Heflin
@heflin.bsky.social
Food-ape for a cat, poor musician, tech burnout. Trying to get more reading for recreation back into my life.
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1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement:
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
January 14, 2026 at 3:43 AM
1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement:
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
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Must remember what a privilege this is, and not get blasé about it - our Pileated friend, a daily visitor to the suet. I had to put the hook through the cage because he kept pulling the cage open 🙄😬
January 13, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Must remember what a privilege this is, and not get blasé about it - our Pileated friend, a daily visitor to the suet. I had to put the hook through the cage because he kept pulling the cage open 🙄😬
I swear I'm just gonna start muting "BREAKING:", because people abuse the shit out of it (and it usually isn't actually "breaking".) Journos, just post your story link.
January 12, 2026 at 9:55 PM
I swear I'm just gonna start muting "BREAKING:", because people abuse the shit out of it (and it usually isn't actually "breaking".) Journos, just post your story link.
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We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
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This wheel is to the boy squirrel the way that the football is to Charlie Brown and it still makes me laugh every time he tries to use it only to be immediately spun.
January 6, 2026 at 2:53 AM
This wheel is to the boy squirrel the way that the football is to Charlie Brown and it still makes me laugh every time he tries to use it only to be immediately spun.
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my basic philosophy for curating my blocklist is that i treat my replies like a front yard barbecue.
strangers are welcome to drop in and chat, say hi, even grab a beer from the cooler. if you act like like a weirdo, i'm gonna see you out
strangers are welcome to drop in and chat, say hi, even grab a beer from the cooler. if you act like like a weirdo, i'm gonna see you out
January 5, 2026 at 7:27 AM
my basic philosophy for curating my blocklist is that i treat my replies like a front yard barbecue.
strangers are welcome to drop in and chat, say hi, even grab a beer from the cooler. if you act like like a weirdo, i'm gonna see you out
strangers are welcome to drop in and chat, say hi, even grab a beer from the cooler. if you act like like a weirdo, i'm gonna see you out
This thread is Truth.
listening to "down payment blues" again. powerage is easily the best ac/dc album and it's not close. the scumbag guitar tone alone... www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFyG...
Down Payment Blues
YouTube video by AC/DC - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:06 AM
This thread is Truth.
For 2026, I have a resolution for other people: please stop posting streams of boring shit to your tiktok/insta/snapchat. I do not need fifteen 5 minute video updates featuring nothing on your vaca. I realize it looks amazing in person, but it looks like shit on a phone screen. Love, Me.
December 31, 2025 at 11:48 PM
For 2026, I have a resolution for other people: please stop posting streams of boring shit to your tiktok/insta/snapchat. I do not need fifteen 5 minute video updates featuring nothing on your vaca. I realize it looks amazing in person, but it looks like shit on a phone screen. Love, Me.
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If you’re confused about Trump’s claim that the US bombed a facility in Venezuela last week, I wrote this tick-tock of the past few days:
Trump says US bombed alleged drug facility in Venezuela. No one knows if it’s true.
It could be a lie from social media, or a conflation of other stories. Either way, Americans need to know.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 30, 2025 at 4:44 AM
If you’re confused about Trump’s claim that the US bombed a facility in Venezuela last week, I wrote this tick-tock of the past few days:
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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This pup managed to sneak her way into a joyride with an unsuspecting delivery driver. Popped up to ask where they're headed and if there's time to get a pup cup on the way. 12/10 (TT: copperdoesstuffs)
December 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This pup managed to sneak her way into a joyride with an unsuspecting delivery driver. Popped up to ask where they're headed and if there's time to get a pup cup on the way. 12/10 (TT: copperdoesstuffs)
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I love the fucking internet, part 972964386: "One Night In Bangkok" arranged and performed as a 16th century chanson. youtu.be/i3jHv0GZB9U?...
One Night in Bangkok but it's a 16th century chanson
YouTube video by Jonasquin
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I love the fucking internet, part 972964386: "One Night In Bangkok" arranged and performed as a 16th century chanson. youtu.be/i3jHv0GZB9U?...
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Oh my god y'all I had not seen the rest of the Vanity Fair photos holy shit. Christopher Anderson deserves a medal.
Look at this. He left the LIGHT SWITCHES in the edited photos! These assholes look like their well-meaning mom took a picture of them on their first day in a grown-up job.
Look at this. He left the LIGHT SWITCHES in the edited photos! These assholes look like their well-meaning mom took a picture of them on their first day in a grown-up job.
December 17, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Oh my god y'all I had not seen the rest of the Vanity Fair photos holy shit. Christopher Anderson deserves a medal.
Look at this. He left the LIGHT SWITCHES in the edited photos! These assholes look like their well-meaning mom took a picture of them on their first day in a grown-up job.
Look at this. He left the LIGHT SWITCHES in the edited photos! These assholes look like their well-meaning mom took a picture of them on their first day in a grown-up job.
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Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.
December 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.
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i stand by this statement every year
December 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
i stand by this statement every year
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One of the biggest deficiencies of @support.bsky.team is the inability to turn off retweets for individual accounts. There are a number of people whose OWN tweets I enjoy, but tend to RT a lot of things I'm uninterested in. It would be nice if I didn't need to exhaustively mute so many words.
December 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
One of the biggest deficiencies of @support.bsky.team is the inability to turn off retweets for individual accounts. There are a number of people whose OWN tweets I enjoy, but tend to RT a lot of things I'm uninterested in. It would be nice if I didn't need to exhaustively mute so many words.
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Forget Whether Or Not DOGE Exists: Will Anyone Be Held Accountable For 600,000 Deaths?
First, let's dispense with the theater: the question of whether DOGE "still exists" as a formal entity completely misses the point. The always-misleadingly-named "Department of Government Efficiency" was never…
First, let's dispense with the theater: the question of whether DOGE "still exists" as a formal entity completely misses the point. The always-misleadingly-named "Department of Government Efficiency" was never…
Forget Whether Or Not DOGE Exists: Will Anyone Be Held Accountable For 600,000 Deaths?
First, let's dispense with the theater: the question of whether DOGE "still exists" as a formal entity completely misses the point. The always-misleadingly-named "Department of Government Efficiency" was never really about efficiency. It was Elon Musk's excuse to gain access to the federal government's fundamental systems and wreak havoc, Twitter-style—smashing anything that got in his way, enriching his allies, and dismissing any consequences with a wave of his hand.
www.techdirt.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Forget Whether Or Not DOGE Exists: Will Anyone Be Held Accountable For 600,000 Deaths?
First, let's dispense with the theater: the question of whether DOGE "still exists" as a formal entity completely misses the point. The always-misleadingly-named "Department of Government Efficiency" was never…
First, let's dispense with the theater: the question of whether DOGE "still exists" as a formal entity completely misses the point. The always-misleadingly-named "Department of Government Efficiency" was never…
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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We have a “poverty trap” and it’s driving the destruction of social cohesion.
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We have a “poverty trap” and it’s driving the destruction of social cohesion.
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
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This is an incredibly powerful piece, impeccably researched, and everyone should take the time to read it. It clarifies a lot of things I’ve instinctually felt but haven’t quite had the words to describe.
We have a “poverty trap” and it’s driving the destruction of social cohesion.
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
The “poverty line” is’t 35,000, it’s $150,000, and making more than one, and less than the other is worse than being “poor”.
Which is why the rage.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is an incredibly powerful piece, impeccably researched, and everyone should take the time to read it. It clarifies a lot of things I’ve instinctually felt but haven’t quite had the words to describe.
The linked article is absolutely worth the read.
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The linked article is absolutely worth the read.
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If you like cute cats with stupidly brilliant names, photographed amongst very pretty Oxford architecture, this article from @oxfordclarion.bsky.social is for you: oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
College cats of Oxford
Once upon a time, we featured an image of Magdalen's kitten, Ozymandias, in our newsletter. We figured it might be a gentle contrast to our regular diet of planning and local politics.
The grey ball ...
oxfordclarion.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
If you like cute cats with stupidly brilliant names, photographed amongst very pretty Oxford architecture, this article from @oxfordclarion.bsky.social is for you: oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
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this has all been very fun and juicy but at a certain point it makes the entire industry look bad. on journalism and olivia nuzzi: www.discourseblog.com/p/olivia-nuz...
Olivia Nuzzi's Nine Lives
How many sins can one career survive?
www.discourseblog.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
this has all been very fun and juicy but at a certain point it makes the entire industry look bad. on journalism and olivia nuzzi: www.discourseblog.com/p/olivia-nuz...