Rook
@arookbird.bsky.social
Spoonie, parent, creature. Trying to remember how to person.
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This was the summation of a righteous inventory of their abuses.
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 7:51 PM
This was the summation of a righteous inventory of their abuses.
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and, I can’t believe I have to say that: queer kids need online community, because they are far more likely to be isolated, get bullied and harassed in real life, so isolating them even more is -not protecting them-.
this is also -the point of age verification-.
this is also -the point of age verification-.
"Don't worry about the Discord thing, it's only NSFW servers and channels that will require age verification! :)"
I could remove every speck of risque imagery/topics from my community and there's still a 50% chance we'd get flagged just because we're openly queer.
It's not actually about the kids.
I could remove every speck of risque imagery/topics from my community and there's still a 50% chance we'd get flagged just because we're openly queer.
It's not actually about the kids.
February 10, 2026 at 8:23 AM
and, I can’t believe I have to say that: queer kids need online community, because they are far more likely to be isolated, get bullied and harassed in real life, so isolating them even more is -not protecting them-.
this is also -the point of age verification-.
this is also -the point of age verification-.
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Civil rights lawyer Nekima Levy Armstrong's latest brief reveals the backstory of her arrest in a footnote. Feds refused to let her self-surrender, taped her arrest at a hotel, and broke a promise not to post it on social media, she says.
The White House then digitally altered it to smear her.
The White House then digitally altered it to smear her.
February 9, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Civil rights lawyer Nekima Levy Armstrong's latest brief reveals the backstory of her arrest in a footnote. Feds refused to let her self-surrender, taped her arrest at a hotel, and broke a promise not to post it on social media, she says.
The White House then digitally altered it to smear her.
The White House then digitally altered it to smear her.
I don't see how anyone can see them as anything else.
Concentration camps.
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
February 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
I don't see how anyone can see them as anything else.
It is so embarrassing that we've brought measles back. So freaking embarrassing.
5 months ago
February 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
It is so embarrassing that we've brought measles back. So freaking embarrassing.
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This should be less understood as "white immigrants are in equal danger" and more "a machine that eats misery will eat everything in its path"
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM
This should be less understood as "white immigrants are in equal danger" and more "a machine that eats misery will eat everything in its path"
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They're building concentration camps with my tax money Chuck. They're torturing children. They're murdering innocent people on the street. What are you doing.
Our DHS reform demands are exceedingly reasonable.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
February 10, 2026 at 3:45 AM
They're building concentration camps with my tax money Chuck. They're torturing children. They're murdering innocent people on the street. What are you doing.
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SFPA members, there’s still time to nominate your favorite poems of 2025 for the Rhysling Awards! Nominations close February 15, so get yours in today!
February 10, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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i urgently need a lawyer/group of lawyers who can write up a risk assessment for people of various citizenship/visa/asylum statuses to get on a plane home to minnesota from detention
February 10, 2026 at 3:33 PM
i urgently need a lawyer/group of lawyers who can write up a risk assessment for people of various citizenship/visa/asylum statuses to get on a plane home to minnesota from detention
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[frantically raising hand] ooh, ooh. I know. Because Americans have a constitutional right to vote but don't have a right to open a bank account or drive a car.
Mike Johnson: "Americans need an ID to drive, to open a bank account, to buy cold medicine, to file govt assistance, even to attend the DNC. So why would voting be any different? They can't answer that question."
February 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
[frantically raising hand] ooh, ooh. I know. Because Americans have a constitutional right to vote but don't have a right to open a bank account or drive a car.
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Discord should count "having an active Bluesky account" as age verification.
February 10, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Discord should count "having an active Bluesky account" as age verification.
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Got hit with a $3000.00 vet bill yesterday. Still looking for work. So, uh, buy my books, maybe?
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February 10, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Got hit with a $3000.00 vet bill yesterday. Still looking for work. So, uh, buy my books, maybe?
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/EC2/e...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/EC2/e...
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I consider "remove the seeds from the chili" the same as "use one clove of garlic": whoever wrote it is a coward, I do not respect them, and I will be going to flavour country with or without their permission
February 10, 2026 at 4:29 AM
I consider "remove the seeds from the chili" the same as "use one clove of garlic": whoever wrote it is a coward, I do not respect them, and I will be going to flavour country with or without their permission
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Sorry to be Radical Left but I don't think we should put people who haven't committed a crime, and aren't even accused of committing a crime, into any sort of "Detention"
February 10, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Sorry to be Radical Left but I don't think we should put people who haven't committed a crime, and aren't even accused of committing a crime, into any sort of "Detention"
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Age verification?
I never understood the kids' newfangled pog thing.
I never understood the kids' newfangled pog thing.
Age Verification?
I had pogs. I remember the weirdly aggressive boys' arguments and tears in the classroom over losses.
