Social Distance Barbarian
@airsucker.bsky.social
Gamer, wife, mother, fan, beast of burden....
Old books I still recommend: Fahrenheit 451, Little Fuzzy, The Hobbit. We read Something Wicked This Way comes to out (then 12 year old) daughter last year and we enjoyed it. She enjoyed the Dragonharper trilogy too. That being said, skip Asimov and Heinlin. Try some Jim C. Hines.
Yup. This is also why I get annoyed when people start suggesting "golden age" science fiction titles to people who are new the genre and are asking for suggestions. You want to turn a modern 15-year-old off science fiction forever, recommend stories that were old when her grandparents were her age.
When people ask how to get into GA SF I always say that the right way is via some of those fat "Best Of" short fiction collections
February 8, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Old books I still recommend: Fahrenheit 451, Little Fuzzy, The Hobbit. We read Something Wicked This Way comes to out (then 12 year old) daughter last year and we enjoyed it. She enjoyed the Dragonharper trilogy too. That being said, skip Asimov and Heinlin. Try some Jim C. Hines.
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This government is OURS.
It is funded by US.
That is OUR White House.
WE pay for EVERYTHING.
ALL OF IT.
WE THE PEOPLE are the rightful owners of this nation.
Don’t EVER forget it.
FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR IT.
NEVER give up.
It is funded by US.
That is OUR White House.
WE pay for EVERYTHING.
ALL OF IT.
WE THE PEOPLE are the rightful owners of this nation.
Don’t EVER forget it.
FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR IT.
NEVER give up.
February 8, 2026 at 3:16 AM
This government is OURS.
It is funded by US.
That is OUR White House.
WE pay for EVERYTHING.
ALL OF IT.
WE THE PEOPLE are the rightful owners of this nation.
Don’t EVER forget it.
FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR IT.
NEVER give up.
It is funded by US.
That is OUR White House.
WE pay for EVERYTHING.
ALL OF IT.
WE THE PEOPLE are the rightful owners of this nation.
Don’t EVER forget it.
FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR IT.
NEVER give up.
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His GoFundMe is here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-le... - I donated a few days ago.
February 8, 2026 at 3:49 AM
His GoFundMe is here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-le... - I donated a few days ago.
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Excellent reminder. When we look at both World War I + World War II, we had knitting machines that could have made socks, especially. But so many grandmas knitted for their grandsons when they didn't have other ways that they could contribute. We need everyone invested in resistance.
I'd also mention the fact that it's incredibly abelist to define others activism as not-worthy based on... Any metric honestly? People have different strengths and abilities and they all lend themselves to effective activism and denying some1 else's work because it doesn't look how you want it to 🫡
February 8, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Excellent reminder. When we look at both World War I + World War II, we had knitting machines that could have made socks, especially. But so many grandmas knitted for their grandsons when they didn't have other ways that they could contribute. We need everyone invested in resistance.
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Warmth shouldn't be a luxury. That's why YDL's Library Care Coordination program has distributed over 1,300 winter essentials to community members and local partners this season. If you could use some help staying warm this winter, come to our drop-in hours.
February 5, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Warmth shouldn't be a luxury. That's why YDL's Library Care Coordination program has distributed over 1,300 winter essentials to community members and local partners this season. If you could use some help staying warm this winter, come to our drop-in hours.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social In Michigan, the enhanced license is still optional and a lot of people don't have it because it's more expensive.
February 7, 2026 at 3:57 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social In Michigan, the enhanced license is still optional and a lot of people don't have it because it's more expensive.
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Cruelty is big business
February 3, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Cruelty is big business
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I've never had tear gas launched at me straight from over my head until now. That's also what happened to these unmasked, normie daytime protesters. ICE is shooting the tear gas up in the air so it arcs and falls way across the street and into the next block.
February 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
I've never had tear gas launched at me straight from over my head until now. That's also what happened to these unmasked, normie daytime protesters. ICE is shooting the tear gas up in the air so it arcs and falls way across the street and into the next block.
