A.E. Ponders
@aeponders.bsky.social
Teller of fictional fables, tall tales, & petty parables. https://www.patreon.com/AEPonders
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Not enough. Every single ICE and CBP agent should be out of Minnesota. The terror campaign must stop.
ICE must be abolished.
ICE must be abolished.
February 4, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Not enough. Every single ICE and CBP agent should be out of Minnesota. The terror campaign must stop.
ICE must be abolished.
ICE must be abolished.
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Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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"Imagine if we actually followed the Constitution."
Mike Johnson speaks out against the use of judicial warrants in immigration cases:
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
February 3, 2026 at 7:47 PM
"Imagine if we actually followed the Constitution."
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Rep. @aoc.bsky.social to @donlemonofficial.bsky.social : “They know they can’t go after every journalist… They want to make an example out of one person to get people to self-censor. I just want to say how important it is the example you’re setting by not backing down.”
February 3, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Rep. @aoc.bsky.social to @donlemonofficial.bsky.social : “They know they can’t go after every journalist… They want to make an example out of one person to get people to self-censor. I just want to say how important it is the example you’re setting by not backing down.”
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More attention here, please.
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:10 AM
More attention here, please.
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Crockett: "Now my colleagues want to be the protectors of girls & women. I didn't hear them screaming this when Renee Good was killed in the middle of the street by the same people the vast majority of you just voted to give more money to. It was a lot of crickets, including about the Esptein files"
February 3, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Crockett: "Now my colleagues want to be the protectors of girls & women. I didn't hear them screaming this when Renee Good was killed in the middle of the street by the same people the vast majority of you just voted to give more money to. It was a lot of crickets, including about the Esptein files"
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Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
February 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
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BERNIE SANDERS: Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism
SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism
BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism
SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism
February 3, 2026 at 3:59 PM
BERNIE SANDERS: Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism
SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism
BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism
SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism?
BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism
What is optimal? Why does everything need to be optimized? Why does optimization always seem to mean “less human, less people”? For whom is it optimal?
February 3, 2026 at 6:39 PM
What is optimal? Why does everything need to be optimized? Why does optimization always seem to mean “less human, less people”? For whom is it optimal?
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
Artificial tools are undeniable advancements with infinite possible benefits, uses, and harms. Curiosities I consider:
- What is value of life in an artificial world?
- How is lived experience viewed & valued relative to A.I.?
- What historic lessons of life need reviewing, revisiting, revaluing?
- What is value of life in an artificial world?
- How is lived experience viewed & valued relative to A.I.?
- What historic lessons of life need reviewing, revisiting, revaluing?
February 3, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Artificial tools are undeniable advancements with infinite possible benefits, uses, and harms. Curiosities I consider:
- What is value of life in an artificial world?
- How is lived experience viewed & valued relative to A.I.?
- What historic lessons of life need reviewing, revisiting, revaluing?
- What is value of life in an artificial world?
- How is lived experience viewed & valued relative to A.I.?
- What historic lessons of life need reviewing, revisiting, revaluing?
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This year marks 100 years of celebrating Black history.
Now more than ever, it is critical that we teach our history, preserve our history, and continue to make history.
Black history is American history.
Happy Black History Month.
Now more than ever, it is critical that we teach our history, preserve our history, and continue to make history.
Black history is American history.
Happy Black History Month.
February 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM
This year marks 100 years of celebrating Black history.
Now more than ever, it is critical that we teach our history, preserve our history, and continue to make history.
Black history is American history.
Happy Black History Month.
Now more than ever, it is critical that we teach our history, preserve our history, and continue to make history.
Black history is American history.
Happy Black History Month.
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We all have a role to play to protect our communities from ICE's brutality. Politicians are feeling the heat from our pressure, and we must keep it up.
February 2, 2026 at 7:42 PM
We all have a role to play to protect our communities from ICE's brutality. Politicians are feeling the heat from our pressure, and we must keep it up.
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Bad Bunny said it right — we won't let ICE's depravity strip us of our humanity.
Our communities, neighbors, and loved ones are worth fighting for.
