Codex O'Healey Melcher
@codexohm.com
Writer, Folklorist, Insufferable Historical Gossip.
"ridiculously zesty" says the Chicago Tribune
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Pinned
Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.
Giving people art they want will only ever—at best—satisfy them.
It will never inspire them.
That is what AI will never be built to understand.
It will never inspire them.
That is what AI will never be built to understand.
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Good morning, I am once again reminding you all that we are going to keep pushing and we are going to win:
January 16, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Good morning, I am once again reminding you all that we are going to keep pushing and we are going to win:
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Love this lady being interviewed.
Any time we can reinforce the stereotype of our beautiful accents to a large audience is a win.
Any time we can reinforce the stereotype of our beautiful accents to a large audience is a win.
January 16, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Love this lady being interviewed.
Any time we can reinforce the stereotype of our beautiful accents to a large audience is a win.
Any time we can reinforce the stereotype of our beautiful accents to a large audience is a win.
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Twin Cities Leather (and adult toy store Smitten Kitten) have stopped regular operations to become a staging and delivery space for food and supply donations- they are requesting monetary donations to keep them afloat without any income
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Go to paypal.me/kpattonleather and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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January 16, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Twin Cities Leather (and adult toy store Smitten Kitten) have stopped regular operations to become a staging and delivery space for food and supply donations- they are requesting monetary donations to keep them afloat without any income
www.paypal.com/paypalme/kpa...
www.paypal.com/paypalme/kpa...
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If the humanities were really as useless as they say, they wouldn’t be spending millions trying to reshape them. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/a...
Humanities Endowment Awarding Millions to Western Civilization Programs
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:36 AM
If the humanities were really as useless as they say, they wouldn’t be spending millions trying to reshape them. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/a...
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Officials from the Oglala Sioux Tribe are unable to locate three tribal members after they were arrested by ICE in Minneapolis.
“There’s nobody more American than American Indians,” activist and immigration attorney Chase Iron Eyes said.
📸: Louis Krauss/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
“There’s nobody more American than American Indians,” activist and immigration attorney Chase Iron Eyes said.
📸: Louis Krauss/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
January 16, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Officials from the Oglala Sioux Tribe are unable to locate three tribal members after they were arrested by ICE in Minneapolis.
“There’s nobody more American than American Indians,” activist and immigration attorney Chase Iron Eyes said.
📸: Louis Krauss/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
“There’s nobody more American than American Indians,” activist and immigration attorney Chase Iron Eyes said.
📸: Louis Krauss/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
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Delete Spotify
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Delete Spotify
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Whenever we see shit like this we remember some throwaway Republican politician of yore declaring that "we spent millions to study Chinese dwarf hamsters" and then learning years later that the Chinese dwarf hamster ovary is the precursor to lifesaving autoimmune drugs one of us relies on to live.
The total NSF budget was 9 billion. I doubt they spend 89% of it on quail.
January 16, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Whenever we see shit like this we remember some throwaway Republican politician of yore declaring that "we spent millions to study Chinese dwarf hamsters" and then learning years later that the Chinese dwarf hamster ovary is the precursor to lifesaving autoimmune drugs one of us relies on to live.
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really can’t be any clearer that there is no plan, just a series of chaotic and increasingly destructive impulses that are in the process of collapsing any semblance of world order
January 12, 2026 at 1:59 AM
really can’t be any clearer that there is no plan, just a series of chaotic and increasingly destructive impulses that are in the process of collapsing any semblance of world order
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At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
January 15, 2026 at 11:48 PM
At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
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68-28 unfavorable with independents seems catastrophically bad
New poll from Navigator also with an incredible result; the largest drop in support for ICE since June was actually among *Republicans*, 25% of which now say they have an unfavorable opinion of the agency.
January 15, 2026 at 10:57 PM
68-28 unfavorable with independents seems catastrophically bad
A version of this that’s just a photo of Trump with a clipart top hat on his head would even be more effective.
