Ian 485
@ian485.bsky.social
A liberal atheist living in Texas, and not having any of it. I like the Guardians, Arsenal. I post about politics and beer, maybe games and books and music and other stuff I find enjoyable.
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In the need of some spicy adult products? Want to support folks in Minneapolis?
Buy them from our super ethical, trans-owned Smitten Kitten. They’ve not only become a hub for mutual aid and community ICE watch, they’ve basically turn their socials into a local news source.
Buy them from our super ethical, trans-owned Smitten Kitten. They’ve not only become a hub for mutual aid and community ICE watch, they’ve basically turn their socials into a local news source.
The Smitten Kitten
A trans-owned minneapolis-based adult store for EVERY.BODY. Bringing high quality adult toys and sex education to our community since 2003
smittenkittenonline.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:32 AM
In the need of some spicy adult products? Want to support folks in Minneapolis?
Buy them from our super ethical, trans-owned Smitten Kitten. They’ve not only become a hub for mutual aid and community ICE watch, they’ve basically turn their socials into a local news source.
Buy them from our super ethical, trans-owned Smitten Kitten. They’ve not only become a hub for mutual aid and community ICE watch, they’ve basically turn their socials into a local news source.
Nazis would have found Anne Frank much quicker if they had had this.
New: meet ELITE, the Palantir app ICE is using to find neighborhoods to raid. Map interface; officers search for immigrants; click person to bring up individual dossier. This is clearest link between what Palantir is building and ICE's activities on the ground yet www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Nazis would have found Anne Frank much quicker if they had had this.
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For non-German speakers:
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
Liebe Medien, ich kann die Schlagzeile "Keine Einigung zwischen USA und Dänemark" nicht mehr sehen. Wenn ein Bewaffneter eine Bank stürmt, titelt ihr doch auch nicht: "Räuber und Kassiererin finden keinen Konsens über Geldübergabe." Hört auf, imperiale Aggression als normale Diplomatie zu framen.
January 15, 2026 at 11:11 AM
For non-German speakers:
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
“Dear media, I can’t stand the headline "No agreement between the US and Denmark” any longer. If an armed man storms a bank, you don't run the headline: "Robber and cashier can't reach an agreement on money transfer." Stop framing imperial aggression as normal diplomacy.”
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Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.
January 15, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.
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telling the secret police they have immunity to harm & kill citizens really lays bare the hollowness of decades of right-wing GOP screeching about encroaching Big Government - it was never a problem they had with government per se, just that it wasn't being used to harm the people they wanted to
January 14, 2026 at 6:43 AM
telling the secret police they have immunity to harm & kill citizens really lays bare the hollowness of decades of right-wing GOP screeching about encroaching Big Government - it was never a problem they had with government per se, just that it wasn't being used to harm the people they wanted to
Can’t imagine why anyone shops at Target anymore.
A Minnesota state representative said two Richfield Target employees detained by U.S. Border Patrol on Jan. 8 were U.S. citizens and were both injured in the incident.
Target employees detained by federal officers were U.S. citizens, legislator says
Minnesota Rep. Michael Howard, who represents Richfield, said the employees also were injured in the incident.
bit.ly
January 13, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Can’t imagine why anyone shops at Target anymore.
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My pull list of comics for this coming Wednesday at @zeuscomics.bsky.social . A lot is coming out, but the big news is that BABS IS BACK. HOLY HELL BABS IS BACK!!!! #comics
www.zeuscomics.com/checklist-sh...
www.zeuscomics.com/checklist-sh...
Zeus Comics and Collectibles
New Comics, our entire back issue catalog, pull list subscriptions, discount preorders, shipping available.
www.zeuscomics.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
My pull list of comics for this coming Wednesday at @zeuscomics.bsky.social . A lot is coming out, but the big news is that BABS IS BACK. HOLY HELL BABS IS BACK!!!! #comics
www.zeuscomics.com/checklist-sh...
www.zeuscomics.com/checklist-sh...
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Have their agent murder someone and then punish that place for being upset about it. Truly a fascist country.
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Have their agent murder someone and then punish that place for being upset about it. Truly a fascist country.
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She voted to confirm a Trump judge just yesterday.
I am joining Minnesotans across our state in a moment of silence at 10:00 AM today to honor the memory of Renee Nicole Good. My heart goes out to her family, friends, and all who knew her.
January 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
She voted to confirm a Trump judge just yesterday.
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REP. @aoc.bsky.social : “I understand VP Vance believes shooting a young mother in the face 3x is an acceptable 🇺🇸 he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance and I. I do not believe 🇺🇸 people should be assassinated in the street.”
January 9, 2026 at 7:30 PM
REP. @aoc.bsky.social : “I understand VP Vance believes shooting a young mother in the face 3x is an acceptable 🇺🇸 he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance and I. I do not believe 🇺🇸 people should be assassinated in the street.”
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Critics want subtlety. Traumatized kids need clarity. Stranger Things doesn't win because it's subtle. It wins because it's not afraid to say the truth out loud to the people who need to hear it most. www.kameronhurley.com/we-are-the-s...
