Immigrant Penguin 🐧🏳️🌈
@penguinitoguate.bsky.social
Human being. Reader. Writer. Translator. Editor.
Progressive/Leftist. Atheist.
Gringo who's lived half his life in Guatemala.
Husband. Daddy of doggies.
Progressive/Leftist. Atheist.
Gringo who's lived half his life in Guatemala.
Husband. Daddy of doggies.
Pinned
Rules that never fail:
• if he says that something is bad, it's actually good;
• if he says that something is good, it's actually bad;
• if he says that he's going to do something good, he won't;
• if he says that he's going to do something bad, he absolutely definitely fucking will.
• if he says that something is bad, it's actually good;
• if he says that something is good, it's actually bad;
• if he says that he's going to do something good, he won't;
• if he says that he's going to do something bad, he absolutely definitely fucking will.
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Are Democratic politicians ready to accept that most Americans who say "border security" don't mean border security, they mean make the country whiter?
Under Obama, the US increased security assets along the US-Mexico border, including patrols and drones. Few who demand "border security" cared.
Under Obama, the US increased security assets along the US-Mexico border, including patrols and drones. Few who demand "border security" cared.
January 29, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Are Democratic politicians ready to accept that most Americans who say "border security" don't mean border security, they mean make the country whiter?
Under Obama, the US increased security assets along the US-Mexico border, including patrols and drones. Few who demand "border security" cared.
Under Obama, the US increased security assets along the US-Mexico border, including patrols and drones. Few who demand "border security" cared.
"Of all our passions and appetites, the love of power is of the most imperious and unsociable nature, since the pride of one man requires the submission of the multitude."
– Edward Gibbon
from ‘The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’, 1776
– Edward Gibbon
from ‘The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’, 1776
January 29, 2026 at 4:58 AM
"Of all our passions and appetites, the love of power is of the most imperious and unsociable nature, since the pride of one man requires the submission of the multitude."
– Edward Gibbon
from ‘The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’, 1776
– Edward Gibbon
from ‘The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’, 1776
Don't tread on me!
(But it's perfectly fine if you tread on 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢.)
(But it's perfectly fine if you tread on 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢.)
January 27, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Don't tread on me!
(But it's perfectly fine if you tread on 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢.)
(But it's perfectly fine if you tread on 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢.)
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ICE isn't law enforcement without training; ICE is white nationalism with guns.
January 24, 2026 at 6:25 PM
ICE isn't law enforcement without training; ICE is white nationalism with guns.
Sunset on Thursday behind Volcán Acatenango
January 23, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Sunset on Thursday behind Volcán Acatenango
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They like cops so much that all we’re getting is cops. No roads, no bridges, no school funding, no culture money, just a bouquet of different types of cops
January 22, 2026 at 9:56 PM
They like cops so much that all we’re getting is cops. No roads, no bridges, no school funding, no culture money, just a bouquet of different types of cops
Vagueness is the key to something or other.
January 22, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Vagueness is the key to something or other.
Modern US rightwinger:
"I think people should do Thing X."
[Thing X is one of several legal, socially approved options and is fairly popular.]
Modern US rightwinger:
"If Thing X isn't mandatory and if other options exist, then I'm being oppressed."
"I think people should do Thing X."
[Thing X is one of several legal, socially approved options and is fairly popular.]
Modern US rightwinger:
"If Thing X isn't mandatory and if other options exist, then I'm being oppressed."
January 21, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Modern US rightwinger:
"I think people should do Thing X."
[Thing X is one of several legal, socially approved options and is fairly popular.]
Modern US rightwinger:
"If Thing X isn't mandatory and if other options exist, then I'm being oppressed."
"I think people should do Thing X."
[Thing X is one of several legal, socially approved options and is fairly popular.]
Modern US rightwinger:
"If Thing X isn't mandatory and if other options exist, then I'm being oppressed."
We used to verb nouns (and we also verbed adjectives, which had a way of weirding things even more), but now it appears that there's a big ask for the language: turning bare verbs into nouns.
January 20, 2026 at 4:45 AM
We used to verb nouns (and we also verbed adjectives, which had a way of weirding things even more), but now it appears that there's a big ask for the language: turning bare verbs into nouns.
Seen elsewhere:
Integrity, empathy, and common decency are the frivolous weaknesses of The Woke.
Integrity, empathy, and common decency are the frivolous weaknesses of The Woke.
January 20, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Seen elsewhere:
Integrity, empathy, and common decency are the frivolous weaknesses of The Woke.
Integrity, empathy, and common decency are the frivolous weaknesses of The Woke.
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Kristi Noem doesn't want us to talk about her dog name Cricket that she shot in the face, either.
But I see a trend.
But I see a trend.
January 19, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Kristi Noem doesn't want us to talk about her dog name Cricket that she shot in the face, either.
But I see a trend.
But I see a trend.
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
January 19, 2026 at 2:12 AM
this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
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“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
–The Federalist Papers, Number 47
–The Federalist Papers, Number 47
January 16, 2026 at 6:01 AM
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
–The Federalist Papers, Number 47
–The Federalist Papers, Number 47
Watched an old episode of 'Columbo' and when he turned back and said "Oh, one other thing...", why did my stomach growl?
January 16, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Watched an old episode of 'Columbo' and when he turned back and said "Oh, one other thing...", why did my stomach growl?
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the president has declared war on an american state and the leaders of the opposition wont shut the fuck up about retraining the stormtroopers
January 15, 2026 at 2:23 PM
the president has declared war on an american state and the leaders of the opposition wont shut the fuck up about retraining the stormtroopers
“My parents, my church, and my teachers all taught me that good people 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 use violence. ‘We use our words (and our inside voice – no shouting!).’ Only bad people use violence. And now you're telling me that good people should use violence? I don't think so. You're just trying to trick me.”
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 AM
“My parents, my church, and my teachers all taught me that good people 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 use violence. ‘We use our words (and our inside voice – no shouting!).’ Only bad people use violence. And now you're telling me that good people should use violence? I don't think so. You're just trying to trick me.”
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This cretin is literally saying that an absence of meek and unquestioning obedience merits a death sentence.
Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?"
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."
January 12, 2026 at 2:31 AM
This cretin is literally saying that an absence of meek and unquestioning obedience merits a death sentence.
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Americans, be vigilant for, and resist how, the regime distorts language and thus tries to distort actual events, turning legal conduct into crimes.
Watch for how "domestic terrorism" is being used to describe what is in fact "civil disobedience."
#Orwellwasright
Watch for how "domestic terrorism" is being used to describe what is in fact "civil disobedience."
#Orwellwasright
January 11, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Americans, be vigilant for, and resist how, the regime distorts language and thus tries to distort actual events, turning legal conduct into crimes.
Watch for how "domestic terrorism" is being used to describe what is in fact "civil disobedience."
#Orwellwasright
Watch for how "domestic terrorism" is being used to describe what is in fact "civil disobedience."
#Orwellwasright
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When Renee Good said "I'm not mad at you" what the ICE goon heard was "I'm not scared of you."
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
January 9, 2026 at 9:49 PM
When Renee Good said "I'm not mad at you" what the ICE goon heard was "I'm not scared of you."
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
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Fascism looks like the fascism in front of you right now. Next time it will look different again. And so it goes.
January 8, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Fascism looks like the fascism in front of you right now. Next time it will look different again. And so it goes.
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Even if nothing goes well for you today, things are not 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 terrible.
You can, at least, take some small joy from the fact that Henry Kissinger and Dick Cheney are dead.
You can, at least, take some small joy from the fact that Henry Kissinger and Dick Cheney are dead.
January 8, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Even if nothing goes well for you today, things are not 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 terrible.
You can, at least, take some small joy from the fact that Henry Kissinger and Dick Cheney are dead.
You can, at least, take some small joy from the fact that Henry Kissinger and Dick Cheney are dead.
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Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
January 6, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
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