January 15, 2026 at 11:33 PM
A version of this that’s just a photo of Trump with a clipart top hat on his head would even be more effective.
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no new pictures
Where are you at mentally
Where are you at mentally
January 15, 2026 at 4:21 PM
no new pictures
Where are you at mentally
Where are you at mentally
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i dunno what you can say to get electeds to do anything if “they flashbanged a baby” doesn’t do it
January 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM
i dunno what you can say to get electeds to do anything if “they flashbanged a baby” doesn’t do it
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The American spirit is reborn every time a citizen stands up against injustice, & fights for the rights of others. Happy Birthday, Citizen King 💙
January 15, 2026 at 7:26 PM
The American spirit is reborn every time a citizen stands up against injustice, & fights for the rights of others. Happy Birthday, Citizen King 💙
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SCOOP: Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 2:05 PM
SCOOP: Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
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NEW: The neo-fascist group Patriot Front is building a network of business in North Texas in an attempt to create a parallel, self-sufficient white nationalist economy. @stevanzetti.bsky.social, @wileydcope.bsky.social and I identified the men behind 4 of these companies.
Revealed: Four Businesses with Ties to Patriot Front Operating in North Texas
The neo-Nazi group is engaged in a strategy to establish an independent economic ecosystem. Through publicly available information, interviews, and in-person observation, the Observer has identified c...
www.texasobserver.org
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
NEW: The neo-fascist group Patriot Front is building a network of business in North Texas in an attempt to create a parallel, self-sufficient white nationalist economy. @stevanzetti.bsky.social, @wileydcope.bsky.social and I identified the men behind 4 of these companies.
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Someone just asked me for a bibliography for people interested in delving more deeply into police and policing. Prof @alexvitale.bsky.social and crew have a comprehensive one that continues to evolve: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Police Bibliography
Critical Police Studies Bibliography The Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College Alex S. Vitale, Coordinator This is an open access resource for scholars, researchers, teachers, and ...
docs.google.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Someone just asked me for a bibliography for people interested in delving more deeply into police and policing. Prof @alexvitale.bsky.social and crew have a comprehensive one that continues to evolve: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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We must all have ways to hold, release, some of the devastation and fury in these times of terror and rage.
When we do, we may have more capacity for useful action.
Because we must take action.
But we must have capacity.
Some words, and some resources:
When we do, we may have more capacity for useful action.
Because we must take action.
But we must have capacity.
Some words, and some resources:
how to face the horrors of now
feel, then do
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:20 PM
We must all have ways to hold, release, some of the devastation and fury in these times of terror and rage.
When we do, we may have more capacity for useful action.
Because we must take action.
But we must have capacity.
Some words, and some resources:
When we do, we may have more capacity for useful action.
Because we must take action.
But we must have capacity.
Some words, and some resources:
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ICE agents love to wave around paper that looks official. Most of it is a scam — administrative forms signed by ICE supervisors, not real judicial warrants signed by judges. Let's go through what that scam paper looks like versus a real judicial warrant.
How to Legally Protect People in Your Home from ICE | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland
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January 15, 2026 at 6:05 AM
ICE agents love to wave around paper that looks official. Most of it is a scam — administrative forms signed by ICE supervisors, not real judicial warrants signed by judges. Let's go through what that scam paper looks like versus a real judicial warrant.
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I don't know whether Renee Good's murder was INTENDED as a hate crime, but those motherfuckers sure are doing a good job of turning it into one retroactively
January 15, 2026 at 6:07 AM
I don't know whether Renee Good's murder was INTENDED as a hate crime, but those motherfuckers sure are doing a good job of turning it into one retroactively
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
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ope.
Minneapolis civilians have expropriated challenge coins from the federal vehicles as well as all of the live intel on the operations. Everything maps, hotels everything. My god.
January 15, 2026 at 5:38 AM
ope.