TECL
@tecl.bsky.social
Lover of all things celebrating strong, smart, funny women; lifetime learner & occasional teacher; child of the 80’s; happily married to my wife; she/her.
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The SAVE Act is a poll tax🚫🗳️
Speaking from my own experience Getting a Real ID and passport as a woman —(Name changes: adopted, marriage)
Proof needed:
Birth certificate $45
Certified Name Change $35
Certified Marriage License $45
Real ID fee (DL) $45
Passport $165
🟰 $335
#HandsOffHerVote
Speaking from my own experience Getting a Real ID and passport as a woman —(Name changes: adopted, marriage)
Proof needed:
Birth certificate $45
Certified Name Change $35
Certified Marriage License $45
Real ID fee (DL) $45
Passport $165
🟰 $335
#HandsOffHerVote
February 11, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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I think the Attorney General should be the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, primarily focused on enforcing U.S. federal statutes.
Sorry to get so partisan. I know my statement is controversial these days. But it's honestly how I feel.
Sorry to get so partisan. I know my statement is controversial these days. But it's honestly how I feel.
February 11, 2026 at 6:46 PM
I think the Attorney General should be the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, primarily focused on enforcing U.S. federal statutes.
Sorry to get so partisan. I know my statement is controversial these days. But it's honestly how I feel.
Sorry to get so partisan. I know my statement is controversial these days. But it's honestly how I feel.
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Sometimes very hard not to feel like the rest of the country has abandoned Minnesota. We STILL have ICE everywhere. Our schools, businesses, and economy are in profound crisis. But without Bovino here throwing tear gas, much of the country seems to not care at all what’s being done to us.
February 11, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Sometimes very hard not to feel like the rest of the country has abandoned Minnesota. We STILL have ICE everywhere. Our schools, businesses, and economy are in profound crisis. But without Bovino here throwing tear gas, much of the country seems to not care at all what’s being done to us.
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Uhh.... what?
FAA issues 10 day flight restrictions in Texas: "special security reasons"
The NOTAM was issued from February 11 down at the southern U.S. border with Mexico.
www.newsweek.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Uhh.... what?
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America desperately needs a functioning and independent House as a check on Trump’s chaos and mania. It will never have that as long as Mike Johnson is Speaker. Every vote for a House Republican is a vote to give Trump unchecked power for two more years.
February 11, 2026 at 3:42 AM
America desperately needs a functioning and independent House as a check on Trump’s chaos and mania. It will never have that as long as Mike Johnson is Speaker. Every vote for a House Republican is a vote to give Trump unchecked power for two more years.
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
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*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation
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You think of Ring as a way to racially profile black people, but we also find the black people who probably stole your dog.
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 AM
You think of Ring as a way to racially profile black people, but we also find the black people who probably stole your dog.
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It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
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The release on Saturday, August 10th appears to have two differences. The date, and the addition of “of an apparent suicide” www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr...
February 8, 2026 at 4:45 AM
The release on Saturday, August 10th appears to have two differences. The date, and the addition of “of an apparent suicide” www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr...
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I don't know about you, but unless I am in the throes of active death rattle, anyone writing an announcement of my death before--and certainly the DAY BEFORE I DIE--knows something even I do not know and has a hand in extinguishing my life.
February 8, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I don't know about you, but unless I am in the throes of active death rattle, anyone writing an announcement of my death before--and certainly the DAY BEFORE I DIE--knows something even I do not know and has a hand in extinguishing my life.
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By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
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Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
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It’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies
February 2, 2026 at 7:15 AM
It’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies
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Not to take away from the ridiculously-on-point righteousness of this order, but it is also clear that these judges are writing for maximum exposure, and that is GREAT.
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
January 31, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Not to take away from the ridiculously-on-point righteousness of this order, but it is also clear that these judges are writing for maximum exposure, and that is GREAT.
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Streets of Minneapolis. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Streets of Minneapolis. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
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We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
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A lot of Dems are going to take Bovino and Noem being fired as the finish line, and it's very important to make it clear to them that it is a starting line
January 27, 2026 at 2:12 AM
A lot of Dems are going to take Bovino and Noem being fired as the finish line, and it's very important to make it clear to them that it is a starting line
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What we have seen in Minneapolis and other communities has nothing to do with Democrats and in fact has come in spite of their “help.”
We’re remembering community and its power. We’re remembering democracy isn’t just voting. We’re discovering that all we need is each other.
We’re remembering community and its power. We’re remembering democracy isn’t just voting. We’re discovering that all we need is each other.
January 27, 2026 at 5:25 PM
What we have seen in Minneapolis and other communities has nothing to do with Democrats and in fact has come in spite of their “help.”
We’re remembering community and its power. We’re remembering democracy isn’t just voting. We’re discovering that all we need is each other.
We’re remembering community and its power. We’re remembering democracy isn’t just voting. We’re discovering that all we need is each other.
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In retrospect, smearing a minivan driving mom as a terrorist and VA nurse as an assassin was uncalled for. From now on our administration promises to celebrate their lives as well as their deaths
January 27, 2026 at 4:18 PM
In retrospect, smearing a minivan driving mom as a terrorist and VA nurse as an assassin was uncalled for. From now on our administration promises to celebrate their lives as well as their deaths
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I start every day crying, and end many of them doing the same. Thank you, Alex Pretti. I did not know you, but I know the kind of person you were, and I aspire to live with as much grace and honor.
Hospital Staff Pay Tribute To Alex Pretti. Alex gets saluted before being paraded past the hospital staff he used to work with.
January 26, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I start every day crying, and end many of them doing the same. Thank you, Alex Pretti. I did not know you, but I know the kind of person you were, and I aspire to live with as much grace and honor.
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i say this as someone with at least a mild background in cybersecurity — tiktok is now trump/fedgov spyware. you need to delete your account and app ASAP. just because the app isn‘t open doesn’t mean they won’t be harvesting your personal data to target you. queer folx get the fuck off that app
January 26, 2026 at 4:19 AM
i say this as someone with at least a mild background in cybersecurity — tiktok is now trump/fedgov spyware. you need to delete your account and app ASAP. just because the app isn‘t open doesn’t mean they won’t be harvesting your personal data to target you. queer folx get the fuck off that app
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There is no way in hell the United States under the Trump regime can host the World Cup in a few months.
They are murdering citizens in broad daylight, threatening war against NATO, and lawlessly kidnapping children and foreign heads of state.
The world has to organize a boycott. It’s not safe.
They are murdering citizens in broad daylight, threatening war against NATO, and lawlessly kidnapping children and foreign heads of state.
The world has to organize a boycott. It’s not safe.
January 26, 2026 at 2:56 AM
There is no way in hell the United States under the Trump regime can host the World Cup in a few months.
They are murdering citizens in broad daylight, threatening war against NATO, and lawlessly kidnapping children and foreign heads of state.
The world has to organize a boycott. It’s not safe.
They are murdering citizens in broad daylight, threatening war against NATO, and lawlessly kidnapping children and foreign heads of state.
The world has to organize a boycott. It’s not safe.