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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I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1784
February 1, 2026 at 6:55 AM
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1784
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Nazis literally borrowed from Jim Crow and it’s never been clearer that too many Americans (and Canadians) don’t know our own history.
ICE didn’t come out of thin air, and ACAB isn’t just my neighbour’s wifi network name.
ICE didn’t come out of thin air, and ACAB isn’t just my neighbour’s wifi network name.
How the Nazis Were Inspired by Jim Crow
The Third Reich studied the United States.
www.history.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Nazis literally borrowed from Jim Crow and it’s never been clearer that too many Americans (and Canadians) don’t know our own history.
ICE didn’t come out of thin air, and ACAB isn’t just my neighbour’s wifi network name.
ICE didn’t come out of thin air, and ACAB isn’t just my neighbour’s wifi network name.
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And not to put too fine a point on it, but a president who ran on eliminating “illegal” immigrants created a ton more “illegal” immigrants by canceling a bunch of actual real legal statuses. He took people off the path that everyone says they want people on.
I genuinely have no idea how to convey this to the American people, but I think the biggest impediment to any kind of immigration reform is that people are convinced that "legal" and "illegal" are immutable, intrinsic categories instead of a rapidly-shifting arbitrary constellation of regulations.
February 2, 2026 at 4:29 AM
And not to put too fine a point on it, but a president who ran on eliminating “illegal” immigrants created a ton more “illegal” immigrants by canceling a bunch of actual real legal statuses. He took people off the path that everyone says they want people on.
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The Trump DOJ is redacting information of Trump and his billionaire friends but is publishing CSAM. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
The Government Published Dozens of Nude Photos in the Epstein Files
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:48 AM
The Trump DOJ is redacting information of Trump and his billionaire friends but is publishing CSAM. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
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350,000 Haitians are about to lose their temporary status because MFs wanted to move the goalpost during the election, which helped Trump get elected.
Folks are all of a sudden upset by this, but they wanted to throw tantrums during an election year that cost those Haitians their statues in '26.
Folks are all of a sudden upset by this, but they wanted to throw tantrums during an election year that cost those Haitians their statues in '26.
February 2, 2026 at 2:43 AM
350,000 Haitians are about to lose their temporary status because MFs wanted to move the goalpost during the election, which helped Trump get elected.
Folks are all of a sudden upset by this, but they wanted to throw tantrums during an election year that cost those Haitians their statues in '26.
Folks are all of a sudden upset by this, but they wanted to throw tantrums during an election year that cost those Haitians their statues in '26.
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Pump this directly into my veins:
A top GOP official in Texas says, "It looks like we f***ed ourselves with our gerrymandering. We watered down all the red districts to steal as many blue ones as possible and now the electorate hates us and our turnout is collapsing."
May this not be just a fluke.
A top GOP official in Texas says, "It looks like we f***ed ourselves with our gerrymandering. We watered down all the red districts to steal as many blue ones as possible and now the electorate hates us and our turnout is collapsing."
May this not be just a fluke.
February 2, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Pump this directly into my veins:
A top GOP official in Texas says, "It looks like we f***ed ourselves with our gerrymandering. We watered down all the red districts to steal as many blue ones as possible and now the electorate hates us and our turnout is collapsing."
May this not be just a fluke.
A top GOP official in Texas says, "It looks like we f***ed ourselves with our gerrymandering. We watered down all the red districts to steal as many blue ones as possible and now the electorate hates us and our turnout is collapsing."
May this not be just a fluke.
👏👏👏👏👏
February 2, 2026 at 1:26 AM
👏👏👏👏👏
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In many of the first generation of modern concentration camp systems (near the turn of the twentieth century), the vast majority of deaths were caused by disease and malnutrition. Most of the victims were women and children.
It appears there is now a measles outbreak at the Dilley family detention facility. www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
Source: Measles outbreak reported at ICE's Dilley family detention facility
DPS troopers stand guard in front of the Dilley detention center during a protest last weekend. After a week of public outcry over the Dilley, Texas South
www.sacurrent.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:29 AM
In many of the first generation of modern concentration camp systems (near the turn of the twentieth century), the vast majority of deaths were caused by disease and malnutrition. Most of the victims were women and children.
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Here's my full 50-page indictment of CBP and ICE and decades of corruption, abuse of force, racism, and misogyny. I promise you — however bad you've ever thought it was, the full reality is even worse, deadlier, and more corrupt. This isn't a "Trump only" phenomenon:
Thanks to @govpritzker.illinois.gov for setting up the Illinois Accountability Commission to document the abuses of Trump and Stephen Miller's invasions of cities. And thanks to @vermontgmg.bsky.social for this detailed testimony about CBP's history and culture: drive.google.com/file/d/1o4z6...
IAC-Statement.Graff.Jan312026.pdf
drive.google.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Here's my full 50-page indictment of CBP and ICE and decades of corruption, abuse of force, racism, and misogyny. I promise you — however bad you've ever thought it was, the full reality is even worse, deadlier, and more corrupt. This isn't a "Trump only" phenomenon:
Haven't watched in a while but they do still drop a good sketch now and again. This one is absolutely hitting it out of the park.
The zeitgeist is so fractured these days, you really can't figure out what will break through until it does.
The zeitgeist is so fractured these days, you really can't figure out what will break through until it does.
The things Bluesky doesn’t pick up to me sometimes is really weird
Like, this MAGA mom skit happened last night. It’s important! People who don’t care that much about politics watch this stuff, including young people
m.youtube.com/watch?v=-wQh...
Like, this MAGA mom skit happened last night. It’s important! People who don’t care that much about politics watch this stuff, including young people
m.youtube.com/watch?v=-wQh...
Mom Confession - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
m.youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Haven't watched in a while but they do still drop a good sketch now and again. This one is absolutely hitting it out of the park.
The zeitgeist is so fractured these days, you really can't figure out what will break through until it does.
The zeitgeist is so fractured these days, you really can't figure out what will break through until it does.
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People say we can't compare this to the Third Reich because of the atrocities but we only found out about the atrocities after the fact when it was all said and done and we're not done with this yet so I am sure the worst stomach churning shit has yet to be revealed.
ICYMI: The US is currently holding three times as many people in immigrant detention as were detained in the Nazi concentration camp system in spring 1939 — six years into the Third Reich, and just before the start of World War II.
February 1, 2026 at 10:26 PM
People say we can't compare this to the Third Reich because of the atrocities but we only found out about the atrocities after the fact when it was all said and done and we're not done with this yet so I am sure the worst stomach churning shit has yet to be revealed.
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AND child detention skyrocketed once Trump 2.0 took office. There are so many Liam Ramos' whose names we do not know. And so many adults with stories that matter, too.
February 2, 2026 at 12:53 AM
AND child detention skyrocketed once Trump 2.0 took office. There are so many Liam Ramos' whose names we do not know. And so many adults with stories that matter, too.
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For those commenting on the agents' surnames.
February 1, 2026 at 10:14 PM
For those commenting on the agents' surnames.
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2008: Epstein is convicted of procuring a minor for prostitution
2018: Despite that conviction, [files indicate] he was invited by Rowling’s team - along with a guest of his choosing - to the Broadway opening of Harry Potter and the private after-party
Protecting women and children, is it?
2018: Despite that conviction, [files indicate] he was invited by Rowling’s team - along with a guest of his choosing - to the Broadway opening of Harry Potter and the private after-party
Protecting women and children, is it?
JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov
February 1, 2026 at 5:38 PM
2008: Epstein is convicted of procuring a minor for prostitution
2018: Despite that conviction, [files indicate] he was invited by Rowling’s team - along with a guest of his choosing - to the Broadway opening of Harry Potter and the private after-party
Protecting women and children, is it?
2018: Despite that conviction, [files indicate] he was invited by Rowling’s team - along with a guest of his choosing - to the Broadway opening of Harry Potter and the private after-party
Protecting women and children, is it?
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The Trump-Vance lie that the city was “destroyed” the notion of “carnage,” the dehumanization of immigrants all creates the impression that their ethnic cleansing action would be a response to something rather than state violence against an invented racial enemy.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?
