xMech
@xmech.bsky.social
I'm a queer, disabled, white, trans, non binary but masculine, person. Or dragon. I am often a dragon.
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Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
February 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Someone was abducted at 10 AM by ICE on Central Ave. Their coworker says they’ve lived here for over 20 years, are documented, and have 3 kids who were born here.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
Don’t be fooled by headlines when they’ve been lying to us the whole time. We still need you out patrolling until every agent is gone.
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A sudden 10 day closure of airspace in a major US city like El Paso should be THE STORY, with nothing else getting any air time until at minimum someone within the US government says what’s happening and why.
It barely even registers on CNN’s site. It’s literally the last item before the page ends.
It barely even registers on CNN’s site. It’s literally the last item before the page ends.
The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 12:57 PM
A sudden 10 day closure of airspace in a major US city like El Paso should be THE STORY, with nothing else getting any air time until at minimum someone within the US government says what’s happening and why.
It barely even registers on CNN’s site. It’s literally the last item before the page ends.
It barely even registers on CNN’s site. It’s literally the last item before the page ends.
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The Pentagon has a VERY RECENT history of not respecting commercial aircraft flight paths.
So, yes, if I was the FAA dealing with a Pentagon which wasn't disclosing its potentially life-threatening airborne operations, I'd hit the "panic" button, too.
So, yes, if I was the FAA dealing with a Pentagon which wasn't disclosing its potentially life-threatening airborne operations, I'd hit the "panic" button, too.
Seems the Pentagon is testing anti-drone high-energy lasers near Fort Bliss in El Paso, and didn't feel this was dangerous enough to close airspace over.
The FAA administrator disagreed.
Last week, these lasers successfully protected the American people from a sinister children's party balloon.
The FAA administrator disagreed.
Last week, these lasers successfully protected the American people from a sinister children's party balloon.
Airspace closure followed spat over drone-related tests and party balloon shoot-down, sources say
Pentagon officials had undertaken planning to use military technology near Fort Bliss, in El Paso, to practice downing drones.
www.cbsnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:57 PM
The Pentagon has a VERY RECENT history of not respecting commercial aircraft flight paths.
So, yes, if I was the FAA dealing with a Pentagon which wasn't disclosing its potentially life-threatening airborne operations, I'd hit the "panic" button, too.
So, yes, if I was the FAA dealing with a Pentagon which wasn't disclosing its potentially life-threatening airborne operations, I'd hit the "panic" button, too.
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A well fitted N95 mask offers excellent protection against Covid.
When people lose their sense of smell or taste … it’s because the virus is damaging the brain.
We’ve seen a drop in IQ with each covid infection.
An increase in vascular disease.
Long COVID may trigger Alzheimer’s.
Mask up!
When people lose their sense of smell or taste … it’s because the virus is damaging the brain.
We’ve seen a drop in IQ with each covid infection.
An increase in vascular disease.
Long COVID may trigger Alzheimer’s.
Mask up!
Long COVID may be triggering Alzheimer’s-like changes in the brain: new study
Over 20 million Americans are believed to have long COVID, suffering symptoms such as severe fatigue, shortness of breath, chest pain, palpitations, dizziness and muscle pain.
nypost.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:01 AM
A well fitted N95 mask offers excellent protection against Covid.
When people lose their sense of smell or taste … it’s because the virus is damaging the brain.
We’ve seen a drop in IQ with each covid infection.
An increase in vascular disease.
Long COVID may trigger Alzheimer’s.
Mask up!
When people lose their sense of smell or taste … it’s because the virus is damaging the brain.
We’ve seen a drop in IQ with each covid infection.
An increase in vascular disease.
Long COVID may trigger Alzheimer’s.
Mask up!
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Once you notice society's base reluctance to refer to women as "geniuses" with the same frequency they do as men, no matter how talented or influential she may be, it's a thing you never really stop noticing.
February 10, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Once you notice society's base reluctance to refer to women as "geniuses" with the same frequency they do as men, no matter how talented or influential she may be, it's a thing you never really stop noticing.
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What's interesting is that when I was a physics major, the situation was pretty of reversed. Math/science was marginalized.
STEM was created to counteract that but, of course we culturally overcorrected - mostly because for the first time in decades the mathy folks got high paying jobs.
STEM was created to counteract that but, of course we culturally overcorrected - mostly because for the first time in decades the mathy folks got high paying jobs.
You may not believe that pervasive cultural sneering at the humanities and those deemed Bad at Math was ever *that* bad.
Well, all I can say is it really was that bad in my experience - and I also had great parents, lots of resources, and a naturally massive ego to keep me going. Many don’t.
Well, all I can say is it really was that bad in my experience - and I also had great parents, lots of resources, and a naturally massive ego to keep me going. Many don’t.
