Sparkling Abject
@chloehstewart.bsky.social
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Trump’s encouraging words for protesters in Iran come as his administration cracks down on protesters at home after the killing of Renée Good.
The glaring dissonance has been evident in the administration’s apparent approval of agents continuing to brutalize and sometimes shoot at protesters.
The glaring dissonance has been evident in the administration’s apparent approval of agents continuing to brutalize and sometimes shoot at protesters.
Trump urges protesters in Iran to "take over your institutions" as death toll reaches 2,000
The president's encouraging words for Iranian protesters come as his administration goes after anti-ICE protesters at home.
www.motherjones.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Trump’s encouraging words for protesters in Iran come as his administration cracks down on protesters at home after the killing of Renée Good.
The glaring dissonance has been evident in the administration’s apparent approval of agents continuing to brutalize and sometimes shoot at protesters.
The glaring dissonance has been evident in the administration’s apparent approval of agents continuing to brutalize and sometimes shoot at protesters.
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“People in Iran daring to express their anger at decades of repression and demand fundamental change are once again being met with a deadly pattern of security forces unlawfully firing at, chasing, arresting and beating protesters, in scenes reminiscent of the Woman Life Freedom uprising of 2022.”
Deaths and injuries rise amid Iran’s renewed cycle of protest bloodshed
The crackdown has resulted in the killing of at least 28 protesters and bystanders
www.amnesty.org
January 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
“People in Iran daring to express their anger at decades of repression and demand fundamental change are once again being met with a deadly pattern of security forces unlawfully firing at, chasing, arresting and beating protesters, in scenes reminiscent of the Woman Life Freedom uprising of 2022.”
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🚨 Scottish Green MSPs have secured taxes on the super-rich to help fund schools and childcare in today's Scottish Budget.
✅ Private Jets: taxed
✅ Shooting estates: taxed
✅ Mansions: taxed
✅ Free breakfast clubs: delivered
✅ Private Jets: taxed
✅ Shooting estates: taxed
✅ Mansions: taxed
✅ Free breakfast clubs: delivered
January 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
🚨 Scottish Green MSPs have secured taxes on the super-rich to help fund schools and childcare in today's Scottish Budget.
✅ Private Jets: taxed
✅ Shooting estates: taxed
✅ Mansions: taxed
✅ Free breakfast clubs: delivered
✅ Private Jets: taxed
✅ Shooting estates: taxed
✅ Mansions: taxed
✅ Free breakfast clubs: delivered
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leftist plan to increase the birthrate:
- universal health care
- free child care
- better paid family leave
- better workforce protections so they can't lay you off while you're pregnant and be like "no it was for something else i swear"
ok i did it
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
- universal health care
- free child care
- better paid family leave
- better workforce protections so they can't lay you off while you're pregnant and be like "no it was for something else i swear"
ok i did it
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
As birthrates tumble, some progressives say the left needs to offer ideas and solutions
The US and other countries face aging, shrinking populations. Conservatives have shaped debate over the issue. Some liberals say it's time for progressives to weigh in.
www.npr.org
January 13, 2026 at 6:24 PM
leftist plan to increase the birthrate:
- universal health care
- free child care
- better paid family leave
- better workforce protections so they can't lay you off while you're pregnant and be like "no it was for something else i swear"
ok i did it
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
- universal health care
- free child care
- better paid family leave
- better workforce protections so they can't lay you off while you're pregnant and be like "no it was for something else i swear"
ok i did it
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
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The ability to generate sexually explicit, non-consensual images using AI isn't just a matter of online safety - it strikes at the core of the right to dignity, privacy & equality. These technologies are fuelling misogyny & harassment when young people are already overwhelmed by women-hating content
January 13, 2026 at 4:35 PM
The ability to generate sexually explicit, non-consensual images using AI isn't just a matter of online safety - it strikes at the core of the right to dignity, privacy & equality. These technologies are fuelling misogyny & harassment when young people are already overwhelmed by women-hating content
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£9m to support communities and workers as a result of Mossmorran closure 🔥
Funding for Strathclyde Passenger Transport to shift bus services to public control 🚌✊
Newburgh Rail Station a step closer to reopening 🚆
Green MSP influence running through Scottish budget 💚
Funding for Strathclyde Passenger Transport to shift bus services to public control 🚌✊
Newburgh Rail Station a step closer to reopening 🚆
Green MSP influence running through Scottish budget 💚
January 13, 2026 at 3:48 PM
£9m to support communities and workers as a result of Mossmorran closure 🔥
Funding for Strathclyde Passenger Transport to shift bus services to public control 🚌✊
Newburgh Rail Station a step closer to reopening 🚆
Green MSP influence running through Scottish budget 💚
Funding for Strathclyde Passenger Transport to shift bus services to public control 🚌✊
Newburgh Rail Station a step closer to reopening 🚆
Green MSP influence running through Scottish budget 💚
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“You enter legally, and suddenly, because of someone else’s whim, you’re illegal. It doesn’t make sense.”