Nazi Lies in Vance's America
open.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM
The Trump-Vance lie that the city was “destroyed” the notion of “carnage,” the dehumanization of immigrants all creates the impression that their ethnic cleansing action would be a response to something rather than state violence against an invented racial enemy.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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As I've said before, its impt to note the difference btwn how Trump & Vance lie. Trump (& this is not exculpatory tbc) tells lies that he himself believes bc thats how deep in his own fantasy world he is. Vance looks directly at you & tells a lie that he knows is a lie. An utterly soulless man.
"VP JD Vance relayed a 'crazy' story on X about protesters mobbing immigration and Border Patrol officers at a Minneapolis restaurant following Alex Pretti’s killing. But Minneapolis police and the restaurant manager both disputed key parts of the vice president’s account."
by @politico.com
by @politico.com
‘A number of crazy stories’
www.politico.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:23 PM
As I've said before, its impt to note the difference btwn how Trump & Vance lie. Trump (& this is not exculpatory tbc) tells lies that he himself believes bc thats how deep in his own fantasy world he is. Vance looks directly at you & tells a lie that he knows is a lie. An utterly soulless man.
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"In a rural society, the claim that people are beasts is a suggestion they can be slaughtered...In (urban/suburban, where) animals are companions, the idea that others mistreat animals can be the signal they are not like us, barbarians."
I had not put together these two types of dehumanization.
I had not put together these two types of dehumanization.
In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?
Nazi Lies in Vance's America
snyder.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:16 PM
"In a rural society, the claim that people are beasts is a suggestion they can be slaughtered...In (urban/suburban, where) animals are companions, the idea that others mistreat animals can be the signal they are not like us, barbarians."
I had not put together these two types of dehumanization.
I had not put together these two types of dehumanization.
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Worth remembering that something did happen: the journalist who revealed this died from a car bomb.
remember when the panama papers came out and we found out every rich person on earth was committing tax fraud and then nothing happened
February 1, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Worth remembering that something did happen: the journalist who revealed this died from a car bomb.
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Wall-to-wall discourse around sexual violence is pretty unbearable, and I say that as someone who reports on discourse about sexual violence. For anyone who needs to hear this, it is okay to take a break. It is okay to stop scrolling or to not be able to come up with something to say right now.
February 1, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Wall-to-wall discourse around sexual violence is pretty unbearable, and I say that as someone who reports on discourse about sexual violence. For anyone who needs to hear this, it is okay to take a break. It is okay to stop scrolling or to not be able to come up with something to say right now.
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So believe me I understand this is deeply frustrating and unfair, but a march that does everything right and still gets tear gassed is a successful march that is winning.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
February 1, 2026 at 6:31 AM
So believe me I understand this is deeply frustrating and unfair, but a march that does everything right and still gets tear gassed is a successful march that is winning.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
Thread.
They absolutely will not stop with their rollback of every advancement of rights for anyone they don't like/approve of.
They absolutely will not stop with their rollback of every advancement of rights for anyone they don't like/approve of.
“No adult has a right to a non-biologically related child." 1/
This is the position of nearly 50 groups who are pushing to overturn Obergefell.
www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2026/01/were...
This is the position of nearly 50 groups who are pushing to overturn Obergefell.
www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2026/01/were...
'We’re Not Going Back': Outrage Mounts Over New Push to Overturn Gay Marriage
The newly launched effort to overturn same-sex marriage — backed by nearly 50 right-wing groups — is drawing outrage after the coalition posted a video featuring controversial rhetoric. The group argu...
www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Thread.
They absolutely will not stop with their rollback of every advancement of rights for anyone they don't like/approve of.
They absolutely will not stop with their rollback of every advancement of rights for anyone they don't like/approve of.
Black History month should be a celebration of the contributions, achievements and excellence of Black Americans woven into the fabric of the United States but Republicans, and especially Orange Shitler, have us all preparing for the racist fuckery they are sure to unleash.
Don't play their game.
Don't play their game.
February 1, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Black History month should be a celebration of the contributions, achievements and excellence of Black Americans woven into the fabric of the United States but Republicans, and especially Orange Shitler, have us all preparing for the racist fuckery they are sure to unleash.
Don't play their game.
Don't play their game.
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This shit hits like a sledgehammer right now. It's not even remotely an exaggeration.
February 1, 2026 at 12:30 AM
This shit hits like a sledgehammer right now. It's not even remotely an exaggeration.