45th Parallel Gomorrahn Storytelling Brigade
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Now is the time of Monsters.
Who put all this order here?
Who put all this order here?
Just a reminder that Perez is the kind of person who returned to campus after graduating to sell overpriced dogshit weed to Reed College undergrads in like 2012.
Also if I can't find a spot with no wind, and can't stop bobbing my head and mumbling, I'm not posting a video.
But I'm not in Congress.
Also if I can't find a spot with no wind, and can't stop bobbing my head and mumbling, I'm not posting a video.
But I'm not in Congress.
January 29, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Just a reminder that Perez is the kind of person who returned to campus after graduating to sell overpriced dogshit weed to Reed College undergrads in like 2012.
Also if I can't find a spot with no wind, and can't stop bobbing my head and mumbling, I'm not posting a video.
But I'm not in Congress.
Also if I can't find a spot with no wind, and can't stop bobbing my head and mumbling, I'm not posting a video.
But I'm not in Congress.
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Right now, Democrats have the power to defund and abolish ICE. We should do it. This is about right and wrong—and the murder we are seeing on the streets is just plain wrong. Anyone who supports funding DHS and ICE is supporting the murder of Americans. We can stop this.
January 28, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Right now, Democrats have the power to defund and abolish ICE. We should do it. This is about right and wrong—and the murder we are seeing on the streets is just plain wrong. Anyone who supports funding DHS and ICE is supporting the murder of Americans. We can stop this.
My cancelable take on sorcerer twitter is that, by extension, geomancy is just candy crush cartomancy.
my cancelable take on Sorcerer Twitter is I think magic squares are nerd shit
January 28, 2026 at 3:24 AM
My cancelable take on sorcerer twitter is that, by extension, geomancy is just candy crush cartomancy.
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My cancelable take on Sorcerer Twitter is that there's no such thing as "Vibe Casting." You either know how to write the runes or you don't, just because you enchanted a bookshelf to spit out random snippets of other people's work does NOT mean you're a caster.
my cancelable take on Sorcerer Twitter is I think magic squares are nerd shit
January 27, 2026 at 3:49 AM
My cancelable take on Sorcerer Twitter is that there's no such thing as "Vibe Casting." You either know how to write the runes or you don't, just because you enchanted a bookshelf to spit out random snippets of other people's work does NOT mean you're a caster.
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My cancelable take on Sorcerer Twitter is that we need to stop calling it "The Art."
Sure, I love poetry, but the TikTok generation doesn't realize just how much of it is chemistry and engineering, to say nothing of contract negotiation.
Sure, I love poetry, but the TikTok generation doesn't realize just how much of it is chemistry and engineering, to say nothing of contract negotiation.
my cancelable take on Sorcerer Twitter is I think magic squares are nerd shit
January 27, 2026 at 3:40 AM
My cancelable take on Sorcerer Twitter is that we need to stop calling it "The Art."
Sure, I love poetry, but the TikTok generation doesn't realize just how much of it is chemistry and engineering, to say nothing of contract negotiation.
Sure, I love poetry, but the TikTok generation doesn't realize just how much of it is chemistry and engineering, to say nothing of contract negotiation.
I would further stipulate that any paid public role is subject to My Mom's Telemarketer "How about I call YOU at home during dinner?" Rules:
If your job involves intruding into someone's home, then sorry, but fair's fair.
If your job involves intruding into someone's home, then sorry, but fair's fair.
One thing I see liberal outlets giving ground on that I feel the need to correct: it’s impossible to “dox” a paid public official
By simply reporting their name, institutional role, and political affiliations
By simply reporting their name, institutional role, and political affiliations
January 28, 2026 at 3:20 AM
I would further stipulate that any paid public role is subject to My Mom's Telemarketer "How about I call YOU at home during dinner?" Rules:
If your job involves intruding into someone's home, then sorry, but fair's fair.
If your job involves intruding into someone's home, then sorry, but fair's fair.
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"Its acronym, F.A.F.O., references a slang term for negative consequences." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 28, 2026 at 1:07 AM
"Its acronym, F.A.F.O., references a slang term for negative consequences." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
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I wrote about my time in Minneapolis last week, about what is involved in creating bottom-up, decentralized networks of care.
