Jay
@jaybiiird.bsky.social
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healthcare consultant, knitter, video gamer, cat furniture, among other things
healthcare consultant, knitter, video gamer, cat furniture, among other things
How do you turn a brain off? Asking for a friend.😩
January 13, 2026 at 5:48 AM
How do you turn a brain off? Asking for a friend.😩
Need to sleep. Can't let go of Ew I Had To Listen To Antivax Talking Points
I almost wish I didn't care. But I do care. I care so fucking much OTL
I almost wish I didn't care. But I do care. I care so fucking much OTL
January 13, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Need to sleep. Can't let go of Ew I Had To Listen To Antivax Talking Points
I almost wish I didn't care. But I do care. I care so fucking much OTL
I almost wish I didn't care. But I do care. I care so fucking much OTL
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This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny
It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
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Much ink has been spilled to the effect of "trans girl spinny skirt cringe" but I don't think people realize how demandingly rigid the rituals of forced masculinity are. I was screamed at for wearing the "wrong colored" shoes. Let trans women be girls, most were not allowed to be.
One of the great things about being a trans woman is giving yourself permission to finally like cute things that weren't "socially acceptable" to enjoy before.
[Not that this is the way things SHOULD be. Just finding small joy where I can.]
[Not that this is the way things SHOULD be. Just finding small joy where I can.]
January 12, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Much ink has been spilled to the effect of "trans girl spinny skirt cringe" but I don't think people realize how demandingly rigid the rituals of forced masculinity are. I was screamed at for wearing the "wrong colored" shoes. Let trans women be girls, most were not allowed to be.
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It's so real.
I am helping a church pull together a community meeting about preparing for ICE and everyone I'm reaching out to "yes-ands" me.
I am 40 and I have spent my entire adult life organizing, and I have literally never experienced this before. It's wild.
People are DONE.
I am helping a church pull together a community meeting about preparing for ICE and everyone I'm reaching out to "yes-ands" me.
I am 40 and I have spent my entire adult life organizing, and I have literally never experienced this before. It's wild.
People are DONE.
i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.
January 13, 2026 at 2:02 AM
It's so real.
I am helping a church pull together a community meeting about preparing for ICE and everyone I'm reaching out to "yes-ands" me.
I am 40 and I have spent my entire adult life organizing, and I have literally never experienced this before. It's wild.
People are DONE.
I am helping a church pull together a community meeting about preparing for ICE and everyone I'm reaching out to "yes-ands" me.
I am 40 and I have spent my entire adult life organizing, and I have literally never experienced this before. It's wild.
People are DONE.
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i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.
January 13, 2026 at 1:54 AM
i hope all the people resisting ICE on the ground know how fucking inspiring they are. minneapolis right now, and chicago and LA and charlotte and DC and portland before them, you’re setting the blueprint for the future battles sure to come. thank you.
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Yes, you may feel powerless in this moment. But did you know that communities of mosses, algae and microorganisms are helping to hold up the Great Wall of China? elizabethgpreston.substack.com/p/how-to-hol... 🧪
How to Hold It Together
Look to the little guys.
elizabethgpreston.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Yes, you may feel powerless in this moment. But did you know that communities of mosses, algae and microorganisms are helping to hold up the Great Wall of China? elizabethgpreston.substack.com/p/how-to-hol... 🧪
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I keep seeing people asking why the police aren't arresting ICE or protecting people from ICE and I desperately need you to understand that the police aren't protecting you from ICE because protecting YOU is not and never has been their function and that's why we need to defund them.
January 12, 2026 at 4:34 PM
I keep seeing people asking why the police aren't arresting ICE or protecting people from ICE and I desperately need you to understand that the police aren't protecting you from ICE because protecting YOU is not and never has been their function and that's why we need to defund them.
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The cops are not gonna save us from ICE and y’all gotta fucking stop with this shit.
"the slave catchers are different from the immigrant snatchers" ahh rhetoric
January 12, 2026 at 9:53 PM
The cops are not gonna save us from ICE and y’all gotta fucking stop with this shit.
