Nicole Rodovsky
@nrodovsky.bsky.social
Level 51, Chicana, Writer, Second Life Citizen. Misbehaving Celiac. Resist. RP =/= endorsement. I block snake-oil sellers. She/Her #VirtualWriters #MoxieMadness
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This is your permission to NOT re-post "THAT" image. You're traumatizing people you say you care about.
February 6, 2026 at 5:37 PM
This is your permission to NOT re-post "THAT" image. You're traumatizing people you say you care about.
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From HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT:
"Trump covers up crime with scandal. That is his main propaganda tactic, the one few seem to be able to discern...The crimes are much worse than the scandals, but the media will always take the scandal bait."
"Trump covers up crime with scandal. That is his main propaganda tactic, the one few seem to be able to discern...The crimes are much worse than the scandals, but the media will always take the scandal bait."
February 6, 2026 at 5:38 PM
From HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT:
"Trump covers up crime with scandal. That is his main propaganda tactic, the one few seem to be able to discern...The crimes are much worse than the scandals, but the media will always take the scandal bait."
"Trump covers up crime with scandal. That is his main propaganda tactic, the one few seem to be able to discern...The crimes are much worse than the scandals, but the media will always take the scandal bait."
This is your permission to NOT re-post "THAT" image. You're traumatizing people you say you care about.
February 6, 2026 at 5:37 PM
This is your permission to NOT re-post "THAT" image. You're traumatizing people you say you care about.
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I think, grimly, this is true. The discounting, the ignoring of his racism and hatred (‘Oh, it’s just him joking!’) is a dangerous failure.
Trump referring to the first Black President and First Lady in the history of the USA as apes is not a distraction. It is a major news story once again emphasizing how fundamental racism is to this administration and the Republican Party and conservative movement.
And right now media is ignoring.
And right now media is ignoring.
February 6, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I think, grimly, this is true. The discounting, the ignoring of his racism and hatred (‘Oh, it’s just him joking!’) is a dangerous failure.
This thread is best read in Shane's Dad's voice, to Ilya, who is begging to escape.
The two best chairs salesmen in the county secretly pine for each other.
Seated Rivalry.
Seated Rivalry.
February 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This thread is best read in Shane's Dad's voice, to Ilya, who is begging to escape.
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The two best chairs salesmen in the county secretly pine for each other.
Seated Rivalry.
Seated Rivalry.
February 5, 2026 at 8:50 PM
The two best chairs salesmen in the county secretly pine for each other.
Seated Rivalry.
Seated Rivalry.
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People who call Trump crazy are afraid to acknowledge the truth that evil is real in this world and manifests itself not only in public figures of revulsion but just as much in the friends and family they refuse to reject.
February 6, 2026 at 4:06 PM
People who call Trump crazy are afraid to acknowledge the truth that evil is real in this world and manifests itself not only in public figures of revulsion but just as much in the friends and family they refuse to reject.
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Why do people want to call him crazy so much? He's racist, not insane. It's almost giving him a degree of forgiveness to call it craziness, like he's not totally in control or responsible for his racist bullshit.
Get it the fuck together, USA.
Get it the fuck together, USA.
February 6, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Why do people want to call him crazy so much? He's racist, not insane. It's almost giving him a degree of forgiveness to call it craziness, like he's not totally in control or responsible for his racist bullshit.
Get it the fuck together, USA.
Get it the fuck together, USA.
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Powerful white men once equated Black people with monkeys to justify their abduction, deportation, enslavement, lynching and segregation.
The heinous image that Trump shared is explicit racism.
There is no nowhere for his supporters to hide. Supporting him is incompatible with basic human decency.
The heinous image that Trump shared is explicit racism.
There is no nowhere for his supporters to hide. Supporting him is incompatible with basic human decency.
February 6, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Powerful white men once equated Black people with monkeys to justify their abduction, deportation, enslavement, lynching and segregation.
The heinous image that Trump shared is explicit racism.
There is no nowhere for his supporters to hide. Supporting him is incompatible with basic human decency.
The heinous image that Trump shared is explicit racism.
There is no nowhere for his supporters to hide. Supporting him is incompatible with basic human decency.
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BREAKING: Russian General Vladimir Alekseev shot multiple times in Moscow, Russian media reports #Ukraine
BREAKING: Russian General Vladimir Alekseev shot multiple times in Moscow, Russian media reports
kyivindependent.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:18 AM
BREAKING: Russian General Vladimir Alekseev shot multiple times in Moscow, Russian media reports #Ukraine
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Over 73,000 people are currently in ICE custody, the most ever...
But that's not the only shocking number:
- There has been a 2,450% increase in the number of people with no criminal record being held in ICE detention on any given day.
But that's not the only shocking number:
- There has been a 2,450% increase in the number of people with no criminal record being held in ICE detention on any given day.
February 6, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Over 73,000 people are currently in ICE custody, the most ever...
But that's not the only shocking number:
- There has been a 2,450% increase in the number of people with no criminal record being held in ICE detention on any given day.
But that's not the only shocking number:
- There has been a 2,450% increase in the number of people with no criminal record being held in ICE detention on any given day.
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This is why the 4th Amendment says “no person” — instead of “no citizen.”
