persephone
@sirensplight.bsky.social
“The plight of the siren is no one believes her.”
Multiply-disabled former high school teacher of drama, spec ed, alt ed, English, & more.
♾️ AuDHD
🍁 settler in Tkaronto
🧶 crochet artist
✨Sicilian witch
Gender = hoodies
Extremely married.
Multiply-disabled former high school teacher of drama, spec ed, alt ed, English, & more.
♾️ AuDHD
🍁 settler in Tkaronto
🧶 crochet artist
✨Sicilian witch
Gender = hoodies
Extremely married.
Pinned
“What radicalized you?”
Literally just caring about children & seeing them as human beings.
Literally just caring about children & seeing them as human beings.
January 23, 2026 at 4:55 PM
“What radicalized you?”
Literally just caring about children & seeing them as human beings.
Literally just caring about children & seeing them as human beings.
RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS
ICE is sending these kids to the concentration camp in Dilley, Texas, where they're preparing to have so many children that they're opening a new school there. They're actively hiring teachers now. I reported on it last month. We have to get people out of there.
January 23, 2026 at 4:30 PM
RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS
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Today is, among other things, a reminder that you don't get a general strike by posting that we should have a general strike.
You get a general strike—on the rare occasions you do—by the long slow slog of building organizing power with those around you in response to local conditions.
You get a general strike—on the rare occasions you do—by the long slow slog of building organizing power with those around you in response to local conditions.
January 23, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Today is, among other things, a reminder that you don't get a general strike by posting that we should have a general strike.
You get a general strike—on the rare occasions you do—by the long slow slog of building organizing power with those around you in response to local conditions.
You get a general strike—on the rare occasions you do—by the long slow slog of building organizing power with those around you in response to local conditions.
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This is the first example I’ve seen of an American government using AI to meaningfully misrepresent actual events with the intent to deceive the public. We are at Stalinesque levels of propaganda.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
January 23, 2026 at 2:23 PM
This is the first example I’ve seen of an American government using AI to meaningfully misrepresent actual events with the intent to deceive the public. We are at Stalinesque levels of propaganda.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
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one thing i’ll note is that the administration is desperate for a repeat of 2020 and the targeted jurisdictions refuse to give it to them
One of the big trends in opposition activism during Trump 2.0 has been the localism of protest. This level of organizing is pretty astonishing to watch, and anyone who insists that there haven't been any protests against Trump is simply ignoring it www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
January 23, 2026 at 2:38 PM
one thing i’ll note is that the administration is desperate for a repeat of 2020 and the targeted jurisdictions refuse to give it to them
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Outside the Twin Cities this morning, where it is -19F—
Minnesotans are gathered early outside the Whipple Federal Building. ICE and DHS agents currently arriving at work to much disapproval.
Minnesotans are gathered early outside the Whipple Federal Building. ICE and DHS agents currently arriving at work to much disapproval.
January 23, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Outside the Twin Cities this morning, where it is -19F—
Minnesotans are gathered early outside the Whipple Federal Building. ICE and DHS agents currently arriving at work to much disapproval.
Minnesotans are gathered early outside the Whipple Federal Building. ICE and DHS agents currently arriving at work to much disapproval.
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Back in 2007 Fox News did a segment on how Mr. Rogers, who died in 2003, was "evil" & was the source of many of America's problems. Fun fact: Fred Rogers was a lifelong REPUBLICAN, but he was the sort of old school liberal Republican that Fox News was designed to eliminate. youtu.be/29lmR_357rA?...
January 23, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Back in 2007 Fox News did a segment on how Mr. Rogers, who died in 2003, was "evil" & was the source of many of America's problems. Fun fact: Fred Rogers was a lifelong REPUBLICAN, but he was the sort of old school liberal Republican that Fox News was designed to eliminate. youtu.be/29lmR_357rA?...
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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
That last sentence killed me.
nine years old
January 23, 2026 at 3:57 PM
That last sentence killed me.
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One thing I have learned by being the freak of the family: people who are scared to be themselves will always hate people who cannot help but be themselves, or who make more courageous choices, or who are forced into a situation where there is no choice left.
