Metroplex
@metroplex.bsky.social
Powerfully Plural | Tantalizingly Trans | Seductively Scizospectral | Alluringly Autistic | Amazingly Alliterative | in our 40s | 18+ follows only plz
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We must resist misinformation, we must resist collective blame, because when you turn identity into the explanation, you blind yourself to the real patterns. You blind yourself to mental health crises ignored, to online radicalization spreading unchecked, to institutions too timid to act.
February 14, 2026 at 1:58 AM
We must resist misinformation, we must resist collective blame, because when you turn identity into the explanation, you blind yourself to the real patterns. You blind yourself to mental health crises ignored, to online radicalization spreading unchecked, to institutions too timid to act.
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Gavin Newsom is the NFT of guys
February 14, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Gavin Newsom is the NFT of guys
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Please help I'm so close to my disability ruling.
NO PROGRESS!!!
SERIOUSLY NEED ANY HELP
ANY AMOUNT HELPS
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SERIOUSLY NEED ANY HELP
ANY AMOUNT HELPS
Car Insurance(15th): 0/230
Internet (16th): 0/200
Phone (17th): 0/200
Cat meds: 0/60
Food: 0/450
Car: 0/563
cash.app/$DragonAField
venmo.com/u/Caeli-Field
www.paypal.me/caelifield
#MutualAid
#HelpFolksLive2026
#TransCrowdfund
#Crowdfund
💸💞
February 14, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Please help I'm so close to my disability ruling.
Look at what the system is doing right now. Look at what it's ALWAYS done. Look at what we already know about the files from what little we could infer.
Look at what the fuck they are doing to kids right now!!!
The system deserves to die.
Look at what the fuck they are doing to kids right now!!!
The system deserves to die.
politicians who have read the unredacted files keep say that if ppl knew it would bring the system down
bring it on bitch
bring it on bitch
February 14, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Look at what the system is doing right now. Look at what it's ALWAYS done. Look at what we already know about the files from what little we could infer.
Look at what the fuck they are doing to kids right now!!!
The system deserves to die.
Look at what the fuck they are doing to kids right now!!!
The system deserves to die.
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They keep telling us, like they are fucking daring us
politicians who have read the unredacted files keep say that if ppl knew it would bring the system down
bring it on bitch
bring it on bitch
February 14, 2026 at 1:05 AM
They keep telling us, like they are fucking daring us
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The reason you have a $5000 ambulance bill is Ronald Reagan
if you think his fanboy is gonna make your life more affordable then you are a stupid shitheel. you are such a stupid shitheel that you make Logan Paul fans look like geniuses
and I refuse to leave the future of this nation in your hands
if you think his fanboy is gonna make your life more affordable then you are a stupid shitheel. you are such a stupid shitheel that you make Logan Paul fans look like geniuses
and I refuse to leave the future of this nation in your hands
February 14, 2026 at 1:22 AM
The reason you have a $5000 ambulance bill is Ronald Reagan
if you think his fanboy is gonna make your life more affordable then you are a stupid shitheel. you are such a stupid shitheel that you make Logan Paul fans look like geniuses
and I refuse to leave the future of this nation in your hands
if you think his fanboy is gonna make your life more affordable then you are a stupid shitheel. you are such a stupid shitheel that you make Logan Paul fans look like geniuses
and I refuse to leave the future of this nation in your hands
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"Don't worry about the Discord thing, it's only NSFW servers and channels that will require age verification! :)"
I could remove every speck of risque imagery/topics from my community and there's still a 50% chance we'd get flagged just because we're openly queer.
It's not actually about the kids.
I could remove every speck of risque imagery/topics from my community and there's still a 50% chance we'd get flagged just because we're openly queer.
It's not actually about the kids.
February 9, 2026 at 6:37 PM
"Don't worry about the Discord thing, it's only NSFW servers and channels that will require age verification! :)"
I could remove every speck of risque imagery/topics from my community and there's still a 50% chance we'd get flagged just because we're openly queer.
It's not actually about the kids.
I could remove every speck of risque imagery/topics from my community and there's still a 50% chance we'd get flagged just because we're openly queer.
It's not actually about the kids.
Outside of the obvious fucked up and shitty motives, this comes from a combination of reactionary parenting beliefs and realpolitik.
This idea that deliberate traumatization is how one instills morality and "correct values," and also serves to make an example out of people to deter the rest.
This idea that deliberate traumatization is how one instills morality and "correct values," and also serves to make an example out of people to deter the rest.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 14, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Outside of the obvious fucked up and shitty motives, this comes from a combination of reactionary parenting beliefs and realpolitik.
