Primordial Platypus
@perfectclarity.bsky.social
Abolitionist in theory, incrementalist in practice.
Here because I needed a place to keep track of the social unraveling and for silly nonsense (which I need because I paid attention to social unraveling). He/him
Here because I needed a place to keep track of the social unraveling and for silly nonsense (which I need because I paid attention to social unraveling). He/him
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Nothing is improving here in Minnesota. Nothing at all. We continue to be occupied by lawless sadists at the pleasure of senile lunatic obsessed with revenge.
Read this story.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Read this story.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody
The children were taken into ICE custody after their mother was detained at a court appointment. School leaders say the mother asked them to bring the kids to the detention center because there were n...
www.mprnews.org
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Nothing is improving here in Minnesota. Nothing at all. We continue to be occupied by lawless sadists at the pleasure of senile lunatic obsessed with revenge.
Read this story.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Read this story.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Been getting a lot of use out of this lately
January 30, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Been getting a lot of use out of this lately
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People just going out here saying the literal opposite of what happened. Thune caved! Thune did! This is a cave by Thune and Senate Republicans, any possible way you cut it.
January 29, 2026 at 11:48 PM
People just going out here saying the literal opposite of what happened. Thune caved! Thune did! This is a cave by Thune and Senate Republicans, any possible way you cut it.
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The GenX split hinges on race & urbanism. If you were born in 1974 you lived through the Central Park 5 the Crack & AIDS epidemics, Rodney King, OJ & on & on before you were 25. If you were watching from some cul de sac none of that seemed real. But in the cities…
Backing up The Argument in NYT/Siena, Gen X still has an astonishing 49% approval for Trump (!), while Boomers have dipped to 42%.
Gen X is currently tracking at 12 pts to the right of the electorate on the generic ballot. Now 9 pts to the right of Boomers, which has to be the largest gap ever.
Gen X is currently tracking at 12 pts to the right of the electorate on the generic ballot. Now 9 pts to the right of Boomers, which has to be the largest gap ever.
January 30, 2026 at 12:48 AM
The GenX split hinges on race & urbanism. If you were born in 1974 you lived through the Central Park 5 the Crack & AIDS epidemics, Rodney King, OJ & on & on before you were 25. If you were watching from some cul de sac none of that seemed real. But in the cities…
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Definite uptick in Bluesky content aggregators taking legit clips regarding Minnesota from a few days or weeks ago and posting them without any sort of timestamp context, which gives the impression of them happening today, which then gets clicks. Be vigilant with what and how you share.
January 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Definite uptick in Bluesky content aggregators taking legit clips regarding Minnesota from a few days or weeks ago and posting them without any sort of timestamp context, which gives the impression of them happening today, which then gets clicks. Be vigilant with what and how you share.
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One of the hardest things to explain to people who aren’t here is the very real feeling that we are in a war against the federal government. Not only are we occupied by unaccountable armed, masked paramilitaries, but we are constantly aware our neighbors might be abducted in the blink of an eye.
Was he actually approaching Minnesota as a regime change
January 29, 2026 at 11:04 PM
One of the hardest things to explain to people who aren’t here is the very real feeling that we are in a war against the federal government. Not only are we occupied by unaccountable armed, masked paramilitaries, but we are constantly aware our neighbors might be abducted in the blink of an eye.
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I would really appreciate if journalists who have done ridealongs would speak up about how important they are to helping Minneapolis. As I’ve said many times, opsec fears are the greatest threat to the networks we’ve built. But the reason we’re out here is to show the world what’s happening.
Ridiculous. @chrislhayes.bsky.social did a ride-along that was played on @ms.now last night - the piece threatened nothing and was good 'publicity' for the cause. Hopefully they'll come around for you, Will. Thanks for what you're doing for our city & state.
January 29, 2026 at 9:07 PM
I would really appreciate if journalists who have done ridealongs would speak up about how important they are to helping Minneapolis. As I’ve said many times, opsec fears are the greatest threat to the networks we’ve built. But the reason we’re out here is to show the world what’s happening.
