Marrit
@marrit.bsky.social
"Not much of a poster"
Middle-aged mom
Native Texan
Aspiring Illinoisan
"Probably Canadian"
Perimenopause fever!
Bad gardening
Longform true crime
Antifascism
Deep-fried vegetables
Toe beans
Classic C&W
Instructional design
Technical editing
Middle-aged mom
Native Texan
Aspiring Illinoisan
"Probably Canadian"
Perimenopause fever!
Bad gardening
Longform true crime
Antifascism
Deep-fried vegetables
Toe beans
Classic C&W
Instructional design
Technical editing
Pinned
Marrit
@marrit.bsky.social
· Jan 8
Hello, new followers! Something must have jumped up and bit y'all because it's popping off in here.
I don't post a bunch, and when I do, it's as likely to be about something silly as it is about resisting fascism. So that's what to expect.
I don't post a bunch, and when I do, it's as likely to be about something silly as it is about resisting fascism. So that's what to expect.
It's lonely to be a Buc-ee's hater in Texas, but I'll say it: It's a bizarrely unpleasant place, and your "beaver nuggets" fund the Texas GOP.
The rumors have sparked strong reactions from fans of the travel center.
No, Buc-ee's CEO didn't give ICE $1M. Here's who he does donate to.
The rumors have sparked strong reactions from fans of the travel center.
bit.ly
February 4, 2026 at 11:39 AM
It's lonely to be a Buc-ee's hater in Texas, but I'll say it: It's a bizarrely unpleasant place, and your "beaver nuggets" fund the Texas GOP.
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Apparently there was a city meeting in Hutchins, Texas, tonight. Hutchins is the location of DHS's newly announced 10,000-person concentration camp. What I've been told is that city officials were unanimously and adamantly opposed to it.
Unfortunately, I'm seeing this nowhere online.
Unfortunately, I'm seeing this nowhere online.
February 3, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Apparently there was a city meeting in Hutchins, Texas, tonight. Hutchins is the location of DHS's newly announced 10,000-person concentration camp. What I've been told is that city officials were unanimously and adamantly opposed to it.
Unfortunately, I'm seeing this nowhere online.
Unfortunately, I'm seeing this nowhere online.
People who live elsewhere sometimes ask me, "Marrit, why is Texas so fucked?" And that's a perfectly cromulent question.
But when I say, "Wilks and Dunn," the answer doesn't satisfy them. They want to believe that we are uniquely stupid people, not a petrocracy.
But when I say, "Wilks and Dunn," the answer doesn't satisfy them. They want to believe that we are uniquely stupid people, not a petrocracy.
If you don’t know who Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are, you probably shouldn’t be analyzing Texas politics.
February 1, 2026 at 1:50 PM
People who live elsewhere sometimes ask me, "Marrit, why is Texas so fucked?" And that's a perfectly cromulent question.
But when I say, "Wilks and Dunn," the answer doesn't satisfy them. They want to believe that we are uniquely stupid people, not a petrocracy.
But when I say, "Wilks and Dunn," the answer doesn't satisfy them. They want to believe that we are uniquely stupid people, not a petrocracy.
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Congratulations to my friend and our newest State Senator from Tarrant County, Taylor Rehmet! I met Taylor years ago through labor organizing.
Don’t tell us what can’t be done in Texas. When we show up #TexasTough, we change the game. Today we proved what we’ve known all along: Texas is in play.
Don’t tell us what can’t be done in Texas. When we show up #TexasTough, we change the game. Today we proved what we’ve known all along: Texas is in play.
February 1, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Congratulations to my friend and our newest State Senator from Tarrant County, Taylor Rehmet! I met Taylor years ago through labor organizing.
Don’t tell us what can’t be done in Texas. When we show up #TexasTough, we change the game. Today we proved what we’ve known all along: Texas is in play.
Don’t tell us what can’t be done in Texas. When we show up #TexasTough, we change the game. Today we proved what we’ve known all along: Texas is in play.
January 29, 2026 at 11:54 AM
As a matter of fact, I am a nail polish person.
