Kim Wallmark
@kimwallmark.bsky.social
Software engineer, fiber artist, reader, enthusiastic appreciator of interesting details. I like understanding systems and stories. she/her is fine.
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"My daughter is only 6 years old. She should not know chains or handcuffs or the terror of her family being torn apart. She should never have been...locked in a detention facility for 2 months. She should be in school in the US, playing with her friends and receiving the medical care she needs."
Kelly Vargas writes about what happened to her, her husband, and their 6yo daughter in the family camp in Texas.
Filth, illness, medical abuse—her child has lasting complications from being injured by a staff member.
We don't know the half of what's happening in the camps, but we know enough.
Filth, illness, medical abuse—her child has lasting complications from being injured by a staff member.
We don't know the half of what's happening in the camps, but we know enough.
My Daughter Lived the Liam Ramos Nightmare. It Turned Out Worse for Us.
The constant threats took a toll on my health. My daughter’s health deteriorated even faster.
slate.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:33 PM
"My daughter is only 6 years old. She should not know chains or handcuffs or the terror of her family being torn apart. She should never have been...locked in a detention facility for 2 months. She should be in school in the US, playing with her friends and receiving the medical care she needs."
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Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...
www.propublica.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
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'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
Horrifying. ICE confirms measles outbreak at Dilley family detention center. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:31 AM
'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
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It really is worth understanding what an escalation this is by the feds to be teargassing the big family friendly march
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:21 PM
It really is worth understanding what an escalation this is by the feds to be teargassing the big family friendly march
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Several times a week, my mom sees an AI generated Reel on Facebook claiming a celebrity has died, and she calls me to verify if it's true. It's never true.
She's asking, but may of her peers aren't.
AI is ruining the reality of the elderly. The cognitive health implications are terrifying.
She's asking, but may of her peers aren't.
AI is ruining the reality of the elderly. The cognitive health implications are terrifying.
February 1, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Several times a week, my mom sees an AI generated Reel on Facebook claiming a celebrity has died, and she calls me to verify if it's true. It's never true.
She's asking, but may of her peers aren't.
AI is ruining the reality of the elderly. The cognitive health implications are terrifying.
She's asking, but may of her peers aren't.
AI is ruining the reality of the elderly. The cognitive health implications are terrifying.
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These were the people who held the careers of female scholars in their hands . This is who was shaping or epistemological world
Here’s Duke behavioral economist Dan Ariely asking Jeffrey Epstein for “the name and email of the redhead that was here with you.” This is four years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for procuring a child for prostitution.
Doo do doo
January 31, 2026 at 5:14 PM
These were the people who held the careers of female scholars in their hands . This is who was shaping or epistemological world
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I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
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Listen. The average person just doesn’t need training to know that it’s wrong to kill people.
This is not some big complex problem that requires expertise to get right. If ICE is killing people, it’s from a lack of morality, not a lack of knowledge.
This is not some big complex problem that requires expertise to get right. If ICE is killing people, it’s from a lack of morality, not a lack of knowledge.
January 29, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Listen. The average person just doesn’t need training to know that it’s wrong to kill people.
This is not some big complex problem that requires expertise to get right. If ICE is killing people, it’s from a lack of morality, not a lack of knowledge.
This is not some big complex problem that requires expertise to get right. If ICE is killing people, it’s from a lack of morality, not a lack of knowledge.
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The only acceptable number of children for any government to kidnap and traffic and cage is zero, every year
The number of children in ICE detention on a given day has skyrocketed, jumping more than sixfold since the start of the second Trump administration. We analyzed data obtained by the Deportation Data Project and found that ICE held around 170 children on an average day under Trump.
Children in ICE Detention Skyrocket in Trump’s Second Term
With a six-fold jump in children in detention, advocates allege harrowing conditions are putting kids’ lives at risk.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:05 PM
The only acceptable number of children for any government to kidnap and traffic and cage is zero, every year
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Minnesotans don’t want ICE to abduct our neighbors a little differently.
We want all of it to stop. And we’ll keep doing everything we can to make that happen. If you’re outside of the state, you should too.
We want all of it to stop. And we’ll keep doing everything we can to make that happen. If you’re outside of the state, you should too.
January 29, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Minnesotans don’t want ICE to abduct our neighbors a little differently.
