Rowan Driftwood
@rowandriftwood.bsky.social
Fanfic writer, tea drinker, hobby genealogist, professional archaeologist, GenX, Queer (they/þei/xe), Burien (greater Seattle area).
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Later when a guard pushes his wheelchair, he does it while “popping a wheelie” the whole time. Why? So the migrant’s leg irons don’t drag on the ground.
Yes. He can’t walk, but he’s still shackled.
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Yes. He can’t walk, but he’s still shackled.
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December 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Later when a guard pushes his wheelchair, he does it while “popping a wheelie” the whole time. Why? So the migrant’s leg irons don’t drag on the ground.
Yes. He can’t walk, but he’s still shackled.
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Yes. He can’t walk, but he’s still shackled.
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
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ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
@wnsdpod.bsky.social If you cover The Lion in Winter, it will make my entire December. Best Christmas movie for people who need perspective on their own terrible family dynamics.
a man in a hooded robe stands next to a woman in a white dress
ALT: a man in a hooded robe stands next to a woman in a white dress
media.tenor.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
@wnsdpod.bsky.social If you cover The Lion in Winter, it will make my entire December. Best Christmas movie for people who need perspective on their own terrible family dynamics.
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Federal Way Light Rail Extension Opens Stations to Star Lake and 5 Other Fictional Universes: tinyurl.com/bdhyymyk
December 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Federal Way Light Rail Extension Opens Stations to Star Lake and 5 Other Fictional Universes: tinyurl.com/bdhyymyk
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🧵 Oregon's Direct Cash Transfer results
Location: Oregon (across 3 counties)
Participants: 117 homeless youths ages 18-24
Control group: No
Amount: $3,000 + $1,000/mo
Duration: 2 yrs
After 6 months, 63% were in their own homes. At the end of the two years, 91% of participants were stably housed.
Location: Oregon (across 3 counties)
Participants: 117 homeless youths ages 18-24
Control group: No
Amount: $3,000 + $1,000/mo
Duration: 2 yrs
After 6 months, 63% were in their own homes. At the end of the two years, 91% of participants were stably housed.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
Oregon gave homeless youths cash payments with no strings attached. Read how it helped.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
🧵 Oregon's Direct Cash Transfer results
Location: Oregon (across 3 counties)
Participants: 117 homeless youths ages 18-24
Control group: No
Amount: $3,000 + $1,000/mo
Duration: 2 yrs
After 6 months, 63% were in their own homes. At the end of the two years, 91% of participants were stably housed.
Location: Oregon (across 3 counties)
Participants: 117 homeless youths ages 18-24
Control group: No
Amount: $3,000 + $1,000/mo
Duration: 2 yrs
After 6 months, 63% were in their own homes. At the end of the two years, 91% of participants were stably housed.
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This is how they dismantle Medicare without saying they’re dismantling Medicare.
"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This is how they dismantle Medicare without saying they’re dismantling Medicare.
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The tech industry wants to put AI in everything. It also wants the Trump administration to block all AI regulation in the states. Thankfully, it seems there is no appetite to do so in Congress. This EO will have the same legal impact as a wish cast upon a coin. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Trump Promises Executive Order to Block State A.I. Regulations
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The tech industry wants to put AI in everything. It also wants the Trump administration to block all AI regulation in the states. Thankfully, it seems there is no appetite to do so in Congress. This EO will have the same legal impact as a wish cast upon a coin. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
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The death rate among children under 5 is expected to grow this year for the first time in the 21st century, researchers say. A key factor, they say, is cuts to U.S. and other foreign aid
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Child deaths under 5 believed to be rising for first time in decades
Cuts to development aid from several countries is a key factor, researchers said.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The death rate among children under 5 is expected to grow this year for the first time in the 21st century, researchers say. A key factor, they say, is cuts to U.S. and other foreign aid
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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“This is not how a civilized nation should act, just murdering people on the high seas without proof, without trial.”
“Alejandro Was Murdered”: Colombian Fisherman’s Family Files Claim Against U.S. over Boat Strike
The U.S. military said Thursday that it blew up another boat of suspected drug smugglers, this time killing four people in the eastern Pacific. The U.S. has now killed at least 87 people in 22 strikes...
www.democracynow.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
“This is not how a civilized nation should act, just murdering people on the high seas without proof, without trial.”
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🚨 ALERT🚨
ICE operating in South Seattle.
Abductions yesterday, agents spotted today in Othello.
Be on the lookout:
ICE operating in South Seattle.
Abductions yesterday, agents spotted today in Othello.
Be on the lookout:
December 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
🚨 ALERT🚨
ICE operating in South Seattle.
Abductions yesterday, agents spotted today in Othello.
Be on the lookout:
ICE operating in South Seattle.
Abductions yesterday, agents spotted today in Othello.
