Ethan
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Ethan
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· Jan 31
Not a day goes by where I don’t think: If it weren’t for those raccoons playing in the Hadron Collider…
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Sir, “white settlement” has gone woke.
This race was such a massive swing blowout that Democrat Taylor Rehmet literally won a city called White Settlement
February 1, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Sir, “white settlement” has gone woke.
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“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
January 31, 2026 at 7:57 PM
“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
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"Our new analysis shows that it is far more dangerous to be pregnant than to have an abortion, and this gap in mortality risk is even larger than previously recognized.” - lead study author Maria Steenland.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
Risk of maternal death during pregnancy greatly underestimated, study finds
A new study comparing deaths of pregnant people and of those who have an abortion show that risk of death due to pregnancy is three times higher than previously estimated.
www.brown.edu
January 29, 2026 at 2:39 AM
"Our new analysis shows that it is far more dangerous to be pregnant than to have an abortion, and this gap in mortality risk is even larger than previously recognized.” - lead study author Maria Steenland.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
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It is actually an ancient tactic to make those resisting occupation out to be terrorists. The US government usually employs this tactic in its foreign policy on countries it is stripping of resources. The current regime has decided to use this same tactic on the Blue States it is trying to occupy.
January 29, 2026 at 11:21 AM
It is actually an ancient tactic to make those resisting occupation out to be terrorists. The US government usually employs this tactic in its foreign policy on countries it is stripping of resources. The current regime has decided to use this same tactic on the Blue States it is trying to occupy.
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Critique by creating.
January 28, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Critique by creating.
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Alright… take a sec to recognize what you pushed through — the doubt you didn’t listen to, the anger you didn’t pass on, the moment you stayed when it would’ve been easier to check out. That’s real effort.
Carry that with you.
Until then, keep the songs going.
And the signal human.
Carry that with you.
Until then, keep the songs going.
And the signal human.
January 28, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Alright… take a sec to recognize what you pushed through — the doubt you didn’t listen to, the anger you didn’t pass on, the moment you stayed when it would’ve been easier to check out. That’s real effort.
Carry that with you.
Until then, keep the songs going.
And the signal human.
Carry that with you.
Until then, keep the songs going.
And the signal human.
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Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
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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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Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
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The Catholic Church is calling for defunding ICE. The Episcopalian bishops are all out calling for people to put their bodies in the streets. Make of that what you will.
January 27, 2026 at 1:41 AM
The Catholic Church is calling for defunding ICE. The Episcopalian bishops are all out calling for people to put their bodies in the streets. Make of that what you will.
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lol if what they didn't agree on was whether I had human rights, they should feel the social consequences of what it means to have held those views in the first place.
We cannot forgive and forget our way into progress.
We cannot forgive and forget our way into progress.
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 2:45 PM
lol if what they didn't agree on was whether I had human rights, they should feel the social consequences of what it means to have held those views in the first place.
We cannot forgive and forget our way into progress.
We cannot forgive and forget our way into progress.
Me: Babe, hypothetically, would you come with me to a B&B run by a retired necromancer? A Dead and Breakfast, if you will?
Her: I… I don’t even know how to answer that.
Me: All of the servers are skeletons, so there’s no smell, and it’s very affordable.
Her: If they’re all skeletons, ok, I guess?
Her: I… I don’t even know how to answer that.
Me: All of the servers are skeletons, so there’s no smell, and it’s very affordable.
Her: If they’re all skeletons, ok, I guess?
January 26, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Me: Babe, hypothetically, would you come with me to a B&B run by a retired necromancer? A Dead and Breakfast, if you will?
Her: I… I don’t even know how to answer that.
Me: All of the servers are skeletons, so there’s no smell, and it’s very affordable.
Her: If they’re all skeletons, ok, I guess?
Her: I… I don’t even know how to answer that.
Me: All of the servers are skeletons, so there’s no smell, and it’s very affordable.
Her: If they’re all skeletons, ok, I guess?
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This practice is called “cover charging.”
73% of the time when it is done, it is done to Black people.
ProPublica did an expose:
73% of the time when it is done, it is done to Black people.
ProPublica did an expose:
January 25, 2026 at 2:55 PM
This practice is called “cover charging.”
73% of the time when it is done, it is done to Black people.
ProPublica did an expose:
73% of the time when it is done, it is done to Black people.
ProPublica did an expose:
There’s something kind of cozy about hunkering down for a winter storm.
Got my emergency supplies ready, but excited to make some hot chocolate, mull some mead, and spend a day snuggled under blankets reading a good book.
Got my emergency supplies ready, but excited to make some hot chocolate, mull some mead, and spend a day snuggled under blankets reading a good book.
January 24, 2026 at 8:13 PM
There’s something kind of cozy about hunkering down for a winter storm.
Got my emergency supplies ready, but excited to make some hot chocolate, mull some mead, and spend a day snuggled under blankets reading a good book.
Got my emergency supplies ready, but excited to make some hot chocolate, mull some mead, and spend a day snuggled under blankets reading a good book.
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You rise to the level of your training and practice, not to the level of your imagined self.
So it's extremely important to get skilled up and to practice. That's what all of the people getting trained in ICE Watch are doing.
So it's extremely important to get skilled up and to practice. That's what all of the people getting trained in ICE Watch are doing.