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/our-neighb...
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/our-neighb...
January 26, 2026 at 7:34 PM
I wrote about my time in Minneapolis last week, about what is involved in creating bottom-up, decentralized networks of care.
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/our-neighb...
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/our-neighb...
*enter REEDY & CONFIDANT, in discussion.*
C: And ye did buy her mids?
R: Not all at once, but when I was without my druthers, I'd get ounces of shake from her.
C: You say it was Witches Mids?
R: S'truth. The Middest Mids she dealt
*Falstaff, entering*
F: To her, weak smoke's an old friend!
*SCENE*
C: And ye did buy her mids?
R: Not all at once, but when I was without my druthers, I'd get ounces of shake from her.
C: You say it was Witches Mids?
R: S'truth. The Middest Mids she dealt
*Falstaff, entering*
F: To her, weak smoke's an old friend!
*SCENE*
January 26, 2026 at 11:13 PM
*enter REEDY & CONFIDANT, in discussion.*
C: And ye did buy her mids?
R: Not all at once, but when I was without my druthers, I'd get ounces of shake from her.
C: You say it was Witches Mids?
R: S'truth. The Middest Mids she dealt
*Falstaff, entering*
F: To her, weak smoke's an old friend!
*SCENE*
C: And ye did buy her mids?
R: Not all at once, but when I was without my druthers, I'd get ounces of shake from her.
C: You say it was Witches Mids?
R: S'truth. The Middest Mids she dealt
*Falstaff, entering*
F: To her, weak smoke's an old friend!
*SCENE*
Make them all leave via a single helicopter on the roof of the Whipple Building.
I know we won't get it, but it would be so satisfying to have them all just leave at once in a convoy of shame and misery driving out of the state, as the entire population stands in the snow and waves them goodbye
January 26, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Make them all leave via a single helicopter on the roof of the Whipple Building.
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New at The Watch:
I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution.
They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution.
They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
Two cities under siege
Remarkably similar scenes from Boston and Minneapolis, 260 years apart, show a federal government betraying its founding principles.
open.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:44 PM
New at The Watch:
I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution.
They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
I dug into archival witness accounts of the British siege of Boston prior to the American Revolution.
They are remarkably similar to what we're seeing in Minneapolis.
open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
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one of the reasons everybody hates late arrivals from the right or even the center is they're all weepy little idiots who want to be coddled and forgiven and make it everybody else's problem. shut up, figure out how to help fix what you broke, and stop writing thinkpieces
January 26, 2026 at 6:05 PM
one of the reasons everybody hates late arrivals from the right or even the center is they're all weepy little idiots who want to be coddled and forgiven and make it everybody else's problem. shut up, figure out how to help fix what you broke, and stop writing thinkpieces
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“We lost all trust,” a current ICE official added. “I’m not sure I can see how we exist three years from now.”
January 26, 2026 at 6:23 PM
“We lost all trust,” a current ICE official added. “I’m not sure I can see how we exist three years from now.”
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The threat of invoking the Insurrection Act is way more powerful than actually doing it, and anyone who thinks doing it is a good idea has a terminal case of Twelve Year Old Brain where the victory is that the Army does what I want I win forever because they’re the tough guys from the Army.
Curious if anyone has a plausible theory of victory for the administration if it were to invoke the Insurrection Act.
How does the administration "win" in such a scenario?
Best I can tell, it is magical thinking by a certain somebody at the White House, but maybe I'm missing something.
How does the administration "win" in such a scenario?
Best I can tell, it is magical thinking by a certain somebody at the White House, but maybe I'm missing something.
January 25, 2026 at 10:13 PM
The threat of invoking the Insurrection Act is way more powerful than actually doing it, and anyone who thinks doing it is a good idea has a terminal case of Twelve Year Old Brain where the victory is that the Army does what I want I win forever because they’re the tough guys from the Army.
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The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
January 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
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Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
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This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 5:20 PM
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
I just think the feds categorizing people who return their library books and help their neighbors and pick up trash on talking trails as "terrorists"might not be the winning strategy they think it is.
