raincoaster
@raincoaster.bsky.social
Journalist, gadfly, anarchist, petsitter. Petsitting pays the best. Bjork once called me cool. “The Lois Lane of Anonymous” according to some.
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NEW: Data brokers, ad-tech surveillance, and ICE enforcement are among factors, according to @EPIC.org, causing a “health privacy crisis” in the United States, eroding trust and deterring people from seeking medical care.
Surveillance and ICE Are Driving Patients Away From Medical Care, Report Warns
A new EPIC report says data brokers, ad-tech surveillance, and ICE enforcement are among the factors leading to a “health privacy crisis” that is eroding trust and deterring people from seeking care.
www.wired.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:16 PM
NEW: Data brokers, ad-tech surveillance, and ICE enforcement are among factors, according to @EPIC.org, causing a “health privacy crisis” in the United States, eroding trust and deterring people from seeking medical care.
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Trump and his ilk are not bright people but they have become very good at this specific “phrasing things in such a way that they’re then reported on in ways that make them sound less insane than they actually are” gambit
January 21, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Trump and his ilk are not bright people but they have become very good at this specific “phrasing things in such a way that they’re then reported on in ways that make them sound less insane than they actually are” gambit
A very interesting (and snobbish) take on The Thin Man movies, class, and alcohol.
“In marrying the detective, Nora keeps her own wealth permanently immunized.”
#dryjanuary
acidemic.blogspot.com/2016/01/note...
“In marrying the detective, Nora keeps her own wealth permanently immunized.”
#dryjanuary
acidemic.blogspot.com/2016/01/note...
Notes from the Class and Alcoholic Struggle in a THIN MAN Marathon
Cleansing the doors of cinematic perception for a better yesterday.
acidemic.blogspot.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:17 PM
A very interesting (and snobbish) take on The Thin Man movies, class, and alcohol.
“In marrying the detective, Nora keeps her own wealth permanently immunized.”
#dryjanuary
acidemic.blogspot.com/2016/01/note...
“In marrying the detective, Nora keeps her own wealth permanently immunized.”
#dryjanuary
acidemic.blogspot.com/2016/01/note...
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Agents
wiki.icelist.is
January 20, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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wake up babe we’ve got a new entry in the Misunderstanding Born in the USA files
someone ask this person what they think the machine in Rage Against the Machine is
someone ask this person what they think the machine in Rage Against the Machine is
January 19, 2026 at 1:47 AM
wake up babe we’ve got a new entry in the Misunderstanding Born in the USA files
someone ask this person what they think the machine in Rage Against the Machine is
someone ask this person what they think the machine in Rage Against the Machine is
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Putin must be getting the biggest hard on right now. That sounds crass to princess ears I know, but the sound of the USA pulling out of NATO and seeding discourse sounds about 235, 891 times worse to my ears. Krasnov is trying to deliver Putin’s long time wet dream
Europe warns of 'dangerous downward spiral' after Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland
The eight European countries targeted by U.S. President Donald Trump for a 10% tariff for opposing American control of Greenland have criticized the move in an unusually strong joint statement, warnin...
apnews.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Putin must be getting the biggest hard on right now. That sounds crass to princess ears I know, but the sound of the USA pulling out of NATO and seeding discourse sounds about 235, 891 times worse to my ears. Krasnov is trying to deliver Putin’s long time wet dream
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Genuinely offended that Nazis are always coming up with cool nicknames for my frequent co-author @stevanzetti.bsky.social but never for me. Am I not good enough???
January 17, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Genuinely offended that Nazis are always coming up with cool nicknames for my frequent co-author @stevanzetti.bsky.social but never for me. Am I not good enough???
Cosigned. The EU needs to be the new NATO.
It's time to expand the European Union to include countries that represent the free world.
The UK needs to rejoin the EU, & Canada needs to join the EU.
Build up the military armed forces, and protect against imperialism by authoritarians!
#HandsOffGreenland #StandWithEurope
#StandForDemocracy
The UK needs to rejoin the EU, & Canada needs to join the EU.
Build up the military armed forces, and protect against imperialism by authoritarians!
#HandsOffGreenland #StandWithEurope
#StandForDemocracy
January 17, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Cosigned. The EU needs to be the new NATO.
Is this maybe the most significant post on Instagram? It’s certainly the most relevant.
www.instagram.com/p/DTVRRvrlIT...
#ReneeNicoleGood
#poetry
www.instagram.com/p/DTVRRvrlIT...
#ReneeNicoleGood
#poetry
Flint Del Sol on Instagram: "And how it sets her apart from the sea of men who would tear her down."
53K likes, 477 comments - justflintisfine on January 10, 2026: "And how it sets her apart from the sea of men who would tear her down.".
www.instagram.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Is this maybe the most significant post on Instagram? It’s certainly the most relevant.
www.instagram.com/p/DTVRRvrlIT...
#ReneeNicoleGood
#poetry
www.instagram.com/p/DTVRRvrlIT...
#ReneeNicoleGood
#poetry
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The images and stories coming out of Minneapolis are extraordinary. We can't say we did not know what was happening. Lots of people are putting their bodies on the line to make sure we do.
January 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
The images and stories coming out of Minneapolis are extraordinary. We can't say we did not know what was happening. Lots of people are putting their bodies on the line to make sure we do.
