E. Allyn Bloom 🇺🇳🇺🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦
@ericallyn.bsky.social
I make jokes about metahumor.
He/him. Grey-haired white cis-male-adjacent. Devout agnostic.
Black lives matter. LGBT+ lives matter. Immigrant lives matter.
Facts matter. Science matters.
Aka Eric Bloomquist.
He/him. Grey-haired white cis-male-adjacent. Devout agnostic.
Black lives matter. LGBT+ lives matter. Immigrant lives matter.
Facts matter. Science matters.
Aka Eric Bloomquist.
Pinned
Local civic participation is really goddamn messy and often tedious.
It's also totally awesome AF.
If you have the energy and opportunity, I *HIGHLY* recommend it.
It's also totally awesome AF.
If you have the energy and opportunity, I *HIGHLY* recommend it.
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Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
February 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
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beyond being an absolutely miserable illness, measles can cause immune amnesia. It wipes out your immune systems memory of how to fight every infection, every vaccine you've ever had.
beyond being an absolutely miserable illness, measles can cause immune amnesia. It wipes out your immune systems memory of how to fight every infection, every vaccine you've ever had.
A measles outbreak is growing in a rural area of West Texas where vaccination rates are well below the recommended level.
Measles outbreak expands in West Texas around county with low vaccination rate | CNN
A measles outbreak is growing in a rural area of West Texas where vaccination rates are well below the recommended level.
www.cnn.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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beyond being an absolutely miserable illness, measles can cause immune amnesia. It wipes out your immune systems memory of how to fight every infection, every vaccine you've ever had.
beyond being an absolutely miserable illness, measles can cause immune amnesia. It wipes out your immune systems memory of how to fight every infection, every vaccine you've ever had.
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When they say Me Too "went too far," they mean "got too close."
January 31, 2026 at 4:25 PM
When they say Me Too "went too far," they mean "got too close."
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DHS got $190 BILLION from Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill — $75 billion for ICE alone.
Paid for by cutting health care funding for millions of Americans and forcing rural hospital closures.
Congress can — and must — claw that money back.
Paid for by cutting health care funding for millions of Americans and forcing rural hospital closures.
Congress can — and must — claw that money back.
January 31, 2026 at 2:13 PM
DHS got $190 BILLION from Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill — $75 billion for ICE alone.
Paid for by cutting health care funding for millions of Americans and forcing rural hospital closures.
Congress can — and must — claw that money back.
Paid for by cutting health care funding for millions of Americans and forcing rural hospital closures.
Congress can — and must — claw that money back.
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the speed at which these guys have broken everything has given a lot of folks who should know better the impression that they are an unstoppable force and the only option is to negotiate the terms of surrender
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
Whatever the immediate fallout of the scandal, what is going to stick around is the impression it gives, of hapless idiots doing ridiculous things. And I think that seriously reduces the appeal of capitulating to these jokers.
March 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
the speed at which these guys have broken everything has given a lot of folks who should know better the impression that they are an unstoppable force and the only option is to negotiate the terms of surrender
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
This is just socialist propaganda from that radical leftist rag called ... [checks masthead] ... The Wall Street Journal?
Oh. Uh.
Nothing to see here folks really.
Oh. Uh.
Nothing to see here folks really.
"Not only don't people work less when they are guaranteed an income, they might actually put in more effort at work. And the fact that they have more money to spend leads to the creation of more jobs."
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
January 30, 2026 at 1:14 PM
This is just socialist propaganda from that radical leftist rag called ... [checks masthead] ... The Wall Street Journal?
Oh. Uh.
Nothing to see here folks really.
Oh. Uh.
Nothing to see here folks really.
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Nationwide protests, walkouts planned over fatal ICE shootings in Minneapolis reut.rs/4k5C2kw
Nationwide protests, walkouts planned over fatal ICE shootings in Minneapolis
The call for a general strike follows last Friday's protests when thousands marched through Minneapolis in the bitter cold, urging an end to President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in their city.
reut.rs
January 30, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Nationwide protests, walkouts planned over fatal ICE shootings in Minneapolis reut.rs/4k5C2kw
Today's obscure irritation:
"They have a fictional version of reality."
