Starry Sparkles
@starkitty.bsky.social
✨Artist✨ | 🎥Filmmaker🎬 | 🧵Cosplayer🪡 | 🎮Twitch Affiliate🎮 | 🎀Fairy-kei & Kawaii Pastel Fashion🎀
🏳️🌈 Queer 🏳️🌈 | She/They
♿️ hEDS~MCAS~POTS~AutDHD~PEM~LongCOVID ♿️
Links: https://starlightkittystudio.com/links/
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🏳️🌈 Queer 🏳️🌈 | She/They
♿️ hEDS~MCAS~POTS~AutDHD~PEM~LongCOVID ♿️
Links: https://starlightkittystudio.com/links/
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if anyone in the Lewiston area needs whistles, hit us up. 💓
(this goes for anyone anywhere, tbh. email at the top of our linktree linktr.ee/3Dwhistles)
(this goes for anyone anywhere, tbh. email at the top of our linktree linktr.ee/3Dwhistles)
January 15, 2026 at 2:49 AM
if anyone in the Lewiston area needs whistles, hit us up. 💓
(this goes for anyone anywhere, tbh. email at the top of our linktree linktr.ee/3Dwhistles)
(this goes for anyone anywhere, tbh. email at the top of our linktree linktr.ee/3Dwhistles)
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NEW — ICE violence has spread well beyond Minneapolis, with agents landing in small cities like St. Cloud. I spoke with Alice Valentine, a local queer trans woman, who protested ICE on Monday and was pepper sprayed, beaten and jailed as a result, along with her girlfriend.
This is Alice's story:
This is Alice's story:
Queer trans ICE protester in small Minn. city recounts agents' violence and humiliation
Alice Valentine of St. Cloud was pepper sprayed and jailed by ICE for trying to protect immigrant neighbors.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 16, 2026 at 6:58 PM
NEW — ICE violence has spread well beyond Minneapolis, with agents landing in small cities like St. Cloud. I spoke with Alice Valentine, a local queer trans woman, who protested ICE on Monday and was pepper sprayed, beaten and jailed as a result, along with her girlfriend.
This is Alice's story:
This is Alice's story:
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There's always something else, there's always something more. This isn't just about Tim Walz. This isn't just about Minnesota being a blue state. This is also about mining copper and cobalt in the headwaters of the Mississippi. I knew there had to be some money angle.
January 17, 2026 at 1:04 AM
There's always something else, there's always something more. This isn't just about Tim Walz. This isn't just about Minnesota being a blue state. This is also about mining copper and cobalt in the headwaters of the Mississippi. I knew there had to be some money angle.
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Remember we would always see the “Patriot Front” jumping out of Uhauls, marching through towns? That stopped when ICE got started, I just can’t figure that out
January 16, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Remember we would always see the “Patriot Front” jumping out of Uhauls, marching through towns? That stopped when ICE got started, I just can’t figure that out
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January 16, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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I am so tired. The modern Gilded Age is a fucking nightmare.
January 17, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I am so tired. The modern Gilded Age is a fucking nightmare.
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Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
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My friend just said “I think that’s photoshopped” my brain was like huh it’s funny that with AI the idea that something is faked with Photoshop now feels quaint and demonstrative of artistic ability.
Also I think “that’s photoshopped” is probably a dead phrase now replaced by “that’s AI”
Also I think “that’s photoshopped” is probably a dead phrase now replaced by “that’s AI”
January 17, 2026 at 2:00 AM
My friend just said “I think that’s photoshopped” my brain was like huh it’s funny that with AI the idea that something is faked with Photoshop now feels quaint and demonstrative of artistic ability.
Also I think “that’s photoshopped” is probably a dead phrase now replaced by “that’s AI”
Also I think “that’s photoshopped” is probably a dead phrase now replaced by “that’s AI”
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It's really fun to wait for the 30 second update mark and see the number astronomically rise.
New favorite activity.
New favorite activity.
January 17, 2026 at 2:06 AM
It's really fun to wait for the 30 second update mark and see the number astronomically rise.
New favorite activity.
New favorite activity.
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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DHS employees entered our store this afternoon and served us a Notice of Inspection, demanding copies of I9 forms for each employee.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
January 17, 2026 at 12:23 AM
DHS employees entered our store this afternoon and served us a Notice of Inspection, demanding copies of I9 forms for each employee.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
In 27 years as shopkeepers, we have never been subjected to this type of investigation.
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Everyone block the ICE account immediately. There is no need to even hate follow it for any reason at all. It's literally only here to troll. Do NOT feed the fucking troll. Do I make myself clear?
January 16, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Everyone block the ICE account immediately. There is no need to even hate follow it for any reason at all. It's literally only here to troll. Do NOT feed the fucking troll. Do I make myself clear?
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This is good www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 17, 2026 at 2:23 AM
This is good www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
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YES! FINALLY!
More, please.
I know it won't stop them, but we need resistance from every single institution.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
More, please.
I know it won't stop them, but we need resistance from every single institution.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
Minneapolis judge bars DHS agents from arresting peaceful protesters
The judge’s order comes in response to a lawsuit from Minneapolis-area residents alleging that their rights were violated while they were observing or protesting immigration raids.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:46 AM
YES! FINALLY!
More, please.
I know it won't stop them, but we need resistance from every single institution.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
More, please.
I know it won't stop them, but we need resistance from every single institution.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
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This time with lighted Pikachu!
January 15, 2026 at 2:35 AM
This time with lighted Pikachu!
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AI is not inevitable.
Push back.
Everytime.
Push back.
Everytime.
San Diego Comic-Con will no longer allow AI 'art' to be displayed at their event
"Material created by AI either partially or wholly, is not allowed in the art show"
This follows backlash from artists after SDCC initially indicated AI-generated work would be permitted
"Material created by AI either partially or wholly, is not allowed in the art show"
This follows backlash from artists after SDCC initially indicated AI-generated work would be permitted
January 15, 2026 at 2:52 AM
AI is not inevitable.
Push back.
Everytime.
Push back.
Everytime.
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I want to cosign & underline this. Art takes effort. Even the worst art you've ever seen. There's a pretty high floor: a minimum amount of effort it takes to end up with a finished result. Every work of art is a testament to someone's passion to see it through.
Aaaaaand, guess what AI gets rid of.
Aaaaaand, guess what AI gets rid of.
What I hate most about gen Ai is how it takes away the effort. When I saw art before, I knew that even if it shitty and bad, i could tell that there was someone who worked hard to make it happen. It’s why shit like The Room got popular, because you could see the earnest effort on display.
January 15, 2026 at 1:00 AM
I want to cosign & underline this. Art takes effort. Even the worst art you've ever seen. There's a pretty high floor: a minimum amount of effort it takes to end up with a finished result. Every work of art is a testament to someone's passion to see it through.
Aaaaaand, guess what AI gets rid of.
Aaaaaand, guess what AI gets rid of.
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i am not even joking but this is the same american ingenuity that defeated the red coats
@statuscoupnews.bsky.social interviewing this woman in Minneapolis right now who said she came out of her home, wearing whatever she could grab to protect herself from ICE agents. You do what you can, with what you got.
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 AM
i am not even joking but this is the same american ingenuity that defeated the red coats
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"Shifting from lab tests to kilogram-scale digestion showed the same thing: 95 percent or more of the material was broken down into the starting materials the polyurethane was made from."
the fact it's scaled up instead of being at a purely theoretical scale is pretty impressive stuff
the fact it's scaled up instead of being at a purely theoretical scale is pretty impressive stuff
Scientists have used artificial intelligence to create an enzyme that can eat one of the toughest plastics on Earth. The enzyme breaks polyurethane down into reusable chemicals in just 12 hours at 50°C, turning it back into raw materials. Truly circular recycling. buff.ly/oUxRjjl #ShareGoodNewsToo
Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane
Given a dozen hours, the enzyme can turn a foam pad into reusable chemicals.
buff.ly
January 14, 2026 at 4:16 AM
"Shifting from lab tests to kilogram-scale digestion showed the same thing: 95 percent or more of the material was broken down into the starting materials the polyurethane was made from."
the fact it's scaled up instead of being at a purely theoretical scale is pretty impressive stuff
the fact it's scaled up instead of being at a purely theoretical scale is pretty impressive stuff
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They have fucking assault rifles and we have whistles and they’re scared shitless, because they know we’d rather be righteous and dead than ever be them.
January 15, 2026 at 3:56 AM
They have fucking assault rifles and we have whistles and they’re scared shitless, because they know we’d rather be righteous and dead than ever be them.
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every time i log on something horrible is happening but also people are trying really hard to help
January 15, 2026 at 2:53 AM
every time i log on something horrible is happening but also people are trying really hard to help
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We are at the “Minnesotans are spray painting their broiler pans for body armor” stage of the fight
@statuscoupnews.bsky.social interviewing this woman in Minneapolis right now who said she came out of her home, wearing whatever she could grab to protect herself from ICE agents. You do what you can, with what you got.
January 15, 2026 at 4:18 AM
We are at the “Minnesotans are spray painting their broiler pans for body armor” stage of the fight