First Name Mister
@misterdancer.bsky.social
(Former [Disco]) Dancer. No time for people who want to be back-patted for being right, or for giving up/giving in to our worst impulses.
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Wrote a new post about A Thousand Blows and why you should binge it.
Don't Miss 'A Thousand Blows' Twice
Despite Hulu's inability to give 'A Thousand Blows' a weekly release or proper marketing, this series starring 'Adolescence's Stephen Graham and Erin Doherty is worth your time.
telly-visions.ghost.io
January 25, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Wrote a new post about A Thousand Blows and why you should binge it.
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ICE & CBP have killed several people over the last year and the only names to enter the popular consciousness are the names of the white Americans they have killed. We need to attend to what structures that, both externally & internally.
And the same outraged cops? Defended the killers amongst them
And the same outraged cops? Defended the killers amongst them
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
ICE & CBP have killed several people over the last year and the only names to enter the popular consciousness are the names of the white Americans they have killed. We need to attend to what structures that, both externally & internally.
And the same outraged cops? Defended the killers amongst them
And the same outraged cops? Defended the killers amongst them
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We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
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There is more courage in the world than fear, it's just that courage sometimes takes a little longer to get organized & is often invisible. Even if the expression doesn't look like this, you have this courage too.
MINNESOTA SHUTDOWN: Clergy have blocked the road in front of Terminal 1 at MSP while a crowd of thousands sings "before this campaign fails, we'll all go down to jail, everybody has a right to live." Photos are members of UNITE HERE 17 who've been abducted. I'll be updating here throughout the day.
A Huge Group of Faith Leaders Are Blocking a Key Road Outside the Minneapolis–St. Paul Airport
The major act of civil disobedience comes as throngs of residents are braving freezing temperatures to make their voices heard.
inthesetimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:16 PM
There is more courage in the world than fear, it's just that courage sometimes takes a little longer to get organized & is often invisible. Even if the expression doesn't look like this, you have this courage too.
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Highlighting:
That's not the MN State flag anymore.
A major reason for the change was specifically blatant racist, anti-Indigenous imagery.
It is a specific choice to use this flag.
Minority extremists use the old flag as a dog whistle.
The Vice President is prominently dog whistling.
That's not the MN State flag anymore.
A major reason for the change was specifically blatant racist, anti-Indigenous imagery.
It is a specific choice to use this flag.
Minority extremists use the old flag as a dog whistle.
The Vice President is prominently dog whistling.
Vance podium flanked by steroidal SUV’s declaring “Protect the Homeland” and the *old* Minnesota flag.
January 22, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Highlighting:
That's not the MN State flag anymore.
A major reason for the change was specifically blatant racist, anti-Indigenous imagery.
It is a specific choice to use this flag.
Minority extremists use the old flag as a dog whistle.
The Vice President is prominently dog whistling.
That's not the MN State flag anymore.
A major reason for the change was specifically blatant racist, anti-Indigenous imagery.
It is a specific choice to use this flag.
Minority extremists use the old flag as a dog whistle.
The Vice President is prominently dog whistling.
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With alt text.
The entire fucking point, supposedly, was the app spying on US citizens and they make it even MORE invasive. Get the fuck off TikTok.
The entire fucking point, supposedly, was the app spying on US citizens and they make it even MORE invasive. Get the fuck off TikTok.
January 23, 2026 at 10:04 AM
With alt text.
The entire fucking point, supposedly, was the app spying on US citizens and they make it even MORE invasive. Get the fuck off TikTok.
The entire fucking point, supposedly, was the app spying on US citizens and they make it even MORE invasive. Get the fuck off TikTok.
