Laen
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Laen
@laencleardale.bsky.social
He/Him

Gen X, dog friend, nerd.
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December 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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December 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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December 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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HEY, you! Has The Thread™ ever made you snigger, guffaw, giggle, sharply inhale, feel seen, wryly smile, cry a little, pee your pants, or curse the lord for giving you eyes?

Throw me a couple of bucks so I can spoil my girlfriend out of her debilitating winter depression:
Let me take this moment to vociferously advocate for direct financial support too; we've had to postpone this mental health retreat for a very long time, and are still very broke and under-prepared. Help us make it work! Your support makes the difference between destitute disaster and lovely time!
EMERGENCY FLASH SALE: as we're flying to France on Saturday and we're a) woefully under-prepared and b) just ahead of the financial abyss (what else is new?) TWO DAYS ONLY of 10% OFF EVERYTHING in the Etsy! (Except for the $10000 shirt, that stays at $10000!)

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December 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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🧵For those who missed it, another familiar name appears in the latest tranche of Epstein files.

Nicholas Tartaglione--the former NY cop sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of 4 men.

The same dirty ex-cop who was put in Epstein's cell with him at the Metropolitan Correctional Center
December 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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It's that time of year! Time to look back at the Top Ten Shittiest Games of 2025. Eat it whole, you hounds!

Watch here: youtu.be/BnjMcU0EQCo
The Top Ten Sh*ttiest Games Of 2025
YouTube video by Stephanie Sterling
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December 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Our new video is now live! Now because the YouTube algorithm, frankly, hates me, every share, view, comment, hype and like on this video will help us out immensely. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkte...
Let’s Talk About The Other Chaos Gods - 40K Theories
YouTube video by 40K Theories
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December 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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One officer was accused of spreading a nude photo of a woman he knew.

Another was found responsible for acts of domestic violence and sexual assault.

In spite of their disciplinary records, the Chicago Police Department promoted both of them.

With @invisible.institute
Chicago Promoted Two Police Officers After Investigators Found They Engaged in Sexual Misconduct
The Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored. Despite years of reform efforts, nothing has changed.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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This is MTG'w bill. She personally authored. It's happening now, not in the past.

Spare me her redemption arc.
December 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.

I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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"The phrase 'your papers, please' has historically been the sort of demand we associated with Hitler’s SS or the East German Stasi."

Or American slave patrols. Or the last time we conducted mass raids to deport ppl to Mexico (most of whom were born here).

We don't need to go to Europe for history.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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December 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Why don't churches offer high-protein communion wafers? Do they really oppose offering a more masculine option during this unprecedented era of male loneliness?
December 29, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Ok! We have a low goal for today- $120 will get me TWO nights in a hotel.

Please donate so I have a bed for two nights, anything helps!
December 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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'Urgent appeal🚨
We are in Gaza. Our tents were destroyed & damaged by the storm.
We are completely flooded. We have no tent. We are freezing🥶
We are pleading with you to rescue us & donate to us. We only need $100 to buy a tent⛺️
Plz Help⬇️

🎁🎁🎁⛺️⛺️🍉
@mommunism.bsky.social'
December 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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His pact with the plague demon Nurgle can no longer be hidden
not only was Trump's right hand discolored on Christmas Eve, but it appears his left hand is now discolored too

(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty)
December 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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December 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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If I can get $100 I can pay for a room for tonight. Then I can worry about tomorrow.

ladyasterianox on CA and Venmo

Anything helps.
December 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Thinking ICE was ok under Bush, Obama, or Biden should get you ostracized from polite society at the least. Maybe even kicked in the nads.

Chinga la Migra, always and forever.
December 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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The first thing ICE did when it was created was raiding meat processing plants in the Midwest and south to help quell labor disputes over safety violations and keep those who weren't detained from getting legal protections as many had kids who grew up locally and were citizens with political power.
December 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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I found a hotel for $90 a night. So I need about $200 to make it to Monday.

CA or Venmo- ladyasterianox
December 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM