sandra fish
@fishnette.bsky.social
independent data journo, kinda retired; past prez
@womenjournos; [email protected]; RTs = Hey, look over there! she/her
@womenjournos; [email protected]; RTs = Hey, look over there! she/her
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sandra fish
@fishnette.bsky.social
· Nov 15
just gonna spend my time watching live sports, listening to The Linda Lindas and crafting for the foreseeable future.
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Oglala Lakota president Frank Star Comes Out said when the tribe requested more information, leaders were told the tribe would need to enter into an immigration agreement with ICE and the Department of Homeland Security.
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Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
ictnews.org
January 15, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Oglala Lakota president Frank Star Comes Out said when the tribe requested more information, leaders were told the tribe would need to enter into an immigration agreement with ICE and the Department of Homeland Security.
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
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On the $3/meal thing: I went through a weird period where I tried to be really frugal and would try to limit my grocery budget to $50/week. I am single and educated. It was really hard and ultimately something I gave up, because it made me miserable.
January 15, 2026 at 12:07 AM
On the $3/meal thing: I went through a weird period where I tried to be really frugal and would try to limit my grocery budget to $50/week. I am single and educated. It was really hard and ultimately something I gave up, because it made me miserable.
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The FBI invaded @washingtonpost.com reporter's home, taking her devices & more, supposedly related to investigation of a gov't worker. Maybe? But: this reporter was THE go-to covering what is happening inside the White House & fed govt, making this a likely shakedown to chill her & other reporters.
January 14, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The FBI invaded @washingtonpost.com reporter's home, taking her devices & more, supposedly related to investigation of a gov't worker. Maybe? But: this reporter was THE go-to covering what is happening inside the White House & fed govt, making this a likely shakedown to chill her & other reporters.
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#Breaking: Last week, Austin police called ICE on a mother and her five-year-old kid.
Now, @mosebuchele.bsky.social reports APD will update its policies to explicitly state that local police can cooperate with ICE. www.kut.org/crime-justic... #txlege #ICE
Now, @mosebuchele.bsky.social reports APD will update its policies to explicitly state that local police can cooperate with ICE. www.kut.org/crime-justic... #txlege #ICE
Austin police will change policy on ICE cooperation after detention of mother, daughter
Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis says new policy will reflect the fact that officers have greater leeway over when to report people to ICE when they are suspected of civil immigration violations.
www.kut.org
January 14, 2026 at 8:30 PM
#Breaking: Last week, Austin police called ICE on a mother and her five-year-old kid.
Now, @mosebuchele.bsky.social reports APD will update its policies to explicitly state that local police can cooperate with ICE. www.kut.org/crime-justic... #txlege #ICE
Now, @mosebuchele.bsky.social reports APD will update its policies to explicitly state that local police can cooperate with ICE. www.kut.org/crime-justic... #txlege #ICE
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For the folks who were texting me to ask what was going on at county yesterday…
Man suing county over Project Jupiter arrested after coming to meeting in disguise
Local activist Derrick Pacheco was removed in handcuffs after appearing in sunglasses and fake mustache, defying a trespass notice from Doña Ana County.
www.abqjournal.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:52 PM
For the folks who were texting me to ask what was going on at county yesterday…
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Forever haunted by Mercator Man
this diagram puts map projections on a human head, the Mercator guy is pretty easy to spot
March 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Forever haunted by Mercator Man
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Legislature mulls ballot measure that would ask voters to raise TABOR cap by billions primarily to fund Colorado’s schools coloradosun.com/2026/01/14/c... #copolitics #coleg
Legislature mulls ballot measure that would ask voters to raise TABOR cap by billions primarily to fund Colorado's schools
The measure is backed by the Colorado Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union, and other education organizations. It would boost funding for K-12 education and help the state address...
coloradosun.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Legislature mulls ballot measure that would ask voters to raise TABOR cap by billions primarily to fund Colorado’s schools coloradosun.com/2026/01/14/c... #copolitics #coleg
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Denver area Rep DeGette supporting push to impeach DHS Sec Noem. #copolitics
Secretary Noem must be impeached.
She has obstructed Congressional oversight, directly violated a court order, violated public trust, and engaged in corruption to enrich herself and close associates. She must be held accountable.