We want all of it to stop. And we’ll keep doing everything we can to make that happen. If you’re outside of the state, you should too.
We want all of it to stop. And we’ll keep doing everything we can to make that happen. If you’re outside of the state, you should too.
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Show me the most depraved undocumented immigrant, who has committed the most heinous crime, causing harm to me directly. ICE should not shoot that person. EVER. The state should NEVER execute a person, period, and certainly not without due process, certainly not in the street. This is fundamental.
January 26, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Show me the most depraved undocumented immigrant, who has committed the most heinous crime, causing harm to me directly. ICE should not shoot that person. EVER. The state should NEVER execute a person, period, and certainly not without due process, certainly not in the street. This is fundamental.
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I said what I said about the silly people who say, "But there has to be a path back for MAGA folk!🤡" There has always been a path back. It's never been an issue at all. Many anti-MAGA folk spent some part of their life on the hateful side.
But the path back involves repair. Undoing harm. Like this.
But the path back involves repair. Undoing harm. Like this.
He spent decades bringing the religious right to power. Now he's marching to undo it.
Rev. Rob Schenck spent decades helping build the Religious Right—commingling church and state to advance conservative causes. Now, he says he must confront the damage he helped cause.
Rev. Rob Schenck spent decades helping build the Religious Right—commingling church and state to advance conservative causes. Now, he says he must confront the damage he helped cause.
January 26, 2026 at 4:40 AM
I said what I said about the silly people who say, "But there has to be a path back for MAGA folk!🤡" There has always been a path back. It's never been an issue at all. Many anti-MAGA folk spent some part of their life on the hateful side.
But the path back involves repair. Undoing harm. Like this.
But the path back involves repair. Undoing harm. Like this.
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What questions do you have about the flu and the flu vaccine?
We'll be sharing answers to some of your questions across our social media and want to know what questions are on your mind. Thanks in advance!
We'll be sharing answers to some of your questions across our social media and want to know what questions are on your mind. Thanks in advance!
January 26, 2026 at 3:03 PM
What questions do you have about the flu and the flu vaccine?
We'll be sharing answers to some of your questions across our social media and want to know what questions are on your mind. Thanks in advance!
We'll be sharing answers to some of your questions across our social media and want to know what questions are on your mind. Thanks in advance!
Change a letter, ruin a film:
Little Shoe of Horrors
Little Shoe of Horrors
Change a letter, ruin a film:
The Wound of Music
The Wound of Music
Change a letter, ruin a film:
The Lard of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
The Lard of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
January 26, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Change a letter, ruin a film:
Little Shoe of Horrors
Little Shoe of Horrors
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All the anti-war and anti-occupation protestors were right. All the far leftists were right. All the “woke scolds” and your friend who’s “too woke” were right. They were somehow even more right than they may have realized at the time. But really, it was always obvious they were right.
January 25, 2026 at 4:59 PM
All the anti-war and anti-occupation protestors were right. All the far leftists were right. All the “woke scolds” and your friend who’s “too woke” were right. They were somehow even more right than they may have realized at the time. But really, it was always obvious they were right.
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Every city in the US could have a mayor like this.♥️👍🏿
There's nothing stopping us! We could all just choose better!
Notice how he puts the city service teams front and center in all his messaging, and his intentional language around serving each other.
'Check in on your neighbors."
"Your city."
There's nothing stopping us! We could all just choose better!
Notice how he puts the city service teams front and center in all his messaging, and his intentional language around serving each other.
'Check in on your neighbors."
"Your city."
We're getting a snowstorm tomorrow. But New York City is prepared.
January 25, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Every city in the US could have a mayor like this.♥️👍🏿
There's nothing stopping us! We could all just choose better!
Notice how he puts the city service teams front and center in all his messaging, and his intentional language around serving each other.
'Check in on your neighbors."
"Your city."
There's nothing stopping us! We could all just choose better!
Notice how he puts the city service teams front and center in all his messaging, and his intentional language around serving each other.
'Check in on your neighbors."
"Your city."
USA folks, if you're having trouble calling one of your senators because their DC voicemail is full, they may have a regional office line you can call instead.
www.senate.gov/senators/sen... will help you find their site. Look for "contact me" or "office locations" or something similar from there.
www.senate.gov/senators/sen... will help you find their site. Look for "contact me" or "office locations" or something similar from there.