(/fantasy/imaginary/etc)
No. If it's fictional, it's not a "version of reality". It's not even sorta kinda real.
They may "see things differently", but if they see things that aren't even there, don't give it any credit.
"They have a fictional version of reality."
(/fantasy/imaginary/etc)
No. If it's fictional, it's not a "version of reality". It's not even sorta kinda real.
They may "see things differently", but if they see things that aren't even there, don't give it any credit.
January 29, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Today's obscure irritation:
"They have a fictional version of reality."
(/fantasy/imaginary/etc)
No. If it's fictional, it's not a "version of reality". It's not even sorta kinda real.
They may "see things differently", but if they see things that aren't even there, don't give it any credit.
"They have a fictional version of reality."
(/fantasy/imaginary/etc)
No. If it's fictional, it's not a "version of reality". It's not even sorta kinda real.
They may "see things differently", but if they see things that aren't even there, don't give it any credit.
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Oops, wrote a thing. Didn't mean to. "One habit I see all too often is the assumption that the future will be an extension of some obvious force in the present: that force will continue to enlarge in power and impact or just stay steady."
"Past Performance Is Not Indicative of Future Results": On Immigration and Assumptions
This morning the Wall Street Journal ran an editorial warning about the consequences of the persecution and deportation of immigrants and its impact on the overall labor force: "The Census Bureau repo...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Oops, wrote a thing. Didn't mean to. "One habit I see all too often is the assumption that the future will be an extension of some obvious force in the present: that force will continue to enlarge in power and impact or just stay steady."
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BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Putting "conditions" on ICE isn't nearly enough.
As long as they have *any* funding, the chaos and violence will continue.
We need to shut them down, investigate, and prosecute.
As long as they have *any* funding, the chaos and violence will continue.
We need to shut them down, investigate, and prosecute.
Border Patrol and ICE agents are terrorizing communities, snatching five-year-old kids, and shooting people in broad daylight.
It must stop now.
Congress needs to put serious conditions on any money for ICE. We must stop bankrolling this chaos and violence.
It must stop now.
Congress needs to put serious conditions on any money for ICE. We must stop bankrolling this chaos and violence.
January 28, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Putting "conditions" on ICE isn't nearly enough.
As long as they have *any* funding, the chaos and violence will continue.
We need to shut them down, investigate, and prosecute.
As long as they have *any* funding, the chaos and violence will continue.
We need to shut them down, investigate, and prosecute.
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The aggregation of 22 separate federal agencies, most of which had nothing to do with each other, into DHS was the second most corrosive post-9/11 action taken (after the passing of the PATRIOT Act) and I will die on that hill
Amid growing calls for the abolition of ICE, Rep. Delia Ramirez is calling for the entire DHS to be dismantled. Highlighting how much experience the officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti had, Ramirez said, “DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”
House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too
“The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights,” said Rep. Delia C. Ramirez.
truthout.org
January 28, 2026 at 5:21 AM
The aggregation of 22 separate federal agencies, most of which had nothing to do with each other, into DHS was the second most corrosive post-9/11 action taken (after the passing of the PATRIOT Act) and I will die on that hill
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If I see you use this word, I'll block you. If you use it "satirically" I'll block you. Using it at all today is a really fine test of character.
I've had some of my books edited because I used it twenty years ago and I'm ashamed today of having used it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
I've had some of my books edited because I used it twenty years ago and I'm ashamed today of having used it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
The ‘R-Word’ Returns, Dismaying Those Who Fought to Oust It
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:12 PM
If I see you use this word, I'll block you. If you use it "satirically" I'll block you. Using it at all today is a really fine test of character.
I've had some of my books edited because I used it twenty years ago and I'm ashamed today of having used it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
I've had some of my books edited because I used it twenty years ago and I'm ashamed today of having used it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
This is EPIC.
January 27, 2026 at 2:59 PM
This is EPIC.
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As seen on r/nursing
Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
January 26, 2026 at 10:01 PM
As seen on r/nursing
Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
Alex Pretti's coworkers taking a moment of silence to honor him
In her last years with us, my mother had dementia. It may or may not have been Alzheimers related. The doctors didn't know, and at that point there wasn't much they could do about it anyway.