If you're a nail polish person, the MN-based small polish maker Atomic Polish is selling Ice Out, and 100% of the proceeds of it are going to the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund
ICE Out - Fundraising Nail Polish
**Shipping Update** Shipping will continue once more ingredients have arrived for this polish. Orders should go out in about 2 weeks. Ice Out is a blurple based polish with a blue/aqua shift and pink ...
www.atomicpolish.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:36 AM
As a matter of fact, I am a nail polish person.
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Every instance in which the Trump administration is forced to make changes, even cosmetic alterations like removing Bovine, is a good sign that US democracy is not yet dead.
Trump wants unchecked power. But public and political opinion still matters - and that should encourage resistance.
Trump wants unchecked power. But public and political opinion still matters - and that should encourage resistance.
January 27, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Every instance in which the Trump administration is forced to make changes, even cosmetic alterations like removing Bovine, is a good sign that US democracy is not yet dead.
Trump wants unchecked power. But public and political opinion still matters - and that should encourage resistance.
Trump wants unchecked power. But public and political opinion still matters - and that should encourage resistance.
Okay...
Michael McCaul is my rep. And this is surprising.
I don't know if anything will change, and I'm not giving the dude any credit for being "troubled" by something that is obviously troubling.
But I am surprised to hear it from him.
Michael McCaul is my rep. And this is surprising.
I don't know if anything will change, and I'm not giving the dude any credit for being "troubled" by something that is obviously troubling.
But I am surprised to hear it from him.
"I am troubled by the events that have unfolded in Minneapolis."
Texas Republican leader breaks with GOP, calls for shooting probe
"I am troubled by the events that have unfolded in Minneapolis."
bit.ly
January 26, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Okay...
Michael McCaul is my rep. And this is surprising.
I don't know if anything will change, and I'm not giving the dude any credit for being "troubled" by something that is obviously troubling.
But I am surprised to hear it from him.
Michael McCaul is my rep. And this is surprising.
I don't know if anything will change, and I'm not giving the dude any credit for being "troubled" by something that is obviously troubling.
But I am surprised to hear it from him.
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i don’t think they understood how big this bear they poked is gonna be
January 25, 2026 at 6:08 AM
i don’t think they understood how big this bear they poked is gonna be
This is everything. Get them. GET THEM even more en Español.
January 24, 2026 at 1:07 PM
This is everything. Get them. GET THEM even more en Español.
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*rooting for my American neighbours*
Especially all the amazing people in Minnesota.
Get their asses!
Especially all the amazing people in Minnesota.
Get their asses!
January 22, 2026 at 6:06 PM
*rooting for my American neighbours*
Especially all the amazing people in Minnesota.
Get their asses!
Especially all the amazing people in Minnesota.
Get their asses!
A better Texas exists, and Kaleb Blain is it.
'Barbecue Saved My Life': Meet Waco's Antifascist Transgender Pitmaster
thebarbedwire.com/20...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
thebarbedwire.com/20...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
‘Barbecue Saved My Life’: Meet Waco’s Antifascist Transgender Pitmaster
Kaleb Blain went from the fast-paced world of 911 dispatching to the “low and slow” of BBQ, where he’s built a following.
thebarbedwire.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:40 AM
A better Texas exists, and Kaleb Blain is it.
Texas is a big place, but we need to activate our systems to find these people and help them get home.
People are being grabbed, sent to Texas, and put through 6+ hour long refugee status “reinterviews.” So far we aren’t aware of anyone who failed. Some even got handed a green card, then dumped onto the streets in Texas and told to find their way home.
Operation PARRIS. Seriously. archive.ph/6G2Vd
Operation PARRIS. Seriously. archive.ph/6G2Vd
archive.ph
January 21, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Texas is a big place, but we need to activate our systems to find these people and help them get home.
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Let this radicalize you.
January 19, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Let this radicalize you.
Texas has capabilities for solar and wind power, but let's get excited about this new hidden oil resource that is expected to last for... (checks notes) months.
Scientists say Texas has enough oil and gas underground to last for months.
New report says Texas has a major hidden oil resource
Scientists say Texas has enough oil and gas underground to last for months.
bit.ly
January 18, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Texas has capabilities for solar and wind power, but let's get excited about this new hidden oil resource that is expected to last for... (checks notes) months.
