Becca Stareyes
@beccastareyes.bsky.social
I read and play TTRPGs.
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Since his socialist ideology was written out of the history books.. In his own words:
"If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God’s children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell."
Happy MLK Day.
"If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God’s children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell."
Happy MLK Day.
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Since his socialist ideology was written out of the history books.. In his own words:
"If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God’s children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell."
Happy MLK Day.
"If America does not use her vast resources of wealth to end poverty and make it possible for all of God’s children to have the basic necessities of life, she too will go to hell."
Happy MLK Day.
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i once read "the rights you think criminals should have are the rights you think everyone should have because the state can criminalize anyone" and it changed how i think about everything
January 19, 2026 at 5:52 AM
i once read "the rights you think criminals should have are the rights you think everyone should have because the state can criminalize anyone" and it changed how i think about everything
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If transportation systems in American cities could be laid out so as to provide an opportunity for poor people to get meaningful employment, then they could begin to move into the mainstream of American life...”
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2/3)
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2/3)
January 19, 2026 at 3:40 PM
If transportation systems in American cities could be laid out so as to provide an opportunity for poor people to get meaningful employment, then they could begin to move into the mainstream of American life...”
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2/3)
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2/3)
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To be fair Southern Baptists lost the plot when they schismed from the wider Baptist church 15 years before the US Civil War because it had abolitionist leanings and they were a bunch of goddamned slavemongers.
Let me put this as plainly as possible: if you think that Christian discipleship is a set of rules about what you can and cannot do with your penis and/or butthole, you've lost the thread. Which is probably how you end up with a pastor who moonlights for President Pedophilia's secret police!
That congregation's "member affirmation" (which is THREE PAGES LONG - bruh the Nicene Creed is right there!) has a paragraph equating homosexuality with bestiality and incest, right between the paragraph on sin and salvation and the one on the church and sacraments.
January 19, 2026 at 4:19 PM
To be fair Southern Baptists lost the plot when they schismed from the wider Baptist church 15 years before the US Civil War because it had abolitionist leanings and they were a bunch of goddamned slavemongers.
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NGL, the discussion about who gets grace and who gets forgiven for being on the wrong side keeps making me think of Gul Dukat's heel-face-heel turn in DS9, especially when nobody (but mostly Kira and Sisko) will give him a parade for no longer being The Worst or As Bad As He Could Have Been.
January 19, 2026 at 3:06 PM
NGL, the discussion about who gets grace and who gets forgiven for being on the wrong side keeps making me think of Gul Dukat's heel-face-heel turn in DS9, especially when nobody (but mostly Kira and Sisko) will give him a parade for no longer being The Worst or As Bad As He Could Have Been.
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"many of them don't want to be doing what they've been directed to do"
Oh come on.
These guys are not conscripts, there is no commissar with a pistol behind them looking for signs of wavering.
They can just quit at any time! They can quit today. They can quit tomorrow.
Oh come on.
These guys are not conscripts, there is no commissar with a pistol behind them looking for signs of wavering.
They can just quit at any time! They can quit today. They can quit tomorrow.
In an interview with @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social, Blas Nuñez-Neto wouldn't tell us his clients, but did say we should remember that ICE agents are people too. (Can't believe this quote below)
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
![Nuñez-Neto recommended that protesters understand that ICE agents are people, too.
“I think it would help both sides to appreciate the fact that that’s a human being across from you who may or may not want to do the things they’ve been ordered to do. In my long history being in and out of the Department [of Homeland Security], it is very often what makes the news are the terrible things that happen but what doesn’t get reported are the … stories about agents bringing toys into the border patrol station,” he said.
“We’re all human beings, many of them have families, many of them don’t want to be doing what they’ve been directed to do … so it would help us all to lower the temperature a bit. I’m angry too.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3/bafkreia3sqpgq4ufvy746ld4tuadfwuf7ul4so6u2wjhf5oggd6kzxibtm@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 3:09 PM
"many of them don't want to be doing what they've been directed to do"
Oh come on.
These guys are not conscripts, there is no commissar with a pistol behind them looking for signs of wavering.
They can just quit at any time! They can quit today. They can quit tomorrow.