Be on the lookout:
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In WA this week ICE ran over a man while they had him on the ground.
The family is now haunted by his screams.
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The family is now haunted by his screams.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
In WA this week ICE ran over a man while they had him on the ground.
The family is now haunted by his screams.
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The family is now haunted by his screams.
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ICE is kidnapping parents from outside of their children’s daycare centers.
This is not what going after the “worst of the worst” looks like. Trump is terrorizing families and traumatizing children.
www.seattletimes.com/education-la...
This is not what going after the “worst of the worst” looks like. Trump is terrorizing families and traumatizing children.
www.seattletimes.com/education-la...
Fear persists after mother detained outside of Issaquah preschool, deported
The detention and deportation of an Issaquah mother outside her 4-year-old son's preschool has sent shockwaves through Western Washington's child care sector.
www.seattletimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
ICE is kidnapping parents from outside of their children’s daycare centers.
This is not what going after the “worst of the worst” looks like. Trump is terrorizing families and traumatizing children.
www.seattletimes.com/education-la...
This is not what going after the “worst of the worst” looks like. Trump is terrorizing families and traumatizing children.
www.seattletimes.com/education-la...
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Not including Border Patrol, ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records.
This data is compiled by ICE internally and was obtained by
UC Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project via a lawsuit.
ICE is currently holding 65,000 migrants in detention centers around the country.
This data is compiled by ICE internally and was obtained by
UC Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project via a lawsuit.
ICE is currently holding 65,000 migrants in detention centers around the country.
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows
The figures do not include arrests made by Border Patrol, which has launched aggressive immigration operations in several cities in recent months.
www.nbcnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Not including Border Patrol, ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records.
This data is compiled by ICE internally and was obtained by
UC Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project via a lawsuit.
ICE is currently holding 65,000 migrants in detention centers around the country.
This data is compiled by ICE internally and was obtained by
UC Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project via a lawsuit.
ICE is currently holding 65,000 migrants in detention centers around the country.
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comprehensive databases and the ability to designate anyone or any group as terrorists always leads to the same place and it's happening fast now in America.
FBI classifying transgender people as domestic terrorists, now.
Congratulations to all the people who said this wouldn't happen
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
Congratulations to all the people who said this wouldn't happen
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
FBI Making List of American “Extremists,” Leaked Memo Reveals
Are you on Trump's naughty list?
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
comprehensive databases and the ability to designate anyone or any group as terrorists always leads to the same place and it's happening fast now in America.
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Arriving soon in Seattle King County Airport
ICE trafficking
ICE trafficking
🧊✈️ HEADS UP SEATTLE‼️
⚠️ ICE Air inbound to Boeing Field
Creepy White Avelo Jet
Tail: N801XT – ETA 10:45 👀
⚠️ ICE Air inbound to Boeing Field
Creepy White Avelo Jet
Tail: N801XT – ETA 10:45 👀
December 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Arriving soon in Seattle King County Airport
ICE trafficking
ICE trafficking
What is your favourite movie from before 1970?
The Lion in Winter (1968).
The Lion in Winter (1968).
December 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
What is your favourite movie from before 1970?
The Lion in Winter (1968).
The Lion in Winter (1968).
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My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
December 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
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12 Arrested as Striking Starbucks Workers Hold Sit-In Protest at Empire State Building
12 Arrested as Striking Starbucks Workers Hold Sit-In Protest at Empire State Building
In labor news, a dozen striking Starbucks workers were arrested in New York City Thursday as they blocked the doors to the Empire State Building, where Starbucks has a corporate office. Starbucks work...
www.democracynow.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
12 Arrested as Striking Starbucks Workers Hold Sit-In Protest at Empire State Building
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A 27 year old man in end stage kidney failure was told if he wanted his dialysis he has to sign self deportation papers.
“If you want to leave, sign. If not, you're going to die here."
Withholding of life saving medical treatment should be considered torture.
www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
“If you want to leave, sign. If not, you're going to die here."
Withholding of life saving medical treatment should be considered torture.
www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
Family says critically ill man was pressured into deportation order after 'Charlotte's Web' sweep
Relatives of a 27-year-old Honduran man say he was denied dialysis and pressured into signing a voluntary deportation order after being detained during "Operation Charlotte's Web." ICE denies the alle...
www.wfae.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A 27 year old man in end stage kidney failure was told if he wanted his dialysis he has to sign self deportation papers.
“If you want to leave, sign. If not, you're going to die here."
Withholding of life saving medical treatment should be considered torture.
www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
“If you want to leave, sign. If not, you're going to die here."
Withholding of life saving medical treatment should be considered torture.
www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips
The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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“the USPS must turn a profit” makes me want to set things on fire
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“the USPS must turn a profit” makes me want to set things on fire
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is
nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”
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Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him?
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
December 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him?
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.