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@nmohlmann.bsky.social
English prof (autobiography, the paranormal, colonial Virginia) & south coast vaporwave
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Nazi Tattoo guy who hasn't won shit front and center but Mayor of NYC over to the left
A base that has long made pragmatic, sober decisions appears increasingly attracted to charismatic outsiders who promise to break from the party’s failures of the last decade. They see their party’s leaders as feckless and inept.
It’s the Democratic Tea Party, with a twist. trib.al/mC5cBDA
It’s the Democratic Tea Party, with a twist. trib.al/mC5cBDA
February 13, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Nazi Tattoo guy who hasn't won shit front and center but Mayor of NYC over to the left
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Discord lied.
they’re now sending scanned IDs to persona, a third party company.
“facial scans will never leave your device” -discord lmao.
they’re now sending scanned IDs to persona, a third party company.
“facial scans will never leave your device” -discord lmao.
February 12, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Discord lied.
they’re now sending scanned IDs to persona, a third party company.
“facial scans will never leave your device” -discord lmao.
they’re now sending scanned IDs to persona, a third party company.
“facial scans will never leave your device” -discord lmao.
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We shouldn't let the fact that this guy is probably a closet Nazi stop us from appreciating one very important qualification he definitely DOES have that's important to the mainstream Democratic party: treating his constituents like they're ignorant children
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
We shouldn't let the fact that this guy is probably a closet Nazi stop us from appreciating one very important qualification he definitely DOES have that's important to the mainstream Democratic party: treating his constituents like they're ignorant children
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there's a lot of reason to doubt him!
1. the Nazi tattoo!
2. keeping the Nazi tattoo!
3. lying about the Nazi tattoo!
4. only covering up the Nazi tattoo after backlash!
5. he's written racist and misogynist things on the Internet!
6. HE'S SEEKING MORE POWER & HAS EVERY INCENTIVE TO LIE
1. the Nazi tattoo!
2. keeping the Nazi tattoo!
3. lying about the Nazi tattoo!
4. only covering up the Nazi tattoo after backlash!
5. he's written racist and misogynist things on the Internet!
6. HE'S SEEKING MORE POWER & HAS EVERY INCENTIVE TO LIE
February 13, 2026 at 5:13 AM
there's a lot of reason to doubt him!
1. the Nazi tattoo!
2. keeping the Nazi tattoo!
3. lying about the Nazi tattoo!
4. only covering up the Nazi tattoo after backlash!
5. he's written racist and misogynist things on the Internet!
6. HE'S SEEKING MORE POWER & HAS EVERY INCENTIVE TO LIE
1. the Nazi tattoo!
2. keeping the Nazi tattoo!
3. lying about the Nazi tattoo!
4. only covering up the Nazi tattoo after backlash!
5. he's written racist and misogynist things on the Internet!
6. HE'S SEEKING MORE POWER & HAS EVERY INCENTIVE TO LIE
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You’re laughing. The Mellon foundation is providing grants to gender and area studies programs and you’re laughing.
February 13, 2026 at 1:57 AM
You’re laughing. The Mellon foundation is providing grants to gender and area studies programs and you’re laughing.
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The denaturalization project, no matter how it is cloaked in law, is inherently a politically targeted abuse of power until they go after the single most prominent case of naturalization fraud in the country: Elon Musk obtaining his citizenship by lying about his prior immigration status violations.
cool, cool. so we are sort of like citizens, but not really?
February 13, 2026 at 1:17 AM
The denaturalization project, no matter how it is cloaked in law, is inherently a politically targeted abuse of power until they go after the single most prominent case of naturalization fraud in the country: Elon Musk obtaining his citizenship by lying about his prior immigration status violations.
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I remember years ago on Twitter, lots of print journalists/pundits told historians that they simply couldn't footnote their pieces because that's just not how things are done.
Reading a particular mag's output, one starts to think they can't footnote because very little of what they write is real.
Reading a particular mag's output, one starts to think they can't footnote because very little of what they write is real.
February 13, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I remember years ago on Twitter, lots of print journalists/pundits told historians that they simply couldn't footnote their pieces because that's just not how things are done.
Reading a particular mag's output, one starts to think they can't footnote because very little of what they write is real.
Reading a particular mag's output, one starts to think they can't footnote because very little of what they write is real.
