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Chad Loder

@chadloder.bsky.social

A big part of the "ICE and Border Patrol guys could never make it in the military or a real police force" rhetoric is just cope that allows folks to keep pretending that cops and military don't have large numbers of violent, sociopathic toolbags themselves. They do.

January 18, 2026 at 1:13 AM

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himbobottomus.bsky.social

@himbobottomus.bsky.social

this is the sickest shit ive ever seen

January 16, 2026 at 9:38 PM

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot

@leguinbot.bsky.social

We are not subjects of a State founded upon law, but members of a society formed upon revolution. Revolution is our obligation: our hope of evolution.

January 17, 2026 at 9:35 AM

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🪱𝔼𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕙🪱 -COMMS OPEN-

@oddoblivion.bsky.social

A grainy red and green drawing of a skeletal figure in agony. He’s plunged a sword through his abdomen, he’s gripping it with one hand, screaming. His other hands holds flesh that is coming loose from his body.

January 16, 2026 at 11:48 PM

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Rachel Deering

@racheldeering.bsky.social

‘My nature was not originally calm,' said I. 'I have learned to appear so by dint of hard lessons and many repeated efforts.’ ~ Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. #BookWormSat
🖼️ Wildfell Hall, engraving, Edmund Morison Wimperis, 1873.

Engraving of Wildfell Hall as described.

January 17, 2026 at 5:52 AM

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✨brit✨

@britculpsapp.bsky.social

FROZEN PICKLE YELLS AT ICE

January 17, 2026 at 4:16 AM

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Juno Rylee (but with Bangs now)

@junoryleejournalism.com

i am extremely proud to announce my latest journalism

this piece is about slavery, the US Prison system, and the line between them both

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From Plantations to Corporations: The Business of Forced Labor
"You just sell it like you were selling cars or real estate or hamburgers."

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The United States refused to relinquish slavery when the 13th amendment passed in 1865, and so the system continued disguised as rehabilitation and was publicly traded on the stock market. The updated and secluded framing of suffering would be worse in many ways, but the government and corporations were driven mad with greed by the fundamentally immeasurable loop of profits.

January 15, 2026 at 4:36 PM

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Yard Gone Wild

@yardgonewild.bsky.social

Spider friends:
who do you think is descending from this pine tree tonight in 34°F weather?

(As always, camera angle is courtesy of Squirrel😄)

January 17, 2026 at 1:35 AM

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Dirk Puehl

@wunderkammertales.bsky.social

"There is pleasure in the pathless woods”

(Byron)

🎨 Häli Väisänen

Grainy black-and-white illustration of a dark conifer forest filled with ravens. One large raven swoops low with wings spread in the foreground, while others perch on bare branches and scatter through the pale sky, their silhouettes cutting across the tall tree trunks.

January 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM

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Juno Rylee (but with Bangs now)

@junoryleejournalism.com

1/16 Friday Mutual Aid Thread

Link isn't here because the Mods are Racist

We save each other and honor Link and his mutual aid work

post your mutual aid needs below

donate if you can !
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January 16, 2026 at 1:35 PM

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✨️Angel Facts✨️

@handle.invalid

TRASH METAL

January 16, 2026 at 10:07 PM

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective

@crimethinc.com

After ICE agents shot people in Minneapolis tonight, a crowd faced them down and eventually chased them away, despite federal mercenaries and police shooting a tremendous amount of tear gas.

ICE agents abandoned vehicles in the area, containing IDs, paperwork, license plates, and operational plans.

An abandoned ICE vehicle with graffiti on it.

January 15, 2026 at 5:11 AM

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Yard Gone Wild

@yardgonewild.bsky.social

Squirrel has been sticking close to home and is Not accepting visitors… which usually means she has babies in there or they’re on their way🎉😄

January 15, 2026 at 1:38 AM

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈

@danifroom.bsky.social

GoFundMe for Kaden Rummler, the young trans man blinded by ICE agents this week.
www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

Donate to Help ICE Protestor After being shot by Feds, organized by Sarah Gallimore

Posting on behalf of my friend: On Friday, 1/9, hundreds protester… Sarah Gallimore needs your support for Help ICE Protestor After being shot by Feds

www.gofundme.com

January 14, 2026 at 6:09 AM

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ceej

@ceej.online

By now, asteroid 2026 Dreadstone has impacted the Indian Ocean, sparking a firestorm not seen on this planet since the K–Pg Extinction Event. Most people just want to be with their families. Here are three ways effective business leaders can leverage targeted KPIs to turn tragedy 😔 into triumph 💪

January 11, 2026 at 5:47 AM