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@acinonnap.bsky.social
Misanthropic Humanist | pronouns: sche/her/azade
"What you think is the point is not the point at all but only the beginning of the sharpness." –Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman (1967)
FYHOD
"What you think is the point is not the point at all but only the beginning of the sharpness." –Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman (1967)
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@acinonnap.bsky.social
· Nov 9
More context for the Flann O'Brien quote from The Third Policeman (1967) that I've been using as a metaphor for how we can perceive the heinous attacks on trans rights, and how cis folks and others might not understand how not only will their rights also be violated, *it's already happening*
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Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
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In case you were wondering what one of the major lines of attack on AOC will be in 2028, it won't be about Taiwan or populism but about her belief that Israel isn't entitled to free and unlimited military assistance from the US
February 14, 2026 at 11:13 PM
In case you were wondering what one of the major lines of attack on AOC will be in 2028, it won't be about Taiwan or populism but about her belief that Israel isn't entitled to free and unlimited military assistance from the US
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So, do I have this right? The official Dem response to masked federal agents killing Americans in the streets and abducting people, including children, to put in concentration camps is:
“We need ICE to be more like the rest of the violent, often unaccountable militarized police around the country.”
“We need ICE to be more like the rest of the violent, often unaccountable militarized police around the country.”
February 14, 2026 at 3:24 PM
So, do I have this right? The official Dem response to masked federal agents killing Americans in the streets and abducting people, including children, to put in concentration camps is:
“We need ICE to be more like the rest of the violent, often unaccountable militarized police around the country.”
“We need ICE to be more like the rest of the violent, often unaccountable militarized police around the country.”
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it's still amazing that this was a conservative prime minister and it was only 8 years ago.
i wonder if @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social understands that things can flip this quickly and when they do she's in real trouble.
this is a good indicator of just how much corruption is driving transphobia.
i wonder if @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social understands that things can flip this quickly and when they do she's in real trouble.
this is a good indicator of just how much corruption is driving transphobia.
The Overton Window is thoroughly in hell. Pre COVID things were supposedly going to get better, not worse.
February 13, 2026 at 9:45 PM
it's still amazing that this was a conservative prime minister and it was only 8 years ago.
i wonder if @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social understands that things can flip this quickly and when they do she's in real trouble.
this is a good indicator of just how much corruption is driving transphobia.
i wonder if @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social understands that things can flip this quickly and when they do she's in real trouble.
this is a good indicator of just how much corruption is driving transphobia.
As trump&co take a tantō to the US's belly
What about China? They have now gone 21 months with flat or falling emissions. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been ‘flat or falling’ for 21 months - Carbon Brief
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the final quarter of 2025, likely securing a decline of 0.3% for the full year as a whole.
www.carbonbrief.org
February 14, 2026 at 1:54 AM
As trump&co take a tantō to the US's belly
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this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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The Trump-Epstein International Crime Syndicate
We were told the Epstein saga ended in a jail cell. But a new digital autopsy of three million leaked files reveals a global syndicate that didn't just survive—it allegedly moved into the White House.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
We were told the Epstein saga ended in a jail cell. But a new digital autopsy of three million leaked files reveals a global syndicate that didn't just survive—it allegedly moved into the White House.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
February 14, 2026 at 1:23 AM
The Trump-Epstein International Crime Syndicate
We were told the Epstein saga ended in a jail cell. But a new digital autopsy of three million leaked files reveals a global syndicate that didn't just survive—it allegedly moved into the White House.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
We were told the Epstein saga ended in a jail cell. But a new digital autopsy of three million leaked files reveals a global syndicate that didn't just survive—it allegedly moved into the White House.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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EXCELLENT SUMMARY-
PLEASE READ THIS WHOLE THREAD.
PLEASE READ THIS WHOLE THREAD.
I read the Trump-backed voter suppression bill, the so-called “Save America Act,” so you don’t have to. Here’s my summary. Please tell your Senators to vote NO on this abomination: 202-224-3121. TY. 1/
February 13, 2026 at 11:43 PM
EXCELLENT SUMMARY-
PLEASE READ THIS WHOLE THREAD.
