Amelia
@utterlyquimbled.bsky.social
She/Her. Pop Culture Enthusiast. Survivor. Views are my own. My opinions do not reflect upon or represent my employer. Still learning how to bluesky…
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I’m seeing a lot of calls for punishment of ICE agents and DHS leadership.
But don’t forget that a thirst for punishment can leave the victims behind. Our top priority should be rebuilding the communities that ICE is trying to destroy.
But don’t forget that a thirst for punishment can leave the victims behind. Our top priority should be rebuilding the communities that ICE is trying to destroy.
January 27, 2026 at 12:43 AM
I’m seeing a lot of calls for punishment of ICE agents and DHS leadership.
But don’t forget that a thirst for punishment can leave the victims behind. Our top priority should be rebuilding the communities that ICE is trying to destroy.
But don’t forget that a thirst for punishment can leave the victims behind. Our top priority should be rebuilding the communities that ICE is trying to destroy.
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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To be clear, this is a victory, which was won by ordinary people putting their lives on the line in the streets of Minneapolis.
I’ve never been prouder to be a Minnesotan.
January 27, 2026 at 12:52 AM
To be clear, this is a victory, which was won by ordinary people putting their lives on the line in the streets of Minneapolis.
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Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
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Bovino out is a great indicator. It’s a great start. But none of us can be appeased right now. It’s still abolish ICE. It’s still prosecute these fascists. It’s still destroy the whole apparatus that has been terrorizing and disappearing and murdering our neighbors.
January 27, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Bovino out is a great indicator. It’s a great start. But none of us can be appeased right now. It’s still abolish ICE. It’s still prosecute these fascists. It’s still destroy the whole apparatus that has been terrorizing and disappearing and murdering our neighbors.
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Correct. The architect is Stephen Miller.
The influence and style is white supremacist and neo-Nazi.
The end goal is fascism.
The influence and style is white supremacist and neo-Nazi.
The end goal is fascism.
Bovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.
January 27, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Correct. The architect is Stephen Miller.
The influence and style is white supremacist and neo-Nazi.
The end goal is fascism.
The influence and style is white supremacist and neo-Nazi.
The end goal is fascism.
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Stephen Miller made the same claims and this would be an *excellent* time for mainstream folks (papers, celebs, athletes) and Dems to demand his resignation as well. So consistently and loudly that the WH is forced to respond. Make him their liability.
January 27, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Stephen Miller made the same claims and this would be an *excellent* time for mainstream folks (papers, celebs, athletes) and Dems to demand his resignation as well. So consistently and loudly that the WH is forced to respond. Make him their liability.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates: With the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, "Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact—the culture war is an actual war"
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: the culture war is an actual war.
www.vanityfair.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates: With the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, "Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact—the culture war is an actual war"
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Why is the msm outside of Maine not covering this? It seems like a huge and very troubling story to me. ICE coming to observers houses or calling them on the phone warning them to back off??!! www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Why is the msm outside of Maine not covering this? It seems like a huge and very troubling story to me. ICE coming to observers houses or calling them on the phone warning them to back off??!! www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
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never thought i could feel sorry for ice but i … yeah i still don’t. fuck ‘em up philly.
imgaine getting sent packing with your ass in your own two hands by some of the nicest people in the world and then showing up in a city that is famous for booing santa claus
January 26, 2026 at 6:15 AM
never thought i could feel sorry for ice but i … yeah i still don’t. fuck ‘em up philly.
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These articles have a place if they’re “wow was I wrong, here’s the ways I was wrong and the failure modes I engaged in, and I’m sorry”. They don’t work if they are “everyone was hysterical for now reason, but now I deem it fascism, it’s time to get worried, you’re welcome”.
January 26, 2026 at 4:31 AM
These articles have a place if they’re “wow was I wrong, here’s the ways I was wrong and the failure modes I engaged in, and I’m sorry”. They don’t work if they are “everyone was hysterical for now reason, but now I deem it fascism, it’s time to get worried, you’re welcome”.
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listen, you can’t hate america more than americans hate america.