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It's incredible how effective transphobia is as a litmus test for SO many issues. Every time I find a new pro-surveillance tech stooge, they're transphobic. I think people need to understand how tightly the belief that the internet is turning everyone trans is bound up w mass surveillance efforts
Jonathan Haidt Promoted a Fringe Theory on Trans Youth — Assigned
The author of “The Anxiety Generation” told Margaret Hoover for PBS that young people become trans due to peer contagion effects. There is no evidence for this claim.
www.assignedmedia.org
January 23, 2026 at 4:18 AM
It's incredible how effective transphobia is as a litmus test for SO many issues. Every time I find a new pro-surveillance tech stooge, they're transphobic. I think people need to understand how tightly the belief that the internet is turning everyone trans is bound up w mass surveillance efforts
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The City of Philadelphia is suing the Trump administration after the National Park Service removed a long-standing exhibit on slavery in the city's Independence National Historical Park. https://cnn.it/4jSDTZQ
January 23, 2026 at 9:47 AM
The City of Philadelphia is suing the Trump administration after the National Park Service removed a long-standing exhibit on slavery in the city's Independence National Historical Park. https://cnn.it/4jSDTZQ
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Just sitting here.
Thinking about all the times people are like 'PT you're too serious, you're so online, you got those Twitter fingers lol' as me and others around me tried to actively warn that if you don't stand against this kind of shit, they'll target Black people first.
Well.
Thinking about all the times people are like 'PT you're too serious, you're so online, you got those Twitter fingers lol' as me and others around me tried to actively warn that if you don't stand against this kind of shit, they'll target Black people first.
Well.
January 23, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Just sitting here.
Thinking about all the times people are like 'PT you're too serious, you're so online, you got those Twitter fingers lol' as me and others around me tried to actively warn that if you don't stand against this kind of shit, they'll target Black people first.
Well.
Thinking about all the times people are like 'PT you're too serious, you're so online, you got those Twitter fingers lol' as me and others around me tried to actively warn that if you don't stand against this kind of shit, they'll target Black people first.
Well.
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To everybody in the past 30 yrs who has declined to support abortion rights bc it’s “too political” & may interfere with your other social justice work: truly fuck you & the horse you rode in on. Trump to Expand ‘Mexico City’ Abortion Rule to Include D.E.I. & Gender www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
Trump to Expand ‘Mexico City’ Abortion Rule to Include D.E.I. and Gender
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:04 AM
To everybody in the past 30 yrs who has declined to support abortion rights bc it’s “too political” & may interfere with your other social justice work: truly fuck you & the horse you rode in on. Trump to Expand ‘Mexico City’ Abortion Rule to Include D.E.I. & Gender www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
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Everyone overseas is like, "Americans just aren't doing enough to stop their tyrannical government."
Me, a Minnesotan who knows world history better than that, as her neighbors actively resist and defend against the illegal federal invasion of her community...:
(Furthermore, Minnesota is Canada.)
Me, a Minnesotan who knows world history better than that, as her neighbors actively resist and defend against the illegal federal invasion of her community...:
(Furthermore, Minnesota is Canada.)
January 23, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Everyone overseas is like, "Americans just aren't doing enough to stop their tyrannical government."
Me, a Minnesotan who knows world history better than that, as her neighbors actively resist and defend against the illegal federal invasion of her community...:
(Furthermore, Minnesota is Canada.)
Me, a Minnesotan who knows world history better than that, as her neighbors actively resist and defend against the illegal federal invasion of her community...:
(Furthermore, Minnesota is Canada.)
Hiding LBGTQIA+ in Trek?
There's multiple LBGTQIA+ main cast characters in Discovery.
As I understand it, Starfleet Academy introduces multiple LBGTQIA+ characters as part of main cast in at least episode 3.
I'm sorry the Trek they're watching lacks, that doesn't mean the franchise overall does.
There's multiple LBGTQIA+ main cast characters in Discovery.
As I understand it, Starfleet Academy introduces multiple LBGTQIA+ characters as part of main cast in at least episode 3.
I'm sorry the Trek they're watching lacks, that doesn't mean the franchise overall does.
Star Trek has been turning into action Schlock since generations flopped.
Strange New Worlds is too random. It lost all the progressive edge of the era it's impersonating.
They've actually gone a step back from DS9 by hiding all their LGTBQ+ and keep them hidden away in Lower Decks.
I miss TNG
Strange New Worlds is too random. It lost all the progressive edge of the era it's impersonating.
They've actually gone a step back from DS9 by hiding all their LGTBQ+ and keep them hidden away in Lower Decks.
I miss TNG
Star Trek TNG Peak Performance: It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. Full Scene
YouTube video by Ponyboy
youtu.be
January 23, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Hiding LBGTQIA+ in Trek?
There's multiple LBGTQIA+ main cast characters in Discovery.
As I understand it, Starfleet Academy introduces multiple LBGTQIA+ characters as part of main cast in at least episode 3.
I'm sorry the Trek they're watching lacks, that doesn't mean the franchise overall does.
There's multiple LBGTQIA+ main cast characters in Discovery.
As I understand it, Starfleet Academy introduces multiple LBGTQIA+ characters as part of main cast in at least episode 3.
I'm sorry the Trek they're watching lacks, that doesn't mean the franchise overall does.
This thread is worth a few minutes of your time, today.
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 12:56 PM
This thread is worth a few minutes of your time, today.
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two problems with this:
1. in 2024, *every* incumbent party that was up for reelection lost vote share (the first time that's ever happened) which is, I would say, an aberration
2. the back-to-back "I want you in office -> I hate you" cycles suggest something more complex than "people's will"
1. in 2024, *every* incumbent party that was up for reelection lost vote share (the first time that's ever happened) which is, I would say, an aberration
2. the back-to-back "I want you in office -> I hate you" cycles suggest something more complex than "people's will"
January 21, 2026 at 8:02 PM
two problems with this:
1. in 2024, *every* incumbent party that was up for reelection lost vote share (the first time that's ever happened) which is, I would say, an aberration
2. the back-to-back "I want you in office -> I hate you" cycles suggest something more complex than "people's will"
1. in 2024, *every* incumbent party that was up for reelection lost vote share (the first time that's ever happened) which is, I would say, an aberration
2. the back-to-back "I want you in office -> I hate you" cycles suggest something more complex than "people's will"
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Ok I need to spell this out more slowly, clearly: Greenland is Inuit land and nobody but Inuit should be getting to decide what happens to it
January 22, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Ok I need to spell this out more slowly, clearly: Greenland is Inuit land and nobody but Inuit should be getting to decide what happens to it
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I will most certainly have more on this once I collect my brain from today’s arguments/coverage, but do be sure to read Aaron’s thread here and the underlying AP report.
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 22, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I will most certainly have more on this once I collect my brain from today’s arguments/coverage, but do be sure to read Aaron’s thread here and the underlying AP report.
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I dunno, starting to feel like I didn't mention Star Trek enough in the book???
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
January 20, 2026 at 2:06 PM
I dunno, starting to feel like I didn't mention Star Trek enough in the book???
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
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I posted this for 2 reasons:
1. The Little Rock Nine students are still alive, that is how recent integration was.
2. Be the nice kid, not the witness.
1. The Little Rock Nine students are still alive, that is how recent integration was.
2. Be the nice kid, not the witness.
Little Rock Nine student Minnijean Brown-Trickey: "There were 20 nice kids...There were about 300 really mean kids.... there were 1700 silent witnesses who stood by & said nothing...if you're walking through terror, if somebody smiles with a genuine smile, you feel like oh, there's hope."
Minnijean Brown-Trickey is one of the original members of the Little Rock Nine, the teenagers who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, after the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ru...
TikTok video by pbsnews
www.tiktok.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:01 PM
I posted this for 2 reasons:
1. The Little Rock Nine students are still alive, that is how recent integration was.
2. Be the nice kid, not the witness.
1. The Little Rock Nine students are still alive, that is how recent integration was.
2. Be the nice kid, not the witness.
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i think it is simply true that for all intents and purposes stephen miller is the president of the united states
The Wrath of Stephen Miller
The man who turns President Trump’s most incendiary impulses into policy
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:06 PM
i think it is simply true that for all intents and purposes stephen miller is the president of the united states
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Time for a new thread to introduce myself and pin.