This idea that deliberate traumatization is how one instills morality and "correct values," and also serves to make an example out of people to deter the rest.
This idea that deliberate traumatization is how one instills morality and "correct values," and also serves to make an example out of people to deter the rest.
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it's hard to process this level of cruelty to children
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 14, 2026 at 1:32 AM
it's hard to process this level of cruelty to children
NGL, this scares the shit out of me.
One major silver lining through all this.
This means what we are doing is working.
They wouldn't go this hard to try to identify, unmask, and neutralize people if what we were doing wasn't having an effect.
This doesn't project strength, it betrays weakness.
One major silver lining through all this.
This means what we are doing is working.
They wouldn't go this hard to try to identify, unmask, and neutralize people if what we were doing wasn't having an effect.
This doesn't project strength, it betrays weakness.
New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:32 AM
NGL, this scares the shit out of me.
One major silver lining through all this.
This means what we are doing is working.
They wouldn't go this hard to try to identify, unmask, and neutralize people if what we were doing wasn't having an effect.
This doesn't project strength, it betrays weakness.
One major silver lining through all this.
This means what we are doing is working.
They wouldn't go this hard to try to identify, unmask, and neutralize people if what we were doing wasn't having an effect.
This doesn't project strength, it betrays weakness.
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"The beatings will continue until social cohesion improves"
Poster seen in Sydney denouncing NSW Premier Chris Minns who ordered a brutal police attack on Palestine protesters this week, justified under the totalitarian mantra of "Social Cohesion".
via @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social
Poster seen in Sydney denouncing NSW Premier Chris Minns who ordered a brutal police attack on Palestine protesters this week, justified under the totalitarian mantra of "Social Cohesion".
via @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 AM
"The beatings will continue until social cohesion improves"
Poster seen in Sydney denouncing NSW Premier Chris Minns who ordered a brutal police attack on Palestine protesters this week, justified under the totalitarian mantra of "Social Cohesion".
via @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social
Poster seen in Sydney denouncing NSW Premier Chris Minns who ordered a brutal police attack on Palestine protesters this week, justified under the totalitarian mantra of "Social Cohesion".
via @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social
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Holy. Shit.
SCOOP: ICE is asking Social Security for peoples' in-person appointment dates and times, and SSA staff are being told to give it to them. From me + @leahfeiger.bsky.social + @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @wired.com
wired.com/story/social...
wired.com/story/social...
Social Security Workers Are Being Told to Hand Over Appointment Details to ICE
The recent request goes against decades of precedent, and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.
wired.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Holy. Shit.
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Cartoon: If anyone in Chicago knows this school or an anti ICE organization affiliated with them I would be happy to donate this art. I only wish I could have fully Sal Buscema-ed that punch :)
February 14, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Cartoon: If anyone in Chicago knows this school or an anti ICE organization affiliated with them I would be happy to donate this art. I only wish I could have fully Sal Buscema-ed that punch :)
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Every successive generation that comes past the boomers the articles will be written on how them struggling not to drown in poverty is their hip new trend to be uber rich.
February 14, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Every successive generation that comes past the boomers the articles will be written on how them struggling not to drown in poverty is their hip new trend to be uber rich.
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Seems as good a time as any to remind everyone that this lets you batch delete everything you've said on a topic
dr.eamer.dev/skymarshal/
dr.eamer.dev/skymarshal/
February 14, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Seems as good a time as any to remind everyone that this lets you batch delete everything you've said on a topic
dr.eamer.dev/skymarshal/
dr.eamer.dev/skymarshal/
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Dear cis people:
I'm not doing this with you
I'm not doing this with you
Governor Newsom proclaims Ronald Reagan Day
Governor Newsom proclaims Ronald Reagan Day | Governor of California
www.gov.ca.gov
February 14, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Dear cis people:
I'm not doing this with you
I'm not doing this with you
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It's true that Cinemasins-style "criticism" has done a lot to erode the actual useful concept of what a plot hole is, but if the ending to your story relies on the protagonist sacrificing themselves when someone who could flip the switch and not die is standing five feet away, sorry, that's on you
Bethesda’s Todd Howard admits the studio was caught off guard by how much players hated the original Fallout 3 ending
“People hated it! They expected, like, ‘Why would the game end?!’ You know, ‘The other games don’t end!’”
“People hated it! They expected, like, ‘Why would the game end?!’ You know, ‘The other games don’t end!’”
February 13, 2026 at 10:55 PM
It's true that Cinemasins-style "criticism" has done a lot to erode the actual useful concept of what a plot hole is, but if the ending to your story relies on the protagonist sacrificing themselves when someone who could flip the switch and not die is standing five feet away, sorry, that's on you
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This is also true for difficult or 'controversial' policy and legislation.