She has obstructed Congressional oversight, directly violated a court order, violated public trust, and engaged in corruption to enrich herself and close associates. She must be held accountable.
January 13, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Denver area Rep DeGette supporting push to impeach DHS Sec Noem. #copolitics
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I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness.
You could be next.
You could be next.
January 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness.
You could be next.
You could be next.
SOS Jena Griswold and county clerks send letter to Gov. Polis asking him not to pardon Tina Peters or commuter her sentence as a state appellate court hears her case today. #copolitics
www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/newsRoo...
www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/newsRoo...
News Release - Colorado Secretary of State
www.coloradosos.gov
January 14, 2026 at 4:42 PM
SOS Jena Griswold and county clerks send letter to Gov. Polis asking him not to pardon Tina Peters or commuter her sentence as a state appellate court hears her case today. #copolitics
www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/newsRoo...
www.coloradosos.gov/pubs/newsRoo...
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The big bills to watch as Colorado’s 2026 legislative session begins coloradosun.com/2026/01/14/b... #copolitics #coleg
The big bills to watch as Colorado’s 2026 legislative session begins
Colorado lawmakers open their lawmaking term trying to tackle big issues — like housing, the environment and public safety — under a strained budget
coloradosun.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:48 PM
The big bills to watch as Colorado’s 2026 legislative session begins coloradosun.com/2026/01/14/b... #copolitics #coleg
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LinkedIn has heard this for a bit, but Bluesky should, too: my books are open for freelance and contract work for spring & summer.
But more critically, I'm looking for a place to land to do more research + investigative, data and enterprise reporting full-time! 🔎
gist.github.com/cam-rodrigue...
But more critically, I'm looking for a place to land to do more research + investigative, data and enterprise reporting full-time! 🔎
gist.github.com/cam-rodrigue...
Cam Rodriguez is looking for a new reporting job!
Cam Rodriguez is looking for a new reporting job! GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
gist.github.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:27 AM
LinkedIn has heard this for a bit, but Bluesky should, too: my books are open for freelance and contract work for spring & summer.
But more critically, I'm looking for a place to land to do more research + investigative, data and enterprise reporting full-time! 🔎
gist.github.com/cam-rodrigue...
But more critically, I'm looking for a place to land to do more research + investigative, data and enterprise reporting full-time! 🔎
gist.github.com/cam-rodrigue...
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My whole life, fascism was defined as being stopped by armed, masked agents of the national government who demand your papers, on pain of arrest, injury, or death.
That’s now here, and the group of people who warned about that the most are either silent or in favor of it,
That’s now here, and the group of people who warned about that the most are either silent or in favor of it,
January 14, 2026 at 1:19 PM
My whole life, fascism was defined as being stopped by armed, masked agents of the national government who demand your papers, on pain of arrest, injury, or death.
That’s now here, and the group of people who warned about that the most are either silent or in favor of it,
That’s now here, and the group of people who warned about that the most are either silent or in favor of it,
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This is the Sad outcome of Cowardly White *leaders* in US biz + politics refusing to Correct the pernicious, long-tail effect of White Supremacist policies + frameworks impacting this nation since its founding. Mentally-ill Stephen Miller is now driving US “domestic policy.” bsky.app/profile/maxi...
This is my friend Will. He is an army veteran and Purple Heart recipient. He was abducted by ICE during this same assault on his neighborhood.
January 14, 2026 at 4:13 AM
This is the Sad outcome of Cowardly White *leaders* in US biz + politics refusing to Correct the pernicious, long-tail effect of White Supremacist policies + frameworks impacting this nation since its founding. Mentally-ill Stephen Miller is now driving US “domestic policy.” bsky.app/profile/maxi...
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Broken Windows was always breaking windows too, because the authors misinterpreted the study they base it on.
There was a psych study on what happened to a car abandoned. In one of the cases, the answer was nothing. So the prof had grad students break the windows on campus, and students joined in.
There was a psych study on what happened to a car abandoned. In one of the cases, the answer was nothing. So the prof had grad students break the windows on campus, and students joined in.
We've gone from broken windows policing to breaking windows policing.
January 14, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Broken Windows was always breaking windows too, because the authors misinterpreted the study they base it on.
There was a psych study on what happened to a car abandoned. In one of the cases, the answer was nothing. So the prof had grad students break the windows on campus, and students joined in.
