eloise 🇵🇸
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we can post, or not post, for hours
I’m lucky enough to call The Six Rivers home:
Hehlkeek 'We-Roy, Baduwa’t, Wiya't, Hoopa, Nii~-li~, and The Van Duzen, which was so much worse than the other rivers that no one bothered naming it until white people came along
Hehlkeek 'We-Roy, Baduwa’t, Wiya't, Hoopa, Nii~-li~, and The Van Duzen, which was so much worse than the other rivers that no one bothered naming it until white people came along
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 8:25 PM
I’m lucky enough to call The Six Rivers home:
Hehlkeek 'We-Roy, Baduwa’t, Wiya't, Hoopa, Nii~-li~, and The Van Duzen, which was so much worse than the other rivers that no one bothered naming it until white people came along
Hehlkeek 'We-Roy, Baduwa’t, Wiya't, Hoopa, Nii~-li~, and The Van Duzen, which was so much worse than the other rivers that no one bothered naming it until white people came along
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it really is a logical absolute baseline, even for people who believe in immigration enforcement. they aren't doing that! they are black bagging randos off the street, illegally kicking in citizens' doors, and shooting innocent moms in the face!!
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:11 PM
it really is a logical absolute baseline, even for people who believe in immigration enforcement. they aren't doing that! they are black bagging randos off the street, illegally kicking in citizens' doors, and shooting innocent moms in the face!!
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"Nativism has always been a form of social suicide, but it packaged itself as serious, necessery, and respectable. Now it’s increasingly, and increasingly obviously, unhinged." www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...
We Need to Get Off the Defensive About Immigration
Free movement is a fantastic thing, and we should say it.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:05 PM
"Nativism has always been a form of social suicide, but it packaged itself as serious, necessery, and respectable. Now it’s increasingly, and increasingly obviously, unhinged." www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...
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100%. If you want an alternative slogan you can go with "Abolish ICE before they kill again."
the only reason "abolish ICE" is seen as radical is that no one will say it but the far left. if every normie Democrat started saying it tomorrow it would move the overton window so far you'd have to squint to find it. my kingdom for leaders who understand they can shape public opinion.
Democrats officially going all in on the mealy mouthed “ICE needs training” narrative.
No. ABOLISH ICE.
No. ABOLISH ICE.
January 12, 2026 at 7:42 PM
100%. If you want an alternative slogan you can go with "Abolish ICE before they kill again."
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*seeing an invading force terrorizing my home*
"We gotta train these guys better. We've gotta get these guys terrorizing the right way."
"We gotta train these guys better. We've gotta get these guys terrorizing the right way."
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
*seeing an invading force terrorizing my home*
"We gotta train these guys better. We've gotta get these guys terrorizing the right way."
"We gotta train these guys better. We've gotta get these guys terrorizing the right way."
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Original sane washed edition, left, transcript which reveals it is even more a confession of psychological illness than NYT tried to sane wash, right.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
January 12, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Original sane washed edition, left, transcript which reveals it is even more a confession of psychological illness than NYT tried to sane wash, right.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
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this might be true, but also, important to note part of the divide is that some Dems thought "defund the police" and "abolish the police" were rhetorical flourishes, not concrete demands, and so they shrugged them off as "bad slogans" that had to be quieted, not political proposals to argue with
Moderate Dems are just never going to get on board with abolish ICE, especially after abolish-coded rhetoric in 2020 mostly failed, and given their consistent conservatism on immigration enforcement. So might as well as at least try to figure out what other pathways are out there.
January 12, 2026 at 5:39 PM
this might be true, but also, important to note part of the divide is that some Dems thought "defund the police" and "abolish the police" were rhetorical flourishes, not concrete demands, and so they shrugged them off as "bad slogans" that had to be quieted, not political proposals to argue with
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i know it’s tempting to “you have to give it to them” with mackenzie scott but this woman was married to jeff bezos for 25 years
billionaires are not your friend, billionaires should not exist
billionaires are not your friend, billionaires should not exist
The nonprofit Trevor Project received a $45 million gift from billionaire MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025.
The Trevor Project receives $45M from MacKenzie Scott after difficult years and federal funding cuts
The nonprofit Trevor Project received a $45 million gift from billionaire MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025.
bit.ly
January 12, 2026 at 5:46 PM
i know it’s tempting to “you have to give it to them” with mackenzie scott but this woman was married to jeff bezos for 25 years
billionaires are not your friend, billionaires should not exist
billionaires are not your friend, billionaires should not exist
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I mean yeah I think we all wish the lich kings hadn't razed the jungles and boiled that one ocean in the skeleton wars but hungry ghost jars exist now and they're suprisingly useful at some tasks
August 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I mean yeah I think we all wish the lich kings hadn't razed the jungles and boiled that one ocean in the skeleton wars but hungry ghost jars exist now and they're suprisingly useful at some tasks
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If you can substitute "hungry ghost trapped in a jar" for "AI" in a sentence it's probably a valid use case for LLMs. Take "I have a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars, they mainly write SQL queries for me". Sure. Reasonable use case.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
August 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
If you can substitute "hungry ghost trapped in a jar" for "AI" in a sentence it's probably a valid use case for LLMs. Take "I have a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars, they mainly write SQL queries for me". Sure. Reasonable use case.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
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They’re desperate for a west wing episode instead of reality
The NYT has run a thousand of these pieces over the last decade: The brave Republican pushing back against Trump and leading the party back to normalcy.
The shift never comes.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...
The shift never comes.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...
January 12, 2026 at 3:34 PM
They’re desperate for a west wing episode instead of reality
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"the excesses of wokeness" as a broad social phenomenon is one of the most made-up things that ever happened and every single time a progressive person did something obnoxious or mean or stupid it got blown up into evidence of cultural rot, down to individual college students and Goodreads bloggers
January 12, 2026 at 6:13 PM
"the excesses of wokeness" as a broad social phenomenon is one of the most made-up things that ever happened and every single time a progressive person did something obnoxious or mean or stupid it got blown up into evidence of cultural rot, down to individual college students and Goodreads bloggers
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Like, there is a very obvious reason why Democrats cannot even parse the idea of restricting the authority of state security forces. Their entire philosophy and leadership holds the axiom that the humanity of black people is up for debate, and only a wise compromise among white people can manage it.
It's a layup until you're no longer allowed to use arbitrary and unlimited police violence to suppress socialism and—in particular, and especially—Black liberation.
January 11, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Like, there is a very obvious reason why Democrats cannot even parse the idea of restricting the authority of state security forces. Their entire philosophy and leadership holds the axiom that the humanity of black people is up for debate, and only a wise compromise among white people can manage it.
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I lost two months of my life in a for-profit-prison thanks to Obama.
January 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I lost two months of my life in a for-profit-prison thanks to Obama.
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Seems notable that a few days after DHS/ICE murdered a woman and called her a domestic terrorist, while calling protesters extremists and radicals, they are posting actual neo-Nazi music
DHS posted a straight up neo-Nazi song to its Instagram.
I write about this song in my book, describing the white supremacist group Patriot Front singing “By God We’ll Have Our Home Again” while in the back of a UHaul truck after marching in DC
I write about this song in my book, describing the white supremacist group Patriot Front singing “By God We’ll Have Our Home Again” while in the back of a UHaul truck after marching in DC
January 11, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Seems notable that a few days after DHS/ICE murdered a woman and called her a domestic terrorist, while calling protesters extremists and radicals, they are posting actual neo-Nazi music
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minneapolis is under siege and it is taking basically all of ICE’s manpower
they cannot replicate this across the country and they aren’t close to recruiting the kind of numbers they’d need to even get close
they are, flatly, not going to be able to get there
they cannot replicate this across the country and they aren’t close to recruiting the kind of numbers they’d need to even get close
they are, flatly, not going to be able to get there
January 11, 2026 at 7:02 PM
minneapolis is under siege and it is taking basically all of ICE’s manpower
they cannot replicate this across the country and they aren’t close to recruiting the kind of numbers they’d need to even get close
they are, flatly, not going to be able to get there
they cannot replicate this across the country and they aren’t close to recruiting the kind of numbers they’d need to even get close
they are, flatly, not going to be able to get there
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what do you mean i have to keep
working and paying bills during the civil war with the federal govt
working and paying bills during the civil war with the federal govt
January 11, 2026 at 7:13 PM
what do you mean i have to keep
working and paying bills during the civil war with the federal govt
working and paying bills during the civil war with the federal govt
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i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed
January 10, 2026 at 5:44 PM
i have written this a few times now but the reason JD Vance spends all day posting is that they barely tolerate his presence in the white house and have locked him out of every decision of consequence. he is basically unemployed
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If the reality is that these are unprecedented times and nobody knows what to do, ok. Let's say that out loud and start thinking. But pretending like we're all living in 1998 and we can wait this out seems suicidal to me
January 11, 2026 at 7:40 PM
If the reality is that these are unprecedented times and nobody knows what to do, ok. Let's say that out loud and start thinking. But pretending like we're all living in 1998 and we can wait this out seems suicidal to me
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There should be public dialogue from Dem leaders about what the medium-long term political strategy against Trumpism is. They don't want impeachment (not enough votes) so what can a Dem congress do that's more effective? Is there a philosophy other than "Vote for us and hope something good happens?"
January 11, 2026 at 7:21 PM
There should be public dialogue from Dem leaders about what the medium-long term political strategy against Trumpism is. They don't want impeachment (not enough votes) so what can a Dem congress do that's more effective? Is there a philosophy other than "Vote for us and hope something good happens?"
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"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."
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15-25 year old me: tee hee i love all the deaths in the final destination movies
40 year old me: this is what happens when you get rid of regulations and oversight. Everything is shoddily built and they’re cutting corners
40 year old me: this is what happens when you get rid of regulations and oversight. Everything is shoddily built and they’re cutting corners
May 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
15-25 year old me: tee hee i love all the deaths in the final destination movies
40 year old me: this is what happens when you get rid of regulations and oversight. Everything is shoddily built and they’re cutting corners
40 year old me: this is what happens when you get rid of regulations and oversight. Everything is shoddily built and they’re cutting corners
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“Anti-authoritarian protests are great, when they happen somewhere else.”
I’m old enough to remember the anti-genocide encampments y’all defamed.
January 11, 2026 at 5:25 PM
“Anti-authoritarian protests are great, when they happen somewhere else.”
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Elon Musk is producing revenge porn and child pornography at industrial scale. The FBI could just go to his house and arrest him.
January 11, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Elon Musk is producing revenge porn and child pornography at industrial scale. The FBI could just go to his house and arrest him.
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Fuck ice is now a greeting and also a goodbye.
January 11, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Fuck ice is now a greeting and also a goodbye.