Marie in the Sky With Diamonds
@murray6971.bsky.social
She/her - I have that Jezebel spirit
In the immortal words of Bartleby, "I would prefer not to."
Fearless and undefined, this is what it sounds like.
In the immortal words of Bartleby, "I would prefer not to."
Fearless and undefined, this is what it sounds like.
Pinned
"The most important thing to remember is this: to be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become."
--W.E.B. Du Bois
--W.E.B. Du Bois
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Roses don’t grow during winter,
February 4, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Roses don’t grow during winter,
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1000 times this.
They foresaw Trump. They did not foresee Mitch McConnell, Mike Johnson, John Thune, John Roberts, or any of the other hundreds of elected and appointed officials who are just as culpable.
They foresaw Trump. They did not foresee Mitch McConnell, Mike Johnson, John Thune, John Roberts, or any of the other hundreds of elected and appointed officials who are just as culpable.
The Founding Fathers always knew a king-like tyrant would one day try to rule as dictator and use powers of the presidency to live above the law.
But they never foresaw a branch of government abdicating oath for grift and never foresaw algorithmic media producing a citizenry manipulated by deceit.
But they never foresaw a branch of government abdicating oath for grift and never foresaw algorithmic media producing a citizenry manipulated by deceit.
February 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
1000 times this.
They foresaw Trump. They did not foresee Mitch McConnell, Mike Johnson, John Thune, John Roberts, or any of the other hundreds of elected and appointed officials who are just as culpable.
They foresaw Trump. They did not foresee Mitch McConnell, Mike Johnson, John Thune, John Roberts, or any of the other hundreds of elected and appointed officials who are just as culpable.
A costume jewelry dealer called Maslow's Hierarchy of Beads.
A store for once-ler garments called Maslow’s Hierarchy of Thneeds
A consulting detective agency called Maslow & Maslow’s Hierarchy of Leads
February 4, 2026 at 6:17 AM
A costume jewelry dealer called Maslow's Hierarchy of Beads.
February 4, 2026 at 6:14 AM
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This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
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You cannot bipartisan with this.
“.. Not a single Republican member of Congress showed up to the public forum .. on the violence inflicted by federal immigration agents, featuring testimony from the brothers of Renee Good ..”
@newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/post/206100/...
@newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/post/206100/...
February 4, 2026 at 12:59 AM
You cannot bipartisan with this.
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NEW: Letitia James, the New York attorney general, announced that her office will deploy "legal observers" to document ICE activity in NY.
Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
New York Attorney General to Deploy Observers to Document ICE Raids
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:07 PM
NEW: Letitia James, the New York attorney general, announced that her office will deploy "legal observers" to document ICE activity in NY.
Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
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This shit happened in 2020. A bunch of us warned folks to stay away from these people. I got MLK quotes shot back at me. Come to find out, white supremacists were breaking shit to blame Black folks and get public backlash to the protests.
Especially because some of those random men have been proven to be racist agitators trying to harm the notion of peaceful protest. White Fox news viewers still think there are "burned down cities" for a reason.
February 3, 2026 at 7:05 PM
This shit happened in 2020. A bunch of us warned folks to stay away from these people. I got MLK quotes shot back at me. Come to find out, white supremacists were breaking shit to blame Black folks and get public backlash to the protests.
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Sadly, this is the ICE M.O.: Assault innocent people and then tell elaborate lies to blame the victim. No judge should give any credence to anything a DHS lawyer says to them. They have proven themselves to be liars too often.
February 3, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Sadly, this is the ICE M.O.: Assault innocent people and then tell elaborate lies to blame the victim. No judge should give any credence to anything a DHS lawyer says to them. They have proven themselves to be liars too often.
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Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao!
February 3, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao!