Our communities, neighbors, and loved ones are worth fighting for.
February 2, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Bad Bunny said it right — we won't let ICE's depravity strip us of our humanity.
Our communities, neighbors, and loved ones are worth fighting for.
Our communities, neighbors, and loved ones are worth fighting for.
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The entire Grammys audience cheered when Trevor Noah announced that Nicki Minaj was not in attendance. 😂
February 2, 2026 at 4:19 AM
The entire Grammys audience cheered when Trevor Noah announced that Nicki Minaj was not in attendance. 😂
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Microblogging conversations about art always have to skip over a lot of nuance by nature, but this thread gets at a lot of my feelings, nuance included, so it'd be a tragedy for me not to share it.
Not gonna link the thread, because it's embarrassingly flattering, but specifics of it have led to thoughts.
I absolutely believe that things come out "around the words" in your writing. Tiny details of word choice convey things.
I absolutely believe that things come out "around the words" in your writing. Tiny details of word choice convey things.
February 2, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Microblogging conversations about art always have to skip over a lot of nuance by nature, but this thread gets at a lot of my feelings, nuance included, so it'd be a tragedy for me not to share it.
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crazy that basically every person complaining about "woke overreach" over the last 12 years is also in the epstein emails being like "thanks for the pussy, jeff ;)"
February 2, 2026 at 8:53 PM
crazy that basically every person complaining about "woke overreach" over the last 12 years is also in the epstein emails being like "thanks for the pussy, jeff ;)"
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43 DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION!!
Got questions? Ready to volunteer?
Here’s our campaign schedule this week:
Got questions? Ready to volunteer?
Here’s our campaign schedule this week:
February 2, 2026 at 4:44 PM
43 DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION!!
Got questions? Ready to volunteer?
Here’s our campaign schedule this week:
Got questions? Ready to volunteer?
Here’s our campaign schedule this week:
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#GVerse #Shit4Brains is losing his mind and threatening a lawsuit against Trevor Noah for this joke he made at last night’s GRAMMYs. This is the joke #ShitFace doesn’t want you to see.
February 2, 2026 at 8:36 PM
#GVerse #Shit4Brains is losing his mind and threatening a lawsuit against Trevor Noah for this joke he made at last night’s GRAMMYs. This is the joke #ShitFace doesn’t want you to see.
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ICE was stealing equipment from the Islip Long Island fire department and a Islip Forward member documented it. ICE tried to arrest the community member but the firemen said “I don’t think so” www.islipforward.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:32 PM
ICE was stealing equipment from the Islip Long Island fire department and a Islip Forward member documented it. ICE tried to arrest the community member but the firemen said “I don’t think so” www.islipforward.org
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For the record: I will not send another cent to Kristi Noem or Stephen Miller while the department they run is shredding the Constitution and murdering American citizens in the streets.
A two-week extension is two weeks too long. I’m voting no.
A two-week extension is two weeks too long. I’m voting no.
February 2, 2026 at 10:44 PM
For the record: I will not send another cent to Kristi Noem or Stephen Miller while the department they run is shredding the Constitution and murdering American citizens in the streets.
A two-week extension is two weeks too long. I’m voting no.
A two-week extension is two weeks too long. I’m voting no.
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We already live in a surveillance state.
ICE lets its agents wear masks so they can’t be identified; meanwhile, they scan our faces. They know who we are, where we’ve been, and who we’re connected to.
They’re openly building a 24/7 social media surveillance operation.
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ICE lets its agents wear masks so they can’t be identified; meanwhile, they scan our faces. They know who we are, where we’ve been, and who we’re connected to.
They’re openly building a 24/7 social media surveillance operation.
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February 3, 2026 at 1:03 AM
We already live in a surveillance state.
ICE lets its agents wear masks so they can’t be identified; meanwhile, they scan our faces. They know who we are, where we’ve been, and who we’re connected to.
They’re openly building a 24/7 social media surveillance operation.
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ICE lets its agents wear masks so they can’t be identified; meanwhile, they scan our faces. They know who we are, where we’ve been, and who we’re connected to.
They’re openly building a 24/7 social media surveillance operation.
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