M. Belanger
@sethanikeem.bsky.social
writer of books - wrangler of cats - creator of #TTRPGs - #intersex, introverted & feral - can’t read my DMs because Ohio’s retrogressive laws stink 😡
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M. Belanger
@sethanikeem.bsky.social
· Oct 6
Darkheart Games
xoshdarkheart.itch.io
Just in case the inevitable happens to this platform -
Places you can find me & my stuff
#Zines & #TTRPGs
xoshdarkheart.itch.io
Places you can find me & my stuff
#Zines & #TTRPGs
xoshdarkheart.itch.io
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Springfield Ohio support link.
more to come.
more to come.
January 29, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Springfield Ohio support link.
more to come.
more to come.
So much going on, it’s almost escaped notice today is the 40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
If you were alive back then (of any age to be aware of world events), you probably know exactly where you were when it happened
Most of us watched it in real time in the classroom
If you were alive back then (of any age to be aware of world events), you probably know exactly where you were when it happened
Most of us watched it in real time in the classroom
January 29, 2026 at 12:24 AM
So much going on, it’s almost escaped notice today is the 40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
If you were alive back then (of any age to be aware of world events), you probably know exactly where you were when it happened
Most of us watched it in real time in the classroom
If you were alive back then (of any age to be aware of world events), you probably know exactly where you were when it happened
Most of us watched it in real time in the classroom
If you wanna help out with my local Ohio folks as we collect resources for whistles & information packets to prepare for ICE’s impending attack upon our neighbors, toss a few bucks their way:
venmo.com/u/DemocratsEmpowerMedina
venmo.com/u/DemocratsEmpowerMedina
January 29, 2026 at 12:11 AM
If you wanna help out with my local Ohio folks as we collect resources for whistles & information packets to prepare for ICE’s impending attack upon our neighbors, toss a few bucks their way:
venmo.com/u/DemocratsEmpowerMedina
venmo.com/u/DemocratsEmpowerMedina
Fox Mulder in 1996:
The government is covering things up! They’re disappearing people! They’re tracking you! Wake up!!!!!
The US in 2026:
We call that Tuesday
The government is covering things up! They’re disappearing people! They’re tracking you! Wake up!!!!!
The US in 2026:
We call that Tuesday
January 28, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Fox Mulder in 1996:
The government is covering things up! They’re disappearing people! They’re tracking you! Wake up!!!!!
The US in 2026:
We call that Tuesday
The government is covering things up! They’re disappearing people! They’re tracking you! Wake up!!!!!
The US in 2026:
We call that Tuesday
Full disclosure:
I was very active in 1990s counter culture
I am absolutely in files
I am absolutely on lists
But remember – Ray Bradbury & other writers had chonky FBI files on them because of “radical” “anti-government” writing like Fahrenheit 451
Don’t let surveillance stop you
I was very active in 1990s counter culture
I am absolutely in files
I am absolutely on lists
But remember – Ray Bradbury & other writers had chonky FBI files on them because of “radical” “anti-government” writing like Fahrenheit 451
Don’t let surveillance stop you
January 28, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Full disclosure:
I was very active in 1990s counter culture
I am absolutely in files
I am absolutely on lists
But remember – Ray Bradbury & other writers had chonky FBI files on them because of “radical” “anti-government” writing like Fahrenheit 451
Don’t let surveillance stop you
I was very active in 1990s counter culture
I am absolutely in files
I am absolutely on lists
But remember – Ray Bradbury & other writers had chonky FBI files on them because of “radical” “anti-government” writing like Fahrenheit 451
Don’t let surveillance stop you
Quote with 5 jobs you've had
1. Periodicals manager
2. Gas station attendant
3. Night shift clerk
4. Ghost hunter
5. University lecturer
1. Periodicals manager
2. Gas station attendant
3. Night shift clerk
4. Ghost hunter
5. University lecturer
Quote with 5 jobs you've had
1. Bricklayer
2. Forger
3. Real state agent
4. Computer store clerk
5. Candy maker
1. Bricklayer
2. Forger
3. Real state agent
4. Computer store clerk
5. Candy maker
Quote with 5 jobs you've had
1. Charity fundraiser
2. Meat packer/boner
3. Retail Customer service and Web Sales
4. Custom Framing Manager
5. Illustrator
1. Charity fundraiser
2. Meat packer/boner
3. Retail Customer service and Web Sales
4. Custom Framing Manager
5. Illustrator
January 28, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Quote with 5 jobs you've had
1. Periodicals manager
2. Gas station attendant
3. Night shift clerk
4. Ghost hunter
5. University lecturer
1. Periodicals manager
2. Gas station attendant
3. Night shift clerk
4. Ghost hunter
5. University lecturer
We got links to Haitian Creole translations
Thank you!
Now - if you know anyone in #Ohio who needs to hear it:
🧊 is coming. Find your community. Connect with your neighbors. Be prepared.
Thank you!
