Erika with a K
@imaginaryerika.bsky.social
Corny as Kansas in August. Flibbertigibbet. Manic pixie dream crone. Crafty. Old at heart. Trying to get by in the PNW with my dog Jazmine and my cat roommates Julip & ZsaZsa.
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The Trump administration has formally denied Minnesota law enforcement access to information and evidence from the FBI investigation into the shooting death of Alex Pretti by federal agents on Jan. 24 in Minneapolis.
Trump administration formally denies Minnesota investigators access to evidence in Alex Pretti shooting
Drew Evans, the superintendent of the Minnesota BCA, said the FBI has formally denied his agency access to evidence and information from the killing of Pretti at the hands of federal officers.
www.startribune.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:24 PM
The Trump administration has formally denied Minnesota law enforcement access to information and evidence from the FBI investigation into the shooting death of Alex Pretti by federal agents on Jan. 24 in Minneapolis.
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I am so impressed with these people who will move heaven and earth to elect an inexperienced trust fund child with a Nazi tattoo, fuck children to keep Newsom from office and then wonder aloud why we have zero respect for them.
Now that lobster Nazi is back in the discourse, here is my reminder that if you show up demanding people to not only forgive but politically support someone who hasn’t repaired the damage they’ve done, you’re communicating that you are not safe to be around.
February 16, 2026 at 12:41 AM
I am so impressed with these people who will move heaven and earth to elect an inexperienced trust fund child with a Nazi tattoo, fuck children to keep Newsom from office and then wonder aloud why we have zero respect for them.
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Tell you what I’m OVER: The patronizing framing of feature stories marveling at how moms are throwing down right now for their communities. Come on. They’re constantly doing this emotional labor, planning, and work. It is not a stretch to assume their *skills* can be put to use on a larger scale.
February 16, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Tell you what I’m OVER: The patronizing framing of feature stories marveling at how moms are throwing down right now for their communities. Come on. They’re constantly doing this emotional labor, planning, and work. It is not a stretch to assume their *skills* can be put to use on a larger scale.
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imagine being a beautiful cow and ending up as a boxy, three-button USA flag sport coat with a collar gap and the bottom-most button fastened
February 16, 2026 at 4:02 AM
imagine being a beautiful cow and ending up as a boxy, three-button USA flag sport coat with a collar gap and the bottom-most button fastened
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i think you can judge how free - or not - our political media is by the fact that elon musk literally did a sieg heil (twice) at a rally and it’s still seen as uncouth and overly partisan (in legacy media) to describe his politics as straightforwardly white supremacist.
February 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
i think you can judge how free - or not - our political media is by the fact that elon musk literally did a sieg heil (twice) at a rally and it’s still seen as uncouth and overly partisan (in legacy media) to describe his politics as straightforwardly white supremacist.
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And of course Black women not cops who solved this
February 16, 2026 at 1:32 AM
And of course Black women not cops who solved this
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I would proffer that part of the distinction is not techies versus non-techies, but staff that do much more hands-on work versus management.
VPs and directors think that it works, junior engineers and code maintainers want to have a word.
VPs and directors think that it works, junior engineers and code maintainers want to have a word.
...and the other being "AI is absolute dogshit for programming but it lets you churn out little toy programs easily and that's why non-techies think it's so powerful"
February 16, 2026 at 1:14 AM
I would proffer that part of the distinction is not techies versus non-techies, but staff that do much more hands-on work versus management.
VPs and directors think that it works, junior engineers and code maintainers want to have a word.
VPs and directors think that it works, junior engineers and code maintainers want to have a word.
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I am Graham Platner's age. I too was in the post 9/11 military. I also grew up in a small town in the Northeast US. I am also a college dropout with PTSD. And I am telling you: anyone from my demographic who had a Nazi tattoo for 15 years is either a Nazi or too dumb to be an effective US senator.
February 15, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I am Graham Platner's age. I too was in the post 9/11 military. I also grew up in a small town in the Northeast US. I am also a college dropout with PTSD. And I am telling you: anyone from my demographic who had a Nazi tattoo for 15 years is either a Nazi or too dumb to be an effective US senator.
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There aren't red flags that are much clearer than "had a large Nazi tattoo on his chest for 15 years"
February 15, 2026 at 8:02 PM
There aren't red flags that are much clearer than "had a large Nazi tattoo on his chest for 15 years"
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My main opinion on Graham Platner is if there was a 41 year old guy running in the Republican primary for the Maine Senate seat and it turned out that he had a Nazi tattoo for 15 years and then he claimed that he just didn't know it was a Nazi tattoo, none of you would ever stop screaming about it.
February 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM
My main opinion on Graham Platner is if there was a 41 year old guy running in the Republican primary for the Maine Senate seat and it turned out that he had a Nazi tattoo for 15 years and then he claimed that he just didn't know it was a Nazi tattoo, none of you would ever stop screaming about it.
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A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer
Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.
www.cbsnews.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
Not one dime for this cruelty.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
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“With its contempt for the humanities, Edge offered intellectually insecure reactionaries a pass. Without even opening a book, they could dismiss all of feminism, postcolonial theory & queer studies.They could devote their brains to race science & rape apologetics” www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
www.thenerve.news
February 15, 2026 at 9:51 PM
“With its contempt for the humanities, Edge offered intellectually insecure reactionaries a pass. Without even opening a book, they could dismiss all of feminism, postcolonial theory & queer studies.They could devote their brains to race science & rape apologetics” www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
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They lie about everything
The acting director of ICE told Congress, under oath, that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked raid plans, allowing gang members to escape.
