Raven Woods
@musingsofaraven.bsky.social
Musician, queer 🏳️🌈, progressive, nerd by day, geek by night, muser of all things. Nerdsbian. she/her. #BLM 🌻
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Spain’s PM: “The time of hiding behind servers is at an end.”
February 5, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Spain’s PM: “The time of hiding behind servers is at an end.”
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Let me explain the math behind why the destruction of the Washington Post isn't about money.
The paper is now losing $100 million a year. Jeff Bezos is worth $253 billion. This means he could self-fund the Washington Post for THE NEXT 2,000 YEARS and still have $53 billion LEFT OVER.
The paper is now losing $100 million a year. Jeff Bezos is worth $253 billion. This means he could self-fund the Washington Post for THE NEXT 2,000 YEARS and still have $53 billion LEFT OVER.
February 5, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Let me explain the math behind why the destruction of the Washington Post isn't about money.
The paper is now losing $100 million a year. Jeff Bezos is worth $253 billion. This means he could self-fund the Washington Post for THE NEXT 2,000 YEARS and still have $53 billion LEFT OVER.
The paper is now losing $100 million a year. Jeff Bezos is worth $253 billion. This means he could self-fund the Washington Post for THE NEXT 2,000 YEARS and still have $53 billion LEFT OVER.
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France’s Foreign Ministry owns Elon Musk in this response:
February 4, 2026 at 10:33 AM
France’s Foreign Ministry owns Elon Musk in this response:
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Defiant beauty of jingle dress dance in Minneapolis. Indigenous resistance also at forefront vs ICE in Portland, OR since last summer (& all the way back to Portland 2018 Occupy Ice.) @cozca.bsky.social & other Indigenous defenders have been arrested by Feds for dancing/ceremonies at Portland ICE.
NEW: Native dancers held a jingle dress healing ceremony at the memorials of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis — prayer, culture, and solidarity. This is a movement! Share so everyone is aware!
February 5, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Defiant beauty of jingle dress dance in Minneapolis. Indigenous resistance also at forefront vs ICE in Portland, OR since last summer (& all the way back to Portland 2018 Occupy Ice.) @cozca.bsky.social & other Indigenous defenders have been arrested by Feds for dancing/ceremonies at Portland ICE.
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Like if executing people point-blank in the street wasn’t evidence enough, DHS is abandoning pets when they abduct their victims. Not to mention pets who don’t get fed when their humans don’t come home. It’s an entire agency of puppy killers and it starts at the top.
February 5, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Like if executing people point-blank in the street wasn’t evidence enough, DHS is abandoning pets when they abduct their victims. Not to mention pets who don’t get fed when their humans don’t come home. It’s an entire agency of puppy killers and it starts at the top.
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JUSTIFIED “FUCK ICE” CHANTS #AEWDynamite
February 5, 2026 at 3:04 AM
JUSTIFIED “FUCK ICE” CHANTS #AEWDynamite
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
February 4, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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Barry Loudermilk retiring in an R+12 district should absolutely freak the hell out of Mike Johnson and House Republicans. He’s only 62—and if he’s worried about re-election, a reckoning is coming this November.
February 4, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Barry Loudermilk retiring in an R+12 district should absolutely freak the hell out of Mike Johnson and House Republicans. He’s only 62—and if he’s worried about re-election, a reckoning is coming this November.
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"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
Homeless Oregon youth got $1,000 a month for two years. Most found housing after • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon is the second of its kind in the nation to implement the direct cash transfer program after New York City.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
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I've told this story on ContrabandCamp but it's worth sharing for BHM because it's one of the greatest stories ever.
A thread.
A thread.
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 AM
I've told this story on ContrabandCamp but it's worth sharing for BHM because it's one of the greatest stories ever.
A thread.
A thread.
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Jeff Bezos took over the Washington Post Editorial Board and turned it into a mouthpiece for pro-corporate, pro-billionaire propaganda.
Now, WaPo is laying off hundreds of *real* journalists — including the reporter covering Amazon.
Democracy dies in billionaire hands.
Now, WaPo is laying off hundreds of *real* journalists — including the reporter covering Amazon.
Democracy dies in billionaire hands.