ICE is coming for Ypsi now. @debbiedingell.house.gov @peters.senate.gov @slotkin.senate.gov What are you going to do about it? DEFUND ICE! Remember, they are Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They are NOT police. They have absolutely no reason to have a mass presence in any city.
January 29, 2026 at 5:35 AM
ICE is coming for Ypsi now. @debbiedingell.house.gov @peters.senate.gov @slotkin.senate.gov What are you going to do about it? DEFUND ICE! Remember, they are Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They are NOT police. They have absolutely no reason to have a mass presence in any city.
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The operation in Washington, D.C. alone is projected to cost upwards of $660 million if it runs through the end of this year as expected, according to new data released by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. n.pr/45FbxN0
Trump's National Guard deployments could cost over $1 billion this year, CBO projects
The operation in Washington, D.C. alone is projected to cost upwards of $660 million if it runs through the end of this year as expected, according to new data released by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
n.pr
January 28, 2026 at 7:21 PM
The operation in Washington, D.C. alone is projected to cost upwards of $660 million if it runs through the end of this year as expected, according to new data released by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. n.pr/45FbxN0
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Here are a few ways to support our immigrant neighbors in Washtenaw County, from the Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights (WICIR). #a2council
January 28, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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If you're local to Ann Arbor or Ypsi Nextdoor, here is the link.
nextdoor.com/p/rNNGzY3cn7...
nextdoor.com/p/rNNGzY3cn7...
Ice is at Washtenaw Community College pulling kids out of class.
Join Nextdoor, an app for neighborhoods where you can get local tips, buy and sell items, and more
nextdoor.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:53 PM
If you're local to Ann Arbor or Ypsi Nextdoor, here is the link.
nextdoor.com/p/rNNGzY3cn7...
nextdoor.com/p/rNNGzY3cn7...
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Ann Arbor/Ypsi: Nextdoor just lit up with ICE activity at WCC not a half hour ago. Neighbors are rightly incensed; someone's daughter was there when it happened.
If you're in SE Michigan and mobilized, please @ me so that I may amplify your posts. How can we best help? Mutual aid? Virtual options?
If you're in SE Michigan and mobilized, please @ me so that I may amplify your posts. How can we best help? Mutual aid? Virtual options?
January 27, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Ann Arbor/Ypsi: Nextdoor just lit up with ICE activity at WCC not a half hour ago. Neighbors are rightly incensed; someone's daughter was there when it happened.
If you're in SE Michigan and mobilized, please @ me so that I may amplify your posts. How can we best help? Mutual aid? Virtual options?
If you're in SE Michigan and mobilized, please @ me so that I may amplify your posts. How can we best help? Mutual aid? Virtual options?
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In Minneapolis, people who have never protested before are standing up to Trump's armed immigration thugs.
CEOs of some of the most powerful corporations on earth, meanwhile, are busy getting private screenings of Melania's documentary at the White House. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC0vKzRmPos
CEOs of some of the most powerful corporations on earth, meanwhile, are busy getting private screenings of Melania's documentary at the White House. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC0vKzRmPos
Where Are America's Leaders?
On January 6th, 2021, when Trump incited an insurrection, America's corporate leaders rushed to distance themselves from
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January 28, 2026 at 8:01 PM
In Minneapolis, people who have never protested before are standing up to Trump's armed immigration thugs.
CEOs of some of the most powerful corporations on earth, meanwhile, are busy getting private screenings of Melania's documentary at the White House. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC0vKzRmPos
CEOs of some of the most powerful corporations on earth, meanwhile, are busy getting private screenings of Melania's documentary at the White House. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC0vKzRmPos
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On Wednesday Bruce Springsteen released 'Streets of Minneapolis,' a protest song condemning the violence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minneapolis. n.pr/3NUhXSa
Bruce Springsteen releases anti-ICE protest song 'Streets of Minneapolis'
On Wednesday Bruce Springsteen released 'Streets of Minneapolis,' a protest song condemning the violence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minneapolis.
n.pr
January 28, 2026 at 8:29 PM
On Wednesday Bruce Springsteen released 'Streets of Minneapolis,' a protest song condemning the violence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minneapolis. n.pr/3NUhXSa
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"I was only following orders" wasn't an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials & won't work now.
