Bess Hamilton
@besshamilton.bsky.social
Writer. Canadian. May I be a star in the dark time. She/her. My opinions & views are mine alone. Am guaranteed AI-free.
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God, I fucking love Bruce Springsteen. "Streets of Minneapolis", just released: m.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
m.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:19 PM
God, I fucking love Bruce Springsteen. "Streets of Minneapolis", just released: m.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
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politicians leaving twitter/x should be a no-brainer
Another Canadian Member of Parliament is quitting the 3-in-1 online harassment, extremist propaganda and computer-generated sex image app, X dot com
January 28, 2026 at 7:21 PM
politicians leaving twitter/x should be a no-brainer
These are the two wolves inside you
This is Coral. She let cuteness aggression get the best of her. Her brother Crow figures he'll take that as a compliment. 13/10 for both (IG: crow_waya)
January 28, 2026 at 12:20 AM
These are the two wolves inside you
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please do not bring pets to protests even though they’re cute, it is not gonna be fun for them
Some of y'all are new to this shit so heads up,
DO NOT BRING YOUR DOG TO A PROTEST
Just saw video of ICE agents do what is natural to them -- spontaneously choose violence -- and someone was carrying their dog near a cloud of mace.
There's no reason. If you cant leave them alone, STAY HOME.
DO NOT BRING YOUR DOG TO A PROTEST
Just saw video of ICE agents do what is natural to them -- spontaneously choose violence -- and someone was carrying their dog near a cloud of mace.
There's no reason. If you cant leave them alone, STAY HOME.
January 28, 2026 at 12:15 AM
please do not bring pets to protests even though they’re cute, it is not gonna be fun for them
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What @prisonculture.bsky.social always says is: find the thing you can do and do it. You can’t do all the things. (Or something like that but more eloquent). I remind myself when I feel I should be writing marching observing delivering organizing meeting reporting shopping
I paid my therapist a zillion dollars to tell me this, so I’m passing it on to anyone else in MN who needs to hear it:
Think of taking time away to recharge not as not doing the work, but as doing quality control for the work. You’re not going to be able to show up to do it well if you’re depleted
Think of taking time away to recharge not as not doing the work, but as doing quality control for the work. You’re not going to be able to show up to do it well if you’re depleted
January 28, 2026 at 12:12 AM
What @prisonculture.bsky.social always says is: find the thing you can do and do it. You can’t do all the things. (Or something like that but more eloquent). I remind myself when I feel I should be writing marching observing delivering organizing meeting reporting shopping
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This story is all over but it makes no sense. People are doubting Mark Carney’s word because Scott Bessent said so? Trump’s Scott Bessent?? Scott “needs to shut up, says the New Republic” Bessent?? Are we really doing Banker Said, Liar Said here? 😡
‘I meant what I said’: Carney says he did not walk back Davos speech to Trump - National | Globalnews.ca
Carney’s comments came after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview that Carney “aggressively” walked back some of the comments he made in a call with Trump.
globalnews.ca
January 28, 2026 at 12:09 AM
This story is all over but it makes no sense. People are doubting Mark Carney’s word because Scott Bessent said so? Trump’s Scott Bessent?? Scott “needs to shut up, says the New Republic” Bessent?? Are we really doing Banker Said, Liar Said here? 😡
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As always when they start to crumble
Only took a few days to go from invincible fascist dictatorship to "I was just following orders"
"Noem has complained to others that she feels she's being hung out to dry over the episode and has made sure to emphasize she took direction from Miller and the president"
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
January 28, 2026 at 12:11 AM
As always when they start to crumble
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Respectfully, ICE has surely killed more than nine people this year. There are nine documented deaths. With how many thousands of people have disappeared in ICE custody, we'll only find out their death toll years from now.
ICE has to go. The whole administration has to go.
ICE has to go. The whole administration has to go.
January 27, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Respectfully, ICE has surely killed more than nine people this year. There are nine documented deaths. With how many thousands of people have disappeared in ICE custody, we'll only find out their death toll years from now.
ICE has to go. The whole administration has to go.
ICE has to go. The whole administration has to go.
I remember reading Jane Eyre and wondering what chilblains are. I no longer wonder. I don't recommend. So itchy.
January 27, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I remember reading Jane Eyre and wondering what chilblains are. I no longer wonder. I don't recommend. So itchy.
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it reveals pretty plainly that "merit-based hiring" means "you belong to the correct class and hold the right set of identities"
Odd how when people like Bari Weiss go on about 'merit-based hiring', what they mean is hiring nice-looking white boys from elite schools regardless of their experience.
Here's CBS's new Ukraine correspondent. Graduated college less than a year ago. Yale Rugby. Only job: 7 months freelancing. 1/
Here's CBS's new Ukraine correspondent. Graduated college less than a year ago. Yale Rugby. Only job: 7 months freelancing. 1/
January 27, 2026 at 9:43 PM
it reveals pretty plainly that "merit-based hiring" means "you belong to the correct class and hold the right set of identities"
When it happens, the ones left behind will turn on each other as they fight to keep scraps of power.
Genuinely interesting. Kristi Noem is snitching that Stephen Miller is the one who made up the bullshit about Alex Pretti.
It would be genuinely useful if Congress can get her to admit that he has been dictating ALL OF THIS just like he dictated the murderboats.
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
It would be genuinely useful if Congress can get her to admit that he has been dictating ALL OF THIS just like he dictated the murderboats.
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
January 27, 2026 at 10:17 PM
When it happens, the ones left behind will turn on each other as they fight to keep scraps of power.
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Have you read about this abomination? theconversation.com/this-tiktok-...
