Loather
@loather.bsky.social
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I am a headliner!
I sell vintage: https://finalgirlcurios.etsy.com/
I write newsletter: https://buttondown.com/loather
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Loather
@loather.bsky.social
· Feb 7
love, the nailbiter
This newsletter is sometimes about work, and sometimes about libraries, and also sometimes about writing, and also sometimes about music, and there is sometimes politics yelling. Love, the nailbiter...
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I’m setting up a newsletter on @buttondown.com. I would like to do more long form writing and I don’t have the capacity for pitching. There are gonna be some essays about bad management and about writing and about my load bearing grudges. It’s called love, the nailbiter. buttondown.com/loather
honestly would pay money to watch Amy K harangue ICE like a staffer, dunno why they haven’t put her up to this yet
Like I said, if Amy wants my vote, she’s driving to Texas and she’s coming back with Liam.
January 29, 2026 at 3:22 PM
honestly would pay money to watch Amy K harangue ICE like a staffer, dunno why they haven’t put her up to this yet
I keep seeing references to new apps to replace TikTok….I just don’t think at my age I’m meant to join a new platform
January 29, 2026 at 3:17 PM
I keep seeing references to new apps to replace TikTok….I just don’t think at my age I’m meant to join a new platform
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lander should run against schumer. i'm serious. schumer has to invent imaginary friends and lander is out there making friends and doing retail politics like a boss.
This is Brad Lander doing pulltabs in the Uptown VFW. He’s one of us now
January 29, 2026 at 3:21 AM
lander should run against schumer. i'm serious. schumer has to invent imaginary friends and lander is out there making friends and doing retail politics like a boss.
They sent Dr. Oz, a Turkish citizen, after Armenians in LA?
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January 28, 2026 at 11:37 PM
They sent Dr. Oz, a Turkish citizen, after Armenians in LA?
Blaming tabs for the multiple tabs I have open now as I piece together what seems to be entirely one sided beef between jessa crispin and emily gould
January 28, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Blaming tabs for the multiple tabs I have open now as I piece together what seems to be entirely one sided beef between jessa crispin and emily gould
I look at him and I see my son, and I imagine how many other precious children are being held prisoner in this country, and I am so, so angry.
Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.
January 28, 2026 at 9:30 PM
I look at him and I see my son, and I imagine how many other precious children are being held prisoner in this country, and I am so, so angry.
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January 28, 2026 at 5:24 AM
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Americans voted to bring back measles.
Wasn’t front of mind for most voters, sure, but the pro-measles contingent was a key part of the Trump 2024 coalition, with RFK Jr. and “MAHA” possibly the margin of victory in a close race.
Vaccines were on the ballot. The plurality was anti- or didn’t care.
Wasn’t front of mind for most voters, sure, but the pro-measles contingent was a key part of the Trump 2024 coalition, with RFK Jr. and “MAHA” possibly the margin of victory in a close race.
Vaccines were on the ballot. The plurality was anti- or didn’t care.
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Americans voted to bring back measles.
Wasn’t front of mind for most voters, sure, but the pro-measles contingent was a key part of the Trump 2024 coalition, with RFK Jr. and “MAHA” possibly the margin of victory in a close race.
Vaccines were on the ballot. The plurality was anti- or didn’t care.
Wasn’t front of mind for most voters, sure, but the pro-measles contingent was a key part of the Trump 2024 coalition, with RFK Jr. and “MAHA” possibly the margin of victory in a close race.
Vaccines were on the ballot. The plurality was anti- or didn’t care.
I said the name “Andy Dick” in front of five year old. He asked who that was. I said he’s an actor. Five year old: “I’d like to see that guy.” You’re in luck, son. Everyone in LA sees Andy at least once
January 28, 2026 at 2:34 AM
I said the name “Andy Dick” in front of five year old. He asked who that was. I said he’s an actor. Five year old: “I’d like to see that guy.” You’re in luck, son. Everyone in LA sees Andy at least once
And now she’s pregnant. Interesting!!!
don't forget that his wife went to go sleep with Captain Ketamine for several months
Does literally anybody actually like Stephen Miller, beyond *maybe* his wife and definitely not including his actual family? What is this guy’s constituency, exactly?
January 28, 2026 at 2:30 AM
And now she’s pregnant. Interesting!!!
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SB381 has unanimously passed the California Senate! A huge step forward. On to the assembly!
California SB381 just passed the Senate (CA-born adult adoptee access to their original birth certificates)
On to the House next LFG!!!
On to the House next LFG!!!
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January 27, 2026 at 8:19 PM
SB381 has unanimously passed the California Senate! A huge step forward. On to the assembly!
As they’re doxxing people in the mn ice monitoring signal groups, right wing weirdos on twitter are baffled that they all seem to be nice normal people with nice normal jobs who don’t want their neighbors abducted by masked agents of the state. Imagine!
January 27, 2026 at 4:50 PM
As they’re doxxing people in the mn ice monitoring signal groups, right wing weirdos on twitter are baffled that they all seem to be nice normal people with nice normal jobs who don’t want their neighbors abducted by masked agents of the state. Imagine!
Thank you for your concern! Everything is fine with my body as long as I don’t sit or stand or lay down.
January 27, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Thank you for your concern! Everything is fine with my body as long as I don’t sit or stand or lay down.
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We're now seeing a steady march of Catholic prelates with obvious backing from the Vatican saying hat it's time now to defund and liquidate ICE.
January 27, 2026 at 3:16 PM
We're now seeing a steady march of Catholic prelates with obvious backing from the Vatican saying hat it's time now to defund and liquidate ICE.
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Everything they learned in Minnesota they’re applying in Maine from day one. They started off doing fast-moving snatch and grabs on the street, recording and using facial id on observers, and threatening observers directly. They’ll do it all where you live too.
Why is the msm outside of Maine not covering this? It seems like a huge and very troubling story to me. ICE coming to observers houses or calling them on the phone warning them to back off??!! www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Everything they learned in Minnesota they’re applying in Maine from day one. They started off doing fast-moving snatch and grabs on the street, recording and using facial id on observers, and threatening observers directly. They’ll do it all where you live too.
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Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
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The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
January 26, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti and the grotesque lying was an overreach by the administration. They've paid a price and had to pull back a bit. But it's when there's some disarray that the democratic opposition needs to intensify the offensive, and turn a marginal tactical success into a major victory.
So these motherfuckers never saw red dawn
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 10:17 PM
So these motherfuckers never saw red dawn
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Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
January 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
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I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
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We did predict it. And we were called alarmist.
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 PM
We did predict it. And we were called alarmist.
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This is one of the things that I find is most shocking to people outside Minnesota who don’t realize it yet—the scale at which everyone who isn’t white has been forced into a spectrum of hiding.
Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.
Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.
January 26, 2026 at 4:01 AM
This is one of the things that I find is most shocking to people outside Minnesota who don’t realize it yet—the scale at which everyone who isn’t white has been forced into a spectrum of hiding.
Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.
Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.
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The Chun regime that my wife fought against in the 80s did the exact same thing. They needed a "crisis" that "only they could solve" to hoard more ill-gotten power, so they chose one city (Gwangju), declared its inhabitants enemies, sent trucks full of soldiers to violently attack and kill them.
January 25, 2026 at 2:57 AM
The Chun regime that my wife fought against in the 80s did the exact same thing. They needed a "crisis" that "only they could solve" to hoard more ill-gotten power, so they chose one city (Gwangju), declared its inhabitants enemies, sent trucks full of soldiers to violently attack and kill them.
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Logan Square, Chicago, IL
January 25, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Logan Square, Chicago, IL
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The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 11:06 AM
The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.