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With arms linked and snow falling, Minneapolis ICE protesters dance as ICE agents retreat back. "Nah nah nah, hey hey hey, goodbye!" WATCH ⬇️
January 17, 2026 at 3:34 AM
With arms linked and snow falling, Minneapolis ICE protesters dance as ICE agents retreat back. "Nah nah nah, hey hey hey, goodbye!" WATCH ⬇️
Interrupting the sports seems like something good to do. Lots of eyeballs watching the sports.
I think we are getting close to the point at which the athletes on Minnesota professional sports teams should start refusing to take the field/court/ice
Something has to be done to underscore the national emergency we are in, because I still do not think corporate media gets it
Something has to be done to underscore the national emergency we are in, because I still do not think corporate media gets it
January 15, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Interrupting the sports seems like something good to do. Lots of eyeballs watching the sports.
I'm a little nobody, but I do work for a tech company. I signed.
“The most wealthy and powerful tech CEOs are still staying silent as ICE floods America’s streets, but now some researchers and engineers working for them have chosen to break rank.”
Great @laurengoode.bsky.social story:
Great @laurengoode.bsky.social story:
Tech Workers Are Condemning ICE Even as Their CEOs Stay Quiet
The killing of George Floyd in 2020 prompted a wave of statements from tech companies and CEOs. Today, pushback against ICE is largely coming from employees, not executives.
www.wired.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:47 AM
I'm a little nobody, but I do work for a tech company. I signed.
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every time i log on something horrible is happening but also people are trying really hard to help
January 15, 2026 at 2:53 AM
every time i log on something horrible is happening but also people are trying really hard to help
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Not all heroes were capes.
www.thedailybeast.com/personal-det...
www.thedailybeast.com/personal-det...
Personal Details of Thousands of Border Patrol and ICE Goons Allegedly Leaked in Huge Data Breach
A DHS whistleblower appears to have exposed data on federal immigration workers after the shooting of Renee Good.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Not all heroes were capes.
www.thedailybeast.com/personal-det...
www.thedailybeast.com/personal-det...
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The subtext here being "those dumb bitches thought we wouldn't shoot them"
we are raised to know we have the option of going along to get along--an option other people never had. but the promise of exemption from their violence was always conditional.
they can & will take it away for misbehaving.
we are raised to know we have the option of going along to get along--an option other people never had. but the promise of exemption from their violence was always conditional.
they can & will take it away for misbehaving.
Fox News' Will Cain: “There's a weird kind of smugness... in the way that some of these liberal white women interact with authority”
January 14, 2026 at 2:01 AM
The subtext here being "those dumb bitches thought we wouldn't shoot them"
we are raised to know we have the option of going along to get along--an option other people never had. but the promise of exemption from their violence was always conditional.
they can & will take it away for misbehaving.
we are raised to know we have the option of going along to get along--an option other people never had. but the promise of exemption from their violence was always conditional.
they can & will take it away for misbehaving.
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The increasingly common habit of screenshotting the AI summary of a Google search and presenting it as evidence must be nipped in the bud immediately. That is nothing. That is not anything, it is not a thing.
January 13, 2026 at 3:13 AM
The increasingly common habit of screenshotting the AI summary of a Google search and presenting it as evidence must be nipped in the bud immediately. That is nothing. That is not anything, it is not a thing.
I wish there were a group like @polls.pizza but they send pizza to #ICE watch events, and then the occupiers have to watch the neighbors eat delicious (and local) pizzas in front of them and not get any.
January 13, 2026 at 10:45 AM
I wish there were a group like @polls.pizza but they send pizza to #ICE watch events, and then the occupiers have to watch the neighbors eat delicious (and local) pizzas in front of them and not get any.
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The Alt-Righteous Gemstones
Column: Erika Kirk, a mother to two toddlers, continues to take on public-facing leadership duties while promoting traditional ideas about prioritizing marriage and motherhood.
Here’s how her clothes are attempting to walk the same line: https://wapo.st/3N3czMn
Here’s how her clothes are attempting to walk the same line: https://wapo.st/3N3czMn
January 12, 2026 at 11:17 AM
The Alt-Righteous Gemstones