ClockworkCanary
@clockworkcanary.bsky.social
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I repost a lot. I like to amplify.
The flower in my avatar is a cereus, or orchid cactus. The banner is my cat Madmartigan’s paw on a knitting project of mine, red and blue two color brioche.
My media tab is mostly cats and knitting.
I repost a lot. I like to amplify.
The flower in my avatar is a cereus, or orchid cactus. The banner is my cat Madmartigan’s paw on a knitting project of mine, red and blue two color brioche.
My media tab is mostly cats and knitting.
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As an undiagnosed but probably autistic and adhd adult I have always found socializing hard. I don’t get the “understood” stuff that some people were either taught or just pick up somehow, so I had to deliberately learn what I know.
Who wants to talk about socializing and networks?
Who wants to talk about socializing and networks?
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We know that they know how to make something THE STORY when they want to! bsky.app/profile/bubb...
and it would be a hit! it's something people want to argue about, something that has wide awareness, & something that most people think they aren't personally affected by so they are freer to engage with it! if they actually wanted viewers/readers they'd make it THE STORY
January 24, 2026 at 5:42 AM
We know that they know how to make something THE STORY when they want to! bsky.app/profile/bubb...
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The way I know this to be true is that the media actually did this for the GW Bush US Attorney firing scandal which is like 1% as bad as the stuff Trump's DOJ is getting up to every day.
January 24, 2026 at 5:39 AM
The way I know this to be true is that the media actually did this for the GW Bush US Attorney firing scandal which is like 1% as bad as the stuff Trump's DOJ is getting up to every day.
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This is one of those things that in another administration couldve been a months long scandal if the media wanted it to be. call it AgentGate. What did Bondi know and when did she know it? Weeks of opinion pieces etc etc.
Breaking NYT:
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:39 AM
This is one of those things that in another administration couldve been a months long scandal if the media wanted it to be. call it AgentGate. What did Bondi know and when did she know it? Weeks of opinion pieces etc etc.
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Part of the reason we’re here is because of how many people kept policing other people’s anger instead of heeding their warnings
I can’t build any solidarity with someone who feels their allowed to dehumanize me or accept my dehumanization for me
By gas lighting me about the past
I can’t build any solidarity with someone who feels their allowed to dehumanize me or accept my dehumanization for me
By gas lighting me about the past
January 21, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Part of the reason we’re here is because of how many people kept policing other people’s anger instead of heeding their warnings
I can’t build any solidarity with someone who feels their allowed to dehumanize me or accept my dehumanization for me
By gas lighting me about the past
I can’t build any solidarity with someone who feels their allowed to dehumanize me or accept my dehumanization for me
By gas lighting me about the past
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“Cant sleep… i’ll just have a quick look at my phone”
January 22, 2026 at 4:21 AM
“Cant sleep… i’ll just have a quick look at my phone”
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You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
January 23, 2026 at 2:57 AM
You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
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Jesus Christ this is so far outside the norm. “government inquiries” mean they will share user data even without a subpoena.
TikTok is now under US ownership and their new ToS reads like a guide to giving fascists everything they need to put you on a list.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
They’re collecting information about immigration status, citizenship, sexual orientation, whether you’re trans or non binary and physical or mental disabilities.
January 24, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Jesus Christ this is so far outside the norm. “government inquiries” mean they will share user data even without a subpoena.
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Kids, staff, parents detained: How federal activity in Minnesota is affecting schools and students | MPR
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Kids, staff, parents detained: How federal activity in Minnesota is affecting schools and students
The recent surge in federal law enforcement activity is increasingly affecting school children across the state. Some schools are offering online learning to students to afraid to go to school, while ...
