TheWarMaid
@warmaid.bsky.social
Reading SF, fantasy, mysteries. Playing TTRPGs and other games. Learning (I hope) how to be a better human.
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
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Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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The way the American government just lies to its citizens is insane. You could be at home sleeping and 5 masked thugs break into your bedroom and kill you in your sleep, and high ranking officials will go on TV and declare you're a terrorist and they acted in self defense
January 24, 2026 at 7:49 PM
The way the American government just lies to its citizens is insane. You could be at home sleeping and 5 masked thugs break into your bedroom and kill you in your sleep, and high ranking officials will go on TV and declare you're a terrorist and they acted in self defense
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Rep. Bennie Thompson demands the Senate vote against CBP and ICE funding and for the House to immediately take up the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
January 24, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Rep. Bennie Thompson demands the Senate vote against CBP and ICE funding and for the House to immediately take up the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
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Please read this dispatch from Minneapolis by @erikhane.bsky.social
www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
January 25, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Please read this dispatch from Minneapolis by @erikhane.bsky.social
www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...
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Worse than Kent State, really than any episode I can think of probably dating back to Reconstruc & earlier b/c
1. continuing, not 1 off.
2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it
3. literally at hand of federal government, which is
4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.
1. continuing, not 1 off.
2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it
3. literally at hand of federal government, which is
4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.
January 24, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Worse than Kent State, really than any episode I can think of probably dating back to Reconstruc & earlier b/c
1. continuing, not 1 off.
2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it
3. literally at hand of federal government, which is
4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.
1. continuing, not 1 off.
2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it
3. literally at hand of federal government, which is
4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.
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To be clear about what happened:
Alex Pretti was a Minnesota citizen and ICU nurse doing what thousands in MN are doing: observing and protesting against ICE.
He had a handheld camera. He saw a woman pushed down by ICE. He went to help. Six or more ICE goons came after him.
Alex Pretti was a Minnesota citizen and ICU nurse doing what thousands in MN are doing: observing and protesting against ICE.
He had a handheld camera. He saw a woman pushed down by ICE. He went to help. Six or more ICE goons came after him.
January 24, 2026 at 11:18 PM
To be clear about what happened:
Alex Pretti was a Minnesota citizen and ICU nurse doing what thousands in MN are doing: observing and protesting against ICE.
He had a handheld camera. He saw a woman pushed down by ICE. He went to help. Six or more ICE goons came after him.
Alex Pretti was a Minnesota citizen and ICU nurse doing what thousands in MN are doing: observing and protesting against ICE.
He had a handheld camera. He saw a woman pushed down by ICE. He went to help. Six or more ICE goons came after him.
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While a lot of us are facing freezing weather and storms, remember that thousands showed up in downtown Minneapolis this afternoon with subzero temperatures after businesses closed early to protest the ICE occupation of Minnesota. (via @btnewsroom.bsky.social)
January 24, 2026 at 3:04 AM
While a lot of us are facing freezing weather and storms, remember that thousands showed up in downtown Minneapolis this afternoon with subzero temperatures after businesses closed early to protest the ICE occupation of Minnesota. (via @btnewsroom.bsky.social)
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I really can't state this enough.
Federal agents have been teargassing parks and residential neighborhoods for weeks but didn't show up for a fight downtown today and look what didn't happen.
Wishing absolute worst wishes to our occupying forces. GTFO of Minnesota.
Federal agents have been teargassing parks and residential neighborhoods for weeks but didn't show up for a fight downtown today and look what didn't happen.
Wishing absolute worst wishes to our occupying forces. GTFO of Minnesota.
Note how there's no violence or chaos when the cops aren't rioting.
Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
January 24, 2026 at 3:11 AM
I really can't state this enough.
Federal agents have been teargassing parks and residential neighborhoods for weeks but didn't show up for a fight downtown today and look what didn't happen.
Wishing absolute worst wishes to our occupying forces. GTFO of Minnesota.
Federal agents have been teargassing parks and residential neighborhoods for weeks but didn't show up for a fight downtown today and look what didn't happen.
Wishing absolute worst wishes to our occupying forces. GTFO of Minnesota.
