Partial Robot
@partialrobot.bsky.social
Social scientist; Cancer-haver; Baltimore- enjoyer; Special education and disability; Ambivalent about the discourse
It rarely ices this bad, it’s true. But Nashville pretty frequently loses power in summer, spring, and fall storms, too.
I don’t know why the city doesn’t have more buried power lines, but I’d bet it has something to do with how much the state government hates the cities of Tennessee.
I don’t know why the city doesn’t have more buried power lines, but I’d bet it has something to do with how much the state government hates the cities of Tennessee.
NASHVILLE: “Some could be without power until next week.”
Asked if NES was “prepared” to handle this, mayor O’connell says “It’s very very difficult to be fully prepared for things that are unprecedented”
He says the city hasn’t seen ice like this in decades
Asked if NES was “prepared” to handle this, mayor O’connell says “It’s very very difficult to be fully prepared for things that are unprecedented”
He says the city hasn’t seen ice like this in decades
January 30, 2026 at 5:18 AM
It rarely ices this bad, it’s true. But Nashville pretty frequently loses power in summer, spring, and fall storms, too.
I don’t know why the city doesn’t have more buried power lines, but I’d bet it has something to do with how much the state government hates the cities of Tennessee.
I don’t know why the city doesn’t have more buried power lines, but I’d bet it has something to do with how much the state government hates the cities of Tennessee.
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One reason you can't just tinker with ICE/CBP is the whole thing is facially illegitimate. The intent is rotten. It's run by a white supremacist maniac and will continue producing white supremacist maniac results
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 AM
One reason you can't just tinker with ICE/CBP is the whole thing is facially illegitimate. The intent is rotten. It's run by a white supremacist maniac and will continue producing white supremacist maniac results
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"You can beat the charge but not the ride" is the fundamental premise of so much of what the Trump administration does. And, our system is ill-equipped to stop it.
DHS has a whole citizen detainment system set up in Minnesota. They snatch citizens off the street (often with proof they are citizens), detain them for a few hours, steal their phones, then release them into the cold.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
It ain’t about deporting citizens; it’s about terrorizing a whole population.
‘Abolish ICE’ has become an increasingly popular position and people are being shot in the streets over it why the fuck would you dillweeds roll over like this. Especially given that citizenship is much more friable than people think it is this is not as protective as dems want it to look.
January 30, 2026 at 2:09 AM
"You can beat the charge but not the ride" is the fundamental premise of so much of what the Trump administration does. And, our system is ill-equipped to stop it.
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An ICE agent covered head-to-toe in body cams, just thousands of tiny cameras, beating the shit out of an old woman. That's the bipartisan dream
January 29, 2026 at 12:01 AM
An ICE agent covered head-to-toe in body cams, just thousands of tiny cameras, beating the shit out of an old woman. That's the bipartisan dream
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Trusted friends in Minneapolis tell me that this fund is supporting many people but does not have enough money. If you can give, please do: chuffed.org/project/1671...
EMERGENCY RENT FUND: Support Workers in Minnesota
Rent is due FEBRUARY 1st. Support our Emergency Rent Fund for Minnesotan workers and families facing eviction due to ICE Raids. We are calling for a rent moratorium, but regardless of if that happens ...
chuffed.org
January 27, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Trusted friends in Minneapolis tell me that this fund is supporting many people but does not have enough money. If you can give, please do: chuffed.org/project/1671...
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An entire community of thousands, here legally, having been demonized with deranged lies about eating pets, is about to be arbitrarily DECLARED illegal so they can be forcibly ethnically cleansed. I don’t want to hear one more fucking word about comparisons to Nazi Germany being overwrought.
January 29, 2026 at 3:20 AM
An entire community of thousands, here legally, having been demonized with deranged lies about eating pets, is about to be arbitrarily DECLARED illegal so they can be forcibly ethnically cleansed. I don’t want to hear one more fucking word about comparisons to Nazi Germany being overwrought.
