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A guy doing as best he can in life. Definitely on the nerdy side.
I take a dim view on people who deny other people basic rights and dignity. He/him/his.
I take a dim view on people who deny other people basic rights and dignity. He/him/his.
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Republicans don't have the lobes for business.
January 17, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Republicans don't have the lobes for business.
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👇🏾👇🏾🚨🚨BLOCK. THEM. NOW.🚨🚨👇🏾👇🏾
✅ @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
January 17, 2026 at 12:33 AM
👇🏾👇🏾🚨🚨BLOCK. THEM. NOW.🚨🚨👇🏾👇🏾
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If America makes it through this, anyone who murmurs platitudes about "binding up the nation's wounds" must be drummed out of public life. They tried that after the first phase of the civil war, and it just led to where they are now. The cancer must be excised and destroyed. Nothing else will work.
Holy shit.
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Renee Good was alive when the bystander physician asked to check her pulse. She was alive when ICE refused to let him help. She was alive when they told him “I don’t care.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:23 PM
If America makes it through this, anyone who murmurs platitudes about "binding up the nation's wounds" must be drummed out of public life. They tried that after the first phase of the civil war, and it just led to where they are now. The cancer must be excised and destroyed. Nothing else will work.
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in case you didn't understand why transphobic rhetoric worried us so much about this guy, well it's because it's a signal that shit like this is coming next.
January 16, 2026 at 3:32 PM
in case you didn't understand why transphobic rhetoric worried us so much about this guy, well it's because it's a signal that shit like this is coming next.
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Democrats must refuse to vote for any funding bill that increases ICE’s budget and refuse to fund DHS until ICE’s abuses of power are stopped.
The government funding deadline is January 30th. Call your reps today: (202) 224-3121
https://indivisible.org/campaign/how-rein-ice-now
The government funding deadline is January 30th. Call your reps today: (202) 224-3121
https://indivisible.org/campaign/how-rein-ice-now
January 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Democrats must refuse to vote for any funding bill that increases ICE’s budget and refuse to fund DHS until ICE’s abuses of power are stopped.
The government funding deadline is January 30th. Call your reps today: (202) 224-3121
https://indivisible.org/campaign/how-rein-ice-now
The government funding deadline is January 30th. Call your reps today: (202) 224-3121
https://indivisible.org/campaign/how-rein-ice-now
So many problems would be loads easier to solve if we properly taxed the ultra-rich instead of letting them pull literally all the levers of power.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:19 PM
So many problems would be loads easier to solve if we properly taxed the ultra-rich instead of letting them pull literally all the levers of power.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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between this, the piss bottles, and the footage of ICE agents getting yelled at in a restaurant, i like this new thing where the fascists vocally inform everyone about what kind of opposition bothers them the most
Naaaaaaailed it
January 16, 2026 at 12:20 AM
between this, the piss bottles, and the footage of ICE agents getting yelled at in a restaurant, i like this new thing where the fascists vocally inform everyone about what kind of opposition bothers them the most
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Picard morality tip: The moment you consider yourself morally superior to someone due to your genetics is the moment you prove you are not.
January 15, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Picard morality tip: The moment you consider yourself morally superior to someone due to your genetics is the moment you prove you are not.
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Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
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SOMEBODY GOT YELLLLLLLED AAAAT.
It looks like SDCC updated their terms on the art show! shaming works!
(and thank you @senguie.bsky.social for posting this screenshot)
(and thank you @senguie.bsky.social for posting this screenshot)
January 14, 2026 at 10:01 PM
SOMEBODY GOT YELLLLLLLED AAAAT.
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To those with big platforms: Continue to speak out!
January 14, 2026 at 10:30 PM
To those with big platforms: Continue to speak out!
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As recently as 2015, this would have been the end of a presidency. In 2026, it's a Tuesday.
January 14, 2026 at 7:25 PM
As recently as 2015, this would have been the end of a presidency. In 2026, it's a Tuesday.
Been asking myself this often for the last 10 or so years...
January 14, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Been asking myself this often for the last 10 or so years...
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“But what do you expect Democrats to doo-hooo?”
1) Refuse to fund this criminal government anymore.
2) EVERY one of them call to abolish ICE (and bonus, DHS). No more “they need training” shit. Promise prosecutions.
3) EVERY one of them call for Trump’s impeachment, relentlessly, EVERY day.
1) Refuse to fund this criminal government anymore.
2) EVERY one of them call to abolish ICE (and bonus, DHS). No more “they need training” shit. Promise prosecutions.
3) EVERY one of them call for Trump’s impeachment, relentlessly, EVERY day.
January 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM
“But what do you expect Democrats to doo-hooo?”
1) Refuse to fund this criminal government anymore.
2) EVERY one of them call to abolish ICE (and bonus, DHS). No more “they need training” shit. Promise prosecutions.
3) EVERY one of them call for Trump’s impeachment, relentlessly, EVERY day.
1) Refuse to fund this criminal government anymore.
2) EVERY one of them call to abolish ICE (and bonus, DHS). No more “they need training” shit. Promise prosecutions.
3) EVERY one of them call for Trump’s impeachment, relentlessly, EVERY day.
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This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny
It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
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Honey, wake up, new Nigerian Prince variant just dropped
January 13, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Honey, wake up, new Nigerian Prince variant just dropped
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Fallout New Vegas, Majora's Mask, ER Nightreign, and so many games that are just mods of other games proves you can make something great out of things that are already made
we don't NEED bright new shiny things to make great art, it's okay
we don't NEED bright new shiny things to make great art, it's okay
January 13, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Fallout New Vegas, Majora's Mask, ER Nightreign, and so many games that are just mods of other games proves you can make something great out of things that are already made
we don't NEED bright new shiny things to make great art, it's okay
we don't NEED bright new shiny things to make great art, it's okay
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I personally believe if we want to try and dress up using AI gen to "speed up production" as if that is the real concern, we should instead be more okay with reusing already existing assets made by actual humans, rather than generating from a pool of stolen assets at a massive energy cost
January 13, 2026 at 12:40 AM
I personally believe if we want to try and dress up using AI gen to "speed up production" as if that is the real concern, we should instead be more okay with reusing already existing assets made by actual humans, rather than generating from a pool of stolen assets at a massive energy cost
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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We cannot allow this to become the new normal.
January 12, 2026 at 9:30 PM
We cannot allow this to become the new normal.
I'm no paragon of physical fitness/ability (I'm in my mid 30s working a desk job with nerdy hobbies), but even I could manage some sit-ups if it came to it.
January 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I'm no paragon of physical fitness/ability (I'm in my mid 30s working a desk job with nerdy hobbies), but even I could manage some sit-ups if it came to it.
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In 2019 I jokingly said I expected “2020 will be like a naked guy high on bath salts running down the highway”
I am happy Nicolae has finally relieved me of this burden.
I am happy Nicolae has finally relieved me of this burden.
at the end of 2025, i joked with some friends that if 2026 wasn't going to be an improvement, it should at least have the decency to start out terribly, rather than getting our hopes up
today, i would like to apologize for my apparent unintended misuse of the lathe of heaven
today, i would like to apologize for my apparent unintended misuse of the lathe of heaven
look, it’s not like I expected this year to be *better* than 2025. but I didn’t expect it would get this bad this fast and that’s on me
January 12, 2026 at 2:17 PM
In 2019 I jokingly said I expected “2020 will be like a naked guy high on bath salts running down the highway”
I am happy Nicolae has finally relieved me of this burden.
I am happy Nicolae has finally relieved me of this burden.
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