February 11, 2026 at 5:38 AM
What's interesting is that when I was a physics major, the situation was pretty of reversed. Math/science was marginalized.
STEM was created to counteract that but, of course we culturally overcorrected - mostly because for the first time in decades the mathy folks got high paying jobs.
STEM was created to counteract that but, of course we culturally overcorrected - mostly because for the first time in decades the mathy folks got high paying jobs.
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As a reminder, because McIver had the temerity to attempt oversight of ICE in her own district, the regime is actively prosecuting her and threatening her with a long prison sentence. But she's not backing down.
HOOOOOO boy.
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.): "Do you consider yourself a religious man?"
Lyons: "Yes ma'am."
McIver: "How do you think Judgement Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?"
"Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.): "Do you consider yourself a religious man?"
Lyons: "Yes ma'am."
McIver: "How do you think Judgement Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?"
"Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"
February 10, 2026 at 6:10 PM
As a reminder, because McIver had the temerity to attempt oversight of ICE in her own district, the regime is actively prosecuting her and threatening her with a long prison sentence. But she's not backing down.
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AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
February 10, 2026 at 6:33 PM
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
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this is the most Queer As In FUCK YOU story I've ever read in a mainstream magazine
I'd describe it to you, but that would violate bsky's terms and conditions, so you should just go read it instead
I'd describe it to you, but that would violate bsky's terms and conditions, so you should just go read it instead
Bullet Time at the Kink Party
Leah is queer community. Leah is expanding and expansive. Leah wants to fall in love with everyone still alive in this room and beyond and be their bottom for a night, just one night, though she wo…
strangehorizons.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:36 PM
this is the most Queer As In FUCK YOU story I've ever read in a mainstream magazine
I'd describe it to you, but that would violate bsky's terms and conditions, so you should just go read it instead
I'd describe it to you, but that would violate bsky's terms and conditions, so you should just go read it instead
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I don't care how many have cameras. I'm concerned that 13,000 ICE agents have jobs.
BREAKING: ICE Director Todd Lyons says 3000 out of 13,000 ICE Agents have cameras
Watch hearing live here:
youtube.com/watch?v=mmDo...
Watch hearing live here:
youtube.com/watch?v=mmDo...
February 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
I don't care how many have cameras. I'm concerned that 13,000 ICE agents have jobs.
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Living in Minnesota right now feels like being in the emergency room. Literally everyone is suffering in different ways, even if it's "just" a badly twisted ankle rather than a kidney stone or a full-on heart attack. The staff are working as hard as they can but energy and resources are dwindling.
February 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Living in Minnesota right now feels like being in the emergency room. Literally everyone is suffering in different ways, even if it's "just" a badly twisted ankle rather than a kidney stone or a full-on heart attack. The staff are working as hard as they can but energy and resources are dwindling.
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The people pushing the social media moral panic the loudest genuinely believe it because it is a simple, reductive explanation for a complex, nuanced, and multifaceted problem that also allows them to blame people they don't like
February 10, 2026 at 11:47 AM
The people pushing the social media moral panic the loudest genuinely believe it because it is a simple, reductive explanation for a complex, nuanced, and multifaceted problem that also allows them to blame people they don't like
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While this absolutely sucks, we are going to see a lot more places implementing universal global age verification over this next year, because the number of states and countries legally requiring it has gotten to the point no one can keep up anymore.
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
buff.ly
February 10, 2026 at 10:42 AM
While this absolutely sucks, we are going to see a lot more places implementing universal global age verification over this next year, because the number of states and countries legally requiring it has gotten to the point no one can keep up anymore.
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If you are in Baltimore, and you haven't had an adult MMR booster or recent titers, now is the time to get that booster! Mumps immunity is more susceptible to waning than measles and it needs a single adult booster after age 18 or so for maximum efficacy!
New email from Hopkins Chief Medical Officer:
"Mumps in Baltimore
What is happening: There is an increase in mumps cases in the community"
health.maryland.gov/phpa/IDEHASh...
health.maryland.gov/phpa/IDEHASh...
OMFG, @standupforscience.bsky.social ... this is so literally preventable
"Mumps in Baltimore
What is happening: There is an increase in mumps cases in the community"
health.maryland.gov/phpa/IDEHASh...
health.maryland.gov/phpa/IDEHASh...
OMFG, @standupforscience.bsky.social ... this is so literally preventable
health.maryland.gov
February 10, 2026 at 6:39 PM
If you are in Baltimore, and you haven't had an adult MMR booster or recent titers, now is the time to get that booster! Mumps immunity is more susceptible to waning than measles and it needs a single adult booster after age 18 or so for maximum efficacy!
