otaara
@otaara.bsky.social
Knitter, writer, witch, largely deprecated orchid nothogenus.
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NEW: This isn't about "training." The two agents who murdered Alex Pretti - Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez - have been with Border Patrol for 8 and 12 years respectively. You can't reform CBP. Abolish ICE/CBP. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
NEW: This isn't about "training." The two agents who murdered Alex Pretti - Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez - have been with Border Patrol for 8 and 12 years respectively. You can't reform CBP. Abolish ICE/CBP. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
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This isn't about "training issues." The murderer who executed Renee Good has been with ICE for 10 years, and according to DHS, the murderer who executed Alex Pretti has been there for 8 years.
These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
January 26, 2026 at 11:04 PM
This isn't about "training issues." The murderer who executed Renee Good has been with ICE for 10 years, and according to DHS, the murderer who executed Alex Pretti has been there for 8 years.
These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
These aren't "new recruits," or officers that can be "retrained." ICE can't be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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A lot of Dems are going to take Bovino and Noem being fired as the finish line, and it's very important to make it clear to them that it is a starting line
January 27, 2026 at 2:12 AM
A lot of Dems are going to take Bovino and Noem being fired as the finish line, and it's very important to make it clear to them that it is a starting line
Even on video game review sites, I get ads for menopause drugs. The algorithm is cruel.
January 27, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Even on video game review sites, I get ads for menopause drugs. The algorithm is cruel.
I got a really exciting rock. It's malachite, and it's full of flowers and EXPLOSIONS
September 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I got a really exciting rock. It's malachite, and it's full of flowers and EXPLOSIONS
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FUN FACT: For those keeping score, in President Biden’s last full month, the U.S. economy added 323,000 jobs. ⬆️
September 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
FUN FACT: For those keeping score, in President Biden’s last full month, the U.S. economy added 323,000 jobs. ⬆️
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Pippa Dyrlaga is a paper cutting artist and print maker based in England #WomensArt
September 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Pippa Dyrlaga is a paper cutting artist and print maker based in England #WomensArt
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Here's what RFK Jr. got wrong about vaccines during his Senate hearing:
What RFK Jr. got wrong about vaccines during Senate hearing
The health secretary's statements came amid heated exchanges with some senators.
www.politico.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Here's what RFK Jr. got wrong about vaccines during his Senate hearing:
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Polish painter Nespoon creates street art with lace patterns #WomensArt
September 8, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Polish painter Nespoon creates street art with lace patterns #WomensArt
Nearly 30 years of online dating has taught me one thing: people with kids really are kind of boring.
September 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Nearly 30 years of online dating has taught me one thing: people with kids really are kind of boring.
People will literally die of cancers and lung disease and have miscarriages because pollution isn't being tracked, let alone remediated.
July 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
People will literally die of cancers and lung disease and have miscarriages because pollution isn't being tracked, let alone remediated.
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Indiana Jones and Are You Fucking Kidding Me Why Do I Have to Put Learning Outcomes on My Syllabus The Outcome I Want is For the Students to Learn What's Assigned on the Parts of the Syllabus They Can Barely Find For All the Dumb Boilerplate Nonsense I'm Supposed to Put on the Syllabus
July 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Indiana Jones and Are You Fucking Kidding Me Why Do I Have to Put Learning Outcomes on My Syllabus The Outcome I Want is For the Students to Learn What's Assigned on the Parts of the Syllabus They Can Barely Find For All the Dumb Boilerplate Nonsense I'm Supposed to Put on the Syllabus
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Only history's greatest monsters have [squints at Fox News graphic] addressed the cost of living in practical ways.
June 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Only history's greatest monsters have [squints at Fox News graphic] addressed the cost of living in practical ways.
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nothing has reinforced my belief that NYC did the right thing like seeing just how upset all the worst people in the world are over it
June 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
nothing has reinforced my belief that NYC did the right thing like seeing just how upset all the worst people in the world are over it
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Maybe the lesson of Mamdani's win is that the time has finally come for the Democratic Party to side with the young in the party's generational split, keeping drifting allies rather than trying to find an inoffensive middle ground.
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Gift link: wapo.st/44zuWyC
Opinion | What if Mamdani shows the best path forward for Democrats?
Maybe the party should consider abandoning its cautious old ways.
wapo.st
June 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Maybe the lesson of Mamdani's win is that the time has finally come for the Democratic Party to side with the young in the party's generational split, keeping drifting allies rather than trying to find an inoffensive middle ground.
Gift link: wapo.st/44zuWyC
Gift link: wapo.st/44zuWyC
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probably a good time to bring this back
June 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
probably a good time to bring this back
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Honestly, this made me laugh out loud (maybe it was more of a horrified cynical rattle). Points for honesty!
June 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Honestly, this made me laugh out loud (maybe it was more of a horrified cynical rattle). Points for honesty!
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
June 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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There’s a weird thing on this website and lots of left-wing subcultures, where people love to throw around “liberal” as an insult, but from what I can tell liberals voted overwhelmingly against Cuomo and are rallying behind Zohran now.
June 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
There’s a weird thing on this website and lots of left-wing subcultures, where people love to throw around “liberal” as an insult, but from what I can tell liberals voted overwhelmingly against Cuomo and are rallying behind Zohran now.
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Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance
June 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance
I know no one's going to hear this, but Dems, *listen to your voters* for a change. Mamdani is your candidate, chosen by the people! Don't let NYC go the way of Buffalo, with a corrupt "independent" mayor over a well-liked, effective, morally upright one who happens to be left of center!
June 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I know no one's going to hear this, but Dems, *listen to your voters* for a change. Mamdani is your candidate, chosen by the people! Don't let NYC go the way of Buffalo, with a corrupt "independent" mayor over a well-liked, effective, morally upright one who happens to be left of center!
Hoo hoo hoo
Dem Socialist won the NYC mayoral primary!
Maybe the pendulum really will swing back.
Dem Socialist won the NYC mayoral primary!
Maybe the pendulum really will swing back.
June 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Hoo hoo hoo
Dem Socialist won the NYC mayoral primary!
Maybe the pendulum really will swing back.
Dem Socialist won the NYC mayoral primary!
Maybe the pendulum really will swing back.
Oh, good, my second bus is so late that I'm going to miss my third. Thanks, NFTA. Swell job you do.
June 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Oh, good, my second bus is so late that I'm going to miss my third. Thanks, NFTA. Swell job you do.