Tamlin Esq.
@tamlinday.bsky.social
Memoir author, Regency fact-checker, & trans-plant living in Quebec
*Warms the book-warming-pyre*
February 3, 2026 at 4:57 AM
*Warms the book-warming-pyre*
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"Canada cannot claim to defend human rights while exporting armoured vehicles that will be used to terrorize communities”: @greenpeaceca.bsky.social calls on MPs to halt export of armoured vehicles to U.S. immigration agency ICE
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Greenpeace calls on MPs to halt export of armoured vehicles to U.S. immigration agency ICE - Greenpeace Canada
Toronto – Greenpeace activists unveiled a banner saying “No Canadian Arms for ICE” at the Brampton headquarters of the Canadian company that is building armoured vehicles for the U.S. Immigratio...
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February 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
"Canada cannot claim to defend human rights while exporting armoured vehicles that will be used to terrorize communities”: @greenpeaceca.bsky.social calls on MPs to halt export of armoured vehicles to U.S. immigration agency ICE
www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/pr...
www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/pr...
Reminder of the rise in anti-trans rhetoric in the wake of 2020. No, it wasn’t new but yes, Qanon/4chan amplified it. Struck me at the time as inorganic. Epstein’s involvement definitely feels worse than my original suspect, the Heritage Foundation.
How paranoia over trans rights became catnip for QAnon and the far right
A perfect storm of factors has put outrage about trans rights at the heart of the modern far right, writes Io Dodds
www.independent.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Reminder of the rise in anti-trans rhetoric in the wake of 2020. No, it wasn’t new but yes, Qanon/4chan amplified it. Struck me at the time as inorganic. Epstein’s involvement definitely feels worse than my original suspect, the Heritage Foundation.
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Whoa. Dems just flipped a Texas state senate seat in a district that Trump carried by 17 points. Not only that, but the win was decisive, making this an enormous swing. Plus, Republicans went all in to try to save the seat, to no avail.
February 1, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Whoa. Dems just flipped a Texas state senate seat in a district that Trump carried by 17 points. Not only that, but the win was decisive, making this an enormous swing. Plus, Republicans went all in to try to save the seat, to no avail.
After much consideration, I’ve decided I don’t need to know. Whatever it is.
January 31, 2026 at 6:44 AM
After much consideration, I’ve decided I don’t need to know. Whatever it is.
He scapegoated entire communities, including mine. Ruined and ended lives. Because he thought it would help him cover his crimes. For what? Now his crimes are out there. And so is he, somehow. Brazenly. And those lives are still vaporized. And I hate him.
January 31, 2026 at 2:16 AM
He scapegoated entire communities, including mine. Ruined and ended lives. Because he thought it would help him cover his crimes. For what? Now his crimes are out there. And so is he, somehow. Brazenly. And those lives are still vaporized. And I hate him.
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Don Lemon is not the only reporter who was arrested by federal agents overnight — local independent journalist Georgia Fort just went live on FB to say federal agents were also at her door to take her into custody over her protest coverage in Minneapolis.
January 30, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Don Lemon is not the only reporter who was arrested by federal agents overnight — local independent journalist Georgia Fort just went live on FB to say federal agents were also at her door to take her into custody over her protest coverage in Minneapolis.
Excuse the absolute fuck out of me.
A truly unacceptable assault on the First Amendment.
Federal Agents Arrest Don Lemon Over Minnesota Church Protest
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Excuse the absolute fuck out of me.
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We're cooked folks, cooked
ICE are running around in the streets using facial recognition on random people and telling anyone filming them they're a domestic terrorist and Democrats solution is to equip every ICE agent with their very own body-worn surveillance camera
January 29, 2026 at 11:23 PM
We're cooked folks, cooked
Rachel Gilmore researched 10 Canadian companies contracted with ICE to add to boycott list. If you don’t follow her already, she also interviews NDP candidates and covers other relevant issues on the left.
These Canadian companies are making MONEY off of ICE and Trump's violent mass deportation regime
YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore
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January 29, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Rachel Gilmore researched 10 Canadian companies contracted with ICE to add to boycott list. If you don’t follow her already, she also interviews NDP candidates and covers other relevant issues on the left.
Congress doesn’t seem to understand. The problem isn’t with training standards, it’s the ethnic cleansing. We don’t need death squads with more skills, we need zero death squads.
