Christina Kiess
@ckiess.bsky.social
Dog lover, Type 1 Diabetic, chronically ill. Just trying to leave the world better than what I came into.
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Having a January birthday in the Midwest never fails to suck. Lucky to have a partner that made me feel loved. Happy 5th birthday to our baby, Ruthie, also! 🥰
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this subthread (which @marwoodlennox.bsky.social has talked about a lot over the years in ways I wish others would pick up on) goes to my point earlier about "stake in the world"
Again, I bring this up. Tech invested in media including social media as they thought their audience would be enamoured and love the tech industry. So they did the equivalent of hired a bunch of Bluesky Communists to write about the wonders of LLMs. bsky.app/profile/marw...
I keep going back to this interview with Gawker founder Nick Denton as a key text for understanding the past 15 years. Important here is Denton hired a bunch of young grads for his journal thinking they would have the same attitudes as SV start-up kids and noooo... www.vanityfair.com/news/story/n...
January 18, 2026 at 7:06 PM
this subthread (which @marwoodlennox.bsky.social has talked about a lot over the years in ways I wish others would pick up on) goes to my point earlier about "stake in the world"
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Again, I bring this up. Tech invested in media including social media as they thought their audience would be enamoured and love the tech industry. So they did the equivalent of hired a bunch of Bluesky Communists to write about the wonders of LLMs. bsky.app/profile/marw...
I keep going back to this interview with Gawker founder Nick Denton as a key text for understanding the past 15 years. Important here is Denton hired a bunch of young grads for his journal thinking they would have the same attitudes as SV start-up kids and noooo... www.vanityfair.com/news/story/n...
January 18, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Again, I bring this up. Tech invested in media including social media as they thought their audience would be enamoured and love the tech industry. So they did the equivalent of hired a bunch of Bluesky Communists to write about the wonders of LLMs. bsky.app/profile/marw...
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“Opposing views” take place in the middle spaces between good and evil.
The desire to eradicate or destroy or control a group of people isn’t an opportunity for dialogue
The desire to eradicate or destroy or control a group of people isn’t an opportunity for dialogue
When dialogue dies, all change dies.
If you are not willing to talk to anyone with opposing views, then logically protest is also pointless, and you're down to either digging a hole to go die in, or killing everyone who disagrees with you.
If you are not willing to talk to anyone with opposing views, then logically protest is also pointless, and you're down to either digging a hole to go die in, or killing everyone who disagrees with you.
January 18, 2026 at 5:33 PM
“Opposing views” take place in the middle spaces between good and evil.
The desire to eradicate or destroy or control a group of people isn’t an opportunity for dialogue
The desire to eradicate or destroy or control a group of people isn’t an opportunity for dialogue
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Go read this mini-thread.
Internalize it.
ALL of this is the work.
And for some of us, that work is more existentially emergent than for others of us. Those without that danger should be on the front lines so that those who face it daily have room to survive and help in other ways.
Internalize it.
ALL of this is the work.
And for some of us, that work is more existentially emergent than for others of us. Those without that danger should be on the front lines so that those who face it daily have room to survive and help in other ways.
Listen: because I am hearing this a lot from folks who are in caregiving roles with disabled, sick, dying folks, elders, or children in their care:
You are not unable to do anything or unable to take action.
Care work IS justice work
You are not unable to do anything or unable to take action.
Care work IS justice work
January 18, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Go read this mini-thread.
Internalize it.
ALL of this is the work.
And for some of us, that work is more existentially emergent than for others of us. Those without that danger should be on the front lines so that those who face it daily have room to survive and help in other ways.
Internalize it.
ALL of this is the work.
And for some of us, that work is more existentially emergent than for others of us. Those without that danger should be on the front lines so that those who face it daily have room to survive and help in other ways.
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Thought about history/perspectives on BW being home/doing communal care work (compared to working for yts)…but during CRM “domestic workers became central to the movement’s success.”
Care work is racialized and gendered, why some ppl downplay its role in movements vs. protest, hypervisible roles.
Care work is racialized and gendered, why some ppl downplay its role in movements vs. protest, hypervisible roles.
January 18, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Thought about history/perspectives on BW being home/doing communal care work (compared to working for yts)…but during CRM “domestic workers became central to the movement’s success.”
Care work is racialized and gendered, why some ppl downplay its role in movements vs. protest, hypervisible roles.
Care work is racialized and gendered, why some ppl downplay its role in movements vs. protest, hypervisible roles.
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If you are someone that this extremist regime wants to terrorize, deport or annihilate- your staying alive and protecting yourself IS justice work.
Your survival is revolutionary.
Your survival is revolutionary.