February 4, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Jeff Bezos took over the Washington Post Editorial Board and turned it into a mouthpiece for pro-corporate, pro-billionaire propaganda.
Now, WaPo is laying off hundreds of *real* journalists — including the reporter covering Amazon.
Democracy dies in billionaire hands.
Now, WaPo is laying off hundreds of *real* journalists — including the reporter covering Amazon.
Democracy dies in billionaire hands.
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I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.
“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.
www.mprnews.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.
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“It was awesome. I was able to do the raid without leaving my home and ship my family off to an immigrant detention center all before 9 a.m.” said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Mark Hammond
ICE Agent Scores Easy Win By Deporting Own Family
CHICAGO—Saying he couldn’t remember the last time an immigration raid had been so convenient, fast, or fun, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Mark Hammond reportedly scored an easy win Monday ...
theonion.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:30 AM
“It was awesome. I was able to do the raid without leaving my home and ship my family off to an immigrant detention center all before 9 a.m.” said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Mark Hammond
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Oh! This is one of those times I get to remind everyone who knows what this is, *especially* those of us who can quote the bit, to schedule your colonoscopy and get your shingles shot, if you haven't already.
February 3, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Oh! This is one of those times I get to remind everyone who knows what this is, *especially* those of us who can quote the bit, to schedule your colonoscopy and get your shingles shot, if you haven't already.
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IKEA monkey keeps leaping into my brain for no reason I can easily locate. In an effort to exorcise this unwelcome visitor, I am now putting the IKEA monkey into your brain.
February 3, 2026 at 7:09 PM
IKEA monkey keeps leaping into my brain for no reason I can easily locate. In an effort to exorcise this unwelcome visitor, I am now putting the IKEA monkey into your brain.
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Turns Out They Didn’t Really Want You To Bring Your Whole Self To Work
For years, we watched Silicon Valley executives perform elaborate corporate theater about "values" and "belonging" and "bringing your whole self to work." If you were skeptical that any of that was real, well, congrats. Aaron…
For years, we watched Silicon Valley executives perform elaborate corporate theater about "values" and "belonging" and "bringing your whole self to work." If you were skeptical that any of that was real, well, congrats. Aaron…
Turns Out They Didn’t Really Want You To Bring Your Whole Self To Work
For years, we watched Silicon Valley executives perform elaborate corporate theater about "values" and "belonging" and "bringing your whole self to work." If you were skeptical that any of that was real, well, congrats. Aaron Zamost, a longtime tech communications exec, has a piece in the NY Times that should be required reading for anyone trying to understand the tech industry's sudden, conspicuous rightward lurch.
www.techdirt.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Turns Out They Didn’t Really Want You To Bring Your Whole Self To Work
For years, we watched Silicon Valley executives perform elaborate corporate theater about "values" and "belonging" and "bringing your whole self to work." If you were skeptical that any of that was real, well, congrats. Aaron…
For years, we watched Silicon Valley executives perform elaborate corporate theater about "values" and "belonging" and "bringing your whole self to work." If you were skeptical that any of that was real, well, congrats. Aaron…
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Republicans not understanding the nature of linear time would explain a lot tbh
Mike Johnson on Trump calling for Rs to "nationalize" elections: "We had 3 Republicans who were ahead on election day in last cycle & every time a new tranche of ballots came in they just magically whittled away until their leads were lost. It looks on its face to be fraudulent. Can I prove it? No"
February 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Republicans not understanding the nature of linear time would explain a lot tbh
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Watching your government ramp up a gulag is not allowed.
If you are in the world and you are at risk of witnessing the disappearane of your neighbors, just remember, they'll all be fine in the end. Work means freedom, eventually.
If you are in the world and you are at risk of witnessing the disappearane of your neighbors, just remember, they'll all be fine in the end. Work means freedom, eventually.
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Watching your government ramp up a gulag is not allowed.
If you are in the world and you are at risk of witnessing the disappearane of your neighbors, just remember, they'll all be fine in the end. Work means freedom, eventually.
If you are in the world and you are at risk of witnessing the disappearane of your neighbors, just remember, they'll all be fine in the end. Work means freedom, eventually.