With the Trump administration ending temporary protected status for thousands of Somalis, go inside the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.
With the Trump administration ending temporary protected status for thousands of Somalis, go inside the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.
Trump is making thousands of rule-abiding immigrants undocumented
Inside the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.
www.motherjones.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:17 PM
“You enter legally, and suddenly, because of someone else’s whim, you’re illegal. It doesn’t make sense.”
With the Trump administration ending temporary protected status for thousands of Somalis, go inside the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.
With the Trump administration ending temporary protected status for thousands of Somalis, go inside the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.
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🚨Leaked docs about the ICE-led deployment to Minneapolis: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/immigratio...
Immigration Agents Terrified by ICE Backlash
Leaked documents show Border Patrol needs volunteers for Minneapolis surge
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:29 AM
🚨Leaked docs about the ICE-led deployment to Minneapolis: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/immigratio...
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In DC during the federal surge, citizen parents started coordinating “walking buses” to take children of immigrants safely to and from school. The city-by-city targeting can feel isolating, but it’s also shown how people can share and develop techniques of resistance over time
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 3:01 PM
In DC during the federal surge, citizen parents started coordinating “walking buses” to take children of immigrants safely to and from school. The city-by-city targeting can feel isolating, but it’s also shown how people can share and develop techniques of resistance over time
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Our researcher @godin.bsky.social has collated our analysis so far on the fatal shooting of Renee Good on Jan 7 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, into one shareable article. Read here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
Analysing Footage of Minneapolis ICE Shooting - bellingcat
Synced up footage of the fatal shooting of Renee Good by a federal agent in Minneapolis helps a fuller picture of events to emerge.
www.bellingcat.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Our researcher @godin.bsky.social has collated our analysis so far on the fatal shooting of Renee Good on Jan 7 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, into one shareable article. Read here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
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A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
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The Scottish Government has agreed to both key
@scottishgreens.org tax proposals:
✈️ A new tax on the 12,000 private jet flights taken in Scotland every year
🏰 A 'Mansion Tax' on £1 million+ homes
This will raise millions for services like schools and our NHS.
@scottishgreens.org tax proposals:
✈️ A new tax on the 12,000 private jet flights taken in Scotland every year
🏰 A 'Mansion Tax' on £1 million+ homes
This will raise millions for services like schools and our NHS.
January 13, 2026 at 2:34 PM
The Scottish Government has agreed to both key
@scottishgreens.org tax proposals:
✈️ A new tax on the 12,000 private jet flights taken in Scotland every year
🏰 A 'Mansion Tax' on £1 million+ homes
This will raise millions for services like schools and our NHS.
@scottishgreens.org tax proposals:
✈️ A new tax on the 12,000 private jet flights taken in Scotland every year
🏰 A 'Mansion Tax' on £1 million+ homes
This will raise millions for services like schools and our NHS.
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Very long thread: As with many of Labour's anti-immigration policies, this isn't new. British police have been stationed in other countries for this purpose for a long time
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
Home Secretary orders police and border 'hit squads' to Albania to stamp out people smugglers | LBC
Shabana Mahmood will send hit squads of police and border force teams to Albania in a fresh drive to stamp out people-smuggling gangs upstream.
www.lbc.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Very long thread: As with many of Labour's anti-immigration policies, this isn't new. British police have been stationed in other countries for this purpose for a long time
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
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The EPA won't consider the economic costs of harms to human health, at least for now. Legal and health experts are concerned that the change could make it easier for the agency to roll back rules. n.pr/3Zaiqlz
The EPA is changing how it considers the costs and benefits of air pollution rules
The EPA won't consider the economic costs of harms to human health, at least for now. Legal and health experts are concerned that the change could make it easier for the agency to roll back rules.
