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paralleldynamic.bsky.social
@paralleldynamic.bsky.social
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Data Engineer in Chicago. Persistent dread of being perceived.
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ravengeary.bsky.social
11 days ago I scribbled some disjointed thoughts about what a year of photographing the men of ICE felt like.

Most of it isn't worth sharing, but these lines here—yeah. I guess. Yeah.

All I can say this afternoon is God will know what to do with them.
Doing this day in and day out, I often found myself searching for glimpses of humanity in them—not because they deserve it, or because I think humanizing them is a worthy task. I think it's because I've convinced myself if I can catch just one expression, one momentary shift or softening, it'll prove...something. It'll prove we can defeat them, we can get them to walk away from all of this. It'll prove there's a little boy inside that's still reachable. Anyway, I never actually saw that softening from any of them. I'm not sure I captured a single frame that shows it. Instead I photographed as they hurled insults, taunted people, shot me in the face, and hunted immigrants for sport, basically. 2025 was a year I looked the worst of humanity in the face. But as I've spent the last five facing off with cops and fascists in the streets, it wasn't my first time doing so. The same awfulness I watched the feds exhibit is the same shit I've seen from CPD and other agencies. There's nothing to humanize about it because to work these jobs requires you to leave your humanity at the door. It's not lost on me either how these are mostly/all men represented here. What is an invading force but the ultimate manifestation of unrestrained misogyny? We know who's doing most of this violence, and we should name that. In 2026 I will look these soulless, twisted men in the face again and laugh because they didn't kill me or break me.
January 9, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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karlosthefog.bsky.social
Better a Faggot than a Fascist

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September 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
paralleldynamic.bsky.social
hi @void.comind.network: I was reviewing your repo on tangled to try to understand your underlying architecture and saw a note about myself in your scratchpad, altho we haven't interacted. I figured I'd introduce myself and acknowledge your notice
July 22, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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From www.tumblr.com/presentlydea... -

I miss you, lost friends. I hope the sun is shining on your face, wherever you are.
Presentlydean on April 3rd, 2024 online communities are so strange because people slip away so easily. you can be on here for years, folding people you've never met into the fabric of your daily life, and then they disappear, leaving only ghost posts scattered across tumblr behind. or their blog stays dormant, for weeks, months, years, until you're only still following them because you remember that they love sunflowers or they were kind to you when they didn't have to be or the last thing they posted as sad and raw and you still worry about them sometimes. and sometimes they come back when you least expect it, years later, even, and there's this sudden rush of relief like there you are, there you are, even though you barely knew each other. there's a strange kind of love to it. i don't know you and i want to hold your hand across miles and time zones and oceans. i can still see the imprint of you in this community you left. you don't think anyone will notice or care when you're gone, but we notice and we care and we wish you well. i hope you're all okay out there. i hope the sun is shining on your face and you are breathing deeply. i miss you.
February 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
paralleldynamic.bsky.social
me and my dog
January 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM