TBQ of the Mystic Krewe of Snarkus
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I blog about pop culture, living with disability, and more. She/her. (aka The Brat Queen aka TBQ, accept no substitutes)
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This crew of comrades offer some of the best training and they are generously offering another on Monday. It is a virtual session and they have asked this to be shared in particular with MN folks if you want to join. Open to others too.
January 17, 2026 at 12:46 PM
This crew of comrades offer some of the best training and they are generously offering another on Monday. It is a virtual session and they have asked this to be shared in particular with MN folks if you want to join. Open to others too.
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Met Museum staff at the vote tally for their NLRB union election. Workers voted by a 76% margin to unionize with Local 2110. The 900-person unit is composed of staff across fifty different departments of the Museum, including curators, conservators, librarian retail sales staff, and more.
January 17, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Met Museum staff at the vote tally for their NLRB union election. Workers voted by a 76% margin to unionize with Local 2110. The 900-person unit is composed of staff across fifty different departments of the Museum, including curators, conservators, librarian retail sales staff, and more.
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Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking?
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
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January 17, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking?
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
1/
Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me.
1/
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I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
January 17, 2026 at 9:42 AM
I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.
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It's less 'pulling the ladder up after you' than 'setting the ladder on fire' when you somehow think this shit is quirky or cool or funny and refuse to engage with the fact that it is obliterating the arts, including those you claim to love. Bechdel could have chosen to simply...not. Do. This.
Sorry to the bearer etc etc. I'm not happy about it either. Source: Vermont Conversation: Cartoonist Alison Bechdel on hope, humor, and 'waking up' in dark times - VTDigger
vtdigger.org/2026/01/14/v...
vtdigger.org/2026/01/14/v...
January 17, 2026 at 4:04 AM
It's less 'pulling the ladder up after you' than 'setting the ladder on fire' when you somehow think this shit is quirky or cool or funny and refuse to engage with the fact that it is obliterating the arts, including those you claim to love. Bechdel could have chosen to simply...not. Do. This.
On the one hand I appreciate how we've come so far that people don't realize it was deliberate for the crew of the Enterprise to feature someone Russian, someone Japanese, and a Black woman in 1966. But it was and I want to scream into a pillow when people don't understand that.
Gene Roddenberry designed Star Trek to depict a future in which racial and gender equality were the norm. Not only did he give his ship had a diverse crew, but he fought for the alien character, Spock, as a constant reminder of the variety of life and of the diversity of thought.
January 17, 2026 at 7:43 AM
On the one hand I appreciate how we've come so far that people don't realize it was deliberate for the crew of the Enterprise to feature someone Russian, someone Japanese, and a Black woman in 1966. But it was and I want to scream into a pillow when people don't understand that.
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Me: no one should follow that ICE account!
<hand to earpiece>
Correction: no one *except Will Stancil* should follow that ICE account!
<hand to earpiece>
Correction: no one *except Will Stancil* should follow that ICE account!
January 17, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Me: no one should follow that ICE account!
<hand to earpiece>
Correction: no one *except Will Stancil* should follow that ICE account!
<hand to earpiece>
Correction: no one *except Will Stancil* should follow that ICE account!
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST. I mean I'm not surprised, I'm just marveling at how they're not even remotely trying to hide it. And why would they? They can get away with it.
January 17, 2026 at 2:10 AM
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST. I mean I'm not surprised, I'm just marveling at how they're not even remotely trying to hide it. And why would they? They can get away with it.
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My democratic rep told me ICE keeps hurting his constituents so I asked how many constituents he has and he said he just goes to actblue and asks for more donations to do nothing so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding his constituents to murderers and then my phone lit up asking for a donation
January 16, 2026 at 9:07 PM
My democratic rep told me ICE keeps hurting his constituents so I asked how many constituents he has and he said he just goes to actblue and asks for more donations to do nothing so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding his constituents to murderers and then my phone lit up asking for a donation
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Block instantly.
✅ @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
January 17, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Block instantly.
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This. It's OK if your writing doesn't save lives. It's OK if your writing only saves you.
If you're a writer, wondering why you should bother writing with the world on fire. It feels like it's not important, I need you to understand that it is.
Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.
Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.
January 16, 2026 at 6:51 PM
This. It's OK if your writing doesn't save lives. It's OK if your writing only saves you.
Not beating the allegations that AI is for people who are too dim and/or lazy to do anything themselves. "Don't know what you like to eat? Can't count to 5? Let us do it for you!"