Oh come on.
These guys are not conscripts, there is no commissar with a pistol behind them looking for signs of wavering.
They can just quit at any time! They can quit today. They can quit tomorrow.
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I think of it as the shovel test.
Because of your actions, I now have to shift a large pile of shit. Are you going to try to "manage" me or lecture me on proper shoveling technique? Or are you going to own up, pick up a shovel, and get to work?
Shovelers welcome. All others can fuck off.
Because of your actions, I now have to shift a large pile of shit. Are you going to try to "manage" me or lecture me on proper shoveling technique? Or are you going to own up, pick up a shovel, and get to work?
Shovelers welcome. All others can fuck off.
January 19, 2026 at 12:35 AM
I think of it as the shovel test.
Because of your actions, I now have to shift a large pile of shit. Are you going to try to "manage" me or lecture me on proper shoveling technique? Or are you going to own up, pick up a shovel, and get to work?
Shovelers welcome. All others can fuck off.
Because of your actions, I now have to shift a large pile of shit. Are you going to try to "manage" me or lecture me on proper shoveling technique? Or are you going to own up, pick up a shovel, and get to work?
Shovelers welcome. All others can fuck off.
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WE KNOW GREENLAND IS STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT AND THAT THERE ARE BENEFITS IN MAINTAINING A PRESENCE IN THE REGION. THE POINT IS THAT NONE OF THIS REQUIRES TAKING THE ISLAND FROM DENMARK.
The Arctic is warming around four times faster than the rest of the globe.
The changing landscape created a region ripe for opportunity factors that may play a role in President Trump’s sudden quest to obtain Greenland.
The changing landscape created a region ripe for opportunity factors that may play a role in President Trump’s sudden quest to obtain Greenland.
Melting ice may raise Greenland’s value. Trump’s fight may be just the start.
Trump has said he wants the territory because of its strategic location. Maps show how a melting Arctic is affecting geopolitics.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 18, 2026 at 11:12 PM
WE KNOW GREENLAND IS STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT AND THAT THERE ARE BENEFITS IN MAINTAINING A PRESENCE IN THE REGION. THE POINT IS THAT NONE OF THIS REQUIRES TAKING THE ISLAND FROM DENMARK.
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National media: Please stop describing what’s happening in Minneapolis as “protests.” There has been a modest, sustained protest outside the Whipple federal building, about 10 miles from downtown, but... 1/3
January 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
National media: Please stop describing what’s happening in Minneapolis as “protests.” There has been a modest, sustained protest outside the Whipple federal building, about 10 miles from downtown, but... 1/3
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In Preservation culture, asking payment for anything considered necessary for living (food, power sources, education, the feed, etc.) was considered outrageous, but asking payment for life-saving help was right up there with cannibalism.
January 18, 2026 at 5:25 PM
In Preservation culture, asking payment for anything considered necessary for living (food, power sources, education, the feed, etc.) was considered outrageous, but asking payment for life-saving help was right up there with cannibalism.
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Brief operational term of art 🧵 to help better define what we're experiencing. What we're experiencing is state terror. I've seen a lot of terms thrown around for what the Trump admin is doing w/ICE, CBP, & other federal law enforcement (LE). The now largely out of use term is state terror. 1/
January 17, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Brief operational term of art 🧵 to help better define what we're experiencing. What we're experiencing is state terror. I've seen a lot of terms thrown around for what the Trump admin is doing w/ICE, CBP, & other federal law enforcement (LE). The now largely out of use term is state terror. 1/
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I have some bad news. One, if you need to use ChatGPT for your graduate application letter, you are not ready for graduate school.
Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.
Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.
An impressive number of graduate applications this year used the phrase “curiosity-driven approach” 🤔
January 17, 2026 at 10:46 PM
I have some bad news. One, if you need to use ChatGPT for your graduate application letter, you are not ready for graduate school.
Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.
Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.
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As Pratchett said:
January 17, 2026 at 7:43 PM
As Pratchett said:
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Ferret: "OUR switch."
January 17, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Ferret: "OUR switch."
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"Figure out pithy and original ways to write the comment, 'you need to support your claims, ' in the margins of 72 term papers."
Action Items On Your Radical Professor’s Liberal Agenda
Figure out pithy and original ways to write the comment “you need to support your claims” in the margins of 72 term papers. - - -Debate how old the...
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January 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM
"Figure out pithy and original ways to write the comment, 'you need to support your claims, ' in the margins of 72 term papers."
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January 15, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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If these monsters were trained, being outnumbered by crowds would be less effective.
As it is, they have absolutely no fucking clue what to do and they are getting run out of every situation they force themselves into.
Dems calling for training are just pushing more, worse violence.
As it is, they have absolutely no fucking clue what to do and they are getting run out of every situation they force themselves into.
Dems calling for training are just pushing more, worse violence.
January 16, 2026 at 1:05 AM
If these monsters were trained, being outnumbered by crowds would be less effective.
As it is, they have absolutely no fucking clue what to do and they are getting run out of every situation they force themselves into.
Dems calling for training are just pushing more, worse violence.
As it is, they have absolutely no fucking clue what to do and they are getting run out of every situation they force themselves into.
Dems calling for training are just pushing more, worse violence.
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The kiddo, sounding very sage: “You can’t plant a flag because it doesn’t grow.”
@edidin.bsky.social
@edidin.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 12:54 AM
The kiddo, sounding very sage: “You can’t plant a flag because it doesn’t grow.”
@edidin.bsky.social
@edidin.bsky.social
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If anyone was still pretending this isn’t just about excluding trans kids from public life, the Trump administration just opened a Title IX investigation into a Maine school district because a trans student is on a *co-ed* cheerleading squad.
Newport co-ed cheerleading team is at center of Trump transgender athlete crackdownTrump admin focuses on swimming, cheerleading in Maine transgender athlete probes
The U.S. Department of Education announced a slew of Title IX-related investigations this week that include 2 school districts in Maine.
www.pressherald.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:09 AM
If anyone was still pretending this isn’t just about excluding trans kids from public life, the Trump administration just opened a Title IX investigation into a Maine school district because a trans student is on a *co-ed* cheerleading squad.
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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
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Let’s talk about abolishing ICE.
Very few people who say “abolish ICE” mean “abandon all immigration enforcement.” Rather, they mean “the structure of immigration enforcement is irretrievably broken and needs to be reorganized, just like we did 23 years ago when we created ICE.”
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Very few people who say “abolish ICE” mean “abandon all immigration enforcement.” Rather, they mean “the structure of immigration enforcement is irretrievably broken and needs to be reorganized, just like we did 23 years ago when we created ICE.”
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January 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Let’s talk about abolishing ICE.
Very few people who say “abolish ICE” mean “abandon all immigration enforcement.” Rather, they mean “the structure of immigration enforcement is irretrievably broken and needs to be reorganized, just like we did 23 years ago when we created ICE.”
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Very few people who say “abolish ICE” mean “abandon all immigration enforcement.” Rather, they mean “the structure of immigration enforcement is irretrievably broken and needs to be reorganized, just like we did 23 years ago when we created ICE.”
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This. Her body went into a spasm after she was SHOT IN THE HEAD, which is why her car drove into a tree.
Which is why him shooting her was the absolute last thing he should have done if he was actually worried she was going to hit him. (Which he absolutely was not.)
Which is why him shooting her was the absolute last thing he should have done if he was actually worried she was going to hit him. (Which he absolutely was not.)
i want to add to this:
something i've not seen in the discussions happening: her car accelerated *after he shot her*, as a consequence of his shooting.
so if he's got a bruise, it's because of his own actions
something i've not seen in the discussions happening: her car accelerated *after he shot her*, as a consequence of his shooting.
so if he's got a bruise, it's because of his own actions
they knew we'd clock "hematoma" for what it is
January 14, 2026 at 9:44 PM
This. Her body went into a spasm after she was SHOT IN THE HEAD, which is why her car drove into a tree.
Which is why him shooting her was the absolute last thing he should have done if he was actually worried she was going to hit him. (Which he absolutely was not.)
Which is why him shooting her was the absolute last thing he should have done if he was actually worried she was going to hit him. (Which he absolutely was not.)