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I spent a long time trying to figure out what to do with my Harry Potter books, because just dumping them in a little free library felt wrong. So I mailed them to this artist who was turning them into portraits of murdered trans women
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/11/a...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/11/a...
Artist uses Harry Potter books to make portraits of murdered trans women
A Vermont-based artist is making a statement after using Harry Potter books to make powerful portraits of murdered trans women.
www.thepinknews.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I spent a long time trying to figure out what to do with my Harry Potter books, because just dumping them in a little free library felt wrong. So I mailed them to this artist who was turning them into portraits of murdered trans women
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/11/a...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/11/a...
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The federal agent who shot Marimar Martinez and joked about it has been placed on leave. This wouldn't have happened if everyone had accepted Homeland Security's blatant lies in this case.
JUST IN: U.S. Customs and Border Protection says Border Patrol agent Charles Exum, who shot Chicago's Marimar Martinez, "was placed on administrative leave":
February 11, 2026 at 11:06 PM
The federal agent who shot Marimar Martinez and joked about it has been placed on leave. This wouldn't have happened if everyone had accepted Homeland Security's blatant lies in this case.
so if Pam Bondi were a man, you’d say he was going through a midlife crisis?
see how fucking stupid that sounds?
you are clearly going through being a dumb motherfucker. Pam Bondi is a complicit, bigoted, genocidal, bloodthirsty criminal doing everything she can to avoid prison time. that’s all.
see how fucking stupid that sounds?
you are clearly going through being a dumb motherfucker. Pam Bondi is a complicit, bigoted, genocidal, bloodthirsty criminal doing everything she can to avoid prison time. that’s all.
Bondi is clearly going through menopause. “…mood changes and "brain fog," often begin during perimenopause (mid-40s to early 50s) - along with irrational moods and temper tantrums
February 12, 2026 at 4:26 AM
so if Pam Bondi were a man, you’d say he was going through a midlife crisis?
see how fucking stupid that sounds?
you are clearly going through being a dumb motherfucker. Pam Bondi is a complicit, bigoted, genocidal, bloodthirsty criminal doing everything she can to avoid prison time. that’s all.
see how fucking stupid that sounds?
you are clearly going through being a dumb motherfucker. Pam Bondi is a complicit, bigoted, genocidal, bloodthirsty criminal doing everything she can to avoid prison time. that’s all.
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Abolishing ICE without also dismantling DHS would be like excising the symptom while leaving the malignancy in place.
February 12, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Abolishing ICE without also dismantling DHS would be like excising the symptom while leaving the malignancy in place.
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I’ve had 17 non-consecutive migraine days in the past 23. This affects my serotonin and dopamine, and causes hypothalamic activation and autonomic dysregulation. The point is you must be very nice to me all the time and you’re not allowed to get mad at me.
Thank you for your time. Have a nice day.
Thank you for your time. Have a nice day.
February 12, 2026 at 1:58 AM
I’ve had 17 non-consecutive migraine days in the past 23. This affects my serotonin and dopamine, and causes hypothalamic activation and autonomic dysregulation. The point is you must be very nice to me all the time and you’re not allowed to get mad at me.
Thank you for your time. Have a nice day.
Thank you for your time. Have a nice day.
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“Disaster and crisis give the appearance of dynamism and efficiency, a hallmark of fascism: they have to look busy, and it plays well with a MAGA base that demands action even if that action is disastrous in the long term.”
My latest piece for Dame on the Trump Administration’s deliberate use of crisis as a way to govern. It’s no byproduct; it’s the plan, and it greases the wheels for authoritarianism, graft, and the breakdown of the state all at once.
What looks like chaos is actually strategy.
The Trump administration governs through permanent crisis - declaring emergencies, escalating conflicts, and keeping the system in constant turmoil. 🧵1/
The Trump administration governs through permanent crisis - declaring emergencies, escalating conflicts, and keeping the system in constant turmoil. 🧵1/
February 12, 2026 at 2:58 AM
“Disaster and crisis give the appearance of dynamism and efficiency, a hallmark of fascism: they have to look busy, and it plays well with a MAGA base that demands action even if that action is disastrous in the long term.”
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always
I just wish it wasn’t a Substack link
February 12, 2026 at 3:58 AM
always
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I have a recurring dream lately (every night, all the time) in which someone says, “I’m sorry. You’re just too late,” and I break in two. It doesn’t matter what it’s about, though of course it does, because it is such a common, corrosive worry, part of being human, inevitable as aches and death.
February 12, 2026 at 4:15 AM
I have a recurring dream lately (every night, all the time) in which someone says, “I’m sorry. You’re just too late,” and I break in two. It doesn’t matter what it’s about, though of course it does, because it is such a common, corrosive worry, part of being human, inevitable as aches and death.
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Your writing is great and your thoughts are valuable and whatever you’re reporting is insightful and will illuminate my thoughts, but I won’t read it because you posted it on the transphobic Nazi blog network
I just wish it wasn’t a Substack link
February 12, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Your writing is great and your thoughts are valuable and whatever you’re reporting is insightful and will illuminate my thoughts, but I won’t read it because you posted it on the transphobic Nazi blog network
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i've talked about this before but clicking a substack link feels bad! it's not, at least for me, something active like a "boycott," it's just that it Feels Gross, in the same way that watching a harry potter movie on a streaming subscription i already pay for does. and i don't like feeling gross
Your writing is great and your thoughts are valuable and whatever you’re reporting is insightful and will illuminate my thoughts, but I won’t read it because you posted it on the transphobic Nazi blog network
I just wish it wasn’t a Substack link
February 12, 2026 at 4:04 AM
i've talked about this before but clicking a substack link feels bad! it's not, at least for me, something active like a "boycott," it's just that it Feels Gross, in the same way that watching a harry potter movie on a streaming subscription i already pay for does. and i don't like feeling gross
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Hell yeah, go unions
🌟 Sex workers at Sheri’s Ranch, a legal brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, are unionizing with the Communications Workers of America @cwaunion.bsky.social
Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...
Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...
Sex workers at Pahrump brothel are unionizing, alleging unfair contracts and conditions - The Nevada Independent
In the last week, the brothel has fired three workers who challenged a new contract that they say is unfair. Lawyers have filed an injunction with the federal labor board.
thenevadaindependent.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Hell yeah, go unions
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i love bed
and oscillating fans. but mainly bed.
and oscillating fans. but mainly bed.
March 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
i love bed
and oscillating fans. but mainly bed.
and oscillating fans. but mainly bed.
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There are *journalists* on here who will post something that is AI or photoshopped, and people will *tell them* and they will leave it up and continue having side conversations with the commenters who still think it’s real and the only conclusion I can draw is that they’re addicted to their numbers.
February 12, 2026 at 3:52 AM
There are *journalists* on here who will post something that is AI or photoshopped, and people will *tell them* and they will leave it up and continue having side conversations with the commenters who still think it’s real and the only conclusion I can draw is that they’re addicted to their numbers.
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UGH, ANOTHER APARTMENT INSPECTION? WHY WON'T YOU LET ME REIGN FROM MY THRONE OF ROT IN PEACE?
February 12, 2026 at 1:19 AM
UGH, ANOTHER APARTMENT INSPECTION? WHY WON'T YOU LET ME REIGN FROM MY THRONE OF ROT IN PEACE?
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Another victory for Bari Weiss, lifelong McCarthyite and consigliere of the most openly Nazi presidency in the history of the U.S.
NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Another victory for Bari Weiss, lifelong McCarthyite and consigliere of the most openly Nazi presidency in the history of the U.S.
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"Martinez is expected to announce a civil lawsuit on Wednesday. She will also be attending President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address as a guest of Rep. Jesús 'Chuy' García (D-Ill.)."
More Dems need to do this - make the victims of ICE/DHS lawlessness visible on a national stage.
More Dems need to do this - make the victims of ICE/DHS lawlessness visible on a national stage.
Like in the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, DHS might have gotten away with its false claims about Martinez were it not for the video evidence that contradicted its account.
DHS shot her and called her a “terrorist.” New videos show something different.
"It’s time to get aggressive," a Border Patrol agent said shortly before Marimar Martinez was shot five times.
www.motherjones.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:20 AM
"Martinez is expected to announce a civil lawsuit on Wednesday. She will also be attending President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address as a guest of Rep. Jesús 'Chuy' García (D-Ill.)."
More Dems need to do this - make the victims of ICE/DHS lawlessness visible on a national stage.
More Dems need to do this - make the victims of ICE/DHS lawlessness visible on a national stage.
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I just put something in my drafts folder about collective moral trauma, then scrolled by this and muttered to my cat, “it would have been great if we just had footage of him dying.”
Multitudes.
Multitudes.
“Last May, as a groundswell built demanding public scrutiny of the Justice Department's records on Epstein, the agency ran into a problem: it had already destroyed its master copy of surveillance video from Epstein's final hours in the Metropolitan Correctional Center.”
Newly released documents show the FBI's scramble to explain last year why it released a screen recording with a missing minute from the night Jeffrey Epstein died, instead of the original footage.
February 12, 2026 at 3:49 AM
I just put something in my drafts folder about collective moral trauma, then scrolled by this and muttered to my cat, “it would have been great if we just had footage of him dying.”
Multitudes.
Multitudes.
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My trust issues also manifest themselves when I look both ways multiple times before crossing a one-way street.
February 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM
My trust issues also manifest themselves when I look both ways multiple times before crossing a one-way street.
wishing the multi-talented king of caffeine @woodyluvscoffee.bsky.social a very happy birthday and many more; here’s how I drew him back in 2021 - go follow him NOW I HAVE SPOKEN
youtu.be/24It_3iYObg?...
youtu.be/24It_3iYObg?...
a birthday drawing for @WoodyLuvsCoffee on Twitter (2021)
YouTube video by born miserable
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February 12, 2026 at 3:56 AM
wishing the multi-talented king of caffeine @woodyluvscoffee.bsky.social a very happy birthday and many more; here’s how I drew him back in 2021 - go follow him NOW I HAVE SPOKEN
youtu.be/24It_3iYObg?...
youtu.be/24It_3iYObg?...
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BREAKING: gavin newsom is couch
February 12, 2026 at 3:35 AM
BREAKING: gavin newsom is couch
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🌟 Sex workers at Sheri’s Ranch, a legal brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, are unionizing with the Communications Workers of America @cwaunion.bsky.social
Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...
Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...
Sex workers at Pahrump brothel are unionizing, alleging unfair contracts and conditions - The Nevada Independent
In the last week, the brothel has fired three workers who challenged a new contract that they say is unfair. Lawyers have filed an injunction with the federal labor board.
thenevadaindependent.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:33 AM
🌟 Sex workers at Sheri’s Ranch, a legal brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, are unionizing with the Communications Workers of America @cwaunion.bsky.social
Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...
Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...
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I heard about a killing of a Black man in DC by US marshals on a call from someone in the neighborhood then saw it confirmed by the organization @harrietsdreams.bsky.social & here. A Black man in DC was killed by the state today. Make the same noise for him as for anyone else when we have his name.
1 person shot and killed by U.S. marshal in Northeast DC
A U.S. marshal shot and killed a person Wednesday afternoon in Northeast D.C. This shooting happened on Hay Street right in front of the Cesar Chavez Middle Public Charter School and not far from the ...
www.nbcwashington.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:28 AM
I heard about a killing of a Black man in DC by US marshals on a call from someone in the neighborhood then saw it confirmed by the organization @harrietsdreams.bsky.social & here. A Black man in DC was killed by the state today. Make the same noise for him as for anyone else when we have his name.
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in my slag era (tidying slag into neat piles after smelting iron all day for the empire)
June 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
in my slag era (tidying slag into neat piles after smelting iron all day for the empire)
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They are going to have to bury me sitting down. My body will no longer unfold.
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 PM
They are going to have to bury me sitting down. My body will no longer unfold.