merf
@merfling.bsky.social
they/them, latinx, auDHD. stuck in 🇺🇸.
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@merfling.bsky.social
· Nov 13
I dunno how well Bluesky is set up for this, but I'm hoping to find folks similar to me:
- AuDHD
- Bi/pansexual/queer
- Non-binary
- Latinx
- Working class
- America; leftist
- Into GO, SPN, other fandoms
- Fitness/health
- AuDHD
- Bi/pansexual/queer
- Non-binary
- Latinx
- Working class
- America; leftist
- Into GO, SPN, other fandoms
- Fitness/health
WTF???
“Several faculty groups have denounced the Trump administration’s efforts to obtain information about Jewish professors, staff & students at the University of Pennsylvania – including personal emails, phone numbers and home addresses…” 1/23/26
UPenn faculty condemn Trump administration’s demand for ‘lists of Jews’
Groups say EEOC demand for names and personal details echoes dark history and threatens safety and civil rights
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:58 AM
WTF???
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Anything less than abolishing ICE is unacceptable. I don't want to hear people talk about training these motherfuckers or throwing more money at them. The entire institution needs to be permanently disbanded. Do not let politicians sell you on anything less.
January 12, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Anything less than abolishing ICE is unacceptable. I don't want to hear people talk about training these motherfuckers or throwing more money at them. The entire institution needs to be permanently disbanded. Do not let politicians sell you on anything less.
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BREAKING: Mother Jones is suing the Bureau of Prisons for Ghislaine Maxwell’s records.
Because someone needed to.
Because someone needed to.
Mother Jones sues the Bureau of Prisons for Ghislaine Maxwell records
Why was Jeffrey Epstein's procurer transferred to a cushy prison?
www.motherjones.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
BREAKING: Mother Jones is suing the Bureau of Prisons for Ghislaine Maxwell’s records.
Because someone needed to.
Because someone needed to.
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Friends—I need you to connect to your rapid response in your city. Your ICE watch. If you don’t have one, start one. I’m watching Minneapolis and we need to be prepared for what comes next. Know the activists in our neighborhoods. If you don’t know your rights now is the time to learn. Have a plan.
January 14, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Friends—I need you to connect to your rapid response in your city. Your ICE watch. If you don’t have one, start one. I’m watching Minneapolis and we need to be prepared for what comes next. Know the activists in our neighborhoods. If you don’t know your rights now is the time to learn. Have a plan.
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DAN KOH: “$30 BILLION for 10,000 more ICE agents… that would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year. It would eliminate all medical debt. Trump is making it easier to kill people than keep people alive.”
January 15, 2026 at 4:09 AM
DAN KOH: “$30 BILLION for 10,000 more ICE agents… that would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year. It would eliminate all medical debt. Trump is making it easier to kill people than keep people alive.”
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Just a reminder that rubber bullets are deadly.
January 15, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Just a reminder that rubber bullets are deadly.
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After ICE agents shot people in Minneapolis tonight, a crowd faced them down and eventually chased them away, despite federal mercenaries and police shooting a tremendous amount of tear gas.
ICE agents abandoned vehicles in the area, containing IDs, paperwork, license plates, and operational plans.
ICE agents abandoned vehicles in the area, containing IDs, paperwork, license plates, and operational plans.
January 15, 2026 at 5:11 AM
After ICE agents shot people in Minneapolis tonight, a crowd faced them down and eventually chased them away, despite federal mercenaries and police shooting a tremendous amount of tear gas.
ICE agents abandoned vehicles in the area, containing IDs, paperwork, license plates, and operational plans.
ICE agents abandoned vehicles in the area, containing IDs, paperwork, license plates, and operational plans.
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Props to the lady giving an interview in her pink UFFDA hat and saying, "well, gosh, I've never had tear gas and flashbangs shot at me, but I'm happy to take it so my neighbors are safe."
January 15, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Props to the lady giving an interview in her pink UFFDA hat and saying, "well, gosh, I've never had tear gas and flashbangs shot at me, but I'm happy to take it so my neighbors are safe."
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For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Stand With Minnesota: Resource Hub
Causes to Donate to in Minnesota to Help Our Communities Defend Themselves from ICE This list is now available/shareable at standwithminnesota.org *Note: I am from Minnesota, and these come from peo...
docs.google.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:48 AM
For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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From Jess Craven.
Here's a way to step up from far away and make
sure people in Minneapolis/St. Paul
get groceries or $$ for rent:
Here's a way to step up from far away and make
sure people in Minneapolis/St. Paul
get groceries or $$ for rent:
January 15, 2026 at 5:36 AM
From Jess Craven.
Here's a way to step up from far away and make
sure people in Minneapolis/St. Paul
get groceries or $$ for rent:
Here's a way to step up from far away and make
sure people in Minneapolis/St. Paul
get groceries or $$ for rent:
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
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🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 3:59 AM
🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️
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STOP DOOMSCROLLING😠 SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENED 🥰
YO! THAT SHIT GOT RESCINDED! Less than 24 hours! 🎉https://rollcall.com/2026/01/14/hhs-cuts-2-billion-in-mental-health-addiction-grants/
White House reverses $2 billion cut to mental health, addiction grants
Many of the affected grant programs had bipartisan support and President Donald Trump has supported them in the past.
rollcall.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:12 AM
STOP DOOMSCROLLING😠 SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENED 🥰
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It's not even protest. It's community defense.
When the aggressor can invent pretense post hoc, what does "don't take the bait" even mean? They are lawless and violent on their own. It's a call to inaction at a time when direct action is exactly what's needed.
It feels uncharacteristically naive.
When the aggressor can invent pretense post hoc, what does "don't take the bait" even mean? They are lawless and violent on their own. It's a call to inaction at a time when direct action is exactly what's needed.
It feels uncharacteristically naive.
wooof having watched that presser just now, "don't take the bait" is a real shit thing to tell people who are, by all knowledge and information and evidence, acting in defense of themselves and their neighbors and their communities
January 15, 2026 at 6:36 AM
It's not even protest. It's community defense.
When the aggressor can invent pretense post hoc, what does "don't take the bait" even mean? They are lawless and violent on their own. It's a call to inaction at a time when direct action is exactly what's needed.
It feels uncharacteristically naive.
When the aggressor can invent pretense post hoc, what does "don't take the bait" even mean? They are lawless and violent on their own. It's a call to inaction at a time when direct action is exactly what's needed.
It feels uncharacteristically naive.
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Six prominent medical associations say they will ask the courts to reverse the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new recommendations for what vaccines children should get. https://cnn.it/4pKML5h
Medical groups will ask court to block new CDC vaccine recommendations | CNN
Six prominent medical associations say they will ask the courts to reverse the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new recommendations for what vaccines children should get.
cnn.it
January 15, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Six prominent medical associations say they will ask the courts to reverse the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new recommendations for what vaccines children should get. https://cnn.it/4pKML5h
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Impeaching Noem is symbolic and symbols matter. And it should be used as an organizing tool and a way to keep the issues about ICE/DHS fresh in people's minds and importantly to propose ACTUAL ways to dismantle these institutions. This is the point I've been making for the past few weeks.
January 14, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Impeaching Noem is symbolic and symbols matter. And it should be used as an organizing tool and a way to keep the issues about ICE/DHS fresh in people's minds and importantly to propose ACTUAL ways to dismantle these institutions. This is the point I've been making for the past few weeks.
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People need to stop pretending the U.S. government isn’t actively rebranding as a white supremacist movement.
🚨 The Trump administration has rolled out a coordinated campaign across departments, using imagery and messaging straight from right-wing and white nationalist circles.
This isn’t subtle.
🚨 The Trump administration has rolled out a coordinated campaign across departments, using imagery and messaging straight from right-wing and white nationalist circles.
This isn’t subtle.
January 15, 2026 at 2:35 AM
People need to stop pretending the U.S. government isn’t actively rebranding as a white supremacist movement.
🚨 The Trump administration has rolled out a coordinated campaign across departments, using imagery and messaging straight from right-wing and white nationalist circles.
This isn’t subtle.
🚨 The Trump administration has rolled out a coordinated campaign across departments, using imagery and messaging straight from right-wing and white nationalist circles.
This isn’t subtle.
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My "What You Need To Know About Tear Gas" thread:
First, tear gas is a particulate, not an actual vapor or gas. In some cases, this means you can get some of the tear gas off your clothes by standing in a stiff breeze or strong fan.
First, tear gas is a particulate, not an actual vapor or gas. In some cases, this means you can get some of the tear gas off your clothes by standing in a stiff breeze or strong fan.
January 11, 2026 at 11:37 PM
My "What You Need To Know About Tear Gas" thread:
First, tear gas is a particulate, not an actual vapor or gas. In some cases, this means you can get some of the tear gas off your clothes by standing in a stiff breeze or strong fan.
First, tear gas is a particulate, not an actual vapor or gas. In some cases, this means you can get some of the tear gas off your clothes by standing in a stiff breeze or strong fan.
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You do not hate Congress enough
"I asked a number of Senate Democrats if increasing ICE funding is a red line for them in the upcoming budget negotiations. Most of the lawmakers I spoke with refrained from describing it in that way"
www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-dem...
www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-dem...
Democrats Appear Ready to Duck a Key Fight on ICE
Top Senate Democrats are focused on other priorities in the government funding fight.
www.thebulwark.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:27 AM
You do not hate Congress enough
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U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA] was "horrified" by conditions at a California City ICE facility he visited of which he said:
"We’re treating these people like animals, not like human beings."
"We’re treating these people like animals, not like human beings."
South Bay Rep. Ro Khanna ‘Horrified’ After Visit to California City ICE Detention Center | KQED
The Trump administration is holding a record number of people in immigration jails — 69,000 as of December 2025.
www.kqed.org
January 10, 2026 at 8:37 PM
U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA] was "horrified" by conditions at a California City ICE facility he visited of which he said:
"We’re treating these people like animals, not like human beings."
"We’re treating these people like animals, not like human beings."
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Trump's DOJ is targeting the widow of ICE murder victim Renee Nicole Good with a sham investigation instead of prosecuting her killer.
Six federal prosecutors have quit because of it.
Six federal prosecutors have quit because of it.
Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Trump's DOJ is targeting the widow of ICE murder victim Renee Nicole Good with a sham investigation instead of prosecuting her killer.
Six federal prosecutors have quit because of it.
Six federal prosecutors have quit because of it.
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Minneapolis ICE thuggery continues.
Crowd confronts immigration agents door-knocking in south Minneapolis
ICE agents detained three people, including two citizen observers, and deployed chemical irritants at a crowd of over 100 observers around E. 34th Street and Park Avenue in Minneapolis.
sahanjournal.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Minneapolis ICE thuggery continues.
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Yeah but we’re getting a $400 million ballroom so quit complaining.
January 14, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Yeah but we’re getting a $400 million ballroom so quit complaining.