@mandascott.bsky.social
Novelist: ANY HUMAN POWER Mytho-political thriller. Also Boudica: Dreaming
Podcaster @AccidentalGods
(R)Evolutionary Economist, Regenerative Smallholder
#Thrutopian narratives: toward a future we'd be proud to leave behind
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#LBTQIAA+ #Writer
Podcaster @AccidentalGods
(R)Evolutionary Economist, Regenerative Smallholder
#Thrutopian narratives: toward a future we'd be proud to leave behind
#Shropshire
#LBTQIAA+ #Writer
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we're going to need to see Dem leaders in the streets
"please stop" is not working and they see it as weakness
you want to help, governor? go on an ICE patrol in Stancil's Honda Fit
"please stop" is not working and they see it as weakness
you want to help, governor? go on an ICE patrol in Stancil's Honda Fit
January 15, 2026 at 7:33 PM
we're going to need to see Dem leaders in the streets
"please stop" is not working and they see it as weakness
you want to help, governor? go on an ICE patrol in Stancil's Honda Fit
"please stop" is not working and they see it as weakness
you want to help, governor? go on an ICE patrol in Stancil's Honda Fit
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The Insurrection Act is not "martial law." It doesn't displace civilian law, it doesn't suspend habeas corpus, it doesn't alter or suspend state and local government, and it doesn't make anything newly illegal. It allows using the military to enforce existing law, it doesn't change what the law is.
January 15, 2026 at 7:16 PM
The Insurrection Act is not "martial law." It doesn't displace civilian law, it doesn't suspend habeas corpus, it doesn't alter or suspend state and local government, and it doesn't make anything newly illegal. It allows using the military to enforce existing law, it doesn't change what the law is.
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Loving thoughts with the family of Renee Good 💔
January 15, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Loving thoughts with the family of Renee Good 💔
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DHS lied again
January 15, 2026 at 6:06 PM
DHS lied again
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Because I don’t fully understand the BlueSky algorithm, I’ve created a Bear Crew starter pack including some of my old friends from Twitter to make a feed from.
Comment below if you’re also from Twitter when it was good and I’ll add you.
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Comment below if you’re also from Twitter when it was good and I’ll add you.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Because I don’t fully understand the BlueSky algorithm, I’ve created a Bear Crew starter pack including some of my old friends from Twitter to make a feed from.
Comment below if you’re also from Twitter when it was good and I’ll add you.
🐻
Comment below if you’re also from Twitter when it was good and I’ll add you.
🐻
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Would make elections tough for sure, but couldn't suspend them unless all hell broke loose.
January 15, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Would make elections tough for sure, but couldn't suspend them unless all hell broke loose.
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The guy who incited an insurrection to overturn an election he knows he lost is going to use the insurrection act to suspend an election he knows his party is going to lose.
January 15, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The guy who incited an insurrection to overturn an election he knows he lost is going to use the insurrection act to suspend an election he knows his party is going to lose.
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What is an #EcoCivilisation?
What are its values?
Why do we need one and what will the Establishment do to maintain business as usual?
Most importantly, what can each of us do to live an #EcoCivilization into being?
accidentalgods.life/eco-civilisa...
#AccidentalGods #Podcast
What are its values?
Why do we need one and what will the Establishment do to maintain business as usual?
Most importantly, what can each of us do to live an #EcoCivilization into being?
accidentalgods.life/eco-civilisa...
#AccidentalGods #Podcast
Eco-Civilisation: the future we deserve and how we will get there with Jeremy Lent
What is an eco-civilisation? What are its values and what are the frames within which it works? Why do we need it in the first place and what will the Establishment do to maintain business as usual? M...
accidentalgods.life
October 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
What is an #EcoCivilisation?
What are its values?
Why do we need one and what will the Establishment do to maintain business as usual?
Most importantly, what can each of us do to live an #EcoCivilization into being?
accidentalgods.life/eco-civilisa...
#AccidentalGods #Podcast
What are its values?
Why do we need one and what will the Establishment do to maintain business as usual?
Most importantly, what can each of us do to live an #EcoCivilization into being?
accidentalgods.life/eco-civilisa...
#AccidentalGods #Podcast
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Nobody wants to be proved right about any of this, but what Miller, Vought and others in Trump's circle saw as legal/constitutional opportunities with unchecked executive power could easily - perhaps more easily - happen here.
January 15, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Nobody wants to be proved right about any of this, but what Miller, Vought and others in Trump's circle saw as legal/constitutional opportunities with unchecked executive power could easily - perhaps more easily - happen here.
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Reminder that in the UK an incoming radical, populist government would have immediate access to immense, unchecked executive power.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
NEW
The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution
In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution
In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
January 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Reminder that in the UK an incoming radical, populist government would have immediate access to immense, unchecked executive power.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
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If anyone still doubts that an ACA funding deal is dead, Trump just released a health care blueprint that trashes the ACA as a "flagrant scam" and excludes (or at minimum redirects) the expired premium tax credits. www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
President Trump Unveils The Great Healthcare Plan to Lower Costs and Deliver Money Directly to the People
President Donald J. Trump’s Great Healthcare Plan is a broad healthcare initiative that will slash prescription drug prices, reduce insurance premiums,
www.whitehouse.gov
January 15, 2026 at 6:22 PM
If anyone still doubts that an ACA funding deal is dead, Trump just released a health care blueprint that trashes the ACA as a "flagrant scam" and excludes (or at minimum redirects) the expired premium tax credits. www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
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Congratulations Comrade Wallace, the buro will reward you
January 15, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Congratulations Comrade Wallace, the buro will reward you
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Missed the "it" on about the first three goes through
Obviously secrets can come to light via leaks, enemy action etc. but never underestimate the potential for simple cock-up. I once provided an extremely sensitive briefing document to a Shadow Minister who within hours (genuinely) accidentally dropped it out of a window.
UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has sacked her rival Robert Jenrick from the Shadow Cabinet and suspended his party membership after receiving evidence he was about to defect to Reform.
January 15, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Missed the "it" on about the first three goes through
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BREAKING: Cook Political’s House rating changes: 18 races move in Democrats’ direction, including four key races shifting from Lean R to Toss Up. Full analysis here.
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/hou...
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/hou...
January 15, 2026 at 6:23 PM
BREAKING: Cook Political’s House rating changes: 18 races move in Democrats’ direction, including four key races shifting from Lean R to Toss Up. Full analysis here.
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/hou...
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/hou...
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Logging on to Bluesky:
January 15, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Logging on to Bluesky:
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Where are the jobs?
"Trump’s promised manufacturing boom is a bust so far. Manufacturing employment has declined every month since April, when the president said tariffs would bring factories “roaring back.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
"Trump’s promised manufacturing boom is a bust so far. Manufacturing employment has declined every month since April, when the president said tariffs would bring factories “roaring back.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump’s promised manufacturing boom is a bust so far
Manufacturing employment has declined every month since April, when the president said tariffs would bring factories “roaring back.”
www.washingtonpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Where are the jobs?
"Trump’s promised manufacturing boom is a bust so far. Manufacturing employment has declined every month since April, when the president said tariffs would bring factories “roaring back.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
"Trump’s promised manufacturing boom is a bust so far. Manufacturing employment has declined every month since April, when the president said tariffs would bring factories “roaring back.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Invoking the Insurrection Act is not the same as declaring “martial law.”
Here’s a good explainer on the Insurrection Act:
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Here’s a good explainer on the Insurrection Act:
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
January 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Invoking the Insurrection Act is not the same as declaring “martial law.”
Here’s a good explainer on the Insurrection Act:
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Here’s a good explainer on the Insurrection Act:
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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If the US federal government is confident enough to ignore a dedicated statute requiring release, then it's hard to see the files being released against Trump's will.
Many see the release of the files as a potential game-changer, but there looks like nothing which can force the government to do so.
Many see the release of the files as a potential game-changer, but there looks like nothing which can force the government to do so.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:14 PM
If the US federal government is confident enough to ignore a dedicated statute requiring release, then it's hard to see the files being released against Trump's will.
Many see the release of the files as a potential game-changer, but there looks like nothing which can force the government to do so.
Many see the release of the files as a potential game-changer, but there looks like nothing which can force the government to do so.
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I agree with this thread, but I assign a non-zero probability to (a) Trump declares elections are cancelled/invalid (despite no mechanism to do so) then (b) SCOTUS declares that's the law now.
... which also has no true enforcement mechanism, but creates a constitutional crisis.
... which also has no true enforcement mechanism, but creates a constitutional crisis.
the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I agree with this thread, but I assign a non-zero probability to (a) Trump declares elections are cancelled/invalid (despite no mechanism to do so) then (b) SCOTUS declares that's the law now.
... which also has no true enforcement mechanism, but creates a constitutional crisis.
... which also has no true enforcement mechanism, but creates a constitutional crisis.
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Right wingers are straight up lying about how Minnesota elections work now in order to argue that the Dems are corrupt.
We have open primaries. There's no such thing as a Dem primary because it doesn't exist.
We have open primaries. There's no such thing as a Dem primary because it doesn't exist.
January 15, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Right wingers are straight up lying about how Minnesota elections work now in order to argue that the Dems are corrupt.
We have open primaries. There's no such thing as a Dem primary because it doesn't exist.
We have open primaries. There's no such thing as a Dem primary because it doesn't exist.
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What is the true vow of your life—the one it would kill you to break?
How do we discover what we are here for, what is our unique gift to the world, and how can we bring this to the table in ways that will transform our broken systems?
accidentalgods.life/walking-the-...
#Accidentalgods #podcast
How do we discover what we are here for, what is our unique gift to the world, and how can we bring this to the table in ways that will transform our broken systems?
accidentalgods.life/walking-the-...
#Accidentalgods #podcast
Walking the wild, mythic Edge of Being with visionary elder and soul initiator Bill Plotkin
What is the true vow of your life, the one it would kill you to break? This phrase comes from the poem 'All The True Vows' by David Whyte, but there can be no better introduction to this week's guest,...
accidentalgods.life
November 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
What is the true vow of your life—the one it would kill you to break?
How do we discover what we are here for, what is our unique gift to the world, and how can we bring this to the table in ways that will transform our broken systems?
accidentalgods.life/walking-the-...
#Accidentalgods #podcast
How do we discover what we are here for, what is our unique gift to the world, and how can we bring this to the table in ways that will transform our broken systems?
accidentalgods.life/walking-the-...
#Accidentalgods #podcast
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Today Trump has expressly threatened invoking the Insurrection Act and is reported as saying there is no need for the mid-terms.
But of course he is only joking.
But of course he is only joking.
January 15, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Today Trump has expressly threatened invoking the Insurrection Act and is reported as saying there is no need for the mid-terms.
But of course he is only joking.
But of course he is only joking.
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Keep watching - Trump and his circle almost have their precious goal: invoking the Insurrection Act.
As per said before: a great deal of what is being done is simply Trump and his circle working backwards from this objective.
As per said before: a great deal of what is being done is simply Trump and his circle working backwards from this objective.
January 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Keep watching - Trump and his circle almost have their precious goal: invoking the Insurrection Act.
As per said before: a great deal of what is being done is simply Trump and his circle working backwards from this objective.
As per said before: a great deal of what is being done is simply Trump and his circle working backwards from this objective.