Texty the Bard
@textualdeviance.bsky.social
Raging Democrat and mouthy Social Justice Bard.
I write SFF books, wrangle my kids and cats, cuddle my spouse, and swear a lot.
I merrily block anyone who's being a doorknob, and anyone using AI-generated images. Stop roasting the dang planet for lulz.
I write SFF books, wrangle my kids and cats, cuddle my spouse, and swear a lot.
I merrily block anyone who's being a doorknob, and anyone using AI-generated images. Stop roasting the dang planet for lulz.
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We're a year into this, and people are STILL acting surprised and getting pissy when they're informed that the GOP owns the entire federal government, and therefore no part of the federal government will be riding in to save us.
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People who aren't in Minnesota might not know that if you drive or walk past pretty much any school, there's going to be a group of people, parents and childless, standing guard to make sure the kids are safe from feds. It's pretty remarkable. And very disturbing. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Twin Cities students walk out, decry ICE as surge continues
Hundreds of Twin Cities high school students walked out of school Monday to protest federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota. Officials are increasingly concerned about high absenteeism in some sc...
www.mprnews.org
January 13, 2026 at 2:41 PM
People who aren't in Minnesota might not know that if you drive or walk past pretty much any school, there's going to be a group of people, parents and childless, standing guard to make sure the kids are safe from feds. It's pretty remarkable. And very disturbing. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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This used to be my local coffee shop until I moved to the other end of the metro. Can confirm it is very often a community hub. Can confirm the coffee is awesome and they regularly feed people for free.
Pow Wow Grounds coffee shop, which regularly becomes a community hub when Minneapolis is in need, are still in need. People doing ICE watch/rapid response are using it to organize, rest, and refuel. Often for free when people donate food and coffee, for those who can't afford to buy from the shop
January 13, 2026 at 3:33 PM
This used to be my local coffee shop until I moved to the other end of the metro. Can confirm it is very often a community hub. Can confirm the coffee is awesome and they regularly feed people for free.
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Remember, Scott Adams won't see your posts focusing on his late-career bigotry, but J.K. Rowling might.
January 13, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Remember, Scott Adams won't see your posts focusing on his late-career bigotry, but J.K. Rowling might.
This is why a general strike is never going to happen. Well, that and the fact that millions of workers aren't even in a union in the first place, and can't afford to lose a single hour of their paycheck.
January 13, 2026 at 3:21 PM
This is why a general strike is never going to happen. Well, that and the fact that millions of workers aren't even in a union in the first place, and can't afford to lose a single hour of their paycheck.
Blue collar white dudes need to learn that when protectionism is promised by the right doesn't actually benefit them in any way. Especially when the same right wingers are also pushing for completely unregulated AI. Those good factory jobs you want are going to robots, not you, buddy.
January 13, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Blue collar white dudes need to learn that when protectionism is promised by the right doesn't actually benefit them in any way. Especially when the same right wingers are also pushing for completely unregulated AI. Those good factory jobs you want are going to robots, not you, buddy.
Thinking about you so much. If you decide to GTFO for a while, you can stay with us as long as you need to.
January 13, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Thinking about you so much. If you decide to GTFO for a while, you can stay with us as long as you need to.
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Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
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Lawyers of Minnesota, local attorney Daniel Suitor is trying to coordinate legal resources needed by the people and organizations responding to ICE's occupation of MN. (Lawyers not from MN, you might also be able to help!) See Dan's post for the link to the form.
January 13, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Lawyers of Minnesota, local attorney Daniel Suitor is trying to coordinate legal resources needed by the people and organizations responding to ICE's occupation of MN. (Lawyers not from MN, you might also be able to help!) See Dan's post for the link to the form.
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NEW: Top DOJ officials quit after their division refused to probe Minnesota ICE shooting - At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
A new spate of Justice Department officials quit because their section didn't want to probe Renee Good's shooting
At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now
January 13, 2026 at 4:15 AM
NEW: Top DOJ officials quit after their division refused to probe Minnesota ICE shooting - At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
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AOC: I’m very encouraged by statements from Senator Tillis and Senator Murkowski, but it is frankly very disturbing that we are not seeing more resistance across the board.
January 13, 2026 at 1:51 AM
AOC: I’m very encouraged by statements from Senator Tillis and Senator Murkowski, but it is frankly very disturbing that we are not seeing more resistance across the board.
Also a reminder that the current Secretary of Labor is a Latina. I wonder when she's going to realize that it doesn't matter how much she tries to assimilate to a white standard. She'll never be pure enough.
January 13, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Also a reminder that the current Secretary of Labor is a Latina. I wonder when she's going to realize that it doesn't matter how much she tries to assimilate to a white standard. She'll never be pure enough.
These are the people who think getting rid of Columbus Day is discrimination against Italian-Americans. Logic isn't their strong suit.