January 23, 2026 at 2:31 PM
One thing I have learned by being the freak of the family: people who are scared to be themselves will always hate people who cannot help but be themselves, or who make more courageous choices, or who are forced into a situation where there is no choice left.
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A decade of trans advocacy has taught me people believe lies because they want to, not because they don't know they are lies. They believe trans people will regret our transition because they want us to regret our transition. They believe we are a "social contagion" because that is how they see us
January 23, 2026 at 1:18 PM
A decade of trans advocacy has taught me people believe lies because they want to, not because they don't know they are lies. They believe trans people will regret our transition because they want us to regret our transition. They believe we are a "social contagion" because that is how they see us
We lost a family member instantly, most likely due to weather & road conditions. Please stay safe out there folks. Prepare for blowing snow, icy surfaces, & dangerously low temperatures before heading out to whatever you’re doing today, wherever you are.
January 23, 2026 at 1:32 PM
We lost a family member instantly, most likely due to weather & road conditions. Please stay safe out there folks. Prepare for blowing snow, icy surfaces, & dangerously low temperatures before heading out to whatever you’re doing today, wherever you are.
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You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
January 23, 2026 at 2:57 AM
You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
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Hey friends, it's -15 degrees outside! In temps like this, exposed or improperly insulated skin can get frostbitten in as little as 10 minutes. Here's how you care for it if it happens.
First, you need to identify what level of frostbite you have!
First, you need to identify what level of frostbite you have!
January 23, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Hey friends, it's -15 degrees outside! In temps like this, exposed or improperly insulated skin can get frostbitten in as little as 10 minutes. Here's how you care for it if it happens.
First, you need to identify what level of frostbite you have!
First, you need to identify what level of frostbite you have!
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The funniest thing about today is the number of urban planning guys insisting history doesn't matter. Why are so few places genuinely walkable & what does that have to do with race riots and red lining?
January 23, 2026 at 5:17 AM
The funniest thing about today is the number of urban planning guys insisting history doesn't matter. Why are so few places genuinely walkable & what does that have to do with race riots and red lining?
Another sudden death. Please pray for our family idk what is happening right now 🧿
January 23, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Another sudden death. Please pray for our family idk what is happening right now 🧿
It is so weird to watch an entire government crash out so hard on such a major scale in so short a time.
The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
January 23, 2026 at 2:59 AM
It is so weird to watch an entire government crash out so hard on such a major scale in so short a time.
Great thread & really glad to see that Margaret is covering this bc she does a great job finding the best perspectives on moments just like these (& is an excellent writer). Thank you to Margaret & others who are going right into this to witness & tell these stories. They are so important.
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 23, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Great thread & really glad to see that Margaret is covering this bc she does a great job finding the best perspectives on moments just like these (& is an excellent writer). Thank you to Margaret & others who are going right into this to witness & tell these stories. They are so important.
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I've been here 24 hours, but already with what I've seen, well, I genuinely believe we're going to win. People here are well aware that what happens here impacts the entire country, that it sets the tone for resistance. ICE is angry, ICE is terrified, of how deeply unpopular it is.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I've been here 24 hours, but already with what I've seen, well, I genuinely believe we're going to win. People here are well aware that what happens here impacts the entire country, that it sets the tone for resistance. ICE is angry, ICE is terrified, of how deeply unpopular it is.
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I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
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inescapable conclusion is we have no laws, just cops
January 22, 2026 at 2:22 PM
inescapable conclusion is we have no laws, just cops
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Moral injury! It's a real thing.
January 23, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Moral injury! It's a real thing.
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I've talked to people on the ground about the strike here tomorrow, and the single thing everyone brings up is just how shockingly wide the support for the strike is. Businesses that no one would have expected to support it are doing so.
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 23, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I've talked to people on the ground about the strike here tomorrow, and the single thing everyone brings up is just how shockingly wide the support for the strike is. Businesses that no one would have expected to support it are doing so.
Blair & Macron have big “graduated ten years ago but still hang out with students” vibes.
January 23, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Blair & Macron have big “graduated ten years ago but still hang out with students” vibes.
Good riddance
January 23, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Good riddance