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Tedra Osell
@tedos.bsky.social
· Oct 27
Take all posts for what they are: something I threw together while eating rice and beans and scrolling on my phone.
(Quote shamelessly plagiarized from J Bouie)
(Quote shamelessly plagiarized from J Bouie)
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Also hate "this is not about politics." Sorry people, you have to GROW UP. EVERY DAMNED THING IS POLITICAL. Everything. The word people are searching for is PARTISAN.
January 19, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Also hate "this is not about politics." Sorry people, you have to GROW UP. EVERY DAMNED THING IS POLITICAL. Everything. The word people are searching for is PARTISAN.
Apropos of absolutely nothing but self check out is fucking evil and can we please get rid of it when we remake the world
January 18, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Apropos of absolutely nothing but self check out is fucking evil and can we please get rid of it when we remake the world
Omg this discussion is going to make me crazy. When you realize you are wrong—indeed have been badly, dangerously wrong—the first order of business is to recalibrate your fucking head. “False alarms” isn’t recalibration.
January 18, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Omg this discussion is going to make me crazy. When you realize you are wrong—indeed have been badly, dangerously wrong—the first order of business is to recalibrate your fucking head. “False alarms” isn’t recalibration.
This is an excellent piece
Six years ago I wrote in the Washington Post that police must not hide their face or name. Seems kind of pertinent now, right? Here’s a link to a free version of the piece I wrote. I was angry and sad then. I’m angry and sad now. Courage. Use it. Now.
www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comm...
www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comm...
Commentary: I’m a police officer; you should know my name | HeraldNet.com
The ability to identify an officer — local or federal — is a requirement for accountability and trust.
www.heraldnet.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:24 PM
This is an excellent piece
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It's a category error.
So many of these people seem to believe that the goal of education is the thesis or the essay, the written work itself.
Or the grade it receives. Or the diploma.
But the goal of education is to produce people capable of creating the thesis.
So many of these people seem to believe that the goal of education is the thesis or the essay, the written work itself.
Or the grade it receives. Or the diploma.
But the goal of education is to produce people capable of creating the thesis.
January 17, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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There’s no real debate. I have witnessed a very small number of ICE activists advocating for carrying firearms or even trying to agitate by physically striking ICE vehicles, etc. Let’s be clear: the incredibly vast majority of people resisting ICE correctly believe these people are fools.
January 17, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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This is absolutely awful but also just clownishly hilarious.
“Your accent gives me reason to believe you aren’t a US citizen”
“What about YOUR accent?!?!?”
“Your accent gives me reason to believe you aren’t a US citizen”
“What about YOUR accent?!?!?”
How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
January 17, 2026 at 10:26 PM
This is absolutely awful but also just clownishly hilarious.
“Your accent gives me reason to believe you aren’t a US citizen”
“What about YOUR accent?!?!?”
“Your accent gives me reason to believe you aren’t a US citizen”
“What about YOUR accent?!?!?”
Trump voting neighbor, whose wife just gave birth to a daughter and who we are friendly with, went out of his way to compliment my “biology is bigger than binaries” shirt so I suspect he regrets his fucking vote.
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You can't put biology into a box. Whatever rule you try to impose on nature, a species, population, or individual will break that rule. Embrace...
squidfacts.bigcartel.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Trump voting neighbor, whose wife just gave birth to a daughter and who we are friendly with, went out of his way to compliment my “biology is bigger than binaries” shirt so I suspect he regrets his fucking vote.
DO IT I WILL LEARN DANISH
Danes offer to buy California to spite Trump’s Greenland aims: ‘We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood’
Satirical petition from Denmark, which owns Greenland, racks up 200,000 signatures as Trump eyes Arctic island
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:03 PM
DO IT I WILL LEARN DANISH
Personal update: so yes our house is contaminated with lead dust bc of a renovation snafu. Abatement company and contractors will be employed. Laundering every soft thing in house is in process. Strict shoe and vacuuming protocols have been implemented. Local restaurants are being patronized.
January 17, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Personal update: so yes our house is contaminated with lead dust bc of a renovation snafu. Abatement company and contractors will be employed. Laundering every soft thing in house is in process. Strict shoe and vacuuming protocols have been implemented. Local restaurants are being patronized.