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New Data For Progress poll: Voters support removing Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem, and think Dems should refuse funding for DHS unless multiple reforms for ICE are put in place (including requiring ICE to focus on deporting convicted criminals — at +48) substack.com/profile/4791...
February 3, 2026 at 9:47 PM
New Data For Progress poll: Voters support removing Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem, and think Dems should refuse funding for DHS unless multiple reforms for ICE are put in place (including requiring ICE to focus on deporting convicted criminals — at +48) substack.com/profile/4791...
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Can comfirm from MN, as can anyone who lives here, that not a THING has changed except little Bovino isnt peacocking around the streets anymore. And there hasn’t been a third high-profile murder of a white person yet.
But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...
But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...
ICE hasn't stopped brutalizing people or shredding the Constitution, it's just that corporate media turned the camera as the call for action got too loud and the Democrats stepped in and made sure the issue got changed.
If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
If you sit for a second, you'll recognize that's what happened with BLM, too.
February 3, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Can comfirm from MN, as can anyone who lives here, that not a THING has changed except little Bovino isnt peacocking around the streets anymore. And there hasn’t been a third high-profile murder of a white person yet.
But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...
But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...
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According to FOX 9, a Minneapolis federal judge demanded to know why DOJ is missing deadlines & AUSA Julie Le said, "The system sucks, this job sucks" & asked to be held in contempt so she could sleep.
PACER shows she got assigned to defend the govt in 88+ cases since Operation Metro Surge started.
PACER shows she got assigned to defend the govt in 88+ cases since Operation Metro Surge started.
February 3, 2026 at 9:27 PM
According to FOX 9, a Minneapolis federal judge demanded to know why DOJ is missing deadlines & AUSA Julie Le said, "The system sucks, this job sucks" & asked to be held in contempt so she could sleep.
PACER shows she got assigned to defend the govt in 88+ cases since Operation Metro Surge started.
PACER shows she got assigned to defend the govt in 88+ cases since Operation Metro Surge started.
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I have confirmed the gist of this report out of federal court in Minnesota today from a source familiar.
If you have more information about the District of Minnesota—either the court or the U.S. Attorney's Office—and how they are handling all of this, please reach out. I am at crg.32 on Signal.
If you have more information about the District of Minnesota—either the court or the U.S. Attorney's Office—and how they are handling all of this, please reach out. I am at crg.32 on Signal.
February 3, 2026 at 9:38 PM
I have confirmed the gist of this report out of federal court in Minnesota today from a source familiar.
If you have more information about the District of Minnesota—either the court or the U.S. Attorney's Office—and how they are handling all of this, please reach out. I am at crg.32 on Signal.
If you have more information about the District of Minnesota—either the court or the U.S. Attorney's Office—and how they are handling all of this, please reach out. I am at crg.32 on Signal.
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hey remember when I got shit on for years for trying to warn people that GamerGate was just Nazis and not just about harassing women and not just about some “consumer revolt”
The Epstein files reveal what powerful people see in video games: profit, coercion, and control
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February 3, 2026 at 9:47 PM
hey remember when I got shit on for years for trying to warn people that GamerGate was just Nazis and not just about harassing women and not just about some “consumer revolt”
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Personally pushing out another 1500 via driving around like antifascist santa later thanks to your donations!
Consider empowering our merry band of artificers if you similarly want ICE to be unable to go anywhere without the whole damn neighborhood knowing: linktr.ee/WhistleWishl...
Consider empowering our merry band of artificers if you similarly want ICE to be unable to go anywhere without the whole damn neighborhood knowing: linktr.ee/WhistleWishl...
February 3, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Personally pushing out another 1500 via driving around like antifascist santa later thanks to your donations!
Consider empowering our merry band of artificers if you similarly want ICE to be unable to go anywhere without the whole damn neighborhood knowing: linktr.ee/WhistleWishl...
Consider empowering our merry band of artificers if you similarly want ICE to be unable to go anywhere without the whole damn neighborhood knowing: linktr.ee/WhistleWishl...
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DHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
After Border Patrol shot two people in Portland, DHS claimed they were "vicious gang members" tied to a past shooting.
But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’
Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:02 AM
DHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.