Phoenix Calida
@phoenixcalida.bsky.social
Black. Boricua. Midwest af. I like flowers and yarn. I talk about sex workers rights, racism, and politics. A lot. 18+ please
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It’s not like there’s anything happening in the Middle East that affects US national politics or involves Trump and members of his family and administration, right?
February 4, 2026 at 3:05 PM
It’s not like there’s anything happening in the Middle East that affects US national politics or involves Trump and members of his family and administration, right?
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Everybody has it backwards.
Billionaires aren’t buying up these institutions to make money. They’re buying them to kill them. Same as the oligarchs destroying government and social programs and things like weather forecasting and regulatory bodies.
They’re creating a world they control completely
Billionaires aren’t buying up these institutions to make money. They’re buying them to kill them. Same as the oligarchs destroying government and social programs and things like weather forecasting and regulatory bodies.
They’re creating a world they control completely
February 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Everybody has it backwards.
Billionaires aren’t buying up these institutions to make money. They’re buying them to kill them. Same as the oligarchs destroying government and social programs and things like weather forecasting and regulatory bodies.
They’re creating a world they control completely
Billionaires aren’t buying up these institutions to make money. They’re buying them to kill them. Same as the oligarchs destroying government and social programs and things like weather forecasting and regulatory bodies.
They’re creating a world they control completely
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Everyone who actually makes TV and films: “we can reduce production costs if you commission original, lower budget projects, are willing to back actors who aren’t household names, and dial back on bland VFX spectacle in favour of artistry”
Amazon: “haha no”
Amazon: “haha no”
Exclusive: Amazon plans to use AI to speed up TV and film production
Amazon plans to use artificial intelligence to speed up the process for making movies and TV shows even as Hollywood fears that AI will cut jobs and permanently reshape the industry.
www.reuters.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Everyone who actually makes TV and films: “we can reduce production costs if you commission original, lower budget projects, are willing to back actors who aren’t household names, and dial back on bland VFX spectacle in favour of artistry”
Amazon: “haha no”
Amazon: “haha no”
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I've never been a conspiracy theory guy, but you're never gonna convince me that there hasn't been a specific cabal of ultra-rich dullards trying to buy, strangle, and bring to heel all of the most important reality-shaping machines since the uptick in power labor had during COVID
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 3:17 PM
I've never been a conspiracy theory guy, but you're never gonna convince me that there hasn't been a specific cabal of ultra-rich dullards trying to buy, strangle, and bring to heel all of the most important reality-shaping machines since the uptick in power labor had during COVID
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The important question here is not, "is light vandalism good, yes or no?"
The important question is, "is it worth it to potentially send your fellow protesters to jail for perhaps a long time, just so you can create content for your fandom moralizing about light vandalism?"
The important question is, "is it worth it to potentially send your fellow protesters to jail for perhaps a long time, just so you can create content for your fandom moralizing about light vandalism?"
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 AM
The important question here is not, "is light vandalism good, yes or no?"
The important question is, "is it worth it to potentially send your fellow protesters to jail for perhaps a long time, just so you can create content for your fandom moralizing about light vandalism?"
The important question is, "is it worth it to potentially send your fellow protesters to jail for perhaps a long time, just so you can create content for your fandom moralizing about light vandalism?"
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If you don't UNDERSTAND that this is a possible consequence of filming light vandalism in the context of antifascist protest, you are still just as much a danger to movement.
February 4, 2026 at 2:18 AM
If you don't UNDERSTAND that this is a possible consequence of filming light vandalism in the context of antifascist protest, you are still just as much a danger to movement.
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If you are willing get another protester put on a terrorist database and possibly sent to jail over some light vandalism (and I'm sorry, but setting trash on fire is absolutely light vandalism, no one's torching houses here), you are a danger to movement.
February 4, 2026 at 2:17 AM
If you are willing get another protester put on a terrorist database and possibly sent to jail over some light vandalism (and I'm sorry, but setting trash on fire is absolutely light vandalism, no one's torching houses here), you are a danger to movement.
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DHS is tracking people who protest using biometrics and entering them into databases; hunting people who send emails on behalf of asylum seekers; tracking neighbors who help immigrants w/ facial recognition and license plate readers, and Hakeem Jeffries wants more surveillance tech for every agent.
February 4, 2026 at 3:05 AM
DHS is tracking people who protest using biometrics and entering them into databases; hunting people who send emails on behalf of asylum seekers; tracking neighbors who help immigrants w/ facial recognition and license plate readers, and Hakeem Jeffries wants more surveillance tech for every agent.
