Darcy Conaty
@dconaty.bsky.social
Old queer nerd, recently retired. Books, games, currently LOTS of politics
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If you live in NC please go vote early voting began this week.
February 14, 2026 at 2:13 PM
If you live in NC please go vote early voting began this week.
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For those of you who grew up after 9/11, we got along just fine without a Department of Homeland Security for 212 years.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
Never reactivate it.
BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security shuts down as the White House and Democratic leaders continue to discuss changes to U.S. immigration enforcement.
February 14, 2026 at 5:24 AM
For those of you who grew up after 9/11, we got along just fine without a Department of Homeland Security for 212 years.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
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Haven Watch is doing good work!
When ICE releases a person they've been holding, they keep the person's phone (and often other belongings, including their coat) and push them out the gate. My medic group responded to one who was dropped in a park with no shoes, overnight, when temps were -13° F.
When ICE releases a person they've been holding, they keep the person's phone (and often other belongings, including their coat) and push them out the gate. My medic group responded to one who was dropped in a park with no shoes, overnight, when temps were -13° F.
ICE & CBP are STILL detaining people in Minneapolis & St. Paul.
If you’d like to support an amazing Minnesota organization, Haven Watch provides essentials to people released from the Whipple Federal Building, such as coats, burner phones & a ride home. Donations directly help people in need:
If you’d like to support an amazing Minnesota organization, Haven Watch provides essentials to people released from the Whipple Federal Building, such as coats, burner phones & a ride home. Donations directly help people in need:
Donate to Haven Watch MN – Support at the gate, care beyond it, organized by Haven Watch
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February 14, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Haven Watch is doing good work!
When ICE releases a person they've been holding, they keep the person's phone (and often other belongings, including their coat) and push them out the gate. My medic group responded to one who was dropped in a park with no shoes, overnight, when temps were -13° F.
When ICE releases a person they've been holding, they keep the person's phone (and often other belongings, including their coat) and push them out the gate. My medic group responded to one who was dropped in a park with no shoes, overnight, when temps were -13° F.
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gonna start using this video in auditory perception lectures, when we get to hierarchical perception of tones (DO in solfège is the tonal center)
February 14, 2026 at 9:17 AM
gonna start using this video in auditory perception lectures, when we get to hierarchical perception of tones (DO in solfège is the tonal center)
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The people who are telling you they are withdrawing ICE from Minnesota are the same people who told you a year ago they would release the Epstein Files in full.
They are not to be trusted. They are allergic to truth and incapable of decency.
Stay vigilant.
Stay united.
Keep fighting.
We will win.
They are not to be trusted. They are allergic to truth and incapable of decency.
Stay vigilant.
Stay united.
Keep fighting.
We will win.
February 14, 2026 at 4:37 AM
The people who are telling you they are withdrawing ICE from Minnesota are the same people who told you a year ago they would release the Epstein Files in full.
They are not to be trusted. They are allergic to truth and incapable of decency.
Stay vigilant.
Stay united.
Keep fighting.
We will win.
They are not to be trusted. They are allergic to truth and incapable of decency.
Stay vigilant.
Stay united.
Keep fighting.
We will win.
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NEW — I spoke with Rep. Delia Ramirez (@ramirez.house.gov) about her calling DHS leaders "inheritors of the Klan hood and the slave patrol," the prospect of one day seeing them behind bars, and what it's like to see the public [finally] embrace her long-held dream to abolish ICE.
Our conversation:
Our conversation:
"The day of accountability will come": Rep. Delia Ramirez on abolishing and prosecuting DHS
The Handbasket spoke with the congresswoman who called out ICE long before it was popular.
www.thehandbasket.co
February 13, 2026 at 11:40 PM
NEW — I spoke with Rep. Delia Ramirez (@ramirez.house.gov) about her calling DHS leaders "inheritors of the Klan hood and the slave patrol," the prospect of one day seeing them behind bars, and what it's like to see the public [finally] embrace her long-held dream to abolish ICE.
Our conversation:
Our conversation:
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This morning, I got distracted while eating cheese because I remembered that the laughing cow is named Elsie and is married to Elmer the cow on the glue labels. To doublecheck that I hadn’t hallucinated that, I looked it up and fell down a dark internet rabbit hole.
February 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This morning, I got distracted while eating cheese because I remembered that the laughing cow is named Elsie and is married to Elmer the cow on the glue labels. To doublecheck that I hadn’t hallucinated that, I looked it up and fell down a dark internet rabbit hole.
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AOC: "I think we have to recognize that we are in a new day and in a new time. But that does not mean that the majority of Americans are ready to walk away from a rules-based order, and that we're ready to walk away from our commitment to democracy."