One thing you can see clearly in the video before Pretti’s murder is the agents repeated attempts to pepper spray his face at close range. I have seen so much footage of ICE/CBP using “non lethal” violence to punish observers for being there, which is outrageous even when it doesn’t lead to death.
This seems quaint but routine use of “non lethal” weapons against people peacefully exercising their first amendment rights is also a complete outrage and extreme violation of our liberties.
January 26, 2026 at 4:54 PM
One thing you can see clearly in the video before Pretti’s murder is the agents repeated attempts to pepper spray his face at close range. I have seen so much footage of ICE/CBP using “non lethal” violence to punish observers for being there, which is outrageous even when it doesn’t lead to death.
Such cowards that they can’t even imagine bravery
January 26, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Such cowards that they can’t even imagine bravery
Just donated to this group who meets people as they are released from ICE detention in Minnesota. Folks are simply dumped out the doors in whatever they were wearing when they went in, no phone, no nothing! This group gives them warm clothes, a phone, a ride etc.
www.gofundme.com/f/safe-haven...
www.gofundme.com/f/safe-haven...
Donate to Safe Haven MN, organized by Natalie Ehret
Safe Haven was created to help individuals released from ICE detention centers who are often discharged wi… Natalie Ehret needs your support for Safe Haven MN
www.gofundme.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Just donated to this group who meets people as they are released from ICE detention in Minnesota. Folks are simply dumped out the doors in whatever they were wearing when they went in, no phone, no nothing! This group gives them warm clothes, a phone, a ride etc.
www.gofundme.com/f/safe-haven...
www.gofundme.com/f/safe-haven...
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People at taken to Whipple are released into the cold in whatever they were wearing without their phones and IDs. Volunteers meet them at release (or find them left in parks and the woods) get them a burner, warm clothes, food, a ride home, etc
(GFM in next post)
www.instagram.com/reel/DTzJde9...
(GFM in next post)
www.instagram.com/reel/DTzJde9...
January 26, 2026 at 1:39 AM
People at taken to Whipple are released into the cold in whatever they were wearing without their phones and IDs. Volunteers meet them at release (or find them left in parks and the woods) get them a burner, warm clothes, food, a ride home, etc
(GFM in next post)
www.instagram.com/reel/DTzJde9...
(GFM in next post)
www.instagram.com/reel/DTzJde9...
Maybe when all those 2A guys were saying “come and take it” that was short for “come and take it from me while six federal agents hold me down on the pavement and pistol whip me, and then shoot me in the face for having carried it in the first place”
January 25, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Maybe when all those 2A guys were saying “come and take it” that was short for “come and take it from me while six federal agents hold me down on the pavement and pistol whip me, and then shoot me in the face for having carried it in the first place”
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All the anti-war and anti-occupation protestors were right. All the far leftists were right. All the “woke scolds” and your friend who’s “too woke” were right. They were somehow even more right than they may have realized at the time. But really, it was always obvious they were right.
January 25, 2026 at 4:59 PM
All the anti-war and anti-occupation protestors were right. All the far leftists were right. All the “woke scolds” and your friend who’s “too woke” were right. They were somehow even more right than they may have realized at the time. But really, it was always obvious they were right.
Just FWIW, it was never possible for Trump to deport the number of people he campaigned on deporting without the kind of reckless mass action targeting documented and undocumented people alike that ICE is currently engaged it.
I never saw a single story explaining that to people.
I never saw a single story explaining that to people.
January 25, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Just FWIW, it was never possible for Trump to deport the number of people he campaigned on deporting without the kind of reckless mass action targeting documented and undocumented people alike that ICE is currently engaged it.
I never saw a single story explaining that to people.
I never saw a single story explaining that to people.