The only time I think about kids is when some neighbor's kid is screaming its head off and I instantly think, Thank God that's not mine, and I close the window or put on headphones.
the only time i ever listened to smartless was years ago when jennifer aniston was a guest and when she was talking about how much she loves hosting friends at her house one of the guys asked if that made her feel less lonely bc she doesn’t have kids
Jason Bateman Criticized for Asking Charli xcx About Having Kids and Telling Her ‘You Might Find Somebody’ Who Changes Your Mind; She Responds: ‘I Am Married’
Jason Bateman is getting flak on social media for asking Charli xcx about not wanting to have kids, then telling her she might change her mind.
variety.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:50 PM
The only time I think about kids is when some neighbor's kid is screaming its head off and I instantly think, Thank God that's not mine, and I close the window or put on headphones.
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LITERALLY STORMFRONT WAS OPENLY INVOLVED FROM THE FIRST MONTH and people acted like I was being hyperbolic and nagged me not to “godwins law”
It's wild to me that, even before all this, we had on record Bannon saying something along the lines of "we're going to use gamergate to turn kids into Nazis" and barely anyone flinched
February 3, 2026 at 9:56 PM
LITERALLY STORMFRONT WAS OPENLY INVOLVED FROM THE FIRST MONTH and people acted like I was being hyperbolic and nagged me not to “godwins law”
This!!! Fuck rich, powerful people who do terrible things. Feel bad for the people they hurt and suppress.
This 2017 banger by Caroline Framke remains eternally relevant www.vox.com/culture/2017... @carolineframke.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 8:28 PM
This!!! Fuck rich, powerful people who do terrible things. Feel bad for the people they hurt and suppress.
Normal person: His paperwork was in order, no red flags.
ICE: No it's not (offers no evidence to support the claim).
ICE: No it's not (offers no evidence to support the claim).
ICE says agents arrested 46-year-old Larry Temah from Cameroon on January 28 in New Orleans.
ICE says Temah was a New Orleans Police recruit who was issued a gun by the department despite issues with his immigration status.
NOPD says Temah had all the correct paperwork to be hired as an officer.
ICE says Temah was a New Orleans Police recruit who was issued a gun by the department despite issues with his immigration status.
NOPD says Temah had all the correct paperwork to be hired as an officer.
February 3, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Normal person: His paperwork was in order, no red flags.
ICE: No it's not (offers no evidence to support the claim).
ICE: No it's not (offers no evidence to support the claim).
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NEW: A Florida court dismissed a Republican lawsuit seeking to block statistical methodologies used in the 2020 Census for alleged inaccuracies.
The case is part of a nationwide GOP effort to increase the party’s power in red states by changing how the U.S. population is counted.
The case is part of a nationwide GOP effort to increase the party’s power in red states by changing how the U.S. population is counted.
Florida court tosses GOP suit attempting to influence elections by challenging U.S. census
The case was part of a broader Republican effort to increase the power of GOP-controlled states by changing how the U.S. population is counted.
www.democracydocket.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:07 PM
NEW: A Florida court dismissed a Republican lawsuit seeking to block statistical methodologies used in the 2020 Census for alleged inaccuracies.
The case is part of a nationwide GOP effort to increase the party’s power in red states by changing how the U.S. population is counted.
The case is part of a nationwide GOP effort to increase the party’s power in red states by changing how the U.S. population is counted.
Fraggle Rhythm and Blues
fraggle rock implies the existence of fraggle jazz and fraggle rap
February 3, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Fraggle Rhythm and Blues
People seem to think that the only way to defeat anything is loudly and in public. Truth is, most things are defeated because they are undermined and subverted behind the scenes, and that doesn't look like you think it should.
A vast majority of work is done before you even start to see results.
A vast majority of work is done before you even start to see results.
February 3, 2026 at 7:59 PM
People seem to think that the only way to defeat anything is loudly and in public. Truth is, most things are defeated because they are undermined and subverted behind the scenes, and that doesn't look like you think it should.
A vast majority of work is done before you even start to see results.
A vast majority of work is done before you even start to see results.
