Silk Flame
@silkflame.bsky.social
Twitter refugee, gamedev hobbyist, reader, introvert, pet companion, surviving the ____storm (so far) No DMs, please, unless you know me IRL. Trolls get blocked, not fed. Same for crypto bros, other scammers, thirst traps, Religion pushers, T&A posters.
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So Jelly Desktop Pet by jellyfishbubbles
a cozy jellyfish tank with 3 pet jellies
jellyfishbubbles.itch.io
I published my first game! 😊
It's free, no ads ever, and is a jellyfish desktop pet (win/mac/linux). Comments and *constructive* criticism welcome. jellyfishbubbles.itch.io/so-jelly-des...
It's free, no ads ever, and is a jellyfish desktop pet (win/mac/linux). Comments and *constructive* criticism welcome. jellyfishbubbles.itch.io/so-jelly-des...
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Big Oil's climate lies are fueling the insurance affordability crisis — and the costs are falling on disaster survivors and residents.
A new bill from @scottwiener.bsky.social aims to make Big Oil pay. "We can’t allow Californians, our residents, our small businesses, to be left holding the bag."
A new bill from @scottwiener.bsky.social aims to make Big Oil pay. "We can’t allow Californians, our residents, our small businesses, to be left holding the bag."
New bill aims to allow California AG to sue oil companies for disaster costs
“We can’t allow Californians, our residents, our small businesses, to be left holding the bag,” said the author of the measure.
www.fresnobee.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Big Oil's climate lies are fueling the insurance affordability crisis — and the costs are falling on disaster survivors and residents.
A new bill from @scottwiener.bsky.social aims to make Big Oil pay. "We can’t allow Californians, our residents, our small businesses, to be left holding the bag."
A new bill from @scottwiener.bsky.social aims to make Big Oil pay. "We can’t allow Californians, our residents, our small businesses, to be left holding the bag."
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The shameless criminality on display here. How do people think that this is going to work out well for them?
Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "We worked hard on getting rid of the Johnson Amendment. You can say anything you can. Now, if you do say something bad about Trump, I will change my mind and I will have your tax exempt status immediately revoked."
February 5, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The shameless criminality on display here. How do people think that this is going to work out well for them?
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I’m voting for not living with COVID. It’s the singularly worst idea since they told us smoking was good for us to sell cigarettes.
#CleantheAir
#WearARespie ffp2/3
#Covidisairborne
Vaccinate
#CleantheAir
#WearARespie ffp2/3
#Covidisairborne
Vaccinate
February 5, 2026 at 9:49 AM
I’m voting for not living with COVID. It’s the singularly worst idea since they told us smoking was good for us to sell cigarettes.
#CleantheAir
#WearARespie ffp2/3
#Covidisairborne
Vaccinate
#CleantheAir
#WearARespie ffp2/3
#Covidisairborne
Vaccinate
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"ICE guys are pretty miserable. I don’t think morale is particularly high for them. They’re freezing, they’re getting shouted at. They can’t go anywhere without being tailed by 5 cars. They get out and immediately there's a crowd of 100 people shouting at them, blowing whistles as loud as they can."
Inside the resistance with Will Stancil
"It's something I could do to keep them from stealing my neighbors."
www.publicnotice.co
February 4, 2026 at 2:51 PM
"ICE guys are pretty miserable. I don’t think morale is particularly high for them. They’re freezing, they’re getting shouted at. They can’t go anywhere without being tailed by 5 cars. They get out and immediately there's a crowd of 100 people shouting at them, blowing whistles as loud as they can."
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How much money has Trump pocketed from the presidency since his second election?
NYTimes Editorial Board did the math and it’s insane….
NYTimes Editorial Board did the math and it’s insane….
February 4, 2026 at 8:19 PM
How much money has Trump pocketed from the presidency since his second election?
NYTimes Editorial Board did the math and it’s insane….
NYTimes Editorial Board did the math and it’s insane….
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It’s ALWAYS the rich assholes.
February 4, 2026 at 7:20 PM
It’s ALWAYS the rich assholes.
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Climate Action🌏
SB 868 is a California bill that lets people use Plug-In solar🌞 panels without paying fees or having to get permission from utility companies⚡️ & establishes statewide safety standards for Plug-In solar panels.☀️
Please contact CA legislators to support it!
solarrights.org/plug-in-1/
SB 868 is a California bill that lets people use Plug-In solar🌞 panels without paying fees or having to get permission from utility companies⚡️ & establishes statewide safety standards for Plug-In solar panels.☀️
Please contact CA legislators to support it!
solarrights.org/plug-in-1/
Help bring Plug-In Solar to California
Ask your state legislator to support SB 868 (Wiener), the Plug Into the Sun Act. Let's bring Plug-In Solar, aka Balcony Solar to California!
solarrights.org
February 4, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Climate Action🌏
SB 868 is a California bill that lets people use Plug-In solar🌞 panels without paying fees or having to get permission from utility companies⚡️ & establishes statewide safety standards for Plug-In solar panels.☀️
Please contact CA legislators to support it!
