Monkeytime
@tmorman.bsky.social
queer, easily distracted
Baltimore, MD, earth
the anti-trans folks are coming for you next
Baltimore, MD, earth
the anti-trans folks are coming for you next
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A lot of these free market libertarians in the last year or DID shift some of their attention to combatting Trump's attacks on free speech. But they want to pretend they didn't play a starring role in paving the way for the total destruction of the federal regulatory state by autocratic zealots
February 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
A lot of these free market libertarians in the last year or DID shift some of their attention to combatting Trump's attacks on free speech. But they want to pretend they didn't play a starring role in paving the way for the total destruction of the federal regulatory state by autocratic zealots
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this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
February 9, 2026 at 6:06 PM
this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
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Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
February 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
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Next Superbowl halftime should include a recreation of the confederate surrender at Appomattox while Jefferson Davis flees the scene dressed as an old lady.
February 9, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Next Superbowl halftime should include a recreation of the confederate surrender at Appomattox while Jefferson Davis flees the scene dressed as an old lady.
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A kind reader made this set of instructions on how Marylanders can sign up and provide testimony on HB 630! Comprehensive, easy to follow — thanks, Ira!
To my fellow crabfolk, let us know when you’ve signed up and submitted testimony on Feb 16!
If you’re wondering what you can be doing, this is it
To my fellow crabfolk, let us know when you’ve signed up and submitted testimony on Feb 16!
If you’re wondering what you can be doing, this is it
Submit Written Testimony to Support House Bill 630
Submit Written Testimony to Support House Bill 630! (if you’re a Maryland resident) The House Bill is part of the Judiciary Committee, you can see the bill tracker here: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/m...
docs.google.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:08 PM
A kind reader made this set of instructions on how Marylanders can sign up and provide testimony on HB 630! Comprehensive, easy to follow — thanks, Ira!
To my fellow crabfolk, let us know when you’ve signed up and submitted testimony on Feb 16!
If you’re wondering what you can be doing, this is it
To my fellow crabfolk, let us know when you’ve signed up and submitted testimony on Feb 16!
If you’re wondering what you can be doing, this is it
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ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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I deleted my previous posts about my harasser to protect the sanctuary, but I will not be using this bluesky account anymore if someone can threaten me here, via email, and on the phone without consequences. Bye for now.
January 14, 2026 at 9:05 PM
I deleted my previous posts about my harasser to protect the sanctuary, but I will not be using this bluesky account anymore if someone can threaten me here, via email, and on the phone without consequences. Bye for now.
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No Kings includes Draft Kings
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
No Kings includes Draft Kings
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"In a phone interview from the facility, he said conditions there are 'like a concentration camp, absolute hell.'
"He has been locked in the same large, cold, damp room for 4½ months with 70+ men...constantly hungry...toilets are filthy...allowed outside <12 times"
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
"He has been locked in the same large, cold, damp room for 4½ months with 70+ men...constantly hungry...toilets are filthy...allowed outside <12 times"
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 12:58 PM
"In a phone interview from the facility, he said conditions there are 'like a concentration camp, absolute hell.'
"He has been locked in the same large, cold, damp room for 4½ months with 70+ men...constantly hungry...toilets are filthy...allowed outside <12 times"
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
"He has been locked in the same large, cold, damp room for 4½ months with 70+ men...constantly hungry...toilets are filthy...allowed outside <12 times"
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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Holy shit victim blaming and a half. Calling those trafficked girls aspiring sugar babies is some real nasty work
Last week the far right started peddling a narrative that the outrage over Epstein is a moral panic. Today, like clockwork, a more polite version of that narrative appears in the Atlantic.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 8, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Holy shit victim blaming and a half. Calling those trafficked girls aspiring sugar babies is some real nasty work
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The *best version* of the Epstein scandal is that a wide swathe of American elites was palling around with a known child predator and explicit eugenicist for years on end — and is now closing ranks to downplay the severity of his crimes and their own complicity.
February 8, 2026 at 10:44 PM
The *best version* of the Epstein scandal is that a wide swathe of American elites was palling around with a known child predator and explicit eugenicist for years on end — and is now closing ranks to downplay the severity of his crimes and their own complicity.
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Last week the far right started peddling a narrative that the outrage over Epstein is a moral panic. Today, like clockwork, a more polite version of that narrative appears in the Atlantic.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 8, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Last week the far right started peddling a narrative that the outrage over Epstein is a moral panic. Today, like clockwork, a more polite version of that narrative appears in the Atlantic.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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i think about this every day and the more history i learn, the truer it becomes
so much of our present misery is just a giant, prolonged backlash to integration
February 8, 2026 at 9:49 PM
i think about this every day and the more history i learn, the truer it becomes
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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
What?? Holy shit.
So am I understanding this correctly:
The Cats of Yore account was harassed and doxxed for not posting about politics, Bluesky not only let their harasser back on but also didn’t make them delete the dox, CoY was receiving irl harassing calls and has now left Bluesky?