January 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Congress doesn’t seem to understand. The problem isn’t with training standards, it’s the ethnic cleansing. We don’t need death squads with more skills, we need zero death squads.
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approaching the problem of "roving death squads" from an incrementalist point of view is just a slow form of suicide
SCHUMER says Democrats are “united” behind three DHS reforms
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
January 28, 2026 at 8:27 PM
approaching the problem of "roving death squads" from an incrementalist point of view is just a slow form of suicide
I said of his first term, if any good could come from this regime, it would be to show the white moderate the holes in our system that desperately need to be filled. Qualified immunity has long been one of those holes.
The Execution of Alex Pretti Broke Me
YouTube video by LegalEagle
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January 25, 2026 at 8:34 PM
I said of his first term, if any good could come from this regime, it would be to show the white moderate the holes in our system that desperately need to be filled. Qualified immunity has long been one of those holes.
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This has stayed with me today.
January 25, 2026 at 7:20 PM
This has stayed with me today.
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🚨 Breaking from the US Senator for Connecticut. 👇
There you have it.
ICE has never been about immigration enforcement.
It's a weapon used to brutalize Americans and stoke enough fear so that Trump can rig the elections and usher in dictatorship.
There you have it.
ICE has never been about immigration enforcement.
It's a weapon used to brutalize Americans and stoke enough fear so that Trump can rig the elections and usher in dictatorship.
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
🚨 Breaking from the US Senator for Connecticut. 👇
There you have it.
ICE has never been about immigration enforcement.
It's a weapon used to brutalize Americans and stoke enough fear so that Trump can rig the elections and usher in dictatorship.
There you have it.
ICE has never been about immigration enforcement.
It's a weapon used to brutalize Americans and stoke enough fear so that Trump can rig the elections and usher in dictatorship.
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Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."
January 24, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."
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Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
January 24, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
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January 24, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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Could a Democrat, any Democrat, release a statement actually thanking the people that have been out there doing the fucking work instead of this constant scolding tone for the love of God
Respectfully, look at this fucking bullshit that we’re dealing with, not a single person here has “taken the bait.” We have born witness as little kids are used as bait and neighbors are kidnapped on our streets. A mad dipshit is going to invoke the Insurrection Act regardless and you are blaming us
Violence only helps Trump & may provide him an excuse to further trample our rights by invoking the Insurrection Act.
January 22, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Could a Democrat, any Democrat, release a statement actually thanking the people that have been out there doing the fucking work instead of this constant scolding tone for the love of God
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Hi everyone -- there is a general strike in Minnesota tomorrow to protest what the Trump administration and DHS are doing to our community. In solidarity with the action, I am going to donate my revenue from tmrw's newsletter to People over Papers, the Midway-Hamline Diaper Bank, & Every Meal. (1/2)
January 22, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Hi everyone -- there is a general strike in Minnesota tomorrow to protest what the Trump administration and DHS are doing to our community. In solidarity with the action, I am going to donate my revenue from tmrw's newsletter to People over Papers, the Midway-Hamline Diaper Bank, & Every Meal. (1/2)
Hey JD that there’s called an admission, bud. Which would matter if there was still rule of law but still.
Vance: "We have so many people here that we do not want to have here. I do not want so many ICE officers in Mpls. I mean, good lord, it's really really frickin' cold outside. But they're here not even to enforce immigration laws but to protect people from rioters. That's an absurd state of affairs"
January 22, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Hey JD that there’s called an admission, bud. Which would matter if there was still rule of law but still.
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To the people of Minnesota and everyone across this country: You have the right to peacefully exercise your First Amendments rights.
Keep recording. It can be used as evidence in the future.
Keep recording. It can be used as evidence in the future.
January 21, 2026 at 10:38 PM
To the people of Minnesota and everyone across this country: You have the right to peacefully exercise your First Amendments rights.
Keep recording. It can be used as evidence in the future.
Keep recording. It can be used as evidence in the future.
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Also, if you were wondering why the season finale of Leverage:Redemption last year was a refutation of the Melian Dialogue, "the strong do what they will", condemned systemic cruelty and offered illegal resistance is legitimate, as opposed to a fun heist, it's because WE'D DONE THE FUCKING READING.
January 20, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Also, if you were wondering why the season finale of Leverage:Redemption last year was a refutation of the Melian Dialogue, "the strong do what they will", condemned systemic cruelty and offered illegal resistance is legitimate, as opposed to a fun heist, it's because WE'D DONE THE FUCKING READING.
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ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.