www.mprnews.org
January 24, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Kids, staff, parents detained: How federal activity in Minnesota is affecting schools and students | MPR
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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how many of the people in the streets today were radicalized by witnessing thousands of acts of heroic empathy, courage and resilience under occupation unfolding in city after city every single day since ICE first stormed into Los Angeles thinking it would be a walkover and ran into a human wall
January 24, 2026 at 2:09 AM
how many of the people in the streets today were radicalized by witnessing thousands of acts of heroic empathy, courage and resilience under occupation unfolding in city after city every single day since ICE first stormed into Los Angeles thinking it would be a walkover and ran into a human wall
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thinking a lot of vague and inarticulate thoughts lately about how Trump/MAGA were only made possible by social media, and how social media now is one of the most powerful weapons against them
negative polarization vs positive peer pressure
echo chambers vs protest photos and videos
negative polarization vs positive peer pressure
echo chambers vs protest photos and videos
January 24, 2026 at 2:08 AM
thinking a lot of vague and inarticulate thoughts lately about how Trump/MAGA were only made possible by social media, and how social media now is one of the most powerful weapons against them
negative polarization vs positive peer pressure
echo chambers vs protest photos and videos
negative polarization vs positive peer pressure
echo chambers vs protest photos and videos
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It's shocking to realize many of you avg-age-38 users of bsky will not remember the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
It's hard to describe how hopeful we felt. Like a worldwide sunrise. Finally we can start making things better!
The irony of what it's like in 2025 is just crushing. Wall-building times.
It's hard to describe how hopeful we felt. Like a worldwide sunrise. Finally we can start making things better!
The irony of what it's like in 2025 is just crushing. Wall-building times.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
It's shocking to realize many of you avg-age-38 users of bsky will not remember the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
It's hard to describe how hopeful we felt. Like a worldwide sunrise. Finally we can start making things better!
The irony of what it's like in 2025 is just crushing. Wall-building times.
It's hard to describe how hopeful we felt. Like a worldwide sunrise. Finally we can start making things better!
The irony of what it's like in 2025 is just crushing. Wall-building times.
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Yeah. They know they're losing ground in the polls, but they can't admit that they have to back off.
And the longer they keep it up, the more ground they lose, and the less time they have to undo the damage to their standing before November comes around.
And the longer they keep it up, the more ground they lose, and the less time they have to undo the damage to their standing before November comes around.
January 24, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Yeah. They know they're losing ground in the polls, but they can't admit that they have to back off.
And the longer they keep it up, the more ground they lose, and the less time they have to undo the damage to their standing before November comes around.
And the longer they keep it up, the more ground they lose, and the less time they have to undo the damage to their standing before November comes around.
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Exactly. Fear can be an effective regulator in the absence of forces sufficient to control a population.
They’re also making content to create a permission structure for others on their side to engage in violence (stochastic terrorism).
So far they’re failing, but this is state domestic terrorism.
They’re also making content to create a permission structure for others on their side to engage in violence (stochastic terrorism).
So far they’re failing, but this is state domestic terrorism.
fear.
they need to demonstrate that resistance is worse than useless, that it will be broken, and that their agents have impunity regardless of their actions.
they need to demonstrate that resistance is worse than useless, that it will be broken, and that their agents have impunity regardless of their actions.
So… what’s the strategic goal for the administration in Minnesota, exactly?
I’m not being cute, I don’t understand the theory of victory here and want someone to explain it to me.
I’m not being cute, I don’t understand the theory of victory here and want someone to explain it to me.
January 24, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Exactly. Fear can be an effective regulator in the absence of forces sufficient to control a population.
They’re also making content to create a permission structure for others on their side to engage in violence (stochastic terrorism).
So far they’re failing, but this is state domestic terrorism.
They’re also making content to create a permission structure for others on their side to engage in violence (stochastic terrorism).
So far they’re failing, but this is state domestic terrorism.
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ICE is sending these kids to the concentration camp in Dilley, Texas, where they're preparing to have so many children that they're opening a new school there. They're actively hiring teachers now. I reported on it last month. We have to get people out of there.
January 23, 2026 at 1:27 PM
ICE is sending these kids to the concentration camp in Dilley, Texas, where they're preparing to have so many children that they're opening a new school there. They're actively hiring teachers now. I reported on it last month. We have to get people out of there.
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NEW: Federal agents have detailed a Spokane 10-year-old and her father.
They remain in a Texas immigration detention center.
The judge that is set to oversee the case has a 90%+ denial rate for asylum claims. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
They remain in a Texas immigration detention center.
The judge that is set to oversee the case has a 90%+ denial rate for asylum claims. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
Border patrol detains 10-year-old Spokane girl and her dad, sends them to Texas detention center
Arnoldo Tiul Caal dropped his daughter off for school at Logan Elementary the morning of Friday, Jan. 9 with the unnerving sense that they were being followed.
www.spokesman.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:57 AM
NEW: Federal agents have detailed a Spokane 10-year-old and her father.
