Kelsey 🌲
@sylvanbat.bsky.social
Behavior scientist transitioning to UX. Aspiring illustrator & comic artist. Books, coffee, fantasy, horror and anything animals. 🏳️🌈
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BREAKING: We're challenging the Trump administration’s sweeping suspension of immigrant visa processing for people from 75 countries.
This discriminatory, nationality-based ban on legal immigration strips families and working people of the process guaranteed by law.
This discriminatory, nationality-based ban on legal immigration strips families and working people of the process guaranteed by law.
Breaking News: A group sued Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the State Department, asking a judge to block a ban on 75 countries, saying the Trump administration tried to “eviscerate decades of settled immigration law.”
Trump Administration Sued Over Ban on Immigration From 75 Countries
The Trump administration says these immigrants take welfare intended for Americans, which the lawsuit says is an “unsupported and demonstrably false claim.”
nyti.ms
February 2, 2026 at 4:50 PM
BREAKING: We're challenging the Trump administration’s sweeping suspension of immigrant visa processing for people from 75 countries.
This discriminatory, nationality-based ban on legal immigration strips families and working people of the process guaranteed by law.
This discriminatory, nationality-based ban on legal immigration strips families and working people of the process guaranteed by law.
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Love it when criminals radio their intentions to do crime for everyone to see. He’s a fucking moron.
February 2, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Love it when criminals radio their intentions to do crime for everyone to see. He’s a fucking moron.
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It’s not law enforcement
It’s ethnic cleansing
So if the hospital won’t act, maybe somebody should sue them for creating a hostile work environment:
It’s ethnic cleansing
So if the hospital won’t act, maybe somebody should sue them for creating a hostile work environment:
February 2, 2026 at 12:17 AM
It’s not law enforcement
It’s ethnic cleansing
So if the hospital won’t act, maybe somebody should sue them for creating a hostile work environment:
It’s ethnic cleansing
So if the hospital won’t act, maybe somebody should sue them for creating a hostile work environment:
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Liam Ramos and his father were just released from Dilley. There are many other children still locked up there - and now there's an alleged measles outbreak.
Abolish ICE. Shut down all these concentration camps. Release these prisoners and give them care.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
Abolish ICE. Shut down all these concentration camps. Release these prisoners and give them care.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
Source: Measles outbreak reported at ICE's Dilley family detention facility
DPS troopers stand guard in front of the Dilley detention center during a protest last weekend. After a week of public outcry over the South Texas Family
www.sacurrent.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Liam Ramos and his father were just released from Dilley. There are many other children still locked up there - and now there's an alleged measles outbreak.
Abolish ICE. Shut down all these concentration camps. Release these prisoners and give them care.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
Abolish ICE. Shut down all these concentration camps. Release these prisoners and give them care.
www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
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Concentration camp things happening at the concentration camps
It appears there is now a measles outbreak at the Dilley family detention facility. www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
Source: Measles outbreak reported at ICE's Dilley family detention facility
DPS troopers stand guard in front of the Dilley detention center during a protest last weekend. After a week of public outcry over the Dilley, Texas South
www.sacurrent.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Concentration camp things happening at the concentration camps
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My main takeaway of the Pretti assassin name leaks is they’re both long term veterans of 12 and 8 years respectively
They weren’t six month new hires
Tear down all of DHS
They weren’t six month new hires
Tear down all of DHS
February 1, 2026 at 10:17 PM
My main takeaway of the Pretti assassin name leaks is they’re both long term veterans of 12 and 8 years respectively
They weren’t six month new hires
Tear down all of DHS
They weren’t six month new hires
Tear down all of DHS
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This is it.
Part of why it has been tough for me to weigh in on the Epstein discourse is because we’re really just seeing an extreme manifestation of white patriarchy.
The men involved have consolidated an obscene amount of power. But the violence itself is horrifically ordinary.
Part of why it has been tough for me to weigh in on the Epstein discourse is because we’re really just seeing an extreme manifestation of white patriarchy.
The men involved have consolidated an obscene amount of power. But the violence itself is horrifically ordinary.
Something I picked up pretty early when I started studying sociology is that things that look like grand highly intentional conspiracies are so often just systems of power and incentive structures that connect people who have the same interests
Which isn’t to say there are no conspiracies but
Which isn’t to say there are no conspiracies but
February 1, 2026 at 7:09 PM
This is it.
Part of why it has been tough for me to weigh in on the Epstein discourse is because we’re really just seeing an extreme manifestation of white patriarchy.