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friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
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“What if your neighbor is Muslim”
They’re my neighbor
“What if your neighbor is Somali”
They’re my neighbor
“What if your neighbor speaks Spanish”
They’re my neighbor
“What if your neighbor is Hmong”
They’re my neighbors
They’re my neighbor
“What if your neighbor is Somali”
They’re my neighbor
“What if your neighbor speaks Spanish”
They’re my neighbor
“What if your neighbor is Hmong”
They’re my neighbors
January 29, 2026 at 12:54 AM
“What if your neighbor is Muslim”
They’re my neighbor
“What if your neighbor is Somali”
They’re my neighbor
“What if your neighbor speaks Spanish”
They’re my neighbor
“What if your neighbor is Hmong”
They’re my neighbors
They’re my neighbor
“What if your neighbor is Somali”
They’re my neighbor
“What if your neighbor speaks Spanish”
They’re my neighbor
“What if your neighbor is Hmong”
They’re my neighbors
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my son is five, same age as Liam Ramos. you don't need to have a child the same age to be fucking horrified by the violence we are doing (and HAVE BEEN doing) upon immigrant children in this nation. but that he keeps asking for his spidey backpack is the kind of detail that rips my heart in two.
January 29, 2026 at 8:32 PM
my son is five, same age as Liam Ramos. you don't need to have a child the same age to be fucking horrified by the violence we are doing (and HAVE BEEN doing) upon immigrant children in this nation. but that he keeps asking for his spidey backpack is the kind of detail that rips my heart in two.
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looks like mass arrests going down at the senate office buildings
January 29, 2026 at 8:25 PM
looks like mass arrests going down at the senate office buildings
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Because they're evil.
I don't say that lightly.
They get off on abusing people.
They don't care about optics and PR because they only see that tools of needing to be constrained and they don't think bad optics will constrain them.
I don't say that lightly.
They get off on abusing people.
They don't care about optics and PR because they only see that tools of needing to be constrained and they don't think bad optics will constrain them.
what’s astounding about this is not only the incredible cruelty but the complete lack of even the most basic public relations instincts
they kidnap a five year old and generate national outrage and rather than do some basic window dressing to treat him nice while abusing everyone else they do this
they kidnap a five year old and generate national outrage and rather than do some basic window dressing to treat him nice while abusing everyone else they do this
“[Liam] keeps asking about that hat and that backpack that are in the picture,” the congressman said. “I think they took that from him.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
January 29, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Because they're evil.
I don't say that lightly.
They get off on abusing people.
They don't care about optics and PR because they only see that tools of needing to be constrained and they don't think bad optics will constrain them.
I don't say that lightly.
They get off on abusing people.
They don't care about optics and PR because they only see that tools of needing to be constrained and they don't think bad optics will constrain them.
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This is a tipping point.
- 61% have an unfavorable opinion of ICE (The Argument/Verasight)
- 59% say ICE is too aggressive, up 10 points since July (Fox News)
- 58% say ICE has gone “too far” (Reuters/Ipsos)
- 55% have very little confidence in ICE (YouGov)
- 61% have an unfavorable opinion of ICE (The Argument/Verasight)
- 59% say ICE is too aggressive, up 10 points since July (Fox News)
- 58% say ICE has gone “too far” (Reuters/Ipsos)
- 55% have very little confidence in ICE (YouGov)
January 29, 2026 at 7:17 PM
This is a tipping point.
- 61% have an unfavorable opinion of ICE (The Argument/Verasight)
- 59% say ICE is too aggressive, up 10 points since July (Fox News)
- 58% say ICE has gone “too far” (Reuters/Ipsos)
- 55% have very little confidence in ICE (YouGov)
- 61% have an unfavorable opinion of ICE (The Argument/Verasight)
- 59% say ICE is too aggressive, up 10 points since July (Fox News)
- 58% say ICE has gone “too far” (Reuters/Ipsos)
- 55% have very little confidence in ICE (YouGov)
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every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar
January 28, 2026 at 8:22 PM
every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar
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As someone who was in the Army in 2010 I am always kind of puzzled by "the Dems accomplished nothing while they were in the majority in congress" rhetoric because overturning Don't Ask, Don't Tell was actually a very big fucking deal to a lot of people that I served with.