January 18, 2026 at 5:41 PM
If you are someone that this extremist regime wants to terrorize, deport or annihilate- your staying alive and protecting yourself IS justice work.
Your survival is revolutionary.
Your survival is revolutionary.
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If you are caring for and cherishing and protecting someone that capitalism sees as disposable
You are on the front lines already.
You are on the front lines already.
January 18, 2026 at 5:36 PM
If you are caring for and cherishing and protecting someone that capitalism sees as disposable
You are on the front lines already.
You are on the front lines already.
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Listen: because I am hearing this a lot from folks who are in caregiving roles with disabled, sick, dying folks, elders, or children in their care:
You are not unable to do anything or unable to take action.
Care work IS justice work
You are not unable to do anything or unable to take action.
Care work IS justice work
January 18, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Listen: because I am hearing this a lot from folks who are in caregiving roles with disabled, sick, dying folks, elders, or children in their care:
You are not unable to do anything or unable to take action.
Care work IS justice work
You are not unable to do anything or unable to take action.
Care work IS justice work
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For the last 48 months I worked tirelessly to protect Virginia from Glenn Youngkin.
At the start he controlled everything BUT our one seat Senate majority.
Together we stood up and fought back!
Now his era has passed and the clean up can begin.
Welcome Governor Spanberger!
At the start he controlled everything BUT our one seat Senate majority.
Together we stood up and fought back!
Now his era has passed and the clean up can begin.
Welcome Governor Spanberger!
January 18, 2026 at 4:53 AM
For the last 48 months I worked tirelessly to protect Virginia from Glenn Youngkin.
At the start he controlled everything BUT our one seat Senate majority.
Together we stood up and fought back!
Now his era has passed and the clean up can begin.
Welcome Governor Spanberger!
At the start he controlled everything BUT our one seat Senate majority.
Together we stood up and fought back!
Now his era has passed and the clean up can begin.
Welcome Governor Spanberger!
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MAGA voters chose anger and bitterness over the welfare of their own family, friends and neighbors. And when Trumpism is defeated, when this era of cruelty has passed, they will demand acceptance and forgiveness from those whose feelings and fears they tossed aside. They will want to forget. Never.
January 18, 2026 at 7:21 PM
MAGA voters chose anger and bitterness over the welfare of their own family, friends and neighbors. And when Trumpism is defeated, when this era of cruelty has passed, they will demand acceptance and forgiveness from those whose feelings and fears they tossed aside. They will want to forget. Never.
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Now more than ever, we're a two timing, back stabbing, and disloyal nation without integrity.
January 18, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Now more than ever, we're a two timing, back stabbing, and disloyal nation without integrity.
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We just saw this, and it’s a good idea for businesses to post. Private businesses are allowed to set dress and conduct rules. Requiring no full face coverings has long been standard for safety and loss prevention reasons, and it is within a business’s rights to refuse entry or service.
January 18, 2026 at 7:07 PM
We just saw this, and it’s a good idea for businesses to post. Private businesses are allowed to set dress and conduct rules. Requiring no full face coverings has long been standard for safety and loss prevention reasons, and it is within a business’s rights to refuse entry or service.
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Please SHARE if you agree!
January 17, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Please SHARE if you agree!
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As Mayor, Andrea Hunley would be a champion for safe streets in Indianapolis — significantly more so than the Hogsett/Osili administration has been.
Run, Andrea, Run! 🤞🏻
#SafeStreetsIndy #Indianapolis #HoosierSky
Run, Andrea, Run! 🤞🏻
#SafeStreetsIndy #Indianapolis #HoosierSky
BREAKING from @indystar: Andrea Hunley, who’s expected to run for Indianapolis mayor in 2027, won't seek reelection to the Indiana Senate this year.
Andrea Hunley, eyeing run for Indianapolis mayor, won't seek Senate reelection
Andrea Hunley, a first-term Indiana senator and former IPS principal, won't seek reelection to the Statehouse as she eyes a run for Indianapolis mayor.
www.indystar.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
As Mayor, Andrea Hunley would be a champion for safe streets in Indianapolis — significantly more so than the Hogsett/Osili administration has been.
Run, Andrea, Run! 🤞🏻
#SafeStreetsIndy #Indianapolis #HoosierSky
Run, Andrea, Run! 🤞🏻
#SafeStreetsIndy #Indianapolis #HoosierSky
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URGENT. Legislation to criminalize homelessness could be up for a final vote in the Indiana Senate within days!
Tell your Indiana State Legislators: NO on SB 285!
House: (317)232-9600 / Senate: (317)323-9400
Take Action: www.prosperityindiana.org/Action-Center
#HoosierSky
Tell your Indiana State Legislators: NO on SB 285!