The men involved have consolidated an obscene amount of power. But the violence itself is horrifically ordinary.
Part of why it has been tough for me to weigh in on the Epstein discourse is because we’re really just seeing an extreme manifestation of white patriarchy.
The men involved have consolidated an obscene amount of power. But the violence itself is horrifically ordinary.
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Can't be exaggerated: every bully believes themselves a victim. Even Hitler! Even US slave owners!
It's part of the psychology. There is no amount of power or privilege that can ameliorate it.
It's part of the psychology. There is no amount of power or privilege that can ameliorate it.
so I'm about halfway through my re-read of "the rise and fall of the third reich," world war 2 is about to kick off, and one notable thing is how many times hitler would start off speeches and meetings talking about how badly he/germany had been treated, usually by countries he planned on crushing
February 1, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Can't be exaggerated: every bully believes themselves a victim. Even Hitler! Even US slave owners!
It's part of the psychology. There is no amount of power or privilege that can ameliorate it.
It's part of the psychology. There is no amount of power or privilege that can ameliorate it.
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JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov
February 1, 2026 at 4:52 PM
JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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Pinterest CEO says in layoff email: "We’re doubling down on an AI-forward approach – prioritizing AI-focused roles, teams, and ways of working"
So it's time for me to move to another platform to save images
So it's time for me to move to another platform to save images
February 1, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Pinterest CEO says in layoff email: "We’re doubling down on an AI-forward approach – prioritizing AI-focused roles, teams, and ways of working"
So it's time for me to move to another platform to save images
So it's time for me to move to another platform to save images
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“There was no way this person ran headfirst into a wall.”
abc7ny.com/post/ice-min...
abc7ny.com/post/ice-min...
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Intensive care nurses immediately doubted the word of federal immigration officers when they arrived at a Minneapolis hospital with a Mexican immigrant who had broken bones in his face and skull.
abc7ny.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:04 PM
“There was no way this person ran headfirst into a wall.”
abc7ny.com/post/ice-min...
abc7ny.com/post/ice-min...
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If there’s one thing we’re all talking about in Minnesota, it’s coffee prices. You can barely walk down the street without someone shrieking, “nearly fifteen percent!”
Trump's reckless tariffs have driven up coffee prices by nearly 15% since last summer.
Your morning cup shouldn't cost more because of the administration's trade policies.
www.nerdwallet.com/finance/lear...
Your morning cup shouldn't cost more because of the administration's trade policies.
www.nerdwallet.com/finance/lear...
Tariffs Are a Buzzkill for the Coffee Biz - NerdWallet
Tariffs on coffee-producing countries — including a 50% levy on Brazil — are likely to raise prices for America’s millions of coffee drinkers.
www.nerdwallet.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:18 PM
If there’s one thing we’re all talking about in Minnesota, it’s coffee prices. You can barely walk down the street without someone shrieking, “nearly fifteen percent!”
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Heads I win, Tails you lose. Every election I don't like was fraudulent!
January 31, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Heads I win, Tails you lose. Every election I don't like was fraudulent!
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HAPPENING NOW: Aerial view of a LARGE group of cyclists who have gathered in Minneapolis for an Alex Pretti memorial bike ride
📍Minneapolis, Minnesota
📍Minneapolis, Minnesota
January 31, 2026 at 7:23 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Aerial view of a LARGE group of cyclists who have gathered in Minneapolis for an Alex Pretti memorial bike ride
📍Minneapolis, Minnesota
📍Minneapolis, Minnesota
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NEWS: Judge Biery has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos. A thunderous rebuke against ICE’s violent campaign in Minnesota. Read the order below.
Link:
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Link:
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Order – #9 in Conejo Arias v. Noem (W.D. Tex., 5:26-cv-00415) – CourtListener.com
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT--The Court finds that the Constitution of these United States trumps this administration's detention of petitioner Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R. The Grea...
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January 31, 2026 at 8:27 PM
NEWS: Judge Biery has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos. A thunderous rebuke against ICE’s violent campaign in Minnesota. Read the order below.
Link:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Link:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The GOP’s priorities in a nutshell.
January 30, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The GOP’s priorities in a nutshell.
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They’re using AI facial recognition tools as the end-all, be-all, despite those tools being significantly less accurate on darker-skinned people and on women in general, and notoriously bad for Black women sanford.duke.edu/story/dr-joy...
