Chris
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Chris
@howlingfatfish.bsky.social
Avid reader, technologist, polymath, lover of scifi and rules-light ttrpgs, relentless dreamer. Interested in everything. Mudskippers are the best.
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“Someone I personally know in Minneapolis posted this to Facebook a few hours ago. This isn’t what orderly law enforcement looks like. No charge, no location info? How do you even know citizens are getting due process here?”
January 10, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Look at this shit!

Is it just me or does it seem like the Trump administration is looking to provoke violence so that they can create the conditions for a harsh crackdown? Be careful, everyone.

📌 500 ICE agents are being moved to Minneapolis from other cities.
January 9, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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Sunday in Nashville…
January 10, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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These assholes want us to be scared.

No fascist or totalitarian regime can succeed if the people they're trying to oppress AREN'T scared.

Our potential fear is something they're banking on.
January 10, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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Kelly Morrison on a Twin Cities ICE facility she & other members of Congress tried to visit: "We were told to leave. We met with 2 of the commanding officers & they told us the reason we were not able to stay & meet with detainees is because the funding for ICE came from the 'Big Beautiful Bill.'"
January 10, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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Shapiro: J.D. Vance is profoundly and pathetically a weak human being, and he does whatever he thinks his boss wants him to do.

What we need right now is not idiotic gaslighting from the sitting VP

He should be ashamed of himself—and he’s not. I think that speaks to the weakness of his character.
January 9, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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This is Denver. She was hit by a car, leaving her with multiple broken bones in her back leg. Due to the extent of her injuries, she was at immediate risk for euthanasia. She needs surgery as soon as possible so she can walk comfortably again. You can help her below ❤️‍🩹

1510.fan/denver-wrd
January 9, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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my politics are domestically now largely anti kidnapping and anti murder, an apparently controversial position to the majority on Capitol Hill
January 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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WATCH — @jonfavs.bsky.social : “Who the f*ck cares if she was an activist or not? That doesn’t mean you get SHOT… They don’t think we live in a country of laws anymore. They think power is the only thing that matters.”
January 9, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Protests in Iran near the 2-week mark as authorities intensify crackdown on demonstrators
Protests in Iran near the 2-week mark as authorities intensify crackdown on demonstrators
The death toll has grown to at least 65 people, with more than 2,300 others detained, according to a U.S.-based human rights organization.
dlvr.it
January 10, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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AOC: That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
January 10, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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"They want an excuse to fire on protesters."

"They're looking for a reason to declare martial law. Don't..."

Ah. See, they're already doing and saying whatever they want. They're putting people in camps and murdering people at will.

Our behavior doesn't drive theirs.
January 10, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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January 9, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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i don’t think the intention of noting the victim’s citizenship is to imply that one life is more valuable, but rather to shake anyone out of complacency and apathy if they assumed their passport would shield them from the violence and brutality of their own government
January 9, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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Law enforcement everywhere believe in a variation of ‘To serve and protect’. ICE are the only bunch of thugs uninterested in either serving or protecting.
January 10, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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Oh look. Yesterday I wrote: "They're trying to provoke enough violence so they can declare martial law and cancel the elections altogether" and now he's taking the next step:
January 9, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Frey: "An individual from a car that was in the middle of a street was detained. ICE left the car in the middle of the street. The car wasn't even in park, so you got it just rolling down the street w/nobody in it. It could've hit anybody, including my own family. This is not about safety"
January 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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It’s been a rough few days so here’s something I painted in watercolor.
January 10, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Renee Good’s wife Becca: “We had whistles. They had guns… the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way.”

Full statement: www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 9, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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I live in Minnesota.

I’m going to my kid’s school when it lets out today. Parents are making sure kids get safely to buses and cars so they get home.

We’ll be filming.

We’ll be there to protect our children from our government. It’s come to that.

I expect it will be a huge crowd.
January 9, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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Dragon of the Tower
"It guards over the castle and lake..."

Been messing with procreate brushes that I've never really used.

#digitalart #procreate #dragon #dragonart #lindwurm
January 10, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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Why is Iran protesting now? A timeline since the 1979 Islamic Revolution

The mass protests in Iran are the largest the country has seen in more than 15 years and threaten to topple the Islamic regime led by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Why is Iran protesting now? A timeline since the 1979 Islamic Revolution
www.thetimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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Fascism is here.

Whether or not we stand up to and eradicate it is the only question left.

NO ONE is coming to save us...not Congress, not the courts, not law enforcement, not the military.

IF, and it's a substantial IF, we get out of this, it will be because of us.
January 9, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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Once again the absolute dumbest people you and I know will be downright gleeful about this.

Disgraceful.
January 10, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE:

"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".

"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
January 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM