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Kris Powell
@tanktastrophe.bsky.social
· Jul 23
I will not be silent during this Pritzker erasure. The original thrower of 'bows!
Slightly diminish a band
Alice in Paper Clips
Alice in Paper Clips
Slightly diminish a band
Daft Emo
Daft Emo
Slightly diminish a band
Feastie Boys
Feastie Boys
January 13, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Slightly diminish a band
Alice in Paper Clips
Alice in Paper Clips
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i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.
January 13, 2026 at 1:54 AM
i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.
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just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
January 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
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I spent this morning thanking people for donating to our crisis. Which is still ongoing. We've raised about ~$200/$900. This will help a little, but we do need more help. Please any assistance is beyond appreciated. Any repost, donations and even well wishes.
gofund.me/b23c4d16d
gofund.me/b23c4d16d
Donate to Keep a Roof Over a Family in Need, organized by Christabel Byrd
Update: This evening after a lot of thinking and talking over the budget with the fa… Christabel Byrd needs your support for Keep a Roof Over a Family in Need
gofund.me
January 12, 2026 at 12:58 PM
I spent this morning thanking people for donating to our crisis. Which is still ongoing. We've raised about ~$200/$900. This will help a little, but we do need more help. Please any assistance is beyond appreciated. Any repost, donations and even well wishes.
gofund.me/b23c4d16d
gofund.me/b23c4d16d
Faildaughter Kelly McBride still at it, pretending she's not one of the people shaping the "cultural narrative" in her role as NPR's public editor.
"The people who are writing the cultural narrative of the Good shooting took notes from the Floyd killing and are managing this narrative differently," said Kelly McBride, an expert on media ethics for the Poynter Institute.
https://to.pbs.org/4qTYTlq
https://to.pbs.org/4qTYTlq
5 years between George Floyd and Renee Good videos, confusion has increased
Five years after video of George Floyd's killing on a Minneapolis street, video of another law enforcement action in the northern city is central to another American debate.
www.pbs.org
January 12, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Faildaughter Kelly McBride still at it, pretending she's not one of the people shaping the "cultural narrative" in her role as NPR's public editor.
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Nobody is above the law. My administration will forcefully protect our residents’ rights and hold anyone accountable who abuses their power.
January 12, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Nobody is above the law. My administration will forcefully protect our residents’ rights and hold anyone accountable who abuses their power.
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This is awful, and it happens on every single ICE flight, more than 40 a day.
There have been multiple emergency evacuations of ICE flights. One took SEVEN MINUTES, they are supposed to take 90 seconds.
An Avelo ICE plane did an emergency landing after depressurization in Nov.; 5 people injured.
There have been multiple emergency evacuations of ICE flights. One took SEVEN MINUTES, they are supposed to take 90 seconds.
An Avelo ICE plane did an emergency landing after depressurization in Nov.; 5 people injured.
Released detainees at our shelter say they were flown on ICE Air while shackled at the hands, waist, and ankles. They listened to the flight attendants safety briefing in disbelief-how could they evacuate, open exits, or put on oxygen masks while restrained? One said, ‘Anything happens, we’re dead.’
January 11, 2026 at 2:37 AM
This is awful, and it happens on every single ICE flight, more than 40 a day.
There have been multiple emergency evacuations of ICE flights. One took SEVEN MINUTES, they are supposed to take 90 seconds.
An Avelo ICE plane did an emergency landing after depressurization in Nov.; 5 people injured.
There have been multiple emergency evacuations of ICE flights. One took SEVEN MINUTES, they are supposed to take 90 seconds.
An Avelo ICE plane did an emergency landing after depressurization in Nov.; 5 people injured.
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Of you’re not filling a bowl full of balls and eating them every morning, how can you call yourself a man ?!?
January 10, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Of you’re not filling a bowl full of balls and eating them every morning, how can you call yourself a man ?!?
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Rest in power to Keith Porter who was murdered by an ICE agent in Los Angeles.
It’s terrible that his name is just now being circulated, but now that it is, continue to say his name.
It’s terrible that his name is just now being circulated, but now that it is, continue to say his name.
Advocates want legal action after man shot and killed by off-duty ICE agent in Northridge
Advocates argue that the off-duty ICE agent wasn't trained for the situation and should have called police and waited for them to arrive.
abc7.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Rest in power to Keith Porter who was murdered by an ICE agent in Los Angeles.
It’s terrible that his name is just now being circulated, but now that it is, continue to say his name.
It’s terrible that his name is just now being circulated, but now that it is, continue to say his name.
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"Paywalled" is the word you're looking for. They didn't turn it off. The only thing that changed is X now explicitly makes money off CSAM.
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
Grok, Elon Musk’s AI tool, has switched off its image creation function for the vast majority of users after widespread outcry over its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery.
It comes after Musk was threatened with fines, regulatory action and reports of a possible ban on X in the UK. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:57 AM
"Paywalled" is the word you're looking for. They didn't turn it off. The only thing that changed is X now explicitly makes money off CSAM.
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Dexter Reed had at least three Chicago police officers with guns drawn shouting contradictory orders at him in his car just before they killed him.
