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Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social · 2h

I see a great deal of his phrasing when ICE officers charge into a peaceful crowd and then arrest people they bump because those people “made contact”

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Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social · 2h

That is it, exactly. Phrased more like “how to claim self defense no matter the situation”

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Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social · 7h

Yes, "We keep asking him about Israel, something quite unrelated to the running of NYC, and when we force him to talk about it, it is clear that he is obsessed with Israel. Because he keeps talking about it. When we ask him to."

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Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social · 18h

It’s an interesting argument. Pritzker has not moved me to tears. Walz has, but when talking about his son, not about policy. Maybe what’s inspiring is the feeling of expanding the spotlight? Speaking out for those who have been excluded or ignored?

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Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social · 19h

I know a police trainer who teaches that this stance indicates aggressive intent

I am not saying this is right. Just that it is taught to LEOs, along with how to claim “I was in fear for my life” after they pound someone

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Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social · 1d

I was promised taco trucks on every corner almost a decade ago
And my corner still has no taco truck
So I'll believe camels when I see them

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

New, from me: DHS says immigration enforcement employees like ICE are facing unprecedented threats and 1000% increase in assaults. But the data does not add up. Look at the details, and we see state agents using excessive force, and then lying about it.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...

Who's Threatening Who?

The Trump administration says immigration enforcement are being assaulted; the details tell a different story

donmoynihan.substack.com

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Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social · 2d

The Overton window must ever and always shift to the right, I guess?

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Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social · 2d

And communism is 1000 years old. Put that in the museum next to the display of the Revolutionary War air battles.

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Perry Areolar @perryodontal.bsky.social · 3d

the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre"

www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...

according to the liberation newspaper, documents dating back to a 2014 inspection by the French National Agency for the Security of Computer Systems reported a staggering detail: "the password of the louvre's video surveillance server was simply " louvre. "

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Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social · 3d

For certain values of “it,” yes.

But none of the actual trends of brutalizing people without cause and then lying about it are represented in the trend they cite

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Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social · 3d

Sounds awesome to me

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Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social · 3d

I was doing a medical study once and I was told that I have an unusually inhibited belch reflex

I could have gone my whole life without knowing that

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Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social · 3d

And then the news media lets them get the last word by quoting their lies in a story showing everything they say is wrong.

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Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social · 3d

DHS says this is "a growing and dangerous trend of illegal aliens violently resisting arrest and agitators and criminals ramming cars into our law enforcement officers.”

Only she is a citizen, wasn't an agitator or criminal, didn't ram anyone, and wasn't told she was under arrest.

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Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social · 3d

I did (not because of the Alf hog threat though)

Wouldn't it be lovely if this weekend brought them record-setting donations? Not as lovely as a functioning government, but a good thing nonetheless

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Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social · 5d

Most importantly, they are faster than any tourist bothering them

Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social · 6d

Merry and Pippin are starring in Revenge of the Jurassic Park Rangers

Two dogs wearing khaki-colored park ranger shirts with Jurassic Park logos. One dog has tipped over a stuffed volcano to find a toy T-Rex. The other is staring dramatically at the camera.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”

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Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social · 7d

@tkingfisher.com I wanted to thank you for the Saints of Steel books, which have kept me sane these past few months when I was immobilized for long stretches from medical procedures. Just what I needed--engaging, heartwarming, with an interesting set of puzzles and characters I came to love. Thanks.

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Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social · 8d

It turns out following you on social media for a decade or so makes it really hard for me to say no to fundraising requests. Like turning down a neighbor.
Parasocial relationships for the win, I guess? I just made my second donation to your campaign; hope the Funding Whip can remain idle for now.

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Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social · 8d

The call is coming from inside the house

Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social · 9d

It's some kind of regulation, I think. You get a Tita Baby and a Tito Boy and probably a cousin named Bong along with the giant bamboo wooden spoon to display in the kitchen and a framed copy of "Footprints."

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Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social · 9d

Are you by any chance married to an Auntie Baby?

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Granny Weatherwax @esmeweatherwax.bsky.social · 9d

Yes! Same with anyone who wants to slice and dice sibling relationships of someone else. "That's actually your HALF-brother" and such.

If you want those distinctions in your life, go for it. Don't tell me my family does it wrong if we don't do it the same way you do.

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