Larisa LaBrant
@larisa-labrant.bsky.social
She/Her/Hers
Immune Deficient Cat Lady Crone
3rd Gen Coloradoan
I block anyone who supports anti-vaxxers.
If there's a long stream of posts I'm trapped under 1-2-3 cats, and can't move to do anything else (alas, alack, woe)
Immune Deficient Cat Lady Crone
3rd Gen Coloradoan
I block anyone who supports anti-vaxxers.
If there's a long stream of posts I'm trapped under 1-2-3 cats, and can't move to do anything else (alas, alack, woe)
Pinned
Cozy Caturday lined up here - Cinder, Crow and Mac
It's the hard-nap life for us
It's the hard-nap life for us
Fuzzy blankets
'Steada of wool
Chubby bellies
Always full
It's the hard-nap life! 🎶
[From Little Orphan Catty]
It's the hard-nap life for us
It's the hard-nap life for us
Fuzzy blankets
'Steada of wool
Chubby bellies
Always full
It's the hard-nap life! 🎶
[From Little Orphan Catty]
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I mean, I would, if I were them. The US is 100% not to be trusted any more, nor will we be again for a long time, if ever. Even when we get rid of the current feculent toad in what remains of the White House, the US fascist infrastructure will remain and could resurface, like a case of Nazi shingles
Denmark confirms an expanded, more permanent Danish and NATO military presence in and around Greenland, beginning today. Deployments span land, sea, and air, including protection of critical infrastructure, fighter jets, and naval operations. Sweden has committed forces; other NATO allies may follow
January 14, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I mean, I would, if I were them. The US is 100% not to be trusted any more, nor will we be again for a long time, if ever. Even when we get rid of the current feculent toad in what remains of the White House, the US fascist infrastructure will remain and could resurface, like a case of Nazi shingles
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like yeah on this basis I am forced to conclude I am in fact a harder fucking operator than a strapped 6’2 guy from Dallas who shits himself with raw terror when he sees a Ethiopian restaurant
as a small person who has spent a ton of time traveling alone without ever feeling the need to carry a gun, I also think about this a lot
As a small woman I think it’s pathetic to feel the need to carry a gun everywhere to feel safe. If I don’t feel the need how tf do these men that think they’re so big and tough.
January 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
like yeah on this basis I am forced to conclude I am in fact a harder fucking operator than a strapped 6’2 guy from Dallas who shits himself with raw terror when he sees a Ethiopian restaurant
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Lately my brain always turns "trad wife" into "toad wife"
Which... sounds like a delightful @tkingfisher.com book. This makes reading about culture war nonsense a bit more tolerable tbh.
Which... sounds like a delightful @tkingfisher.com book. This makes reading about culture war nonsense a bit more tolerable tbh.
January 15, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Lately my brain always turns "trad wife" into "toad wife"
Which... sounds like a delightful @tkingfisher.com book. This makes reading about culture war nonsense a bit more tolerable tbh.
Which... sounds like a delightful @tkingfisher.com book. This makes reading about culture war nonsense a bit more tolerable tbh.
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My stepfather told me once “Talent gets you to college. After that, you gotta work.”
Natural talent is nothing compared to the ability to keep making shit long after everyone else has given up
January 15, 2026 at 5:54 PM
My stepfather told me once “Talent gets you to college. After that, you gotta work.”
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a non-zero number of pasty-faced ICE goons who are fully ancestry dot com-pilled about being like .0002% Irish will have their day sincerely, authentically ruined by this knowledge, and that makes it so beautiful to me
Dropkick Murphys are releasing a new song called "Citizen I.C.E."
The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop."
consequence.net/2026/01/drop...
The lyrics go: "Too scared to join the military/ Too dumb to be a cop."
consequence.net/2026/01/drop...