One thing I didn't fully appreciate until I sat on a jury and reviewed body cam footage for myself, is how cops yell contradictory instructions at people like "Don't move" "Put your hands up" "Get the fuck out of here" "Keep your hands where I can see them" etc. all screamed at your face with guns
January 8, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Dexter Reed had at least three Chicago police officers with guns drawn shouting contradictory orders at him in his car just before they killed him.
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It takes an enormous amount of courage to stand there, keep filming, and scream "What the fuck, you asshole" at someone wearing a badge who just shot and killed one of your neighbors in cold blood.
I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
I’m eating lunch, I’m having a panic attack, I’m charging my phone, and then I’m going back out to try and keep my neighborhood safe.
January 7, 2026 at 6:13 PM
It takes an enormous amount of courage to stand there, keep filming, and scream "What the fuck, you asshole" at someone wearing a badge who just shot and killed one of your neighbors in cold blood.
Absolutely. And whether or not they know about ICE murdering the man in Chicago, when people add "citizen" to their post about today's Minneapolis ICE murder, it implies they do know and are drawing a distinction between which people in America are less acceptable to murder. Abolish ICE
It's very clear from the commentary exploding on the timeline right now that hardly anyone outside Chicago knows ICE shot and killed a man in his car here in the fall.
It's probably not your fault—too much news.
But if you're choosing to jump in & *report* today, please contextualize. Thanks.
It's probably not your fault—too much news.
But if you're choosing to jump in & *report* today, please contextualize. Thanks.
January 7, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Absolutely. And whether or not they know about ICE murdering the man in Chicago, when people add "citizen" to their post about today's Minneapolis ICE murder, it implies they do know and are drawing a distinction between which people in America are less acceptable to murder. Abolish ICE
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Eyewitness report via Minneapolis Public Radio:
“She was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in — like, his midriff was on her bumper — and he reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times.”
“She was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in — like, his midriff was on her bumper — and he reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times.”
Live updates: Officials confirm ICE-involved shooting in south Minneapolis
Witnesses reported a person was shot in south Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, amid a large presence of federal law enforcement officers. It was not immediately clear who may have been shot, or who m...
www.mprnews.org
January 7, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Eyewitness report via Minneapolis Public Radio:
“She was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in — like, his midriff was on her bumper — and he reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times.”
“She was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in — like, his midriff was on her bumper — and he reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times.”
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Just saw someone call AI the most important technology of the last 20 years, and man, we cured AIDS. We cured Sickle Cell. Those are technological miracles. The fucking economy killing lying machine that happily makes CSAM doesn't even crack the top 1000.
January 2, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Just saw someone call AI the most important technology of the last 20 years, and man, we cured AIDS. We cured Sickle Cell. Those are technological miracles. The fucking economy killing lying machine that happily makes CSAM doesn't even crack the top 1000.
That sounds about right, especially since I just finished revising my book and am about to send it to beta readers.
January 1, 2026 at 6:35 PM
That sounds about right, especially since I just finished revising my book and am about to send it to beta readers.
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"What is a few people and Grok?" sounds like the answer in the form of a question to "who was responsible for the end of the world?"
December 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"What is a few people and Grok?" sounds like the answer in the form of a question to "who was responsible for the end of the world?"
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Betchu if 40% of men grew tumors on their dicks they’d fuckin know why.
It is maddening how little doctors know about a condition that affects ~40% of the population.
Most women have uterine fibroids. Doctors have no idea why.
These solid lumps of muscle, some the size of a watermelon, can dramatically affect a woman’s quality of life and fertility. But lasting treatments are scarce.
www.nationalgeographic.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Betchu if 40% of men grew tumors on their dicks they’d fuckin know why.
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This is a *bad* flu season
If you're not vaccinated get vaccinated. It's hitting really hard and it's hitting hard very early.
If you're not vaccinated get vaccinated. It's hitting really hard and it's hitting hard very early.
New York just had its worst week of flu cases, ever
New York is facing one of its worst flu seasons ever.
www.nbcnewyork.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This is a *bad* flu season
If you're not vaccinated get vaccinated. It's hitting really hard and it's hitting hard very early.
If you're not vaccinated get vaccinated. It's hitting really hard and it's hitting hard very early.
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Jacob Savage is, per his Substack, a "ticket scalper and very occasional writer who lives in Los Angeles."
Free advice: One way to be a non-vanished white male author is to be a more than occasional writer. That's what I did, and it worked a treat.
Free advice: One way to be a non-vanished white male author is to be a more than occasional writer. That's what I did, and it worked a treat.
December 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Jacob Savage is, per his Substack, a "ticket scalper and very occasional writer who lives in Los Angeles."
Free advice: One way to be a non-vanished white male author is to be a more than occasional writer. That's what I did, and it worked a treat.
Free advice: One way to be a non-vanished white male author is to be a more than occasional writer. That's what I did, and it worked a treat.
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And, really, "The Dodo has more courage of its convictions than you do" is a pretty sick burn and an accurate one against numerous academic, artistic and literary organizations.
a cartoon bird with a blue and yellow body and a red beak is standing on a sandy beach .
ALT: a cartoon bird with a blue and yellow body and a red beak is standing on a sandy beach .
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
And, really, "The Dodo has more courage of its convictions than you do" is a pretty sick burn and an accurate one against numerous academic, artistic and literary organizations.