After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
February 15, 2026 at 10:11 PM
They lie about everything
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"Volunteers are trained in what to do should ICE agents follow them on home deliveries or pull them over, including eating the slips of paper that contain the addresses of aid recipients."
jeeeezus
jeeeezus
February 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
"Volunteers are trained in what to do should ICE agents follow them on home deliveries or pull them over, including eating the slips of paper that contain the addresses of aid recipients."
jeeeezus
jeeeezus
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you guys are incredible
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/d...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/d...
Hungry Families, ICE and Secret Grocery Networks in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:09 PM
you guys are incredible
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/d...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/d...
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He broke their brains, and they're never getting over America's first Black President, and why they're so hellbent on there never being a second. 1/
www.rawstory.com/tim-burchett...
www.rawstory.com/tim-burchett...
'Obama was created': GOP lawmaker claims first Black president 'not organic' man
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) asserted that former President Barack Obama was "created" and not an "organic" person.During an interview with Burchett on Friday, MAGA influencer Benny Johnson suggested that...
www.rawstory.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:46 PM
He broke their brains, and they're never getting over America's first Black President, and why they're so hellbent on there never being a second. 1/
www.rawstory.com/tim-burchett...
www.rawstory.com/tim-burchett...
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Since Tattoo Boy is in the news again, a reminder that the Nazi tattoo wasn't just a "Jolly Roger" pirate flag or some obscure symbol as Platner breezily shrugged it off. It wasn't the icon used for toxic/poisonous chemicals. It wasn't the logo of Yale University's "Scull & Bones" society. 1/
This is just an absolutely ridiculous piece of text. This writer ignores known evidence while bending over backwards to excuse Nazi symbols and racism.
February 15, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Since Tattoo Boy is in the news again, a reminder that the Nazi tattoo wasn't just a "Jolly Roger" pirate flag or some obscure symbol as Platner breezily shrugged it off. It wasn't the icon used for toxic/poisonous chemicals. It wasn't the logo of Yale University's "Scull & Bones" society. 1/
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“Asked how the cuts have affected science, one Boston Children’s Hospital researcher said, “This is like asking, how do you think dropping an atomic bomb on New York City will affect the future of Broadway musicals?”
February 15, 2026 at 9:34 PM
“Asked how the cuts have affected science, one Boston Children’s Hospital researcher said, “This is like asking, how do you think dropping an atomic bomb on New York City will affect the future of Broadway musicals?”
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Being an adult is cool because you’re exhausted all the time but you also get the satisfaction of not really accomplishing anything
February 15, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Being an adult is cool because you’re exhausted all the time but you also get the satisfaction of not really accomplishing anything
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This is so egregious.
If this had occurred with Democrats, it would be receiving tv news coverage 24/7.
Every Democrat in Congress and the WH would be asked to answer for it.
But alas, Republicans, as usual, get a pass.😒
Hold Republicans responsible for the crap they do.
If this had occurred with Democrats, it would be receiving tv news coverage 24/7.
Every Democrat in Congress and the WH would be asked to answer for it.
But alas, Republicans, as usual, get a pass.😒
Hold Republicans responsible for the crap they do.
The acting director of ICE told Congress, under oath, that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked raid plans, allowing gang members to escape.
After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
February 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
This is so egregious.
If this had occurred with Democrats, it would be receiving tv news coverage 24/7.
Every Democrat in Congress and the WH would be asked to answer for it.
But alas, Republicans, as usual, get a pass.😒
Hold Republicans responsible for the crap they do.
If this had occurred with Democrats, it would be receiving tv news coverage 24/7.
Every Democrat in Congress and the WH would be asked to answer for it.
But alas, Republicans, as usual, get a pass.😒
Hold Republicans responsible for the crap they do.
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it has more in common, in fact, with with the antebellum slaveholder preoccupation with (its vision of) medieval europe, a romantic notion of Anglo supremacy that you can see articulated, in similar form, during the early days of american imperialism at the turn of the 20th century.
February 15, 2026 at 1:17 AM
it has more in common, in fact, with with the antebellum slaveholder preoccupation with (its vision of) medieval europe, a romantic notion of Anglo supremacy that you can see articulated, in similar form, during the early days of american imperialism at the turn of the 20th century.
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rubio’s invocation of “western civilization” — defined here as racial and religious chauvinism, if not outright supremacy — is a rejection of the more egalitarian and universalistic notions that came out of america’s two revolutions.
February 15, 2026 at 1:17 AM
rubio’s invocation of “western civilization” — defined here as racial and religious chauvinism, if not outright supremacy — is a rejection of the more egalitarian and universalistic notions that came out of america’s two revolutions.
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four score and seven years later, lincoln would defend the american experiment in similar terms, rooting the the war effort in a defense of freedom and equality — those were the things that made american civilization distinctive in his telling.
February 15, 2026 at 1:17 AM
four score and seven years later, lincoln would defend the american experiment in similar terms, rooting the the war effort in a defense of freedom and equality — those were the things that made american civilization distinctive in his telling.
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interesting to think that revolutionary era americans understood themselves as making a break with the “old world” and establishing a new civilization. and crucially, this new civilization rested on republican self-government, not “sovereignty.”
The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
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February 15, 2026 at 1:17 AM
interesting to think that revolutionary era americans understood themselves as making a break with the “old world” and establishing a new civilization. and crucially, this new civilization rested on republican self-government, not “sovereignty.”