(Insert your own joke here about the Venn diagram of people who aren't the brightest and people who eat Papa John's)
(Insert your own joke here about the Venn diagram of people who aren't the brightest and people who eat Papa John's)
January 16, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Not beating the allegations that AI is for people who are too dim and/or lazy to do anything themselves. "Don't know what you like to eat? Can't count to 5? Let us do it for you!"
(Insert your own joke here about the Venn diagram of people who aren't the brightest and people who eat Papa John's)
(Insert your own joke here about the Venn diagram of people who aren't the brightest and people who eat Papa John's)
It's something to realize that whistles are going to be the symbol of 2026 in the way masks were for 2020.
January 16, 2026 at 9:45 PM
It's something to realize that whistles are going to be the symbol of 2026 in the way masks were for 2020.
On top of that ICE is *already* required to wear body cams. It's just that oopsie the Trump administration can't find the money to buy them for some mysterious reason. www.ice.gov/news/release...
January 16, 2026 at 9:35 PM
On top of that ICE is *already* required to wear body cams. It's just that oopsie the Trump administration can't find the money to buy them for some mysterious reason. www.ice.gov/news/release...
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Newsom fawning is gonna age like “Cuomosexual.”
January 16, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Newsom fawning is gonna age like “Cuomosexual.”
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In a press call with a member of Keith Porter Jr’s family, she told me that there is only one verified GoFundMe raising funds, and it was created by Keith’s mother below
I’m told there are “complicated family dynamics.” But I wanted to clear this up
I’m told there are “complicated family dynamics.” But I wanted to clear this up
Donate to Support for Keith Porter Jr. Daughters Future ❤️, organized by Franceola Armstrong
On New Year’s Eve, my life was forever changed when my son was ta… Franceola Armstrong needs your support for Support for Keith Porter Jr. Daughters Future ❤️
www.gofundme.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:16 PM
In a press call with a member of Keith Porter Jr’s family, she told me that there is only one verified GoFundMe raising funds, and it was created by Keith’s mother below
I’m told there are “complicated family dynamics.” But I wanted to clear this up
I’m told there are “complicated family dynamics.” But I wanted to clear this up
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Target is headquartered in Minneapolis, so it seems significant to me that a Minneapolis city council member is calling on residents to boycott the company for its role in facilitating ICE activity in the city.
As the Council Member who represents this area, I am calling on Target to speak up, take action to make its parking lot and stores safe, and to be on the right side of history. 2/
January 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Target is headquartered in Minneapolis, so it seems significant to me that a Minneapolis city council member is calling on residents to boycott the company for its role in facilitating ICE activity in the city.
Today's video:
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Ava Max - My Oh My (Official Video)
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January 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Today's video:
I've got some bad news about that "if"
Just now in Hartford: Asked about Trump's desire to take Greenland, Connecticut U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal says it's been met with "eye-rolling... on both sides of the aisle."
"There's just no way I can see it happening if the president is the least bit rational."
"There's just no way I can see it happening if the president is the least bit rational."
January 16, 2026 at 5:19 PM
I've got some bad news about that "if"
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Here is a gift link to the Times’ new analysis of the Good shooting. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Here is a gift link to the Times’ new analysis of the Good shooting. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
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It makes me crazy when people reply to my videos and ask why mainstream media isn’t showing them or covering this. They are! What are you talking about???
January 16, 2026 at 11:26 AM
It makes me crazy when people reply to my videos and ask why mainstream media isn’t showing them or covering this. They are! What are you talking about???
The word "mutual" going down as one of the more hilarious lies he's ever told.
Trump: “It was my Great Honor to meet María Corina Machado, of Venezuela, today. She is a wonderful woman who has been through so much. María presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done. Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you María!”
January 16, 2026 at 5:44 AM
The word "mutual" going down as one of the more hilarious lies he's ever told.
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I love when you tell people how terrible Newsom is, they're always like, "Well, it's nice to have ideals, but if it comes down to him or the Nazi in the general, *I* am going to vote for him"
WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.
WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.
January 16, 2026 at 5:06 AM
I love when you tell people how terrible Newsom is, they're always like, "Well, it's nice to have ideals, but if it comes down to him or the Nazi in the general, *I* am going to vote for him"
WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.
WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.
I know there's so much going on here but can I just say it pisses me off every time he opens up those curtains because the whole god damn point is it should MINIMALLY be exposed to light? Trump's fucking ego causing an original of the Declaration of Independence to fade is way too on the nose.
January 16, 2026 at 4:24 AM
I know there's so much going on here but can I just say it pisses me off every time he opens up those curtains because the whole god damn point is it should MINIMALLY be exposed to light? Trump's fucking ego causing an original of the Declaration of Independence to fade is way too on the nose.