Linus Lee (he/him)
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26-01 - Linus is Listening
Playlist - 26-01 - Linus is Listening - 33 items
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lil playlist for ya'll. happy january!
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Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”
February 5, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”
Still digging on new Ratboys (out tomorrow). Looking at credits and they've got Jenny Conlee from Decemberists playing hammond organ on a track ("At Peace in the Hundred Acre Wood")! Also noteworthy for this year/time is a pretty song called "Burn It Down." ratboys.bandcamp.com/album/singin...
Singin’ to an Empty Chair, by Ratboys
11 track album
ratboys.bandcamp.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Still digging on new Ratboys (out tomorrow). Looking at credits and they've got Jenny Conlee from Decemberists playing hammond organ on a track ("At Peace in the Hundred Acre Wood")! Also noteworthy for this year/time is a pretty song called "Burn It Down." ratboys.bandcamp.com/album/singin...
Loser Hub. For prime losering.
February 5, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Loser Hub. For prime losering.
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All of this has happened before.
Hold strong.
Welcome the stranger.
Hold strong.
Welcome the stranger.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 1:58 PM
All of this has happened before.
Hold strong.
Welcome the stranger.
Hold strong.
Welcome the stranger.
Man, Zoot has REALLY aged.
February 5, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Man, Zoot has REALLY aged.
I feel like Hans Moleman when I'm driving (a rare feat).
February 5, 2026 at 12:46 AM
I feel like Hans Moleman when I'm driving (a rare feat).
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In a sane world, the decision by Rufo, Vance, & co. to slander and slap a target on the traumatized, hardworking immigrants who revitalized a rust belt city -- and who *were invited* to that city -- would be a stain on their careers that they never live down.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
MAGA is a movement of America haters who despise this country and are conspiring to destroy it
February 4, 2026 at 5:04 PM
In a sane world, the decision by Rufo, Vance, & co. to slander and slap a target on the traumatized, hardworking immigrants who revitalized a rust belt city -- and who *were invited* to that city -- would be a stain on their careers that they never live down.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
They should be reminded of it. Often.
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Just the nicest, sweetest people who will tell you in the most polite, ingratiating way the true and deep monstrousness that inhabits their very souls.
Kindergarten teacher called a prank ICE hotline thinking it was real. She called to report her 6 year old student to ICE to try to get them and their family deported.
6 years old.
She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
6 years old.
She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
Kindergarten teacher wants kindergartener deported
YouTube video by Ben Palmer
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February 4, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Just the nicest, sweetest people who will tell you in the most polite, ingratiating way the true and deep monstrousness that inhabits their very souls.
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It's time for The Return of the King, as Vertigo Comics is back today. In honor of its arrival, I wrote about its return, the environment it's coming back to, and how it fits in all of that.
The Return of the King - SKTCHD
Vertigo is back this week, so let’s celebrate.
sktchd.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
It's time for The Return of the King, as Vertigo Comics is back today. In honor of its arrival, I wrote about its return, the environment it's coming back to, and how it fits in all of that.
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DHS lies constantly. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building
The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...
www.propublica.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:52 PM
DHS lies constantly. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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the $75 million Jeff Bezos set on fire for that Melania propaganda piece could have funded most independent newsrooms for literally decades
always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
the $75 million Jeff Bezos set on fire for that Melania propaganda piece could have funded most independent newsrooms for literally decades
A miracle she survived to be a testament on these goons.
In a wide-ranging interview this week with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, Marimar Martinez discussed her shooting, the federal government’s failed attempt to prosecute her and the role she now sees for herself in a fight for accountability.
February 3, 2026 at 10:02 PM
A miracle she survived to be a testament on these goons.
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This is the "too many, too soon" rubric that antivaxxers love because it sounds very authoritative to Malibu crystal moms and right wing chuds, but has no basis in fact or research.
BERNIE SANDERS: Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism
SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism
BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism
SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism
February 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM
This is the "too many, too soon" rubric that antivaxxers love because it sounds very authoritative to Malibu crystal moms and right wing chuds, but has no basis in fact or research.
