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Playing EDH, reading novels, and eating pasta. All Cats Are Beautiful. She/her.
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· Jan 18
I may be a simple 4/4 for 1GW but I can't be countered and that's not nothing.
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Yo, people should read this book! I’ve read it like 4 times
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January 19, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Yo, people should read this book! I’ve read it like 4 times
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San Francisco is going to give families making under $230k free child care for kids under 5. It is nice to see that good things can still happen.
www.sf.gov/news-mayor-l...
www.sf.gov/news-mayor-l...
Mayor Lurie Launches Family Opportunity Agenda to Make San Francisco More Affordable for Families | SF.gov
Under Family Opportunity Agenda, Every Family With Kids Under Five Will Have Access to Child Care, Making San Francisco First City in U.S. to Achieve Goal; New Pilot Program Will Allow SFUSD Students ...
www.sf.gov
January 19, 2026 at 12:23 AM
San Francisco is going to give families making under $230k free child care for kids under 5. It is nice to see that good things can still happen.
www.sf.gov/news-mayor-l...
www.sf.gov/news-mayor-l...
Just finished this banger of a sequel
January 19, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Just finished this banger of a sequel
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Heroes everywhere if you look for them.
Now we get to be the ones who figure out how to rise to this moment.
Now we get to be the ones who figure out how to rise to this moment.
1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement:
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
January 18, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Heroes everywhere if you look for them.
Now we get to be the ones who figure out how to rise to this moment.
Now we get to be the ones who figure out how to rise to this moment.
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Today's pigeon thinks you ought to stop quoting laws to men with swords!
January 18, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Today's pigeon thinks you ought to stop quoting laws to men with swords!
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I DO NOT CARE IF THE PERSON ICE IS BRUTALIZING IS A U.S. CITIZEN OR NOT AND EVERY TIME YOU MAKE THE DISTINCTION IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE FINE WITH THEM BRUTALIZING IMMIGRANTS
January 15, 2026 at 9:34 PM
I DO NOT CARE IF THE PERSON ICE IS BRUTALIZING IS A U.S. CITIZEN OR NOT AND EVERY TIME YOU MAKE THE DISTINCTION IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE FINE WITH THEM BRUTALIZING IMMIGRANTS
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Body: you must rest
Brain: you must rest but you must feel terrible about it
Society: you may never rest and must continue to cognitively decline until you are a husk who can't work, only THEN can you die.
Brain: you must rest but you must feel terrible about it
Society: you may never rest and must continue to cognitively decline until you are a husk who can't work, only THEN can you die.
January 17, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Body: you must rest
Brain: you must rest but you must feel terrible about it
Society: you may never rest and must continue to cognitively decline until you are a husk who can't work, only THEN can you die.
Brain: you must rest but you must feel terrible about it
Society: you may never rest and must continue to cognitively decline until you are a husk who can't work, only THEN can you die.
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It’s quite likely that being called a “fucking bitch” is one of the last things a dying Renee Good ever heard.
I demand leaders who are as filled with pure, diamond-hard rage over this as I am.
I believe this is absolutely not asking for too much.
I demand leaders who are as filled with pure, diamond-hard rage over this as I am.
I believe this is absolutely not asking for too much.
Not to be too morbid, but today's reporting is that she was actually still alive for several minutes. He said that to her while she was dying.
January 17, 2026 at 1:56 AM
It’s quite likely that being called a “fucking bitch” is one of the last things a dying Renee Good ever heard.
I demand leaders who are as filled with pure, diamond-hard rage over this as I am.
I believe this is absolutely not asking for too much.
I demand leaders who are as filled with pure, diamond-hard rage over this as I am.
I believe this is absolutely not asking for too much.
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
This book is great
CHEAP BOOK ALERT!
If you're mad at billionaires and want some catharsis, it's perfect for that.
A short, fun, brutal novella.
Less than $2. You can't even get a coffee for that these days.
Grab a copy!
Send one to a friend!
Spread the rage!
Links: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/763731...
If you're mad at billionaires and want some catharsis, it's perfect for that.
A short, fun, brutal novella.
Less than $2. You can't even get a coffee for that these days.
Grab a copy!
Send one to a friend!
Spread the rage!
Links: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/763731...
January 17, 2026 at 3:41 AM
This book is great
This book really hits the spot! Gothic romantasy with murder mystery, right up my alley
January 16, 2026 at 7:53 PM
This book really hits the spot! Gothic romantasy with murder mystery, right up my alley
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Wednesday is TRANSPHOBES ARE TRASH DAY!
Congratulations to those who celebrate this wonderful day.
Also, every other day is also Transphobes are Trash Day, I forgot to mention that.
Congratulations to those who celebrate this wonderful day.
Also, every other day is also Transphobes are Trash Day, I forgot to mention that.
January 14, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Wednesday is TRANSPHOBES ARE TRASH DAY!
Congratulations to those who celebrate this wonderful day.
Also, every other day is also Transphobes are Trash Day, I forgot to mention that.
Congratulations to those who celebrate this wonderful day.
Also, every other day is also Transphobes are Trash Day, I forgot to mention that.
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This! I also don't care if they came here legally. EVERYTHING ICE IS DOING TO ANYONE IS UNLAWFUL AND ABHORRENT.
I DO NOT CARE IF THE PERSON ICE IS BRUTALIZING IS A U.S. CITIZEN OR NOT AND EVERY TIME YOU MAKE THE DISTINCTION IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE FINE WITH THEM BRUTALIZING IMMIGRANTS
January 16, 2026 at 12:03 AM
This! I also don't care if they came here legally. EVERYTHING ICE IS DOING TO ANYONE IS UNLAWFUL AND ABHORRENT.
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I know the terror campaign is horrible and we’re all getting emotionally pummeled by it 24/7 but few things have lifted my spirits like the videos of what such huge numbers of Twin Cities residents are actually getting up and out and doing every goddamn day
January 15, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I know the terror campaign is horrible and we’re all getting emotionally pummeled by it 24/7 but few things have lifted my spirits like the videos of what such huge numbers of Twin Cities residents are actually getting up and out and doing every goddamn day
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IMPEACH AND CONVICT KRISTI NOEM
Art. I: Noem is blocking Congressional delegations from DHS facilities
Art. II: Noem is running an out-of-control white nationalist street gang
Art III: Noem gave her friends a $220 million no-bid advertising contract
Art. I: Noem is blocking Congressional delegations from DHS facilities
Art. II: Noem is running an out-of-control white nationalist street gang
Art III: Noem gave her friends a $220 million no-bid advertising contract
January 15, 2026 at 12:40 AM
IMPEACH AND CONVICT KRISTI NOEM
Art. I: Noem is blocking Congressional delegations from DHS facilities
Art. II: Noem is running an out-of-control white nationalist street gang
Art III: Noem gave her friends a $220 million no-bid advertising contract
Art. I: Noem is blocking Congressional delegations from DHS facilities
Art. II: Noem is running an out-of-control white nationalist street gang
Art III: Noem gave her friends a $220 million no-bid advertising contract
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I have never been there but I truly, and I cannot emphasize this enough, would like to see them try it in Philadelphia
As a social movements scholar, I absolutely love the diversity of tactics being developed by each city, reflecting their local flavor
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Portland kept it weird with inflatable costumes
Chicago protected its street vendors by buying up their food each day
Charlotte chased ICE agents into the woods
Naaaaaaailed it
January 16, 2026 at 12:50 AM
I have never been there but I truly, and I cannot emphasize this enough, would like to see them try it in Philadelphia
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Health insurance companies are the fucking devil. I stg. How do people working at these places live with themselves
January 15, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Health insurance companies are the fucking devil. I stg. How do people working at these places live with themselves
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Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to p
www.propublica.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
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I am too mired in the horrors to do a new thread right now, but I need to re-up this one, because time marches forward and the window for pre-orders is rapidly closing!
We are one week closer to the release of OMENS OF CHAOS, and the glorious return of Magic the Gathering long-form fiction!
January 15, 2026 at 7:55 PM
I am too mired in the horrors to do a new thread right now, but I need to re-up this one, because time marches forward and the window for pre-orders is rapidly closing!
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Any one of us could be detained for hours by ICE despite being a U.S. citizen.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
January 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Any one of us could be detained for hours by ICE despite being a U.S. citizen.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
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Just so people outside of MN know - a lot of the US citizens getting “arrested” by ICE never get processed at Whipple. They are roughed up during the arrest and then often dropped off miles from where they were picked up. It means we don’t know the true scale of what ICE is doing based on ICE stats
January 15, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Just so people outside of MN know - a lot of the US citizens getting “arrested” by ICE never get processed at Whipple. They are roughed up during the arrest and then often dropped off miles from where they were picked up. It means we don’t know the true scale of what ICE is doing based on ICE stats
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journalists never take the cops at their word 2026 challenge
January 15, 2026 at 4:08 AM
journalists never take the cops at their word 2026 challenge