Loopie
@elfofdoriath.bsky.social
Cambridge, MA, she/her. Recovering physicist. Former Illinoisan. Ban cars. Art posts will be tagged with #art
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This AP news story is incredible from front to back but I wanted to flag something super serious and wildly illegal that may have flown under the radar. It’s called parallel construction and it’s when intel is washed from spy agencies and used by local cops. apnews.com/article/immi...
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Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This AP news story is incredible from front to back but I wanted to flag something super serious and wildly illegal that may have flown under the radar. It’s called parallel construction and it’s when intel is washed from spy agencies and used by local cops. apnews.com/article/immi...
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Said it once. Will say it again.
This whole thing is V.C. Andrews coded.
This whole thing is V.C. Andrews coded.
So much of MAGA politics seems like dark Freudian family dramas.
Some people will destroy a country before they go into therapy.
Some people will destroy a country before they go into therapy.
"Mom and Dad are separated" doesn't strike me as a particularly healthy lens for engaging with politics.
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Said it once. Will say it again.
This whole thing is V.C. Andrews coded.
This whole thing is V.C. Andrews coded.
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if you’ve ever watched a michigan fan get mad that they won’t just “run the ball” you’ve been to a bob evans spiritually
November 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
if you’ve ever watched a michigan fan get mad that they won’t just “run the ball” you’ve been to a bob evans spiritually
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if parents actually knew the true extent or how absolutely cooked education studies is academically, it could trigger a right wing backlash so bad that we’d get a comic book idea of a dictatorial dystopia
One conservative criticism I take seriously is that education PhDs often come up with well-meaning ideas that absolutely melt the brains of kids
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
if parents actually knew the true extent or how absolutely cooked education studies is academically, it could trigger a right wing backlash so bad that we’d get a comic book idea of a dictatorial dystopia
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if you voted in Seattle you gotta make sure your ballot counted now
There are 1,700 ballots that need signature confirmation. That is enough to change the election.
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
November 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
if you voted in Seattle you gotta make sure your ballot counted now
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Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
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If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
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These people are viscerally terrified of the possibility that someone else might be able to make them feel bad about something because they find that a deeply disempowering sensation, and I think a lot of their specific political stances are actually *downstream* of this.
November 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
These people are viscerally terrified of the possibility that someone else might be able to make them feel bad about something because they find that a deeply disempowering sensation, and I think a lot of their specific political stances are actually *downstream* of this.
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Wow if Zohran can do that, maybe I, a fellow Millennial, can also run for office (immediately has emotional breakdown attempting to organize a potluck)
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Wow if Zohran can do that, maybe I, a fellow Millennial, can also run for office (immediately has emotional breakdown attempting to organize a potluck)
Looks like we had a richly-earned school committee bloodbath. Best of luck to the new members, they're gonna need it.
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Looks like we had a richly-earned school committee bloodbath. Best of luck to the new members, they're gonna need it.
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This is my thread of #cambma Election Night live tracking results.
Google Sheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
So far no results, but the polls only just closed (8pm, or later if people are still in line), & mail-in ballots haven't all have been yet run through the machines at polling places.
Google Sheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
So far no results, but the polls only just closed (8pm, or later if people are still in line), & mail-in ballots haven't all have been yet run through the machines at polling places.
Cambridge 2025 Municipal Election realtime tally
docs.google.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This is my thread of #cambma Election Night live tracking results.
Google Sheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
So far no results, but the polls only just closed (8pm, or later if people are still in line), & mail-in ballots haven't all have been yet run through the machines at polling places.
Google Sheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
So far no results, but the polls only just closed (8pm, or later if people are still in line), & mail-in ballots haven't all have been yet run through the machines at polling places.
Damn, if Cheney wasn't already dead I would have to report a murder.
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Damn, if Cheney wasn't already dead I would have to report a murder.
"It is more important that my house get good sunlight than that 70+ families get to have a home" is an amazing take.