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
AOC: "I think we have to recognize that we are in a new day and in a new time. But that does not mean that the majority of Americans are ready to walk away from a rules-based order, and that we're ready to walk away from our commitment to democracy."
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I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them."
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
February 12, 2026 at 9:52 PM
I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them."
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
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The Hugo nomination period is officially open, which seems like a good time to remind folks about my links post gathering eligibility and recommendations from others. I'll continue to update through the nomination period so keep sending links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
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What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
acwise.net
February 12, 2026 at 3:41 PM
The Hugo nomination period is officially open, which seems like a good time to remind folks about my links post gathering eligibility and recommendations from others. I'll continue to update through the nomination period so keep sending links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
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so, full disclosure, I feel like you will get something slightly different than you expect when you click on this!
What Fabulous Timing for Gallup to Stop Tracking Presidential Approval!
Why stop with BLS data and jobs reports?
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:30 AM
so, full disclosure, I feel like you will get something slightly different than you expect when you click on this!
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NEW: Don Lemon is set to be arraigned this week on charges tied to a protest at a church.
The case has raised press freedom concerns. But the constitutional provision most likely to derail the indictment isn’t the First Amendment—it’s the Commerce Clause.
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www.lawfaremedia.org/article/minn...
The case has raised press freedom concerns. But the constitutional provision most likely to derail the indictment isn’t the First Amendment—it’s the Commerce Clause.
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www.lawfaremedia.org/article/minn...
Minnesota FACE Off: A Deep Dive Into the St. Paul Church Protest Case
Unpacking the Don Lemon indictment, its factual allegations, the elements the government must prove to convict, and the potential defenses available to the accused.
www.lawfaremedia.org
February 11, 2026 at 8:41 PM
NEW: Don Lemon is set to be arraigned this week on charges tied to a protest at a church.
The case has raised press freedom concerns. But the constitutional provision most likely to derail the indictment isn’t the First Amendment—it’s the Commerce Clause.
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www.lawfaremedia.org/article/minn...
The case has raised press freedom concerns. But the constitutional provision most likely to derail the indictment isn’t the First Amendment—it’s the Commerce Clause.
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www.lawfaremedia.org/article/minn...
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Kinda feels like this should be a bigger scandal. I know that every day there are a dozen things that should be a scandal. But this one should be bigger.
Bondi Spying On Congressional Epstein Searches Should Be A Major Scandal
Yesterday, Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the House Judiciary Committee. Among the more notable exchanges was when Rep. Pramila Jayapal asked some of Jeffrey Epstein's victims who were in the audience to stand up…
Yesterday, Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the House Judiciary Committee. Among the more notable exchanges was when Rep. Pramila Jayapal asked some of Jeffrey Epstein's victims who were in the audience to stand up…
Bondi Spying On Congressional Epstein Searches Should Be A Major Scandal
Yesterday, Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the House Judiciary Committee. Among the more notable exchanges was when Rep. Pramila Jayapal asked some of Jeffrey Epstein's victims who were in the audience to stand up and indicate whether Bondi's DOJ had ever contacted them about their experiences. None of them had heard from the Justice Department. Bondi wouldn't even look at the victims as she frantically flipped through her prepared notes.
www.techdirt.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Kinda feels like this should be a bigger scandal. I know that every day there are a dozen things that should be a scandal. But this one should be bigger.
I had contacted @kim.senate.gov in opposition to SAVE & DHS funding, & got back boilerplate bragging about co-sponsoring KOSA. I am SO disappointed by both the incompetence of confusing SAVE & KOSA, & claiming that KOSA is about protecting kids when it's just sparkling fascism.
February 12, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I had contacted @kim.senate.gov in opposition to SAVE & DHS funding, & got back boilerplate bragging about co-sponsoring KOSA. I am SO disappointed by both the incompetence of confusing SAVE & KOSA, & claiming that KOSA is about protecting kids when it's just sparkling fascism.
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It's worth bearing in mind, as we witness instances of the depravity & incompetence of Trump's toadies proliferate, that extremist movements naturally attract social misfits, losers, morons, & weirdos, since if they weren't those things, they'd be a part of *mainstream* political movements.
I never thought dismantling the federal government would be so stupid
February 12, 2026 at 9:08 PM
It's worth bearing in mind, as we witness instances of the depravity & incompetence of Trump's toadies proliferate, that extremist movements naturally attract social misfits, losers, morons, & weirdos, since if they weren't those things, they'd be a part of *mainstream* political movements.
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ICE reported that officials arrested over 600 people in West Virginia between January 5-19. The detention data does suggest that ICE did intensify enforcement activity in the state at that time. Of the 5 newly-added ICE facilities on the recent list, 4 were from WV. wvmetronews.com/2026/01/31/i...