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Abusers do this. You can never hate them because of what they’ve done to you. You’re just an easily suggestible person who has been duped by malevolent forces working against them. They can’t reckon with their own evil or the fact that they’re undesirable.
They think it's a trend because the media is influencing their kids, never dawns on them that their kids just don't like them because of how they treat them & now that they have a choice, won't choose their company.
February 10, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Abusers do this. You can never hate them because of what they’ve done to you. You’re just an easily suggestible person who has been duped by malevolent forces working against them. They can’t reckon with their own evil or the fact that they’re undesirable.
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If anyone reaches out who was arrested at that protest, you get a free NoFrillDo. i want to shake your hands. I want your autographs. I want to have a framed, signed picture of me shaking your hand, to put up on the wall of a future business like the photos of celebrities in cheesy local restaurants
February 10, 2026 at 5:28 PM
If anyone reaches out who was arrested at that protest, you get a free NoFrillDo. i want to shake your hands. I want your autographs. I want to have a framed, signed picture of me shaking your hand, to put up on the wall of a future business like the photos of celebrities in cheesy local restaurants
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Today i'm celebrating the brave people who faced arrest to theow dildos at ICE. you're all my heroes. I hope for your speedy release, with the belief no jury in your state will convict you.
February 10, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Today i'm celebrating the brave people who faced arrest to theow dildos at ICE. you're all my heroes. I hope for your speedy release, with the belief no jury in your state will convict you.
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bagpipes remain undefeated
Always a great sign for how things are going in your country when 21-year-olds are like “hey, I innovated a system to play bagpipes in tear gas”
Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
February 10, 2026 at 6:39 PM
bagpipes remain undefeated
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Everyone should look up jury nullification laws in their state specifically for these heroes
Today i'm celebrating the brave people who faced arrest to theow dildos at ICE. you're all my heroes. I hope for your speedy release, with the belief no jury in your state will convict you.
February 10, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Everyone should look up jury nullification laws in their state specifically for these heroes
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The thing people in positions of power (relative or otherwise) don't seem to get is that the people you oppress know you better than you know them, & they have an entire language (words, symbols, music) in which they talk about you.
Bad Bunny making that explicit was a big part of the show's power.
Bad Bunny making that explicit was a big part of the show's power.
Rep. Mark Alford (R-TX) revealed that House Republicans are "investigating" Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show because they suspect it was "much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction.
House GOP launches Bad Bunny probe: 'Worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction'
Rep. Mark Alford (R-TX) revealed that House Republicans are "investigating" Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show because they suspect it was "much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction."During a Tuesday interview on Real America's Voice, Alford told the hosts that he and other House Repu...
bit.ly
February 10, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The thing people in positions of power (relative or otherwise) don't seem to get is that the people you oppress know you better than you know them, & they have an entire language (words, symbols, music) in which they talk about you.
Bad Bunny making that explicit was a big part of the show's power.
Bad Bunny making that explicit was a big part of the show's power.
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If you are on makerworld, please go boost this model just to give our comrade what he deserves. Even if you're not printing whistles.
I've boosted it all I can.
I've boosted it all I can.
I just want everyone to know that the creator of one of our favorite whistles (the micro bitonal) is a very nice man in Italy who has been messaging me asking if there are things he can tweak in the next version he is designing mostly to help us mass produce these more efficiently to fight ICE.
February 10, 2026 at 5:40 PM
If you are on makerworld, please go boost this model just to give our comrade what he deserves. Even if you're not printing whistles.
I've boosted it all I can.
I've boosted it all I can.
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Every single Black parent who has ever had to give their child The Talk, and had to explain to their children what that n-word their kids in school (or their teacher) used meant.
Y'all are on easy mode if you think explaining gay is hard.
Y'all are on easy mode if you think explaining gay is hard.
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Every single Black parent who has ever had to give their child The Talk, and had to explain to their children what that n-word their kids in school (or their teacher) used meant.
Y'all are on easy mode if you think explaining gay is hard.
Y'all are on easy mode if you think explaining gay is hard.
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It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
interc.pt
February 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.
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The question that a lot of people need to confront is whether this is an unintended consequence of local LEO collaboration or the whole point. A population afraid to dial 911 is a population to whom interests can and will exploit.
Kids "learn that calling 911 is dangerous. They learn that police are not there to protect them. They learn that even citizenship does not guarantee safety when your family is undocumented. And they learn, most devastatingly, that they are disposable."
Last week: "A call for help triggered a chain of events that ended with the deportation of a mother and her U.S. citizen child. This is not public safety. This is a system that punishes families for seeking help."
February 9, 2026 at 7:10 PM
The question that a lot of people need to confront is whether this is an unintended consequence of local LEO collaboration or the whole point. A population afraid to dial 911 is a population to whom interests can and will exploit.