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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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Want to help Haitians in Springfield, Ohio? Here are some places to start.
Financial support can help organizations on the ground respond to the immediate needs and threats of the community, from ongoing harassment to digital security. Here are a few places to visit if you’d...
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Please share and donate to these organizations that will be on the front lines if the federal government carries out a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio next week, as rumored. Please add organizations to this thread! haitiantimes.com/2024/09/21/s... #ICE #ICEOUT
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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.
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If American journalism isn't capable of calling what we just watched unprecedented, unprofessional, intemperate, profoundly unsettling, contrary to the Oath of Office an Attorney General takes, and a colossal sign of disrespect for the constitutional separation of powers, what are we even doing here
Attorney General Pam Bondi's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee was one of the most combative congressional hearings in recent memory.
"You washed-up, loser lawyer!": Pam Bondi hearing erupts into angry outbursts
Bondi clashed angrily with nearly every Democrat on the committee.
www.axios.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:34 PM
If American journalism isn't capable of calling what we just watched unprecedented, unprofessional, intemperate, profoundly unsettling, contrary to the Oath of Office an Attorney General takes, and a colossal sign of disrespect for the constitutional separation of powers, what are we even doing here
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Too often when discussing trans rights, we’re forced to be on the defensive, as Republicans wage attacks.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Too often when discussing trans rights, we’re forced to be on the defensive, as Republicans wage attacks.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
Today, we take the opportunity to look forward by introducing my Trans Bill of Rights, a comprehensive vision to provide protections for all trans and nonbinary people.
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Hundreds of rabbis, cantors, and Jewish leaders are gathered outside of ICE HQs in Washington, DC today at the largest protest against ICE by Jewish clergy and leaders, organized by our friends @bendthearc.bsky.social and @truahrabbis.bsky.social.
February 11, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Hundreds of rabbis, cantors, and Jewish leaders are gathered outside of ICE HQs in Washington, DC today at the largest protest against ICE by Jewish clergy and leaders, organized by our friends @bendthearc.bsky.social and @truahrabbis.bsky.social.
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Flashback to how these same folks reacted to vaccine cards...
Markwayne Mullin defends "show me your papers": "If you're here legally, there's nothing to hide. Most people already are walking around with a government-issued ID, meaning your Real ID or your driver's license. If you go board a train here, you gotta show your ID."
February 11, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Flashback to how these same folks reacted to vaccine cards...
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Hey also to all the “this is ours speak English!!!” Crowd. English is from England not America.
We likewise borrow it
We likewise borrow it
February 11, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Hey also to all the “this is ours speak English!!!” Crowd. English is from England not America.
We likewise borrow it
We likewise borrow it
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Also important context, Ft Bliss is in El Paso which is one of the largest military bases.
February 11, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Also important context, Ft Bliss is in El Paso which is one of the largest military bases.
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Next action coming 3/7
Crawl, Walk, Run!
How the De-ICE Citizens Bank Coalition became a huge action in just one month
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Next action coming 3/7
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- FAA grounds all flights in and out of El Paso for 10 days
- airspace also closed over nearby area of New Mexico
- no reason given why beyond unspecified "special security reasons"
- seems to have caught everybody by surprise
- airspace also closed over nearby area of New Mexico
- no reason given why beyond unspecified "special security reasons"
- seems to have caught everybody by surprise
February 11, 2026 at 12:01 PM
- FAA grounds all flights in and out of El Paso for 10 days
- airspace also closed over nearby area of New Mexico
- no reason given why beyond unspecified "special security reasons"
- seems to have caught everybody by surprise
- airspace also closed over nearby area of New Mexico
- no reason given why beyond unspecified "special security reasons"
- seems to have caught everybody by surprise
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The airspace over El Paso airport, Texas, has been suddenly closed by the FAA for ten days, closing the airport too. The airspace has been defined as "National Defence Airspace". Nobody knows why.
(Via @osinttechnical.bsky.social on X)
(Via @osinttechnical.bsky.social on X)
February 11, 2026 at 8:24 AM
The airspace over El Paso airport, Texas, has been suddenly closed by the FAA for ten days, closing the airport too. The airspace has been defined as "National Defence Airspace". Nobody knows why.
(Via @osinttechnical.bsky.social on X)
(Via @osinttechnical.bsky.social on X)
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reporter: your name is mike johnson
mike johnson: i’ve seen no such report
mike johnson: i’ve seen no such report
February 11, 2026 at 12:47 AM
reporter: your name is mike johnson
mike johnson: i’ve seen no such report
mike johnson: i’ve seen no such report
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That the illegal destruction of USAID will kill more than *20 million people* in the next five years, & has ALREADY KILLED 600,000 in just one year, is a world-historical crime that Americans aren't being told about in the terms & with the repetition necessary for them to believe it.
February 11, 2026 at 1:00 AM
That the illegal destruction of USAID will kill more than *20 million people* in the next five years, & has ALREADY KILLED 600,000 in just one year, is a world-historical crime that Americans aren't being told about in the terms & with the repetition necessary for them to believe it.
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Imagine investigating Bad Bunny and not investigating pedophiles 🙄🤦♀️😡
February 10, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Imagine investigating Bad Bunny and not investigating pedophiles 🙄🤦♀️😡
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“That’s it, clear the room,” John F. Barr, the commission president, said immediately after the vote. “Off air, off air.”
Washington County Backs ICE Detention Facility, Then Cuts Meeting Short Amid Protests
Board votes unanimously to support immigration enforcement, then clears room as demonstrators respond with shouts and whistles
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:58 PM
“That’s it, clear the room,” John F. Barr, the commission president, said immediately after the vote. “Off air, off air.”
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isnt it illegal to look at and then tease unemployment numbers before theyre released
Peter Navarro: "The jobs report comes out tomorrow. We have to revise our expectations down significantly for what a monthly job number should look like ... Wall Street has to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegals out of the job market."
February 10, 2026 at 2:47 PM
isnt it illegal to look at and then tease unemployment numbers before theyre released
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You know, right-wing weirdos like to talk about the greatness of "Western Culture," but I don't think they'd be able to handle opera. It's nearly always colorblind casting and not usually in English.
They should probably stick to Kid Rock.
They should probably stick to Kid Rock.
February 10, 2026 at 5:31 PM
You know, right-wing weirdos like to talk about the greatness of "Western Culture," but I don't think they'd be able to handle opera. It's nearly always colorblind casting and not usually in English.
They should probably stick to Kid Rock.
They should probably stick to Kid Rock.