They remain in a Texas immigration detention center.
The judge that is set to oversee the case has a 90%+ denial rate for asylum claims. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
They remain in a Texas immigration detention center.
The judge that is set to oversee the case has a 90%+ denial rate for asylum claims. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
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Attention folks in the weather, climate, disaster, wildfire, and Earth science communities: NSF has just published a new "Dear Colleague" letter inviting feedback (by Mar 13) on the proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). www.nsf.gov/funding/...
January 23, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Attention folks in the weather, climate, disaster, wildfire, and Earth science communities: NSF has just published a new "Dear Colleague" letter inviting feedback (by Mar 13) on the proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). www.nsf.gov/funding/...
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American cops killed 1096 people last year, the total for every nation in europe combined was 47.
January 24, 2026 at 3:46 AM
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I really can't state this enough.
Federal agents have been teargassing parks and residential neighborhoods for weeks but didn't show up for a fight downtown today and look what didn't happen.
Wishing absolute worst wishes to our occupying forces. GTFO of Minnesota.
Federal agents have been teargassing parks and residential neighborhoods for weeks but didn't show up for a fight downtown today and look what didn't happen.
Wishing absolute worst wishes to our occupying forces. GTFO of Minnesota.
Note how there's no violence or chaos when the cops aren't rioting.
Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
January 24, 2026 at 3:11 AM
I really can't state this enough.
Federal agents have been teargassing parks and residential neighborhoods for weeks but didn't show up for a fight downtown today and look what didn't happen.
Wishing absolute worst wishes to our occupying forces. GTFO of Minnesota.
Federal agents have been teargassing parks and residential neighborhoods for weeks but didn't show up for a fight downtown today and look what didn't happen.
Wishing absolute worst wishes to our occupying forces. GTFO of Minnesota.
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This is so so nasty.
"Buy now, pay later" for rent is just the next frontier of predatory extraction.
It's a way of monetizing desperation: turning the basic human need for shelter into yet another fee-laden credit product that will hit the poorest tenants the hardest.
It's a way of monetizing desperation: turning the basic human need for shelter into yet another fee-laden credit product that will hit the poorest tenants the hardest.
January 24, 2026 at 4:20 AM
This is so so nasty.
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This just pissed me off even more than the re-handcuffing
The notion that these motherfuckers were the ones showing grace, that the women should be appreciative and speak well of the agents, that substandard treatment is conditioned on the women's portraying then as benevolent
Fuckin disgusting
The notion that these motherfuckers were the ones showing grace, that the women should be appreciative and speak well of the agents, that substandard treatment is conditioned on the women's portraying then as benevolent
Fuckin disgusting
They were eventually allowed one phone call as a thanks for saving the agent’s life.
They used it to call their lawyer, who called their state representative, who ultimately got them released on the condition they tell people they were “treated kindly.”
They used it to call their lawyer, who called their state representative, who ultimately got them released on the condition they tell people they were “treated kindly.”
January 24, 2026 at 2:50 AM
This just pissed me off even more than the re-handcuffing
The notion that these motherfuckers were the ones showing grace, that the women should be appreciative and speak well of the agents, that substandard treatment is conditioned on the women's portraying then as benevolent
Fuckin disgusting
The notion that these motherfuckers were the ones showing grace, that the women should be appreciative and speak well of the agents, that substandard treatment is conditioned on the women's portraying then as benevolent
Fuckin disgusting
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This is how you stop people from helping you when your life is in danger, so…good work, you goons
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:37 AM
This is how you stop people from helping you when your life is in danger, so…good work, you goons
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They have repeatedly abducted Native Americans. This is ethnic cleansing, point blank.
No news reporter should go uncorrected whenever they call this an "immigration crackdown".
When they are kidnapping people simply based on the color of their skin that is an ethnic cleansing.
When they are kidnapping people simply based on the color of their skin that is an ethnic cleansing.
January 24, 2026 at 2:06 AM
They have repeatedly abducted Native Americans. This is ethnic cleansing, point blank.
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I still think most people are good, like these two women, but this past year has taught me that the number is way lower than I thought.
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:21 AM
I still think most people are good, like these two women, but this past year has taught me that the number is way lower than I thought.