Xtn
@southpawxtn.bsky.social
Mainer, gamer, book nerd, metalhead, recovering politics wonk, sports fan, general misanthrope, etc. 🏳️🌈 He/Him
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the "kidnap a significant international star" fuck-up happened a little sooner than i expected
BREAKING: San Francisco Giants star Jung Hoo Lee has been detained by CBP at LAX. Pelosi's office says she is working to secure his release. www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant...
Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee detained at Los Angeles International Airport
San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee was detained Wednesday evening at Los Angeles International Airport, his agent Scott Boras told the Chronicle.
www.sfchronicle.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:58 AM
the "kidnap a significant international star" fuck-up happened a little sooner than i expected
Wake the fuck up @housedemocrats.bsky.social. There is nothing to do other than abolish this monstrous agency. If you give them more money, they will keep kidnapping children and sending them God know's where.
"[M]asked agents apprehended 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos in his driveway on Tuesday...[the agent] led him to the door and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home, essentially using a 5-year-old as bait.”
ICE detains 5-year old Minnesota boy; lawyer says agents used him as ‘bait’
The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials and a lawyer for the family say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramo as “bai...
www.mprnews.org
January 22, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Wake the fuck up @housedemocrats.bsky.social. There is nothing to do other than abolish this monstrous agency. If you give them more money, they will keep kidnapping children and sending them God know's where.
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Ice needs to be abolished
This is Liam Ramos. The five year old that ICE took from a Minneapolis school and sent BY HIMSELF WITHOUT HIS FAMILY to a detention facility in Texas. There are monsters among us and they are wearing masks, carrying guns, and work for the US government.
January 22, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Ice needs to be abolished
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Chuckling at the people in the U.S. who consistently shit on people who live in "red" states... Well according to others in the world, the entire US is now a "red" state. Not so easy to overthrow authoritarians, is it?
January 20, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Chuckling at the people in the U.S. who consistently shit on people who live in "red" states... Well according to others in the world, the entire US is now a "red" state. Not so easy to overthrow authoritarians, is it?
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
I just found out that the guy who played Danny Kincannon on The West Wing is a fucking monster. I think a small part of me has died.
January 21, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I just found out that the guy who played Danny Kincannon on The West Wing is a fucking monster. I think a small part of me has died.
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New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 PM
New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
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There are half a dozen things about this that should each trigger an immediate international response as well as the 25th Amendment
Trump also just posted an image of his meeting with European leaders from August, but edited to feature a map of North America covered in the US flag -- including Canada
January 20, 2026 at 2:09 PM
There are half a dozen things about this that should each trigger an immediate international response as well as the 25th Amendment
@loadingreadyrun.com I have covid (I'm fine) but I have to say that I'm really enjoying the crokinole videos! They're very relaxing. More please?
January 20, 2026 at 12:31 PM
@loadingreadyrun.com I have covid (I'm fine) but I have to say that I'm really enjoying the crokinole videos! They're very relaxing. More please?
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I finally got to watch Star Fleet Academy. I like it. It doesn't quite feel like "Star Trek". It's a good show.
January 19, 2026 at 4:03 AM
I finally got to watch Star Fleet Academy. I like it. It doesn't quite feel like "Star Trek". It's a good show.
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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How it started/how it's going
January 18, 2026 at 3:08 PM
How it started/how it's going
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Average Sunday show interview:
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
January 18, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Average Sunday show interview:
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
OFFICIAL: we are going to dip enemies of the state into acid vats
HOST: how will you pay for it?
OFFICIAL: tariffs
HOST: critics say tariffs don't generate acid vat money
OFFICIAL: tariffs have generated more money than has ever existed
HOST: thank u for ur time
What the hell? Ben, love ya' mean it, but what the hell? This is not ok. Are you becoming a clown doll person?
January 18, 2026 at 4:06 AM
What the hell? Ben, love ya' mean it, but what the hell? This is not ok. Are you becoming a clown doll person?
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Photo by Joseph O. Holmes
January 17, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Photo by Joseph O. Holmes
What the fuck are we doing? I say this time and time again, but it keeps coming up. Native Americans have gone through Hell and back and do not deserve this bullshit.
Tribes have been here longer than any of us, they are quite literally the opposite of immigrants.
Tribal leaders are still unable to locate their missing members.
January 17, 2026 at 6:20 AM
What the fuck are we doing? I say this time and time again, but it keeps coming up. Native Americans have gone through Hell and back and do not deserve this bullshit.
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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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typical ai use case
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
typical ai use case
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Imagine if Obama etc etc
January 14, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Imagine if Obama etc etc
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Be careful, California. It's a good idea to mask when you're in crowds, wash your hands, and be extra careful. I know a couple people who have had this flu, and they said it was worse than Covid.
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
'Super flu' confirmed in Calif. as hospitalizations hit season high
A mutated flu strain has spread across the globe.
www.sfgate.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Be careful, California. It's a good idea to mask when you're in crowds, wash your hands, and be extra careful. I know a couple people who have had this flu, and they said it was worse than Covid.
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
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It’s neither here nor there right now but I don’t think it’s a craving for power, like Orwell said, or not solely power — it’s a need for attention, to be inescapable. I suppose that’s a form of power?
January 13, 2026 at 11:46 PM
It’s neither here nor there right now but I don’t think it’s a craving for power, like Orwell said, or not solely power — it’s a need for attention, to be inescapable. I suppose that’s a form of power?
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White supremacist talking points.
No dog whistles.
No dog whistles.
January 13, 2026 at 12:10 AM
White supremacist talking points.
No dog whistles.
No dog whistles.
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Articles of impeachment, except it's just a summary of Trump's presidency lnk.thebulwark.com/4qoQ3we
January 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Articles of impeachment, except it's just a summary of Trump's presidency lnk.thebulwark.com/4qoQ3we