Hillary Nelson
@coldgarden.bsky.social
Got a cold garden and a warm kitchen.
“Let no one stir things up in a city believing that he can stop them as he pleases or that he is in charge of what happens next.” Machiavelli, The History of Florence
February 7, 2026 at 12:05 PM
“Let no one stir things up in a city believing that he can stop them as he pleases or that he is in charge of what happens next.” Machiavelli, The History of Florence
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Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
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Great work by Greg Sargent. We are, right now, deciding whether we want to be a land of giant concentration camps and ethnic cleanings.
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
Trump’s New “Prison Camp” Threat Unleashes Fury Even in MAGA Country
The next phase of ICE’s big ramp-up: a nationwide network of vast detention facilities. But guess what? Even parts of Red America are saying no.
newrepublic.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Great work by Greg Sargent. We are, right now, deciding whether we want to be a land of giant concentration camps and ethnic cleanings.
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
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Kindergarten teacher called a prank ICE hotline thinking it was real. She called to report her 6 year old student to ICE to try to get them and their family deported.
6 years old.
She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
6 years old.
She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
Kindergarten teacher wants kindergartener deported
YouTube video by Ben Palmer
m.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Kindergarten teacher called a prank ICE hotline thinking it was real. She called to report her 6 year old student to ICE to try to get them and their family deported.
6 years old.
She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
6 years old.
She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
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Today @cato.org published our report providing the first look at the fiscal effects of the wave of legal & illegal immigration over the last 3 decades. It shows immigrants created surpluses every year, by a combined $14.5 trillion, even as deficits grew www.cato.org/white-paper/...
February 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Today @cato.org published our report providing the first look at the fiscal effects of the wave of legal & illegal immigration over the last 3 decades. It shows immigrants created surpluses every year, by a combined $14.5 trillion, even as deficits grew www.cato.org/white-paper/...
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On trans Bluesky, there are many posts circulating describing Epstein's anti-trans views and ties to prominent transphobes.
Anti-trans politics fit neatly into all of this because the existence of trans people threatens the idea that men are naturally superior to women.
Anti-trans politics fit neatly into all of this because the existence of trans people threatens the idea that men are naturally superior to women.
These men hate the left, labor organizing, feminism, #metoo, and human rights movements because all of these are pushing for equality and accountability, presenting a threat to these men's ability to dominate and abuse with impunity.
February 3, 2026 at 11:54 AM
On trans Bluesky, there are many posts circulating describing Epstein's anti-trans views and ties to prominent transphobes.
Anti-trans politics fit neatly into all of this because the existence of trans people threatens the idea that men are naturally superior to women.
Anti-trans politics fit neatly into all of this because the existence of trans people threatens the idea that men are naturally superior to women.
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A white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens. He shot and missed one + attempted to get another in his truck to bring to police. Before his spree, he called local PD to complain about "foreign" people.
Defendant contacted police before freeway shooting
Charles Glen Simmons, 53, of Dillard, is in the Douglas County Jail on $1 million bail after Thursday morning’s alleged crime spree. According to a press release from the Oregon
www.nrtoday.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
A white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens. He shot and missed one + attempted to get another in his truck to bring to police. Before his spree, he called local PD to complain about "foreign" people.
Really worth a read. A vaccine expert on anti-vax fascism.
Dr. Angela Rasmussen (@rasmussenretorts)
When I first moved to Canada, my first encounter with the Canadian medical freedom movement was when my husband & I took a walk & saw an anti-masker with a microphone on the Saskatoon riverfront. I ma...
substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Really worth a read. A vaccine expert on anti-vax fascism.
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7 pediatric bioethicists: Proposed ban on Medicaid funding for hospitals providing gender-affirming care for minors is deeply unethical
www.statnews.com/202...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.statnews.com/202...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
7 pediatric bioethicists: Proposed ban on Medicaid funding for hospitals providing gender-affirming care for minors is deeply unethical
7 pediatric bioethicists on what’s wrong with the proposed ban on Medicaid funding for hospitals providing gender-affirming care for minors.
www.statnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:23 AM
7 pediatric bioethicists: Proposed ban on Medicaid funding for hospitals providing gender-affirming care for minors is deeply unethical
www.statnews.com/202...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.statnews.com/202...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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February 2, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:31 AM
'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
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Friends, we're thrilled to announce #Comics4Liam to encourage artists to draw pictures for Liam Conejo Ramos and share links to help Liam's family and other immigrants persecuted by ICE! Check out comics4liam.com and please do feel free to pitch in! Images by the great @trungles.com!