January 24, 2026 at 8:03 PM
You rise to the level of your training and practice, not to the level of your imagined self.
So it's extremely important to get skilled up and to practice. That's what all of the people getting trained in ICE Watch are doing.
So it's extremely important to get skilled up and to practice. That's what all of the people getting trained in ICE Watch are doing.
It’s been unreal watching the white people in my life slowly awaken to the fact that they aren’t safe either, and their whiteness is not enough to protect them from what’s coming this time.
Some of them adamantly believe it will magically resolve before it winds up on their doorstep.
Some of them adamantly believe it will magically resolve before it winds up on their doorstep.
“If one is honest about the history of the United States, it prominently features white violence, terrorism and revanchism, particularly toward Black people, Indigenous people and women.” — @sorayanadiamcdonald.com
andscape.com/features/cap...
andscape.com/features/cap...
The dangerous magical thinking of ‘this is not who we are’ - Andscape
Since the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, there have been statements from white people across the political spectrum, including President-elect Joe Biden, that repeat variations of the sa...
andscape.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:26 PM
It’s been unreal watching the white people in my life slowly awaken to the fact that they aren’t safe either, and their whiteness is not enough to protect them from what’s coming this time.
Some of them adamantly believe it will magically resolve before it winds up on their doorstep.
Some of them adamantly believe it will magically resolve before it winds up on their doorstep.
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Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
When I was traveling across Europe before the election, our tour was paired with 3 sisters from Lithuania for wine tasting.
The one sitting closest to me tried to make me feel better about being American - she used to live in DC and loved it.
I wonder if we reached a grim understanding this year.
The one sitting closest to me tried to make me feel better about being American - she used to live in DC and loved it.
I wonder if we reached a grim understanding this year.
January 20, 2026 at 9:58 PM
When I was traveling across Europe before the election, our tour was paired with 3 sisters from Lithuania for wine tasting.
The one sitting closest to me tried to make me feel better about being American - she used to live in DC and loved it.
I wonder if we reached a grim understanding this year.
The one sitting closest to me tried to make me feel better about being American - she used to live in DC and loved it.
I wonder if we reached a grim understanding this year.
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Don’t start this shit today, white people.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 19, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Don’t start this shit today, white people.
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This is probably the most accurate description.
Someone in their mid-50s today told me that this is the first time he had thought about or been affected by politics. And that guy is actively guarding buildings and his coworkers from ICE.
Someone in their mid-50s today told me that this is the first time he had thought about or been affected by politics. And that guy is actively guarding buildings and his coworkers from ICE.
Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
This is so smart. I’m so impressed with all the different ways you’re helping your neighbors.
January 19, 2026 at 2:44 AM
This is probably the most accurate description.
Someone in their mid-50s today told me that this is the first time he had thought about or been affected by politics. And that guy is actively guarding buildings and his coworkers from ICE.
Someone in their mid-50s today told me that this is the first time he had thought about or been affected by politics. And that guy is actively guarding buildings and his coworkers from ICE.
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this is because Dolly Parton is the equal or better of most strung- instrument players you can name, a fact often obscured by the vocabulary of iconography sometimes used to discuss her work. thanks for coming to my presentation this’ll take about half a hour
January 19, 2026 at 1:57 PM
this is because Dolly Parton is the equal or better of most strung- instrument players you can name, a fact often obscured by the vocabulary of iconography sometimes used to discuss her work. thanks for coming to my presentation this’ll take about half a hour
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GenAI could never ever do this. Only community can do this. This is why the oligarchs are trying to drag the soul out of the arts. Art is resistance and it is about community spirit.
Incredibly emotional to hear my poem has been turned into a song of resistance and is being sung in Minneapolis right now. Please do not give up.
January 19, 2026 at 11:43 AM
GenAI could never ever do this. Only community can do this. This is why the oligarchs are trying to drag the soul out of the arts. Art is resistance and it is about community spirit.
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i just feel like america has no business starting fights with the country that makes ozempic
January 19, 2026 at 8:05 AM
i just feel like america has no business starting fights with the country that makes ozempic
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Hi, it’s me again, reminding you that enforced disappearance is a long-established tactic of BP and, increasingly, ICE. If your loved one has been disappeared by the gov (no information about their fate or whereabouts), I urge you to report it to the UN immediately: www.ohchr.org/en/special-p...
January 16, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Hi, it’s me again, reminding you that enforced disappearance is a long-established tactic of BP and, increasingly, ICE. If your loved one has been disappeared by the gov (no information about their fate or whereabouts), I urge you to report it to the UN immediately: www.ohchr.org/en/special-p...
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America is coming to a realization many who grew up with abuse or domestic violence are familiar with.
The promise of hell to pay when the abuser gets home.
It's in that moment victims decide whether to accept the abuse, take flight (if they can), or ready a gun or other weapon.
The promise of hell to pay when the abuser gets home.
It's in that moment victims decide whether to accept the abuse, take flight (if they can), or ready a gun or other weapon.
January 15, 2026 at 6:05 PM
America is coming to a realization many who grew up with abuse or domestic violence are familiar with.
The promise of hell to pay when the abuser gets home.
It's in that moment victims decide whether to accept the abuse, take flight (if they can), or ready a gun or other weapon.
The promise of hell to pay when the abuser gets home.
It's in that moment victims decide whether to accept the abuse, take flight (if they can), or ready a gun or other weapon.