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I will stop what I’m doing in a grocery store if I hear them play Talking Heads.
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This is precisely what polling places were like for part of the 19th century.
People often traveled long distances by horse to vote. It was a big deal when folks got together this way.
People often traveled long distances by horse to vote. It was a big deal when folks got together this way.
February 14, 2026 at 11:28 PM
This is precisely what polling places were like for part of the 19th century.
People often traveled long distances by horse to vote. It was a big deal when folks got together this way.
People often traveled long distances by horse to vote. It was a big deal when folks got together this way.
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What they are doing to trust in our society is the most evil thing.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:45 AM
What they are doing to trust in our society is the most evil thing.
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“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
February 15, 2026 at 12:45 AM
“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )
Excellent thread.
I know Kevin knows this, but the explanation for this is clear: It's racism. Racism and xenophobia and misogyny.
A white native-born American, living in the parts of the country where white native-born men still hold disproportionate power, is the only fully "real" American in the eyes of many.
A white native-born American, living in the parts of the country where white native-born men still hold disproportionate power, is the only fully "real" American in the eyes of many.
It really is amazing how much of political punditry, *especially* elite outfits in NYC and Washington, still embrace this bizarre idea that rural spaces represent the "Real America" while metropolitan areas, where most (presumably real) Americans actually live, should be held in contempt.
February 15, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Excellent thread.
Schaden, meet Freude.*
*and I had to type that three times to override autocorrect.
*and I had to type that three times to override autocorrect.
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 15, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Schaden, meet Freude.*
*and I had to type that three times to override autocorrect.
*and I had to type that three times to override autocorrect.
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Today, in Arlington, VA, we celebrated both Valentine’s Day and the one-year anniversary of #TeslaTakedown.
“Honk if you love immigrants!”
Go, Axolotl, go! #TalesofTeslaTakedown
“Honk if you love immigrants!”
Go, Axolotl, go! #TalesofTeslaTakedown
February 15, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Today, in Arlington, VA, we celebrated both Valentine’s Day and the one-year anniversary of #TeslaTakedown.
“Honk if you love immigrants!”
Go, Axolotl, go! #TalesofTeslaTakedown
“Honk if you love immigrants!”
Go, Axolotl, go! #TalesofTeslaTakedown
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Just FYI — we had a TikTok account for about three hours today to share video content. It was banned just a few minutes ago.
The last thing we posted before the ban was an explainer of today’s article about GEO Group getting on to WEXMAC TITUS.
The last thing we posted before the ban was an explainer of today’s article about GEO Group getting on to WEXMAC TITUS.
February 14, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Just FYI — we had a TikTok account for about three hours today to share video content. It was banned just a few minutes ago.
The last thing we posted before the ban was an explainer of today’s article about GEO Group getting on to WEXMAC TITUS.
The last thing we posted before the ban was an explainer of today’s article about GEO Group getting on to WEXMAC TITUS.
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Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records found.
Insight: Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records found.
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February 14, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records found.
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The SF Gate’s Charles Russo has written a fascinating feature about the largely forgotten commercial images of Ansel Adams, a departure from the landscape photography for which he’s known. Much of it was commissioned by Stanford and the University of California system.
February 14, 2026 at 9:23 PM
The SF Gate’s Charles Russo has written a fascinating feature about the largely forgotten commercial images of Ansel Adams, a departure from the landscape photography for which he’s known. Much of it was commissioned by Stanford and the University of California system.
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Fun fact: the best stats available suggest that the unemployment rate for US trans people is comparable to the Great Depression.
Another fun fact: the best stats available aren’t very good because the Bureau of Labor Statistics had never bothered to measure the trans unemployment rate.
Another fun fact: the best stats available aren’t very good because the Bureau of Labor Statistics had never bothered to measure the trans unemployment rate.
there is an employment crisis among trans women and there always has been, but good luck getting people to see it
Still living this life after almost 8 months. A professional I know who works almost exclusively with trans people said almost all of them are unemployed.
February 14, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Fun fact: the best stats available suggest that the unemployment rate for US trans people is comparable to the Great Depression.
Another fun fact: the best stats available aren’t very good because the Bureau of Labor Statistics had never bothered to measure the trans unemployment rate.
Another fun fact: the best stats available aren’t very good because the Bureau of Labor Statistics had never bothered to measure the trans unemployment rate.
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Venerable Monks Walk For Peace With Message of Hope For Troubled Nation—some rejoiced, others cried at their presence—all were affected by their presence in some way. #WalkForPeace
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February 10, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Venerable Monks Walk For Peace With Message of Hope For Troubled Nation—some rejoiced, others cried at their presence—all were affected by their presence in some way. #WalkForPeace
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I am by no means a class first — let alone class only — leftist, but the older I get the more I think that the way you disrupt a lot of sexual violence and exploitation, including Epstein type shit, is by raising the floor with a massive social safety net and lowering the ceiling with taxes.
February 14, 2026 at 2:01 PM
I am by no means a class first — let alone class only — leftist, but the older I get the more I think that the way you disrupt a lot of sexual violence and exploitation, including Epstein type shit, is by raising the floor with a massive social safety net and lowering the ceiling with taxes.
