joyeux noel
@aiyaruk.bsky.social
UXR, former MechE, current dispenser of hot takes. I believe in the you that believes in me. Bi, butch. They/them. ICE delenda est.
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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 12, 2026 at 5:34 AM
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i sleep in a big bed, with my wife
February 12, 2026 at 3:34 AM
i sleep in a big bed, with my wife
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Will second that the Twin Cities are an incredibly fun place to visit, especially if you're into food. Genuinely world-class restaurants often doing interesting, off-the-beaten-path stuff all over the place, and plenty of crowdpleasers too.
If my followers have been inspired by the fierce resistance the Twin Cities has put up to ICE, you should make it a point to take a trip here (April through October 😬), enjoy the wonderful things MN has to offer and support our small businesses. It continues to be a really tough time for them.
February 12, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Will second that the Twin Cities are an incredibly fun place to visit, especially if you're into food. Genuinely world-class restaurants often doing interesting, off-the-beaten-path stuff all over the place, and plenty of crowdpleasers too.
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More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
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easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”
“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
easy slogan for the next democratic presidential candidate is “i will reform the corrupt supreme court and repeal citizens united”
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too many kids today have never destroyed the family PC with sketchy downloads
you must learn to fear Computer before you can properly wield Computer
you must learn to fear Computer before you can properly wield Computer
folks today don't know the abject fear of inadvertently downloading, for the first (and only lol) time, a .exe file from kazaa or limewire and it shows
def one of those "it only takes one time to learn" but oooo boy at what cost for that single instance
def one of those "it only takes one time to learn" but oooo boy at what cost for that single instance
February 12, 2026 at 2:08 AM
too many kids today have never destroyed the family PC with sketchy downloads
you must learn to fear Computer before you can properly wield Computer
you must learn to fear Computer before you can properly wield Computer
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A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
February 11, 2026 at 11:06 PM
A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
New development in the latest round of "wtf is wrong with me": I'm not pregnant.
Neat.
That, uh, doesn't narrow it down much.
Neat.
That, uh, doesn't narrow it down much.
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
New development in the latest round of "wtf is wrong with me": I'm not pregnant.
Neat.
That, uh, doesn't narrow it down much.
Neat.
That, uh, doesn't narrow it down much.
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The entire ethos of the Trump administration is that nobody who disagrees with them, nobody who fails to support them, is legitimate or entitled to any rights in any way. It is the ethos of thuggish tyranny.
I can't think of an attorney general ever showing this much open contempt for Congress before.
Not only would most of them think this kind of conduct was beneath them, they'd have known that the Judiciary Committee chair, whatever the party, would never stand for clownish antics like this.
Not only would most of them think this kind of conduct was beneath them, they'd have known that the Judiciary Committee chair, whatever the party, would never stand for clownish antics like this.
Bondi is now just straight up ignoring questions from Democratic members
February 12, 2026 at 1:14 AM
The entire ethos of the Trump administration is that nobody who disagrees with them, nobody who fails to support them, is legitimate or entitled to any rights in any way. It is the ethos of thuggish tyranny.
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Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken.
“I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold.
The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.
“I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold.
The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
www.propublica.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken.
“I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold.
The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.
“I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold.
The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.
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Andor series but all the Imperial characters just say Infantrydort lines
January 8, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Andor series but all the Imperial characters just say Infantrydort lines
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been watching the olympics and i think i found a solution to the male loneliness crisis
February 11, 2026 at 10:48 PM
been watching the olympics and i think i found a solution to the male loneliness crisis
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FDA is refusing to consider Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine. Yet, as @angierasmussen.bsky.social explains, if we had mRNA vax technology for flu, we might have been able to quickly update this season's shots to cover subclade K before it hit the US. @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social reports @sciam.bsky.social
FDA won’t consider a new mRNA vaccine for flu despite the technology’s life-saving promise
The U.S.’s drug safety agency declined to review a next-gen flu vaccine that uses the same tech as the coronavirus shots
www.scientificamerican.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
FDA is refusing to consider Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine. Yet, as @angierasmussen.bsky.social explains, if we had mRNA vax technology for flu, we might have been able to quickly update this season's shots to cover subclade K before it hit the US. @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social reports @sciam.bsky.social
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At least twice a day I want to hurl myself off a bridge or something and then my toddler wanders over and says, like, “Mama, I love Woodstock, who is a veeeerrey small bird, but I don’t know the name of the one who is his dog friend?” and I’m like, oh, oh my god, the unrelenting superbloom of life!!
February 11, 2026 at 9:39 PM
At least twice a day I want to hurl myself off a bridge or something and then my toddler wanders over and says, like, “Mama, I love Woodstock, who is a veeeerrey small bird, but I don’t know the name of the one who is his dog friend?” and I’m like, oh, oh my god, the unrelenting superbloom of life!!
turns out a lot of men are just gross
(trying to explain this to men was very difficult because they, of course, were not the people on the receiving end of the grossness)
(trying to explain this to men was very difficult because they, of course, were not the people on the receiving end of the grossness)
Lawrence Krauss being endearing again: "good news btw is that woman on conciliation committee seems like a sweetie.. she is old…. not some young metoo bitch."
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
turns out a lot of men are just gross
(trying to explain this to men was very difficult because they, of course, were not the people on the receiving end of the grossness)
(trying to explain this to men was very difficult because they, of course, were not the people on the receiving end of the grossness)
what are you even for, then?
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:36 PM
what are you even for, then?
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Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
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We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
February 10, 2026 at 6:47 PM
We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
guy on my BART train this morning absolutely housed an ice cream bar and a sleeve of thin mints. fucking icon.
February 11, 2026 at 5:55 PM
guy on my BART train this morning absolutely housed an ice cream bar and a sleeve of thin mints. fucking icon.
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Only @lizdye.bsky.social could turn Trump's effort to steal $10 billion in taxpayer money into the world's worst game show...
And you know you want to play along!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dqm...
And you know you want to play along!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dqm...
Trump Sues Himself; Wants $10 Billion Payout
YouTube video by LegalEagle
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Only @lizdye.bsky.social could turn Trump's effort to steal $10 billion in taxpayer money into the world's worst game show...
And you know you want to play along!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dqm...
And you know you want to play along!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dqm...
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
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The airspace over El Paso airport, Texas, has been suddenly closed by the FAA for ten days, closing the airport too. The airspace has been defined as "National Defence Airspace". Nobody knows why.
(Via @osinttechnical.bsky.social on X)
(Via @osinttechnical.bsky.social on X)
February 11, 2026 at 8:24 AM
The airspace over El Paso airport, Texas, has been suddenly closed by the FAA for ten days, closing the airport too. The airspace has been defined as "National Defence Airspace". Nobody knows why.
(Via @osinttechnical.bsky.social on X)
(Via @osinttechnical.bsky.social on X)
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Isabella Wranå won gold for curling, but should've for this video
February 11, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Isabella Wranå won gold for curling, but should've for this video