Now - if you know anyone in #Ohio who needs to hear it:
🧊 is coming. Find your community. Connect with your neighbors. Be prepared.
One thing we are looking for is a CREOLE translation of the standard Know Your Rights
We’ve got a pretty sizable Haitian population we need to protect
If anyone has leads on a translation that already exists in Haitian Creole, that would be deeply appreciated
Or a knowledgeable translator
We’ve got a pretty sizable Haitian population we need to protect
If anyone has leads on a translation that already exists in Haitian Creole, that would be deeply appreciated
Or a knowledgeable translator
Resource Request!
We have word that 🧊 plans a 30 day blitz in #Ohio soon
Springfield looks like one of the main targets, but we’re preparing everywhere
Drop links & recs for your favorite zines & resources for us to include in our whistle packs so we can observe, inform & keep our neighbors safe
We have word that 🧊 plans a 30 day blitz in #Ohio soon
Springfield looks like one of the main targets, but we’re preparing everywhere
Drop links & recs for your favorite zines & resources for us to include in our whistle packs so we can observe, inform & keep our neighbors safe
January 28, 2026 at 8:51 PM
We got links to Haitian Creole translations
Thank you!
Now - if you know anyone in #Ohio who needs to hear it:
🧊 is coming. Find your community. Connect with your neighbors. Be prepared.
Thank you!
Now - if you know anyone in #Ohio who needs to hear it:
🧊 is coming. Find your community. Connect with your neighbors. Be prepared.
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Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
January 28, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
@sweeetanj.bsky.social if you still have local contacts, could you please get the word out that ICE is coming to Ohio?
They have Springfield in their crosshairs, but we are organizing in and around Cleveland because we expect them to come for our neighbors here, too.
They have Springfield in their crosshairs, but we are organizing in and around Cleveland because we expect them to come for our neighbors here, too.
January 28, 2026 at 8:26 PM
@sweeetanj.bsky.social if you still have local contacts, could you please get the word out that ICE is coming to Ohio?
They have Springfield in their crosshairs, but we are organizing in and around Cleveland because we expect them to come for our neighbors here, too.
They have Springfield in their crosshairs, but we are organizing in and around Cleveland because we expect them to come for our neighbors here, too.
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WARNING, fellow journalists: As @nicoschmidt.io explains, attackers are trying to hijack reporters' Signal accounts by tricking people into handing over their 2FA codes. www.linkedin.com/posts/nicosc...
January 28, 2026 at 7:49 PM
WARNING, fellow journalists: As @nicoschmidt.io explains, attackers are trying to hijack reporters' Signal accounts by tricking people into handing over their 2FA codes. www.linkedin.com/posts/nicosc...
One thing we are looking for is a CREOLE translation of the standard Know Your Rights
We’ve got a pretty sizable Haitian population we need to protect
If anyone has leads on a translation that already exists in Haitian Creole, that would be deeply appreciated
Or a knowledgeable translator
We’ve got a pretty sizable Haitian population we need to protect
If anyone has leads on a translation that already exists in Haitian Creole, that would be deeply appreciated
Or a knowledgeable translator
Resource Request!
We have word that 🧊 plans a 30 day blitz in #Ohio soon
Springfield looks like one of the main targets, but we’re preparing everywhere
Drop links & recs for your favorite zines & resources for us to include in our whistle packs so we can observe, inform & keep our neighbors safe
We have word that 🧊 plans a 30 day blitz in #Ohio soon
Springfield looks like one of the main targets, but we’re preparing everywhere
Drop links & recs for your favorite zines & resources for us to include in our whistle packs so we can observe, inform & keep our neighbors safe
January 28, 2026 at 7:49 PM
One thing we are looking for is a CREOLE translation of the standard Know Your Rights
We’ve got a pretty sizable Haitian population we need to protect
If anyone has leads on a translation that already exists in Haitian Creole, that would be deeply appreciated
Or a knowledgeable translator
We’ve got a pretty sizable Haitian population we need to protect
If anyone has leads on a translation that already exists in Haitian Creole, that would be deeply appreciated
Or a knowledgeable translator
Resource Request!
We have word that 🧊 plans a 30 day blitz in #Ohio soon
Springfield looks like one of the main targets, but we’re preparing everywhere
Drop links & recs for your favorite zines & resources for us to include in our whistle packs so we can observe, inform & keep our neighbors safe
We have word that 🧊 plans a 30 day blitz in #Ohio soon
Springfield looks like one of the main targets, but we’re preparing everywhere
Drop links & recs for your favorite zines & resources for us to include in our whistle packs so we can observe, inform & keep our neighbors safe
January 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Resource Request!