solarrights.org/plug-in-1/
SB 868 is a California bill that lets people use Plug-In solar🌞 panels without paying fees or having to get permission from utility companies⚡️ & establishes statewide safety standards for Plug-In solar panels.☀️
Please contact CA legislators to support it!
solarrights.org/plug-in-1/
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This is an interesting essay on research that shows that I have been right all along. You have to play the game you're in, not the old one, or the one you wish you were in. The republicans (PPP) have succeeded in breaking America. www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no... (1)
How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism
Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.
www.bostonreview.net
February 3, 2026 at 6:27 PM
This is an interesting essay on research that shows that I have been right all along. You have to play the game you're in, not the old one, or the one you wish you were in. The republicans (PPP) have succeeded in breaking America. www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no... (1)
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This is actually true.
February 3, 2026 at 9:01 AM
This is actually true.
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This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
January 28, 2026 at 3:12 AM
This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
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"About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments."
This broke me.
This broke me.
February 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
"About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments."
This broke me.
This broke me.
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February 1, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: “How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when rich men are being perp walked in handcuffs to the jail. Until then, this is still a coverup.”
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
February 1, 2026 at 8:17 PM
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: “How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when rich men are being perp walked in handcuffs to the jail. Until then, this is still a coverup.”
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
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This is probably the story that has stuck with me the most over the last few weeks, because it's so heartbreaking and horrifying and so clearly represents thousands of personal traumas happening away from the cameras
How an errand for a 12-year-old immigrant in Minneapolis became an underground operation
Some immigrants in Minneapolis have said they're scared to go out because of ICE agents across the city. When one 12-year-old needed to run an errand, it triggered a network of underground volunteers.
www.npr.org
February 1, 2026 at 5:41 PM
This is probably the story that has stuck with me the most over the last few weeks, because it's so heartbreaking and horrifying and so clearly represents thousands of personal traumas happening away from the cameras
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Love me some Jesse Welles.
Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice."
Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
January 26, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Love me some Jesse Welles.
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There may be no gas chambers-but that doesn’t change what these warehouses are destined to become
Concentration camps
With ICE killing people in the streets, Trump prosecuting his opponents and the DOJ arresting journalists, it feels like America has entered a modernized version of Nazi Germany
Concentration camps
With ICE killing people in the streets, Trump prosecuting his opponents and the DOJ arresting journalists, it feels like America has entered a modernized version of Nazi Germany
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:33 PM
There may be no gas chambers-but that doesn’t change what these warehouses are destined to become
Concentration camps
With ICE killing people in the streets, Trump prosecuting his opponents and the DOJ arresting journalists, it feels like America has entered a modernized version of Nazi Germany
Concentration camps
With ICE killing people in the streets, Trump prosecuting his opponents and the DOJ arresting journalists, it feels like America has entered a modernized version of Nazi Germany
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The Republican Dream: Profits for corporations and prisons for people.
January 31, 2026 at 3:35 PM
The Republican Dream: Profits for corporations and prisons for people.
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This is action.
Contact your Senators to support Bernie's amendment to rescind and reallocate the $75B funding.
Thank you, @sanders.senate.gov.
Contact your Senators to support Bernie's amendment to rescind and reallocate the $75B funding.
Thank you, @sanders.senate.gov.
January 31, 2026 at 12:30 AM
This is action.
Contact your Senators to support Bernie's amendment to rescind and reallocate the $75B funding.
Thank you, @sanders.senate.gov.
Contact your Senators to support Bernie's amendment to rescind and reallocate the $75B funding.
Thank you, @sanders.senate.gov.
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Brain damage.
Wear a respirator - ffp2/3
Open windows
Vaccinate
Clean the Air
Wear a respirator - ffp2/3
Open windows
Vaccinate
Clean the Air
January 30, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Brain damage.
Wear a respirator - ffp2/3
Open windows
Vaccinate
Clean the Air
Wear a respirator - ffp2/3
Open windows
Vaccinate
Clean the Air
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The price of housing going up hurts me. First, I have to pay more property taxes every year just to keep living in the same house. Plus, it hurts me for my kids to have no hope of ever owning a home in the future. I can’t think of any way I benefit from housing prices going up across the board.
January 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
The price of housing going up hurts me. First, I have to pay more property taxes every year just to keep living in the same house. Plus, it hurts me for my kids to have no hope of ever owning a home in the future. I can’t think of any way I benefit from housing prices going up across the board.
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Our tax dollars at work.
January 29, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Our tax dollars at work.
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#ProudBlue
I actually love this idea. I wish we could implement it.
We aren’t United anyway, so what does it hurt?
I actually love this idea. I wish we could implement it.
We aren’t United anyway, so what does it hurt?
June 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
#ProudBlue
I actually love this idea. I wish we could implement it.
We aren’t United anyway, so what does it hurt?
I actually love this idea. I wish we could implement it.
We aren’t United anyway, so what does it hurt?
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