Alice Thomsen
@alicethomsen.bsky.social
🌀I just want to lie in bed all day listening to true crime podcasts but now I guess we have to do a revolution. aro/ace she/her🌀
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Alice Thomsen
@alicethomsen.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Listen, I don’t know what’s going to happen, and I don’t know what I’m going to do when it does, but this is my dog, so at least I’ve got one thing going for me
Hope is so much more exhausting than despair. It takes effort to willingly look to the future and see that it could be better. Giving up is easy, practically effortless—that’s what makes it so tempting.
I have a headache from staring too long at screens, which feels desperately petty these days.
I have a headache from staring too long at screens, which feels desperately petty these days.
February 3, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Hope is so much more exhausting than despair. It takes effort to willingly look to the future and see that it could be better. Giving up is easy, practically effortless—that’s what makes it so tempting.
I have a headache from staring too long at screens, which feels desperately petty these days.
I have a headache from staring too long at screens, which feels desperately petty these days.
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BREAKING: New Jersey Governor Sherrill is creating an online portal for New Jersey residents to report encounters with ICE agents. She wants you to record as much as you can!
January 29, 2026 at 10:36 PM
BREAKING: New Jersey Governor Sherrill is creating an online portal for New Jersey residents to report encounters with ICE agents. She wants you to record as much as you can!
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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 5:02 PM
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
Online opportunity to learn more about monitoring and documenting activity: mobilize.us/s/tK37l6
Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · No Kings
On 1/24/26, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in ...
mobilize.us
January 28, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Online opportunity to learn more about monitoring and documenting activity: mobilize.us/s/tK37l6
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Winter storm is here. Time to learn some survival skills. Do with that what you will.
January 25, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Winter storm is here. Time to learn some survival skills. Do with that what you will.
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Gov. Mikie Sherrill: "This is about a basically Stasi-type force of secret police that wear masks, that are unidentifiable, that are unaccountable, that have leadership in the Trump administration blatantly lying about what's going on"
January 25, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Gov. Mikie Sherrill: "This is about a basically Stasi-type force of secret police that wear masks, that are unidentifiable, that are unaccountable, that have leadership in the Trump administration blatantly lying about what's going on"
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A rule of thumb I use that may be helpful for others:
I watch these videos ONLY when I plan to write about them in a way that I expect to be useful, *or* if I think it's necessary to inform my organizing work so I can help keep people safe.
I *do not* watch just to witness.
I watch these videos ONLY when I plan to write about them in a way that I expect to be useful, *or* if I think it's necessary to inform my organizing work so I can help keep people safe.
I *do not* watch just to witness.
I will be another voice to say, I have watched the video and you do not need to watch it unless you doubt what is being said.
There is no ambiguity.
Agents dogpile a person, he is on the ground, one of them starts clubbing with a pistol and then fires repeatedly. Even after the body is still.
There is no ambiguity.
Agents dogpile a person, he is on the ground, one of them starts clubbing with a pistol and then fires repeatedly. Even after the body is still.
January 24, 2026 at 4:28 PM
A rule of thumb I use that may be helpful for others:
I watch these videos ONLY when I plan to write about them in a way that I expect to be useful, *or* if I think it's necessary to inform my organizing work so I can help keep people safe.
I *do not* watch just to witness.
I watch these videos ONLY when I plan to write about them in a way that I expect to be useful, *or* if I think it's necessary to inform my organizing work so I can help keep people safe.
I *do not* watch just to witness.
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important to note if you’re attending the march downtown and don’t want to or can’t go in target center if you’re carrying things that are banned by their policy! which is VERY extensive and includes backpacks, large bags, large signs, etc
All Mpls/County Libraries are open their regular hours today until 5pm. Free to enter, use space, resources, restrooms, water fountains etc. Per usual - no purchase necessary.
January 23, 2026 at 3:27 PM
important to note if you’re attending the march downtown and don’t want to or can’t go in target center if you’re carrying things that are banned by their policy! which is VERY extensive and includes backpacks, large bags, large signs, etc
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Every act of resistance, no matter how small, pushes back the control, it’s a signal of hope, it’s a candle that can be seen. It creates joy & it supports justice.
Listen—there are cracks of light. AI bros are scared because their toys aren’t selling. People are not lying down in front of ICE. We are seeing organization of everyday people and community support. And what you do to resist or aid, however small, contributes to the good. Keep hope.
January 23, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Every act of resistance, no matter how small, pushes back the control, it’s a signal of hope, it’s a candle that can be seen. It creates joy & it supports justice.
Here’s a new form of self-promotion I’m trying out: I’ll be a game master for @eeriegamesdev.bsky.social at the #Dreamation gaming convention in Morristown, NJ, from 2.19–2.22.26. Details TBD, but let me know if you’ll be there so we can meet up! tabletop.events/conventions/...
DREAMATION 2026
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January 22, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Here’s a new form of self-promotion I’m trying out: I’ll be a game master for @eeriegamesdev.bsky.social at the #Dreamation gaming convention in Morristown, NJ, from 2.19–2.22.26. Details TBD, but let me know if you’ll be there so we can meet up! tabletop.events/conventions/...