This TikTok star sharing Australian animal stories doesn’t exist – it’s AI Blakface
The ‘Bush Legend’ is bringing us short videos of an Aboriginal person teaching us about native animals. But he isn’t real.
theconversation.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Have you read about this abomination? theconversation.com/this-tiktok-...
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The way that AI has made appropriation of Black culture reach new heights is especially fucking disgusting.
Got excited about a song only to find out it’s another Black AI artist. Hate it here
January 27, 2026 at 9:31 PM
The way that AI has made appropriation of Black culture reach new heights is especially fucking disgusting.
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Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.
January 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.
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I need to be so busy I can't doomscroll. I want to find amazing projects and spread joy and positive messages. So, I'm reopening to queries for a week or up to 500 submissions, whichever comes first, starting February 9th. Looking particular for unique perspectives and fresh voices.
January 27, 2026 at 7:34 PM
I need to be so busy I can't doomscroll. I want to find amazing projects and spread joy and positive messages. So, I'm reopening to queries for a week or up to 500 submissions, whichever comes first, starting February 9th. Looking particular for unique perspectives and fresh voices.
I'm doing research for a project and came across this exciting bit of Scottish folklore. A fairy who attacks hunters at night. Appears as a beautiful woman. May have deer feet. After a night of partying, victims are found "with throats slit and chests laid open."
Baobh-shìth - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 27, 2026 at 7:36 PM
I'm doing research for a project and came across this exciting bit of Scottish folklore. A fairy who attacks hunters at night. Appears as a beautiful woman. May have deer feet. After a night of partying, victims are found "with throats slit and chests laid open."
I just finished Bad Cree by Jessica Johns.
Horror is one of the most exciting genres these days in my opinion. It's really expanding beyond its "classic" mode.
Horror is one of the most exciting genres these days in my opinion. It's really expanding beyond its "classic" mode.
January 27, 2026 at 7:21 PM
I just finished Bad Cree by Jessica Johns.
Horror is one of the most exciting genres these days in my opinion. It's really expanding beyond its "classic" mode.
Horror is one of the most exciting genres these days in my opinion. It's really expanding beyond its "classic" mode.
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this is what happened as Black Lives Matter gained momentum: it became too outrageous for every person with a platform to NOT say where they stood.
This led to some cringey and "oof" statements last go round -- but that's what it looks like to shift the public sentiment of a hundred million people.
This led to some cringey and "oof" statements last go round -- but that's what it looks like to shift the public sentiment of a hundred million people.
MARTHA STEWART: “I’m not sure it’s excusable to not be speaking up right now.” www.thecut.com/article/mart...
Martha Stewart’s Granddaughter Got Her to Post About ICE
Thanks to 14-year-old Jude Stewart, Martha wrote that she’s “disheartened” citizens can be “attacked and even killed by Federal troops.”
www.thecut.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:20 PM
this is what happened as Black Lives Matter gained momentum: it became too outrageous for every person with a platform to NOT say where they stood.
This led to some cringey and "oof" statements last go round -- but that's what it looks like to shift the public sentiment of a hundred million people.
This led to some cringey and "oof" statements last go round -- but that's what it looks like to shift the public sentiment of a hundred million people.
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This was a needed exhibit, in place for over 15 years. Removed this past month. It included Oney Judge's story, a woman enslaved (& stalked after escape) by President George Washington. (Image = exhibit art panel; photo taken by William Fischer, Jr., 2017)
January 27, 2026 at 6:53 PM
This was a needed exhibit, in place for over 15 years. Removed this past month. It included Oney Judge's story, a woman enslaved (& stalked after escape) by President George Washington. (Image = exhibit art panel; photo taken by William Fischer, Jr., 2017)
My great-grandmother, who I'm named for, believed deeply in hospitality. For her, this meant welcoming people to not only her home, but her neighbourhood. It meant offering food, clothing, shelter to anyone who needed it. I'm thinking of her in these times. My memories of her are vague. 1/
January 27, 2026 at 6:56 PM
My great-grandmother, who I'm named for, believed deeply in hospitality. For her, this meant welcoming people to not only her home, but her neighbourhood. It meant offering food, clothing, shelter to anyone who needed it. I'm thinking of her in these times. My memories of her are vague. 1/
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If caring about a white man who stood ten toes down against oppression and injustice will stop the killings and detentions, even if they only care because they see themselves in them...
Maybe another baby won't go to jail.
Maybe another Brown or Black person's blood won't cry out from the ground.
Maybe another baby won't go to jail.
Maybe another Brown or Black person's blood won't cry out from the ground.
January 27, 2026 at 6:32 PM
If caring about a white man who stood ten toes down against oppression and injustice will stop the killings and detentions, even if they only care because they see themselves in them...
Maybe another baby won't go to jail.
Maybe another Brown or Black person's blood won't cry out from the ground.
Maybe another baby won't go to jail.
Maybe another Brown or Black person's blood won't cry out from the ground.
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The murder of Alex Pretti was the tragic tipping point, but looking back a month, even two weeks: the bravery and the organization of people on the ground in the Twin Cities, those group chats, their witnessing, their mutual aid: *that's* where this political sea change came from. Thank you.
I'm in awe at the bravery and organization of people on the ground in Minneapolis and Chicago and everywhere protecting their communities *and* changing political reality so fast that abolishing ICE and supporting more immigration are now mainstream demands and a winnable future.
January 27, 2026 at 2:33 AM
The murder of Alex Pretti was the tragic tipping point, but looking back a month, even two weeks: the bravery and the organization of people on the ground in the Twin Cities, those group chats, their witnessing, their mutual aid: *that's* where this political sea change came from. Thank you.