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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20h

Why would the cartels want to stop ICE and CBP activities that have been diverting resources away from drug interdiction?

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 20h

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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🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 6h

I haven't had any health care workers refuse to wear a mask for me thus far, fortunately. I think if they did, I'd do what you did and request a new one.

🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 16h

❤️ TY! YES TO ALL THIS. ❤️

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🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 16h

a man in a striped shirt is smiling in a fisheye shot

Alt: a man in a striped shirt is smiling in a fisheye shot. From a Beastie Boys video

media.tenor.com

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🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 16h

Given that I'm in NYC, I'll likely be able to get what I want. It's definitely an adjustment I need to make in my mindset.

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🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 16h

I need to start refusing. I am the customer, after all, lol.

Thank you for the inspiration. ❤️

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🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 16h

That's awesome! Definitely safer to put it on before entering the facility.

Next time I'm asked to remove my mask to be photographed, I'll politely refuse and see what happens.

Fortunately it's rare I'm at the hospital.

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🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 16h

I had a "squad" of 3 women friends. Lost them all at once when one of them got upset at ME for fleeing our girls' trip when she tested positive for Covid, despite no complaints from me. I just decided to go home.

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♿🏳️‍⚧️ Need Dental Funds ASAP! @wylder.bsky.social · 17h

This is another thing that irritates me about folks criticizing immigrant, marginalized, & impoverished folk for using services like Amazon & Instacart like theyre luxuries.

Theyre the closest thing we have to accessible! The world has been made too dangerous for many of us to BE out in it.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now

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chadzia dax 🔞😷🖖🏻 @m00psy.bsky.social · 17h

re: #readimask:

🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 17h

Couldn't agree more about how secure it feels.

Only downside is once it's on, you can't take it off & put it back on.

For an MRI, I'm assuming it's best to put it on right before the MRI in case the nurse needs to take your temperature or if security needs to take your photo for a visitor badge.

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🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 17h

Couldn't agree more about how secure it feels.

Only downside is once it's on, you can't take it off & put it back on.

For an MRI, I'm assuming it's best to put it on right before the MRI in case the nurse needs to take your temperature or if security needs to take your photo for a visitor badge.

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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 17h

Readimasks (certified N95s that use adhesive instead of straps) are 75% off w/code NONSMOKINGZONE.

They’re MRI-safe (nice because if you need an MRI, you prob really don’t also want Covid) and also handy for things like haircuts. Not my everyday mask but super to have around for those situations!

ReadiMask® The Only Strapless N95 Respirator - Alliant Biotech

ReadiMask N95s protect against bacteria, viruses, debris, pollution, smoke, and diseases like colds, flus, Coronavirus.

alliantbiotech.com

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 17h

Madness. In jail, in another state, since Sunday, clarinetist Oriana Korol is a 38-year-old child and family therapist, a U.S. citizen and mom with a 3 y.o.

Sound dangerous?

The Sheriff says she is being held on suspicion of assault on a federal officer. But, not charged yet?

Habeas corpus, kids!

pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 19h

more detailed story in the @oregonian.com

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Federal agents barrel into band at Portland ICE protest, arrest clarinetist, accuse her of assault

Oriana Korol, a 38-year-old child and family therapist, remains in Clark County Jail.

www.oregonlive.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 18h

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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David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 22h

Oh, the end stop in the penultimate line and the caesura in final line...

How it slows you down, how it makes you think

#poetry
#poemoftheday

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 20h

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.

Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 20h

I love this so much. Funny, sweet, hopeful, and kind of bad-ass.

youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso?...

A Message From The Frog Resistance

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

youtu.be

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 19h

it wasn't enough that our cities and states already paid far more than they receive from the federal government. the people who elected trump want to steal more from us, to give to Argentina, to give to ICE, to give to billionaires. Intolerable

Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 20h

Trump admin has frozen or cancelled $28 b for projects, almost all in Dem districts. Small amount of frozen funds in GOP districts are in predominately Dem states (CA, OR, WA, CO, MN, IL, NY, MD), or in predominately Dem cities (St Louis, Atlanta, Greenville) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump admin is freezing or cancelling billions of dollars in funding for projects in Democratic areas.

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 19h

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.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 19h

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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🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 18h

Why, thank you!! ❤️

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

It is engineering malpractice that this site has not yet implemented an option to allow people to private their accounts, given that they’re a US based company, and the US is going through what it’s going through.

But hey, waffles, amirite.

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🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 22h

🙃

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🎃 Allison 🎃 @alizinha.bsky.social · 22h

It's so disappointing because he's so on the money, generally speaking.

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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 1d

A squirrel is standing inside and peeking over the top rim of a hollowed out pumpkin. The top of the pumpkin can be seen behind. The squirrel is wearing a slouchy black witch hat with orange stripes and holding a squirrel-sized chef knife. The knife is because the squirrel has carved the words ‘MAYBE IT WILL HAPPEN’ in the side of the pumpkin and in the ground in front the word ‘TODAY’ has been spelled with stringy orange pumpkin guts with seeds scattered all around.

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Phineasferatu @phineas.bsky.social · Oct 28

I did a drawing based on a 100ish-year old photo of Louise Brooks and Hweened it up because we're still doing that. I like just the lines, too, so I'm including that as well.

Also, the next post is a version of what the esteemed Ms. Brooks was actually wearing in the photo.

A digital illustration based on a photo of Louise Brooks, standing on one leg, with her near leg raised and bent in front of her. Her arms are held up above her head and she's making kind of spooky claw shapes with her hands. He has her hair in her signature shiny blunt bob with bangs style. She's wearing something like a one-piece swimsuit but where the top part covering her chest turns into batwing shapes. She has on fishnets, garters, platform heels, and a dagger attached to the near garter on her thigh. She's also got fairly large bat wings spreading out from behind her back and curling around her. Her skin is shades of green and her wings and outfit are shades of purple, pink and red. The background is a grainy grayish green with streaks reminiscent of old film. There's also a large reddish stain or splatter over the background behind her and she's casting a shadow backwards as if against a wall.

The same image as previously described, but only the black and white linework and the cast shadow

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Phineasferatu @phineas.bsky.social · 1d

It seems insufficient to even call Drew Struzan a legend. He created the indelible images of movies in the minds of more than one generation. You can't do it better.

www.slashfilm.com/1996528/drew...

Drew Struzan art for Big Trouble in Little China

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