Liz
@gingerlizard.bsky.social
Strategic communication grad student. Tolkien/Dragon Age fan. Jersey for life.
If I stare at the NYT NJ-11 results page hard enough, will the vote totals update
February 10, 2026 at 3:41 AM
If I stare at the NYT NJ-11 results page hard enough, will the vote totals update
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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Italians, your white card has been revoked. Stefani Germanotta is a perfidious latin
February 9, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Italians, your white card has been revoked. Stefani Germanotta is a perfidious latin
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Current state of Republican Party politics: The president posted an image of the first black president and First Lady as apes; no one at the White House will publicly say that is not appropriate; the most likely person to face consequences is the party’s sole black senator — for calling it “racist.”
February 7, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Current state of Republican Party politics: The president posted an image of the first black president and First Lady as apes; no one at the White House will publicly say that is not appropriate; the most likely person to face consequences is the party’s sole black senator — for calling it “racist.”
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if you spend any significant amount of time on X the everything app, your brain is being cooked
February 6, 2026 at 2:56 PM
if you spend any significant amount of time on X the everything app, your brain is being cooked
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The race among Democrats hoping to replace Gov. Mikie Sherrill in Congress is a nailbiter. Analilia Mejia leads by 486 votes out of more than 61,000 ballots tallied. About 6,000 ballots remain to be counted. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/n...
New Jersey House Primary Remains Too Close to Call
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:20 AM
The race among Democrats hoping to replace Gov. Mikie Sherrill in Congress is a nailbiter. Analilia Mejia leads by 486 votes out of more than 61,000 ballots tallied. About 6,000 ballots remain to be counted. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/n...
I am closing up my takes factory. I no longer wish to toil in the takes mines. My only take left is that my takes are useless lol
February 6, 2026 at 4:05 AM
I am closing up my takes factory. I no longer wish to toil in the takes mines. My only take left is that my takes are useless lol
NJ-11 has yet to be called, but it's *really* striking how similar the current dynamic looks when compared to the gubernatorial primary results
February 6, 2026 at 1:45 AM
NJ-11 has yet to be called, but it's *really* striking how similar the current dynamic looks when compared to the gubernatorial primary results
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We should focus on the fact that when names surface of people deeply enmeshed in Epstein pedophile world in the UK, Italy, Slovakia, Canada, they are forced to resign public office in shame. When when names surface in the US, absolutely nothing happens, because they are protected by Trump.
It’s profoundly unsettling that many of the world’s most powerful figures named in the Epstein Files, including the US president and the wealthiest person alive, continue to hold positions of influence.
What a terrible world we live in
What a terrible world we live in
February 1, 2026 at 1:25 PM
We should focus on the fact that when names surface of people deeply enmeshed in Epstein pedophile world in the UK, Italy, Slovakia, Canada, they are forced to resign public office in shame. When when names surface in the US, absolutely nothing happens, because they are protected by Trump.
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
I somehow managed to forget how emotionally punishing phonebanking can sometimes be
January 31, 2026 at 11:26 PM
I somehow managed to forget how emotionally punishing phonebanking can sometimes be
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Senate Dems split almost down the middle on tonight’s appropriations bill.
Remember, folks: They have never secured a guarantee that a single dollar will be used as appropriated.
Here are those that rightly voted no.
Remember, folks: They have never secured a guarantee that a single dollar will be used as appropriated.
Here are those that rightly voted no.
January 31, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Senate Dems split almost down the middle on tonight’s appropriations bill.
Remember, folks: They have never secured a guarantee that a single dollar will be used as appropriated.
Here are those that rightly voted no.
Remember, folks: They have never secured a guarantee that a single dollar will be used as appropriated.
Here are those that rightly voted no.
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Of course he does. Is this a joke? He defended the guy who killed Good. He’s told multiple people that he thinks protesters should be attacked. He told people at a rally to rough someone up. He’s said nothing as ICE has hurt people for months.
He doesn’t get to walk away from this now.
He doesn’t get to walk away from this now.
Leavitt: "Nobody in the White House, including President Trump, wants to see people getting hurt or killed in America's streets. This includes Renee Good, Alex Pretti, the brave men and women of law enforcement, and the many Americans who have been victimized by illegal alien criminals"
January 26, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Of course he does. Is this a joke? He defended the guy who killed Good. He’s told multiple people that he thinks protesters should be attacked. He told people at a rally to rough someone up. He’s said nothing as ICE has hurt people for months.
