lotus redding
@th1ccarus.bsky.social
elderly punk rock kid, insurgent social worker
Uhhhh... might be time to gtfo of this country
On that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.
December 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Uhhhh... might be time to gtfo of this country
depressing to realize that even aftr this admin, they're going to keep the infrastructure of ice and add it to our hellrealm carceral glutton demon
Maybe instead of praising Trump on the border and pivoting to healthcare, we should go on the attack about ICE bullshit and how it's terrorizing innocents, driving up food and home prices because it's terrorizing workers, and is stealing money out of your pocket.
December 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
depressing to realize that even aftr this admin, they're going to keep the infrastructure of ice and add it to our hellrealm carceral glutton demon
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Remember, hit www.eff.org/age for a full set of resources about age verification: Why it doesn't (and can't) work, why it hurts everyone's privacy — including kids, and what we can all do to push back.
Age Verification and Age Gating: Resource Hub
Age verification (or age-gating) laws generally require online services to check, estimate, or verify all users’ ages—often through invasive tools like ID checks, biometric scans, or other dubious “ag...
www.eff.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Remember, hit www.eff.org/age for a full set of resources about age verification: Why it doesn't (and can't) work, why it hurts everyone's privacy — including kids, and what we can all do to push back.
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Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
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the syphilis that has taken over this man's mind is trying to spread
November 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
the syphilis that has taken over this man's mind is trying to spread
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It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
this is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.
“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that,...
wilwheaton.net
December 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
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The justice department did an investigation in Memphis about the police officers, violent tendencies and breaking peoples constitutional rights. They are very corrupt and cruel. I’m talking about the police. I know that ice is bad but so is their police.
December 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The justice department did an investigation in Memphis about the police officers, violent tendencies and breaking peoples constitutional rights. They are very corrupt and cruel. I’m talking about the police. I know that ice is bad but so is their police.
if you think im referencing your religion specifically, i promise you i am not, all spiritual practices are fucked once they become an organized hierarchy.. even mine:
December 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
if you think im referencing your religion specifically, i promise you i am not, all spiritual practices are fucked once they become an organized hierarchy.. even mine:
Yeah until we can pull the poison dart of organized religion out of humanity's heart -- whole thing is pretty much fucked
Bob Marley - WAR
YouTube video by metisrastaman
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Yeah until we can pull the poison dart of organized religion out of humanity's heart -- whole thing is pretty much fucked
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I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I've been reporting on the criminal justice system for over a decade and have lived in an authoritarian country overseas, but I've never seen anything like the police presence in ICE-occupied Memphis. Here's my dispatch: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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US jobless rate for Blacks and teens surges in November reut.rs/49gilCM
US jobless rate for Blacks and teens surges in November
The unemployment rate for two U.S. groups that are often the most vulnerable to job loss in a softening economy - Blacks and teenagers - surged to the highest levels in more than four years in November, Labor Department data showed on Tuesday.
reut.rs
December 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
US jobless rate for Blacks and teens surges in November reut.rs/49gilCM
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December 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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The purpose of blaming any and every tragedy on trans people is convincing each other "wouldn't life be so much better if we just got rid of all the trans people"
There's no evidence that Rob and Michele Reiner's son Nick is undergoing a gender transition, despite claims circulating on social media. Here's how the baseless rumor spread. 👇
www.snopes.com/fact-check/r...
www.snopes.com/fact-check/r...
Unraveling baseless rumor Rob and Michele Reiner's son Nick is transgender
Nick Reiner, who is suspected in the deaths of his parents, was arrested on a murder charge, Los Angeles police said.
www.snopes.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The purpose of blaming any and every tragedy on trans people is convincing each other "wouldn't life be so much better if we just got rid of all the trans people"
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We're all supposed to be 100% in tune with white men's feelings. We're supposed to care about them at the expense of our own. We are supposed to live in fear of them getting upset. Treating their feelings as grenades that can go off at any time. They on the other hand do not need to care about ours.
