Freya
@dragnflite.bsky.social
Accidental owner of multiple dogs. Feeder of two lovely pasture ornaments. I've changed. You can change, too. "We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn."- Bateson. And my favorite quote "Some things need to be broken" by PC Hodgell.
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not enough looking glasses to pass through at this point:
An entire family of Kansas Citians outed themselves as ICE agents and got USA Today to write an exposé because they felt that their work, as a family deporting other families, is wrongly demonized by the media.
They’re the victims, really.
An entire family of Kansas Citians outed themselves as ICE agents and got USA Today to write an exposé because they felt that their work, as a family deporting other families, is wrongly demonized by the media.
They’re the victims, really.
Exclusive: A father and his three kids work for ICE. Why they do it
A father, daughter and twin sons are all ICE agents. They see themselves as crime fighters. Others see them as something far worse.
www.usatoday.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
not enough looking glasses to pass through at this point:
An entire family of Kansas Citians outed themselves as ICE agents and got USA Today to write an exposé because they felt that their work, as a family deporting other families, is wrongly demonized by the media.
They’re the victims, really.
An entire family of Kansas Citians outed themselves as ICE agents and got USA Today to write an exposé because they felt that their work, as a family deporting other families, is wrongly demonized by the media.
They’re the victims, really.
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It is weird to me that the shooter would yell something into a 500-person classroom before shooting (indicating perhaps they have some sort of ideological message and don’t care about getting away) and we don’t have a sketch or even a description of them. (Were they short? Tall? Big gun? Small gun?)
oh that poor guy - his name and complete biography were plastered all over the internet
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Live Updates: Police Resume Search for Gunman in Deadly Brown University Attack
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
It is weird to me that the shooter would yell something into a 500-person classroom before shooting (indicating perhaps they have some sort of ideological message and don’t care about getting away) and we don’t have a sketch or even a description of them. (Were they short? Tall? Big gun? Small gun?)
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Here’s an actual example of this behavior, from the pre-gen AI before times!
Crow skiing down a roof
YouTube video by Niko Niko
m.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Here’s an actual example of this behavior, from the pre-gen AI before times!
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I don’t use social media to argue about politics with strangers.
I use social media to talk to people about fish.
When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish.
When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.
I use social media to talk to people about fish.
When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish.
When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.
"Bluesky is an echo chamber."
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
December 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I don’t use social media to argue about politics with strangers.
I use social media to talk to people about fish.
When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish.
When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.
I use social media to talk to people about fish.
When I talk about fish on Bluesky, people ask me questions about fish.
When I talk about fish on Twitter, people threaten to murder my family because we’re Jewish.
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"Copper could hit 'stratospheric new highs' as hoarding of the metal in U.S. continues"
"Industry experts say the latest leg of the rally has been turbocharged by tariff concerns." www.cnbc.com/2025/12/15/c...
"Industry experts say the latest leg of the rally has been turbocharged by tariff concerns." www.cnbc.com/2025/12/15/c...
December 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"Copper could hit 'stratospheric new highs' as hoarding of the metal in U.S. continues"
"Industry experts say the latest leg of the rally has been turbocharged by tariff concerns." www.cnbc.com/2025/12/15/c...
"Industry experts say the latest leg of the rally has been turbocharged by tariff concerns." www.cnbc.com/2025/12/15/c...
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Nobody needs to be "I'm going to rent Venice for my wedding" rich.
"For the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71 percent believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate."
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Nobody needs to be "I'm going to rent Venice for my wedding" rich.
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It’s even worse than that, because there are multiple dudes from Wisconsin named Benjamin Erickson, and they’re all innocent.
When your “exclusive” lasts all of 7 hours, because you publicly named a guy who was never charged with a crime, and who now is being hounded by trolls, and will have this show up in internet searches for the rest of his life.
December 15, 2025 at 6:35 AM
It’s even worse than that, because there are multiple dudes from Wisconsin named Benjamin Erickson, and they’re all innocent.
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I genuinely affirmatively think that it is now a democratic imperative to spend as much time as you can offline. Read more offline. Socialise more offline. Discuss media you consume with other people offline. Out there is a real world full of people looking for real human connection - seize it
Reading a bunch of books this year has really solidified for me how awful the internet is in comparison nowadays. Obviously in terms of general hostility but more generally in terms of lack of depth, insight, reading comprehension, base of knowledge, etc
December 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I genuinely affirmatively think that it is now a democratic imperative to spend as much time as you can offline. Read more offline. Socialise more offline. Discuss media you consume with other people offline. Out there is a real world full of people looking for real human connection - seize it
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This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants
December 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants
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I mean also like, I *am* a journalist but I don't think it's my solemn duty to get shouted out and get sent death and rape threats most days just because I dare to exist as a woman online lol, amazingly it was never part of the job description, I can do my job without Twitter!
"Bluesky is an echo chamber."
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
"Bluesky doesn't have enough reach"
"Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right"
I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.
December 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I mean also like, I *am* a journalist but I don't think it's my solemn duty to get shouted out and get sent death and rape threats most days just because I dare to exist as a woman online lol, amazingly it was never part of the job description, I can do my job without Twitter!
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Never let them live it down. Mass murder by the richest man in the world and Trump.
The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.
New, @propublica.org
New, @propublica.org
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Never let them live it down. Mass murder by the richest man in the world and Trump.
Turns out, a website that amplifies hate only draws haters. Who'd ever have thought.
Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
December 15, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Turns out, a website that amplifies hate only draws haters. Who'd ever have thought.
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The Internet was never perfect but it used to be usable, functional. I know how we got here and I want the old Internet back. I want forums back. I want personal sites. I want stuff not written by a machine. I just want shit to work again.
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The Internet was never perfect but it used to be usable, functional. I know how we got here and I want the old Internet back. I want forums back. I want personal sites. I want stuff not written by a machine. I just want shit to work again.
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why are all the knives out movies 2.5 hours. that is too long, stop it
December 15, 2025 at 2:20 AM
why are all the knives out movies 2.5 hours. that is too long, stop it
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
Happy Hanukkah to all who are celebrating.
a happy hanukkah and merry christmas greeting card with two cats
Alt: a happy hanukkah and merry christmas greeting card with two cats.
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Happy Hanukkah to all who are celebrating.
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ICE PEPPER SPRAYED A ONE-YEAR-OLD because her mother was filming them.
ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
December 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
ICE PEPPER SPRAYED A ONE-YEAR-OLD because her mother was filming them.
I love driving. This is so far from my experience that I have absolutely no comprehension of how to feel except to say if you are that dependent on an undependable devise, dont drive at all. You are a danger to yourself and us.
tesla owners admitting without shame they don’t know how to drive anymore
December 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I love driving. This is so far from my experience that I have absolutely no comprehension of how to feel except to say if you are that dependent on an undependable devise, dont drive at all. You are a danger to yourself and us.
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
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In which a Border Patrol agent and a youth minister abuse their adoptive daughter to death. The girl was homeschooled; the homeschool sponsors knew and did nothing. The family was evangelical; members of their church knew and did nothing. A San Diego police officer knew, and GAVE THE FAMILY PADDLES.
“Prosecutors say Arabella's adoptive father, Brian McCormack, a Border Patrol agent, would also be facing criminal charges if he were alive today. He took his own life in front of deputies just hours after Arabella died.”
San Diego County agrees to pay $10M over adopted girl’s death; total now $31.5M
The city of San Diego, the Rock Church, a San Diego police officer and the Pacific Coast Academy were also named as defendants in the civil suit.
www.nbcsandiego.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
In which a Border Patrol agent and a youth minister abuse their adoptive daughter to death. The girl was homeschooled; the homeschool sponsors knew and did nothing. The family was evangelical; members of their church knew and did nothing. A San Diego police officer knew, and GAVE THE FAMILY PADDLES.
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What's striking about Trump's lies, and those of his apologists, is that they're not even plausible. They don't try to be plausible. As others have noted, that's kind of the point. True authoritarian control and power is telling a blatant and obvious lie, and showing you can get away with it.
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
December 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
What's striking about Trump's lies, and those of his apologists, is that they're not even plausible. They don't try to be plausible. As others have noted, that's kind of the point. True authoritarian control and power is telling a blatant and obvious lie, and showing you can get away with it.
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Brennan eventually acknowledges that gynecologists and obstetricians have determined mifepristone is safe — but then demands again to know why the government isn’t launching a study to crack down on its usage.
We are watching a storied news organization deteriorate steadily, day after day.
We are watching a storied news organization deteriorate steadily, day after day.
really weird -- Margaret Brennen presses Bill Cassidy on why the White House isn't doing more to crack down on mifepristone and what he's doing to encourage them to do it
December 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Brennan eventually acknowledges that gynecologists and obstetricians have determined mifepristone is safe — but then demands again to know why the government isn’t launching a study to crack down on its usage.
We are watching a storied news organization deteriorate steadily, day after day.
We are watching a storied news organization deteriorate steadily, day after day.
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You can't politically eliminate Border protection. I mean we had it with Biden and they made it seem as though there was an invasion happening. But you can reorganize all of it and change the mission. It all needs to be gutted. ICE can be "folded into" Border Patrol again with 99% RIFd.
December 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
You can't politically eliminate Border protection. I mean we had it with Biden and they made it seem as though there was an invasion happening. But you can reorganize all of it and change the mission. It all needs to be gutted. ICE can be "folded into" Border Patrol again with 99% RIFd.
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DHS is shockingly incompetent.
December 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
DHS is shockingly incompetent.