Peg
@ethnobot.bsky.social
Hardscrabbler. Native Vermonter. Writer. Bereaved mother. Food producer. Wood-splitter. Weed-eater. 60+ triathlons long ago. Kindness, community.
Let a joy keep you…
Keep away from the little deaths
JOY
Carl Sandburg
Keep away from the little deaths
JOY
Carl Sandburg
January 19, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Let a joy keep you…
Keep away from the little deaths
JOY
Carl Sandburg
Keep away from the little deaths
JOY
Carl Sandburg
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Vicious Nazis.
ICE kidnapped an elderly Hmong man in St. Paul, Minnesota. The temperature was sub-zero, and he was taken only wearing shorts and Crocs, and no shirt. (1/18/26)
January 18, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Vicious Nazis.
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Here's CBS anchor Margaret Brennan telling the mayor of a city under a violent federal invasion that he's making too big a deal about it.
BRENNAN: You said 'occupying force.' Don't you think that's a bit much?
FREY: When you have 3,000 ICE agents and CBP come to your city, when you've got this supposed threat of 1,500 military coming to your city, that's very much what it feels like
FREY: When you have 3,000 ICE agents and CBP come to your city, when you've got this supposed threat of 1,500 military coming to your city, that's very much what it feels like
January 18, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Here's CBS anchor Margaret Brennan telling the mayor of a city under a violent federal invasion that he's making too big a deal about it.
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From a world where you could not delete that comment you made on Google Docs before hitting post.
And my personal favorite from a mss from Brasenose College, Oxford in 1528, added to a mss copy of Cicero’s De officiis by a monk of Osney Abbey about John Burton, the local abbot (&, according to other historical sources, an actual massive POS).
So much solidarity, dear little monk.
So much solidarity, dear little monk.
January 18, 2026 at 12:41 PM
From a world where you could not delete that comment you made on Google Docs before hitting post.
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The lunatics who insist that you are giving away that you rely on AI if you use em dashes are going to be shocked to learn that I also must rely on a time machine — given that I overused em dashes since long before the world had ChatGPT or the like.
January 18, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The lunatics who insist that you are giving away that you rely on AI if you use em dashes are going to be shocked to learn that I also must rely on a time machine — given that I overused em dashes since long before the world had ChatGPT or the like.
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"There is no emergency, but if we create one, then there will be an emergency."
WELKER: What is the national emergency that justifies this new slate of tariffs?
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
January 18, 2026 at 3:24 PM
"There is no emergency, but if we create one, then there will be an emergency."
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Four GOP Senators.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
I can't repeat this enough.
I've said this before and I'll say it again.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
January 17, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Four GOP Senators.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
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W. Jake Newsome on the legacy of the pink triangle
Pink Triangle Legacies: Holocaust Memory and International Gay Rights Activism
In the twenty-first century, it’s hard to imagine a social movement without hashtags. Social media has influenced issues ranging from local elections to global geopolitics (just ask anyone involved…
nursingclio.org
January 18, 2026 at 2:41 PM
W. Jake Newsome on the legacy of the pink triangle
Bravo!👏 👏
Back in 2016, Nursing Clio put together a series called Protest: Past & Present. It was one of the most powerful series we've ever done, showing the power of protest (for good and bad). I'm going to post the essays below 🧵
January 18, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Bravo!👏 👏
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New tariff just dropped.
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
January 17, 2026 at 5:26 PM
New tariff just dropped.
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
🎶🎸🎶🤩
I *love* these RL Burnside videos of him strumming on an old guitar through an old amp on his natural Mississippi habitat. They never get old to me.
youtu.be/K_DOnKJ232M?...
youtu.be/K_DOnKJ232M?...
R.L. Burnside: See My Jumper Hanging On the Line (1978)
YouTube video by Lomax Film Collection
youtu.be
January 18, 2026 at 2:04 AM
🎶🎸🎶🤩
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my dear,
we are all made of water.
it's okay to rage. sometimes
it's okay to rest. to recede.
PS. - Sanober Khan, A Thousand Flamingos
we are all made of water.
it's okay to rage. sometimes
it's okay to rest. to recede.
PS. - Sanober Khan, A Thousand Flamingos
January 17, 2026 at 11:09 PM
my dear,
we are all made of water.
it's okay to rage. sometimes
it's okay to rest. to recede.
PS. - Sanober Khan, A Thousand Flamingos
we are all made of water.
it's okay to rage. sometimes
it's okay to rest. to recede.
PS. - Sanober Khan, A Thousand Flamingos
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Working people are done whispering. A factory guy calls it like Trump and gets backed. An agent shoots a woman...and gets backed too.
That’s not “confusion.” That’s raw, activated attention...people showing they’ll fund the fight. That’s a signal. Each of them has had $800k plus donated to them.
That’s not “confusion.” That’s raw, activated attention...people showing they’ll fund the fight. That’s a signal. Each of them has had $800k plus donated to them.
January 17, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Working people are done whispering. A factory guy calls it like Trump and gets backed. An agent shoots a woman...and gets backed too.