PLEASE READ THIS WHOLE THREAD.
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i think nominating Gavin Newsom will lose the White House again for Democrats. The party's left flank will stay home again because he's an empty corporate shell. The age of Democrats punching left to appeal to the center is over and it's now a matter of if the party as a whole realizes that or not.
February 13, 2026 at 12:12 PM
i think nominating Gavin Newsom will lose the White House again for Democrats. The party's left flank will stay home again because he's an empty corporate shell. The age of Democrats punching left to appeal to the center is over and it's now a matter of if the party as a whole realizes that or not.
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I just got an uber and the driver was a Bangladeshi surgical assistant who just got laid off. She had me sit in the front because she had two kids in the back in car seats. She said she’s driving on her green card until her husband graduates with a PhD from UCSBin a few months, and then they’re out
February 12, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I just got an uber and the driver was a Bangladeshi surgical assistant who just got laid off. She had me sit in the front because she had two kids in the back in car seats. She said she’s driving on her green card until her husband graduates with a PhD from UCSBin a few months, and then they’re out
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WTF?! The GOP’s “Save America Act” (previously just “SAVE”) requires that states implement voter purge programs using programs such as the “SAVE” system, which consistently marks citizens as noncitizens, per this report by ProPublica & Texas Tribune. The Act imposes *no penalty* 4 faulty purges. 1/
February 13, 2026 at 5:10 PM
WTF?! The GOP’s “Save America Act” (previously just “SAVE”) requires that states implement voter purge programs using programs such as the “SAVE” system, which consistently marks citizens as noncitizens, per this report by ProPublica & Texas Tribune. The Act imposes *no penalty* 4 faulty purges. 1/
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Again, in actual democracies, ministers resign all the time, under threat of a no confidence vote in the parliament. We have a system where legislative confirmation totally fails ex ante to screen out wildly unqualified people, & ex post accountability depends on a toothless extraordinary measure.
There must be a dozen fireable offenses listed in this piece:
*Noem firing civil servants without cause
*Her boyfriend using govt resources to boost her profile, punishing officials who would not give him a gun
*Massive waste on ads, planes, delayed contracts, pushing favored firms
*Noem firing civil servants without cause
*Her boyfriend using govt resources to boost her profile, punishing officials who would not give him a gun
*Massive waste on ads, planes, delayed contracts, pushing favored firms
The full story with a gift link (it's such a mess):
February 13, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Again, in actual democracies, ministers resign all the time, under threat of a no confidence vote in the parliament. We have a system where legislative confirmation totally fails ex ante to screen out wildly unqualified people, & ex post accountability depends on a toothless extraordinary measure.
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Hard to believe the president of the United States shared a racist post just a week ago — and it’s already vanished from the headlines.
February 13, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Hard to believe the president of the United States shared a racist post just a week ago — and it’s already vanished from the headlines.
Chiharu Iwamoto | "Kiss"
so chic, so good
so chic, so good
February 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Chiharu Iwamoto | "Kiss"
so chic, so good
so chic, so good
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Anyone who had genuine concerns about youth gender medicine would staunchly and wholeheartedly support social transition. Let kids explore their identities to see what works for them!
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
This draft guidance reproduces Cass insisting that clinicians must be involved in decisions about *social transition* which actually should be none of their damn business
They take the line that this "non-directive" intervention should force things to be "keeping options open and flexible"...
They take the line that this "non-directive" intervention should force things to be "keeping options open and flexible"...
February 12, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Anyone who had genuine concerns about youth gender medicine would staunchly and wholeheartedly support social transition. Let kids explore their identities to see what works for them!
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
Truly one of the most awful mainstream album covers from a #GraphicDesign standpoint.
Paul Simon | There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
Paul Simon | There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
February 13, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Truly one of the most awful mainstream album covers from a #GraphicDesign standpoint.
Paul Simon | There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
Paul Simon | There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
Cruelty, insanity
On two occasions a Dollar General worker drank a $1.69 orange juice to stave off diabetic shock. She later paid for each drink.
