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ambrose
@lilac-bat.bsky.social
· Dec 27
“my tummy hurts and i’m mad at the government” is one of the realest statements of the last decade
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what impressed me most today was that a huge crowd of people who mostly had never been tear gassed managed to retreat without running or trampling each other. under a cloud of gas that was not moving (zero wind), people held onto each other and walked blind down a street packed tight as sardines
Just got gassed pretty good at the labor union anti-ICE protest in Portland. Massive march, 5-10k strong. Vibes were very much liberal rather than radical. Lots of kids and older folks.
They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.
They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.
February 1, 2026 at 8:56 AM
what impressed me most today was that a huge crowd of people who mostly had never been tear gassed managed to retreat without running or trampling each other. under a cloud of gas that was not moving (zero wind), people held onto each other and walked blind down a street packed tight as sardines
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In case you want to hear me rant about this to a different person!
Today on Volts: I'm joined by the great @michaelhobbes.bsky.social to discuss "reactionary centrism," an intellectual tendency that's come to dominate US public life. You know the type: would never view themselves as conservative, yet finds voluntary pronoun use vastly more aggravating than fascism.
All about "reactionary centrism"
Michael Hobbes joins me to diagnose the pundit class's obsession with scolding the left while the right burns down the house.
www.volts.wtf
January 30, 2026 at 9:51 PM
In case you want to hear me rant about this to a different person!
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i am happy to fight for freedom with the libertarians but also, we don’t really need to *talk*
January 30, 2026 at 4:07 PM
i am happy to fight for freedom with the libertarians but also, we don’t really need to *talk*
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I have been laughing at this for a solid five minutes.
January 29, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I have been laughing at this for a solid five minutes.
there are few sensations i hate as much as clammy feet ugh
January 30, 2026 at 3:19 AM
there are few sensations i hate as much as clammy feet ugh
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If you're in line for Melania tickets, stay in line.
January 30, 2026 at 2:56 AM
If you're in line for Melania tickets, stay in line.
like barring the mass exodus from twitter days i feel like this platform is so quiet.
then again i did follow a bunch of block lists for fascists etc so maybe the quiet is a good thing actually.
then again i did follow a bunch of block lists for fascists etc so maybe the quiet is a good thing actually.
January 29, 2026 at 4:14 PM
like barring the mass exodus from twitter days i feel like this platform is so quiet.
then again i did follow a bunch of block lists for fascists etc so maybe the quiet is a good thing actually.
then again i did follow a bunch of block lists for fascists etc so maybe the quiet is a good thing actually.
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We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
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I don't care if people forgive Kanye or whatever but a lot of things people are saying about mental illness are genuinely corrosive and harmful when applied to mentally ill people who are not wealthy and powerful.
January 29, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I don't care if people forgive Kanye or whatever but a lot of things people are saying about mental illness are genuinely corrosive and harmful when applied to mentally ill people who are not wealthy and powerful.
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I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
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I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
January 28, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
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Behind the Bastards is on Netflix & I’m talking about dismantling the monarchy, my love of corgis & wearing my favorite Caesar Salad No Croutons Hat (a gift from my dear friend, Sarah Marshall)
If this at all interests you…
netflix.com/behindthebas...
Or like keep listening on all the audio apps
If this at all interests you…
netflix.com/behindthebas...
Or like keep listening on all the audio apps
January 27, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Behind the Bastards is on Netflix & I’m talking about dismantling the monarchy, my love of corgis & wearing my favorite Caesar Salad No Croutons Hat (a gift from my dear friend, Sarah Marshall)
If this at all interests you…
netflix.com/behindthebas...
Or like keep listening on all the audio apps
If this at all interests you…
netflix.com/behindthebas...
Or like keep listening on all the audio apps
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
joined upscrolled so i could preserve the username i want since i can never get it anywhere else but holy SHIT the straight up antisemitism in the discover tab? like. ‘happy merchant’ 4chan type shit
January 26, 2026 at 9:57 PM
joined upscrolled so i could preserve the username i want since i can never get it anywhere else but holy SHIT the straight up antisemitism in the discover tab? like. ‘happy merchant’ 4chan type shit
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Exact same thing happened to me.
TikTok has been under new leadership for like a day and I made a slideshow with posts from the ICE rally today and it immediately got out under review and is not being published. Incredible.
January 26, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Exact same thing happened to me.
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rightwingers see people caring about others in their community and instead of finding that inspiring they think it’s some sort of grand conspiracy because they don’t understand what it means to care for others you don’t personally know
January 25, 2026 at 7:57 PM
rightwingers see people caring about others in their community and instead of finding that inspiring they think it’s some sort of grand conspiracy because they don’t understand what it means to care for others you don’t personally know
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Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA
January 25, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Wake up. Make breakfast. Do email. Watch a murder. Go to a party for a 5 year old. Laugh with my daughter. See a different angle of that murder. Hear govt officials slander the victim. Play Barbies with my kid. Feed her dinner. Tear up at that victim reading last honors to a vet. Put kid to bed. USA
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We are observers, not protestors. We show up to document and film the atrocities ICE is committing. Using 5 year olds as bait. Kidnapping senior citizens. Breaking down doors without warrants. Murdering poets and nurses. Media has all of that information because *observers* were there to document it
January 25, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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the terror is the point
January 24, 2026 at 5:08 PM
the terror is the point
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Do people realize there are always a few Dems who vote to pass GOP atrocities, like the recent extra $10B in ICE funding? Will the Senate pass it as well, after today’s murder?
January 24, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Do people realize there are always a few Dems who vote to pass GOP atrocities, like the recent extra $10B in ICE funding? Will the Senate pass it as well, after today’s murder?
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ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.
January 25, 2026 at 4:36 AM
ICE killing #AlexPretti should remind you of police killing #PhilandoCastille. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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Abolish ICE and prosecute everyone who stays in it from this day forward as members of a criminal conspiracy to commit murder.
January 24, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Abolish ICE and prosecute everyone who stays in it from this day forward as members of a criminal conspiracy to commit murder.