Bat-child Librarian
@stopthatadam.bsky.social
Friendly Academic Librarian. Proud former IAM and current UUP union member. Family man. Prog rock/Afro-beat/Knitting Factory skronk/Etc. Bass/Percussion. Socialism. Angling. RPGs. Dobbs Ferry-CT-Iowa City-Minneapolis-Philly—Upstate NY(his)
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Good news everyone I got a digital badge that says I Gained the Ethics of Best Practices
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Breakfast hack - find a hotel with a free breakfast buffet.
They never check to see if you’re staying there, just show up in pajamas.
They never check to see if you’re staying there, just show up in pajamas.
February 6, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Breakfast hack - find a hotel with a free breakfast buffet.
They never check to see if you’re staying there, just show up in pajamas.
They never check to see if you’re staying there, just show up in pajamas.
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“It seems our university leaders cannot even say that it is wrong to murder a former student in broad daylight because some people might disagree,” geography professor Kate Derickson
Faculty, students push University of Minnesota to denounce ICE and killing of alumnus Alex Pretti
It illustrates the complex balancing act for colleges and universities in responding to ICE actions.
www.startribune.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:43 PM
“It seems our university leaders cannot even say that it is wrong to murder a former student in broad daylight because some people might disagree,” geography professor Kate Derickson
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AIPAC listen to me, it is extremely vital that you spend all of your money, literally all of it, on running ads against Chuck Schumer in 2028 because he said a mean word about Netanyahu one time in 2024
February 6, 2026 at 4:53 AM
AIPAC listen to me, it is extremely vital that you spend all of your money, literally all of it, on running ads against Chuck Schumer in 2028 because he said a mean word about Netanyahu one time in 2024
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Trump could say the n-word on live TV and the Times’ first reaction would be “it was unclear if Mr. Trump was aware of the word’s complicated history”
The New York Times has finally covered the Trump video of Obama as an ape — and they are still providing cover for him. Fuck the Times.
February 6, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Trump could say the n-word on live TV and the Times’ first reaction would be “it was unclear if Mr. Trump was aware of the word’s complicated history”
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Before Trump 2.0, this was one of my biggest fears. With everything that's happened in the last year, it may seem like small news -- just another stream in the constant firehose of institutional destruction. But it's not. Effectively losing the professional federal civil service is a very bad thing.
Final Schedule F rule published: in defiance of the vast majority of public comments, it commits to further politicizing government, removing anyone the Trump administration dislikes.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02375.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02375.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
February 6, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Before Trump 2.0, this was one of my biggest fears. With everything that's happened in the last year, it may seem like small news -- just another stream in the constant firehose of institutional destruction. But it's not. Effectively losing the professional federal civil service is a very bad thing.
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+18 support for removing Stephen Miller, 2 points more than removing Kristi Noem.
New piece: From body cams to masks to independent investigations of recent shootings, the public supports a wide range of major reforms for ICE/federal agents www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-ameri...
February 6, 2026 at 1:08 PM
+18 support for removing Stephen Miller, 2 points more than removing Kristi Noem.
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Diana is being held at a facility with a measles outbreak.
A facility holding a 2 month old baby.
A facility that held Liam Ramos and made him sick.
A facility where kids scream “let us out!”
They’re denying a Congresswoman entry.
What are they hiding?
bsky.app/profile/repd...
A facility holding a 2 month old baby.
A facility that held Liam Ramos and made him sick.
A facility where kids scream “let us out!”
They’re denying a Congresswoman entry.
What are they hiding?
bsky.app/profile/repd...
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
February 6, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Diana is being held at a facility with a measles outbreak.
A facility holding a 2 month old baby.
A facility that held Liam Ramos and made him sick.
A facility where kids scream “let us out!”
They’re denying a Congresswoman entry.
What are they hiding?
bsky.app/profile/repd...
A facility holding a 2 month old baby.
A facility that held Liam Ramos and made him sick.
A facility where kids scream “let us out!”
They’re denying a Congresswoman entry.
What are they hiding?
bsky.app/profile/repd...
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Are the internet's far-right conspiracists useful pawns of Epstein and his network?
I dig into Epstein's meeting with the founder of 4chan and the political project that followed for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/06/j...
I dig into Epstein's meeting with the founder of 4chan and the political project that followed for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/06/j...
Jeffrey Epstein's 4chan Plan
The sex-trafficker’s fingerprints are all over the early rise of the alt-right and the far-right movements that would follow, new documents reveal
bylinetimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Are the internet's far-right conspiracists useful pawns of Epstein and his network?
I dig into Epstein's meeting with the founder of 4chan and the political project that followed for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/06/j...
I dig into Epstein's meeting with the founder of 4chan and the political project that followed for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/06/j...
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I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
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I just read the declaration that Kira Kelley asked J. Blackwell to consider.
