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Whit EM
@whittyrem.bsky.social
“Madam Facilitator” I like cooking, travel, history, ridiculously large brooches, old buildings, romance novels, baseball, and cats (she/her)

Go Phils
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Oscar watch commencing

My house rules are that for a full watch I have to see all the movies in all categories before the beginning of the Oscar ceremonies, so if the only nomination is for best song I have to watch the whole thing

This year that means 50 movies and I’ve only seen 1
Oh boy do I have a lot of thoughts about this related to some of my friends about a decade older than me with absolutely incredible self imposed dietary restrictions
Having experienced perimenopause with and without HRT has led me to believe that a lot of the stuff doctors tell women is the result of being fat and/or depressed and that women subsequently decide are rare food intolerances are actually miscreant middle-aged ovaries.
January 27, 2026 at 6:22 PM
I am nervous saying this out loud because it’s not my lane but it makes me extremely uncomfortable to see acquaintances sharing Holocaust Remembrance Day posts back to back with stop appropriating Jewish trauma posts in reference to people comparing ICE to the gestapo
January 27, 2026 at 5:44 PM
This is Malvern, PA
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videopress.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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"Return CBP to the border"
Now that you have seen what CBP does, why is it okay to have them on the US-Mexico or US-Canada border? Some people say they want "a controlled border" but at what cost to life?
January 27, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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January 27, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Who gave Gritty login credentials
if you’re having a bad morning just think that you could be the person in the philadelphia office of emergency management who sent out a citywide text alert with a link to chubbyparade dot com
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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Trusted friends in Minneapolis tell me that this fund is supporting many people but does not have enough money. If you can give, please do: chuffed.org/project/1671...
EMERGENCY RENT FUND: Support Workers in Minnesota
Rent is due FEBRUARY 1st. Support our Emergency Rent Fund for Minnesotan workers and families facing eviction due to ICE Raids. We are calling for a rent moratorium, but regardless of if that happens ...
chuffed.org
January 27, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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Not all heroes wear capes.
View of Love Park, Philly.
January 27, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I’m pretty sure they count all points of entry, so that would include any international airports, which is effectively the whole country
fucking hell just remembered, "CBP stays at border" and the way 'border' is defined in this country is this bullshit. awesome work, guys
January 27, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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January 26, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM
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*fully restores your HP as you scroll past*
January 27, 2026 at 4:20 AM
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And Charlotte and New Orleans and wherever his little band of miscreants went. But, yes. www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
The testing ground for Bovino’s Operation At Large was Los Angeles. A California judge initially prohibited ICE/CBP’s most flagrant constitutional violations. SCOTUS overruled her 6–3, handing Bovino a blank check to inflict unspeakable brutality on Chicago and Minneapolis. The 6 bear so much blame.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 27, 2026 at 5:09 AM
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“Courtney Bowman, Palantir’s global director of privacy and civil liberties engineering…”

Orwell’s Ghost: oh fuck me that’s good.…just perfect. *chef’s kiss*
January 27, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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I'm going to print this image out and hang it on my wall because the idea that this exists should fill everyone with absolute boiling fucking rage every day.
Here is the child’s drawing.
January 27, 2026 at 5:24 AM
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I love this spectacular Ruffed Grouse Pennsylvania resistance bird by Jen Rand ( @jenrand.bsky.social ). The star is a nod to the Quaker tenet of nonviolence, and the style harks back to PA Dutch folk art.
January 27, 2026 at 3:48 AM
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Jeremy Clarkson sits alone in a theatre as the lights dim
January 27, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Oscar watch, currently watching: Train Dreams

This movie is beautiful to look at
January 27, 2026 at 3:44 AM
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(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)

Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com

"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."

Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:51 AM
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This came to me in a dream
January 27, 2026 at 3:04 AM
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Also, more broadly, it’s good to watch them panic and shift blame and backpedal. They will still do so much more harm, but they are visibly flailing, and that’s something worth holding onto and using to keep pushing instead of giving in to “Trump has God-like powers” doomerism.
January 27, 2026 at 3:13 AM
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It’s really satisfying to watch Bovino eat shit. I think it’s fine to enjoy seeing bad people get sacked, while also acknowledging that it’s barely a fucking start.
January 27, 2026 at 3:08 AM
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Don’t think we can give enough credit to Steven Spielberg for creating an entire series based on melting, shooting, crushing, decapitating, punching, and incinerating Nazis
whats some good movies that involve a lot of nazis dying
January 27, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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January 27, 2026 at 12:54 AM
My husband thinks he’s so slick but I can tell exactly what partner frustrations his friends are venting about based on the ‘I love you thank you for X thing you do’ texts I get
January 27, 2026 at 2:00 AM