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this crystallizes why, despite truly heroic solidarity and activism, i can’t quite get in the “we’re going to win” mindset right now. the harm is so active and there’s so much violence we don’t even know about. people are being turned into ghosts.
January 17, 2026 at 4:39 PM
this crystallizes why, despite truly heroic solidarity and activism, i can’t quite get in the “we’re going to win” mindset right now. the harm is so active and there’s so much violence we don’t even know about. people are being turned into ghosts.
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ICE descended on New Jersey thinking they could operate quietly. They were wrong. People showed up in the streets, outside their Hyatt hotel base in Morristown, and made it public. No secrecy. No compliance. No fear. This is what resistance looks like.
Don’t F with New Jersey🔥
Don’t F with New Jersey🔥
January 14, 2026 at 4:35 PM
ICE descended on New Jersey thinking they could operate quietly. They were wrong. People showed up in the streets, outside their Hyatt hotel base in Morristown, and made it public. No secrecy. No compliance. No fear. This is what resistance looks like.
Don’t F with New Jersey🔥
Don’t F with New Jersey🔥
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I NEED YALL TO READ THIS
'Disability isn’t securitized like death. That makes it the ideal objective for anyone with time to kill (no pun intended). Death by a thousand cuts. The frog in boiling water...Yet time somehow remains our blind spot. To die in slow motion is still to die'.
sciencepolitics.org/2026/01/09/r...
sciencepolitics.org/2026/01/09/r...
Rethinking Security for a More Resilient US - Science Politics
Invisible links between long COVID, AI, and social media signal an emerging trend of mass disability in the post-pandemic U.S.
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January 12, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I NEED YALL TO READ THIS
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WARNING - SENSITIVE CONTENT
Watch the video from Minneapolis and decide for yourself. Was the driver shot by ICE agents in self defense or was she murdered?
Watch the video from Minneapolis and decide for yourself. Was the driver shot by ICE agents in self defense or was she murdered?
January 7, 2026 at 7:07 PM
WARNING - SENSITIVE CONTENT
Watch the video from Minneapolis and decide for yourself. Was the driver shot by ICE agents in self defense or was she murdered?
Watch the video from Minneapolis and decide for yourself. Was the driver shot by ICE agents in self defense or was she murdered?
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Here’s a less grim thing to think about for fourteen seconds: “recant” and “recount” sound inconveniently similar.
January 6, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Here’s a less grim thing to think about for fourteen seconds: “recant” and “recount” sound inconveniently similar.
A long weekend combined with ever more escapism-inducing current events has been great for my 2026 writer goals, let me tell you. If only this were remotely sustainable, I would be all set.
January 4, 2026 at 8:15 PM
A long weekend combined with ever more escapism-inducing current events has been great for my 2026 writer goals, let me tell you. If only this were remotely sustainable, I would be all set.
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Deeply saddened by this dangerous decision made by political appointees, NOT scientists. It's neither evidence based, nor rooted in science.
At a loss for words for the children who will unnecessarily become infected with Hepatitis B, so heres a take on Langston Hughes' "Harlem" (A Dream Deferred)
At a loss for words for the children who will unnecessarily become infected with Hepatitis B, so heres a take on Langston Hughes' "Harlem" (A Dream Deferred)
December 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Deeply saddened by this dangerous decision made by political appointees, NOT scientists. It's neither evidence based, nor rooted in science.
At a loss for words for the children who will unnecessarily become infected with Hepatitis B, so heres a take on Langston Hughes' "Harlem" (A Dream Deferred)
At a loss for words for the children who will unnecessarily become infected with Hepatitis B, so heres a take on Langston Hughes' "Harlem" (A Dream Deferred)
There is a special sort of suspense in reading a book and feeling so sure everything is finally going to be okay … except that you’re only 3/4 of the way through. (I’m late to the game on How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix, and everything is Not Okay.)
December 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
There is a special sort of suspense in reading a book and feeling so sure everything is finally going to be okay … except that you’re only 3/4 of the way through. (I’m late to the game on How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix, and everything is Not Okay.)
My browser tabs right now are half literary agent profiles and half D&D monsters, and that's actually pretty representative of who I am as a person. Just need some aspirational adoption profiles from animal shelters, and we would be three for three.
November 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
My browser tabs right now are half literary agent profiles and half D&D monsters, and that's actually pretty representative of who I am as a person. Just need some aspirational adoption profiles from animal shelters, and we would be three for three.
My arts and crafts projects for the @nj50501.bsky.social No Kings event
October 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
My arts and crafts projects for the @nj50501.bsky.social No Kings event
An artist friend of mine has been struggling to get back on her feet after leaving an abusive relationship (among other upheavals) and needs help.
Donate to Prevent Iris's Eviction and Aid Recovery, organized by Heather Johnson
Hello, my name is Iris,
At the end of 2023, I was laid off… Heather Johnson needs your support for Donate to Prevent Iris's Eviction and Aid Recovery
www.gofundme.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
An artist friend of mine has been struggling to get back on her feet after leaving an abusive relationship (among other upheavals) and needs help.
Today’s project is sticky note outlines and wow does “Whoaaaaaa, we’re 20% of the way there!” not hit the same as halfway.
October 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Today’s project is sticky note outlines and wow does “Whoaaaaaa, we’re 20% of the way there!” not hit the same as halfway.