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When the racist meme becomes national policy
January 17, 2026 at 4:53 AM
When the racist meme becomes national policy
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BREAKING: Hundreds of sensitive U.S. records obtained by WIRED undercut the Trump administration’s claims portraying Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua as a unified terrorist force invading the country. Intelligence agencies spent much of 2025 unsure TdA even functioned as an organization on U.S. soil.
Trump Warned of a Tren de Aragua ‘Invasion.’ US Intel Told a Different Story
Hundreds of records obtained by WIRED show thin intelligence on the Venezuelan gang in the United States, describing fragmented, low-level crime rather than a coordinated terrorist threat.
www.wired.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM
BREAKING: Hundreds of sensitive U.S. records obtained by WIRED undercut the Trump administration’s claims portraying Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua as a unified terrorist force invading the country. Intelligence agencies spent much of 2025 unsure TdA even functioned as an organization on U.S. soil.
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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is sticking with her widely mocked suggestion that poor people sustain themselves on a $3 “piece of chicken” dinner.
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-dairy...
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-dairy...
Trump’s Dairy Queen Gives Pathetic Defense of Tragic $3 Meal
Brooke Rollins maintained that her chicken and single-piece-of-broccoli dinner proposal was cheaper than “Doritos and an energy drink.”
www.thedailybeast.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is sticking with her widely mocked suggestion that poor people sustain themselves on a $3 “piece of chicken” dinner.
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-dairy...
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-dairy...
Why does everyone hate Gavin Newsom all of a sudden? Did Trump pawn the Peace Prize and buy some Russian bots?
January 16, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Why does everyone hate Gavin Newsom all of a sudden? Did Trump pawn the Peace Prize and buy some Russian bots?
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These people genuinely don't understand that non American people speak English and watch American news
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the Danes agreed to form a working group to discuss the surrender of Greenland to Trump. "No we didn't" says the Danish foreign minister, indeed "there will be no discussion of turnover." www.berlingske.dk/indland/det-...
Det Hvide Hus: Arbejdsgruppe skal drøfte »erhvervelsen af Grønland« – Løkke afviser
Onsdagens møde og NATO-allieredes styrker i Grønland ændrer ikke Trumps ambitioner om, at USA skal erhverve Grønland, lyder det torsdag aften fra Det Hvide Hus.
www.berlingske.dk
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 AM
These people genuinely don't understand that non American people speak English and watch American news
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Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to p
www.propublica.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
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I’m not part of polite society and most real writers aren’t because we tell the truth, which people can think is impolite if it’s inconvenient. If you do this shit for real, you’re gonna be kicked out of those circles. Stephen King made that point.
January 16, 2026 at 7:21 AM
I’m not part of polite society and most real writers aren’t because we tell the truth, which people can think is impolite if it’s inconvenient. If you do this shit for real, you’re gonna be kicked out of those circles. Stephen King made that point.
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An underrated factor in "why don't people in wealthy societies have more kids" is changing societal norms that now expect even older kids to be chaperoned by an adult any time they are in public, and to be chauffeured by a parent as their only means of transportation
Older generations spent a lot less time parenting. Millennial dads spend nearly as much time parenting as Boomer moms did. Millennial and Gen X moms way more.
via The Economist
via The Economist
January 16, 2026 at 5:20 AM
An underrated factor in "why don't people in wealthy societies have more kids" is changing societal norms that now expect even older kids to be chaperoned by an adult any time they are in public, and to be chauffeured by a parent as their only means of transportation
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📌URGENT: Trump's regime is trying to turn Stars & Stripes into state-run media.
I was the ME of S&S.
It's MANDATED BY CONGRESS to be an editorially independent paper that reports ON the troops FOR the troops.
So I type this with precision: The draft-dodging, America-attacking slob can KISS MY ASS.
I was the ME of S&S.
It's MANDATED BY CONGRESS to be an editorially independent paper that reports ON the troops FOR the troops.
So I type this with precision: The draft-dodging, America-attacking slob can KISS MY ASS.
Pentagon says it will ‘refocus’ Stars and Stripes content
The Pentagon suggested it would take over editorial decision making for Stars and Stripes, which has long retained independence under a congressional mandate.
www.stripes.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:01 AM
📌URGENT: Trump's regime is trying to turn Stars & Stripes into state-run media.
I was the ME of S&S.
It's MANDATED BY CONGRESS to be an editorially independent paper that reports ON the troops FOR the troops.
So I type this with precision: The draft-dodging, America-attacking slob can KISS MY ASS.
I was the ME of S&S.
It's MANDATED BY CONGRESS to be an editorially independent paper that reports ON the troops FOR the troops.
So I type this with precision: The draft-dodging, America-attacking slob can KISS MY ASS.
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The rare flawless obit
Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:13 AM
The rare flawless obit
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Suelette Dreyfus' book Underground free online in numerous formats: http://manybooks.net/titles/dreyfussetext03undgd10.html
November 21, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Suelette Dreyfus' book Underground free online in numerous formats: http://manybooks.net/titles/dreyfussetext03undgd10.html
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These motherfuckers will not stop until we stop them.
That’s it. That’s the whole thing.
That’s it. That’s the whole thing.
January 16, 2026 at 6:23 AM
These motherfuckers will not stop until we stop them.
That’s it. That’s the whole thing.
That’s it. That’s the whole thing.