January 30, 2026 at 7:28 PM
They’re using AI facial recognition tools as the end-all, be-all, despite those tools being significantly less accurate on darker-skinned people and on women in general, and notoriously bad for Black women sanford.duke.edu/story/dr-joy...
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If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
January 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM
If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
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We’re investigating reports of unlawful gender-based or sexual violence and harassment by federal immigration agents in Minnesota. If you’ve experienced or witnessed gender-based harm at the hands of ICE, CBP, or DHS, you can submit a confidential report at genderjustice.us/ice-report
Report Gender-Based Violence by Federal Immigration Agents
We're collecting confidential reports of gender-based violence by ICE, CBP, or DHS in Minnesota.
genderjustice.us
January 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM
We’re investigating reports of unlawful gender-based or sexual violence and harassment by federal immigration agents in Minnesota. If you’ve experienced or witnessed gender-based harm at the hands of ICE, CBP, or DHS, you can submit a confidential report at genderjustice.us/ice-report
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Secret police in masks surrounding the house of a journalist who is disfavored by the regime. This is naked authoritarianism and I do not understand what it will take for Congress to start talking about impeaching the president.
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 30, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Secret police in masks surrounding the house of a journalist who is disfavored by the regime. This is naked authoritarianism and I do not understand what it will take for Congress to start talking about impeaching the president.
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It’s revealing to see which federal employees they fight for and which they “put in trauma”. The ones who Nazi for THEM are their faves. The ones who serve YOU are their enemies, apparently.
Them didn’t move Bovino or others bc they disapproved. They helped them flee the state to escape justice.
Them didn’t move Bovino or others bc they disapproved. They helped them flee the state to escape justice.
This is Georgia Fort as she’s being arrested by federal agents. Apparently, they had a grand jury indictment in hand. She was arrested for being an independent journalist who filmed the Cities Church protest.
January 30, 2026 at 4:18 PM
It’s revealing to see which federal employees they fight for and which they “put in trauma”. The ones who Nazi for THEM are their faves. The ones who serve YOU are their enemies, apparently.
Them didn’t move Bovino or others bc they disapproved. They helped them flee the state to escape justice.
Them didn’t move Bovino or others bc they disapproved. They helped them flee the state to escape justice.
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If you support what RFK Jr. and the MAHA agenda for Autistic people…. Please see yourself out. There’s no place for their “war on autism” painting Autism, and by extension Autistic People as something to fight against.
January 30, 2026 at 4:30 PM
If you support what RFK Jr. and the MAHA agenda for Autistic people…. Please see yourself out. There’s no place for their “war on autism” painting Autism, and by extension Autistic People as something to fight against.
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BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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This looks bad, right? But here is the thing... ITS WORSE
This survey only reached a narrow selection of respondents. Notably cut anybody who has been unemployed for too long. Mostly just ppl who can afford to attend GDC. Many laid off before 2025 are still looking!
variety.com/2026/gaming/...
This survey only reached a narrow selection of respondents. Notably cut anybody who has been unemployed for too long. Mostly just ppl who can afford to attend GDC. Many laid off before 2025 are still looking!
variety.com/2026/gaming/...
One-Third of U.S. Video Game Industry Workers Were Laid Off in 2025, GDC Study Reveals
One-third of U.S. video game industry workers say they were laid off last year, according to GDC.
variety.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:03 PM
This looks bad, right? But here is the thing... ITS WORSE
This survey only reached a narrow selection of respondents. Notably cut anybody who has been unemployed for too long. Mostly just ppl who can afford to attend GDC. Many laid off before 2025 are still looking!
variety.com/2026/gaming/...
This survey only reached a narrow selection of respondents. Notably cut anybody who has been unemployed for too long. Mostly just ppl who can afford to attend GDC. Many laid off before 2025 are still looking!
variety.com/2026/gaming/...
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In healthy democracies, dissent is a civic act. In authoritarian systems, it’s rebranded as extremism. My new TIME essay examines how Trump officials have begun labeling ordinary Americans as “enemies”—and why this rhetorical shift is one of the clearest warning signs in comparative history.
The Danger of Turning Americans into Enemies
In Minnesota, "Trump has redefined dissent not as a civic act, but as an enemy force," writes Andrew Weinstein.
time.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:15 AM
In healthy democracies, dissent is a civic act. In authoritarian systems, it’s rebranded as extremism. My new TIME essay examines how Trump officials have begun labeling ordinary Americans as “enemies”—and why this rhetorical shift is one of the clearest warning signs in comparative history.