February 12, 2026 at 8:53 PM
ICE reported that officials arrested over 600 people in West Virginia between January 5-19. The detention data does suggest that ICE did intensify enforcement activity in the state at that time. Of the 5 newly-added ICE facilities on the recent list, 4 were from WV. wvmetronews.com/2026/01/31/i...
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one of the things that’s harder to see while we are in it, but will jump off the page at future historians, is how deeply corrupt *the entire trump family* is, and how they abused and and manipulated every lever of the federal government they could grab to steal everything that isn’t nailed down
News: The top-secret whistleblower complaint against Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:10 PM
one of the things that’s harder to see while we are in it, but will jump off the page at future historians, is how deeply corrupt *the entire trump family* is, and how they abused and and manipulated every lever of the federal government they could grab to steal everything that isn’t nailed down
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Hey, while I'm working on this: if you have any kind of medical Weird and are trying to gather evidence to demonstrate to a doctor how bad it is, allow me to introduce you to the best clinical measurement for "how fucked up are you", the Karnofsky scale. www.mdcalc.com/calc/3168/ka...
Karnofsky Performance Status Scale
The Karnofsky Performance Status Scale determines ability of patient to tolerate therapies in serious illness, specifically for chemotherapy.
www.mdcalc.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Hey, while I'm working on this: if you have any kind of medical Weird and are trying to gather evidence to demonstrate to a doctor how bad it is, allow me to introduce you to the best clinical measurement for "how fucked up are you", the Karnofsky scale. www.mdcalc.com/calc/3168/ka...
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Happy Darwin Day 2026! 🧪
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science."
- Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man (1871).
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science."
- Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man (1871).
February 12, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Happy Darwin Day 2026! 🧪
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science."
- Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man (1871).
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science."
- Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man (1871).
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For all the evil that gets done legislatively and judicially, there’s something to be said about the complicity of regular people who are all too willing to be “overly cautious.”
February 12, 2026 at 2:54 PM
For all the evil that gets done legislatively and judicially, there’s something to be said about the complicity of regular people who are all too willing to be “overly cautious.”
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The election calendar doesn’t stop, and Bolts’ latest monthly guide is out.
Here are the 20 elections you should be watching in February.
Here are the 20 elections you should be watching in February.
The 20 Elections to Watch This February - Bolts
Democrats hold the narrowest of majorities in Maine and Pennsylvania’s state Houses. They now need to defend vacant seats to retain their edge in each through the end of the... Read More
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February 12, 2026 at 3:26 PM
The election calendar doesn’t stop, and Bolts’ latest monthly guide is out.
Here are the 20 elections you should be watching in February.
Here are the 20 elections you should be watching in February.
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He literally says in this clip that ICE will keep in Minnesota “quick reaction forces” — a military term — to go after “agitators.” Remember that those on the ground in MPLS have spent more than a week trying to tell everyone that Trump’s prior “deescalation” was a ruse and ICE is still operational
Homan: "Operation Metro Surge is ending. In the next week, we're going to deploy the officers here on detail back to their home stations or to other areas of the country where they're needed."
February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
He literally says in this clip that ICE will keep in Minnesota “quick reaction forces” — a military term — to go after “agitators.” Remember that those on the ground in MPLS have spent more than a week trying to tell everyone that Trump’s prior “deescalation” was a ruse and ICE is still operational
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This is as big a lie as the one about the 2020 election, probably even more dangerous because so many "normie" Republican officials glommed onto it to curry favor with Trump. Corporate media never exposed it, and an uneducated electorate remains confused.
Bondi shamelessly lies: "Robert Mueller found no evidence of foreign interference in 2016. Have you apologized to President Trump?"
February 12, 2026 at 4:25 AM
This is as big a lie as the one about the 2020 election, probably even more dangerous because so many "normie" Republican officials glommed onto it to curry favor with Trump. Corporate media never exposed it, and an uneducated electorate remains confused.
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Counting at least 17 billionaires on this list. According to Wikipedia, there were only 756 billionaires in the entire country.
Does this mean more than 2% of all US billionaires had some kind of interaction or relationship with Epstein?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promine...
Does this mean more than 2% of all US billionaires had some kind of interaction or relationship with Epstein?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promine...
Prominent individuals mentioned in the Epstein files - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Counting at least 17 billionaires on this list. According to Wikipedia, there were only 756 billionaires in the entire country.
Does this mean more than 2% of all US billionaires had some kind of interaction or relationship with Epstein?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promine...
Does this mean more than 2% of all US billionaires had some kind of interaction or relationship with Epstein?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promine...