Sandynightsky
@sandynightsky.bsky.social
Bookseller, Oregon, former desert dweller
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Danish pension fund to dump US treasuries
"The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer
www.investing.com/news/stock-m...
"The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer
www.investing.com/news/stock-m...
Danish pension fund AkademikerPension to exit US Treasuries By Investing.com
Danish pension fund AkademikerPension to exit US Treasuries
www.investing.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Danish pension fund to dump US treasuries
"The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer
www.investing.com/news/stock-m...
"The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer
www.investing.com/news/stock-m...
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Our first Recovered Book from @bhousepress.bsky.social to be mentioned in Kirkus Reviews gets a starred review! Vengeance is Mine by Friedrich Torberg was written in exile in 1943. One of the earliest examples of Holocaust fiction, it's never before been translated.
VENGEANCE IS MINE | Kirkus Reviews
This 1943 novella by the Austrian Jewish writer Torberg—published before the horrors of the Nazi death camps were widely known—describes a brutal showdown between a Jewish prisoner and the German SS officer who calmly tells him he is about to die.
www.kirkusreviews.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Our first Recovered Book from @bhousepress.bsky.social to be mentioned in Kirkus Reviews gets a starred review! Vengeance is Mine by Friedrich Torberg was written in exile in 1943. One of the earliest examples of Holocaust fiction, it's never before been translated.
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This is pure, unabashed bigotry.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
January 19, 2026 at 7:42 PM
This is pure, unabashed bigotry.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
If a politician said this about any other faith, they would rightfully be run out of their party.
But this kind of despicable anti-Muslim rhetoric is so normalized that a sitting Senator uses it without consequence.
A stain on our Congress.
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1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
🧵
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
🧵
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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.
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Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
US citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search
Federal immigration agents have detained a U.S. citizen in Minnesota at gunpoint without a warrant. That's according to ChongLy “Scott” Thao, who says agents forced open his door, entered with guns drawn and led him outside in his underwear in freezing conditions.
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January 20, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
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New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 AM
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
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It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.
January 20, 2026 at 9:37 AM
It’s Penguin Awareness Day which seems like a great excuse to post the greatest ever Wikipedia edit.
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"CBS News is survived by their former colleagues in journalism and the American people. Rest in pathetic."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/in-memoria...
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In Memoriam: CBS News, 1927 - 2026
Rest in pathetic.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:02 AM
"CBS News is survived by their former colleagues in journalism and the American people. Rest in pathetic."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/in-memoria...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/in-memoria...
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In Louisiana, an ICE officer named David Courvelle has pleaded guilty on charges related to his monthslong sexual abuse of a Nicaraguan woman held in a detention center. www.wbrz.com/news/contrac...
Contract detention officer pleads guilty to sexually abusing Nicaraguan detainee at ICE facility in Basile
A former ICE detention officer pleaded guilty Monday to the sexual abuse of a Nicaraguan detainee at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile, according to court documents obtained by WBRZ.
www.wbrz.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:10 PM
In Louisiana, an ICE officer named David Courvelle has pleaded guilty on charges related to his monthslong sexual abuse of a Nicaraguan woman held in a detention center. www.wbrz.com/news/contrac...
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Maine's "Secretary of State Shenna Bellows over the weekend suspended the issuance of undercover license plates requested by the US Border Patrol."
"You are not welcome here. You will never be welcome here."
#Maine #USA #Transportation #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"You are not welcome here. You will never be welcome here."
#Maine #USA #Transportation #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
As Communities Say 'ICE Not Welcome,' Maine Halts Undercover License Plates for Federal Agents
"Maine is our home," said Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner, "and we're not going to let ICE agents terrorize our communities without resistance."
www.commondreams.org
January 20, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Maine's "Secretary of State Shenna Bellows over the weekend suspended the issuance of undercover license plates requested by the US Border Patrol."
"You are not welcome here. You will never be welcome here."
#Maine #USA #Transportation #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"You are not welcome here. You will never be welcome here."