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@pressley.house.gov just introduced #HR7046 H.R.7046 - Qualified Immunity Abolition Act of 2026
CALL YOUR CONGRESSMEN (202) 224-3121 AND DEMAND THEY PUT THIS TO THE FLOOR ASAP AND VOTE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY
#AbolishICE
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
CALL YOUR CONGRESSMEN (202) 224-3121 AND DEMAND THEY PUT THIS TO THE FLOOR ASAP AND VOTE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY
#AbolishICE
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 PM
@pressley.house.gov just introduced #HR7046 H.R.7046 - Qualified Immunity Abolition Act of 2026
CALL YOUR CONGRESSMEN (202) 224-3121 AND DEMAND THEY PUT THIS TO THE FLOOR ASAP AND VOTE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY
#AbolishICE
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
CALL YOUR CONGRESSMEN (202) 224-3121 AND DEMAND THEY PUT THIS TO THE FLOOR ASAP AND VOTE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY
#AbolishICE
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
Pretty sure I just saw a grown man with ice get stompted tf out by children???
February 4, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Pretty sure I just saw a grown man with ice get stompted tf out by children???
I think we need specifically directed actions in certain places
Why exactly are Schumer and Jeffries in office?
I would to see a nationally targeted effort to get those type of dems out of office
How do we do that?
Why exactly are Schumer and Jeffries in office?
I would to see a nationally targeted effort to get those type of dems out of office
How do we do that?
ICE hasn't stopped brutalizing people or shredding the Constitution, it's just that corporate media turned the camera as the call for action got too loud and the Democrats stepped in and made sure the issue got changed.
If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
February 4, 2026 at 3:38 AM
I think we need specifically directed actions in certain places
Why exactly are Schumer and Jeffries in office?
I would to see a nationally targeted effort to get those type of dems out of office
How do we do that?
Why exactly are Schumer and Jeffries in office?
I would to see a nationally targeted effort to get those type of dems out of office
How do we do that?
Abolish ICE and defund police seems like a reasonable alternative. JS
There are first graders learning that state violence can be directed at them. That their lungs can be filled with chemicals designed for warfare (& banned from use in war). That the people who are supposed to protect them can, and will, hurt them if they are told to.
You can’t unring that bell.
You can’t unring that bell.
February 4, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Abolish ICE and defund police seems like a reasonable alternative. JS
Just gonna say it again-
Abolish ICE is a moderate and reasonable position.
Even from the most centrist pundit POV, it's plain to see ICE is eroding trust in law enforcement across tue country. We can't have public safety if we can't trust LEOs.
There's 1st graders internalizing the phrase ACAB
Abolish ICE is a moderate and reasonable position.
Even from the most centrist pundit POV, it's plain to see ICE is eroding trust in law enforcement across tue country. We can't have public safety if we can't trust LEOs.
There's 1st graders internalizing the phrase ACAB
It's live. Get your tissues.
“I’m OK with crying in front of him," said a mom, "but he’s come up to me a couple times and said, ‘It’s OK mama, I’ll protect you.’ That’s my job as a mom. I need to protect you.”
Vera, 5, is taking matters into her own hands: She sets traps to catch the "naughties."
“I’m OK with crying in front of him," said a mom, "but he’s come up to me a couple times and said, ‘It’s OK mama, I’ll protect you.’ That’s my job as a mom. I need to protect you.”
Vera, 5, is taking matters into her own hands: She sets traps to catch the "naughties."
‘Bad Guys Are Taking Mommies and Daddies’: ICE Upends Minneapolis Kids' Lives
In Minneapolis, parents must figure that out, while teachers face half-empty classrooms as students stay home for fear of abduction.
rewirenewsgroup.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Just gonna say it again-
Abolish ICE is a moderate and reasonable position.
Even from the most centrist pundit POV, it's plain to see ICE is eroding trust in law enforcement across tue country. We can't have public safety if we can't trust LEOs.
There's 1st graders internalizing the phrase ACAB
Abolish ICE is a moderate and reasonable position.
Even from the most centrist pundit POV, it's plain to see ICE is eroding trust in law enforcement across tue country. We can't have public safety if we can't trust LEOs.
There's 1st graders internalizing the phrase ACAB
Because that's totally what you would do if you if you weren't acting as the private militia of an authoritarian. Or something
ICE is demanding the employment records at a Maine jail after a sheriff openly criticized immigration agents for arresting one of his guards
ICE demanded Maine sheriff’s employment records following his criticism of arrest
The subpoena came a day after Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce blasted immigration agents for arresting one of his guards.
www.bangordailynews.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Because that's totally what you would do if you if you weren't acting as the private militia of an authoritarian. Or something
This part. I havent seen much difference in their policies, but people keep telling me Crockett is too ghetto, too loud, too conservative, too anti progressive, as opposed to talarico who speaks well, is professional, and progressive.
