John Rhys
@lavnlvas.bsky.social
Witch, Writer, prospective Wine-maker, avid Wumpus Hunter.
I still talk about ludonarrative dissonance.
Learning to draw and play Magic the Gathering.
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I still talk about ludonarrative dissonance.
Learning to draw and play Magic the Gathering.
💙 phazon-star.bsky.social 💙
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As we grieve for Alex Pretti and Renee Good in MN, please do not forget Victor Manuel Diaz, who died in ICE custody after being taken from here. And all others who have died in their custody.
36-year-old Nicaraguan national Victor Manuel Diaz died in ICE custody on Jan. 14 at Camp East Montana in El Paso.
The Texas Nicaraguan Community on FB reports that his mom last heard from him on Jan. 6, when he told her he was planning to go to Minneapolis to start work in a restaurant. 1/3
The Texas Nicaraguan Community on FB reports that his mom last heard from him on Jan. 6, when he told her he was planning to go to Minneapolis to start work in a restaurant. 1/3
January 25, 2026 at 4:48 AM
As we grieve for Alex Pretti and Renee Good in MN, please do not forget Victor Manuel Diaz, who died in ICE custody after being taken from here. And all others who have died in their custody.
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Never forget that the reason they are so convinced you’re all getting paid is that they are all getting paid.
The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Never forget that the reason they are so convinced you’re all getting paid is that they are all getting paid.
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![• Cruz says he told Trump: "Mr. President, if we get to November of [2026] and people's 401(k)s are down 30% and prices are up 10-20% at the supermarket, we're going to go into Election Day, face a bloodbath."
• 'You're going to lose the House, you're going to lose the Senate, you're going to spend the next two years being impeached every single week."
Trump's response, according to Cruz:
"F**k you, Ted."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ux34natbhxube3xgdu3rhf45/bafkreigcu6eh2bqb2dyzxuwmwzaeqafrdtnaraj4fvwxd4dfmobe7nitra@jpeg)
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i think this attitude — that all opposition is illegitimate and nothing we do can be questioned— is probably pervasive in the white house and helps explain why they keep making terrible political choices
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 3:02 PM
i think this attitude — that all opposition is illegitimate and nothing we do can be questioned— is probably pervasive in the white house and helps explain why they keep making terrible political choices
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They wheeled this Nazi asshole into court in a wheelchair and he was still trying to hide his face in shame 76 years after World War II ended. That's the kind of commitment I'm looking for.
Ex-Nazi guard, 101, sentenced for role in 3,500 murders
He was sentenced to five years in prison for serving at the Nazis’ Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
www.nbcnews.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:14 AM
They wheeled this Nazi asshole into court in a wheelchair and he was still trying to hide his face in shame 76 years after World War II ended. That's the kind of commitment I'm looking for.
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I just want to make it clear that it was *Border Patrol* agents who murdered Alex Pretti, and those fuckers murder people regularly here along the border.
Renee Good´s murderer is also a former Border Patrol agent (currently ICE).
Disband ALL the paramilitary groups and prosecute every member.
Renee Good´s murderer is also a former Border Patrol agent (currently ICE).
Disband ALL the paramilitary groups and prosecute every member.
January 25, 2026 at 3:28 AM
I just want to make it clear that it was *Border Patrol* agents who murdered Alex Pretti, and those fuckers murder people regularly here along the border.
Renee Good´s murderer is also a former Border Patrol agent (currently ICE).
Disband ALL the paramilitary groups and prosecute every member.
Renee Good´s murderer is also a former Border Patrol agent (currently ICE).
Disband ALL the paramilitary groups and prosecute every member.
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There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
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This is, quite literally, our collective duty.
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 3:55 AM
This is, quite literally, our collective duty.
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal
January 25, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal
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I am seeing quite a few nurses calling for a nationwide strike over the killing of Alex Pretti. I think we are seeing one of the largest workforces being radicalized before our very eyes.
January 25, 2026 at 3:51 AM
I am seeing quite a few nurses calling for a nationwide strike over the killing of Alex Pretti. I think we are seeing one of the largest workforces being radicalized before our very eyes.
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Rocket boots tech
January 24, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Rocket boots tech
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Every novel in the past five years has the same ending: all the characters turn out to be aspects of the same person, who is in turn a sliver of the subconsciousness of a cosmic mollusk.
ENOUGH.
Not every novel needs the gestalt cosmic mollusk ending. I'm sick of the obligatory dreamslimetrail.
ENOUGH.
Not every novel needs the gestalt cosmic mollusk ending. I'm sick of the obligatory dreamslimetrail.