I had pogs. I remember the weirdly aggressive boys' arguments and tears in the classroom over losses.
Age Verification?
I had a rotary phone.
I had a rotary phone.
February 10, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Age verification?
I never understood the kids' newfangled pog thing.
I never understood the kids' newfangled pog thing.
The little bird fought bedtime last night, with tears and cries of I'm cold and I want to eat, even though she already ate more than she usually does and was fully covered by 4 layers.
February 10, 2026 at 12:05 PM
The little bird fought bedtime last night, with tears and cries of I'm cold and I want to eat, even though she already ate more than she usually does and was fully covered by 4 layers.
Age Verification?
I had pogs. I remember the weirdly aggressive boys' arguments and tears in the classroom over losses.
I had pogs. I remember the weirdly aggressive boys' arguments and tears in the classroom over losses.
Age Verification?
I had a rotary phone.
I had a rotary phone.
Age verification?
I played Pong.
I played Pong.
February 10, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Age Verification?
I had pogs. I remember the weirdly aggressive boys' arguments and tears in the classroom over losses.
I had pogs. I remember the weirdly aggressive boys' arguments and tears in the classroom over losses.
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Still a little mad about this. Dismissing craftivists (who are mostly women) as cringey bandwagoneers is bullshit. Not everyone is Extremely Online; communities form in person, too: PTA meetings, book club, grocery store, gas pump, daycare pickup, pharmacy, dog park, ice rink, stadium, etc etc etc
And they aren't all crowing about it on social media, so let's not assume that all the people in hats and buttons passing out whistles are doing nothing else. People - "wine moms," "knitters," who else do you think has ready access to breast milk? - are working behind the scenes for good.
A detail I don't want to get lost in this: So far, Bri and her network have helped more than 500 families with grocery deliveries and more than 300 with diapers and wipes. In just two months.
February 9, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Still a little mad about this. Dismissing craftivists (who are mostly women) as cringey bandwagoneers is bullshit. Not everyone is Extremely Online; communities form in person, too: PTA meetings, book club, grocery store, gas pump, daycare pickup, pharmacy, dog park, ice rink, stadium, etc etc etc
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And they aren't all crowing about it on social media, so let's not assume that all the people in hats and buttons passing out whistles are doing nothing else. People - "wine moms," "knitters," who else do you think has ready access to breast milk? - are working behind the scenes for good.
A detail I don't want to get lost in this: So far, Bri and her network have helped more than 500 families with grocery deliveries and more than 300 with diapers and wipes. In just two months.
In Minneapolis, for every story detailing the fallout of the federal crackdown, there are as many stories of people like Bri, a mom donating breastmilk for babies whose mothers are detained by ICE.
Bri's story:
19thnews.org/2026/02/minn...
Bri's story:
19thnews.org/2026/02/minn...
February 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
And they aren't all crowing about it on social media, so let's not assume that all the people in hats and buttons passing out whistles are doing nothing else. People - "wine moms," "knitters," who else do you think has ready access to breast milk? - are working behind the scenes for good.
Which anyone who has ever worked with people before would know.
It's not even hard. 🫠
It's not even hard. 🫠
I think I said this a while ago while arguing with people who said that bots can do law / medicine.
The difficulty in practice is not simply knowing the symptoms of a clinical presentation. It is understanding that you have to ask people questions to make sure you understand what is happening.
The difficulty in practice is not simply knowing the symptoms of a clinical presentation. It is understanding that you have to ask people questions to make sure you understand what is happening.
February 10, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Which anyone who has ever worked with people before would know.
It's not even hard. 🫠
It's not even hard. 🫠
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Expert here! Anti-science grifters only urge vaccination when they’re in extreme distress. This should scare the shit out of everyone!
A leading U.S. health official on Sunday urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles elimination status. on.nbcboston.com/vADnBlJ
'Take the vaccine, please,' a top U.S. health official says in an appeal as measles cases rise
Medicare and Medicaid will continue to cover the measles vaccine as part of the insurance programs, Dr. Mehmet Oz said.
on.nbcboston.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Expert here! Anti-science grifters only urge vaccination when they’re in extreme distress. This should scare the shit out of everyone!
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I tell you what, Ring figured out exactly how to weaponize white people’s empathy in service to a corporately controlled surveillance state.
Tell them it will find your dog.
Tell them it will find your dog.
February 9, 2026 at 2:08 AM
I tell you what, Ring figured out exactly how to weaponize white people’s empathy in service to a corporately controlled surveillance state.
Tell them it will find your dog.
Tell them it will find your dog.
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judge a quarterback by whether or not he defrauds millions of dollars from poor people
February 8, 2026 at 8:26 PM
judge a quarterback by whether or not he defrauds millions of dollars from poor people