
I was the lone atheist.
