Elena Gaillard
@elenagaillard.bsky.social
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Orchid enthusiast, SFF reader, fantasy writer, graphic designer, knitter, birdwatcher, wine drinker, nasty woman. She/her.
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elenagaillard.bsky.social
Hey, so I write books about chaos muppet witches in 1950s and 60s northern England. Are they spooky? Only if you get on their wrong side. They do tend to get on each other's nerves, tho. There may be some blood involved.
A bulleted list describing my novel Seven for a Secret A bullet list describing my novel The Rage of Caliban A description of my novella Not Wholly Lost Nor Wholly Changed
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themountaingoats.bsky.social
Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.
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gm0rk.bsky.social
I think that's why FIFA will move them. Trump's craziness will make the games less profitable, plus he's definitely going to demand a huge cut of whatever they take in.

It's in FIFA's best corrupt interest to take the games elsewhere.
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gregpak.net
Saw someone wearing this shirt at the #NYCC on Sunday but didn't have the chance to ask them what it was - then I got a text from @higherheights.bsky.social saying it's part of a new #ProtectBlackWomen campaign! secure.actblue.com/donate/prote...
Graphic showing a black t-shirt with red letters reading 
#PROTECT
BLACK
WOMEN

Logo for Higher Heights below the letters
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Why would the cartels want to stop ICE and CBP activities that have been diverting resources away from drug interdiction?
prynnford.bsky.social
Of all the things that didn’t happen
Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”
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johnpfaff.bsky.social
To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids
Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.
abcnews.go.com
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wajali.bsky.social
The more GOP officials and right-wing hacks try to spin and pivot from their Young Republican leaders praising Hitler and racism and gas chambers for their enemies, the more it puts the story in the spotlight.

Keep at it!
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gbaji.bsky.social
I fully endorse exposing as many members of the military as possible to Hegseth's contemptible stupidity.
premthakker.bsky.social
NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.
The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else
Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.
zeteo.com
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matthewraskob.bsky.social
hard to know where to begin with the reasons this is bad, but does *anyone* believe that a workplace would be improved by an inquisition to make sure everyone listens to a weird rant by the boss?
premthakker.bsky.social
NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.
The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else
Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.
zeteo.com
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premthakker.bsky.social
NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.
The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else
Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.
zeteo.com
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schnorkles.bsky.social
It should not be understated how much clever shit like this actually annihilates morale at places like ICE/CBP.

Getting made fun of like this on national television while people laugh at you is.. well, you may call it victory wine, but it ain't.
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golikehellmachine.com
the thing is, all that knock off amazon operator gear you bought to look tough and scary just looks fucking silly when you are being gyrated at by someone wearing an inflatable frog costume and being mooned by a naked bagpiper on a unicycle, it just doesn’t work, the self image cannot hold
schnorkles.bsky.social
It should not be understated how much clever shit like this actually annihilates morale at places like ICE/CBP.

Getting made fun of like this on national television while people laugh at you is.. well, you may call it victory wine, but it ain't.
heidikitrosser.bsky.social
I love this so much. Funny, sweet, hopeful, and kind of bad-ass.

youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso?...
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golikehellmachine.com
by this time next year, we want ICE agent to be one of the most miserable, soul destroying, hated jobs in america, we want parking enforcement to look like a dream job by comparison
golikehellmachine.com
the thing is, all that knock off amazon operator gear you bought to look tough and scary just looks fucking silly when you are being gyrated at by someone wearing an inflatable frog costume and being mooned by a naked bagpiper on a unicycle, it just doesn’t work, the self image cannot hold
schnorkles.bsky.social
It should not be understated how much clever shit like this actually annihilates morale at places like ICE/CBP.

Getting made fun of like this on national television while people laugh at you is.. well, you may call it victory wine, but it ain't.
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gregdoucette.bsky.social
This is yet another reminder that the "you can just walk around with your papers and be fine!" is a lie: the cops routinely claim whatever documentation you provide is invalid

It's racism all the way down
paleofuture.bsky.social
"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Chicago Tribune: Greeley, who was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted, carries a copy of her passport just in case she runs into federal agents.

“I am Latina and I am a service worker,” Greeley said. “I fit the description of what they’re looking for now.”

During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she “doesn’t look like” a Greeley.

“They said this isn’t real, they kept telling me I’m lying, I’m a liar,” Greeley recalled. “I told them to look in the rest of my wallet, I have my credit cards, my insurance.”
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leahmillis.bsky.social
The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.
50501movement.bsky.social
Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.
Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.
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spindlypete.bsky.social
i would like to read an interview with the mother of each and every one of those young nazis in that group chat. a group interview maybe. i would like to know what conclusions those women reach about what their sons have said and thought and done and why they said and thought and did those things
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ianboudreau.com
The one good thing about them taking the horny restraints off ChatGPT is that we will never hear from some people again
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aimeekitty.bsky.social
a rare bit of good news, it looks like sewing patterns will survive.

“There will always be paper patterns as long as I’m around,” (new head) says. "

"includes the library of materials from Simplicity, Butterick, Vogue, McCall’s and the last operating tissue pattern printing presses in the US"
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parsnip.bsky.social
yes, i do want it to be impermissible to call people slurs in public. that is the moral ground i am staking out. i want people to be afraid to express their views that are bad in public, not because they will be killed, but because they want to live in a society
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?

Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.
Just one "verified" Tren de Aragua member and one U.S. citizen with an active warrant were among the 37, DHS said, without saying how it had verified that gang affiliation. Others taken that day, the agency said, were "illegal aliens."
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muellershewrote.com
Patel wanted him to investigate the “burn bags” of Russia documents he claims to have seen. A totally normal thing.
klasfeldreports.com
Extraordinary NYT story:

Trump’s DOJ pressured out another US Attorney in WESTERN Virginia for finding that a grand jury probe his bosses demanded was unwarranted.

They wanted a case discrediting the Russia probe — evidence be damned. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry
www.nytimes.com
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
"Chatbot, show me something that is the *opposite* of what a Republican would do to help the disadvantaged?"
miiriya.com
A man named Nicky Crawford transformed a school bus into a mobile laundry service for the homeless called “Flowing with Blessings” He teamed up with Georgia Tech engineering students and created the bus, which provides free laundry, showers, haircuts & meals for the homelessness
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bethmeacham.bsky.social
Because Trump gets off on watching videos of blowing up boats, and killing people. Probably Miller and Rubio do too.