#Maine #USA #Transportation #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
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Increasing park and library funding was the #1 way New Yorkers voted to improve NYC in the latest New York Times poll. - www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/a... - cc @council.nyc.gov and @mayor.nyc.gov
How Readers Voted on 17 Ways to Improve New York City
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Increasing park and library funding was the #1 way New Yorkers voted to improve NYC in the latest New York Times poll. - www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/a... - cc @council.nyc.gov and @mayor.nyc.gov
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“How dare they protest in that ICE field office director’s church!”
Meanwhile they had nothing to say when ICE raided churches and shot pastors in the face with pepper balls and chemicals👇🏽 🤔
Meanwhile they had nothing to say when ICE raided churches and shot pastors in the face with pepper balls and chemicals👇🏽 🤔
January 19, 2026 at 3:13 PM
“How dare they protest in that ICE field office director’s church!”
Meanwhile they had nothing to say when ICE raided churches and shot pastors in the face with pepper balls and chemicals👇🏽 🤔
Meanwhile they had nothing to say when ICE raided churches and shot pastors in the face with pepper balls and chemicals👇🏽 🤔
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Which Republican politicians, wealthy fraudsters and drug dealers will Trump be pardoning this week for the minimum standard fee of $1 million?
January 20, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Which Republican politicians, wealthy fraudsters and drug dealers will Trump be pardoning this week for the minimum standard fee of $1 million?
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Bessent: "Someone, maybe your parents for their retirement have bought 5, 10, 12 homes."
January 20, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Bessent: "Someone, maybe your parents for their retirement have bought 5, 10, 12 homes."
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Please hit the streets on Friday to support the Minnesota economic blackout!
January 20, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Please hit the streets on Friday to support the Minnesota economic blackout!
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Hey @democrats.org you have the power to stop this
Please use it
#DefundICE
#IceOutForGood
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social @repdangoldman.bsky.social
Please use it
#DefundICE
#IceOutForGood
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social @repdangoldman.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Hey @democrats.org you have the power to stop this
Please use it
#DefundICE
#IceOutForGood
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social @repdangoldman.bsky.social
Please use it
#DefundICE
#IceOutForGood
@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social @repdangoldman.bsky.social
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ICE is terrorizing schoolchildren in the Twin Cities again today
January 20, 2026 at 3:38 PM
ICE is terrorizing schoolchildren in the Twin Cities again today
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I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
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Sundown, You Better Take Care
Trump's end-of-the day mental episodes make it easy to read his mind, love. Are we headed for the wreck of the United States?
by Maureen Dowd
Trump's end-of-the day mental episodes make it easy to read his mind, love. Are we headed for the wreck of the United States?
by Maureen Dowd
January 20, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Sundown, You Better Take Care
Trump's end-of-the day mental episodes make it easy to read his mind, love. Are we headed for the wreck of the United States?
by Maureen Dowd
Trump's end-of-the day mental episodes make it easy to read his mind, love. Are we headed for the wreck of the United States?
by Maureen Dowd
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30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen
19/30
Bird by Bird
By Anne Lamott
19/30
Bird by Bird
By Anne Lamott
January 20, 2026 at 7:34 AM
30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #BookSky #BookChallenge #ReadingWomen
19/30
Bird by Bird
By Anne Lamott
19/30
Bird by Bird
By Anne Lamott
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You have to admit these letters from Trump to foreign governments would actually seem less bizarre if they had been written in crayon
January 20, 2026 at 1:44 AM
You have to admit these letters from Trump to foreign governments would actually seem less bizarre if they had been written in crayon
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This is a really important story, and one that explains the place of the Hmong community in the Twin Cities and why this entire occupation is really just ethnic cleansing (my words). Also, props to Marisa for doing the work to get this story right when so many out-of-town journalists have failed.
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 1:14 AM
This is a really important story, and one that explains the place of the Hmong community in the Twin Cities and why this entire occupation is really just ethnic cleansing (my words). Also, props to Marisa for doing the work to get this story right when so many out-of-town journalists have failed.
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