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if AOC is too right-wing for you to support, you do not believe in electoral politics and should just be honest about that
Someone who won’t vote for AOC because she’s insufficiently left for them is someone whose vote we will never get and they should be treated as such. Also they only exist online
February 13, 2026 at 4:14 AM
if AOC is too right-wing for you to support, you do not believe in electoral politics and should just be honest about that
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“Federal agents aren’t just seizing phones. They’re holding onto people’s driver’s licenses, cash and keys.”
I’ve been worrying about the phones for a while, but at least I can imagine a story — in most cases false — why they might need to keep a phone as evidence. But CASH? KEYS?
I’ve been worrying about the phones for a while, but at least I can imagine a story — in most cases false — why they might need to keep a phone as evidence. But CASH? KEYS?
A 76-year-old veteran and nurse was tackled and detained at the site of Alex Pretti's killing. Agents told him his phone was evidence in an investigation into him assaulting an officer.
“I didn’t assault an officer. I got assaulted by three officers." minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/12/w...
“I didn’t assault an officer. I got assaulted by three officers." minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/12/w...
Why is ICE seizing people’s phones and documents? • Minnesota Reformer
After the federal agents took the shackles off Gust Johnson’s ankles to release him from detainment, he asked for his phone back. That would be staying at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, th...
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February 13, 2026 at 4:31 AM
“Federal agents aren’t just seizing phones. They’re holding onto people’s driver’s licenses, cash and keys.”
I’ve been worrying about the phones for a while, but at least I can imagine a story — in most cases false — why they might need to keep a phone as evidence. But CASH? KEYS?
I’ve been worrying about the phones for a while, but at least I can imagine a story — in most cases false — why they might need to keep a phone as evidence. But CASH? KEYS?
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This exactly. I have taught many ages of kids as an adult, including when I was in my late teens-20s, and they were clearly *kids*, even when the age difference was only a few years.
when i was a 16yo girl i thought i was an adult. coaching 12-17yo girls as a 28yo really hammered home how much i was wrong about being an adult at 16 and how obvious it is to actual adults that a 16yo is not an adult. if they say they cannot tell they are lying because they are a creep.
February 13, 2026 at 3:43 AM
This exactly. I have taught many ages of kids as an adult, including when I was in my late teens-20s, and they were clearly *kids*, even when the age difference was only a few years.
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You won’t believe the twist!
The details of the Kristi Noem blanket incident are just fucking perfect
February 13, 2026 at 4:40 AM
You won’t believe the twist!
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Epstein class gets every benefit of every shadow of a doubt, the rest of us look at an ICE agent funny and we get pepper spray and a cracked skull
February 5, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Epstein class gets every benefit of every shadow of a doubt, the rest of us look at an ICE agent funny and we get pepper spray and a cracked skull
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I hope the accountant arm of the resistance is keeping a running tab so we know exactly how much wealth needs to be redistributed, and to where, when we prosecute these people. We’ve got a backlog of long overdue reparations to be paid, and now we have a fresh new set of horrors to account for.
the scuttlebutt about noem and lewandowski’s relationship is fun, but don’t miss that they used OBBA money to lease/buy an expensive private plane that said was for deportations but are instead using to jet around the country
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
February 13, 2026 at 4:47 AM
I hope the accountant arm of the resistance is keeping a running tab so we know exactly how much wealth needs to be redistributed, and to where, when we prosecute these people. We’ve got a backlog of long overdue reparations to be paid, and now we have a fresh new set of horrors to account for.
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“.. Noem and Lewandowski frequently berate senior level staff, give polygraph tests to employees they don’t trust and have fired employees—in one incident, Lewandowski fired a U.S. Coast Guard pilot after Noem’s blanket was left behind on a plane ..”
@wsj.com
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@wsj.com
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February 13, 2026 at 2:09 AM
“.. Noem and Lewandowski frequently berate senior level staff, give polygraph tests to employees they don’t trust and have fired employees—in one incident, Lewandowski fired a U.S. Coast Guard pilot after Noem’s blanket was left behind on a plane ..”
@wsj.com
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@wsj.com
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We are now here
February 13, 2026 at 2:05 AM
We are now here
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And this, ladies and gentlemen, is the meritocracy they want you to believe Black people are violating
A C student coke fiend with no medical expertise runs our nation’s healthcare system.
A C student coke fiend with no medical expertise runs our nation’s healthcare system.
