Eljay/knitmeapony
@knitmeapony.com
Maker, builder, artist, gamer, and all around raconteur.
Alt text for profile pic: me, a fat white person with short silver hair and big turquoise framed glasses.
Alt text for profile pic: me, a fat white person with short silver hair and big turquoise framed glasses.
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Eljay/knitmeapony
@knitmeapony.com
· Jan 21
A pinned thread of creativity and joy so I have a place to go back to if I start doom scrolling.
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> how does one memorialize chattel slavery and its afterlives, which are unfolding still? How do we memorialize an event that is still ongoing? Might we instead understand the absence of a National Slavery Museum in the United States as recognition of the ongoingness of the conditions of capture?
January 24, 2026 at 1:04 AM
> how does one memorialize chattel slavery and its afterlives, which are unfolding still? How do we memorialize an event that is still ongoing? Might we instead understand the absence of a National Slavery Museum in the United States as recognition of the ongoingness of the conditions of capture?
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an additional selling factor of this shirt is that Raygun makes The Onion’s tees, which means they’re super soft AND screenprinted by union labor!
www.raygunsite.com/pages/usa-made
www.raygunsite.com/pages/usa-made
January 24, 2026 at 12:28 AM
an additional selling factor of this shirt is that Raygun makes The Onion’s tees, which means they’re super soft AND screenprinted by union labor!
www.raygunsite.com/pages/usa-made
www.raygunsite.com/pages/usa-made
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brb crying forever at the thought of having a mom who loved me like this
practiceresurrection.tumblr.com/post/1067655...
practiceresurrection.tumblr.com/post/1067655...
January 23, 2026 at 11:25 PM
brb crying forever at the thought of having a mom who loved me like this
practiceresurrection.tumblr.com/post/1067655...
practiceresurrection.tumblr.com/post/1067655...
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I would like to gently request that AI pharmacy bots stop trying to kill my mother
Recently, I got a notice from my new pharmacy provider that they wouldn’t cover my thyroid medication and bizarrely suggested insulin instead! I need my thyroid medication. Then a couple of days ago, they called and told me to disregard the letter they had sent. AI is such a time and labor saver!
January 23, 2026 at 11:35 PM
I would like to gently request that AI pharmacy bots stop trying to kill my mother
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I’m crying I love people so much
"Oh my gosh, it was so nice to see you! Have a lovely day, fuck ICE!"
"Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!'
- two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest
"Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!'
- two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest
January 23, 2026 at 11:40 PM
I’m crying I love people so much
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I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
8 weeks under siege in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Frank has a hard time explaining to his 8-year-old daughter why they rarely leave their home in the Twin Cities. Why she can’t go to school, and why he can’t work. “The only thing we tell her is that ...
minnesotareformer.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
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The BDS movement is something I think we could learn from and utilize. Which car rental companies are working with ICE? Which landlords? Who's supplying and doing all the little logistical things that we CAN interrupt and put pressure on?
a free idea for investigative reporters would be to try to get to the bottom of how much DHS is spending on rental vehicles and rental vehicle replacement, because it's got to be a substantial amount.
NOW: At 32nd and 15th in South Minneapolis. federal agents smash up their car, leaving the car there while hopping in another vehicle, per bystanders. Reports of a person taken as well.
Minneapolis January 23, 2026
Minneapolis January 23, 2026
January 24, 2026 at 12:49 AM
The BDS movement is something I think we could learn from and utilize. Which car rental companies are working with ICE? Which landlords? Who's supplying and doing all the little logistical things that we CAN interrupt and put pressure on?
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January 24, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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You cannot detain or arrest a baby, you can only kidnap her. These people need to wear a scarlet letter, need to ring a bell to loudly declare their moral bankruptcy. Everyone must be allowed to avoid them until they have made amends.
January 24, 2026 at 12:18 AM
You cannot detain or arrest a baby, you can only kidnap her. These people need to wear a scarlet letter, need to ring a bell to loudly declare their moral bankruptcy. Everyone must be allowed to avoid them until they have made amends.
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2026 has radicalized pop crave (complimentary)
ICE has detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis, despite a judge ordering the baby’s release.
January 24, 2026 at 1:18 AM
2026 has radicalized pop crave (complimentary)
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I deleted TikTok back when the Oracle purchase was announced but if you've still got it, you GOTTA dump it. Especially for trans folks. It straight up says in the new TOS that they--Oracle, the company that has active ties to the Trump admin--are monitoring and documenting trans and NB users.
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.
www.wired.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:30 AM
I deleted TikTok back when the Oracle purchase was announced but if you've still got it, you GOTTA dump it. Especially for trans folks. It straight up says in the new TOS that they--Oracle, the company that has active ties to the Trump admin--are monitoring and documenting trans and NB users.
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They were eventually allowed one phone call as a thanks for saving the agent’s life.
They used it to call their lawyer, who called their state representative, who ultimately got them released on the condition they tell people they were “treated kindly.”
They used it to call their lawyer, who called their state representative, who ultimately got them released on the condition they tell people they were “treated kindly.”
January 23, 2026 at 11:49 PM
They were eventually allowed one phone call as a thanks for saving the agent’s life.
They used it to call their lawyer, who called their state representative, who ultimately got them released on the condition they tell people they were “treated kindly.”