This immigrant describes being
-unlawfully arrested
-taken from one overcrowded & filthy prison to another over 19 days
-held incommunicado
& ICE never telling him a court ordered his release
He describes an American gulag
This immigrant describes being
-unlawfully arrested
-taken from one overcrowded & filthy prison to another over 19 days
-held incommunicado
& ICE never telling him a court ordered his release
He describes an American gulag
February 5, 2026 at 5:52 AM
I just read the declaration that Kira Kelley asked J. Blackwell to consider.
This immigrant describes being
-unlawfully arrested
-taken from one overcrowded & filthy prison to another over 19 days
-held incommunicado
& ICE never telling him a court ordered his release
He describes an American gulag
This immigrant describes being
-unlawfully arrested
-taken from one overcrowded & filthy prison to another over 19 days
-held incommunicado
& ICE never telling him a court ordered his release
He describes an American gulag
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Mount Rushmore is so stupid that I actually support this. Put a Bored Ape up there, who cares
Trump is making it clear that he intends to put himself on Mt. Rushmore before he leaves
February 6, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Mount Rushmore is so stupid that I actually support this. Put a Bored Ape up there, who cares
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dude, tell you what, what I really want is to go on a lightly regulated flying car
#Florida legislators advance tax breaks & fewer regulations for the (so far nonexistent) flying car industry www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville... via @bizjournals.com
Florida lawmakers advance tax breaks and incentives to attract flying car industry - Jacksonville Business Journal
Florida lawmakers are betting on a futuristic form of transportation that could transform how people travel short distances, and they're offering tax breaks and streamlined regulations to make it happ...
www.bizjournals.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:18 AM
dude, tell you what, what I really want is to go on a lightly regulated flying car
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This evening I did a shadowy No Kings training for ICE observers with a secretive cabal of 20,000 people who joined a recondite YouTube stream by following a clandestine public link.
February 6, 2026 at 3:43 AM
This evening I did a shadowy No Kings training for ICE observers with a secretive cabal of 20,000 people who joined a recondite YouTube stream by following a clandestine public link.
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Sociologist C. Wright Mills saw this coming—and tried to warn us—60+ years ago.
jacobin.com/2026/02/wrig...
jacobin.com/2026/02/wrig...
February 6, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Sociologist C. Wright Mills saw this coming—and tried to warn us—60+ years ago.
jacobin.com/2026/02/wrig...
jacobin.com/2026/02/wrig...
The Jabberwock has come
Viddy this my droogs.
February 6, 2026 at 3:51 AM
The Jabberwock has come
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February 6, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
February 5, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
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For those who don't know, Luttig was once considered the intellectual heir to Scalia. He was about as conservative a judge as you could find...
Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
February 6, 2026 at 1:32 AM
For those who don't know, Luttig was once considered the intellectual heir to Scalia. He was about as conservative a judge as you could find...
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trump and co. dumped their crypto before the wipeout really took speed lmaoo
February 6, 2026 at 1:10 AM
trump and co. dumped their crypto before the wipeout really took speed lmaoo
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SCOOP: ICE has done more than 60 secret flights on Air Wisconsin since mid-January, according to @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social. I watched one load this afternoon.
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/air-wisconsi...
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Air Wisconsin has done 60+ ICE flights since mid-January
Dozens of secret flights carrying shackled migrants follow Air Wisconsin’s sale to ICE’s flight broker.
gillianbrockell.ghost.io
February 5, 2026 at 11:03 PM
SCOOP: ICE has done more than 60 secret flights on Air Wisconsin since mid-January, according to @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social. I watched one load this afternoon.
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/air-wisconsi...
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/air-wisconsi...
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I studied at a top uni. This famous professor who normally gave no lectures had a small informal seminar, I was told it would be a great opportunity but then a grad student pulled me aside to warn me that The Professor liked pretty young girls, to be carful. I never went.
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 6, 2026 at 12:48 AM
I studied at a top uni. This famous professor who normally gave no lectures had a small informal seminar, I was told it would be a great opportunity but then a grad student pulled me aside to warn me that The Professor liked pretty young girls, to be carful. I never went.
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Literally the shit these numbskulls claimed to believe that USAID does. The “accusation” and “confession” sets overlap completely.
February 6, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Literally the shit these numbskulls claimed to believe that USAID does. The “accusation” and “confession” sets overlap completely.
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February 6, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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Good. "But DHS isn't just ICE, it's also..." nope, wrong. DHS no longer serves any useful functions, the whole thing has been reassigned to repression. FEMA isn't even paying out to states. All DHS does is shooting, teargassing, facial recognition, and administrative warrants. Shut it down.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Secu…
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Good. "But DHS isn't just ICE, it's also..." nope, wrong. DHS no longer serves any useful functions, the whole thing has been reassigned to repression. FEMA isn't even paying out to states. All DHS does is shooting, teargassing, facial recognition, and administrative warrants. Shut it down.