#AccountabilityIsComing
#AccountabilityIsComing
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
January 28, 2026 at 7:31 PM
"I was only following orders" wasn't an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials & won't work now.
#AccountabilityIsComing
#AccountabilityIsComing
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100 percent you're going to see some right wing jerks complaining that Springsteen has gone woke because they never once actually listened to his lyrics before
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 9:27 PM
100 percent you're going to see some right wing jerks complaining that Springsteen has gone woke because they never once actually listened to his lyrics before
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All Senate Democrats (and independents) must vote tomorrow against the DHS appropriations bill.
Please call your senators today and say NO more funding for ICE: 202-224-3121.
Here's more about what you should know: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/dems-must-stop-ice-funding-heres
Please call your senators today and say NO more funding for ICE: 202-224-3121.
Here's more about what you should know: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/dems-must-stop-ice-funding-heres
January 28, 2026 at 9:33 PM
All Senate Democrats (and independents) must vote tomorrow against the DHS appropriations bill.
Please call your senators today and say NO more funding for ICE: 202-224-3121.
Here's more about what you should know: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/dems-must-stop-ice-funding-heres
Please call your senators today and say NO more funding for ICE: 202-224-3121.
Here's more about what you should know: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/dems-must-stop-ice-funding-heres
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Removing a face doesn’t remove the problem.
While Gregory Bovino and the two CBP officers who shot and killed Alex Pretti have been pulled out of Minnesota, that is not justice. All three were immediately sent back out on the street in another American city to terrorize, and possibly even murder, more Americans.
Congress needs to act!
Congress needs to act!
January 28, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Removing a face doesn’t remove the problem.
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Dear Everybody,
I love Ilahn Omar and she's worth a million former Proud Boys pretending to be police.
I love Ilahn Omar and she's worth a million former Proud Boys pretending to be police.
January 28, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Dear Everybody,
I love Ilahn Omar and she's worth a million former Proud Boys pretending to be police.
I love Ilahn Omar and she's worth a million former Proud Boys pretending to be police.
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Over $1B in disaster recovery funds is being held up by a Kristi Noem policy, including $2.6M for Pa.
https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/01/kristi-noem-fema-disaster-grant-funding-stall-federal-government/
https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/01/kristi-noem-fema-disaster-grant-funding-stall-federal-government/
Noem policy holds up $2.6M for PA disaster recovery
Noem’s requirement that she personally approve all Department of Homeland Security-funded projects over $100,000 has created a long queue.
www.spotlightpa.org
January 28, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Over $1B in disaster recovery funds is being held up by a Kristi Noem policy, including $2.6M for Pa.
https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/01/kristi-noem-fema-disaster-grant-funding-stall-federal-government/
https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/01/kristi-noem-fema-disaster-grant-funding-stall-federal-government/
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Update: The Trans bathroom bounty hunter bill in Kansas has just passed the Kansas House.
They have rushed it to the Senate for passage.
If it passes, the most extreme anti-trans bill in the nation is about to be sent to the Governor's desk.
Live here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwe...
They have rushed it to the Senate for passage.
If it passes, the most extreme anti-trans bill in the nation is about to be sent to the Governor's desk.
Live here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwe...
January 28, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Update: The Trans bathroom bounty hunter bill in Kansas has just passed the Kansas House.
They have rushed it to the Senate for passage.
If it passes, the most extreme anti-trans bill in the nation is about to be sent to the Governor's desk.
Live here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwe...
They have rushed it to the Senate for passage.
If it passes, the most extreme anti-trans bill in the nation is about to be sent to the Governor's desk.
Live here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwe...
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AOC lays it out for all to see.
January 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM
AOC lays it out for all to see.
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@debbiedingell.house.gov @peters.senate.gov @slotkin.senate.gov Do you see this? Are you paying attention? Defund DHS and ICE now.
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 28, 2026 at 2:26 AM
@debbiedingell.house.gov @peters.senate.gov @slotkin.senate.gov Do you see this? Are you paying attention? Defund DHS and ICE now.