January 29, 2026 at 7:50 PM
As someone who was in the Army in 2010 I am always kind of puzzled by "the Dems accomplished nothing while they were in the majority in congress" rhetoric because overturning Don't Ask, Don't Tell was actually a very big fucking deal to a lot of people that I served with.
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ed markey thinks you're an idiot
Right now, Democrats have the power to defund and abolish ICE. We should do it. This is about right and wrong—and the murder we are seeing on the streets is just plain wrong. Anyone who supports funding DHS and ICE is supporting the murder of Americans. We can stop this.
January 29, 2026 at 7:15 PM
ed markey thinks you're an idiot
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This stuff needs to end.
A. There are about 100K voting locations in the US. There are maybe 10K ICE field agents. They never do big actions w fewer than 5-6 agents. Do the math.
B. Even if they did, so what? Chicago & MN show that the harder ICE/CBP pushes the more determined Americans get /1
A. There are about 100K voting locations in the US. There are maybe 10K ICE field agents. They never do big actions w fewer than 5-6 agents. Do the math.
B. Even if they did, so what? Chicago & MN show that the harder ICE/CBP pushes the more determined Americans get /1
This giant ICE Army they are building this year is also likely to be at polling places during the midterms in heavily Democratic precincts with the excuse being that they are looking for “illegals trying to vote.”
January 29, 2026 at 5:07 AM
This stuff needs to end.
A. There are about 100K voting locations in the US. There are maybe 10K ICE field agents. They never do big actions w fewer than 5-6 agents. Do the math.
B. Even if they did, so what? Chicago & MN show that the harder ICE/CBP pushes the more determined Americans get /1
A. There are about 100K voting locations in the US. There are maybe 10K ICE field agents. They never do big actions w fewer than 5-6 agents. Do the math.
B. Even if they did, so what? Chicago & MN show that the harder ICE/CBP pushes the more determined Americans get /1
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Obama was a decent president, maybe not a great one, but he didn't do this to us, we did. There's a word we have for people who blame the Black guy for what white voters did twice.
January 28, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Obama was a decent president, maybe not a great one, but he didn't do this to us, we did. There's a word we have for people who blame the Black guy for what white voters did twice.
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don't be intimidated, i put my pants on like everyone else (five story pants chute)
January 29, 2026 at 6:12 PM
don't be intimidated, i put my pants on like everyone else (five story pants chute)
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OH BOY, AM I EVER www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Volunteers wanted to to live on Skomer Island and count puffins
Successful applicants will spend several months helping conservation efforts on Skomer Island.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 12:20 PM
OH BOY, AM I EVER www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Presented without context
the US Senate has finally realized its sacred duty to the republic to produce Content
January 29, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Presented without context
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CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using KareKlub Plastic Tip Restraint Kits Due to Tip-Over Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury and Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
January 29, 2026 at 4:51 PM
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using KareKlub Plastic Tip Restraint Kits Due to Tip-Over Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury and Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
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I get the sentiment behind “maybe don’t work jobs that would cause you shame and public ostracization” but like. Sex workers are right there, they’re not hurting anyone, and they are dealing with violent and sometimes life-ending stigma because of their jobs. Let’s be a little more specific maybe.
January 29, 2026 at 4:42 PM
I get the sentiment behind “maybe don’t work jobs that would cause you shame and public ostracization” but like. Sex workers are right there, they’re not hurting anyone, and they are dealing with violent and sometimes life-ending stigma because of their jobs. Let’s be a little more specific maybe.
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recorded a Windows 95 full disk defrag to soothe your timeline.
January 29, 2026 at 9:48 AM
recorded a Windows 95 full disk defrag to soothe your timeline.
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A fun fact I like to share with students is when Border Patrol was founded a century ago, there were more Border Patrol agents on the northern border than the southern border. Because during Prohibition, the US considered Canadian whisky to be our greatest border security threat.
January 29, 2026 at 4:25 PM
A fun fact I like to share with students is when Border Patrol was founded a century ago, there were more Border Patrol agents on the northern border than the southern border. Because during Prohibition, the US considered Canadian whisky to be our greatest border security threat.