@dirgesinthedark.bsky.social
Citizen, mother, ready to do the work to make things better for everyone. Generally nice, but curses freely.
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This in turn causes economic productivity to decline in some cases and people losing their jobs in others.
None of this is just or moral. The harms of undermining vaccines are many and varied. And it’s a direct threat to women in the workforce, who are still expected to be the ones to miss work.
None of this is just or moral. The harms of undermining vaccines are many and varied. And it’s a direct threat to women in the workforce, who are still expected to be the ones to miss work.
January 23, 2026 at 7:59 PM
This in turn causes economic productivity to decline in some cases and people losing their jobs in others.
None of this is just or moral. The harms of undermining vaccines are many and varied. And it’s a direct threat to women in the workforce, who are still expected to be the ones to miss work.
None of this is just or moral. The harms of undermining vaccines are many and varied. And it’s a direct threat to women in the workforce, who are still expected to be the ones to miss work.
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Costs will also ring up for substitute teaching, and the ripple effect of student absences will also be the absenteeism of their parents, who may need to stay home with them for weeks. In the best case scenario they have paid leave. This doesn’t apply to huge swathes of the U.S. population.
January 23, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Costs will also ring up for substitute teaching, and the ripple effect of student absences will also be the absenteeism of their parents, who may need to stay home with them for weeks. In the best case scenario they have paid leave. This doesn’t apply to huge swathes of the U.S. population.
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In turn, this will result in very sick kids and teachers, and increased absenteeism, which means less funding for schools.
Teachers already have enough on their plate without having to play dodgeball with vaccine-preventable disease. They have a right to a safe workplace.
Teachers already have enough on their plate without having to play dodgeball with vaccine-preventable disease. They have a right to a safe workplace.
January 23, 2026 at 7:53 PM
In turn, this will result in very sick kids and teachers, and increased absenteeism, which means less funding for schools.
Teachers already have enough on their plate without having to play dodgeball with vaccine-preventable disease. They have a right to a safe workplace.
Teachers already have enough on their plate without having to play dodgeball with vaccine-preventable disease. They have a right to a safe workplace.
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I do think parents should absolutely have the right to choose not to vaccinate their kids.
I also think schools, sports teams, and other clubs or activities should absolutely have the right to exclude those who don’t want to participate in keeping these communities safe by getting vaccinated.
I also think schools, sports teams, and other clubs or activities should absolutely have the right to exclude those who don’t want to participate in keeping these communities safe by getting vaccinated.
January 23, 2026 at 7:48 PM
I do think parents should absolutely have the right to choose not to vaccinate their kids.
I also think schools, sports teams, and other clubs or activities should absolutely have the right to exclude those who don’t want to participate in keeping these communities safe by getting vaccinated.
I also think schools, sports teams, and other clubs or activities should absolutely have the right to exclude those who don’t want to participate in keeping these communities safe by getting vaccinated.
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New: an FBI agent who took the routine step of investigating the ICE officer who shot Renee Good has resigned after FBI leadership discouraged the investigation
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:49 PM
New: an FBI agent who took the routine step of investigating the ICE officer who shot Renee Good has resigned after FBI leadership discouraged the investigation
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
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Only real “tough guy alpha males” detain toddlers and push down old ladies.
January 23, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Only real “tough guy alpha males” detain toddlers and push down old ladies.
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Trying to provoke a violent response so they can declare the insurrection act.
January 23, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Trying to provoke a violent response so they can declare the insurrection act.
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Breaking MS NOW:
Aides to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed the U.S. Attorney's office and FBI agents in Minnesota to shut down the civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good and instead alter it to probe Good for possible criminal liability.
Aides to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed the U.S. Attorney's office and FBI agents in Minnesota to shut down the civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good and instead alter it to probe Good for possible criminal liability.
DOJ sought to probe Renee Good for criminal liability, even after her death: Sources
A judge refused an FBI warrant that proposed investigating dead Minnesota mom for suspected assault on an officer.
www.ms.now
January 23, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Breaking MS NOW:
Aides to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed the U.S. Attorney's office and FBI agents in Minnesota to shut down the civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good and instead alter it to probe Good for possible criminal liability.
Aides to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed the U.S. Attorney's office and FBI agents in Minnesota to shut down the civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good and instead alter it to probe Good for possible criminal liability.
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Best sign💔
January 23, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Best sign💔
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Just wow, Minneapolis.
January 23, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Just wow, Minneapolis.
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I just feel like if my career was chasing down screaming children in the snow with the goal of throwing them in the back of my vehicle and taking them to a facility where they might die... I'd quit
January 24, 2026 at 12:02 AM
I just feel like if my career was chasing down screaming children in the snow with the goal of throwing them in the back of my vehicle and taking them to a facility where they might die... I'd quit
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I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
8 weeks under siege in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Frank has a hard time explaining to his 8-year-old daughter why they rarely leave their home in the Twin Cities. Why she can’t go to school, and why he can’t work. “The only thing we tell her is that ...
minnesotareformer.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
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Reporters, if you wrote about learning loss due to covid school closures, you can write about learning loss due to state terror.
I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
January 23, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Reporters, if you wrote about learning loss due to covid school closures, you can write about learning loss due to state terror.
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My loose info so far is that the Minneapolis General Strike today had about 80 unions sign on, and it might be one of the biggest labor actions in decades depending on your definition
January 23, 2026 at 11:16 PM
My loose info so far is that the Minneapolis General Strike today had about 80 unions sign on, and it might be one of the biggest labor actions in decades depending on your definition
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So she had integrity. I hope she goes to Congress and reports what actually happened.
January 23, 2026 at 11:19 PM
So she had integrity. I hope she goes to Congress and reports what actually happened.
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Breaking NYT:
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Breaking NYT:
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
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"Oh my gosh, it was so nice to see you! Have a lovely day, fuck ICE!"
"Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!'
- two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest
"Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!'
- two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest
January 23, 2026 at 11:17 PM
"Oh my gosh, it was so nice to see you! Have a lovely day, fuck ICE!"
"Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!'
- two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest
"Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!'
- two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest
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🚨 Major update: more ice, higher outage risk
• More sleet, less pure snow, some spots could get 1–3" of sleet on top of snow (very heavy)
• Freezing rain risk up S of Beltway; outage risk growing, esp. S MD
• Clear early, often: this will harden quickly
Link: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
• More sleet, less pure snow, some spots could get 1–3" of sleet on top of snow (very heavy)
• Freezing rain risk up S of Beltway; outage risk growing, esp. S MD
• Clear early, often: this will harden quickly
Link: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
January 23, 2026 at 7:10 PM
🚨 Major update: more ice, higher outage risk
• More sleet, less pure snow, some spots could get 1–3" of sleet on top of snow (very heavy)
• Freezing rain risk up S of Beltway; outage risk growing, esp. S MD
• Clear early, often: this will harden quickly
Link: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
• More sleet, less pure snow, some spots could get 1–3" of sleet on top of snow (very heavy)
• Freezing rain risk up S of Beltway; outage risk growing, esp. S MD
• Clear early, often: this will harden quickly
Link: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
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A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
bit.ly
January 23, 2026 at 10:00 PM
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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A reasonable and necessary course of action.
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
bit.ly
January 23, 2026 at 10:57 PM
A reasonable and necessary course of action.
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But yeah, I live 3.5 miles from the park it started at and just couldn’t get there. So many others wanted to be here and couldn’t. We all want these mfs out, you’re only seeing a fraction of support that is here ❤️
January 23, 2026 at 10:54 PM
But yeah, I live 3.5 miles from the park it started at and just couldn’t get there. So many others wanted to be here and couldn’t. We all want these mfs out, you’re only seeing a fraction of support that is here ❤️
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I just want people who are seeing the crowd pics to know, every single piece of Mpls infrastructure was strained to the limit today to get people there. I’m able bodied and prepared, was outside for 2 hours and still never made it bc our trains downtown were never meant to be packed like they were.
January 23, 2026 at 10:45 PM
I just want people who are seeing the crowd pics to know, every single piece of Mpls infrastructure was strained to the limit today to get people there. I’m able bodied and prepared, was outside for 2 hours and still never made it bc our trains downtown were never meant to be packed like they were.
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On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”
January 23, 2026 at 10:29 PM
On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”
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Trump pulled the US out of the World Health Organisation yesterday.
In response California has become the first state to join the WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.
If this is the start of a pattern Americans will only be safe in Blue states.
In response California has become the first state to join the WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.
If this is the start of a pattern Americans will only be safe in Blue states.
January 23, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Trump pulled the US out of the World Health Organisation yesterday.
In response California has become the first state to join the WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.
If this is the start of a pattern Americans will only be safe in Blue states.
In response California has become the first state to join the WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network.
If this is the start of a pattern Americans will only be safe in Blue states.