Jo Lilore
@jolilore.bsky.social
Punk historian; gender troubler; bass dilettante; info junkie. I like monster movies.
I love Maine & lived there 7+ years and I was JUST telling my wife why that post is so true.
Except for Portland, ALL of Maine - including Bangor - is "towns, not cities."
Tourist season, you'll get people coming into town. Off-season, ANYBODY new sticks out, that's how it works in small towns.
Except for Portland, ALL of Maine - including Bangor - is "towns, not cities."
Tourist season, you'll get people coming into town. Off-season, ANYBODY new sticks out, that's how it works in small towns.
January 27, 2026 at 2:45 AM
I love Maine & lived there 7+ years and I was JUST telling my wife why that post is so true.
Except for Portland, ALL of Maine - including Bangor - is "towns, not cities."
Tourist season, you'll get people coming into town. Off-season, ANYBODY new sticks out, that's how it works in small towns.
Except for Portland, ALL of Maine - including Bangor - is "towns, not cities."
Tourist season, you'll get people coming into town. Off-season, ANYBODY new sticks out, that's how it works in small towns.
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Not that we don’t protest too — we do — but Renee Good and Alex Pretti (and those who witnessed and documented their executions) were legally observing ICE kidnappings and alerting their neighbors to ICE presence. It’s not a protest, it’s a public service. It’s how we’re protecting our neighbors.
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Not that we don’t protest too — we do — but Renee Good and Alex Pretti (and those who witnessed and documented their executions) were legally observing ICE kidnappings and alerting their neighbors to ICE presence. It’s not a protest, it’s a public service. It’s how we’re protecting our neighbors.
And the main topic of that book is the war on "Gender Ideology" so topical!
January 23, 2026 at 9:23 AM
And the main topic of that book is the war on "Gender Ideology" so topical!
Even philosophers I like, like Butler, can be hopelessly academic, abstract and obtuse. Thankfully "Who's Afraid of Gender" is their most accessible work yet.
January 23, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Even philosophers I like, like Butler, can be hopelessly academic, abstract and obtuse. Thankfully "Who's Afraid of Gender" is their most accessible work yet.
I'll take "professions most likely to disappear up their own head" for $1,000. When you think your job is thinkin' not feelin' that can lead to trouble
January 23, 2026 at 9:20 AM
I'll take "professions most likely to disappear up their own head" for $1,000. When you think your job is thinkin' not feelin' that can lead to trouble
January 23, 2026 at 1:56 AM
There's more. I always assumed it was mainly theater / thespian types but the crowd is basically outlaw fest - hippies, punks, goths, bikers etc. partying WITH the theater / thespian types.
January 19, 2026 at 7:57 AM
There's more. I always assumed it was mainly theater / thespian types but the crowd is basically outlaw fest - hippies, punks, goths, bikers etc. partying WITH the theater / thespian types.
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I'm incensed by this.
ICE is a paramilitary.
It is a brownshirt force like the Gestapo.
Imagine if 1930s German social democrats said, "We need to put common sense measures in place so the Gestapo can operate like every other law enforcement agency.” WTAF. Stand for something, man!
ICE is a paramilitary.
It is a brownshirt force like the Gestapo.
Imagine if 1930s German social democrats said, "We need to put common sense measures in place so the Gestapo can operate like every other law enforcement agency.” WTAF. Stand for something, man!
January 13, 2026 at 2:14 AM
I'm incensed by this.
ICE is a paramilitary.
It is a brownshirt force like the Gestapo.
Imagine if 1930s German social democrats said, "We need to put common sense measures in place so the Gestapo can operate like every other law enforcement agency.” WTAF. Stand for something, man!
ICE is a paramilitary.
It is a brownshirt force like the Gestapo.
Imagine if 1930s German social democrats said, "We need to put common sense measures in place so the Gestapo can operate like every other law enforcement agency.” WTAF. Stand for something, man!
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So when authorities say “she tried to run over an officer,” that is not a neutral description. It is a claim of intent that can be used to justify lethal force after the fact.
When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end
When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end
January 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
So when authorities say “she tried to run over an officer,” that is not a neutral description. It is a claim of intent that can be used to justify lethal force after the fact.
When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end
When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end
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GROK IS GENERATING ABOUT ‘ONE NONCONSENSUAL SEXUALIZED IMAGE PER MINUTE www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Grok Is Generating About 'One Nonconsensual Sexualized Image Per Minute'
Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok keeps churning out nonconsenual images of women and minors in bikinis and lingerie, outraging users and regulators
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January 7, 2026 at 8:22 AM
GROK IS GENERATING ABOUT ‘ONE NONCONSENSUAL SEXUALIZED IMAGE PER MINUTE www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...