There was a psych study on what happened to a car abandoned. In one of the cases, the answer was nothing. So the prof had grad students break the windows on campus, and students joined in.
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You can read all the details of the original study here and how W and K get it so wrong.
Perspective | How a 50-year-old study was misconstrued to create destructive broken-windows policing
The harmful policy was built on a shaky foundation.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:20 AM
You can read all the details of the original study here and how W and K get it so wrong.
now more than ever.
Dead Kennedys - Nazi Punks Fuck Off (In Studio)
YouTube video by DeadKennedysVEVO
youtu.be
January 14, 2026 at 4:04 AM
now more than ever.
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There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
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The Klan that resurfaced had no direct connection to the 1860s version. The '20s Klan was sort of cosplaying Birth of a Nation and running a pyramid scheme on top. Much more anti-immigrant than the post-Civil War Klan, they were responsible for creating the US Border Patrol, currently in our streets
they did, in fact, take decisive action. in the midst of these hearings congress passed the third enforcement act, called the Ku Klux Klan Act. the grant administration used that authority to virtually eliminate the klan, which did not resurface for another 50 years.
Luckily they took decisive action and the Klan was never a problem after that.
January 14, 2026 at 3:26 AM
The Klan that resurfaced had no direct connection to the 1860s version. The '20s Klan was sort of cosplaying Birth of a Nation and running a pyramid scheme on top. Much more anti-immigrant than the post-Civil War Klan, they were responsible for creating the US Border Patrol, currently in our streets
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We lived in StPaulMN’s #HighlandPark neighborhood from 2003-05. I met /fellowshipped w many people of different ethnicities who were natives, or who had recently immigrated to the #TwinCities:
All were delightful, kind, and dedicated to the Public Trust.
The FedGov is now Betraying its Heartland
All were delightful, kind, and dedicated to the Public Trust.
The FedGov is now Betraying its Heartland
January 14, 2026 at 3:12 AM
We lived in StPaulMN’s #HighlandPark neighborhood from 2003-05. I met /fellowshipped w many people of different ethnicities who were natives, or who had recently immigrated to the #TwinCities:
All were delightful, kind, and dedicated to the Public Trust.
The FedGov is now Betraying its Heartland
All were delightful, kind, and dedicated to the Public Trust.
The FedGov is now Betraying its Heartland
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over the course of 1871, congress held seven months of hearings on ku klux klan and other white vigilante violence in the south, they took detailed testimony from hundreds of black men and women attesting to klan terror. (1/?)
January 14, 2026 at 2:06 AM
over the course of 1871, congress held seven months of hearings on ku klux klan and other white vigilante violence in the south, they took detailed testimony from hundreds of black men and women attesting to klan terror. (1/?)
And here’s a tale a Minneapolis friend shared with me the other day of people standing up. It’s a First Amendment right.
Minneapolis duo details their ICE detention, including pressure to rat on protest organizers
Two Minneapolis friends who have been monitoring immigration officers’ actions during the Trump administration’s latest crackdown say they were detained without charge for several hours in distressing...
apnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:31 AM
And here’s a tale a Minneapolis friend shared with me the other day of people standing up. It’s a First Amendment right.
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Anyway this is absolutely true and you can read all about it on the Pepperdine water polo website, because of course that is where you can read about Will Cain selling party supplies for 15 year old Hispanic girls. pepperdinewaves.com/news/2010/11...
Water Polo Where Are They Now? Will Cain - Pepperdine University Athletics
Nov. 9, 2010
MALIBU, Calif. – If you’re a cable news junkie, you should already know Will Cain’s whereabouts. There he is Tuesday
pepperdinewaves.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Anyway this is absolutely true and you can read all about it on the Pepperdine water polo website, because of course that is where you can read about Will Cain selling party supplies for 15 year old Hispanic girls. pepperdinewaves.com/news/2010/11...
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My favorite fact about Will Cain is that he once ran a Hispanic media outlet called "Quince Media" that covered quinceañeras
Fox News' Will Cain: “There's a weird kind of smugness... in the way that some of these liberal white women interact with authority”
January 14, 2026 at 2:18 AM
My favorite fact about Will Cain is that he once ran a Hispanic media outlet called "Quince Media" that covered quinceañeras
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This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.