SpiderHyphenMan
@spiderhyphenman.bsky.social
Somehow a government employee. He/him.
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You don't defeat fascism with love for fascists.
You defeat fascists with love for your neighbors.
That's the power of love. I understand now.
I finally understand.
You defeat fascists with love for your neighbors.
That's the power of love. I understand now.
I finally understand.
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Next week, Trump will deliver his State of the Union address. I won't be there.
Trump is marching America towards fascism, and I refuse to normalize his shredding of our Constitution & democracy.
This cannot be business as usual.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...
Trump is marching America towards fascism, and I refuse to normalize his shredding of our Constitution & democracy.
This cannot be business as usual.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...
Democrats Plan to Counter Trump’s Speech to Congress With Rally
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Next week, Trump will deliver his State of the Union address. I won't be there.
Trump is marching America towards fascism, and I refuse to normalize his shredding of our Constitution & democracy.
This cannot be business as usual.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...
Trump is marching America towards fascism, and I refuse to normalize his shredding of our Constitution & democracy.
This cannot be business as usual.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/u...
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I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
February 18, 2026 at 1:07 PM
I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
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A very detailed explanation of how FBI bamboozled a magistrate into authorizing a raid on Fulton County’s election offices by omitting critical information that would have totally undermined any probable cause claim. Pretty clear-cut case of calculated deception of the courts.
Fulton Co elections expert: “In all 5 areas identified by ... the [search warrant] affidavit, there are a multitude of false or misleading statements or omissions. ... Once ... corrected, the affidavit loses any basis in reality.”
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storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 18, 2026 at 4:00 AM
A very detailed explanation of how FBI bamboozled a magistrate into authorizing a raid on Fulton County’s election offices by omitting critical information that would have totally undermined any probable cause claim. Pretty clear-cut case of calculated deception of the courts.
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Here's my quarterly superhero comic related post:
I think it's cool how Absolute Batman has gone essentially full-tilt into being a body horror/just general horror comic, and I also think it's very funny that despite literally every example to the contrary people thought Poison Ivy would be ~normal~
I think it's cool how Absolute Batman has gone essentially full-tilt into being a body horror/just general horror comic, and I also think it's very funny that despite literally every example to the contrary people thought Poison Ivy would be ~normal~
February 18, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Here's my quarterly superhero comic related post:
I think it's cool how Absolute Batman has gone essentially full-tilt into being a body horror/just general horror comic, and I also think it's very funny that despite literally every example to the contrary people thought Poison Ivy would be ~normal~
I think it's cool how Absolute Batman has gone essentially full-tilt into being a body horror/just general horror comic, and I also think it's very funny that despite literally every example to the contrary people thought Poison Ivy would be ~normal~
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Like this. "You must strategically abandon the specific issues that the right has rendered toxic & focus on others."
But then ... why wouldn't the right just be able to do the same thing on those other issues?
But then ... why wouldn't the right just be able to do the same thing on those other issues?
February 18, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Like this. "You must strategically abandon the specific issues that the right has rendered toxic & focus on others."
But then ... why wouldn't the right just be able to do the same thing on those other issues?
But then ... why wouldn't the right just be able to do the same thing on those other issues?
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I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
February 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
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Do not feed your medical records into the eugenics chatbot, respectfully
Counterpoint:
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
February 18, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Do not feed your medical records into the eugenics chatbot, respectfully
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There is no statute of limitations on deportations. There are people ordered deported 20, 30, even 40 years ago, who’ve been living here on forbearance ever since; people checking in with ICE since before it existed.
The Trump admin is now rounding up and detaining many of them.
The Trump admin is now rounding up and detaining many of them.
February 18, 2026 at 2:00 AM
There is no statute of limitations on deportations. There are people ordered deported 20, 30, even 40 years ago, who’ve been living here on forbearance ever since; people checking in with ICE since before it existed.
The Trump admin is now rounding up and detaining many of them.
The Trump admin is now rounding up and detaining many of them.
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Kid: is anyone named Sam?
Dan: yeah a lot of people
Kid: tell me a new name that isn’t Sam
Dan: George
Kid: (getting mad) NO, a NEW name.
Dan: Alex with three Ls like Alllex
Kid: (furious) No!!!!! A new name!!! Like Beetle.
Dan: oh okay, Dogfur.
Kid: (thoughtfully) …good.
Dan: yeah a lot of people
Kid: tell me a new name that isn’t Sam
Dan: George
Kid: (getting mad) NO, a NEW name.
Dan: Alex with three Ls like Alllex
Kid: (furious) No!!!!! A new name!!! Like Beetle.
Dan: oh okay, Dogfur.
Kid: (thoughtfully) …good.
February 17, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Kid: is anyone named Sam?
Dan: yeah a lot of people
Kid: tell me a new name that isn’t Sam
Dan: George
Kid: (getting mad) NO, a NEW name.
Dan: Alex with three Ls like Alllex
Kid: (furious) No!!!!! A new name!!! Like Beetle.
Dan: oh okay, Dogfur.
Kid: (thoughtfully) …good.
Dan: yeah a lot of people
Kid: tell me a new name that isn’t Sam
Dan: George
Kid: (getting mad) NO, a NEW name.
Dan: Alex with three Ls like Alllex
Kid: (furious) No!!!!! A new name!!! Like Beetle.
Dan: oh okay, Dogfur.
Kid: (thoughtfully) …good.
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Another thing to add to the Dem platform: all of these contracts were plainly procured through fraud, not one of them will be honored, and all culpable parties will be prosecuted.
This isn't a "radical" demand, it's the bare minimum required to re-establish the rule of law.
This isn't a "radical" demand, it's the bare minimum required to re-establish the rule of law.
The current person in charge of ICE's procurement for detention is a GEO Group executive who ran the company's immigration detention portfolio. He was granted an "ethics waiver" from DHS allowing him to hand out contracts to GEO in his new role.
February 17, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Another thing to add to the Dem platform: all of these contracts were plainly procured through fraud, not one of them will be honored, and all culpable parties will be prosecuted.
This isn't a "radical" demand, it's the bare minimum required to re-establish the rule of law.
This isn't a "radical" demand, it's the bare minimum required to re-establish the rule of law.
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stop making me look at those horrible men
February 17, 2026 at 11:56 PM
stop making me look at those horrible men
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it’s insane that a decade ago we all agreed that giving mass shooters the attention they desired was a bad thing but now because rightwingers will quite literally lie about the shooter every single time we all have to be acutely aware of the shooters intentions and ideology
February 17, 2026 at 9:28 PM
it’s insane that a decade ago we all agreed that giving mass shooters the attention they desired was a bad thing but now because rightwingers will quite literally lie about the shooter every single time we all have to be acutely aware of the shooters intentions and ideology
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"President Trump’s short-sighted determination to eliminate HUD’s flood standard will set the agency and its housing flood standards back years and allow new affordable housing to be built in areas prone to flood risks and without adequate flood-risk mitigation measures."—@ucsshana.bsky.social
Trump Administration to Cut Common-Sense Flood Rule that Saves Homes, Lives and Taxpayer Dollars
Repealing the standard endangers the most vulnerable among us.
blog.ucs.org
February 17, 2026 at 10:00 PM
"President Trump’s short-sighted determination to eliminate HUD’s flood standard will set the agency and its housing flood standards back years and allow new affordable housing to be built in areas prone to flood risks and without adequate flood-risk mitigation measures."—@ucsshana.bsky.social
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libs getting the chamber of commerce in the national divorce, sure, why not, welcome aboard
www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...
www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...
February 17, 2026 at 8:38 PM
libs getting the chamber of commerce in the national divorce, sure, why not, welcome aboard
www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...
www.reuters.com/world/us-cou...
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Which is not to say the movie is going to be fascist, OBVIOUSLY not, but there’s something to be said about the resurgence of “MEN are like THIS…. and WOMEN are like THIS!! Haha incompetent husbands are NOT made for childcare xD” comedy and the timing thereof
February 17, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Which is not to say the movie is going to be fascist, OBVIOUSLY not, but there’s something to be said about the resurgence of “MEN are like THIS…. and WOMEN are like THIS!! Haha incompetent husbands are NOT made for childcare xD” comedy and the timing thereof
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How do laundry?? I am man and do not know how to use washing machine 😂 where do kids go to school??? I do not know because I am father. My daughters want me to do girl things I do not understand because I am father. How do dishes work. How do girls eat food. I am man. I am father. I do not know 😂
This is unironically a symptom of the modern rise of global fascism youtu.be/19PLc6hpTvA?...
THE BREADWINNER - Official Trailer (HD)
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Entertainment
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 10:04 PM
How do laundry?? I am man and do not know how to use washing machine 😂 where do kids go to school??? I do not know because I am father. My daughters want me to do girl things I do not understand because I am father. How do dishes work. How do girls eat food. I am man. I am father. I do not know 😂
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The Trump administration's handling of the legal immigration system is so malignant and incompetent that ICE ended up deporting a human trafficking victim seemingly because so many people have quit that her application for relief was sitting in a mailroom in a box unopened.