That’s not “confusion.” That’s raw, activated attention...people showing they’ll fund the fight. That’s a signal. Each of them has had $800k plus donated to them.
That’s not “confusion.” That’s raw, activated attention...people showing they’ll fund the fight. That’s a signal. Each of them has had $800k plus donated to them.
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Talked to a Somali man today who said his mosque last night was surrounded by neighbors ready to protect them against ICE if needed. Made me feel proud to live in this city.
January 17, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Talked to a Somali man today who said his mosque last night was surrounded by neighbors ready to protect them against ICE if needed. Made me feel proud to live in this city.
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you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 3:37 PM
you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review
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Also, if useful:
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
per @propublica.org [Jun 4, 2020]
www.propublica.org/article/tear...
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
per @propublica.org [Jun 4, 2020]
www.propublica.org/article/tear...
January 16, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Also, if useful:
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
per @propublica.org [Jun 4, 2020]
www.propublica.org/article/tear...
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
per @propublica.org [Jun 4, 2020]
www.propublica.org/article/tear...
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I think it’s fair to say that under any previous president a White House staffer who spoke about a NATO ally like this would have been hog tied and throw bodily out over the White House fence in propitiation of the ravening congressional committees marching down Pennsylvania Ave to investigate.
Miller: Denmark is a tiny country with a tiny economy and a tiny military. They cannot defend Greenland… Under every understanding of law that has existed about territorial control for 500 years, to control a territory you have to be able to defend a territory…
January 17, 2026 at 3:11 PM
I think it’s fair to say that under any previous president a White House staffer who spoke about a NATO ally like this would have been hog tied and throw bodily out over the White House fence in propitiation of the ravening congressional committees marching down Pennsylvania Ave to investigate.
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next reporter who interviews stephen miller should ask him point blank if his goal in minneapolis is to kill more americans
January 17, 2026 at 2:18 AM
next reporter who interviews stephen miller should ask him point blank if his goal in minneapolis is to kill more americans
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Against the odds, Trump has succeeded in peacefully uniting the world. Unfortunately, he's uniting it against us.
This Pax (Ex) Americana era was illustrated Friday, as Canadian PM Mark Carney wrapped up a trip to China--the first by a Canadian PM in 8+ years. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-maki...
This Pax (Ex) Americana era was illustrated Friday, as Canadian PM Mark Carney wrapped up a trip to China--the first by a Canadian PM in 8+ years. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-maki...
Trump Is Making China Great Again
America’s friends and trading partners are running into the arms of our adversaries. What a mess.
www.thebulwark.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Against the odds, Trump has succeeded in peacefully uniting the world. Unfortunately, he's uniting it against us.
This Pax (Ex) Americana era was illustrated Friday, as Canadian PM Mark Carney wrapped up a trip to China--the first by a Canadian PM in 8+ years. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-maki...
This Pax (Ex) Americana era was illustrated Friday, as Canadian PM Mark Carney wrapped up a trip to China--the first by a Canadian PM in 8+ years. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-maki...
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Exactly
Miller’s miscalculation - the logic of a privileged and sheltered brat - is that violence would pull white folks away from black and brown folks, when in fact it’s done the opposite. And now America’s other cities also know how to face him.
Terror is essential to Miller's project. It's designed to dissuade us from showing solidarity with the immigrants getting removed. Stand in the way of ethnic cleansing and you risk violence yourself.
(h/t @whstancil.bsky.social and @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
(h/t @whstancil.bsky.social and @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
January 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Exactly
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It buckles in the oven making a loud BANG noise whenever I use it, but it's like family.
January 16, 2026 at 7:55 PM
It buckles in the oven making a loud BANG noise whenever I use it, but it's like family.
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Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
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A zero increase is just a start.
SCOOP w/assist from @ericmgarcia.bsky.social —
Patty Murray to White House: No Funding Increase for ICE
migrantinsider.com/p/patty-murr...
Patty Murray to White House: No Funding Increase for ICE
migrantinsider.com/p/patty-murr...
Patty Murray to White House: No Funding Increase for ICE
The top Democratic appropriator draws a clear red line over funding increases for the rogue federal agency terrorizing communities across America.
migrantinsider.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:50 AM
A zero increase is just a start.
Oh Alabama!
Where the sky’s always blue Oh Alabama!
No OB/GYN’s for you.
[Why do so many Alabama counties Have no OB/GYNs, Dr. Oz?]
Where the sky’s always blue Oh Alabama!
No OB/GYN’s for you.
[Why do so many Alabama counties Have no OB/GYNs, Dr. Oz?]
Dr Oz: "Alabama has no OBGYNs in many of their counties, so they're doing something pretty cool. They're actually having robots do ultrasounds on these pregnant moms."
January 17, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Oh Alabama!
Where the sky’s always blue Oh Alabama!
No OB/GYN’s for you.
[Why do so many Alabama counties Have no OB/GYNs, Dr. Oz?]
Where the sky’s always blue Oh Alabama!
No OB/GYN’s for you.
[Why do so many Alabama counties Have no OB/GYNs, Dr. Oz?]