socketwench
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3D printer mom, solar panel lover, dumpster goblin for bad films
Mostly on Fedi: https://masto.hackers.town/@socketwench
3D printer mom, solar panel lover, dumpster goblin for bad films
Mostly on Fedi: https://masto.hackers.town/@socketwench
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Let this first bite only make us hungrier
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Let this first bite only make us hungrier
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ICE is still here. Bovino is just a sad little man. Removing him from the board changes nothing.
(it’s pretty funny, tho)
(it’s pretty funny, tho)
They are still threatening to shoot folks like they did to Renee and Alex.
January 27, 2026 at 12:40 AM
ICE is still here. Bovino is just a sad little man. Removing him from the board changes nothing.
(it’s pretty funny, tho)
(it’s pretty funny, tho)
You know,
Lately it *does* seem more plausible the Empire will be defeated by Ewoks.
Lately it *does* seem more plausible the Empire will be defeated by Ewoks.
January 26, 2026 at 9:55 PM
You know,
Lately it *does* seem more plausible the Empire will be defeated by Ewoks.
Lately it *does* seem more plausible the Empire will be defeated by Ewoks.
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we are going through it!
January 26, 2026 at 7:45 PM
we are going through it!
Just in case you forgot where Bluesky the company favors right now.
according to bluesky, working for ice is a protected class against discrimination lol
January 26, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Just in case you forgot where Bluesky the company favors right now.
The hardest part of all this is that we, the immigrant, the queer, the non-white, the disabled, the injured and the dead, will have to be the bigger person. It's hard, and it sucks after they so gleefully burned bridged behind them, flipping us all off as they fanned the flames.
Ok holy shit.
I have to check facebook for my work account which means I see the Other Side on occasion.
I’m seeing defections all over the place.
AND HERES THE MOST DIFFICULT PART!!
we have to embrace them. If they’re rejected after being brave in their small town? They’ll go right back.
I have to check facebook for my work account which means I see the Other Side on occasion.
I’m seeing defections all over the place.
AND HERES THE MOST DIFFICULT PART!!
we have to embrace them. If they’re rejected after being brave in their small town? They’ll go right back.
January 26, 2026 at 4:16 PM
The hardest part of all this is that we, the immigrant, the queer, the non-white, the disabled, the injured and the dead, will have to be the bigger person. It's hard, and it sucks after they so gleefully burned bridged behind them, flipping us all off as they fanned the flames.
Is it any surprise? The law and order Mayor (his 2024 reelection strategy) really, really loves landowners.
We need an EVICTION MORATORIUM NOW.
Our neighbors risk being separated from their families when they go to work. They also run the risk of being displaced if they don’t.
Sadly, Mayor Frey refused to sign the resolution calling on the Governor to enact this moratorium.
Our neighbors risk being separated from their families when they go to work. They also run the risk of being displaced if they don’t.
Sadly, Mayor Frey refused to sign the resolution calling on the Governor to enact this moratorium.
January 26, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Is it any surprise? The law and order Mayor (his 2024 reelection strategy) really, really loves landowners.
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I’m furious that Mayor Frey chose to NOT SIGN a unanimous resolution from the City Council to urge Governor Walz to enact an eviction moratorium. Receipt: lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/Met...
Please, I’m begging you, join me in calling on @governorwalz.mn.gov to enact an eviction moratorium now.
Please, I’m begging you, join me in calling on @governorwalz.mn.gov to enact an eviction moratorium now.
lims.minneapolismn.gov
January 26, 2026 at 5:15 AM
I’m furious that Mayor Frey chose to NOT SIGN a unanimous resolution from the City Council to urge Governor Walz to enact an eviction moratorium. Receipt: lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/Met...
Please, I’m begging you, join me in calling on @governorwalz.mn.gov to enact an eviction moratorium now.
Please, I’m begging you, join me in calling on @governorwalz.mn.gov to enact an eviction moratorium now.
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People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
January 25, 2026 at 11:00 PM
People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
Today's #mplsintheblind is up, "A day of reactions and reflections":
mplsintheblind.org/posts/2026-0...
mplsintheblind.org/posts/2026-0...