February 17, 2026 at 9:53 PM
The Trump administration's handling of the legal immigration system is so malignant and incompetent that ICE ended up deporting a human trafficking victim seemingly because so many people have quit that her application for relief was sitting in a mailroom in a box unopened.
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Incredible story that is worth your time to read. It exposes the ways in which the Trump admin is turning the legal immigration system into yet another arm of the mass deportation machine, transforming a benefits agency into a trap for those seeking legal status.
![Even as Donald Trump has turned the agencies of D.H.S. into something of a roving personal police force, his Administration has prosecuted a quieter but no less ambitious assault on legal immigration. Green cards and visas for people from dozens of countries have been frozen indefinitely, and the Administration has cancelled naturalization ceremonies. Immigrants and asylum seekers in the middle of the application process have been detained during routine interviews. Last April, Mohsen Mahdawi, a student at Columbia University who had a green card, was arrested during his citizenship interview, for which he’d waited a decade. “Is this a trap?” he recalled thinking, after U.S.C.I.S. called him in for an appointment; masked ICE agents took him away just after he’d signed the Pledge of Allegiance. The wife of a green-card applicant who was arrested in Salt Lake City said, “We’ve tried to do everything the right way. We have, and [now] he’s not here.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreid7qkszdahgjbgtbgocveyhd3urdaawzir3sl2ixxfuij532mdkum@jpeg)
February 17, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Incredible story that is worth your time to read. It exposes the ways in which the Trump admin is turning the legal immigration system into yet another arm of the mass deportation machine, transforming a benefits agency into a trap for those seeking legal status.
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As it stands, GEO is poised to rake in tens of billions of federal dollars for detaining immigrants over the next four years; and thanks to the Trump admin installing a top GEO executive at ICE, the company appears to have kept its competitors from profiting anywhere near as much.
February 17, 2026 at 9:14 PM
As it stands, GEO is poised to rake in tens of billions of federal dollars for detaining immigrants over the next four years; and thanks to the Trump admin installing a top GEO executive at ICE, the company appears to have kept its competitors from profiting anywhere near as much.
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NEW: Today, an immigration judge terminated removal proceedings for Mohsen Mahdawi, the Columbia student, Palestinian activist, and U.S. permanent resident whom the Trump administration arrested in April 2025 and attempted to deport under the foreign policy provision.
February 17, 2026 at 9:11 PM
NEW: Today, an immigration judge terminated removal proceedings for Mohsen Mahdawi, the Columbia student, Palestinian activist, and U.S. permanent resident whom the Trump administration arrested in April 2025 and attempted to deport under the foreign policy provision.
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I'm older than you so I can confirm that they came with a little book that had the tutorial in it and you read it on the way home
February 17, 2026 at 4:31 PM
I'm older than you so I can confirm that they came with a little book that had the tutorial in it and you read it on the way home
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The current person in charge of ICE's procurement for detention is a GEO Group executive who ran the company's immigration detention portfolio. He was granted an "ethics waiver" from DHS allowing him to hand out contracts to GEO in his new role.
February 17, 2026 at 8:58 PM
The current person in charge of ICE's procurement for detention is a GEO Group executive who ran the company's immigration detention portfolio. He was granted an "ethics waiver" from DHS allowing him to hand out contracts to GEO in his new role.
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I would shoot the computer with a handgun five to eight times
Writers if you could drop your novel or short story into an AI and have it make a great and watchable movie out of your story, and you could sell that movie, would you do it? #writers #WritingCommunity
February 17, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I would shoot the computer with a handgun five to eight times
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These anti-fat activist screeds always include a blithe acknowledgement that fat activists are correct on the merits.
"To be sure, weight and health aren't perfectly correlated, fatphobia is widespread and losing weight is extremely difficult..."
Right, but that's the entire thing!
"To be sure, weight and health aren't perfectly correlated, fatphobia is widespread and losing weight is extremely difficult..."
Right, but that's the entire thing!
The way she winds up for the BUT after “not everyone can control their weight, and no one should be mistreated for it”
This is indistinguishable from right-wing anti-SJW agitprop
February 17, 2026 at 8:25 PM
These anti-fat activist screeds always include a blithe acknowledgement that fat activists are correct on the merits.
"To be sure, weight and health aren't perfectly correlated, fatphobia is widespread and losing weight is extremely difficult..."
Right, but that's the entire thing!
"To be sure, weight and health aren't perfectly correlated, fatphobia is widespread and losing weight is extremely difficult..."
Right, but that's the entire thing!