If you love or have loved someone with dementia, you know how that is. If you haven't ... you don't.
If you love or have loved someone with dementia, you know how that is. If you haven't ... you don't.
I hate that I laughed at this.
January 26, 2026 at 3:48 PM
In her last years with us, my mother had dementia. It may or may not have been Alzheimers related. The doctors didn't know, and at that point there wasn't much they could do about it anyway.
If you love or have loved someone with dementia, you know how that is. If you haven't ... you don't.
If you love or have loved someone with dementia, you know how that is. If you haven't ... you don't.
One of the strange things about being a (relative) senior in these times is hearing people talk about things that Trump, the GOP, and the Right in general are doing and saying as if they're NEW things.
But there's very little that's happening that is actually new.
1/x
But there's very little that's happening that is actually new.
1/x
January 26, 2026 at 3:13 PM
One of the strange things about being a (relative) senior in these times is hearing people talk about things that Trump, the GOP, and the Right in general are doing and saying as if they're NEW things.
But there's very little that's happening that is actually new.
1/x
But there's very little that's happening that is actually new.
1/x
Speaking as someone who identifies as a devout agnostic but was raised as a Bible Baptist, I know that what gets taught often differs from even the basic teachings of Christ. But what these people are preaching is disgusting.
They self-identify as Christians, but they're not following Christ.
They self-identify as Christians, but they're not following Christ.
Last week, MAGA was claiming they're the *real* victims because some protesters called out a church who has an ICE agent pastor.
They're both babies and liars. But I also dug into the church.
It's the church that declared empathy is a "sin." Analysis.
www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...
They're both babies and liars. But I also dug into the church.
It's the church that declared empathy is a "sin." Analysis.
www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...
Pro-ICE churches should be shamed
Cities Church in St. Paul are the persecutors, not the persecuted
www.salon.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Speaking as someone who identifies as a devout agnostic but was raised as a Bible Baptist, I know that what gets taught often differs from even the basic teachings of Christ. But what these people are preaching is disgusting.
They self-identify as Christians, but they're not following Christ.
They self-identify as Christians, but they're not following Christ.
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Mainstream media pundit:
Someone who gets paid to be wrong in the right way and at the right time.
Someone who gets paid to be wrong in the right way and at the right time.
that's right it's just the people who want to continue to be paid for their thoughts despite being so wrong
January 26, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Mainstream media pundit:
Someone who gets paid to be wrong in the right way and at the right time.
Someone who gets paid to be wrong in the right way and at the right time.
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Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
"The thing they cannot imagine is us."
I personally have a hard time imagining us - the big us, the inclusive us - but all I have to do is look around with open heart and I can't help but believe it. I don't need imagination, all I need is honest awareness.
I personally have a hard time imagining us - the big us, the inclusive us - but all I have to do is look around with open heart and I can't help but believe it. I don't need imagination, all I need is honest awareness.
For many in the Trump regime it seems incomprehensible or a scam of sorts that those not categorically under attack by ICE are so committed to solidarity with their neighbors who are, and thereby to universal human rights, to standing up on principle, and will risk their lives to do so.....
This Cold Winter, Love Is a Superpower
There are great days and terrible days in history, days a nation or world changed, that you remember forever. For me that's the fall of the Berlin Wall, the rise of the Zapatistas, 9/11, Hurricane Kat...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:40 PM
"The thing they cannot imagine is us."
I personally have a hard time imagining us - the big us, the inclusive us - but all I have to do is look around with open heart and I can't help but believe it. I don't need imagination, all I need is honest awareness.
I personally have a hard time imagining us - the big us, the inclusive us - but all I have to do is look around with open heart and I can't help but believe it. I don't need imagination, all I need is honest awareness.
To be bend-over-backwards fair, I will give the NRA a little tentative credit for this.
But of course they're still VERY deep into negative credits.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
But of course they're still VERY deep into negative credits.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
January 25, 2026 at 6:20 PM
To be bend-over-backwards fair, I will give the NRA a little tentative credit for this.
But of course they're still VERY deep into negative credits.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
But of course they're still VERY deep into negative credits.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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