Katherine Alejandra Cross
@quinnae.com
Sociologist, Mistress of Information Systems || Techy TransLatina Ph.D Candidate @UW iSchool || The Saturday Paper VG Columnist || Contributing Editor Liberal Currents ||📍Seattle || 🏳️⚧️ || Author of LOG OFF; order here! https://www.littlepuss.net/shop
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I see there’s been some kind of Bluesky debate over Being Visible at the Protest or whatever, but idk, I just saw hundreds of people having an absolute blast unmasked at my local protest so I’m getting the sense this is mostly an Internet Controversy and not a real one
There were in the ballpark of 800 to 900 people at the protest in San Juan Capistrano today, which is a town of about 35,500 people - really amazing turnout.
and demographically it was *everyone* - kids, teens, adults, old people.
and demographically it was *everyone* - kids, teens, adults, old people.
January 31, 2026 at 1:40 AM
I see there’s been some kind of Bluesky debate over Being Visible at the Protest or whatever, but idk, I just saw hundreds of people having an absolute blast unmasked at my local protest so I’m getting the sense this is mostly an Internet Controversy and not a real one
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okay to time give credit to Senate Democrats because they actuallly did something here, at least rhetorically
Very important vote. It makes repealing ICE surge funding the mainstream position in the party, with bipartisan support.
👀 Every Senate Democrat + Collins and Murkowski just voted for the Bernie Sanders amendment to repeal the $75 billion in additional ICE funding under Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” The measure failed 49-51.
January 30, 2026 at 11:28 PM
okay to time give credit to Senate Democrats because they actuallly did something here, at least rhetorically
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Elect more Democrats & keep electing them. It's the only good voting advice left
👀 Every Senate Democrat + Collins and Murkowski just voted for the Bernie Sanders amendment to repeal the $75 billion in additional ICE funding under Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” The measure failed 49-51.
January 30, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Elect more Democrats & keep electing them. It's the only good voting advice left
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STEPHEN MILLER: so you've gone through all of these files and made sure there's nothing incriminatory about Trump or his friends and associates, right
KASH PATEL: *standing in line at berghain dressed like the Ikea monkey* oh yeah definitely
KASH PATEL: *standing in line at berghain dressed like the Ikea monkey* oh yeah definitely
January 30, 2026 at 10:40 PM
STEPHEN MILLER: so you've gone through all of these files and made sure there's nothing incriminatory about Trump or his friends and associates, right
KASH PATEL: *standing in line at berghain dressed like the Ikea monkey* oh yeah definitely
KASH PATEL: *standing in line at berghain dressed like the Ikea monkey* oh yeah definitely
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None of these people appear to understand how any of this works. The point of filming ICE and publicizing their brutality is *to radicalize the public against that brutality and eventually put a stop to the violence,* not to bear silent witness to that violence as a kind of personal penance.
January 30, 2026 at 7:21 PM
None of these people appear to understand how any of this works. The point of filming ICE and publicizing their brutality is *to radicalize the public against that brutality and eventually put a stop to the violence,* not to bear silent witness to that violence as a kind of personal penance.
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I just cannot imagine anyone thinking about Joe Biden this much.
The national press desperately misses having Biden around to beat up, so they are vowing to make the 2028 Dem primary all about Biden ... and having the gall to pretend that it's *voters* who want this.
January 30, 2026 at 9:53 PM
I just cannot imagine anyone thinking about Joe Biden this much.
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Many of you have truly impressive, Cal Ripken-like streaks of never clicking through a link
January 30, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Many of you have truly impressive, Cal Ripken-like streaks of never clicking through a link
Exactly so. Remember to read theory, folks:
January 30, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Exactly so. Remember to read theory, folks:
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Fox News poll: The Democratic Party is favored by voters on transgender issues by 22 points
Fox News Poll: An early look at the 2026 midterms
Fox News poll shows Democrats leading Republicans 52% to 46% in generic congressional ballot for midterm elections, highest Democratic support recorded.
www.foxnews.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Fox News poll: The Democratic Party is favored by voters on transgender issues by 22 points
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The account in the screenshot is very evidently a wrecker
January 30, 2026 at 3:44 AM
The account in the screenshot is very evidently a wrecker
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Obviously give me Bluesky over the Nazi CSAM website every day etc but a very real drawback of its very small size is that a relatively tiny number of anti-Dem wreckers and accelerationist morons end up commanding disproportionate attention and there’s no easy solution
January 30, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Obviously give me Bluesky over the Nazi CSAM website every day etc but a very real drawback of its very small size is that a relatively tiny number of anti-Dem wreckers and accelerationist morons end up commanding disproportionate attention and there’s no easy solution
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I cant believe the illiteracy site didnt read an article and instead just used a clickbaity headline as an excuse to lay into one of their favorite targets for invective
no fan of jeffries, but holy shit is this article misleading. in the press briefing he calls for "a prohibition that DHS cannot *detain* or deport American citizens", and his focus throughout the briefing is on the detainment part
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
January 30, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I cant believe the illiteracy site didnt read an article and instead just used a clickbaity headline as an excuse to lay into one of their favorite targets for invective
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Pretty sure it's the provinces and their constant invocation of the Notwithstanding Clause that is gutting the Charter and not the other way around.