Dollar General fired her anyway.
Now a jury has awarded her $277,565.
www.cnn.com/2016/09/30/u...
Dollar General fired her anyway.
Now a jury has awarded her $277,565.
www.cnn.com/2016/09/30/u...
Dollar General facing $250K bill over 2 bottles of juice | CNN
Federal court has awarded more than $277,000 to a diabetic former Dollar General employee after she was fired her for drinking orange juice without first paying.
www.cnn.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Cruelty, insanity
It's a an all-out effort to SAVE Republicans from election day embarrassment
“1.3 million Americans living abroad received ballots…Requiring in-person registration inside the US, combined with repeated documentation demands at multiple stages of the voting process, would almost entirely shut US citizens living abroad out of elections.” www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
The SAVE America Act would disenfranchise Americans living abroad
The “SAVE America Act” is a rebranded version of the anti-voter SAVE Act, and its new name should not fool anyone.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:09 PM
It's a an all-out effort to SAVE Republicans from election day embarrassment
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Why are all the US media using words like "revoke" and repeal"? They mean nothing in this context. Why not "refuse to accept", "deny", or "lie about"?
The Trump administration on Thursday will revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the White House announced. https://to.pbs.org/4610Jci
WATCH LIVE: Trump, Zeldin to announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday will revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the White Hous...
to.pbs.org
February 12, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Why are all the US media using words like "revoke" and repeal"? They mean nothing in this context. Why not "refuse to accept", "deny", or "lie about"?
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Alt text: a graph showing a massive spike in anti-trans articles per 30 days.
The x axis starts in 2012, most of the spike is just in the last decade
The spike really starts to kick in around 2017 or so, corresponding almost *perfectly* with powerful sexual predators feeling threatened by MeToo.
The x axis starts in 2012, most of the spike is just in the last decade
The spike really starts to kick in around 2017 or so, corresponding almost *perfectly* with powerful sexual predators feeling threatened by MeToo.
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 12, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Alt text: a graph showing a massive spike in anti-trans articles per 30 days.
The x axis starts in 2012, most of the spike is just in the last decade
The spike really starts to kick in around 2017 or so, corresponding almost *perfectly* with powerful sexual predators feeling threatened by MeToo.
The x axis starts in 2012, most of the spike is just in the last decade
The spike really starts to kick in around 2017 or so, corresponding almost *perfectly* with powerful sexual predators feeling threatened by MeToo.
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
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“sorry we thought you were Palestinian”
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February 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
“sorry we thought you were Palestinian”
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Review Finds Multiple Police Failures Preceded Violent Response to Counteprotests During Anti-LGBTQ Event in May
Police didn’t engage with community before the anti-LGBTQ event, weren’t familiar with Capitol Hill and its history, and referred to protesters as “transtifa,” the report found.
Police didn’t engage with community before the anti-LGBTQ event, weren’t familiar with Capitol Hill and its history, and referred to protesters as “transtifa,” the report found.
Review Finds Multiple Police Failures Preceded Violent Response to Counteprotests During Anti-LGBTQ Event in May - PubliCola
Police didn’t engage with community before the anti-LGBTQ event, weren’t familiar with Capitol Hill and its history, and referred to…
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February 12, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Review Finds Multiple Police Failures Preceded Violent Response to Counteprotests During Anti-LGBTQ Event in May
Police didn’t engage with community before the anti-LGBTQ event, weren’t familiar with Capitol Hill and its history, and referred to protesters as “transtifa,” the report found.
Police didn’t engage with community before the anti-LGBTQ event, weren’t familiar with Capitol Hill and its history, and referred to protesters as “transtifa,” the report found.
As everyone familiar with economics and/or history predicted.
NY Fed report says Americans pay for almost all of Trump's tariffs reut.rs/4643ERt
NY Fed report says Americans pay for almost all of Trump's tariffs
Americans are shouldering almost all of President Donald Trump’s import tax surge, a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said on Thursday.
reut.rs
February 12, 2026 at 10:45 PM
As everyone familiar with economics and/or history predicted.