You will lose sometimes. Even often. But you can lose badly - shrink away from ambition, give concessions to the opposition for free, stop trying at all - or you can lose well.
You will lose sometimes. Even often. But you can lose badly - shrink away from ambition, give concessions to the opposition for free, stop trying at all - or you can lose well.
I would just add an analogous lesson in the arena of elections for public office:
It is not losing elections that, in themselves, constitutes failure; it is reproducing the cultural norm of treating those losses as a basis for demoralization, demobilization, and not trying again that's the failure.
It is not losing elections that, in themselves, constitutes failure; it is reproducing the cultural norm of treating those losses as a basis for demoralization, demobilization, and not trying again that's the failure.
We also cannot be afraid to lose union elections. In fact, we cannot be afraid to lose on a larger scale. It is far better to fight and lose than to not fight at all. In fact, the insistence on running union elections only if we will win is contributing to our slow death.
February 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM
This is also true for difficult or 'controversial' policy and legislation.
You will lose sometimes. Even often. But you can lose badly - shrink away from ambition, give concessions to the opposition for free, stop trying at all - or you can lose well.
You will lose sometimes. Even often. But you can lose badly - shrink away from ambition, give concessions to the opposition for free, stop trying at all - or you can lose well.
No fan of Massie (he's the ex-MAGA far right white folks post Trump golden boy and has campaigned on transmisogyny among many other things), but if he is a thorn in Trump's side, then good.
It's obvious they are setting out to kill him and he's pre-empting any PR spins about it being suicide.
It's obvious they are setting out to kill him and he's pre-empting any PR spins about it being suicide.
INBOX: Rep. Thomas Massie, who has enraged Trump for his insistence on blocking tariffs and releasing the Epstein files according to the law, just issued what is widely known among Chinese dissidents as "a declaration of no suicidal intent" (不自殺聲明), a sign of extreme distress.
February 14, 2026 at 12:26 AM
No fan of Massie (he's the ex-MAGA far right white folks post Trump golden boy and has campaigned on transmisogyny among many other things), but if he is a thorn in Trump's side, then good.
It's obvious they are setting out to kill him and he's pre-empting any PR spins about it being suicide.
It's obvious they are setting out to kill him and he's pre-empting any PR spins about it being suicide.
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INBOX: Rep. Thomas Massie, who has enraged Trump for his insistence on blocking tariffs and releasing the Epstein files according to the law, just issued what is widely known among Chinese dissidents as "a declaration of no suicidal intent" (不自殺聲明), a sign of extreme distress.
February 13, 2026 at 11:17 PM
INBOX: Rep. Thomas Massie, who has enraged Trump for his insistence on blocking tariffs and releasing the Epstein files according to the law, just issued what is widely known among Chinese dissidents as "a declaration of no suicidal intent" (不自殺聲明), a sign of extreme distress.
Funny, when drones can launch white phosphorous bombs on brown people the state is all "we need drones, they are our friends, don't get in their way."
However, when they bring power to the people to stop domestic occupation, suddenly it's regulation-o'clock.
However, when they bring power to the people to stop domestic occupation, suddenly it's regulation-o'clock.
I wrote about MAGA’s war against normal American drone users - and how they’re trying to take control of the skies for themselves.
The U.S. Is Launching a Regulatory Assault on Drone Users
New restrictions try to shield ICE from being watched from above.
foreignpolicy.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Funny, when drones can launch white phosphorous bombs on brown people the state is all "we need drones, they are our friends, don't get in their way."
However, when they bring power to the people to stop domestic occupation, suddenly it's regulation-o'clock.
However, when they bring power to the people to stop domestic occupation, suddenly it's regulation-o'clock.
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I wrote about MAGA’s war against normal American drone users - and how they’re trying to take control of the skies for themselves.
The U.S. Is Launching a Regulatory Assault on Drone Users
New restrictions try to shield ICE from being watched from above.
foreignpolicy.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:55 PM
I wrote about MAGA’s war against normal American drone users - and how they’re trying to take control of the skies for themselves.
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I need folks to understand this. The idea that local police forces will intervene at scale against ICE is a utopian fantasy totally disconnected from how policing has always worked
Police departments across the US are quietly leveraging school district security cameras to assist Donald Trump’s mass immigration enforcement campaign, an investigation by @the74.bsky.social reveals.
February 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
I need folks to understand this. The idea that local police forces will intervene at scale against ICE is a utopian fantasy totally disconnected from how policing has always worked