Kyla Houbolt
@luaz.bsky.social
I write poems and I garden. *Becoming Altar*, new and selected poems, available here: https://asterismbooks.com/product/becoming-altar-new-and-selected-poems
https://kylahoubolt.us/becoming-altar.html
https://kylahoubolt.us/becoming-altar.html
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#Poetryhelps. If you are wanting some soul nourishment to support your travels during this rough and perilous time, may I offer my poetry. It helps! A signed copy of *Becoming Altar* for just the cover price, I pay shipping. Send DM if interested. And, stay groovy. 📚 🎶 💞
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POEM 303: "Sister Shotgun" by Sarah Ellis
"Allegories on the radio and
rain on the windshield, legs tight and twitchy
against the gravitational pull of the glovebox.
This car used to be mine."
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#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
"Allegories on the radio and
rain on the windshield, legs tight and twitchy
against the gravitational pull of the glovebox.
This car used to be mine."
stonecirclereview.com/sister-shotg...
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
January 24, 2026 at 3:21 PM
POEM 303: "Sister Shotgun" by Sarah Ellis
"Allegories on the radio and
rain on the windshield, legs tight and twitchy
against the gravitational pull of the glovebox.
This car used to be mine."
stonecirclereview.com/sister-shotg...
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
"Allegories on the radio and
rain on the windshield, legs tight and twitchy
against the gravitational pull of the glovebox.
This car used to be mine."
stonecirclereview.com/sister-shotg...
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
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I’m sorry but as someone who has a book and a PhD on this exact thing, this is just straight up not true. The majority of Nazis discovered living abroad (particularly in the US, Australia, and UK) faced almost no legal consequences beyond the occasional loss of citizenship.
This is essentially what governments did in the late 1900s and early 2000s with respect to Nazis. Whether you were a lowly concentration camp guard or in Hitler's inner circle, if there was evidence you were a Nazi, it was straight to jail with your walker.
It worked.
It worked.
Maybe instead of identifying specific ICE agents who do particularly heinous things, we could just penalize everyone who was on payroll at the agency starting by a certain date.
January 24, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I’m sorry but as someone who has a book and a PhD on this exact thing, this is just straight up not true. The majority of Nazis discovered living abroad (particularly in the US, Australia, and UK) faced almost no legal consequences beyond the occasional loss of citizenship.
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Hollywood is unlikely to make this Barbie movie
Ask French people from Lyon what happened with Klaus Barbie aka the butcher of Lyon. They caught him in the end, but the US had helped him escape to Bolivia, where he lived 40 years teaching their military how to torture leftists
January 24, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Hollywood is unlikely to make this Barbie movie
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This is the way. Any 2028 Dem candidates need to start saying that on Day One: (1) all ICE agents fired; (2) pensions/benefits defunded; (3) forced to pay backpay as restitution to victims; and (4) only way to avoid prison is to become a cooperating informant
Maybe instead of identifying specific ICE agents who do particularly heinous things, we could just penalize everyone who was on payroll at the agency starting by a certain date.
January 24, 2026 at 3:21 AM
This is the way. Any 2028 Dem candidates need to start saying that on Day One: (1) all ICE agents fired; (2) pensions/benefits defunded; (3) forced to pay backpay as restitution to victims; and (4) only way to avoid prison is to become a cooperating informant
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May have been overheard saying, "I didn't think they'd eat MY face..."
Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce revoked his support for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations after one of his correctional officer recruits was detained.
Sheriff revokes ICE support as 'squeaky clean' recruit is detained: 'Bush league policing'
Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce revoked his support for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations after one of his correctional officer recruits was detained.In a Wednesday evening press conference, Joyce blasted ICE's handling of the recruit's detention in Portland, Maine."They all...
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January 24, 2026 at 3:54 AM
May have been overheard saying, "I didn't think they'd eat MY face..."
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Here in Saint Paul; the city government has suspended towing of abandoned vehicles so that people can get their cars back after getting grabbed by ICE or the Border Patrol.
bsky.app/profile/city...
bsky.app/profile/city...
Saint Paul Mayor Kaohly Her, in collaboration with the Saint Paul Police Department, Public Works, and the Department of Safety and Inspections, has announced a temporary pause on towing for most reported abandoned vehicles in response to federal immigration actions stpaul.gov/abandoned-vehicles
January 24, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Here in Saint Paul; the city government has suspended towing of abandoned vehicles so that people can get their cars back after getting grabbed by ICE or the Border Patrol.
bsky.app/profile/city...
bsky.app/profile/city...
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With alt-text (No alt, no credit!)
January 24, 2026 at 5:07 AM
With alt-text (No alt, no credit!)
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Jeepers. (from Wunderground)
January 24, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Jeepers. (from Wunderground)
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I saw this a million years ago and could not stop laughing.
January 24, 2026 at 6:16 AM
I saw this a million years ago and could not stop laughing.
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If you work for ICE, quit now.
Your chances for future employment, meaningful friendships, and frankly, not getting shanked in prison are already pretty slim, but if you quit RIGHT NOW you might avoid the worst of what is coming.
Especially if you blow some whistles, and then testify.
Your chances for future employment, meaningful friendships, and frankly, not getting shanked in prison are already pretty slim, but if you quit RIGHT NOW you might avoid the worst of what is coming.
Especially if you blow some whistles, and then testify.
January 24, 2026 at 6:03 AM
If you work for ICE, quit now.
