Mucho Maas
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‘A tavern chair is the throne of human felicity’. - Dr Johnson.
I’m a STEM educator and I prefer to live in geologic time.
I’m a STEM educator and I prefer to live in geologic time.
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‘What we see in Minnesota looks like a reign of terror because it is one; everyone I know there has called the scale of the federal presence, the masked men and their vehicles all over town, not just frightening but unprecedented.’
Stephanie Burt on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Stephanie Burt on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Stephanie Burt | Organised Opposition
‘The effectiveness of terror depends almost entirely on the degree of social atomisation, the disappearance of ......
www.lrb.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 12:50 PM
‘What we see in Minnesota looks like a reign of terror because it is one; everyone I know there has called the scale of the federal presence, the masked men and their vehicles all over town, not just frightening but unprecedented.’
Stephanie Burt on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
Stephanie Burt on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
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Trump came groveling to Schumer, skywriting that the Democrats had all the leverage. Schumer's reaction was to immediately cave, keeping the government open and DHS funded for two weeks while Trump's minions could get their ideological house back in order, on the eve of another major ICE/CBP surge.
Legit asking, what's the problem here?
Schumer has graduated to world-historical levels of political malpractice. Van Papen, Quisling, Stephen A. Douglas-level incompetence that in retrospect becomes indistinguishable from evil.
February 2, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Trump came groveling to Schumer, skywriting that the Democrats had all the leverage. Schumer's reaction was to immediately cave, keeping the government open and DHS funded for two weeks while Trump's minions could get their ideological house back in order, on the eve of another major ICE/CBP surge.
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What did they think crypto was being used for? It’s like 85% crime.
"We've basically funded an elite global pedophile ring since 2015. I feel sick."
Crypto Bros Nauseated After Realizing Bitcoin Itself Was Funded by Jeffrey Epstein
The crypto community is reeling from the discovery that Epstein was a huge backer of early Bitcoin efforts.
trib.al
February 4, 2026 at 6:57 AM
What did they think crypto was being used for? It’s like 85% crime.
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Thread starting with 🚨 TWO SHOCKING FACTS: Epstein was in direct contact with Putin, boasting of personal invites to St Petersburg. He co-owned Thiel’s Valar Ventures w/ Ehud Barak, backing Israeli surveillance firm Carbyne. 1/12
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
In Putin’s Orbit: The Crypto Politics of Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Thiel
The web of ties between Epstein, Moscow and Silicon Valley leads back to Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage
bylinetimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Thread starting with 🚨 TWO SHOCKING FACTS: Epstein was in direct contact with Putin, boasting of personal invites to St Petersburg. He co-owned Thiel’s Valar Ventures w/ Ehud Barak, backing Israeli surveillance firm Carbyne. 1/12
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
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"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years
February 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years
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Trump ICE Threats Take Darker Turn as MAGA Erupts in Demands for Blood
As Trump’s designs grow more unnerving and MAGA figures call for an escalation, a journalist who closely tracks ICE explains how the agency is effectively becoming an instrument of authoritarian state terror.
As Trump’s designs grow more unnerving and MAGA figures call for an escalation, a journalist who closely tracks ICE explains how the agency is effectively becoming an instrument of authoritarian state terror.
Trump ICE Threats Take Darker Turn as MAGA Erupts in Demands for Blood
As Trump’s designs grow more unnerving and MAGA figures call for an escalation, a journalist who closely tracks ICE explains how the agency is effectively becoming an instrument of authoritarian state...
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Trump ICE Threats Take Darker Turn as MAGA Erupts in Demands for Blood
As Trump’s designs grow more unnerving and MAGA figures call for an escalation, a journalist who closely tracks ICE explains how the agency is effectively becoming an instrument of authoritarian state terror.
As Trump’s designs grow more unnerving and MAGA figures call for an escalation, a journalist who closely tracks ICE explains how the agency is effectively becoming an instrument of authoritarian state terror.
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FT Exclusive: Jeffrey Epstein asked an unidentified woman to buy a Snow White costume just weeks before former Barclays chief executive Jes Staley’s infamous exchange with the convicted sex offender about the Disney character. ft.trib.al/v96AYiz
February 2, 2026 at 2:30 PM
FT Exclusive: Jeffrey Epstein asked an unidentified woman to buy a Snow White costume just weeks before former Barclays chief executive Jes Staley’s infamous exchange with the convicted sex offender about the Disney character. ft.trib.al/v96AYiz
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5 year old Liam is home, according to @ilhanmn.bsky.social and @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social!
February 1, 2026 at 4:40 PM
5 year old Liam is home, according to @ilhanmn.bsky.social and @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social!
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I guess they are pretty upset.
For some reason.
For some reason.
February 1, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I guess they are pretty upset.
For some reason.
For some reason.
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Yesssss. Separate out DHS and shut it down.
I just voted NO on the spending package because it still includes DHS funding.
NO blank check for ICE to continue lawless killings. Let’s get real changes made.
NO blank check for ICE to continue lawless killings. Let’s get real changes made.
January 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Yesssss. Separate out DHS and shut it down.
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Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
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Suozzi voted for ICE funding last week and issued a preening self-congratulatory press release afterwards bragging about bucking the Dem Party on the vote. FAFO.
January 29, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Suozzi voted for ICE funding last week and issued a preening self-congratulatory press release afterwards bragging about bucking the Dem Party on the vote. FAFO.
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"In this moment, when the Trump administration seeks to gain power by making us feel powerless, afraid, and confused, bell hooks reminds us that love is the only effective antidote to fear and oppression, and that it must be politicized."
sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
Love Is the Only Sane Response in a Time of Fear
Jesus and bell hooks remind us that love cannot fail.
sojo.net
January 29, 2026 at 12:00 AM
"In this moment, when the Trump administration seeks to gain power by making us feel powerless, afraid, and confused, bell hooks reminds us that love is the only effective antidote to fear and oppression, and that it must be politicized."
sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
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Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
January 24, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
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Clarissa explains it all to the DHS Instagram account
January 24, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Clarissa explains it all to the DHS Instagram account
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While ICE is killing innocent people, teargassing babies and pastors, and kidnapping our neighbors to ship them off to foreign torture prisons, seven House Democrats just voted with the GOP to give the regime’s secret police even more funding.
January 22, 2026 at 10:13 PM
While ICE is killing innocent people, teargassing babies and pastors, and kidnapping our neighbors to ship them off to foreign torture prisons, seven House Democrats just voted with the GOP to give the regime’s secret police even more funding.
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bro there’s a gofundme to crowdfund attorney fees for a preschooler who was kidnapped by our federal government and shipped across state lines and his senator is posting about high school hockey while every other elected official is debating whether to give a zillion more dollars to the kidnappers
January 22, 2026 at 3:51 AM
bro there’s a gofundme to crowdfund attorney fees for a preschooler who was kidnapped by our federal government and shipped across state lines and his senator is posting about high school hockey while every other elected official is debating whether to give a zillion more dollars to the kidnappers
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A five-year-old boy seized on his way home in Minnesota and now locked up in Texas. His family didn't know where he was for 24 hours.
January 21, 2026 at 11:36 PM
A five-year-old boy seized on his way home in Minnesota and now locked up in Texas. His family didn't know where he was for 24 hours.
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"Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to 'overturn election results in certain states,' and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data..."
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
"Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to 'overturn election results in certain states,' and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data..."
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data
Some DOGE personnel had more access to data than previously acknowledged, according to a court filing.
www.politico.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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"Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to 'overturn election results in certain states,' and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data..."
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
"Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with a group seeking to 'overturn election results in certain states,' and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data..."
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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Epstein lured potential victims using the promise of access to "elite" universities.
Which says a great deal about the culture of those institutions and the problems with allowing them to play such a big role in determining who can get ahead In our society.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Which says a great deal about the culture of those institutions and the problems with allowing them to play such a big role in determining who can get ahead In our society.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Epstein survivors say financier lured them with promise of college education
Multiple survivors claim Epstein dangled admission to top universities to ensnare them in his sexual abuse network
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Epstein lured potential victims using the promise of access to "elite" universities.
Which says a great deal about the culture of those institutions and the problems with allowing them to play such a big role in determining who can get ahead In our society.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Which says a great deal about the culture of those institutions and the problems with allowing them to play such a big role in determining who can get ahead In our society.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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"You have to keep unmasking the world about you for what it is: manipulative, controlling, power-hungry, and in the long run, destructive." #HenriNouwen
January 14, 2026 at 1:24 PM
"You have to keep unmasking the world about you for what it is: manipulative, controlling, power-hungry, and in the long run, destructive." #HenriNouwen
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Good morning.
A regular reminder: a tiny few hoard staggering wealth and own much of the media, while millions struggle to survive.
That’s not an accident. It’s a choice made by those in power.
Tax wealth. Fund public services. Build an economy for everyone - not the 1%.
A regular reminder: a tiny few hoard staggering wealth and own much of the media, while millions struggle to survive.
That’s not an accident. It’s a choice made by those in power.
Tax wealth. Fund public services. Build an economy for everyone - not the 1%.
January 14, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Good morning.
A regular reminder: a tiny few hoard staggering wealth and own much of the media, while millions struggle to survive.
That’s not an accident. It’s a choice made by those in power.
Tax wealth. Fund public services. Build an economy for everyone - not the 1%.
A regular reminder: a tiny few hoard staggering wealth and own much of the media, while millions struggle to survive.
That’s not an accident. It’s a choice made by those in power.
Tax wealth. Fund public services. Build an economy for everyone - not the 1%.
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Golfers really are the most morally bankrupt sportsmen out there.
Rip up all the courses, rewild them and use them as public spaces for everyone to enjoy
Rip up all the courses, rewild them and use them as public spaces for everyone to enjoy
‘So much leverage’: Golf star’s half-billion dollar demands after Brooks Koepka’s shock LIV departure
Bryson DeChambeau wants US$500m to stay with LIV Golf after Brooks Koepka’s return to the PGA Tour.
www.stuff.co.nz
January 13, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Golfers really are the most morally bankrupt sportsmen out there.
Rip up all the courses, rewild them and use them as public spaces for everyone to enjoy
Rip up all the courses, rewild them and use them as public spaces for everyone to enjoy