Michael Tyznik
@tyznik.com
Multidisciplinary branding designer and transit nerd. he/him
Where do our IL-09 primary candidates stand on section 230 and KOSA? @katmabu.bsky.social @danielbiss.bsky.social @laurafine4congress.bsky.social (My view: section 230 repeal and KOSA are both wins for big tech and people who want to censor progressive and queer voices online)
February 9, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Where do our IL-09 primary candidates stand on section 230 and KOSA? @katmabu.bsky.social @danielbiss.bsky.social @laurafine4congress.bsky.social (My view: section 230 repeal and KOSA are both wins for big tech and people who want to censor progressive and queer voices online)
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‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
![…
25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again.
The officers mocked
me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there.
26. Security
guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27.
No one said
anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th.
27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable.
…
30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release
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32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE
… I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cn3kbi4g5blrtahon34xbu4/bafkreiccqxmfncofjqinoveiqscwale2ox5xpiqt46veqjdh3jmimkrxhq@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
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The entire cities of Amsterdam (red), Paris (blue), and Barcelona (purple) can fit inside Chicago.
All borders use the same geographic scale (1:175000). The European cities have been rotated and/or flipped, but not resized.
All borders use the same geographic scale (1:175000). The European cities have been rotated and/or flipped, but not resized.
February 2, 2026 at 9:59 PM
The entire cities of Amsterdam (red), Paris (blue), and Barcelona (purple) can fit inside Chicago.
All borders use the same geographic scale (1:175000). The European cities have been rotated and/or flipped, but not resized.
All borders use the same geographic scale (1:175000). The European cities have been rotated and/or flipped, but not resized.
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"They told us what they were going to do. They published it. They put it on a website. And when it happened, the press was surprised."
Hoo boy, everyone should bookmark this @parkermolloy.com piece & make sure everyone involved in media reads it.
Hoo boy, everyone should bookmark this @parkermolloy.com piece & make sure everyone involved in media reads it.
This is Literally the Job
Political journalists need to stop pretending they don't know what Republicans are going to do.
www.readtpa.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:37 PM
"They told us what they were going to do. They published it. They put it on a website. And when it happened, the press was surprised."
Hoo boy, everyone should bookmark this @parkermolloy.com piece & make sure everyone involved in media reads it.
Hoo boy, everyone should bookmark this @parkermolloy.com piece & make sure everyone involved in media reads it.
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Don't worry it's not sports betting it's prediction markets, everyone! You don't need hotlines for people addicted to predicting the outcomes of events!
MLS and the Leagues Cup now have a sponsorship deal with Polymarket.
"The partnership includes safeguards designed to protect the integrity of MLS and Leagues Cup matches, including independent monitoring of trading activities and collaboration on MLS and Leagues Cup markets offered."
"The partnership includes safeguards designed to protect the integrity of MLS and Leagues Cup matches, including independent monitoring of trading activities and collaboration on MLS and Leagues Cup markets offered."
January 26, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Don't worry it's not sports betting it's prediction markets, everyone! You don't need hotlines for people addicted to predicting the outcomes of events!
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Zohran’s messaging is so consistent. Government does amazing things for us all. We’re all in this together, citizens and city workers alike, because we’re one and the same. When people believe in that, they’re ready to ask the government to do more, and more difficult things
We're getting a snowstorm tomorrow. But New York City is prepared.
January 25, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Zohran’s messaging is so consistent. Government does amazing things for us all. We’re all in this together, citizens and city workers alike, because we’re one and the same. When people believe in that, they’re ready to ask the government to do more, and more difficult things
Apparently knowing how to spell means your protest is illegitimate?
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 25, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Apparently knowing how to spell means your protest is illegitimate?
@durbin.senate.gov Please please please vote against funding ICE. DHS leadership is actively lying to protect ICE agents who are murdering civilians in cold blood. There is no amount of "training" that can fix this. As a constituent I am begging you.
January 24, 2026 at 10:06 PM
@durbin.senate.gov Please please please vote against funding ICE. DHS leadership is actively lying to protect ICE agents who are murdering civilians in cold blood. There is no amount of "training" that can fix this. As a constituent I am begging you.
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As shocking as the terms of US exit from the international community have been, the terms on which the US will re-enter the system (someday) will be even more shocking to a leadership class accustomed to being the leaders of the world
January 24, 2026 at 11:07 AM
As shocking as the terms of US exit from the international community have been, the terms on which the US will re-enter the system (someday) will be even more shocking to a leadership class accustomed to being the leaders of the world
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It’s currently operating totally outside of our constitutional rules. Habeas corpus , due process of law, equal protection, freedom of speech, 4th amendment protections against search and seizure, are all not being enforced in any common sense or meaningful way.
January 22, 2026 at 2:17 PM
It’s currently operating totally outside of our constitutional rules. Habeas corpus , due process of law, equal protection, freedom of speech, 4th amendment protections against search and seizure, are all not being enforced in any common sense or meaningful way.