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Wallace Polsom, “Love Never Dies a Natural Death (for Anaïs Nin)” (31 May 2020), paper collage, 22.8 x 30.1 cm | wallacepolsom.com/post/6196516...
February 14, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Wallace Polsom, “Love Never Dies a Natural Death (for Anaïs Nin)” (31 May 2020), paper collage, 22.8 x 30.1 cm | wallacepolsom.com/post/6196516...
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I had the pleasure of reading @isaacpickell.bsky.social new book of poetry,The Smallest Mistake We Call Human. Here's the blurb:
"Isaac Pickell's poems are an abundance of intimacy and strength. Mothers, relationships, identity: the fullness of a vibrant emotional life experienced through poetry."
"Isaac Pickell's poems are an abundance of intimacy and strength. Mothers, relationships, identity: the fullness of a vibrant emotional life experienced through poetry."
PRESALE TIME!!
The best time to order small press books is during presale, when there are author incentives and awards buzz begins.
So order one, or order ten for all your friends. I mean look at that cover — who wouldn't want this on a coffee table.
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The best time to order small press books is during presale, when there are author incentives and awards buzz begins.
So order one, or order ten for all your friends. I mean look at that cover — who wouldn't want this on a coffee table.
blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-sm...
February 13, 2026 at 7:07 PM
I had the pleasure of reading @isaacpickell.bsky.social new book of poetry,The Smallest Mistake We Call Human. Here's the blurb:
"Isaac Pickell's poems are an abundance of intimacy and strength. Mothers, relationships, identity: the fullness of a vibrant emotional life experienced through poetry."
"Isaac Pickell's poems are an abundance of intimacy and strength. Mothers, relationships, identity: the fullness of a vibrant emotional life experienced through poetry."
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I realize media doesn’t think it’s a big deal that Trump, Vance & Hegseth continue to give partisan political speeches to troops, evidenced by the fact that they are never asked about it nor are members of Congress, but it is one of the most dangerous things happening right now.
February 14, 2026 at 12:51 PM
I realize media doesn’t think it’s a big deal that Trump, Vance & Hegseth continue to give partisan political speeches to troops, evidenced by the fact that they are never asked about it nor are members of Congress, but it is one of the most dangerous things happening right now.
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I bet if you just did a simple survey, not one American in 10K would be able to accurately tell you the current level of immigration to the US, whether that level is up or down from the previous decade, what countries are most represented among immigrants, or what current US immigration policy is.
February 13, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I bet if you just did a simple survey, not one American in 10K would be able to accurately tell you the current level of immigration to the US, whether that level is up or down from the previous decade, what countries are most represented among immigrants, or what current US immigration policy is.
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Most of the roses for sale in the US are raised in hideous labor and environmental conditions in Colombia and Ecuador before they're loaded onto 747s to fly here. I know because I visited one of the rose plantations/sweatshops for my book Orwell's Roses. Give your love a book or something.
‘Workers get the thorns’: the moral ugliness of rose factories | Rebecca Solnit
A rose is beautiful but a greenhouse with thousands upon thousands of roses, a place producing millions a year, is not
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Most of the roses for sale in the US are raised in hideous labor and environmental conditions in Colombia and Ecuador before they're loaded onto 747s to fly here. I know because I visited one of the rose plantations/sweatshops for my book Orwell's Roses. Give your love a book or something.
I’m attending a horticulture conference online today and enjoying it thoroughly, but I am self-aware enough to know that it’s very like that train-followers meeting in The Station Agent.
February 13, 2026 at 2:26 PM
I’m attending a horticulture conference online today and enjoying it thoroughly, but I am self-aware enough to know that it’s very like that train-followers meeting in The Station Agent.
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They will release glasses to help creeps identify teenagers while people are too busy fighting other crises.
Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:53 PM
They will release glasses to help creeps identify teenagers while people are too busy fighting other crises.
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
I can never forget this
In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi.
He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.
At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.
Wael died 3 months later.
ICE caused his death.
They didn’t even get to say goodbye:
He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.
At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.
Wael died 3 months later.
ICE caused his death.
They didn’t even get to say goodbye:
ICE Took Wael Tarabishi's Full Time Caregiver Away... and it Killed Him
Wael Tarabishi was a 30 year old disabled man who's father Maher was his full time caregiver. ICE took Maher in October, leaving Wael without support. He died three months later.
www.disabledginger.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:10 AM
I can never forget this
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James Talarico: No one's ever asked me about the cost of housing. The only thing the media wants to ask me about are trans athletes.
The only minority destroying this country is the billionaires. Trans people are 1% of the population. We are all focused on the wrong 1%.
The only minority destroying this country is the billionaires. Trans people are 1% of the population. We are all focused on the wrong 1%.
February 13, 2026 at 2:45 AM
James Talarico: No one's ever asked me about the cost of housing. The only thing the media wants to ask me about are trans athletes.
The only minority destroying this country is the billionaires. Trans people are 1% of the population. We are all focused on the wrong 1%.
The only minority destroying this country is the billionaires. Trans people are 1% of the population. We are all focused on the wrong 1%.
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The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.
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Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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AOC with the zinger of the week.
February 11, 2026 at 11:07 PM
AOC with the zinger of the week.