I keep scrolling like I’m gonna find answers in the feed
January 24, 2026 at 11:10 PM
I keep scrolling like I’m gonna find answers in the feed
An agency that found it acceptable to spray pepper spray in the faces of people who were already cuffed on the ground was always going to escalate to shooting people who they already subdued.
ICE is rotten root and branch, incompatible with a free society, revolting to all free people.
ICE is rotten root and branch, incompatible with a free society, revolting to all free people.
January 24, 2026 at 10:53 PM
An agency that found it acceptable to spray pepper spray in the faces of people who were already cuffed on the ground was always going to escalate to shooting people who they already subdued.
ICE is rotten root and branch, incompatible with a free society, revolting to all free people.
ICE is rotten root and branch, incompatible with a free society, revolting to all free people.
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It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you free to abandon it
It can be a hard pill to swallow but you have to accept that while you will prevail in this struggle, you may not be there to witness it.
January 24, 2026 at 10:11 PM
It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you free to abandon it
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It is genuinely insane to watch capital decide that allowing this shit to go on is better for them than having to allow the FTC to do mild monopoly investigations and require cancellation buttons on websites.
January 24, 2026 at 5:18 PM
It is genuinely insane to watch capital decide that allowing this shit to go on is better for them than having to allow the FTC to do mild monopoly investigations and require cancellation buttons on websites.
In 2014, I made close friends with someone from Ferguson. I remember talking with her about the sheer surreality of seeing tanks rolling through your home town, with people dressed for war.
12 years later and I’ve lost count of American places I’ve seen cosplay soldiers marching through.
12 years later and I’ve lost count of American places I’ve seen cosplay soldiers marching through.
January 24, 2026 at 6:21 PM
In 2014, I made close friends with someone from Ferguson. I remember talking with her about the sheer surreality of seeing tanks rolling through your home town, with people dressed for war.
12 years later and I’ve lost count of American places I’ve seen cosplay soldiers marching through.
12 years later and I’ve lost count of American places I’ve seen cosplay soldiers marching through.
Petition to replace “you betcha” with “Fuck ICE” for the spoken signifier of Minnesotanness
"Oh my gosh, it was so nice to see you! Have a lovely day, fuck ICE!"
"Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!'
- two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest
"Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!'
- two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest
January 24, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Petition to replace “you betcha” with “Fuck ICE” for the spoken signifier of Minnesotanness
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kirk’s death became a pure media incident in a way that would probably scandalize even Baudrillard
Kash Patel's behavior after the Kirk assassination was exactly what it looked like at the time. (From www.nytimes.com/interactive/...)
January 23, 2026 at 1:55 PM
kirk’s death became a pure media incident in a way that would probably scandalize even Baudrillard
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Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."
January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Wise words from WEB DuBois to gird us today: "It would be shame and cowardice to surrender this glorious land and its opportunities for civilization and humanity to the thugs and lynchers, the mobs and profiteers, the monopolists & gamblers who today choke its soul and steal its resources."
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Thinking about how republicans were going to the border nonstop in 2024 even though fucking nothing noteworthy was going on and doing interviews and press conferences with their asshole supporters down there and screaming "SHE'S NEVER BEEN TO THE BORDER" and made it a national crisis
January 23, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Thinking about how republicans were going to the border nonstop in 2024 even though fucking nothing noteworthy was going on and doing interviews and press conferences with their asshole supporters down there and screaming "SHE'S NEVER BEEN TO THE BORDER" and made it a national crisis
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Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
My brother cites this picture to explain why he owns guns and I don’t think he’s alone.
January 22, 2026 at 8:43 PM
My brother cites this picture to explain why he owns guns and I don’t think he’s alone.
I have to stop and watch this whenever it comes up and I am never sorry. Takes my breath away every time.
Just remembered this exists and had to listen to it and then had to share it.
BLACK THOUGHT FREESTYLES ON FLEX | #FREESTYLE087
YouTube video by HOT 97
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January 22, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I have to stop and watch this whenever it comes up and I am never sorry. Takes my breath away every time.