n.pr
January 13, 2026 at 2:26 PM
The EPA won't consider the economic costs of harms to human health, at least for now. Legal and health experts are concerned that the change could make it easier for the agency to roll back rules. n.pr/3Zaiqlz
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We are supporting the Intersectional Uprising marches taking place across the UK on the 17th January:
“We rise for trans women—because trans women are women, and their fight is our fight.”
www.intersectionaluprising.co.uk
“We rise for trans women—because trans women are women, and their fight is our fight.”
www.intersectionaluprising.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 10:34 AM
We are supporting the Intersectional Uprising marches taking place across the UK on the 17th January:
“We rise for trans women—because trans women are women, and their fight is our fight.”
www.intersectionaluprising.co.uk
“We rise for trans women—because trans women are women, and their fight is our fight.”
www.intersectionaluprising.co.uk
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The utterly shameless & widely covered "report" out today, claiming net zero will "cost" £9tn is based on:
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
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1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
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January 13, 2026 at 7:37 AM
The utterly shameless & widely covered "report" out today, claiming net zero will "cost" £9tn is based on:
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
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“Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death,” an AO3 fic in which Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who runs the lottery in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, is astounding. archiveofourown.org/works/73396436
Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death - Charlotte_Stant - The Lottery - Shirley Jackson [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:55 AM
“Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death,” an AO3 fic in which Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who runs the lottery in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, is astounding. archiveofourown.org/works/73396436
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If you agree, join us: www.greens.scot/join
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Join the Scottish Greens
Join the Scottish Greens today and be part of our growing movement. Why should I join? We are always told that the system is broken, but it’s not. It’s rigged. It's rigged in favour of
www.greens.scot
January 13, 2026 at 11:28 AM
If you agree, join us: www.greens.scot/join
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It's time to see real action in the Scottish budget. £125 million would make a huge difference to healthcare, education and local services.
It's time to tax the super rich.
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It's time to tax the super rich.
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January 13, 2026 at 11:28 AM
It's time to see real action in the Scottish budget. £125 million would make a huge difference to healthcare, education and local services.
It's time to tax the super rich.
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It's time to tax the super rich.
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In Edinburgh Central you can vote @scottishgreens.org because you agree with our policies and know that we have a genuine chance of winning the seat (see @ballotbox.scot projection).
We won't try to scare you into it with made up stories about Tory horses*
We won't try to scare you into it with made up stories about Tory horses*
January 11, 2026 at 12:35 PM
In Edinburgh Central you can vote @scottishgreens.org because you agree with our policies and know that we have a genuine chance of winning the seat (see @ballotbox.scot projection).
We won't try to scare you into it with made up stories about Tory horses*
We won't try to scare you into it with made up stories about Tory horses*
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January 13, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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“Because it’s hard to do anything about climate change in the short term, we need to address the other three causes – development, lack of defences and poor maintenance – as a matter of urgency.”
https://bit.ly/3ZaYFdG
https://bit.ly/3ZaYFdG
‘Fear of the next deluge’: flood-scarred Britons join forces to demand help
As climate breakdown puts millions more people at flood risk, traumatised homeowners are finding common voice
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:16 PM
“Because it’s hard to do anything about climate change in the short term, we need to address the other three causes – development, lack of defences and poor maintenance – as a matter of urgency.”
https://bit.ly/3ZaYFdG
https://bit.ly/3ZaYFdG
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“Life for many in Iran has become intolerable under the current economic conditions, which many see as caused by corruption, mismanagement and international sanctions. Additionally, Iranians have been denied freedom of speech and lifestyle for decades…”
Solidarity with Iranians pushing for freedom.
Solidarity with Iranians pushing for freedom.
What we know about the protests sweeping Iran
Crackdown on protests in Iran has resulted in multiple deaths and an internet blackout.
www.aljazeera.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
“Life for many in Iran has become intolerable under the current economic conditions, which many see as caused by corruption, mismanagement and international sanctions. Additionally, Iranians have been denied freedom of speech and lifestyle for decades…”
Solidarity with Iranians pushing for freedom.
Solidarity with Iranians pushing for freedom.
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The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology." n.pr/4583d8f
Today is the Smithsonian's deadline to give thousands of documents to the White House
The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology."
n.pr
January 13, 2026 at 11:54 AM
The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology." n.pr/4583d8f