If only citizens have rights, then no one has rights because all they have to do is say you’re not a citizen and then you have no right to prove otherwise.
If only citizens have rights, then no one has rights because all they have to do is say you’re not a citizen and then you have no right to prove otherwise.
JUST IN: A federal judge has barred ICE and DHS from using taxpayer information provided by the IRS.
Judge Talwani says that DHS' view that noncitizens lack 4th amendment rights — combined with ICE use of administrative warrants — is a recipe for abuse.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Talwani says that DHS' view that noncitizens lack 4th amendment rights — combined with ICE use of administrative warrants — is a recipe for abuse.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 6, 2026 at 4:51 AM
This is why the 4th Amendment says “no person” — instead of “no citizen.”
If only citizens have rights, then no one has rights because all they have to do is say you’re not a citizen and then you have no right to prove otherwise.
If only citizens have rights, then no one has rights because all they have to do is say you’re not a citizen and then you have no right to prove otherwise.
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Hello #WeeknightWriters! Come on in, introduce yourself and your WIP, and let us know how your writing week is going! Or not going, that's valid too
February 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Hello #WeeknightWriters! Come on in, introduce yourself and your WIP, and let us know how your writing week is going! Or not going, that's valid too
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I just wrote and submitted a short story trilogy vignette, magical realism exploring the Asian perpetual foreigner stereotypes in various ways. Hoping for some good news on that, but I won’t be crushed at a rejection. 🤞
February 6, 2026 at 12:21 AM
I just wrote and submitted a short story trilogy vignette, magical realism exploring the Asian perpetual foreigner stereotypes in various ways. Hoping for some good news on that, but I won’t be crushed at a rejection. 🤞
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In case you were unaware that GenAI software developers are also exploiting and abusing workers in the global South to support their plausible word-mulch vending machines.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:44 AM
In case you were unaware that GenAI software developers are also exploiting and abusing workers in the global South to support their plausible word-mulch vending machines.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Had lunch today outside at someone's house and I knew they had lots of flowers, so I brought my camera just in case some Hummingbirds were hanging out! #Birds #Nature #Photography
February 5, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Had lunch today outside at someone's house and I knew they had lots of flowers, so I brought my camera just in case some Hummingbirds were hanging out! #Birds #Nature #Photography
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Um, wow.
apologies for lack of alt text but i am yoo tired to type all this again
@ogre.red thinks terms if service are bullshit and licensing for poetry is unimportant because "who would steal a poem"
my advice would be to avoid doing business with this person
@ogre.red thinks terms if service are bullshit and licensing for poetry is unimportant because "who would steal a poem"
my advice would be to avoid doing business with this person
February 5, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Um, wow.
Hmm. Where have I seen this child-theft behavior before?
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/stor...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/stor...
February 5, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Hmm. Where have I seen this child-theft behavior before?
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/stor...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/stor...
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The two children who returned to MN today say they saw one of their Valley View schoolmates at a detention center in TX. This is a child whose family was last in contact with the school on January 9. No one has known where they were until now.
February 5, 2026 at 12:07 AM
The two children who returned to MN today say they saw one of their Valley View schoolmates at a detention center in TX. This is a child whose family was last in contact with the school on January 9. No one has known where they were until now.
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Columbia Heights has now connected the located child and her family with legal counsel. But TX lawyers told MPR they have spoken to MN families at Dilley who were not provided required legal counsel before being shipped out of state. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
‘ICE conveyor belt’ illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond
ICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and sending them to Texas within hours — in at least two cases against a judge’s order. ...
www.mprnews.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Columbia Heights has now connected the located child and her family with legal counsel. But TX lawyers told MPR they have spoken to MN families at Dilley who were not provided required legal counsel before being shipped out of state. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Is anyone else's Flickr down?
February 5, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Is anyone else's Flickr down?
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This is action EVERY city in the country can take. If your hotels cooperate with ICE, goodbye liquor revenue.
A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.
Minneapolis Council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents
The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:57 AM
This is action EVERY city in the country can take. If your hotels cooperate with ICE, goodbye liquor revenue.
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I think people often wonder this, and it's a great question, so let me explain the advantages of 3D printing whistles. There are many.
The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.
The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.
I mean, are they really cheaper or easier to produce than just sourcing the right thing from a mass distributor? it's sweet but doesn't seem Pareto efficient, and I feel like that's important to the revolution
February 4, 2026 at 3:00 AM
I think people often wonder this, and it's a great question, so let me explain the advantages of 3D printing whistles. There are many.
The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.
The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.
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Estonia detains ship heading for Russia suspected of smuggling reut.rs/4qfszbW
Estonia detains ship heading for Russia suspected of smuggling
Estonia's Tax and Customs Board said late on Tuesday it had detained a container ship sailing under the Bahamian flag in Estonia's internal waters that may be linked to smuggling from Ecuador.
reut.rs
February 4, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Estonia detains ship heading for Russia suspected of smuggling reut.rs/4qfszbW
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says he stands by his comments made at a news conference on Wednesday, including when he told ICE to "get the f--- out of Minneapolis."
January 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says he stands by his comments made at a news conference on Wednesday, including when he told ICE to "get the f--- out of Minneapolis."