January 24, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Every novel in the past five years has the same ending: all the characters turn out to be aspects of the same person, who is in turn a sliver of the subconsciousness of a cosmic mollusk.
ENOUGH.
Not every novel needs the gestalt cosmic mollusk ending. I'm sick of the obligatory dreamslimetrail.
ENOUGH.
Not every novel needs the gestalt cosmic mollusk ending. I'm sick of the obligatory dreamslimetrail.
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Further context: I have been organizing for 15+ years. I've worked with unions, reformist orgs, anarchists, and revolutionary parties. I have been tear gassed by cops while cracking the skull of a Nazi.
And without a doubt yesterday was the strongest step toward revolutionary change. We can do this
And without a doubt yesterday was the strongest step toward revolutionary change. We can do this
I'm only going to say this once because I'm too tired:
ICE is a bipartisan venture. Fascism is just an empire's violence turned on its own people. Fascism has never been defeated in the voting booth, you have to dismantle it. You have to organize and fight.
It is literally socialism or barbarism.
ICE is a bipartisan venture. Fascism is just an empire's violence turned on its own people. Fascism has never been defeated in the voting booth, you have to dismantle it. You have to organize and fight.
It is literally socialism or barbarism.
January 24, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Further context: I have been organizing for 15+ years. I've worked with unions, reformist orgs, anarchists, and revolutionary parties. I have been tear gassed by cops while cracking the skull of a Nazi.
And without a doubt yesterday was the strongest step toward revolutionary change. We can do this
And without a doubt yesterday was the strongest step toward revolutionary change. We can do this
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BREAKING: We disrupted Ed Milliband’s keynote speech to reject a new AI DATA CENTRE powered by TREE BURNING.
January 24, 2026 at 7:06 PM
BREAKING: We disrupted Ed Milliband’s keynote speech to reject a new AI DATA CENTRE powered by TREE BURNING.
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Kyle Rittenhouse was on Infowars the day after the Renee Good shooting saying he had heard on X that Renee was putting cigarettes out on her kids. This wasn't true. This is a government by and for school shooters and their apologists.
Remembering how cops tossed Kyle Rittenhouse - who was open carrying a semiautomatic rifle - a bottle of water and told him, “We appreciate you… we really do”
January 24, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Kyle Rittenhouse was on Infowars the day after the Renee Good shooting saying he had heard on X that Renee was putting cigarettes out on her kids. This wasn't true. This is a government by and for school shooters and their apologists.
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“Hundreds of immigrant mothers” in Texas concentration camp uprising
There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:
January 24, 2026 at 11:11 PM
“Hundreds of immigrant mothers” in Texas concentration camp uprising
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The People’s Joker is a tremendous artistic achievement, touching and funny. It’s a miracle that it exists. & it’s free right now
Give yourself a break from the unrelenting horrors: The People's Joker is on Tubi now, it's a multi-media absurdist fever dream of a coming of age story, and it's very funny. Lots of good easter eggs for those of us who love the Batman mythos too.
tubitv.com/movies/10005...
tubitv.com/movies/10005...
The People's Joker (2022)
Chasing laughs in Gotham, a painfully unfunny aspiring clown wrestles with her gender identity while sparking a revolt against a caped crusader.
tubitv.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:22 AM
The People’s Joker is a tremendous artistic achievement, touching and funny. It’s a miracle that it exists. & it’s free right now
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Let this be a lesson on the benefits of showing kindness to these people
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Let this be a lesson on the benefits of showing kindness to these people
The day my fever breaks I throw my back getting the mail. But there's still enough nyquil in my blood that it's effecting my dreams. I've been trapped in a purgatory of WWII Musicals.
January 24, 2026 at 10:26 AM
The day my fever breaks I throw my back getting the mail. But there's still enough nyquil in my blood that it's effecting my dreams. I've been trapped in a purgatory of WWII Musicals.
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End of time
January 23, 2026 at 9:35 PM
End of time
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Minnesota’s local worker-owned journalism site, Racket, has removed their paywall for today’s Day of Action, and I wanted to recommend this collection of personal stories from an open call for people talking about dealing with the ICE occupation. racketmn.com/voices-of-th...
Voices of the MN Occupation - Racket
A real-time oral history of the ICE assault on Minnesota
racketmn.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Minnesota’s local worker-owned journalism site, Racket, has removed their paywall for today’s Day of Action, and I wanted to recommend this collection of personal stories from an open call for people talking about dealing with the ICE occupation. racketmn.com/voices-of-th...