Crewman Six, She/They
@crewmansix.bsky.social
Schrodinger's Queer 🏳️🌈, Snack Viking.
Recovering academic, hot mess.
I write and I make things.
#SmallMagics #Poetry #KoFiShop
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Recovering academic, hot mess.
I write and I make things.
#SmallMagics #Poetry #KoFiShop
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/crewmansix
Wishlist: https://throne.me/crewmansix
Website: https://crewmansixrants.wordpress.com/
Pinned
Whelp, I finally did it. Logged into the Dead Bird, cleared out left the few remaining chats & DMs, and deactivated my account. SixPersistsBlue, my handle of old, is no more.
Why now, when I haven't logged on in months or posted in even longer? Dunno. Just felt right.
Why now, when I haven't logged on in months or posted in even longer? Dunno. Just felt right.
I have fallen out of touch with all the people I knew in highschool. Some quickly, some after years, one after a couple of decades.
The partner, on the other hand, regularly plays DnD online with five of his highschool buddies.
I suspect "common" is somewhere in between.
The partner, on the other hand, regularly plays DnD online with five of his highschool buddies.
I suspect "common" is somewhere in between.
watching John Green talk about his buddy from high school who is still his friend and I’m curious, is that common for people on here?
February 14, 2026 at 4:42 AM
I have fallen out of touch with all the people I knew in highschool. Some quickly, some after years, one after a couple of decades.
The partner, on the other hand, regularly plays DnD online with five of his highschool buddies.
I suspect "common" is somewhere in between.
The partner, on the other hand, regularly plays DnD online with five of his highschool buddies.
I suspect "common" is somewhere in between.
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The bathrobe lady was a journalist!
Earlier this week, a photo of a woman in a bathrobe filming ICE operations in St. Paul, Minnesota, went a little viral. That person was @mprnews.org reporter Sam Stroozas, who left her house without changing out of a sense of duty and urgency. The network leaned into it. More:
Meet Minnesota Bathrobe Lady Sam Stroozas of MPR News | Minnesota Public Radio
Earlier this week, an unexpected and fast-moving incident unfolded in St. Paul, Minnesota involving both federal and local law enforcement. As crowds gathered and questions mounted, one of our MPR New...
www.mpr.org
February 14, 2026 at 1:07 AM
The bathrobe lady was a journalist!
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if you make "getting a beer with your friends after work" inaccessible to people who work at the grocery store then what the fuck do you suppose is going to happen
February 13, 2026 at 8:28 PM
if you make "getting a beer with your friends after work" inaccessible to people who work at the grocery store then what the fuck do you suppose is going to happen
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"zoomers are killing the bar industry" oh interesting was it zoomers who decided a drink should cost seventeen dollars
February 13, 2026 at 8:20 PM
"zoomers are killing the bar industry" oh interesting was it zoomers who decided a drink should cost seventeen dollars
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What the young person in the brown sweatshirt recognizes is that some views are, in and of themselves, violent. Such as the support of a secret police that kidnaps, murders, and tortures.
there’s a longer version here in which our hero follows up by telling him “you can go peacefully fuck yourself” after he claims to be “peacefully standing for my beliefs”
Context:
February 14, 2026 at 12:05 AM
What the young person in the brown sweatshirt recognizes is that some views are, in and of themselves, violent. Such as the support of a secret police that kidnaps, murders, and tortures.
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A white lady in sensible sandals set fire to a building. The tides are turning.
February 14, 2026 at 2:18 AM
A white lady in sensible sandals set fire to a building. The tides are turning.
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it's hard to process this level of cruelty to children
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 14, 2026 at 1:32 AM
it's hard to process this level of cruelty to children
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Annoyingly deluged with ads for the upcoming election, but actually kind of shocked and pleased to see that every single politician with adspend is platforming Medicare for All.
February 14, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Annoyingly deluged with ads for the upcoming election, but actually kind of shocked and pleased to see that every single politician with adspend is platforming Medicare for All.
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DO ITTTTT!
USE YOUR PLATFORM
Dropkick Murphys' Ken Casey Urges More Bands to Fight Social Injustice share.google/SEJBPUmaHHTS...
USE YOUR PLATFORM
Dropkick Murphys' Ken Casey Urges More Bands to Fight Social Injustice share.google/SEJBPUmaHHTS...
Dropkick Murphys' Ken Casey Urges More Bands to Speak Out: "Nothing To Be Scared About"
Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey is hoping more bands will join the fight against social injustice, insisting there’s “nothing to be scared about.”
share.google
February 13, 2026 at 11:08 PM
DO ITTTTT!
USE YOUR PLATFORM
Dropkick Murphys' Ken Casey Urges More Bands to Fight Social Injustice share.google/SEJBPUmaHHTS...
USE YOUR PLATFORM
Dropkick Murphys' Ken Casey Urges More Bands to Fight Social Injustice share.google/SEJBPUmaHHTS...
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On one hand, that is some garbage framing.
On the other hand, "Democrats refused to fund the DHS" makes me feel a lot better about some Democrats being up to the needs of this moment.
On the other hand, "Democrats refused to fund the DHS" makes me feel a lot better about some Democrats being up to the needs of this moment.
Note the framing here:
It’s “Democrats have refused to fund” DHS and not “Republicans refused to prohibit face masks” or “the two parties could not agree on how to reform the agency.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
It’s “Democrats have refused to fund” DHS and not “Republicans refused to prohibit face masks” or “the two parties could not agree on how to reform the agency.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
February 14, 2026 at 3:30 AM
On one hand, that is some garbage framing.
On the other hand, "Democrats refused to fund the DHS" makes me feel a lot better about some Democrats being up to the needs of this moment.
On the other hand, "Democrats refused to fund the DHS" makes me feel a lot better about some Democrats being up to the needs of this moment.
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The $38.3 billion they are going to spend for interment camps could fund the annual budget of NASA, the EPA, and all clean energy R&D at the Department of Energy—combined.
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:14 AM
The $38.3 billion they are going to spend for interment camps could fund the annual budget of NASA, the EPA, and all clean energy R&D at the Department of Energy—combined.
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I've finally managed to do some shop restock, so I'm going to schedule a thread today that showcases some of our favorite new (and old!) items.
Starting of course with the whistles. YOU CAN GET 100 WHISTLES FOR FREE at the link in my bio. But if you want THESE ones from US:
thebrokencircle.etsy...
Starting of course with the whistles. YOU CAN GET 100 WHISTLES FOR FREE at the link in my bio. But if you want THESE ones from US:
thebrokencircle.etsy...
February 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I've finally managed to do some shop restock, so I'm going to schedule a thread today that showcases some of our favorite new (and old!) items.
Starting of course with the whistles. YOU CAN GET 100 WHISTLES FOR FREE at the link in my bio. But if you want THESE ones from US:
thebrokencircle.etsy...
Starting of course with the whistles. YOU CAN GET 100 WHISTLES FOR FREE at the link in my bio. But if you want THESE ones from US:
thebrokencircle.etsy...
Artistic Possibilities
Archived poem originally released on 2 Jan '26 via KoFi.
crewmansixrants.wordpress.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:09 AM
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Hi friends,
As many of you know, ICE is operating in ways that tear families apart, enter homes without warrants, and traumatize innocent people. This is not law enforcement — this is terror and an abuse of power.
As many of you know, ICE is operating in ways that tear families apart, enter homes without warrants, and traumatize innocent people. This is not law enforcement — this is terror and an abuse of power.
February 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Hi friends,
As many of you know, ICE is operating in ways that tear families apart, enter homes without warrants, and traumatize innocent people. This is not law enforcement — this is terror and an abuse of power.
As many of you know, ICE is operating in ways that tear families apart, enter homes without warrants, and traumatize innocent people. This is not law enforcement — this is terror and an abuse of power.
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Yeah, any building that's already derelict is already going to be too expensive for most people to rehab. Older buildings are beautiful but if they're not maintained they decline quickly, no matter how solidly they were built originally.
OMCA's facilities director (who is responsible for a notably experimental concrete building that is now ~60) is my occasional carpool buddy.
Invariably any "that derelict building is beautiful, it would be lovely to rehab" is followed by him brutally crushing my idle dreams with likely realities.
Invariably any "that derelict building is beautiful, it would be lovely to rehab" is followed by him brutally crushing my idle dreams with likely realities.
February 13, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Yeah, any building that's already derelict is already going to be too expensive for most people to rehab. Older buildings are beautiful but if they're not maintained they decline quickly, no matter how solidly they were built originally.
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Still insane to me that the GOP can gin up a moral panic about innocuous things like drag queen story time while we know Democrats would be eviscerated in the press if they ever started asking what the deal is with youth pastors getting arrested every week.
February 13, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Still insane to me that the GOP can gin up a moral panic about innocuous things like drag queen story time while we know Democrats would be eviscerated in the press if they ever started asking what the deal is with youth pastors getting arrested every week.
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This Pedocon movement needs to be called what it is.
The Epstein Class must be destroyed
The Epstein Class must be destroyed
Eliminating gender studies courses helps to ensure that universities and other institutions will continue to protect men who benefit from the abuse of women and girls, either directly or through their connections to those who exploit girls and women for profit.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott
Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:36 PM
This Pedocon movement needs to be called what it is.
The Epstein Class must be destroyed
The Epstein Class must be destroyed
The things
held dear
are not
necessarily
a choice we
remember.
They can
sometimes
catch us
unaware,
sneaking
into hearts
while our
attention
is occupied
by living.
They go
unnoticed
until the day
we stand
risking loss
and find
ourselves
fighting to
keep them.