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October 3, 2024 at 9:42 AM
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@katmabu.bsky.social @leniann.bsky.social Do either of you distribute whistles? I'm 3d printing some now and want to know where I can give them
January 22, 2026 at 7:45 PM
@katmabu.bsky.social @leniann.bsky.social Do either of you distribute whistles? I'm 3d printing some now and want to know where I can give them
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This is a photo of someone being tortured, not someone being restrained
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
This is a photo of someone being tortured, not someone being restrained
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Seems like "preventing DHS from detaining and deporting U.S. citizens" would be an easy line to stand on, but we're talking about Democrats here.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 20, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Seems like "preventing DHS from detaining and deporting U.S. citizens" would be an easy line to stand on, but we're talking about Democrats here.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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1. It's been more than a day since 2 of America's most storied newsrooms, CBS and ABC, reported that killer ICE agent Jon Ross suffered "internal bleeding" based on unnamed sources
Since then
- No other news org has confirmed the story
- No evidence (photos, medical records) has been produced
Since then
- No other news org has confirmed the story
- No evidence (photos, medical records) has been produced
January 16, 2026 at 12:48 AM
1. It's been more than a day since 2 of America's most storied newsrooms, CBS and ABC, reported that killer ICE agent Jon Ross suffered "internal bleeding" based on unnamed sources
Since then
- No other news org has confirmed the story
- No evidence (photos, medical records) has been produced
Since then
- No other news org has confirmed the story
- No evidence (photos, medical records) has been produced
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Delete Spotify
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Delete Spotify
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this completely horrifying. ICE is a domestic occupying threat against us all
21-year-old activist injured by ICE:
I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye and in my skull. They said it was a miracle I survived.
I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye and in my skull. They said it was a miracle I survived.
January 15, 2026 at 10:01 PM
this completely horrifying. ICE is a domestic occupying threat against us all
@schakowsky.house.gov Noem has clearly violated her oath of office and must be impeached. As a constituent I want to know why your name is not on this list
We are now up to fifteen clear calls for impeachment.
Rep. Robin Kelly IL-02
Rep. Maxine Dexter OR-03
Rep. Chellie Pingree ME-01
Rep. Melanie Stansbury NM-01
Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove CA-37
Rep. Kevin Mullin CA-15
Rep. Emily Randall WA-06
Rep. Sarah McBride DE-AL
Rep. Juan Vargas CA-52
1/2
Rep. Robin Kelly IL-02
Rep. Maxine Dexter OR-03
Rep. Chellie Pingree ME-01
Rep. Melanie Stansbury NM-01
Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove CA-37
Rep. Kevin Mullin CA-15
Rep. Emily Randall WA-06
Rep. Sarah McBride DE-AL
Rep. Juan Vargas CA-52
1/2
To keep track of it all, we thought we’d thread all the House reps that have committed to impeaching Kristi Noem. The first was @robinkelly.house.gov
January 11, 2026 at 3:37 AM
@schakowsky.house.gov Noem has clearly violated her oath of office and must be impeached. As a constituent I want to know why your name is not on this list
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Photojournalist Aaron Marckell Williams was killed in a crosswalk as the result of a police chase over a traffic violation. DC local law had made such chases illegal - House Republicans voted to overturn that law last year.
January 10, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Photojournalist Aaron Marckell Williams was killed in a crosswalk as the result of a police chase over a traffic violation. DC local law had made such chases illegal - House Republicans voted to overturn that law last year.
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Working for ICE.
Where are all of the 2A fanboys who promised us that their guns would keep us safe from government tyranny?
January 7, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Working for ICE.
This is so fucked.
January 8, 2026 at 3:36 AM
This is so fucked.
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Also the target of shame isn't just them, it's people who are still figuring out who they should be like. The goal is to make it really unappealing to be like these extremists.
I agree that this administration and the extremists that drive it online have tried to make themselves immune to shame, but their egos are massive and they actively need us to like them, defer to them, laugh at their "jokes". When they start feeling more accountability they'll feel more shame.
January 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Also the target of shame isn't just them, it's people who are still figuring out who they should be like. The goal is to make it really unappealing to be like these extremists.
They are laying the groundwork to eliminate all transgender people.
"They take your kid, they keep your kid, they change your kid" is the oldest and most vile conspiracy theory in the world and every group targeted by it suffers untold horrors as the public stands idly by.
Trump: "Transgender for everyone! Bring your kids in, we're gonna change the sex of your child. Just send them our way. In some cases, like in Minnesota, they don't even tell the parents. Nobody believes it when I say it. They operate on the kid, they don't tell the parents. It's not believable."
January 6, 2026 at 5:52 PM
They are laying the groundwork to eliminate all transgender people.
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“If a woman dares to show herself in public in any way, then she can and will be sexually harassed with the aid of genAI-driven tools that can easily turn her face into highly realistic pornography” is an absolute red-alarm human rights disaster
The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
“If a woman dares to show herself in public in any way, then she can and will be sexually harassed with the aid of genAI-driven tools that can easily turn her face into highly realistic pornography” is an absolute red-alarm human rights disaster