U.S. Senate: Contacting U.S. Senators
www.senate.gov
January 25, 2026 at 12:46 AM
USA folks, if you're having trouble calling one of your senators because their DC voicemail is full, they may have a regional office line you can call instead.
www.senate.gov/senators/sen... will help you find their site. Look for "contact me" or "office locations" or something similar from there.
www.senate.gov/senators/sen... will help you find their site. Look for "contact me" or "office locations" or something similar from there.
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Not could. Have.
Fred Hampton.
Fred Hampton.
The way the American government just lies to its citizens is insane. You could be at home sleeping and 5 masked thugs break into your bedroom and kill you in your sleep, and high ranking officials will go on TV and declare you're a terrorist and they acted in self defense
January 24, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Not could. Have.
Fred Hampton.
Fred Hampton.
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There has NEVER BEEN AN IMMIGRATION PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTRY.
There has been a racist, nationalist fear-mongering problem in this country.
There has been an immigrant worker exploitation problem.
But there has never been an "immigration problem."
There has been a racist, nationalist fear-mongering problem in this country.
There has been an immigrant worker exploitation problem.
But there has never been an "immigration problem."
January 24, 2026 at 5:36 PM
There has NEVER BEEN AN IMMIGRATION PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTRY.
There has been a racist, nationalist fear-mongering problem in this country.
There has been an immigrant worker exploitation problem.
But there has never been an "immigration problem."
There has been a racist, nationalist fear-mongering problem in this country.
There has been an immigrant worker exploitation problem.
But there has never been an "immigration problem."
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Armed mask secret police abducting witnesses without jurisdiction and disappearing them into their secure facility, not great!
Witnesses are being taken to Whipple.
From a lawyer friend: “They’re trying to keep local PD and BCA from getting statements and confiscating any phones with video.”
From a lawyer friend: “They’re trying to keep local PD and BCA from getting statements and confiscating any phones with video.”
January 24, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Armed mask secret police abducting witnesses without jurisdiction and disappearing them into their secure facility, not great!
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All of this.
Disrupt the “violence comes from emotions running too high” narrative whenever you can.
Patriarchal violence doesn’t come from someone losing control. It comes from someone using a very specific set of tactics to seek more control than they already have.
Disrupt the “violence comes from emotions running too high” narrative whenever you can.
Patriarchal violence doesn’t come from someone losing control. It comes from someone using a very specific set of tactics to seek more control than they already have.
This is it right here. Law enforcement personnel who move 0 to 60 with their aggression when "executing detention orders" are doing so from learned behavior - it is not instinctual to smash a car window, cut someone's seat belt, drag them out of their car and throw them to the ground. It's taught.
Watching these videos of ICE attacking children, I can’t help but think about how many of these men first practiced their violence in their own homes.
Domestic violence teaches our oppressors to dehumanize the most vulnerable among us.
Domestic violence teaches our oppressors to dehumanize the most vulnerable among us.
January 23, 2026 at 8:24 PM
All of this.
Disrupt the “violence comes from emotions running too high” narrative whenever you can.
Patriarchal violence doesn’t come from someone losing control. It comes from someone using a very specific set of tactics to seek more control than they already have.
Disrupt the “violence comes from emotions running too high” narrative whenever you can.
Patriarchal violence doesn’t come from someone losing control. It comes from someone using a very specific set of tactics to seek more control than they already have.
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This is the real story.
January 23, 2026 at 7:46 PM
This is the real story.
Yet again I find myself making a spreadsheet for a knitting project.
The power of spreadsheets is that they're a good-enough tool for a really really *really* wide range of problems.
The power of spreadsheets is that they're a good-enough tool for a really really *really* wide range of problems.
January 24, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Yet again I find myself making a spreadsheet for a knitting project.
The power of spreadsheets is that they're a good-enough tool for a really really *really* wide range of problems.
The power of spreadsheets is that they're a good-enough tool for a really really *really* wide range of problems.
He wants to see what happens when your kids die. It might be interesting. He'll bring popcorn.
What a fucking ghoul.
What a fucking ghoul.
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
January 24, 2026 at 12:41 AM
He wants to see what happens when your kids die. It might be interesting. He'll bring popcorn.
What a fucking ghoul.
What a fucking ghoul.
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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.