House: (317)232-9600 / Senate: (317)323-9400
Take Action: www.prosperityindiana.org/Action-Center
#HoosierSky
January 16, 2026 at 8:11 PM
URGENT. Legislation to criminalize homelessness could be up for a final vote in the Indiana Senate within days!
Tell your Indiana State Legislators: NO on SB 285!
House: (317)232-9600 / Senate: (317)323-9400
Take Action: www.prosperityindiana.org/Action-Center
#HoosierSky
Tell your Indiana State Legislators: NO on SB 285!
House: (317)232-9600 / Senate: (317)323-9400
Take Action: www.prosperityindiana.org/Action-Center
#HoosierSky
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This is an awful story, down to the "trophy pictures" (reminds me of LASD) and battering down the family's door -- no one helps you fix your door! And if you have a front door, i assume you like having one in winter.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis man says ICE agents took 'trophy' photos, locked him in overcrowded cell
Garrison Gibson, a Minneapolis man from Liberia, shared details of his experience with federal immigration enforcement this week at a press conference Saturday.
www.mprnews.org
January 18, 2026 at 4:47 PM
This is an awful story, down to the "trophy pictures" (reminds me of LASD) and battering down the family's door -- no one helps you fix your door! And if you have a front door, i assume you like having one in winter.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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We've heard a number of reports now of DHS agents at Whipple confiscating arrestees' phones and refusing to return them. Talked with a guy several nights ago who said they wouldn't give his back, and there were more reports of it last night. Just something to keep in mind/be aware of.
January 18, 2026 at 4:56 PM
We've heard a number of reports now of DHS agents at Whipple confiscating arrestees' phones and refusing to return them. Talked with a guy several nights ago who said they wouldn't give his back, and there were more reports of it last night. Just something to keep in mind/be aware of.
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Democrats have the power to rein in ICE. Demand that your elected officials hold the line on the upcoming Homeland Security bill to get ICE Out For Good.
Contact your senators: indivisible.org/ice-out-sena...
And your representative: indivisible.org/ice-out-hous...
Contact your senators: indivisible.org/ice-out-sena...
And your representative: indivisible.org/ice-out-hous...
January 18, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Democrats have the power to rein in ICE. Demand that your elected officials hold the line on the upcoming Homeland Security bill to get ICE Out For Good.
Contact your senators: indivisible.org/ice-out-sena...
And your representative: indivisible.org/ice-out-hous...
Contact your senators: indivisible.org/ice-out-sena...
And your representative: indivisible.org/ice-out-hous...
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He should just say the 1st Amendment doesn't apply to the queers.
Judge Kacsmaryk rejects challenge by West Texas A&M University's LGBQT club to drag show ban, saying the First Amendment doesn't protect "self-expression in all forms, and certainly not the libertine 'expressive conduct' absolutism envisioned" by the group. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #168 in Spectrum WT v. Wendler (N.D. Tex., 2:23-cv-00048) – CourtListener.com
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW (Ordered by Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk on 1/17/2026) (vls)
storage.courtlistener.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:55 AM
He should just say the 1st Amendment doesn't apply to the queers.
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AOC: They gut your healthcare to pay ICE Thugs to shoot Moms in the street.
January 18, 2026 at 2:36 AM
AOC: They gut your healthcare to pay ICE Thugs to shoot Moms in the street.
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Today I was Kidnapped By ICE - Dawokefarmer
January 18, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Today I was Kidnapped By ICE - Dawokefarmer
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Trump seems ready to deploy active duty Army troops in Minnesota. He has declared war against his own citizens.
abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...
abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...
Hundreds of active-duty soldiers on standby, 2 defense officials say
abcnews.go.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Trump seems ready to deploy active duty Army troops in Minnesota. He has declared war against his own citizens.
abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...
abcnews.go.com/US/live-upda...
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Native Americans protested in Minneapolis today after the ICE abducted four Oglala Sioux Tribal Members. Three of them are still missing. (1/17|26)
January 17, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Native Americans protested in Minneapolis today after the ICE abducted four Oglala Sioux Tribal Members. Three of them are still missing. (1/17|26)
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This is the kind of shit that would make you completely outside the bounds of any ancient society, the gods bestow generational curses for violating hospitality
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
ICE agents ate at a Minnesota Mexican restaurant before arresting staff
Immigration law enforcement agents reportedly followed employees out of the restaurant after they closed for the evening
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 2:14 AM
This is the kind of shit that would make you completely outside the bounds of any ancient society, the gods bestow generational curses for violating hospitality
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Make no mistake, he is justifying violence if he objects to the outcome of an election. Keep that in mind as we prepare for 2026.
January 17, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Make no mistake, he is justifying violence if he objects to the outcome of an election. Keep that in mind as we prepare for 2026.