We Are the Stranger Things - Kameron Hurley
CONTENT CAUTION: Contains spoilers for Stranger Things season 5 and discusses childhood emotional and physical abuse. When I was a child, I lived with a monster. He slept in the big room at t...
www.kameronhurley.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Critics want subtlety. Traumatized kids need clarity. Stranger Things doesn't win because it's subtle. It wins because it's not afraid to say the truth out loud to the people who need to hear it most. www.kameronhurley.com/we-are-the-s...
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Yeah, it has long been the case that adult-oriented businesses have to be careful or risk the wrath of everyone from prosecutors to payment-processing companies, but "prominent social media company owned by world's richest person swiftly became world's largest CSAM producer" produces no reaction.
Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
January 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Yeah, it has long been the case that adult-oriented businesses have to be careful or risk the wrath of everyone from prosecutors to payment-processing companies, but "prominent social media company owned by world's richest person swiftly became world's largest CSAM producer" produces no reaction.
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Republicans ban books for fear a fifteen-year-old might read The Bluest Eye.
Meanwhile, the GOP's biggest donor has built an international salad shooter of child porn and Nazi propaganda, and Republicans are silent.
Meanwhile, the GOP's biggest donor has built an international salad shooter of child porn and Nazi propaganda, and Republicans are silent.
Elon Musk's Grok AI floods X with sexualized photos of women and minors
When contacted by Reuters for comment by email, xAI replied with the message "Legacy Media Lies."
www.reuters.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Republicans ban books for fear a fifteen-year-old might read The Bluest Eye.
Meanwhile, the GOP's biggest donor has built an international salad shooter of child porn and Nazi propaganda, and Republicans are silent.
Meanwhile, the GOP's biggest donor has built an international salad shooter of child porn and Nazi propaganda, and Republicans are silent.
Happy hoppy tenth anniversary to Division Brewing
January 3, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Happy hoppy tenth anniversary to Division Brewing
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Ok, everyone, what book is sacred enough to you to get sworn in on?
Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
January 2, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
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Happy New Year.
On our nation’s 250th birthday, let’s take it back.
On our nation’s 250th birthday, let’s take it back.
a black and white photo of soldiers holding an american flag on top of a hill .
ALT: a black and white photo of soldiers holding an american flag on top of a hill .
media.tenor.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Happy New Year.
On our nation’s 250th birthday, let’s take it back.
On our nation’s 250th birthday, let’s take it back.
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One more excuse to post this in 2025, right under the wire.
I want to hear this in supermarkets this year.
I want to hear this in supermarkets this year.
December 31, 2025 at 10:33 PM
One more excuse to post this in 2025, right under the wire.
I want to hear this in supermarkets this year.
I want to hear this in supermarkets this year.
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What an amazing analogy of life under Trump!
December 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
What an amazing analogy of life under Trump!
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"By dint of my screenwriting services on the first two Die Hards, Time Out has asked me to weigh on the ‘Die Hard-iness’ of some of the better-known examples. In keeping with the assignment, they will be graded on a scale of 1-5 Twinkies (Sergeant Al Powell’s favourite snack)."
Had an absolute blast with this Time Out exclusive:
'Die Hard' screenwriter @stevenedesouza.bsky.social ranking 10 'Die Hard'-inspired action flicks www.timeout.com/news/10-die-...
'Die Hard' screenwriter @stevenedesouza.bsky.social ranking 10 'Die Hard'-inspired action flicks www.timeout.com/news/10-die-...
10 ‘Die Hard’ clones ranked by the screenwriter of ‘Die Hard’
Yippee-ki-yay! Steven E de Souza sorts the ‘Die Hards’ from the try hards
www.timeout.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"By dint of my screenwriting services on the first two Die Hards, Time Out has asked me to weigh on the ‘Die Hard-iness’ of some of the better-known examples. In keeping with the assignment, they will be graded on a scale of 1-5 Twinkies (Sergeant Al Powell’s favourite snack)."
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“I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair!”
—apologies to J.R.R. Tolkien
—apologies to J.R.R. Tolkien
The black cat atop the stones at Stonehenge during the Winter Solstice 2025 celebrations, delivering its blessings for the coming year.
December 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair!”
—apologies to J.R.R. Tolkien
—apologies to J.R.R. Tolkien
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I wonder if there is a way to let #Coke know I don’t buy any of their products during the holidays because of their AI generated commercials.
December 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I wonder if there is a way to let #Coke know I don’t buy any of their products during the holidays because of their AI generated commercials.
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This is a quite lovely piece from @burgermike.bsky.social that gets to the heart of Pluribus after its season finale. nerdist.com/article/plur...
PLURIBUS' Beautiful Season 1 Finale Gets to the 'Soul' of the Show's Tragedy
Pluribus' moving, revealing, entertaining season one finale was the show's best episode yet because it got to the "soul" of its tragedy.
nerdist.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This is a quite lovely piece from @burgermike.bsky.social that gets to the heart of Pluribus after its season finale. nerdist.com/article/plur...