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20 hours left.
Just under $3,000 to go.
Please help this game become real. I have promised to be a simp on stream while replaying the first game if it happens. And it'll likely happen in the second one too.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pro...
Just under $3,000 to go.
Please help this game become real. I have promised to be a simp on stream while replaying the first game if it happens. And it'll likely happen in the second one too.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pro...
January 12, 2026 at 9:10 PM
20 hours left.
Just under $3,000 to go.
Please help this game become real. I have promised to be a simp on stream while replaying the first game if it happens. And it'll likely happen in the second one too.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pro...
Just under $3,000 to go.
Please help this game become real. I have promised to be a simp on stream while replaying the first game if it happens. And it'll likely happen in the second one too.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pro...
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Discworld QOTD, from Maskerade
“Nanny Ogg was basically a law-abiding person when she had no reason to break the law, and therefore had that kind of person’s attitude to law-enforcement officers, which was one of deep and permanent distrust.”
“Nanny Ogg was basically a law-abiding person when she had no reason to break the law, and therefore had that kind of person’s attitude to law-enforcement officers, which was one of deep and permanent distrust.”
Discworld QOTD, from The Truth
January 11, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Maskerade
“Nanny Ogg was basically a law-abiding person when she had no reason to break the law, and therefore had that kind of person’s attitude to law-enforcement officers, which was one of deep and permanent distrust.”
“Nanny Ogg was basically a law-abiding person when she had no reason to break the law, and therefore had that kind of person’s attitude to law-enforcement officers, which was one of deep and permanent distrust.”
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fuck ice. fuck cops. fuck colonialism and capitalism.
fuck the transphobes and the bigots and the people who use their religion as a weapon and a boot on our necks.
fuck everyone who tells us that is impossible to build a world where we are all free and fed and housed and loved.
fuck the transphobes and the bigots and the people who use their religion as a weapon and a boot on our necks.
fuck everyone who tells us that is impossible to build a world where we are all free and fed and housed and loved.
January 12, 2026 at 10:31 PM
fuck ice. fuck cops. fuck colonialism and capitalism.
fuck the transphobes and the bigots and the people who use their religion as a weapon and a boot on our necks.
fuck everyone who tells us that is impossible to build a world where we are all free and fed and housed and loved.
fuck the transphobes and the bigots and the people who use their religion as a weapon and a boot on our necks.
fuck everyone who tells us that is impossible to build a world where we are all free and fed and housed and loved.
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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January 11, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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I wish every artist a very "drawing something so gleefully stupid you cackle the whole time" at least once this week
January 11, 2026 at 4:23 PM
I wish every artist a very "drawing something so gleefully stupid you cackle the whole time" at least once this week
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don’t blame yourself for not doing enough
January 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
don’t blame yourself for not doing enough
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we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
January 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
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Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
Trump talks about Denmark and Greenland just now: "The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land."
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
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We did itttttttt! 🎉 Thank you for helping the kitty out, may you all have a cozy outfit and a tasty snack wherever you are! 🍤
January 9, 2026 at 5:51 PM
We did itttttttt! 🎉 Thank you for helping the kitty out, may you all have a cozy outfit and a tasty snack wherever you are! 🍤
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January 9, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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A gentle reminder in your grief that Renee Good was out there to protect her Black and brown neighbors from ethnic cleansing. That is still the mission.
The focus should remain on slowing down the ethnic cleansing campaign and on protecting Black and brown families and communities from destruction.
The focus should remain on slowing down the ethnic cleansing campaign and on protecting Black and brown families and communities from destruction.
January 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
A gentle reminder in your grief that Renee Good was out there to protect her Black and brown neighbors from ethnic cleansing. That is still the mission.
The focus should remain on slowing down the ethnic cleansing campaign and on protecting Black and brown families and communities from destruction.
The focus should remain on slowing down the ethnic cleansing campaign and on protecting Black and brown families and communities from destruction.