Araminta, Goddess of Databases (She/Her)
@aramintamd.bsky.social
At this since dinosaurs roamed the Earth & Lynx was a thing. Multimedia designer/author/webmaster. Past lives include theatre admin & production, fiber artistry, & endless reruns of M*A*S*H. Living "This Old House" for reals.
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270towin.org
#TakeBackCongress
#NoKings
#voteBlueNoMatterWho
#Project2026
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Another woman killed by the Texas GOP. Tierra Walker knew that abortion was illegal in Texas, but she thought that hospitals could make an exception for patients like her, whose health was clearly on the line. At 20 weeks pregnant, she died of preeclampsia.
Women With High-Risk Pregnancies Have Limited Options Under Abortion Bans
Our reporting has found that abortion bans generally don’t include exceptions that cover health concerns pregnant women with chronic conditions can face — or if they do, doctors aren’t using them.
www.propublica.org
January 21, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Another woman killed by the Texas GOP. Tierra Walker knew that abortion was illegal in Texas, but she thought that hospitals could make an exception for patients like her, whose health was clearly on the line. At 20 weeks pregnant, she died of preeclampsia.
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This is the best speech, just from a pure rhetoric perspective - its sophistication and persuasiveness - that I've seen a politician deliver in a good long while. Really recommend watching or reading the whole thing.
January 20, 2026 at 11:01 PM
This is the best speech, just from a pure rhetoric perspective - its sophistication and persuasiveness - that I've seen a politician deliver in a good long while. Really recommend watching or reading the whole thing.
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"The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards."
is a line that is both timeless and nails the predicament of the crisis we face in this precise moment.
is a line that is both timeless and nails the predicament of the crisis we face in this precise moment.
I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:38 AM
"The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards."
is a line that is both timeless and nails the predicament of the crisis we face in this precise moment.
is a line that is both timeless and nails the predicament of the crisis we face in this precise moment.
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🩸🩸🩸 THIS IS WHAT AN INSURRECTION LOOKS LIKE
NEVER FORGET: Instead of honoring our Constitution's key principle of a Peaceful Transfer of Power, POS Donald Trump Abused his Power on Jan 6th by inciting this violent & deadly attack on our country's Capital and should be in prison for life 🩸🩸🩸
NEVER FORGET: Instead of honoring our Constitution's key principle of a Peaceful Transfer of Power, POS Donald Trump Abused his Power on Jan 6th by inciting this violent & deadly attack on our country's Capital and should be in prison for life 🩸🩸🩸
January 20, 2026 at 11:45 AM
🩸🩸🩸 THIS IS WHAT AN INSURRECTION LOOKS LIKE
NEVER FORGET: Instead of honoring our Constitution's key principle of a Peaceful Transfer of Power, POS Donald Trump Abused his Power on Jan 6th by inciting this violent & deadly attack on our country's Capital and should be in prison for life 🩸🩸🩸
NEVER FORGET: Instead of honoring our Constitution's key principle of a Peaceful Transfer of Power, POS Donald Trump Abused his Power on Jan 6th by inciting this violent & deadly attack on our country's Capital and should be in prison for life 🩸🩸🩸
January 20, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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The same Administration bragged a year ago the files were on Bondi’s desk and ready to go.
NEWS: The U.S. Department of Justice has formally moved to block the appointment of an independent monitor or special master to oversee the release of Epstein-related records
DOJ Moves to Block Independent Monitor in Maxwell Case, Says Courts Cannot Force Epstein File Disclosures
DOJ Tells Court It Cannot Be Forced to Release Epstein Files
meidasnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:27 PM
The same Administration bragged a year ago the files were on Bondi’s desk and ready to go.
This is the face of the US, unless we abolish DHS.
Are you listening, @morelle.house.gov, @schumer.senate.gov, and @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social? You're my elected representatives and I vote in every election, no matter how small. DO SOMETHING.
#AbolishDHS
#DefundICE
Are you listening, @morelle.house.gov, @schumer.senate.gov, and @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social? You're my elected representatives and I vote in every election, no matter how small. DO SOMETHING.
#AbolishDHS
#DefundICE
The outrage is real because lives are real; we stand against violence and for every mother, father, child caught in a militarized crackdown, not for more chaos…
#ChoosePeaceNotChaos
#ChoosePeaceNotChaos
January 17, 2026 at 1:37 PM
This is the face of the US, unless we abolish DHS.
Are you listening, @morelle.house.gov, @schumer.senate.gov, and @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social? You're my elected representatives and I vote in every election, no matter how small. DO SOMETHING.
#AbolishDHS
#DefundICE
Are you listening, @morelle.house.gov, @schumer.senate.gov, and @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social? You're my elected representatives and I vote in every election, no matter how small. DO SOMETHING.
#AbolishDHS
#DefundICE
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"If you wanted to create a tool that would enable the destruction of institutions that prop up democratic life, you could not do better than artificial intelligence." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
How AI Destroys Institutions
Civic institutions—the rule of law, universities, and a free press—are the backbone of democratic life. They are the mechanisms through which complex societies
papers.ssrn.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:12 AM
"If you wanted to create a tool that would enable the destruction of institutions that prop up democratic life, you could not do better than artificial intelligence." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
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Holy shit, that’s just actual theft.
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Holy shit, that’s just actual theft.
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When Fascism came to America, no one crawled on their bellies and kissed the boot more willingly than those who once defiantly shouted "Don't Tread On Me!"
January 16, 2026 at 1:10 PM
When Fascism came to America, no one crawled on their bellies and kissed the boot more willingly than those who once defiantly shouted "Don't Tread On Me!"
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New party identification polling from Gallup this week shows Americans are moving against Trump faster than they did in his first term. Adults were R+4 in 2024, now D+8. That 12-pt drop is 3x the change in the first year of his first term.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/backlash-t...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/backlash-t...
Backlash to Trump has been higher in his second term
Gallup's latest data shows Republican party identification down 6 points in Trump's second term — three times the decline in 2017
www.gelliottmorris.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:01 PM
New party identification polling from Gallup this week shows Americans are moving against Trump faster than they did in his first term. Adults were R+4 in 2024, now D+8. That 12-pt drop is 3x the change in the first year of his first term.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/backlash-t...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/backlash-t...
@morelle.house.gov, @schumer.senate.gov, @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social, I sure hope you're listening. I check every vote you record. No DHS appropriation. Zero. Zilch. Nada.
None.
My town is on that list of Trump's, and what's happening in Minneapolis will happen here, too.
Nobody wants that.
None.
My town is on that list of Trump's, and what's happening in Minneapolis will happen here, too.
Nobody wants that.
Congressional Democrats need to bring a knife to an ICE fight
Letting Congress fully fund the Department of Homeland Security without at least trying to rein in ICE would be a major mistake for Democrats.
Letting Congress fully fund the Department of Homeland Security without at least trying to rein in ICE would be a major mistake for Democrats.
Opinion | Congressional Democrats need to bring a knife to an ICE fight
Letting Congress fully fund the Department of Homeland Security without at least trying to rein in ICE would be a major mistake for Democrats.
www.ms.now
January 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM
@morelle.house.gov, @schumer.senate.gov, @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social, I sure hope you're listening. I check every vote you record. No DHS appropriation. Zero. Zilch. Nada.
None.
My town is on that list of Trump's, and what's happening in Minneapolis will happen here, too.
Nobody wants that.
None.
My town is on that list of Trump's, and what's happening in Minneapolis will happen here, too.
Nobody wants that.
Did you vote for this? C'mon. A vote against Kamala Harris and Tim Walz was a vote for this, so fess up. Let me know so I can remove you from my life forever.
#FuckICE
#FuckSenatorKatieBritt
#FuckICE
#FuckSenatorKatieBritt
January 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Did you vote for this? C'mon. A vote against Kamala Harris and Tim Walz was a vote for this, so fess up. Let me know so I can remove you from my life forever.
#FuckICE
#FuckSenatorKatieBritt
#FuckICE
#FuckSenatorKatieBritt
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January 16, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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🚨 Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act in Minnesota
January 15, 2026 at 1:32 PM
🚨 Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act in Minnesota
Maryland: "SNOWPOCALYPSE!!!"
Rochester: "Thursday"
Seriously, tho, remember that inertia is still a thing and your SUV isn't a free pass.
Expecting 10" today.
Wheee
❄️☃️🌨
Rochester: "Thursday"
Seriously, tho, remember that inertia is still a thing and your SUV isn't a free pass.
Expecting 10" today.
Wheee
❄️☃️🌨
January 15, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Maryland: "SNOWPOCALYPSE!!!"
Rochester: "Thursday"
Seriously, tho, remember that inertia is still a thing and your SUV isn't a free pass.
Expecting 10" today.
Wheee
❄️☃️🌨
Rochester: "Thursday"
Seriously, tho, remember that inertia is still a thing and your SUV isn't a free pass.
Expecting 10" today.
Wheee
❄️☃️🌨
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Such a fucking disgrace.
"Homeland Security refused to release more information, unless the tribe 'entered into an immigration agreement with ICE.'"
I don't even know what to say at this point except fuck ICE and fuck the settler colonial government of the so-called united states
apnews.com/article/ice-...
I don't even know what to say at this point except fuck ICE and fuck the settler colonial government of the so-called united states
apnews.com/article/ice-...
Oglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detention
The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota said three of the four tribal members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis last week have been transferred to an ICE facility and called for th...
apnews.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Such a fucking disgrace.
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Over the past year, JD Vance has earned a reputation for animosity toward Europe, and many governments on the old continent fear his hardline influence over Donald Trump when it comes to a potential seizure of Greenland.
‘Vance hates us’: Europe’s Greenland fears grow as US vice president dives into talks
Diplomats worry there can be no compromise with the U.S. if President Donald Trump wants to “conquer” the self-ruling Danish island.
www.politico.eu
January 15, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Over the past year, JD Vance has earned a reputation for animosity toward Europe, and many governments on the old continent fear his hardline influence over Donald Trump when it comes to a potential seizure of Greenland.
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, this reads like we should accept this so-called "enforcement agency" as legit. The real conversation should be about permanent repeal of the USA PATRIOT Act. Failure to abolish the Department of Homeland Security in its entirety is unacceptable. Start that campaign now!
Q: Is it your posture to put restrictions on ICE as a condition for funding DHS?
JEFFRIES: Renee Good should be alive. There was no justification. There are common sense measures that need to put in place so ICE can conduct itself in manner at least consistent w/ every other law enforcement agency
JEFFRIES: Renee Good should be alive. There was no justification. There are common sense measures that need to put in place so ICE can conduct itself in manner at least consistent w/ every other law enforcement agency
January 14, 2026 at 1:21 PM
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, this reads like we should accept this so-called "enforcement agency" as legit. The real conversation should be about permanent repeal of the USA PATRIOT Act. Failure to abolish the Department of Homeland Security in its entirety is unacceptable. Start that campaign now!
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"so ICE can conduct itself in manner ... consistent w/ every other law enforcement agency"
The only thing keeping ICE from "conducting itself in a manner consistent with" other law enforcement agencies now is the thuggish arrogance of every person who has anything to do with them. Defund & disband.
The only thing keeping ICE from "conducting itself in a manner consistent with" other law enforcement agencies now is the thuggish arrogance of every person who has anything to do with them. Defund & disband.
January 13, 2026 at 4:29 AM
"so ICE can conduct itself in manner ... consistent w/ every other law enforcement agency"
The only thing keeping ICE from "conducting itself in a manner consistent with" other law enforcement agencies now is the thuggish arrogance of every person who has anything to do with them. Defund & disband.
The only thing keeping ICE from "conducting itself in a manner consistent with" other law enforcement agencies now is the thuggish arrogance of every person who has anything to do with them. Defund & disband.
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January 10, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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“I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” --Clarence Darrow
Scott Adams, 'Dilbert' cartoonist and author who pushed on through cancellation, dies at 68
Scott Adams, 'Dilbert' cartoonist and author who pushed on through cancellation, dies at 68
Scott Adams, the 'Dilbert' cartoonist who satirized a certain kind of workplace culture for more than 30 years before comments on race led to publishers cutting ties with him, has died at 68.
www.latimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:07 AM
“I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” --Clarence Darrow
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American Federation of Teachers is (finally!) dumping X, and moving to Bluesky. Good for them!
It's time to officially let X/Twitter go. That platform's decline from a vibrant public square to what is now a platform for hate & disinformation has been painful to experience. I’ve already in this great community & look forward to continuing our conversations.
www.reuters.com/business/med...
www.reuters.com/business/med...
US teachers union says it's leaving X over sexualized AI images of children
The American Federation of Teachers says it is leaving X, citing the social media site's creation and dissemination of "sickening" images of children in various states of undress.
www.reuters.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
American Federation of Teachers is (finally!) dumping X, and moving to Bluesky. Good for them!