Weird, that.
I can't imagine why that would be
Weird, that.
I can't imagine why that would be
What drives me nuts about all of this is that Crockett and Talarico hold basically all of the same positions on issues. They're both pretty standard center-left Dems (Axios, naturally, tries to frame them both as progressives, but lol, come on) www.axios.com/local/dallas...
Crockett, Talarico go head to head — by largely agreeing
Crockett and Talarico are vying for the seat currently held by Sen. John Cornyn, who faces his own competitive primary.
www.axios.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:26 AM
This part. I havent seen much difference in their policies, but people keep telling me Crockett is too ghetto, too loud, too conservative, too anti progressive, as opposed to talarico who speaks well, is professional, and progressive.
Weird, that.
I can't imagine why that would be
Weird, that.
I can't imagine why that would be
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It's live. Get your tissues.
“I’m OK with crying in front of him," said a mom, "but he’s come up to me a couple times and said, ‘It’s OK mama, I’ll protect you.’ That’s my job as a mom. I need to protect you.”
Vera, 5, is taking matters into her own hands: She sets traps to catch the "naughties."
“I’m OK with crying in front of him," said a mom, "but he’s come up to me a couple times and said, ‘It’s OK mama, I’ll protect you.’ That’s my job as a mom. I need to protect you.”
Vera, 5, is taking matters into her own hands: She sets traps to catch the "naughties."
‘Bad Guys Are Taking Mommies and Daddies’: ICE Upends Minneapolis Kids' Lives
In Minneapolis, parents must figure that out, while teachers face half-empty classrooms as students stay home for fear of abduction.
rewirenewsgroup.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
It's live. Get your tissues.
“I’m OK with crying in front of him," said a mom, "but he’s come up to me a couple times and said, ‘It’s OK mama, I’ll protect you.’ That’s my job as a mom. I need to protect you.”
Vera, 5, is taking matters into her own hands: She sets traps to catch the "naughties."
“I’m OK with crying in front of him," said a mom, "but he’s come up to me a couple times and said, ‘It’s OK mama, I’ll protect you.’ That’s my job as a mom. I need to protect you.”
Vera, 5, is taking matters into her own hands: She sets traps to catch the "naughties."
This was the best $11 I've spent in a while
February 4, 2026 at 12:22 AM
This was the best $11 I've spent in a while
So you agree, americans don't actually have freedom of speech and their lives are at risk if they criticize MAGA?
February 3, 2026 at 8:26 PM
So you agree, americans don't actually have freedom of speech and their lives are at risk if they criticize MAGA?
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The deadline to apply to fill three vacant seats on Chicago’s police oversight board is Friday, officials said.
https://to.wttw.com/4admVBd
https://to.wttw.com/4admVBd
Want to Serve on Chicago’s Police Oversight Board? Deadline to Apply is Friday
The seven-member Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability oversees the Civilian Office of Police Accountability and the Chicago Police Board and has the power to set policy for the Ch...
to.wttw.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:25 PM
The deadline to apply to fill three vacant seats on Chicago’s police oversight board is Friday, officials said.
https://to.wttw.com/4admVBd
https://to.wttw.com/4admVBd
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Palantir needs to be obliterated the same as ICE, and Peter Thiel can face the Truth and Reconciliation committee he’s spent his entire life trying to negate.
If we want to fix our country, this is non-negotiable.
If we want to fix our country, this is non-negotiable.
February 3, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Palantir needs to be obliterated the same as ICE, and Peter Thiel can face the Truth and Reconciliation committee he’s spent his entire life trying to negate.
If we want to fix our country, this is non-negotiable.
If we want to fix our country, this is non-negotiable.
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Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
February 2, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
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There’s a wall slowly being built around the US, from the outside.
International companies cut off business in the U.S. because of ICE — The Washington Post
French multinational Capgemini moved to distance itself “immediately” from ICE after criticism from French officials; a Canadian company has also canceled a sale to the agency.
apple.news
February 2, 2026 at 11:26 PM
There’s a wall slowly being built around the US, from the outside.
Anyways, how is the qanon cult coping?
February 2, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Anyways, how is the qanon cult coping?
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'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:31 AM
'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
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Just got gassed pretty good at the labor union anti-ICE protest in Portland. Massive march, 5-10k strong. Vibes were very much liberal rather than radical. Lots of kids and older folks.
They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.
They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.
February 1, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Just got gassed pretty good at the labor union anti-ICE protest in Portland. Massive march, 5-10k strong. Vibes were very much liberal rather than radical. Lots of kids and older folks.
They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.
They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.