We have word that 🧊 plans a 30 day blitz in #Ohio soon
Springfield looks like one of the main targets, but we’re preparing everywhere
Drop links & recs for your favorite zines & resources for us to include in our whistle packs so we can observe, inform & keep our neighbors safe
We have word that 🧊 plans a 30 day blitz in #Ohio soon
Springfield looks like one of the main targets, but we’re preparing everywhere
Drop links & recs for your favorite zines & resources for us to include in our whistle packs so we can observe, inform & keep our neighbors safe
January 28, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Never finished Star Trek: Discovery, so I’ve been catching up on it now
Just reached the part with the Verubin Nebula and had the surreal experience of giddily informing my wife that, in the Star Trek universe, a plot-pivotal nebula is named after her grandmother, Dr. Vera Rubin ❤️
Just reached the part with the Verubin Nebula and had the surreal experience of giddily informing my wife that, in the Star Trek universe, a plot-pivotal nebula is named after her grandmother, Dr. Vera Rubin ❤️
January 28, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Never finished Star Trek: Discovery, so I’ve been catching up on it now
Just reached the part with the Verubin Nebula and had the surreal experience of giddily informing my wife that, in the Star Trek universe, a plot-pivotal nebula is named after her grandmother, Dr. Vera Rubin ❤️
Just reached the part with the Verubin Nebula and had the surreal experience of giddily informing my wife that, in the Star Trek universe, a plot-pivotal nebula is named after her grandmother, Dr. Vera Rubin ❤️
If they truly ban whistles, any other noisemaker will be soon follow
So, may I politely suggest people alert others to the presence of ICE in their immediate vicinity by howling like wolves 🐺
Not even joking. Throw your head back & howl. It’s an incredibly cathartic sound to make & it carries.
So, may I politely suggest people alert others to the presence of ICE in their immediate vicinity by howling like wolves 🐺
Not even joking. Throw your head back & howl. It’s an incredibly cathartic sound to make & it carries.
January 28, 2026 at 4:33 AM
If they truly ban whistles, any other noisemaker will be soon follow
So, may I politely suggest people alert others to the presence of ICE in their immediate vicinity by howling like wolves 🐺
Not even joking. Throw your head back & howl. It’s an incredibly cathartic sound to make & it carries.
So, may I politely suggest people alert others to the presence of ICE in their immediate vicinity by howling like wolves 🐺
Not even joking. Throw your head back & howl. It’s an incredibly cathartic sound to make & it carries.
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If they ban whistles switch to cowbells. It'll be fun for all the Gen Xers.
Because we need more cowbell.
Because we need more cowbell.
January 28, 2026 at 12:58 AM
If they ban whistles switch to cowbells. It'll be fun for all the Gen Xers.
Because we need more cowbell.
Because we need more cowbell.
This:
Please also remember today the words of Romani Holocaust survivor Karl Stojka: “It wasn't Hitler or Himmler who deported me, beat me, and shot my family. It was the shoemaker, the milkman, the neighbor, who were given a uniform and then believed they were the master race."
January 28, 2026 at 12:20 AM
This:
The Litany of Lawlessness
Or: why ICE must be abolished and cannot be reformed
Or: why ICE must be abolished and cannot be reformed
Good morning friends! Some things to remember when you call your senators today:
1. Renee Good's killer is still at large and has not faced justice
2. Alex Pretti's murderers are still at large, unnamed and still working on our dime.
3. 35 people died in ICE custody last year. 35 shattered families
1. Renee Good's killer is still at large and has not faced justice
2. Alex Pretti's murderers are still at large, unnamed and still working on our dime.
3. 35 people died in ICE custody last year. 35 shattered families
January 28, 2026 at 12:03 AM
The Litany of Lawlessness
Or: why ICE must be abolished and cannot be reformed
Or: why ICE must be abolished and cannot be reformed
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my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
January 27, 2026 at 2:47 PM
my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
Saruman was terrible, but I’m willing to give his boss Sauron the benefit of the doubt
Q: The demand was to get ICE and CBP out. To replace Bovino with Tom Homan...do you think that's a satisfactory change?
TIM WALZ: "I'm gonna give them the benefit of the doubt. ...My hope is that Tom Homan is different...that he is a true law enforcement professional."
TIM WALZ: "I'm gonna give them the benefit of the doubt. ...My hope is that Tom Homan is different...that he is a true law enforcement professional."
January 27, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Saruman was terrible, but I’m willing to give his boss Sauron the benefit of the doubt
ICE chuds out here creating international incidents because they truly think they already rule the world:
1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
January 27, 2026 at 11:04 PM
ICE chuds out here creating international incidents because they truly think they already rule the world:
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I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:
So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?
January 27, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:
It says something about basic human nature that the message repeated by social reformers for thousands of years has been:
Treat other people better (try treating them the way you would want to be treated yourself!)
And we still can’t get it right
Treat other people better (try treating them the way you would want to be treated yourself!)
And we still can’t get it right
January 27, 2026 at 8:43 PM
It says something about basic human nature that the message repeated by social reformers for thousands of years has been:
Treat other people better (try treating them the way you would want to be treated yourself!)
And we still can’t get it right
Treat other people better (try treating them the way you would want to be treated yourself!)
And we still can’t get it right