Does that cover it?
The Cats of Yore account was harassed and doxxed for not posting about politics, Bluesky not only let their harasser back on but also didn’t make them delete the dox, CoY was receiving irl harassing calls and has now left Bluesky?
Does that cover it?
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
What?? Holy shit.
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Philly federal judges are growing frustrated with ICE policy to detain most undocumented immigrants
ICE “continues to act contrary to law, to spend taxpayer money needlessly, and to waste the scarce resources of the judiciary," one judge wrote.
share.inquirer.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:30 AM
(gift link) share.inquirer.com/nihOpt?utm_s...
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Wait, THIS is young Anton Chekhov? This? Good lord. Let that gun go off, daddy
February 7, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Wait, THIS is young Anton Chekhov? This? Good lord. Let that gun go off, daddy
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Measles, Covid and tuberculosis at South Texas camps, yet ICE is flying more migrant captives there at this very moment.
February 7, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Measles, Covid and tuberculosis at South Texas camps, yet ICE is flying more migrant captives there at this very moment.
WaPo will be shut down totally within a year, is my guess.
Breaking — Will Lewis out at the Washington Post. He just sent this email to staff (shared with me by staffer):
February 7, 2026 at 10:59 PM
WaPo will be shut down totally within a year, is my guess.
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You know how I keep saying that every damn skill and capacity is needed in this moment???
What do you know how to do that can serve in this critical time??
What do you know how to do that can serve in this critical time??
One man tracking people being deported & deportation flights at the Minneapolis airport.
One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions.
Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions.
Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
Minneapolis now has daily deportation flights. One man has been documenting them
A professional airplane enthusiast has been tracking the federally chartered deportation flights out of the Minneapolis airport as DHS sends immigration detainees to other states and, eventually, othe...
www.npr.org
February 7, 2026 at 10:56 PM
You know how I keep saying that every damn skill and capacity is needed in this moment???
What do you know how to do that can serve in this critical time??
What do you know how to do that can serve in this critical time??
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Before The Washington Post layoffs came down, a group of wealthy D.C. locals approached CEO Will Lewis with a proposal.
@passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...
@passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...
February 7, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Before The Washington Post layoffs came down, a group of wealthy D.C. locals approached CEO Will Lewis with a proposal.
@passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...
@passantino.bsky.social has the details in his Saturday @status.news column: www.status.news/p/washington...
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on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice.
February 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice.
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I just had to give this a "wow that's amazingly stupid" type of chuckle at the line "rules barring political symbolism."
The whole thing is political symbolism! Everyone is carrying political flags and wearing a political entity's political colors! The country names are political symbolism!
The whole thing is political symbolism! Everyone is carrying political flags and wearing a political entity's political colors! The country names are political symbolism!
I cannot sufficiently underline how despicable it is that the IOC has required Haitian Olympic athletes to remove an image representing the leader of the Haitian Revolution (against SLAVERY) from their uniforms.
February 7, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I just had to give this a "wow that's amazingly stupid" type of chuckle at the line "rules barring political symbolism."
The whole thing is political symbolism! Everyone is carrying political flags and wearing a political entity's political colors! The country names are political symbolism!
The whole thing is political symbolism! Everyone is carrying political flags and wearing a political entity's political colors! The country names are political symbolism!
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In terms of paper waste, maybe, but ebooks aren'tthe solution. Speaking as a librarian, ebooks are the bane of my fucking existence. I can buy 10 MMPB for the cost of 1 restricted access temporary license ebook. See:
bsky.app/profile/book...
bsky.app/profile/book...
Mass market paperbacks that were unsold within 90 or 120 days had their covers stripped (as proof of destruction) then were pulped. Up to 50% of the print run would be destroyed this way. Horribly wasteful: we're MUCH better off with ebooks as the cheap/disposable reading format of choice.
The mass market paperback, light in the hand and on the wallet, once filled airport bookstores and supermarket media aisles. You may never buy a new one again.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
February 7, 2026 at 3:48 PM
In terms of paper waste, maybe, but ebooks aren'tthe solution. Speaking as a librarian, ebooks are the bane of my fucking existence. I can buy 10 MMPB for the cost of 1 restricted access temporary license ebook. See:
bsky.app/profile/book...
bsky.app/profile/book...
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I…Jesus…olympians attend the games to represent their countries. Their outfits are specifically designed to represent that nation. By definition, every last stitch is a political symbol. The article even refers to them as symbols in the 1st paragraph. Who’re we fucking kidding here?!?
I cannot sufficiently underline how despicable it is that the IOC has required Haitian Olympic athletes to remove an image representing the leader of the Haitian Revolution (against SLAVERY) from their uniforms.
February 7, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I…Jesus…olympians attend the games to represent their countries. Their outfits are specifically designed to represent that nation. By definition, every last stitch is a political symbol. The article even refers to them as symbols in the 1st paragraph. Who’re we fucking kidding here?!?