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Mon capitaine Jourdan Thibodeaux spittin' bars about our history with mass deportation and forced assimilation. #Cajun #réveillez #résistez
youtu.be/AJJKttmFedc?...
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Cajun History Reminder
YouTube video by Jourdan Thibodeaux
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February 2, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Mon capitaine Jourdan Thibodeaux spittin' bars about our history with mass deportation and forced assimilation. #Cajun #réveillez #résistez
youtu.be/AJJKttmFedc?...
youtu.be/AJJKttmFedc?...
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For the record: I will not send another cent to Kristi Noem or Stephen Miller while the department they run is shredding the Constitution and murdering American citizens in the streets.
A two-week extension is two weeks too long. I’m voting no.
A two-week extension is two weeks too long. I’m voting no.
February 2, 2026 at 10:44 PM
For the record: I will not send another cent to Kristi Noem or Stephen Miller while the department they run is shredding the Constitution and murdering American citizens in the streets.
A two-week extension is two weeks too long. I’m voting no.
A two-week extension is two weeks too long. I’m voting no.
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The way you know body cameras don't actually do anything is that the Nazis are like, "Cool, cool, cool. Body cameras for all our thugs, no problem."
Bovino did the same thing in Chicago. Judge said body camera, and he was like, "got one right here judge. anything for you."
Bovino did the same thing in Chicago. Judge said body camera, and he was like, "got one right here judge. anything for you."
Kristi Noem: “Effective immediately we are deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis.”
February 2, 2026 at 10:44 PM
The way you know body cameras don't actually do anything is that the Nazis are like, "Cool, cool, cool. Body cameras for all our thugs, no problem."
Bovino did the same thing in Chicago. Judge said body camera, and he was like, "got one right here judge. anything for you."
Bovino did the same thing in Chicago. Judge said body camera, and he was like, "got one right here judge. anything for you."
"The Good Ghost" this fall on CBS.
Yes, young man, The Spectre is a good ghost, like Casper.
...except this Casper almost tore your soul asunder and cast you to hell for being possessed by evil.
...except this Casper almost tore your soul asunder and cast you to hell for being possessed by evil.
February 3, 2026 at 3:48 AM
"The Good Ghost" this fall on CBS.
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this is horny. im libbing out.
Haiti’s TPS continues for now!!!!! And zowie: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214.124.0_1.pdf
February 3, 2026 at 1:29 AM
this is horny. im libbing out.
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you can tell the AI revolution is going well because every CEO is begging you to use it in the same tone as the government asking good citizens to buy war bonds in the 40s
February 2, 2026 at 9:21 PM
you can tell the AI revolution is going well because every CEO is begging you to use it in the same tone as the government asking good citizens to buy war bonds in the 40s
Okay CTA enthusiasts. My bus stop has a new second route. If no one else is at the stop, is there a good way to signal the OTHER bus if I'm waiting for the other route, not them, to save them the stop. Waving generally seems too broad.
February 2, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Okay CTA enthusiasts. My bus stop has a new second route. If no one else is at the stop, is there a good way to signal the OTHER bus if I'm waiting for the other route, not them, to save them the stop. Waving generally seems too broad.
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Retail Therapy, ‘Fuck ICE’ Edition: A conversation with Greg Ketter of DreamHaven Books by Zach Rabiroff www.tcj.com/retail-thera...
Retail Therapy, 'Fuck ICE' Edition: A conversation with Greg Ketter of DreamHaven Books - The Comics Journal
Zach Rabiroff speaks with the Minneapolis retailer about where he, and his community, find themselves now.
www.tcj.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Retail Therapy, ‘Fuck ICE’ Edition: A conversation with Greg Ketter of DreamHaven Books by Zach Rabiroff www.tcj.com/retail-thera...
New Ratboys vinyl arrived early, so listening to new Ratboys.
ratboys.bandcamp.com/album/singin...
ratboys.bandcamp.com/album/singin...
Singin’ to an Empty Chair, by Ratboys
11 track album
ratboys.bandcamp.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:08 PM
New Ratboys vinyl arrived early, so listening to new Ratboys.
ratboys.bandcamp.com/album/singin...
ratboys.bandcamp.com/album/singin...