They used it to call their lawyer, who called their state representative, who ultimately got them released on the condition they tell people they were “treated kindly.”
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Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
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You can tell things are going well in America because accounts with names like MovieTVFunZone are posting things like, "THE PIGS ARE KIDNAPPING CHILDREN AND PRIESTS. THE TREE OF LIBERTY DEMANDS TO BE WATERED"
January 23, 2026 at 11:50 PM
You can tell things are going well in America because accounts with names like MovieTVFunZone are posting things like, "THE PIGS ARE KIDNAPPING CHILDREN AND PRIESTS. THE TREE OF LIBERTY DEMANDS TO BE WATERED"
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Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
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well well well look who’s afraid of memes now
CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….
January 24, 2026 at 12:48 AM
well well well look who’s afraid of memes now
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HEY APub AUTHORS!!!
Amazon has put up a form where they (non legal terminology) sign over their half of any anthropic settlement money to you. Obvs I can not give anyone legal advice, but check this out. This could give you 2x the money.
d1qwyayg24w5f4.cloudfront.net/pdf/Anthropi...
Amazon has put up a form where they (non legal terminology) sign over their half of any anthropic settlement money to you. Obvs I can not give anyone legal advice, but check this out. This could give you 2x the money.
d1qwyayg24w5f4.cloudfront.net/pdf/Anthropi...
January 23, 2026 at 8:30 PM
HEY APub AUTHORS!!!
Amazon has put up a form where they (non legal terminology) sign over their half of any anthropic settlement money to you. Obvs I can not give anyone legal advice, but check this out. This could give you 2x the money.
d1qwyayg24w5f4.cloudfront.net/pdf/Anthropi...
Amazon has put up a form where they (non legal terminology) sign over their half of any anthropic settlement money to you. Obvs I can not give anyone legal advice, but check this out. This could give you 2x the money.
d1qwyayg24w5f4.cloudfront.net/pdf/Anthropi...
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weird to me how much defending the homeland and the future of the white race turns out to involve crashing a rental car and then running away
January 23, 2026 at 9:55 PM
weird to me how much defending the homeland and the future of the white race turns out to involve crashing a rental car and then running away
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you love to see it
Empty parking lot at a Minneapolis Target during a statewide strike with many businesses closed today. Target has remained open.
With negative temperatures and a lot of outdoor protest today, the one product people may go in for is sold out at their stores - hand warmers.
With negative temperatures and a lot of outdoor protest today, the one product people may go in for is sold out at their stores - hand warmers.
January 23, 2026 at 8:51 PM
you love to see it
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really good video piece from the guardian about the occupation in minnesota. this is the kid of journalism… without bullshit “objectivity” restraints… that i wish US outlets would do, that i wish i had been able to do
www.theguardian.com/us-news/vide...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/vide...
The occupation of Minneapolis: how residents are resisting Trump’s ICE 'invasion' – video
Following the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agents in Minneapolis, the Guardian’s Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone travel to the heart of affected neighbourhoods to speak with residen...
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:42 PM
really good video piece from the guardian about the occupation in minnesota. this is the kid of journalism… without bullshit “objectivity” restraints… that i wish US outlets would do, that i wish i had been able to do
www.theguardian.com/us-news/vide...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/vide...
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Microsoft Gave FBI Keys To Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major Privacy Flaw
Microsoft Gave FBI BitLocker Encryption Keys, Exposing Privacy Flaw
The tech giant said providing encryption keys was a standard response to a court order. But companies like Apple and Meta set up their systems so such a privacy violation isn’t possible.
www.forbes.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Microsoft Gave FBI Keys To Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major Privacy Flaw
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ICE just crashed a car at my intersection (due to their own shitty driving) and immediately got out and tear gassed observers.
January 23, 2026 at 7:38 PM
ICE just crashed a car at my intersection (due to their own shitty driving) and immediately got out and tear gassed observers.
A little lunch time thread of some recent research I did in case it's useful to someone else! I am just very bad at remembering to put pills into daily sorting tools. Even if it's only once a month it doesn't get filled. Craft store Solutions were not cutting it so I went looking. 1/ 🧵
January 23, 2026 at 7:46 PM
A little lunch time thread of some recent research I did in case it's useful to someone else! I am just very bad at remembering to put pills into daily sorting tools. Even if it's only once a month it doesn't get filled. Craft store Solutions were not cutting it so I went looking. 1/ 🧵
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All of us are doing different things, contributing in our own ways, based on our skills, risk tolerance, and assessment of need. But a lot of it is invisible labor, and some of it is people who picked one thing and stuck with it.
January 22, 2026 at 6:06 AM
All of us are doing different things, contributing in our own ways, based on our skills, risk tolerance, and assessment of need. But a lot of it is invisible labor, and some of it is people who picked one thing and stuck with it.
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Like for every Will Stancil chasing ICE around in his Honda Fit, there are grandmothers delivering groceries or giving vulnerable people rides. But you cannot switch from one to the other, and certainly not in the same car.
January 22, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Like for every Will Stancil chasing ICE around in his Honda Fit, there are grandmothers delivering groceries or giving vulnerable people rides. But you cannot switch from one to the other, and certainly not in the same car.