I'm Kieron Gillen. I'm a writer, recovering critic and sometime designer.
I write two ongoing comics at the moment, which we explain here...
The Power Fantasy: bindings.app/shelf/1FLv6k...
DIE: Loaded: bindings.app/read/2CL3kNs7
I'm Kieron Gillen. I'm a writer, recovering critic and sometime designer.
I write two ongoing comics at the moment, which we explain here...
The Power Fantasy: bindings.app/shelf/1FLv6k...
DIE: Loaded: bindings.app/read/2CL3kNs7
January 19, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Time for a new thread to introduce myself and pin.
I'm Kieron Gillen. I'm a writer, recovering critic and sometime designer.
I write two ongoing comics at the moment, which we explain here...
The Power Fantasy: bindings.app/shelf/1FLv6k...
DIE: Loaded: bindings.app/read/2CL3kNs7
I'm Kieron Gillen. I'm a writer, recovering critic and sometime designer.
I write two ongoing comics at the moment, which we explain here...
The Power Fantasy: bindings.app/shelf/1FLv6k...
DIE: Loaded: bindings.app/read/2CL3kNs7
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The past decade of US politics can be summed up by liberal pundits persuading themselves that radical leftist sh!itposters nowhere near the levers of power in the Democratic party represented such a threat to liberalism, it was better to put radical far-right sh!tposters in charge of the govt.
January 18, 2026 at 12:55 PM
The past decade of US politics can be summed up by liberal pundits persuading themselves that radical leftist sh!itposters nowhere near the levers of power in the Democratic party represented such a threat to liberalism, it was better to put radical far-right sh!tposters in charge of the govt.
Well. Look who just added himself to the "go fuck yourself for the 2028 Democratic primary" column.
Josh & Gavin can snuggle up in the cold while the rest of us work on finding a real candidate who'll fight for all of us.
Josh & Gavin can snuggle up in the cold while the rest of us work on finding a real candidate who'll fight for all of us.
Josh Shapiro writes in his new book that he was being grilled by the Kamala Harris team about his views on Israel because he's a Jew.
In college, Josh Shapiro wrote that Palestinians as a collective "are too battle-minded" and that peace can only happen if Arabs don't "ruin it".
In college, Josh Shapiro wrote that Palestinians as a collective "are too battle-minded" and that peace can only happen if Arabs don't "ruin it".
January 19, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Well. Look who just added himself to the "go fuck yourself for the 2028 Democratic primary" column.
Josh & Gavin can snuggle up in the cold while the rest of us work on finding a real candidate who'll fight for all of us.
Josh & Gavin can snuggle up in the cold while the rest of us work on finding a real candidate who'll fight for all of us.
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When MLK practices of strategy of nonviolence, it was not merely a concern about what white people think, but a pragmatic understanding of what can be done when I minority group is literally outgunned. That consideration matters and it was debated throughout that practice.
January 19, 2026 at 1:55 AM
When MLK practices of strategy of nonviolence, it was not merely a concern about what white people think, but a pragmatic understanding of what can be done when I minority group is literally outgunned. That consideration matters and it was debated throughout that practice.
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It reminds me heavily of queer theorist Sara Ahmed's concept of queer use. "Queer uses, when things are used for purposes other than the ones for which they were intended, still reference the qualities of a thing; queer uses may linger on those qualities, rendering them all the more lively."
January 18, 2026 at 8:27 PM
It reminds me heavily of queer theorist Sara Ahmed's concept of queer use. "Queer uses, when things are used for purposes other than the ones for which they were intended, still reference the qualities of a thing; queer uses may linger on those qualities, rendering them all the more lively."