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 8:07 PM
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is the meritocracy they want you to believe Black people are violating
A C student coke fiend with no medical expertise runs our nation’s healthcare system.
A C student coke fiend with no medical expertise runs our nation’s healthcare system.
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#theaterthursday 🎭
On this day in history, 1661: Samuel Pepys sees a show, says women (now on-stage) make it "much better" than previously all-male casts, and ends the night with an ale!
More RE: Pepys's night out here
blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...
#digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory
On this day in history, 1661: Samuel Pepys sees a show, says women (now on-stage) make it "much better" than previously all-male casts, and ends the night with an ale!
More RE: Pepys's night out here
blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...
#digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory
February 12th, 1661: A WOMAN in The Scornful Lady?! – Extending the London Stage Database
blogs.uoregon.edu
February 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
#theaterthursday 🎭
On this day in history, 1661: Samuel Pepys sees a show, says women (now on-stage) make it "much better" than previously all-male casts, and ends the night with an ale!
More RE: Pepys's night out here
blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...
#digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory
On this day in history, 1661: Samuel Pepys sees a show, says women (now on-stage) make it "much better" than previously all-male casts, and ends the night with an ale!
More RE: Pepys's night out here
blogs.uoregon.edu/londonstage/...
#digitalhumanities #18thc #theaterhistory
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I know there are more insidious uses of AI, but one of the most depressing to me is when it pops up in local TV ads. These things are supposed to be folk art; put your uncle in a bad wig like god intended.
February 13, 2026 at 12:38 AM
I know there are more insidious uses of AI, but one of the most depressing to me is when it pops up in local TV ads. These things are supposed to be folk art; put your uncle in a bad wig like god intended.
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News: The top-secret whistleblower complaint against Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:13 AM
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They are in fact concentration camps in the original usage of camps for concentrating a civilian population for control or collective punishment or to facilitate deportation or population transfer.
They are not concentration camps as a euphemism for extermination camps.
They are not concentration camps as a euphemism for extermination camps.
God the gall of @jaketapper.bsky.social lecturing that Minneapolis small business owner about the meaning of the word "concentration camp" while people are being crammed into poorly resourced buildings by the thousands and shuttled off never to be heard from again
February 12, 2026 at 11:37 PM
They are in fact concentration camps in the original usage of camps for concentrating a civilian population for control or collective punishment or to facilitate deportation or population transfer.
They are not concentration camps as a euphemism for extermination camps.
They are not concentration camps as a euphemism for extermination camps.
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really interesting to me how many professional political commentators have basically retconned the draconian immigration enforcement policies of Obama and Biden out of existence and have completely swallowed the right wing narrative of immigration enforcement
Not going to read them all because jesus fucking christ but this is nasty work from Friedersdorf
February 12, 2026 at 4:29 PM
really interesting to me how many professional political commentators have basically retconned the draconian immigration enforcement policies of Obama and Biden out of existence and have completely swallowed the right wing narrative of immigration enforcement
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On Monday, someone in charge of PR at the Chase Center said, "Gee, I'd give *anything* to have our leadership class and one of its conservative instructors featured in PEOPLE Magazine this week." And then the monkey's paw curled.
Professor Filmed Allegedly Tackling Documentarian to the Ground on Campus. A Day Later, He Was Put on Leave
On Monday, Feb. 9, Luke Perez, an assistant professor at Ohio State University, was captured on camera tackling a filmmaker to the ground. The next day, he was placed on leave pending an investigation...
people.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:06 PM
On Monday, someone in charge of PR at the Chase Center said, "Gee, I'd give *anything* to have our leadership class and one of its conservative instructors featured in PEOPLE Magazine this week." And then the monkey's paw curled.
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Ohio State University faculty fought the creation of the conservative Chase Center because an ideologically-biased center is antithetical to the purpose of a university. They also fought when the center was granted autonomy by the state legislature. The OSU faculty were right on both counts.
February 12, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Ohio State University faculty fought the creation of the conservative Chase Center because an ideologically-biased center is antithetical to the purpose of a university. They also fought when the center was granted autonomy by the state legislature. The OSU faculty were right on both counts.
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Megathread of posts and articles about the invasion of DC that has been ongoing since August 2025: 🧵
February 13, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Megathread of posts and articles about the invasion of DC that has been ongoing since August 2025: 🧵
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Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.
CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.
shorturl.at
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.