He doesn’t get to walk away from this now.
He doesn’t get to walk away from this now.
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On the weakness of state terror: once ppl internalize the regime's lawless brutality, that they are no safer in their homes than in the streets (& vice versa), and that their unwavering defiance is what confounds & disempowers the regime, they also realize they have nothing to lose but their fear.
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 7:51 PM
On the weakness of state terror: once ppl internalize the regime's lawless brutality, that they are no safer in their homes than in the streets (& vice versa), and that their unwavering defiance is what confounds & disempowers the regime, they also realize they have nothing to lose but their fear.
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This is the memes-to-murder pipeline in action.
A far-right influencer reignited a years-long scandal over welfare fraud, which led to Tim Walz to abandon a third term and to Trump to send in ICE. It all stems from that.
The stuff happening online has consequences. And it’s getting worse, fast.
A far-right influencer reignited a years-long scandal over welfare fraud, which led to Tim Walz to abandon a third term and to Trump to send in ICE. It all stems from that.
The stuff happening online has consequences. And it’s getting worse, fast.
All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
January 24, 2026 at 5:28 PM
This is the memes-to-murder pipeline in action.
A far-right influencer reignited a years-long scandal over welfare fraud, which led to Tim Walz to abandon a third term and to Trump to send in ICE. It all stems from that.
The stuff happening online has consequences. And it’s getting worse, fast.
A far-right influencer reignited a years-long scandal over welfare fraud, which led to Tim Walz to abandon a third term and to Trump to send in ICE. It all stems from that.
The stuff happening online has consequences. And it’s getting worse, fast.
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At the very least every Democratic officeholder or candidate should be calling for the impeachment and/or arrest of Noem, Homan, and Bovino.
Bare minimum.
Bare minimum.
January 24, 2026 at 4:53 PM
At the very least every Democratic officeholder or candidate should be calling for the impeachment and/or arrest of Noem, Homan, and Bovino.
Bare minimum.
Bare minimum.
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The StarTribune live blog is paywall free:
- The man shot by federal agents this morning has died
- Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building.
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
- The man shot by federal agents this morning has died
- Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building.
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The StarTribune live blog is paywall free:
- The man shot by federal agents this morning has died
- Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building.
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
- The man shot by federal agents this morning has died
- Several witnesses have already been transported to the Whipple building.
- ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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Appears this is also true for fascism.
January 24, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Appears this is also true for fascism.
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“The major demographic shifts of the last election have snapped back. In today’s poll, Mr. Trump’s approval rating by demographic group looks almost exactly as it did in Times/Siena polling in the run-up to his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
January 23, 2026 at 1:53 AM
“The major demographic shifts of the last election have snapped back. In today’s poll, Mr. Trump’s approval rating by demographic group looks almost exactly as it did in Times/Siena polling in the run-up to his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
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His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:27 PM
His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
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10 years of this shit
January 20, 2026 at 10:44 PM
10 years of this shit
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People can get whatever they'd like out of it personally, but microblogging is irrelevant. Twitter is not even "big." There is no public square to be found or fostered in any of this. These sites are not even representative cross-sections of social media users, let alone the country as a whole.
the perennial "is this a good replacement for twitter / can it become as big as twitter" discussion is so confused. hominids became bipedal about 7 million years ago. for most of the time since we did not have microblogging. it's not a necessity it's a habit, if it all goes away that's fine
January 20, 2026 at 3:38 AM
People can get whatever they'd like out of it personally, but microblogging is irrelevant. Twitter is not even "big." There is no public square to be found or fostered in any of this. These sites are not even representative cross-sections of social media users, let alone the country as a whole.
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I suspect 9 of 10 Americans are unaware that the Hmong are here because they aided the US in the Vietnam war, and then had to flee as refugees afterwards. Quite the “thank you” we’re giving them 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
ICE is allegedly hunting for Hmong people in Minneapolis and as I watched video of the incident lo and behold @whstancil.bsky.social was on the scene
January 20, 2026 at 12:35 AM
I suspect 9 of 10 Americans are unaware that the Hmong are here because they aided the US in the Vietnam war, and then had to flee as refugees afterwards. Quite the “thank you” we’re giving them 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️