November 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"It is more important that my house get good sunlight than that 70+ families get to have a home" is an amazing take.
I spent about 5 minutes watching this intersection this morning, and I cannot blame whoever made this sign one bit, holy shit.
November 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I spent about 5 minutes watching this intersection this morning, and I cannot blame whoever made this sign one bit, holy shit.
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People are so fascinatingly stupid about Mt. Washington.
“Oh, it’s not that tall,” they say, little knowing it is haunted by Weather Demons
“Oh, it’s not that tall,” they say, little knowing it is haunted by Weather Demons
I’m sorry but what were over 20 people thinking:
Nearly Two Dozen Hikers Were Left Stranded by Snow atop New England’s Highest Peak
Officials said the hikers were “ill-prepared” for winter weather. New Hampshire is one of the few to levy fines on rescued hikers deemed to have entered the wilderness unprepared. Could they pay?
www.outsideonline.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
People are so fascinatingly stupid about Mt. Washington.
“Oh, it’s not that tall,” they say, little knowing it is haunted by Weather Demons
“Oh, it’s not that tall,” they say, little knowing it is haunted by Weather Demons
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the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
October 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
the democratic party’s basic problem is it has almost no control over how its message reaches the ears of voters, especially outside of presidential election years. but rather than devote serious time, attention and cash to that problem its consultants and pundits want to fight factional battles
An excerpt from the holy book of every toddler.
October 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
An excerpt from the holy book of every toddler.
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Brb just writing a screenplay about a struggling inflatable costume factory in a wholesome but dying American small town that unexpectedly helps save democracy, and democracy saves it right back.
October 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Brb just writing a screenplay about a struggling inflatable costume factory in a wholesome but dying American small town that unexpectedly helps save democracy, and democracy saves it right back.
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I haven't had the capacity to keep up with moderation lists for a bit, but this one is really obvious, so I'm stealing some energy from Future Me: a list for the extremely obvious wave of inauthentic accounts following today's newly-created US gov accounts
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I haven't had the capacity to keep up with moderation lists for a bit, but this one is really obvious, so I'm stealing some energy from Future Me: a list for the extremely obvious wave of inauthentic accounts following today's newly-created US gov accounts
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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City says Linear Park closing 10/27 til question-mark.
October 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
City says Linear Park closing 10/27 til question-mark.
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block this shit
✅ @homelandgov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
October 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
block this shit
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there's a direct line between 'there is an overdiagnosis of gender dysphoria so we must restrict healthcare' to 'there is an overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence so we must restrict healthcare' and i refuse to take any pundit seriously who doesn't acknowledge it.
October 8, 2025 at 10:20 AM
there's a direct line between 'there is an overdiagnosis of gender dysphoria so we must restrict healthcare' to 'there is an overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence so we must restrict healthcare' and i refuse to take any pundit seriously who doesn't acknowledge it.
If some asshole drove past a crossing guard and hit my child with their car, and my child's school used this kind of language about it, I would probably never stop shrieking with rage.
October 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
If some asshole drove past a crossing guard and hit my child with their car, and my child's school used this kind of language about it, I would probably never stop shrieking with rage.
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"I just yelled out to them, ‘Hey, I appreciate what you’re doing,’ because most of Chicago does want this,”"
...Yeah?
"said Goone, a suburbanite who works in casino marketing."
And there it is, of course.
...Yeah?
"said Goone, a suburbanite who works in casino marketing."
And there it is, of course.
Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are arrested based on ‘how they look’ chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are arrested based on ‘how they look’
Immigration agents wearing tactical gear and carrying long guns made arrests in downtown Chicago and the River North neighborhood Sunday. “This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidatio...
chicago.suntimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"I just yelled out to them, ‘Hey, I appreciate what you’re doing,’ because most of Chicago does want this,”"
...Yeah?
"said Goone, a suburbanite who works in casino marketing."
And there it is, of course.
...Yeah?
"said Goone, a suburbanite who works in casino marketing."
And there it is, of course.