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I would be so angry if the professor of a course I needed for my future career was doing all his teaching and grant writing and shit with chatgpt. so embarrassing. Jesus Christ. How did you get a phd if you need help writing an email? You're having 'conversations' with a chatbox?
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.
www.nature.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:49 PM
I would be so angry if the professor of a course I needed for my future career was doing all his teaching and grant writing and shit with chatgpt. so embarrassing. Jesus Christ. How did you get a phd if you need help writing an email? You're having 'conversations' with a chatbox?
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Trump administration officials have claimed that Renee Good was a “domestic terrorist.” Here’s what the law actually says: bit.ly/49EiY8b
Labeling Renee Good a “Domestic Terrorist” Distorts the Law
The Trump administration’s misuse of the term reached new levels after an ICE officer killed Good in her car.
www.brennancenter.org
January 21, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Trump administration officials have claimed that Renee Good was a “domestic terrorist.” Here’s what the law actually says: bit.ly/49EiY8b
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this Greenland shit is fucking insane. it’s fucking insane. the fact that anyone is humoring him is fucking insane. the biggest problem in the world today is that nobody is taking the president seriously for the fucking psychopath he is. this isn’t all some fucking joke
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:53 AM
this Greenland shit is fucking insane. it’s fucking insane. the fact that anyone is humoring him is fucking insane. the biggest problem in the world today is that nobody is taking the president seriously for the fucking psychopath he is. this isn’t all some fucking joke
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Send this to secondary school educators who insist we have to have genAI edtech because they need to be prepared for the workforce.
January 17, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Send this to secondary school educators who insist we have to have genAI edtech because they need to be prepared for the workforce.
A beautiful essay about "small and perfect thing"s.
time to unleash The Grilled Cheese Essay (which personally made padma lakshmi cry) on the newskies
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
January 15, 2026 at 8:46 AM
A beautiful essay about "small and perfect thing"s.
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The doj purge to ensure they can manufacture a narrative that punishes the victims is textbook protest to fascist consolidation. The doj is being destroyed and fully replaced with a fascist regime arm here.
This is appalling: Top DOJ officials are actively pushing for a criminal investigation into the widow of Renee Good, leading prosecutors to quit en masse, NYT is reporting.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
January 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
The doj purge to ensure they can manufacture a narrative that punishes the victims is textbook protest to fascist consolidation. The doj is being destroyed and fully replaced with a fascist regime arm here.
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Markey: This administration has proved time and time again that it is only interested in vengeance, that it lies and lacks all humanity. Today, six federal prosecutors resigned because the DOJ wants to investigate Renee's widow rather than Renee's killer
January 13, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Markey: This administration has proved time and time again that it is only interested in vengeance, that it lies and lacks all humanity. Today, six federal prosecutors resigned because the DOJ wants to investigate Renee's widow rather than Renee's killer
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Ursula K. Le Guin, spitting truth.
January 13, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Ursula K. Le Guin, spitting truth.
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ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬
January 12, 2026 at 3:58 PM
ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬
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Yes, it is. And when I've shared it in the past, I've been blasted for "untruth" & other mean things which only went to prove they are a violent people. Made me very sad to be shown the "online" face of America.
January 10, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Yes, it is. And when I've shared it in the past, I've been blasted for "untruth" & other mean things which only went to prove they are a violent people. Made me very sad to be shown the "online" face of America.
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If you are a veteran, this kind of visible presence at anti-ICE protests is really valuable.
These clowns all want to play dress-up soldier, so actual soldiers mocking them to their faces is devastating.
These clowns all want to play dress-up soldier, so actual soldiers mocking them to their faces is devastating.
🇺🇸 MINNEAPOLIS VETERAN: "They are terrorizing the population, in Afghanistan we never wore masks.” (From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social )
January 10, 2026 at 10:16 PM
If you are a veteran, this kind of visible presence at anti-ICE protests is really valuable.
These clowns all want to play dress-up soldier, so actual soldiers mocking them to their faces is devastating.
These clowns all want to play dress-up soldier, so actual soldiers mocking them to their faces is devastating.