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the thing about "arson is a serious crime" is that you can think that you are being careful with the fire you are lighting for cute semiotic reasons and *the fire will not fucking care*, the fire you set will consume everything the laws of physics allow it to touch
February 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
the thing about "arson is a serious crime" is that you can think that you are being careful with the fire you are lighting for cute semiotic reasons and *the fire will not fucking care*, the fire you set will consume everything the laws of physics allow it to touch
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Huge shout-out to the solo practitioners and small firm lawyers, along with non-profits, who have stepped up to try to get people free while the nation's biggest firms were busy either capitulating to or collaborating with the fascists.
h/t @jesspish.bsky.social
elpasomatters.org/2026/02/01/e...
h/t @jesspish.bsky.social
elpasomatters.org/2026/02/01/e...
El Paso, West Texas federal courts deluged with challenges to immigration detention
Federal judges in El Paso are increasingly ordering bond hearings and releases for ICE detainees as a surge in habeas corpus filings challenges the Trump administration’s immigration detention policie...
elpasomatters.org
February 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Huge shout-out to the solo practitioners and small firm lawyers, along with non-profits, who have stepped up to try to get people free while the nation's biggest firms were busy either capitulating to or collaborating with the fascists.
h/t @jesspish.bsky.social
elpasomatters.org/2026/02/01/e...
h/t @jesspish.bsky.social
elpasomatters.org/2026/02/01/e...
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This is going to get torn to shreds in court, isnt it
MS NOW airs body cam footage of the raid of the Fulton County Election office:
"The officer states several times he has not been given a copy of the warrant by the federal agents on scene. At one point, the officer says a warrant for a second location is in the works."
"The officer states several times he has not been given a copy of the warrant by the federal agents on scene. At one point, the officer says a warrant for a second location is in the works."
February 3, 2026 at 7:27 PM
This is going to get torn to shreds in court, isnt it
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'dear jeffrey, so sorry to hear about your little hiccup. I hope this can all be cleared up and you can continue to enliven the life of your friends with your wit, intelligence, and collection of beautiful women! in unrelated news, I have a new project that needs funding ...'
I'm worried that the broader public isn't really understanding the Epstein Files. The problem isn't that everyone in the files is a secret pedophile, it's that all the people are corresponding with him because they *don't care that he's a pedophile*. It's a story of elite impunity.
You can look at the Epstein files and conclude that only bad people have billions of dollars, but I think it’s also possible that having billions of dollars cauterizes your humanity
February 3, 2026 at 7:29 PM
'dear jeffrey, so sorry to hear about your little hiccup. I hope this can all be cleared up and you can continue to enliven the life of your friends with your wit, intelligence, and collection of beautiful women! in unrelated news, I have a new project that needs funding ...'
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Being able to manipulate people successfully often derives from a rock-solid understanding of human nature. So does a lot of good art. It would be awesome if talent was always married to virtue, but… *gestures vaguely at all the things*
A tough one to sit with--but we must--is that some people's ability to make good art in part derived from, or was protected by, the fact that they were enabling or doing terrible things. See also: We Need to Talk about Cosby doc. Even more troubling on this score: Read deep reporting on Alice Munro
"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
February 3, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Being able to manipulate people successfully often derives from a rock-solid understanding of human nature. So does a lot of good art. It would be awesome if talent was always married to virtue, but… *gestures vaguely at all the things*
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Why do pedophiles rule the world? Not just elite impunity. It's impunity for rape. It's our whole culture enabling it at every level. It wasn't about the most beautiful women in the world abused by Weinstein, it's not just the rich as prolific abusers. It's an indictment of the whole social order.
February 3, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Why do pedophiles rule the world? Not just elite impunity. It's impunity for rape. It's our whole culture enabling it at every level. It wasn't about the most beautiful women in the world abused by Weinstein, it's not just the rich as prolific abusers. It's an indictment of the whole social order.
This headline is intentional. She was briefly married to him around 50 years ago and you got bots and assholes on here saying "she can pick 'em" like she could predict what anyone would do 50 years later. And she did divorce him so
February 3, 2026 at 7:18 PM
This headline is intentional. She was briefly married to him around 50 years ago and you got bots and assholes on here saying "she can pick 'em" like she could predict what anyone would do 50 years later. And she did divorce him so