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@notthatmagellan.bsky.social
· Jun 29
gonna do a new thing where i keep thread diaries of old video games that i feel like playing where there's a clear progression mechanic. so this one is Super Mario 64, each number is the stars i've collected in order (never 100%'d this game before)
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From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
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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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this is all to say that should democrats win the house and senate this november, they should hold similarly dramatic — which is to say televised and highly publicized — hearings on the conduct of ICE and CBP, with testimony from victims. we want as much of *this* as possible in the record. (3/?)
ICE detained Arlit Maria Martinez on her way to work. 2 days later, her 15 yo son died of cancer. They wouldn't let her out to say goodbye. The family had planned to move back to Mexico prior to the cancer diagnosis but stayed for his treatment. Now, Mr Martinez has lost his wife to ICE & his son.
Teen dies of cancer days after mother arrested by ICE: ‘She’s never gonna see him’
The mother's family pleaded with federal officers for her release from custody to say her final goodbyes to her son, but their requests went unanswered.
www.wsaz.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:09 AM
this is all to say that should democrats win the house and senate this november, they should hold similarly dramatic — which is to say televised and highly publicized — hearings on the conduct of ICE and CBP, with testimony from victims. we want as much of *this* as possible in the record. (3/?)
whoa wait a minute do you do a little intake of breath at the state of a sneeze so that you have air to blast stuff out with?
January 12, 2026 at 12:36 PM
whoa wait a minute do you do a little intake of breath at the state of a sneeze so that you have air to blast stuff out with?
millenial Fran Fine: "ermagerd! Merster Sherfferld!"
January 12, 2026 at 2:27 AM
millenial Fran Fine: "ermagerd! Merster Sherfferld!"
i was ready to be so annoyed at the Golden Globes adding a Best Podcast category and i will be annoyed by it in the future but Amy Poehler is such an idol of mine that i just love seeing her win shit
January 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
i was ready to be so annoyed at the Golden Globes adding a Best Podcast category and i will be annoyed by it in the future but Amy Poehler is such an idol of mine that i just love seeing her win shit
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Male to New Yorker / Male to Marisa Tomei
January 11, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Male to New Yorker / Male to Marisa Tomei
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While the show itself was rather bad, I think this bit from "The Newsroom" perfectly condenses the structural failures of contemporary press. They are fundamentally incapable of reporting in a world where one of the two parties has abandoned any pretense of good faith.
January 10, 2026 at 4:42 AM
While the show itself was rather bad, I think this bit from "The Newsroom" perfectly condenses the structural failures of contemporary press. They are fundamentally incapable of reporting in a world where one of the two parties has abandoned any pretense of good faith.
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as a teacher who did this with HS Seniors in Dallas, I learned 2 things: 1, this needs to be a unit every single year, K-12, across disciiplines, because it's that difficult to teach well and, 2, kids actually like spotting fakes and really get into this if you give them the skills to do so
Finnish children learn media literacy at 3 years old. It's protection against Russian propaganda
Finland has been fighting fake news by teaching media literacy to children as young as 3. The Nordic nation includes this in its national curriculum to help citizens recognize disinformation, especial...
apnews.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:46 AM
as a teacher who did this with HS Seniors in Dallas, I learned 2 things: 1, this needs to be a unit every single year, K-12, across disciiplines, because it's that difficult to teach well and, 2, kids actually like spotting fakes and really get into this if you give them the skills to do so
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If the executive branch can unilaterally cut off federal funding to specific states the union has already been dissolved.
January 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM
If the executive branch can unilaterally cut off federal funding to specific states the union has already been dissolved.
okay my pitch for a reboot of The Nanny is Jinkx Monsoon in the titular role and i dunno i bet that hot guy from Hamnet we like could be a fun Mr. Sheffield
January 10, 2026 at 4:31 AM
okay my pitch for a reboot of The Nanny is Jinkx Monsoon in the titular role and i dunno i bet that hot guy from Hamnet we like could be a fun Mr. Sheffield
i would be so lucky to come up with a premise half as good as Fran Fine eats way too much wasabi
January 10, 2026 at 4:29 AM
i would be so lucky to come up with a premise half as good as Fran Fine eats way too much wasabi
my favorite least favorite thing to do lately is read any comment section about anything the MTA is doing cause the article will be like "The MTA Is Altering Train Service For Major Repairs" and the comments are like "hmmm, repairs huh? Then why did they take my money with the fare increase?"
January 10, 2026 at 12:06 AM
my favorite least favorite thing to do lately is read any comment section about anything the MTA is doing cause the article will be like "The MTA Is Altering Train Service For Major Repairs" and the comments are like "hmmm, repairs huh? Then why did they take my money with the fare increase?"