Your chances for future employment, meaningful friendships, and frankly, not getting shanked in prison are already pretty slim, but if you quit RIGHT NOW you might avoid the worst of what is coming.
Especially if you blow some whistles, and then testify.
Your chances for future employment, meaningful friendships, and frankly, not getting shanked in prison are already pretty slim, but if you quit RIGHT NOW you might avoid the worst of what is coming.
Especially if you blow some whistles, and then testify.
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2026: the year so bad that even the Third Amendment is suddenly relevant
In which I explain that the Third Amendment—the one nobody ever talks about—allows hotels to refuse to house Kristi Noem’s ICE goons.
Opinion: Hotels Have a Constitutional Right Not To House ICE Agents
The Third Amendment prohibits the government from forcing people to “quarter” troops. ICE is essentially a paramilitary force—so why would hotels let them stay?
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January 22, 2026 at 3:13 PM
2026: the year so bad that even the Third Amendment is suddenly relevant
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only realized, 41, I wrote my traditional Ottawa sex at 31 poem
January 24, 2026 at 6:21 AM
only realized, 41, I wrote my traditional Ottawa sex at 31 poem
From Wikipedia:
"According to the New Mexico State University extension, the common name, "ice plant" is because "they have bladder-like hairs on the leaf surface that reflect and refract light in a manner to make it appear that they sparkle like ice crystals" (or tiny glass beads). "
So, illusion.
"According to the New Mexico State University extension, the common name, "ice plant" is because "they have bladder-like hairs on the leaf surface that reflect and refract light in a manner to make it appear that they sparkle like ice crystals" (or tiny glass beads). "
So, illusion.
Examining life here, this is a picture of an ice plant. Here is a pretty and useful way "ice" shows up. (Why is it called an ice plant? Have to research that, I dunno!)
January 24, 2026 at 6:42 AM
From Wikipedia:
"According to the New Mexico State University extension, the common name, "ice plant" is because "they have bladder-like hairs on the leaf surface that reflect and refract light in a manner to make it appear that they sparkle like ice crystals" (or tiny glass beads). "
So, illusion.
"According to the New Mexico State University extension, the common name, "ice plant" is because "they have bladder-like hairs on the leaf surface that reflect and refract light in a manner to make it appear that they sparkle like ice crystals" (or tiny glass beads). "
So, illusion.
Examining life here, this is a picture of an ice plant. Here is a pretty and useful way "ice" shows up. (Why is it called an ice plant? Have to research that, I dunno!)
January 24, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Examining life here, this is a picture of an ice plant. Here is a pretty and useful way "ice" shows up. (Why is it called an ice plant? Have to research that, I dunno!)
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if a robot really likes you they might show you some of their components as a sign of trust!
December 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
if a robot really likes you they might show you some of their components as a sign of trust!
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Wild places are the *real* gold in life.
January 24, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Wild places are the *real* gold in life.
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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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The fact of the matter is: a severe #IceStorm is developing across much of the country at this very moment, with potentially devastating and far-reaching consequences extending far beyond the region of maximum #ice concentration. Watch out for the #ice, and help your neighbors weather the storm.
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 5:10 AM
This is ridiculous. Here where I live, a major ice event is what the winter storm forecast is predicting. Not sure how else it could be worded. I am praying we do not lose power but that's the danger immediately. We not even going to get any pretty snow. ICE sucks one way or another.
DHS officials have urged disaster response staff at FEMA to avoid using the word “ice” in public messaging about the winter storm, sources say.
The concern is that the word could spark confusion or online mockery, given the ongoing controversy surrounding US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The concern is that the word could spark confusion or online mockery, given the ongoing controversy surrounding US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Don’t say ‘Watch out for ice’: FEMA warned storm announcements could invite memes | CNN Politics
Homeland Security officials have urged disaster response staff at FEMA to avoid using the word “ice” in public messaging about the massive winter storm barreling toward much of the United States. The ...
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January 24, 2026 at 5:37 AM
This is ridiculous. Here where I live, a major ice event is what the winter storm forecast is predicting. Not sure how else it could be worded. I am praying we do not lose power but that's the danger immediately. We not even going to get any pretty snow. ICE sucks one way or another.
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My brother's school in St Paul, MN, is putting together a needs pantry/mutual aid thing for students and families who need help surviving the ICE occupation. He's said a lot of his students have been staying home from school because it's unsafe to go out. There are ways to donate if you're not local
January 22, 2026 at 2:29 AM
My brother's school in St Paul, MN, is putting together a needs pantry/mutual aid thing for students and families who need help surviving the ICE occupation. He's said a lot of his students have been staying home from school because it's unsafe to go out. There are ways to donate if you're not local
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Friends, one week left before our submissions close. It has been a balm to read all the words set before us, and an honor, every one. These words matter. It matters. Keep creating in the eye of this great storm. Lay not your hope at the feet of despair.
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January 23, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Friends, one week left before our submissions close. It has been a balm to read all the words set before us, and an honor, every one. These words matter. It matters. Keep creating in the eye of this great storm. Lay not your hope at the feet of despair.
heroinchic.weebly.com
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I’m not much for religion but if I were, if a line of clergy flew in to freezing weather to line up and oppose me while singing songs of faith, I might be thinking “are we the baddies?”
Singing
January 23, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I’m not much for religion but if I were, if a line of clergy flew in to freezing weather to line up and oppose me while singing songs of faith, I might be thinking “are we the baddies?”