January 13, 2026 at 1:58 AM
These are the people who think getting rid of Columbus Day is discrimination against Italian-Americans. Logic isn't their strong suit.
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Better not see any of those bastards getting hammered next St. Patrick’s Day.
January 13, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Better not see any of those bastards getting hammered next St. Patrick’s Day.
A clip from an excellent post by Ben Leeds Carson on FB.
January 13, 2026 at 1:13 AM
A clip from an excellent post by Ben Leeds Carson on FB.
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Rowling: look, it's eassy
Rowling: when western governmentss do oppresssion, that'ss good
Rowling: when sswarthy foreignerss do oppresssion, that'ss bad
Rowling: when western governmentss do oppresssion, that'ss good
Rowling: when sswarthy foreignerss do oppresssion, that'ss bad
January 11, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Rowling: look, it's eassy
Rowling: when western governmentss do oppresssion, that'ss good
Rowling: when sswarthy foreignerss do oppresssion, that'ss bad
Rowling: when western governmentss do oppresssion, that'ss good
Rowling: when sswarthy foreignerss do oppresssion, that'ss bad
Honestly think that's what drove his need to tear down the East Wing and put an outpost of Trump Versailles in its place. He wants to leave his name all over everything.
January 12, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Honestly think that's what drove his need to tear down the East Wing and put an outpost of Trump Versailles in its place. He wants to leave his name all over everything.
And LaRouchies. General anti-establishment edgelords. Bored suburban white guys who crave the excitement of some sort of dramatic revolution (in which only other people will have to directly fight and die, of course.)
January 12, 2026 at 11:43 PM
And LaRouchies. General anti-establishment edgelords. Bored suburban white guys who crave the excitement of some sort of dramatic revolution (in which only other people will have to directly fight and die, of course.)
I posted the other day that I think a certain contingent of this crowd is deeply nihilist, to the point of thinking like family annihilators or mass shooters: if they can't have the world they want, they'll destroy this one on their way out.
January 12, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I posted the other day that I think a certain contingent of this crowd is deeply nihilist, to the point of thinking like family annihilators or mass shooters: if they can't have the world they want, they'll destroy this one on their way out.
Early on in the primary he said Planned Parenthood and Emily's List were "establishment." Prior to that I kinda welcomed him, as a way to pull Hillary a bit further left, but once I heard that, I noped out so fast I broke the sound barrier.
January 12, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Early on in the primary he said Planned Parenthood and Emily's List were "establishment." Prior to that I kinda welcomed him, as a way to pull Hillary a bit further left, but once I heard that, I noped out so fast I broke the sound barrier.
I remember tangling with a Bernie stan in a comment thread who was telling a Black woman who had lived through the Civil Rights era that she didn't know what was good for her. Ugh.
January 12, 2026 at 11:31 PM
I remember tangling with a Bernie stan in a comment thread who was telling a Black woman who had lived through the Civil Rights era that she didn't know what was good for her. Ugh.
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The worst sin that the leftists of my lifetime have committed is honestly making a whole bunch of LGBT kids feel like their identity is frivolous and tertiary at best to things that are Actually Important. It started the second gay marriage was legalized.
so much of pop culture and particularly gay/queer pop culture has been captured by dumb-ass pop wisdom, its wild to see people who are/will be victimized for their identity go all in on the "identity politics is a distraction" crowd because space socialism will do away with homophobia or something
January 11, 2026 at 1:05 AM
The worst sin that the leftists of my lifetime have committed is honestly making a whole bunch of LGBT kids feel like their identity is frivolous and tertiary at best to things that are Actually Important. It started the second gay marriage was legalized.
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things off the top of my head that i can think of that conservatives have called tyranny
- health care subsidies
- seeing pronouns in an email
- being suspended from a social media platform
- pride month
- baking a cake for a same sex wedding
- legal rulings against donald trump
- EV benchmarks
- health care subsidies
- seeing pronouns in an email
- being suspended from a social media platform
- pride month
- baking a cake for a same sex wedding
- legal rulings against donald trump
- EV benchmarks
Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
January 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM
things off the top of my head that i can think of that conservatives have called tyranny
- health care subsidies
- seeing pronouns in an email
- being suspended from a social media platform
- pride month
- baking a cake for a same sex wedding
- legal rulings against donald trump
- EV benchmarks
- health care subsidies
- seeing pronouns in an email
- being suspended from a social media platform
- pride month
- baking a cake for a same sex wedding
- legal rulings against donald trump
- EV benchmarks
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"The same house of worship, in northeast Jackson, was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because its rabbi supported civil rights..."
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
mississippitoday.org
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
"The same house of worship, in northeast Jackson, was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because its rabbi supported civil rights..."
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
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NEWS: Attorney General Ellison and cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul SUE the Trump Administration to halt ICE surge into Minnesota
January 12, 2026 at 10:13 PM
NEWS: Attorney General Ellison and cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul SUE the Trump Administration to halt ICE surge into Minnesota