#Poetry
ko-fi.com/post/Surpris...
held dear
are not
necessarily
a choice we
remember.
They can
sometimes
catch us
unaware,
sneaking
into hearts
while our
attention
is occupied
by living.
They go
unnoticed
until the day
we stand
risking loss
and find
ourselves
fighting to
keep them.
#Poetry
ko-fi.com/post/Surpris...
Surprise Values
Crewman Six published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The things
held dear
are not
necessarily
a choice we
remember.
They can
sometimes
catch us
unaware,
sneaking
into hearts
while our
attention
is occupied
by living.
They go
unnoticed
until the day
we stand
risking loss
and find
ourselves
fighting to
keep them.
#Poetry
ko-fi.com/post/Surpris...
held dear
are not
necessarily
a choice we
remember.
They can
sometimes
catch us
unaware,
sneaking
into hearts
while our
attention
is occupied
by living.
They go
unnoticed
until the day
we stand
risking loss
and find
ourselves
fighting to
keep them.
#Poetry
ko-fi.com/post/Surpris...
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It’s here, it’s here! Gotta go clean off a spot on my car’s tailgate so I can slap it on. #ChingaLaMigra #CarMagnet
February 13, 2026 at 5:25 PM
It’s here, it’s here! Gotta go clean off a spot on my car’s tailgate so I can slap it on. #ChingaLaMigra #CarMagnet
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Radioactive terror pig was not on my bingo card
ICYMI: Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Genetic study finds domestic pigs’ year-round breeding sped gene flow into wild boar
Back in 2021, in the thick of pandemic mania, The Register gleefully reported that "radioactive hybrid terror pigs" were thriving in Japan's Fukushima exclusion zone.…
dlvr.it
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Radioactive terror pig was not on my bingo card
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I sure hope we get to find out what movie this is.
Dude regularly works for Disney, DreamWorks, Netflix and CN so speculate away. But this sucks no matter which studio is doing it, and gross to think some major movie this year is running with a plagiarized image from ChatGPT.
February 13, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I sure hope we get to find out what movie this is.
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Don Lemon's arrest while reporting got huge headlines, as it should, but eight other activists and journalists were arrested that day, including a member of the Saint Paul School Board.
Trump Administration ‘Wanted to Use Us as a Trophy,’ Says School Board Member Arrested Over Church Protest
Black Lives Matter leaders recount their arrests last month after a Minnesota anti-ICE protest.
capitalandmain.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Don Lemon's arrest while reporting got huge headlines, as it should, but eight other activists and journalists were arrested that day, including a member of the Saint Paul School Board.
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"Does the role really require a woman?"
"No?"
"Or youth?"
"Er... No?"
"Is being royal or nobility a must?"
The dragon hesitated. "It's traditional..."
"We can mention that it's a position traditionally filled by a princess," the HR consultant said, "but we do welcome all applicants."
"Okay."
"No?"
"Or youth?"
"Er... No?"
"Is being royal or nobility a must?"
The dragon hesitated. "It's traditional..."
"We can mention that it's a position traditionally filled by a princess," the HR consultant said, "but we do welcome all applicants."
"Okay."
February 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
"Does the role really require a woman?"
"No?"
"Or youth?"
"Er... No?"
"Is being royal or nobility a must?"
The dragon hesitated. "It's traditional..."
"We can mention that it's a position traditionally filled by a princess," the HR consultant said, "but we do welcome all applicants."
"Okay."
"No?"
"Or youth?"
"Er... No?"
"Is being royal or nobility a must?"
The dragon hesitated. "It's traditional..."
"We can mention that it's a position traditionally filled by a princess," the HR consultant said, "but we do welcome all applicants."
"Okay."
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The number of people who have tried to get me to talk about 3D printed guns on here lately is super weird. Idk if you're feds or clueless or clueless feds, but even if I was stupid enough to engage? I've never touched a gun and never will. Your self-implicating princess is in another castle.
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
The number of people who have tried to get me to talk about 3D printed guns on here lately is super weird. Idk if you're feds or clueless or clueless feds, but even if I was stupid enough to engage? I've never touched a gun and never will. Your self-implicating princess is in another castle.
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Take that $29 million out of the budget for the police. And permanently reduce the police budget by that amount in future years.
"'She is dead,'" Officer Auderer told Officer Solan, before bursting out laughing.
"'No, it’s a regular person,' Officer Auderer said, adding: 'Yeah, just write a check — $11,000. She was 26, anyway. She had limited value.'"
"'No, it’s a regular person,' Officer Auderer said, adding: 'Yeah, just write a check — $11,000. She was 26, anyway. She had limited value.'"
Seattle to Pay $29 Million to Family of Woman Fatally Struck by Police S.U.V.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Take that $29 million out of the budget for the police. And permanently reduce the police budget by that amount in future years.