December 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We're all supposed to be 100% in tune with white men's feelings. We're supposed to care about them at the expense of our own. We are supposed to live in fear of them getting upset. Treating their feelings as grenades that can go off at any time. They on the other hand do not need to care about ours.
i'll never understand my fellow olf dudes' hate for boygenius when julien baker did a banger cover of Jawbreaker
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uxT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uxT...
December 16, 2025 at 5:04 AM
i'll never understand my fellow olf dudes' hate for boygenius when julien baker did a banger cover of Jawbreaker
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uxT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uxT...
@ripperoni.com your DnD class labeler has made me happy ty
December 16, 2025 at 4:22 AM
@ripperoni.com your DnD class labeler has made me happy ty
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*squints in American* proposals for what??? what is that
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g
Australia announces strict new gun laws. Here's how it can act so swiftly
Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws.
n.pr
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
*squints in American* proposals for what??? what is that
i reflexively push back against categorizations of the man himself being the worst -- thinking that is a lazy or evasive analysis -- but nah, this mfer is for sure the worst.
there's just something so bleak about the fact that the seemingly apolitical murder of two elderly people by their profoundly ill son becomes a political football before the bodies are even cold
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
i reflexively push back against categorizations of the man himself being the worst -- thinking that is a lazy or evasive analysis -- but nah, this mfer is for sure the worst.
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[sees cumlasagna1 suggesting abuse]
“yup”
“yup”
December 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
[sees cumlasagna1 suggesting abuse]
“yup”
“yup”
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I think it's kind of beautiful that this was Rob Reiner's final line on television
December 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I think it's kind of beautiful that this was Rob Reiner's final line on television
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...................I'm sorry what?
the things people who know better are willing to pretend are open questions in order to facilitate the wishes of the Trump regime and shield it from consequences, goodness
the things people who know better are willing to pretend are open questions in order to facilitate the wishes of the Trump regime and shield it from consequences, goodness
JUST IN: DC Circuit asks for briefs on whether Boasberg has authority to investigate indirect contempt of court (outside judge's presence) or is just supposed to refer it for prosecution if he suspects it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Per Curiam Order Filed (Special Panel) – #01208805476 in In re: Donald Trump (D.C. Cir., 25-5452) – CourtListener.com
PER CURIAM ORDER [2150449] filed ORDERED, on the court’s own motion, that respondents file a response to the petition for a writ of mandamus [2150153-2] by December 29, 2025. Petitioners shall file a ...
storage.courtlistener.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
...................I'm sorry what?
the things people who know better are willing to pretend are open questions in order to facilitate the wishes of the Trump regime and shield it from consequences, goodness
the things people who know better are willing to pretend are open questions in order to facilitate the wishes of the Trump regime and shield it from consequences, goodness
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#Top31DavidBowie
17. Young Americans
Apparently, this is my third favourite title track!
youtu.be/iO6OvHxD_m8?...
17. Young Americans
Apparently, this is my third favourite title track!
youtu.be/iO6OvHxD_m8?...
Young Americans (2016 Remaster)
YouTube video by David Bowie - Topic
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
#Top31DavidBowie
17. Young Americans
Apparently, this is my third favourite title track!
youtu.be/iO6OvHxD_m8?...
17. Young Americans
Apparently, this is my third favourite title track!
youtu.be/iO6OvHxD_m8?...
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
So none of this surveillance state: the license plate readers, mass cameras, and ai built to identify citizens from the data it has unrestricted access to—is designed to track actual threats to safety.
We knew it’s to monitor dissent but it should be able to track a high profile killer too.
We knew it’s to monitor dissent but it should be able to track a high profile killer too.
December 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
So none of this surveillance state: the license plate readers, mass cameras, and ai built to identify citizens from the data it has unrestricted access to—is designed to track actual threats to safety.
We knew it’s to monitor dissent but it should be able to track a high profile killer too.
We knew it’s to monitor dissent but it should be able to track a high profile killer too.