A day of reactions and reflections
Amy Klobuchar, hopeful to replace current Governor Walz, interviews with ABC, ICE is “making us less safe” MN Department of Corrects launches website to address DHS ‘misinformation’ The Verge, a techn...
mplsintheblind.org
January 26, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Today's #mplsintheblind is up, "A day of reactions and reflections":
mplsintheblind.org/posts/2026-0...
mplsintheblind.org/posts/2026-0...
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Need I remind you that Walz was national guard and this is PR. Glad they weren't shooting Minnesotans today, but...
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 26, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Need I remind you that Walz was national guard and this is PR. Glad they weren't shooting Minnesotans today, but...
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among many of the incredible things minnesota has given to the world, MST3K is absolutely near the top of the list
Have never been to Minnesota in my life but I grew up with MST3K playing on a loop on my computer and that does a weird thing to your brain where you’re like “why do I know what Menards is?”
January 25, 2026 at 5:18 AM
among many of the incredible things minnesota has given to the world, MST3K is absolutely near the top of the list
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They have been itching to do so all month
really looks like MN state troops are somehow being even *more* excessive with gas then ICE
what the fuck. fuck you
what the fuck. fuck you
January 24, 2026 at 7:07 PM
They have been itching to do so all month
I love how "Professional Grade Logistics" is some soccer mom doing a costco run to get the big box of hand warmers.
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 25, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I love how "Professional Grade Logistics" is some soccer mom doing a costco run to get the big box of hand warmers.
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If they wanted this to end they could leverage their capital to do so. They don’t actually want the ICE operations that are widely unsupported to stop. They’ll still let ICE stage in their lots, let Bovino terrorize customers, and let their employees get attacked by ICE on the job.
INBOX: 60+ CEOs of Minnesota-based company call for "an immediate deescalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions."
No mention of ICE in the letter.
No mention of ICE in the letter.
January 25, 2026 at 6:43 PM
If they wanted this to end they could leverage their capital to do so. They don’t actually want the ICE operations that are widely unsupported to stop. They’ll still let ICE stage in their lots, let Bovino terrorize customers, and let their employees get attacked by ICE on the job.
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If you're not from Minnesota this may seem like a solidly-worded firm "no."
But you may not realise how MUCH of a no... this is actually the Minnesotan equivalent of yelling "EAT ME" and mooning all the agents.
Politely.
But you may not realise how MUCH of a no... this is actually the Minnesotan equivalent of yelling "EAT ME" and mooning all the agents.
Politely.
Secretary of State Steve Simon’s statement on the outrageous request from the US Attorney General www.sos.mn.gov/about-the-of...
January 25, 2026 at 7:16 PM
If you're not from Minnesota this may seem like a solidly-worded firm "no."
But you may not realise how MUCH of a no... this is actually the Minnesotan equivalent of yelling "EAT ME" and mooning all the agents.
Politely.
But you may not realise how MUCH of a no... this is actually the Minnesotan equivalent of yelling "EAT ME" and mooning all the agents.
Politely.
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Love to see it
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Love to see it
Dang...even my *dad* is pissed.
January 25, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Dang...even my *dad* is pissed.
When The Verge -- generally a fluffy tech fashion site -- starts talking about it this way...
"Why is it so normal for law enforcement — those who are supposed to be keepers of law and order — to kill Americans? And why is the only question at the end of the day how much their victims deserved to die?"
Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
Read more from @sarahjeong.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
January 25, 2026 at 6:29 PM
When The Verge -- generally a fluffy tech fashion site -- starts talking about it this way...
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For those unfamiliar with Edina this is the Minneapolis equivalent of a Westchester socialite walking down Fifth Avenue singing "John Brown's Body."
They got Edina Moms excoriating the Administration and signing off with a a land acknowledgement. They are so fucked lol
January 25, 2026 at 3:32 PM
For those unfamiliar with Edina this is the Minneapolis equivalent of a Westchester socialite walking down Fifth Avenue singing "John Brown's Body."
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Now requires a disambiguation page
January 25, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Now requires a disambiguation page
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ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.
January 25, 2026 at 4:36 AM
ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.
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“I'm starting to feel like Tim Walz is one of the white moderates Dr. King warned us about. “
January 25, 2026 at 2:16 AM
“I'm starting to feel like Tim Walz is one of the white moderates Dr. King warned us about. “