January 30, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Pretty sure it's the provinces and their constant invocation of the Notwithstanding Clause that is gutting the Charter and not the other way around.
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Security theater undermining activism is a real thing that happens all the time. People need to sit down and actually learn how to think through threat models.
January 29, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Security theater undermining activism is a real thing that happens all the time. People need to sit down and actually learn how to think through threat models.
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you want your message getting out there. you want your personal acts of resistance to become national symbols. that is, in fact, the only way we're going to win this.
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 AM
you want your message getting out there. you want your personal acts of resistance to become national symbols. that is, in fact, the only way we're going to win this.
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a lot of people are skeptical of media, skeptical of journalists. they're right to be! the media is ass a lot!
but also complaining about the weather won't make it stop raining. the media is a problem to be solved, not wished away. cultivating good relations with the right journalists? yes.
but also complaining about the weather won't make it stop raining. the media is a problem to be solved, not wished away. cultivating good relations with the right journalists? yes.
January 30, 2026 at 2:57 AM
a lot of people are skeptical of media, skeptical of journalists. they're right to be! the media is ass a lot!
but also complaining about the weather won't make it stop raining. the media is a problem to be solved, not wished away. cultivating good relations with the right journalists? yes.
but also complaining about the weather won't make it stop raining. the media is a problem to be solved, not wished away. cultivating good relations with the right journalists? yes.
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the FAA has not pulled certifications for anything and approximately 12 seconds after they attempt it they would be sued because the while the FAA has broad statutory authority for emergency grounding, they actually cannot do so "because pedophile grandpa is mad at Canada"
January 30, 2026 at 1:04 AM
the FAA has not pulled certifications for anything and approximately 12 seconds after they attempt it they would be sued because the while the FAA has broad statutory authority for emergency grounding, they actually cannot do so "because pedophile grandpa is mad at Canada"
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Tonight I watched Prime Minister Mark Carney take the actual Heated Rivalry Canada fleece from Hudson Williams, slip it on and say: “This is true soft power.”
January 30, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Tonight I watched Prime Minister Mark Carney take the actual Heated Rivalry Canada fleece from Hudson Williams, slip it on and say: “This is true soft power.”
Embraer right now:
January 30, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Embraer right now:
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Conservatives in 2018: Dumb libs think words are violence
Conservatives in 2026: Loud noises ARE LITERALLY VIOLENCE OMGGGGG
bsky.app/profile/jody...
Conservatives in 2026: Loud noises ARE LITERALLY VIOLENCE OMGGGGG
bsky.app/profile/jody...
Like, sure, bring on the protest songs by famous singers. But it's the people's "music" that's really spooking these MAGA ghouls. This machine (a whistle lol) kills fascists.
MAGA influencers want anti-ICE protester whistles to be ‘considered a violent weapon’
‘High IQ people don’t respond well to shrill noises,’ Mike Cernovich tweeted before taking aim at the ‘hearing loss causing machines that terrorists use against ICE.’
www.independent.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Conservatives in 2018: Dumb libs think words are violence
Conservatives in 2026: Loud noises ARE LITERALLY VIOLENCE OMGGGGG
bsky.app/profile/jody...
Conservatives in 2026: Loud noises ARE LITERALLY VIOLENCE OMGGGGG
bsky.app/profile/jody...
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9-9-6 was a Chinese term invented mostly to show how depressing and lifeless work culture was; watching softbrained AI guys adopt it as an ideal is ... well, entirely predictable
January 29, 2026 at 8:39 AM
9-9-6 was a Chinese term invented mostly to show how depressing and lifeless work culture was; watching softbrained AI guys adopt it as an ideal is ... well, entirely predictable
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Here's @charles01.bsky.social's summary in the @liberalcurrents.com Discord, which I found nice and succinct:
January 29, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Here's @charles01.bsky.social's summary in the @liberalcurrents.com Discord, which I found nice and succinct:
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There are a bunch of protests on Saturday in smallish Florida towns in parts of the state where you really wouldn't have expected protests in past decades.
For all that parts of this site dumped on No Kings, it seems to have helped build something that's now capable of operating independently.
For all that parts of this site dumped on No Kings, it seems to have helped build something that's now capable of operating independently.
January 29, 2026 at 6:51 AM
There are a bunch of protests on Saturday in smallish Florida towns in parts of the state where you really wouldn't have expected protests in past decades.
For all that parts of this site dumped on No Kings, it seems to have helped build something that's now capable of operating independently.
For all that parts of this site dumped on No Kings, it seems to have helped build something that's now capable of operating independently.
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Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww
January 29, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree