Erin
@ebmartier.bsky.social
Kitchen designer Oreaddesign.com
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
January 18, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
January 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
How much more in your face can it be?
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
"Why are you asking me for my paperwork?"
"Because of your accent."
"You have an accent too."
"Where were you born sir?"
"Where were you born at?"
"Put your hands behind your back."
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More people should know about the day 90% of Icelandic women went on strike, forcing real political change towards gender equality:
www.bbc.com/news/magazin...
www.bbc.com/news/magazin...
January 18, 2026 at 4:32 AM
More people should know about the day 90% of Icelandic women went on strike, forcing real political change towards gender equality:
www.bbc.com/news/magazin...
www.bbc.com/news/magazin...
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Today, Israeli soldiers shot and killed 14-year-old Mohammed Naasan in the back and chest outside a mosque in Al-Mughayyir, near Ramallah.
He had just finished Friday prayers with his community.
He had just finished Friday prayers with his community.
January 16, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Today, Israeli soldiers shot and killed 14-year-old Mohammed Naasan in the back and chest outside a mosque in Al-Mughayyir, near Ramallah.
He had just finished Friday prayers with his community.
He had just finished Friday prayers with his community.
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Talked to a Somali man today who said his mosque last night was surrounded by neighbors ready to protect them against ICE if needed. Made me feel proud to live in this city.
January 17, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Talked to a Somali man today who said his mosque last night was surrounded by neighbors ready to protect them against ICE if needed. Made me feel proud to live in this city.
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ICYMI:
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@weissmann.substack.com @muellershewrote.com @marcelias.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @ocasio-cortez.house.gov @raskin.house.gov @ericswalwell.bsky.social @slotkin.senate.gov @warren.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed
The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.
wapo.st
January 18, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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Oh, the media noticed… This photo is from June 3 2025 on Martha’s Vineyard.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/03/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/03/m...
January 18, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Oh, the media noticed… This photo is from June 3 2025 on Martha’s Vineyard.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/03/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/03/m...
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The interior of the peridioles of Nidula niveotomentosa (a birds nest fungus) have surprising green fluorescence in 365 nanometer UV light. Photographed yesterday in Mendocino County, California.
Sliced in half with a sharp razor blade.
#fungi #mycology #mushrooms #fungifriends #uvphotography
Sliced in half with a sharp razor blade.
#fungi #mycology #mushrooms #fungifriends #uvphotography
January 17, 2026 at 8:21 AM
The interior of the peridioles of Nidula niveotomentosa (a birds nest fungus) have surprising green fluorescence in 365 nanometer UV light. Photographed yesterday in Mendocino County, California.
Sliced in half with a sharp razor blade.
#fungi #mycology #mushrooms #fungifriends #uvphotography
Sliced in half with a sharp razor blade.
#fungi #mycology #mushrooms #fungifriends #uvphotography
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I found this very interesting perspective thread on FB.
January 17, 2026 at 4:26 AM
I found this very interesting perspective thread on FB.
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"Until Minneapolis, I would have told you that as bad as Trump is, he’s not capable of ordering ICE agents to shoot people...at random, and that as bad as ICE is, they’d refuse such orders. Now I no longer believe either of those things."
Read @mjtoma.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/post/205379/...
Read @mjtoma.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/post/205379/...
We’re Nearing the Day When ICE Thugs Just Open Fire on Crowds
The United States is now closer to Assad’s Syria than to anything we recognize as fitting within the understood norms of American history.
newrepublic.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM
"Until Minneapolis, I would have told you that as bad as Trump is, he’s not capable of ordering ICE agents to shoot people...at random, and that as bad as ICE is, they’d refuse such orders. Now I no longer believe either of those things."
Read @mjtoma.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/post/205379/...
Read @mjtoma.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/post/205379/...
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A major victory. A federal judge has ruled that ICE must stop targeting peaceful protesters and legal observers who are not suspected of any crimes.
January 17, 2026 at 3:09 AM
A major victory. A federal judge has ruled that ICE must stop targeting peaceful protesters and legal observers who are not suspected of any crimes.
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Thick as mince and thick as thieves. A column about the absolute idiots European legislators have made of themselves over the naming of food, at the behest of meat lobbyists.
You laugh and then you weep.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
You laugh and then you weep.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When is a sausage not really a sausage? Ask the meat lobby | George Monbiot
European legislators may ban plant-based products from using the name to prevent ‘confusion’. Just don’t mention beef tomatoes or buffalo wings, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Thick as mince and thick as thieves. A column about the absolute idiots European legislators have made of themselves over the naming of food, at the behest of meat lobbyists.
You laugh and then you weep.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
You laugh and then you weep.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“Lifeless… foam around his mouth. Nobody wants to see their kids like that.”
ICE attacked a family trying to LEAVE the besieged neighborhood and hospitalized a 6 month old baby that couldn’t breathe.
ICE attacked a family trying to LEAVE the besieged neighborhood and hospitalized a 6 month old baby that couldn’t breathe.
January 16, 2026 at 2:14 PM
“Lifeless… foam around his mouth. Nobody wants to see their kids like that.”
ICE attacked a family trying to LEAVE the besieged neighborhood and hospitalized a 6 month old baby that couldn’t breathe.
ICE attacked a family trying to LEAVE the besieged neighborhood and hospitalized a 6 month old baby that couldn’t breathe.
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❌ Russia loses 1,130 soldiers over past day
Russia loses 1,130 soldiers over past day
Russia has lost 1,130 soldiers killed and wounded, 3 tanks and 115 vehicles and fuel tankers over the past day.
www.pravda.com.ua
January 17, 2026 at 8:22 AM
❌ Russia loses 1,130 soldiers over past day
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With arms linked and snow falling, Minneapolis ICE protesters dance as ICE agents retreat back. "Nah nah nah, hey hey hey, goodbye!" WATCH ⬇️
January 17, 2026 at 3:34 AM
With arms linked and snow falling, Minneapolis ICE protesters dance as ICE agents retreat back. "Nah nah nah, hey hey hey, goodbye!" WATCH ⬇️
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NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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🇰🇷South Korea’s impeached former President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to five years in prison for abusing power, obstructing justice and falsifying documents over his failed 2024 martial law attempt.
January 16, 2026 at 9:49 AM
🇰🇷South Korea’s impeached former President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to five years in prison for abusing power, obstructing justice and falsifying documents over his failed 2024 martial law attempt.
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I would definitely vote for Gavin Newsom’s social media team to work for a different candidate.
January 16, 2026 at 5:09 AM
I would definitely vote for Gavin Newsom’s social media team to work for a different candidate.
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“No puedo respirar,” is a phrase that somehow nearly everyone can understand, even if they don’t “speak Spanish.”
It means “I can’t breathe.”
It means “I can’t breathe.”
DHS said the man died while he tried to commit suicide and “violently resisted security staff.”
A medical examiner called it “asphyxia due to neck and chest compression.”
A witness told the Washpost *on the record* that guards choked him as he said, “no puedo respirar.”
Gift link⤵️
wapo.st/49FW4NG
A medical examiner called it “asphyxia due to neck and chest compression.”
A witness told the Washpost *on the record* that guards choked him as he said, “no puedo respirar.”
Gift link⤵️
wapo.st/49FW4NG
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
wapo.st
January 16, 2026 at 10:21 AM
“No puedo respirar,” is a phrase that somehow nearly everyone can understand, even if they don’t “speak Spanish.”
It means “I can’t breathe.”
It means “I can’t breathe.”
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Pritzker: The Insurrection Act is designed for circumstances where your rights can’t be protected by local authorities
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
January 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Pritzker: The Insurrection Act is designed for circumstances where your rights can’t be protected by local authorities
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.
This is exactly the opposite.
Your civil rights are being infringed upon by CBP and ICE, and then they want to call in troops claiming that they’re protecting CBP and ICE.