New: Alex Pretti, the man killed by the Trump-Vance mob of agents was an outdoorsmen, a mountain biker, an ICU nurse who "would go out of his way to help," say Veterans Affairs colleagues.
Cheerful. Funny. Gentle.
And still, per sources, Trump officials are urging staff to call him a "terrorist."
Cheerful. Funny. Gentle.
And still, per sources, Trump officials are urging staff to call him a "terrorist."
DHS Shooting Victim in Minneapolis Was a ‘Sweet’ and ‘Principled Person’
Zeteo spoke with two doctors who worked with Alex Pretti, a nurse who is the latest victim of Trump’s violent invasion of Minnesota.
zeteo.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I just think the feds categorizing people who return their library books and help their neighbors and pick up trash on talking trails as "terrorists"might not be the winning strategy they think it is.
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I hope Democratic senators and congressmen understand, out of pure lizard-brain self-interest if moral decency happens to be unavailable, what is at stake for them if they don't handle this the right way. This is a true "If not now, when?" moment.
January 24, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I hope Democratic senators and congressmen understand, out of pure lizard-brain self-interest if moral decency happens to be unavailable, what is at stake for them if they don't handle this the right way. This is a true "If not now, when?" moment.
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There is a vigil in 45 minutes. I am still feeling sick from tear gas and not going.
But at 7pm CST, whoever you are and where ever you are. Go to your street corner. Light a candle. If you are someone who prays, pray.
Shine a light for Minnesota!🕯
But at 7pm CST, whoever you are and where ever you are. Go to your street corner. Light a candle. If you are someone who prays, pray.
Shine a light for Minnesota!🕯
January 24, 2026 at 10:26 PM
There is a vigil in 45 minutes. I am still feeling sick from tear gas and not going.
But at 7pm CST, whoever you are and where ever you are. Go to your street corner. Light a candle. If you are someone who prays, pray.
Shine a light for Minnesota!🕯
But at 7pm CST, whoever you are and where ever you are. Go to your street corner. Light a candle. If you are someone who prays, pray.
Shine a light for Minnesota!🕯
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a state is a machine for killing jesuses
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
a state is a machine for killing jesuses
Let's do a thought experiment called "what would normal police response be if 6 armed, masked, unidentified men who had just beaten and shot someone to death told police to leave the scene."
Don't have to write anything down for this one. Just imagine how many blocks away you'd be able to hear it.
Don't have to write anything down for this one. Just imagine how many blocks away you'd be able to hear it.
BREAKING: The Tribune confirmed on Instagram that the man shot has died, according to two sources with knowledge of the incident.
ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but Chief Brian O'Hara refused, sources also told the Tribune. O'Hara instructed his officers to preserve the scene.
ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but Chief Brian O'Hara refused, sources also told the Tribune. O'Hara instructed his officers to preserve the scene.
Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Let's do a thought experiment called "what would normal police response be if 6 armed, masked, unidentified men who had just beaten and shot someone to death told police to leave the scene."
Don't have to write anything down for this one. Just imagine how many blocks away you'd be able to hear it.
Don't have to write anything down for this one. Just imagine how many blocks away you'd be able to hear it.
They always face away from the Nazis with guns and towards the people who are mad about the Nazis murdering people.
At 26th and Nicolett in Minneapolis this morning—
Feds have just shot another person in the streets. Furious community members are gathering. State police and conservation cops here in front of ~50 federal agents.
Feds have just shot another person in the streets. Furious community members are gathering. State police and conservation cops here in front of ~50 federal agents.
January 24, 2026 at 4:53 PM
They always face away from the Nazis with guns and towards the people who are mad about the Nazis murdering people.
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We can build beautiful things in the darkest times. I’ve seen this all over the world, in Kurdistan and the Darién Gap and in the mountains and deserts of the borderlands. You can do it on your block now, it’s not special or hard, it’s how we are supposed to be and it’s inside all of us.
January 23, 2026 at 4:13 AM
We can build beautiful things in the darkest times. I’ve seen this all over the world, in Kurdistan and the Darién Gap and in the mountains and deserts of the borderlands. You can do it on your block now, it’s not special or hard, it’s how we are supposed to be and it’s inside all of us.