January 21, 2026 at 3:39 PM
listen, you can’t hate america more than americans hate america.
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Also, one young group IS becoming more "religious": incel-type white men, who are transparently using religion as an excuse to behave egotistically and violently—especially towards women.
It's a flashing red light for everyone else.
It's a flashing red light for everyone else.
In a First Among Christians, Young Men Are More Religious Than Young Women (Published 2024)
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Also, one young group IS becoming more "religious": incel-type white men, who are transparently using religion as an excuse to behave egotistically and violently—especially towards women.
It's a flashing red light for everyone else.
It's a flashing red light for everyone else.
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Again, I’m going to keep banging the drum that the fact we are threatening the territorial sovereignty of our closest allies is not only a gross violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations & poses a massive threat to national security & world order but also should immediately end this presidency.
French troops deploying to Greenland because the United States might try to take it over.
Today in 2026 sentences.
Today in 2026 sentences.
❗️An initial group of 🇫🇷French mountain troops has arrived in 🇬🇱Greenland to prepare for the reception and deployment of the main contingent. French authorities have stated that additional land, aviation, and naval units will be dispatched in the coming days.
January 17, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Again, I’m going to keep banging the drum that the fact we are threatening the territorial sovereignty of our closest allies is not only a gross violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations & poses a massive threat to national security & world order but also should immediately end this presidency.
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I feel like it's the job of the interviewer here to point out that unemployment and prices have both risen since he came back to office
January 14, 2026 at 5:14 PM
I feel like it's the job of the interviewer here to point out that unemployment and prices have both risen since he came back to office
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Despite years of "economic anxiety" discourse, the core drivers of Trump support have always been bigotry and misinformation.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 14, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Despite years of "economic anxiety" discourse, the core drivers of Trump support have always been bigotry and misinformation.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.
January 13, 2026 at 9:49 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.
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Zero percent chance this is true.
January 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Zero percent chance this is true.
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One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 AM
One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
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Disabled people are not expendable.
The elderly are not expendable.
Children are not expendable.
Worth should never be tied to economic productivity.
If we protected the most vulnerable in society, everyone would be better off.
The elderly are not expendable.
Children are not expendable.
Worth should never be tied to economic productivity.
If we protected the most vulnerable in society, everyone would be better off.
January 6, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Disabled people are not expendable.
The elderly are not expendable.
Children are not expendable.
Worth should never be tied to economic productivity.
If we protected the most vulnerable in society, everyone would be better off.
The elderly are not expendable.
Children are not expendable.
Worth should never be tied to economic productivity.
If we protected the most vulnerable in society, everyone would be better off.
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The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
December 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
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people have FOMO about parties but i have FOMO about homeownership
December 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
people have FOMO about parties but i have FOMO about homeownership
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If you really hate Bari Weiss?
Look for ways to employ all the people she fired
Look for ways to employ all the people she fired
December 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
If you really hate Bari Weiss?
Look for ways to employ all the people she fired
Look for ways to employ all the people she fired
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Jeezus, Variety, these aren't "gaffes." They are torpedoes aimed at the heart and soul of journalism. Wake up and smell the fascism. You could be next.
Bari Weiss’ CBS News Gaffes Pile Up as Paramount Tries to Woo Warner variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Bari Weiss’ CBS News Gaffes Pile Up as Paramount Tries to Woo Warner variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Bari Weiss’ CBS News Gaffes Pile Up as Paramount Tries to Woo Warner
Bari Weiss continues to make unorthodox maneuvers at CBS News that undermine the news division. Could they hurt Paramount's quest to buy Warner?
variety.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Jeezus, Variety, these aren't "gaffes." They are torpedoes aimed at the heart and soul of journalism. Wake up and smell the fascism. You could be next.
Bari Weiss’ CBS News Gaffes Pile Up as Paramount Tries to Woo Warner variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Bari Weiss’ CBS News Gaffes Pile Up as Paramount Tries to Woo Warner variety.com/2025/tv/news...
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U.S. pals:
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
U.S. pals:
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.