February 1, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Friends, we're thrilled to announce #Comics4Liam to encourage artists to draw pictures for Liam Conejo Ramos and share links to help Liam's family and other immigrants persecuted by ICE! Check out comics4liam.com and please do feel free to pitch in! Images by the great @trungles.com!
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4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
U.S. citizen injured by federal agents in Salem who demanded to see “papers,” union says - Salem Reporter
A home care worker and union worker was pulled from her car and injured by federal agents Thursday according to a statement by SEIU 503. To comment on this story, use the form at the end of the repor...
www.salemreporter.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
4 federal agents pull over an elderly US citizen for the suspected crime of being brown, break her car window, throw her to the ground, then drive off after they find her US Passport in her purse. The Salem Police, when called, say there’s nothing they can do. www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
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To process the chaos, I'm spending a few minutes each night stitching a news diary--embroidering tiny icons representing an important story of the day.
One month in, and it feels like I've already sewn a year's worth of news. But it helps me make sense of it all, so I think I can manage 11 more.
One month in, and it feels like I've already sewn a year's worth of news. But it helps me make sense of it all, so I think I can manage 11 more.
February 1, 2026 at 12:33 PM
To process the chaos, I'm spending a few minutes each night stitching a news diary--embroidering tiny icons representing an important story of the day.
One month in, and it feels like I've already sewn a year's worth of news. But it helps me make sense of it all, so I think I can manage 11 more.
One month in, and it feels like I've already sewn a year's worth of news. But it helps me make sense of it all, so I think I can manage 11 more.
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That’s because nothing is right. You have to think like someone experiencing intimate partner abuse. Nothing will ever be right, even if they tell you what to do and you do it perfectly they will find something wrong and then they will beat you anyway.
February 1, 2026 at 3:21 AM
That’s because nothing is right. You have to think like someone experiencing intimate partner abuse. Nothing will ever be right, even if they tell you what to do and you do it perfectly they will find something wrong and then they will beat you anyway.
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#US #USA #trump #vance #MAGA #ICE #fascism #stopfascism #nazis #fcknazis #republicans #christians #men #incels #billionaires #hostiletakeover #democracy #politics #ChemicalWarfare
#ParkrosePermaculture reporting on the #Portland #Unions #ICEOUT #protest
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKk0...
#ParkrosePermaculture reporting on the #Portland #Unions #ICEOUT #protest
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKk0...
ICE tear-gassed thousands (kids, families, elderly), at union march in Portland today. I was there.
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
www.youtube.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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It's been fun seeing The Consultants lose their mind about how they don't get this ad, which is the coolest shit she's done yet.
(Also, yes, that's Matt Mercer, who I've come to learn since this ad dropped is more famous than Michael Jordan.)
(Also, yes, that's Matt Mercer, who I've come to learn since this ad dropped is more famous than Michael Jordan.)
January 31, 2026 at 5:15 PM
It's been fun seeing The Consultants lose their mind about how they don't get this ad, which is the coolest shit she's done yet.
(Also, yes, that's Matt Mercer, who I've come to learn since this ad dropped is more famous than Michael Jordan.)
(Also, yes, that's Matt Mercer, who I've come to learn since this ad dropped is more famous than Michael Jordan.)
My sign for today’s Ice Out protest in Concord, NH, 12-2 at the State House.
January 31, 2026 at 2:51 PM
My sign for today’s Ice Out protest in Concord, NH, 12-2 at the State House.
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Absolutely surreal to continue to hear about drawdowns and lowered temperatures and things calming down in Minneapolis when, as far as I can tell, literally nothing has changed on the ground
January 31, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Absolutely surreal to continue to hear about drawdowns and lowered temperatures and things calming down in Minneapolis when, as far as I can tell, literally nothing has changed on the ground
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From Georgia‘s Facebook account — Bluesky is only allowing me to upload a short clip.
January 30, 2026 at 1:46 PM
From Georgia‘s Facebook account — Bluesky is only allowing me to upload a short clip.
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For nearly a century, the @washingtonpost’s foreign correspondents have been on the ground for the world’s most pressing stories. Now, our desk is facing potential steep cuts. Washington needs us. The world needs us. If you read us and need us, please watch this video and share.
January 29, 2026 at 11:32 PM
For nearly a century, the @washingtonpost’s foreign correspondents have been on the ground for the world’s most pressing stories. Now, our desk is facing potential steep cuts. Washington needs us. The world needs us. If you read us and need us, please watch this video and share.
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This is a direct assault on the First Amendment by the Trump administration www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:17 PM
This is a direct assault on the First Amendment by the Trump administration www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.