my most common typo when i go to text "my love" is "my lice" and my phone is usually about to let me send that out uncontested
January 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM
my most common typo when i go to text "my love" is "my lice" and my phone is usually about to let me send that out uncontested
how many writers have already starting prepping the "Mamdani's First 100 Days" pieces do you think
and how many of them have two Rhymezone tabs open, one for "New" and one for "Deal"
plus a Google Doc that says only: "Far From A New Deal, Mamdani's First 100 Days Represent A _ew _eal for NYC"
and how many of them have two Rhymezone tabs open, one for "New" and one for "Deal"
plus a Google Doc that says only: "Far From A New Deal, Mamdani's First 100 Days Represent A _ew _eal for NYC"
January 9, 2026 at 9:27 PM
how many writers have already starting prepping the "Mamdani's First 100 Days" pieces do you think
and how many of them have two Rhymezone tabs open, one for "New" and one for "Deal"
plus a Google Doc that says only: "Far From A New Deal, Mamdani's First 100 Days Represent A _ew _eal for NYC"
and how many of them have two Rhymezone tabs open, one for "New" and one for "Deal"
plus a Google Doc that says only: "Far From A New Deal, Mamdani's First 100 Days Represent A _ew _eal for NYC"
this is a PSA to everyone in the civics education space: it's okay (in fact, vital) to have standards about what makes a political opinion worth respecting
it's damaging to civics discourse to be like welp everyone's entitled to their opinions! because then we're not applying any scrutiny
it's damaging to civics discourse to be like welp everyone's entitled to their opinions! because then we're not applying any scrutiny
January 9, 2026 at 6:44 PM
this is a PSA to everyone in the civics education space: it's okay (in fact, vital) to have standards about what makes a political opinion worth respecting
it's damaging to civics discourse to be like welp everyone's entitled to their opinions! because then we're not applying any scrutiny
it's damaging to civics discourse to be like welp everyone's entitled to their opinions! because then we're not applying any scrutiny
they updated the mosaics on the walls of my subway station to reclining male figures with the heads of big cats
smoldering, i should say, with a sexual gaze
smoldering, i should say, with a sexual gaze
January 9, 2026 at 2:31 PM
they updated the mosaics on the walls of my subway station to reclining male figures with the heads of big cats
smoldering, i should say, with a sexual gaze
smoldering, i should say, with a sexual gaze
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They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
"The Department of Homeland Security plans to pause operations in Chicago — where Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, has led controversial arrest efforts — to support the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota."
Trump Administration Deploying More Border Patrol Agents to Minnesota
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:17 PM
They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
in my head stores are always selling calendars but turns out the second week of the year is a hard time to find calendars
January 8, 2026 at 5:25 PM
in my head stores are always selling calendars but turns out the second week of the year is a hard time to find calendars
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this is your mission. roll up to this daycare in full tactical gear to harass some kids and teachers. when you get spooked by your own shadow like a panicked horse and start shooting your gun, our pedophile president will call the person you shot a terrorist. good luck soldier
January 8, 2026 at 2:33 PM
this is your mission. roll up to this daycare in full tactical gear to harass some kids and teachers. when you get spooked by your own shadow like a panicked horse and start shooting your gun, our pedophile president will call the person you shot a terrorist. good luck soldier
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There’s another emergency rally in NYC this morning—9am Foley Square.
Kristi Noem is going to NYC today to hold a press conference. New Yorkers are showing up in mass to tell her to get the f*ck out.
Join @handsoffnyc.bsky.social in the streets. It’s time to get loud and stay loud.
Kristi Noem is going to NYC today to hold a press conference. New Yorkers are showing up in mass to tell her to get the f*ck out.
Join @handsoffnyc.bsky.social in the streets. It’s time to get loud and stay loud.
January 8, 2026 at 12:12 PM
There’s another emergency rally in NYC this morning—9am Foley Square.
Kristi Noem is going to NYC today to hold a press conference. New Yorkers are showing up in mass to tell her to get the f*ck out.
Join @handsoffnyc.bsky.social in the streets. It’s time to get loud and stay loud.
Kristi Noem is going to NYC today to hold a press conference. New Yorkers are showing up in mass to tell her to get the f*ck out.
Join @handsoffnyc.bsky.social in the streets. It’s time to get loud and stay loud.
anybody else have 9th grade cellular biology terms intrude upon your mind sometimes?
mine has been whispering "phospholipid bilayer" for days as if there's anything i can do with that
mine has been whispering "phospholipid bilayer" for days as if there's anything i can do with that
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 PM
anybody else have 9th grade cellular biology terms intrude upon your mind sometimes?
mine has been whispering "phospholipid bilayer" for days as if there's anything i can do with that
mine has been whispering "phospholipid bilayer" for days as if there's anything i can do with that
"On a Nat 20? We're not gonna talk about the Bummerometer - we're gonna talk about the Good Goo!" tells you everything you need to know about the tone of Dimension 20: Gladlands
also gosh what a fun cast huh, shout out to my idol Vic Michaelis for sort of doing their thing the way they do it
also gosh what a fun cast huh, shout out to my idol Vic Michaelis for sort of doing their thing the way they do it
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 PM
"On a Nat 20? We're not gonna talk about the Bummerometer - we're gonna talk about the Good Goo!" tells you everything you need to know about the tone of Dimension 20: Gladlands
also gosh what a fun cast huh, shout out to my idol Vic Michaelis for sort of doing their thing the way they do it
also gosh what a fun cast huh, shout out to my idol Vic Michaelis for sort of doing their thing the way they do it
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Hang in there, y’all.
January 8, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Hang in there, y’all.
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it probably shouldn't make it worse that Renee Nicole Good was a pretty fine poet but it does
2020 Academy of American Poets Prize
On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin
poets.org
January 8, 2026 at 4:23 AM
it probably shouldn't make it worse that Renee Nicole Good was a pretty fine poet but it does