Dropkick Murphys' Unveil Anti-ICE Song: "Too Scared to Join the Military, Too Dumb to Be a Cop"
Dropkick Murphys are releasing an anti-I.C.E. song, "Citizen I.C.E.," as part of their tour-only split LP with Haywire. Learn more.
consequence.net
January 15, 2026 at 9:25 PM
a non-zero number of pasty-faced ICE goons who are fully ancestry dot com-pilled about being like .0002% Irish will have their day sincerely, authentically ruined by this knowledge, and that makes it so beautiful to me
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In the glass-fronted bookcase, she finds a treatise on lost languages.
January 16, 2026 at 6:17 AM
In the glass-fronted bookcase, she finds a treatise on lost languages.
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for every law that seems like "why would thst need to be a thing" there's a story like this, that's why those weird laws lists that dont just hace urban legends in there are so specific
Today, I learned that Maryland had to keep laws on the books forbidding inoculation with ACTUAL SMALLPOX (instead of vaccination with the much, much safer cowpox) until 1850. There was one doctor in the state who refused to update his practices and kept starting smallpox outbreaks. Good gravy.
January 16, 2026 at 6:19 AM
for every law that seems like "why would thst need to be a thing" there's a story like this, that's why those weird laws lists that dont just hace urban legends in there are so specific
Stress Break, cackling, now in slo-mo
Oh my god she uploaded a slow motion video and it's amazing. He's just like me fr running as best he can and still going backwards over and over!
January 16, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Stress Break, cackling, now in slo-mo
Stress Break, two solid minutes of CACKLING
This wheel is to the boy squirrel the way that the football is to Charlie Brown and it still makes me laugh every time he tries to use it only to be immediately spun.
January 16, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Stress Break, two solid minutes of CACKLING
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The littlest old lady who never says anything stronger than “Gosh!” has the blood of Viking berserkers in her veins, just waiting.
January 15, 2026 at 10:06 PM
The littlest old lady who never says anything stronger than “Gosh!” has the blood of Viking berserkers in her veins, just waiting.
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anyway good night
January 16, 2026 at 5:51 AM
anyway good night
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no paywall
"Fierce opposition to ICE and the Border Patrol has sprung up through block clubs, neighborhood group chats, school Facebook groups and Catholic parishes, stretching beyond the typical Democratic voter base..."
Yup. Exactly.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
Yup. Exactly.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
How ICE Crackdowns Set Off a Resistance in American Cities
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:25 AM
no paywall
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I mean I *knew* that the whole plan was for Machado to go to the White House and physically give Trump her Nobel Prize and yet I still feel like I’m disassociating that it happened.
January 16, 2026 at 3:40 AM
I mean I *knew* that the whole plan was for Machado to go to the White House and physically give Trump her Nobel Prize and yet I still feel like I’m disassociating that it happened.
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bitch there is LITERALLY a Star Trek episode all about how easy it is for opportunistic shitheads in a crumbling society to bring back full-on Nazis when they start to panic about losing power, and William Shatner (WHO IS JEWISH) would definitely remember being in it
Stephen Miller is upset about Star Trek, one of the most socially progressive franchises in TV history
January 16, 2026 at 4:26 AM
bitch there is LITERALLY a Star Trek episode all about how easy it is for opportunistic shitheads in a crumbling society to bring back full-on Nazis when they start to panic about losing power, and William Shatner (WHO IS JEWISH) would definitely remember being in it
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Officials from the Oglala Sioux Tribe are unable to locate three tribal members after they were arrested by ICE in Minneapolis.
“There’s nobody more American than American Indians,” activist and immigration attorney Chase Iron Eyes said.
📸: Louis Krauss/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
“There’s nobody more American than American Indians,” activist and immigration attorney Chase Iron Eyes said.
📸: Louis Krauss/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
January 16, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Officials from the Oglala Sioux Tribe are unable to locate three tribal members after they were arrested by ICE in Minneapolis.
“There’s nobody more American than American Indians,” activist and immigration attorney Chase Iron Eyes said.
📸: Louis Krauss/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
“There’s nobody more American than American Indians,” activist and immigration attorney Chase Iron Eyes said.
📸: Louis Krauss/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
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Behaviores Report: 100% Goode!
January 16, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Behaviores Report: 100% Goode!
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Eagerly awaiting two things that will never happen: a series of focus groups and articles surveying the votes and attitudes of liberal, diverse, urban voters.
And an article pointing out that a lot of rural white voters are wedded to bigoted, white identity grievance politics and believe lies.
And an article pointing out that a lot of rural white voters are wedded to bigoted, white identity grievance politics and believe lies.
January 15, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Eagerly awaiting two things that will never happen: a series of focus groups and articles surveying the votes and attitudes of liberal, diverse, urban voters.
And an article pointing out that a lot of rural white voters are wedded to bigoted, white identity grievance politics and believe lies.
And an article pointing out that a lot of rural white voters are wedded to bigoted, white identity grievance politics and believe lies.
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The Trump admin, which says it was investigating fraud in Democratic-led states, quietly shelved a massive welfare fraud investigation in Mississippi involving public funds funneled to Brett Favre and others
Trump Admin Went Easy On A Red State After Punishing Blue States For The Same Exact Thing
Mississippi caught a break on an embezzlement scandal that funneled money to Brett Favre and others.
www.huffpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
The Trump admin, which says it was investigating fraud in Democratic-led states, quietly shelved a massive welfare fraud investigation in Mississippi involving public funds funneled to Brett Favre and others
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'Doing it like this'
January 15, 2026 at 8:27 PM
'Doing it like this'
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This man's life needs to be a movie.
"Renfrew Christie, a South African scholar whose undercover work for the African National Congress was critical in hobbling the apartheid government’s secret nuclear weapons program in the 1980s, died on Dec. 21 at his home in Cape Town."
"Renfrew Christie, a South African scholar whose undercover work for the African National Congress was critical in hobbling the apartheid government’s secret nuclear weapons program in the 1980s, died on Dec. 21 at his home in Cape Town."
January 15, 2026 at 8:55 PM
This man's life needs to be a movie.
"Renfrew Christie, a South African scholar whose undercover work for the African National Congress was critical in hobbling the apartheid government’s secret nuclear weapons program in the 1980s, died on Dec. 21 at his home in Cape Town."
"Renfrew Christie, a South African scholar whose undercover work for the African National Congress was critical in hobbling the apartheid government’s secret nuclear weapons program in the 1980s, died on Dec. 21 at his home in Cape Town."
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One gets a sense that the leaders of MAGA hate academia because deep down, they know the truest antifa supersoldiers look like this.
January 15, 2026 at 6:43 PM
One gets a sense that the leaders of MAGA hate academia because deep down, they know the truest antifa supersoldiers look like this.
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White people using whiteness to combat white supremacy is key to defeating white supremacy.
A big part of why the Right is furious at White women right now is because they're increasingly using their Whiteness as shield and a weapon and it's honestly fucking great.
what a legend lmao
January 15, 2026 at 10:49 PM
White people using whiteness to combat white supremacy is key to defeating white supremacy.
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Friend posted this on her FB today. Again, there hasn't been nearly enough discussion about the pure misogyny of Renee Good's murder.
January 15, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Friend posted this on her FB today. Again, there hasn't been nearly enough discussion about the pure misogyny of Renee Good's murder.
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🧵 CO's Sec't of State, county clerks and League of Women Voters are pleading with Gov. Polis not to pardon Tina Peters. In an interview just now, I asked what his message is to them.
"If you want to run for governor, you can be governor and then you have the ability to grant clemency and pardons."
"If you want to run for governor, you can be governor and then you have the ability to grant clemency and pardons."
January 15, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🧵 CO's Sec't of State, county clerks and League of Women Voters are pleading with Gov. Polis not to pardon Tina Peters. In an interview just now, I asked what his message is to them.
"If you want to run for governor, you can be governor and then you have the ability to grant clemency and pardons."
"If you want to run for governor, you can be governor and then you have the ability to grant clemency and pardons."
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@getmoresmarter.com The most gloriously hardcore obituary you will ever read. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:00 AM
@getmoresmarter.com The most gloriously hardcore obituary you will ever read. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...