Reposting to tell you to read the alt text
everybody in the trump administration looks like this
January 17, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Reposting to tell you to read the alt text
Seconded
This makes me feel more patriotic than the national anthem ever could
January 17, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Seconded
Please share cute animal pics with me
January 16, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Please share cute animal pics with me
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I’m one of the ProPublica reporters who has been documenting the aggressive tactics federal agents are using against immigrants & U.S. citizens
All eyes are on Minnesota right now, but I want to tell you about Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-YO citizen in Houston who was choked by immigration agents in October
All eyes are on Minnesota right now, but I want to tell you about Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-YO citizen in Houston who was choked by immigration agents in October
January 15, 2026 at 9:31 PM
I’m one of the ProPublica reporters who has been documenting the aggressive tactics federal agents are using against immigrants & U.S. citizens
All eyes are on Minnesota right now, but I want to tell you about Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-YO citizen in Houston who was choked by immigration agents in October
All eyes are on Minnesota right now, but I want to tell you about Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-YO citizen in Houston who was choked by immigration agents in October
Very small voice: can we impeach him *now*?
January 15, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Very small voice: can we impeach him *now*?
I fucking wish I were in a hotel right now rather than living in a hazardous waste site. Those fuckers just cannot imagine anyone acting out of love, can they.
Trump, during an "economic" speech today in Detroit, can't help but fixate on "wine mom gangs," saying they're "doing these fake riots." They go practice. They go to areas, they take hotel rooms, and they all practice together. It’s a whole scam. We’re finding out who’s funding all this stuff."
January 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I fucking wish I were in a hotel right now rather than living in a hazardous waste site. Those fuckers just cannot imagine anyone acting out of love, can they.
Reposted by Tedra Osell
The Saint of Inner Light https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/the-saint-of-inner-light-1921
January 14, 2026 at 9:41 AM
The Saint of Inner Light https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/the-saint-of-inner-light-1921
Reposted by Tedra Osell
Friends, Claudette Colvin—the 15-year-old who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in March 1955 & joined the federal case against bus segregation that went to the Supreme Court — died today at age 86. But there are lots of myths and mis-impressions about her. A short corrective thread:
January 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Friends, Claudette Colvin—the 15-year-old who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in March 1955 & joined the federal case against bus segregation that went to the Supreme Court — died today at age 86. But there are lots of myths and mis-impressions about her. A short corrective thread:
I’m glad that Claudette Colvin lived to 86 and the dilbert guy only made it to 68.
January 13, 2026 at 9:47 PM
I’m glad that Claudette Colvin lived to 86 and the dilbert guy only made it to 68.
Exactly this!!
Remember: you're not going to do anything to stop ICE if you go to jail. If you physically interfere with or impede them, you may well go to jail! But what they're doing is so dubious that you can substantially restrain them by closely monitoring them and alerting the neighborhood to their presence.
That’s fair. People have been asking what they can do, so I wanted to provide a range of options; all non-violent and legal.
January 13, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Exactly this!!
Californians? She looks adorable!
A neighbor was taken to a care facility, and her little tortoiseshell kitty was left behind. I can't take her in but I've been feeding her and giving her water every day. No one in the neighbor's family can take her in. Is there anyone in the Inland Empire area that could foster or adopt her?
January 13, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Californians? She looks adorable!
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(For folks asking, I'm happy to grant the Iron & Wine Front flag to the public domain, feel free to use for whatever you want; if you want to make merch or t-shirts or stickers, have at it. If you charge money for stuff, donate the proceeds to help ICE targets or you're a scumbag.)
January 12, 2026 at 4:07 AM
(For folks asking, I'm happy to grant the Iron & Wine Front flag to the public domain, feel free to use for whatever you want; if you want to make merch or t-shirts or stickers, have at it. If you charge money for stuff, donate the proceeds to help ICE targets or you're a scumbag.)
The San Joaquin, so mighty that over a century of dams and diversions, irrigation and reservoirs, haven’t killed it.
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 9:27 PM
The San Joaquin, so mighty that over a century of dams and diversions, irrigation and reservoirs, haven’t killed it.
Corporations are the *only* people, my friend
Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
nyti.ms
January 12, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Corporations are the *only* people, my friend