Deflare
@deflare.bsky.social
California LARPer, minis enthusiast, writer. He/Him
Learning about these two men is really making me rethink my stance on immigration enforcement.
Before, I thought we should abolish ICE.
Now, I think we should abolish ICE, *and* CBP.
Before, I thought we should abolish ICE.
Now, I think we should abolish ICE, *and* CBP.
This article is a very good example of why "more training" and "more vetting" isn't the answer. Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez joined Border Patrol in 2018 and 2014 respectively. These aren't new agents. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 2, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Learning about these two men is really making me rethink my stance on immigration enforcement.
Before, I thought we should abolish ICE.
Now, I think we should abolish ICE, *and* CBP.
Before, I thought we should abolish ICE.
Now, I think we should abolish ICE, *and* CBP.
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A few broader thoughts:
1) This election happened, period.
2) It happened in Texas, no less.
3) It happened even though Trump himself took an intense interest in winning it.
If Trump could cancel elections or ordain their outcomes, then why didn't he do that tonight?
1) This election happened, period.
2) It happened in Texas, no less.
3) It happened even though Trump himself took an intense interest in winning it.
If Trump could cancel elections or ordain their outcomes, then why didn't he do that tonight?
BREAKING: Texas Democrat Taylor Rehmet just won a *massive* landslide to flip a deep-red Senate district. He's up by 14 points in a Trump+17 seat—an overperformance of more than 30 points.
How did he do it? Here's our full writeup:
How did he do it? Here's our full writeup:
Breaking: Texas Democrats score landslide upset in race Trump badly wanted to win
Taylor Rehmet just flipped a deep-red seat—and gave his party a shot in the arm
www.the-downballot.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:45 AM
A few broader thoughts:
1) This election happened, period.
2) It happened in Texas, no less.
3) It happened even though Trump himself took an intense interest in winning it.
If Trump could cancel elections or ordain their outcomes, then why didn't he do that tonight?
1) This election happened, period.
2) It happened in Texas, no less.
3) It happened even though Trump himself took an intense interest in winning it.
If Trump could cancel elections or ordain their outcomes, then why didn't he do that tonight?
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i so wonder what this coyote felt and thought as it looked at alcatraz from the shore
i've been watching the coyote on Alcatraz's progress with great interest. a week-ish ago, a coyote SWAM to Alcatraz for the first time and looked fuckin rough after the dangerous swim. but the coyote is doing fine now, gorging itself on unprepared birds & rats who are dealing with a sort of Godzilla
January 29, 2026 at 5:39 PM
i so wonder what this coyote felt and thought as it looked at alcatraz from the shore
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the fight continues anywhere ICE goes. do not let demotions make you take your eyes off the ball
January 27, 2026 at 3:45 PM
the fight continues anywhere ICE goes. do not let demotions make you take your eyes off the ball
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it is impossible to miss the difference between the names you see in newspaper headlines and the names you don't see in newspaper headlines
Four months of shootings and deaths. This doesn't even count the neglect and death in their concentration camps. Fuck. This. Shit.
January 26, 2026 at 3:19 AM
it is impossible to miss the difference between the names you see in newspaper headlines and the names you don't see in newspaper headlines
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Abolish ICE, prosecute and imprison its leaders, impeach and remove the President from office. This is the only sane reaction to a group of armed men kidnapping and gunning down our neighbors in the street.
As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Abolish ICE, prosecute and imprison its leaders, impeach and remove the President from office. This is the only sane reaction to a group of armed men kidnapping and gunning down our neighbors in the street.
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solidarity forever
Today is the day. Right now hundreds of Minnesota businesses and institutions are shut down. Thousands of people are refusing to work. There’s a massive picket at the airport. Minnesota’s resistance to ICE today is changing the tenor our fight against fascism.
www.jphilll.com/p/the-first-...
www.jphilll.com/p/the-first-...
The first General Strike in 80 years
We're at war, and now people are fighting back like never before
www.jphilll.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:16 PM
solidarity forever
Britain's center-left party has been tacking rightwards to try to pick up voters from the right.
The result has been a bunch of terrible policies, their base absolutely hates them, and they've picked up basically no right-wing voters.
PAY ATTENTION, DEMOCRATS.
The result has been a bunch of terrible policies, their base absolutely hates them, and they've picked up basically no right-wing voters.
PAY ATTENTION, DEMOCRATS.
24% of people who voted Labour at the last general election now plan to
vote Green or Lib Dem.
0% of those who voted Reform at the last election now plan to vote Labour.
vote Green or Lib Dem.
0% of those who voted Reform at the last election now plan to vote Labour.
January 22, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Britain's center-left party has been tacking rightwards to try to pick up voters from the right.
The result has been a bunch of terrible policies, their base absolutely hates them, and they've picked up basically no right-wing voters.
PAY ATTENTION, DEMOCRATS.
The result has been a bunch of terrible policies, their base absolutely hates them, and they've picked up basically no right-wing voters.
PAY ATTENTION, DEMOCRATS.
Destroy ICE.
Destroy the DHS.
Enforce the War Powers Resolution so Presidents can't send troops gallivanting off to any part of the world without anyone else's say-so.
These are the *bare minimum* requirements of de-Trumpifying the US.
Destroy the DHS.
Enforce the War Powers Resolution so Presidents can't send troops gallivanting off to any part of the world without anyone else's say-so.
These are the *bare minimum* requirements of de-Trumpifying the US.
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Destroy ICE.
Destroy the DHS.
Enforce the War Powers Resolution so Presidents can't send troops gallivanting off to any part of the world without anyone else's say-so.
These are the *bare minimum* requirements of de-Trumpifying the US.
Destroy the DHS.
Enforce the War Powers Resolution so Presidents can't send troops gallivanting off to any part of the world without anyone else's say-so.
These are the *bare minimum* requirements of de-Trumpifying the US.
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Greenland is Inuit Land. US & Europe playing tug of war with Kalaallit Nunaat, it will be Indigenous people who suffer most. Colonization is not a distant history.
Under a colonial system built on white supremacy violence never disappears it only reiterates itself, sometimes dressed up differently.
Under a colonial system built on white supremacy violence never disappears it only reiterates itself, sometimes dressed up differently.
January 21, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Greenland is Inuit Land. US & Europe playing tug of war with Kalaallit Nunaat, it will be Indigenous people who suffer most. Colonization is not a distant history.
Under a colonial system built on white supremacy violence never disappears it only reiterates itself, sometimes dressed up differently.
Under a colonial system built on white supremacy violence never disappears it only reiterates itself, sometimes dressed up differently.
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I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
January 17, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
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Today is Quintidi the 25th of Nivôse in the year 234.
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate cats.#JacobinDay
More information on cats
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate cats.#JacobinDay
More information on cats
January 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Today is Quintidi the 25th of Nivôse in the year 234.
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate cats.#JacobinDay
More information on cats
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate cats.#JacobinDay
More information on cats
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If you read a translated book, or poem, or anything, and the words move you or the prose excites you: remember the translator.
Because those words are theirs. The original text is the plan. It lays out the structure and the goal, but the translator makes the choices that get you there.
Because those words are theirs. The original text is the plan. It lays out the structure and the goal, but the translator makes the choices that get you there.
January 11, 2026 at 1:07 AM
If you read a translated book, or poem, or anything, and the words move you or the prose excites you: remember the translator.
Because those words are theirs. The original text is the plan. It lays out the structure and the goal, but the translator makes the choices that get you there.
Because those words are theirs. The original text is the plan. It lays out the structure and the goal, but the translator makes the choices that get you there.
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"what are we going to do with 20,000 ICE agents if we abolish ice" well to start with I think we should all literally spit on them in public for the rest of their lives
January 7, 2026 at 10:24 PM
"what are we going to do with 20,000 ICE agents if we abolish ice" well to start with I think we should all literally spit on them in public for the rest of their lives
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Let’s make 2026 the year of the bog. The world’s most unique and interesting plants, clean water, cooler climate. Bogs deserve our thanks, care, and deep respect. Please join me and love a bog today.
January 5, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Let’s make 2026 the year of the bog. The world’s most unique and interesting plants, clean water, cooler climate. Bogs deserve our thanks, care, and deep respect. Please join me and love a bog today.
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One thing people forget is that the US supports plenty of dictators right now, it has supported dictators in the past, and it has installed its own dictators in other countries through regime change operations.
The US doesn't care that Maduro was a dictator or bad, they care he opposed them.
The US doesn't care that Maduro was a dictator or bad, they care he opposed them.
it really doesn't matter whether maduro was "bad"
January 3, 2026 at 9:15 PM
One thing people forget is that the US supports plenty of dictators right now, it has supported dictators in the past, and it has installed its own dictators in other countries through regime change operations.
The US doesn't care that Maduro was a dictator or bad, they care he opposed them.
The US doesn't care that Maduro was a dictator or bad, they care he opposed them.
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Three million people live in Caracas, five million in the metro area. It's one of the densest cities in South America. Remember this in the morning when they try to spin this as anything other than a cold-blooded attack on a major civilian center.
January 3, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Three million people live in Caracas, five million in the metro area. It's one of the densest cities in South America. Remember this in the morning when they try to spin this as anything other than a cold-blooded attack on a major civilian center.
Gerald Ford did very little as president, but he made one huge mistake: He pardoned Nixon. Since then, the government's policy has been to avoid the appearance of political persecution by refusing to prosecute bad actors in government. This has emboldened people like Trump, and has to stop.
January 3, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Gerald Ford did very little as president, but he made one huge mistake: He pardoned Nixon. Since then, the government's policy has been to avoid the appearance of political persecution by refusing to prosecute bad actors in government. This has emboldened people like Trump, and has to stop.
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An administration driven by greed, cruelty, and frankly a sort of empty-hearted boredom. The death of innocents so they can beat their chests and line their already fat wallets.
Whatever comes next has to at least look like justice. We cannot just turn the page for the sake of one party’s comfort.
Whatever comes next has to at least look like justice. We cannot just turn the page for the sake of one party’s comfort.
BREAKING: Venezuela’s government has accused the US of launching attacks on civilian and military installations across several states, rejecting what it described as a "military aggression," according to an official statement.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/p3fqh2
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January 3, 2026 at 8:41 AM
An administration driven by greed, cruelty, and frankly a sort of empty-hearted boredom. The death of innocents so they can beat their chests and line their already fat wallets.
Whatever comes next has to at least look like justice. We cannot just turn the page for the sake of one party’s comfort.
Whatever comes next has to at least look like justice. We cannot just turn the page for the sake of one party’s comfort.
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It's a great year for the public domain!
"Duke Law School’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain highlighted Piet Mondrian’s 'Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow' (1930) as a particularly exciting addition to the public domain in 2026...."
"Duke Law School’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain highlighted Piet Mondrian’s 'Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow' (1930) as a particularly exciting addition to the public domain in 2026...."
January 1 might ring in a new year, but it's also a day when copyright protections expire for a bunch of cool old stuff that we can now freely access, republish, reinterpret, and revitalize.
Celebrate Public Domain Day with Betty Boop and Piet Mondrian
"The Little Engine That Could," a Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel collaboration, and many other works are now free to use and reuse.
hyperallergic.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:45 PM
It's a great year for the public domain!
"Duke Law School’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain highlighted Piet Mondrian’s 'Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow' (1930) as a particularly exciting addition to the public domain in 2026...."
"Duke Law School’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain highlighted Piet Mondrian’s 'Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow' (1930) as a particularly exciting addition to the public domain in 2026...."
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tapping the sign
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
tapping the sign
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Hi bluesky I made you a giraph ok thanks
October 29, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Hi bluesky I made you a giraph ok thanks
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Ace attorney fans one joke is defrosting
December 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Ace attorney fans one joke is defrosting
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this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will