Barry Crain
@barrycrain.bsky.social
expert in a dying field
cartoon boy, kung fu dork
cartoon boy, kung fu dork
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here's a form to send a letter to your reps: actionnetwork.org/letters/reje...
Please also call. I just called my house rep's office and from their tone, I wouldn't be surprised if I'm the only person who called about this today
Please also call. I just called my house rep's office and from their tone, I wouldn't be surprised if I'm the only person who called about this today
January 16, 2026 at 6:08 PM
here's a form to send a letter to your reps: actionnetwork.org/letters/reje...
Please also call. I just called my house rep's office and from their tone, I wouldn't be surprised if I'm the only person who called about this today
Please also call. I just called my house rep's office and from their tone, I wouldn't be surprised if I'm the only person who called about this today
Banned MMA tactics being applied to our citizens.
Chokeholds are extremely dangerous, and when applied by unskilled gestapo thugs, people can easily die or be permanently impaired. Which appears to be what ICE wants.
As a martial arts practitioner for 40+ years, this is deeply sickening.
Chokeholds are extremely dangerous, and when applied by unskilled gestapo thugs, people can easily die or be permanently impaired. Which appears to be what ICE wants.
As a martial arts practitioner for 40+ years, this is deeply sickening.
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
January 16, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Banned MMA tactics being applied to our citizens.
Chokeholds are extremely dangerous, and when applied by unskilled gestapo thugs, people can easily die or be permanently impaired. Which appears to be what ICE wants.
As a martial arts practitioner for 40+ years, this is deeply sickening.
Chokeholds are extremely dangerous, and when applied by unskilled gestapo thugs, people can easily die or be permanently impaired. Which appears to be what ICE wants.
As a martial arts practitioner for 40+ years, this is deeply sickening.
I miss when the kids were little
January 16, 2026 at 3:40 PM
I miss when the kids were little
it feels like we’re playing Parasocial Mad Libs
January 16, 2026 at 2:42 PM
it feels like we’re playing Parasocial Mad Libs
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Squiggy & Lenny will return in Avengers Doomsday.
January 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Squiggy & Lenny will return in Avengers Doomsday.
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Our story: www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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
January 15, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Our story: www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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There are many tactics Republicans can & may employ to try to depress voter turnout and intimidate voters. That said, voter turnout can also be depressed by people preemptively declaring the election is rigged. It takes effort to get to the polls, it doesn't help to tell people it's not worth it.
January 15, 2026 at 7:18 PM
There are many tactics Republicans can & may employ to try to depress voter turnout and intimidate voters. That said, voter turnout can also be depressed by people preemptively declaring the election is rigged. It takes effort to get to the polls, it doesn't help to tell people it's not worth it.
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It’s the anniversary of the Great Molasses Flood. Here’s @evandorkin.bsky.social to explain.
January 15, 2026 at 7:02 PM
It’s the anniversary of the Great Molasses Flood. Here’s @evandorkin.bsky.social to explain.
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For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Stand With Minnesota: Resource Hub
Causes to Donate to in Minnesota to Help Our Communities Defend Themselves from ICE This list is now available/shareable at standwithminnesota.org *Note: I am from Minnesota, and these come from peo...
docs.google.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:48 AM
For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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ICE officers tell media that the conduct in Minneapolis is part of a plan by Stephen Miller to provoke as much violence and death as possible—which in turn will be taken as pretext for more. “They’re essentially operating now in a resource constraint-free environment and doing very dangerous things”
Former members of ICE say recent violence is "by design"
"What has changed is there has been an encouragement from the top to be much more aggressive in enforcement."
www.motherjones.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:39 PM
ICE officers tell media that the conduct in Minneapolis is part of a plan by Stephen Miller to provoke as much violence and death as possible—which in turn will be taken as pretext for more. “They’re essentially operating now in a resource constraint-free environment and doing very dangerous things”
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Our collective baseline should be to immediately, reflexively reject ANYTHING CBS, Fox or any Trump mouthpiece says as a lie.
Yes, many of us have been doing that. But I also know how hard it can be to retrain yourself to intentionally reject all "reports" from places you may have once considered.
Yes, many of us have been doing that. But I also know how hard it can be to retrain yourself to intentionally reject all "reports" from places you may have once considered.
January 14, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Our collective baseline should be to immediately, reflexively reject ANYTHING CBS, Fox or any Trump mouthpiece says as a lie.
Yes, many of us have been doing that. But I also know how hard it can be to retrain yourself to intentionally reject all "reports" from places you may have once considered.
Yes, many of us have been doing that. But I also know how hard it can be to retrain yourself to intentionally reject all "reports" from places you may have once considered.
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they want everyone desperate, starving, suffering. they have found that the more desperate we are, the easier it has been for them to pit us against one another. they know that the more desperate a society behaves, the easier it is for them to issue orders for more and more murders
Just in: The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services.
Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants
The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services.
n.pr
January 14, 2026 at 3:22 PM
they want everyone desperate, starving, suffering. they have found that the more desperate we are, the easier it has been for them to pit us against one another. they know that the more desperate a society behaves, the easier it is for them to issue orders for more and more murders
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I watched a video of Pete Hegseth doing kettlebell swings and now I won't be able to sleep
January 14, 2026 at 3:51 AM
I watched a video of Pete Hegseth doing kettlebell swings and now I won't be able to sleep
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"I'll Fly Away," Allison Krauss & Gillian Welch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFam...
I'll Fly Away
YouTube video by Gillian Welch - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:01 PM
"I'll Fly Away," Allison Krauss & Gillian Welch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFam...
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finally, something funny
January 13, 2026 at 3:50 PM
finally, something funny
The late Scott Adams is best remembered by Tristan Farnon's "A COMEDY CRISIS," a hilariously filthy bendy-toy fumetti parody of Dilbert that made Adams so furious he tried to sue the little bendy giraffe. One of the high points of the 90's. Look up Leisuretown.com, you won't regret it.
January 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM
The late Scott Adams is best remembered by Tristan Farnon's "A COMEDY CRISIS," a hilariously filthy bendy-toy fumetti parody of Dilbert that made Adams so furious he tried to sue the little bendy giraffe. One of the high points of the 90's. Look up Leisuretown.com, you won't regret it.
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I hope this email finds you before I do.
January 12, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I hope this email finds you before I do.
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I may not be beautiful on the outside but inside I look like pulsating lasagna
January 12, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I may not be beautiful on the outside but inside I look like pulsating lasagna
yeah, whatevah
Sifl & Olly - United States of Whatever Video
YouTube video by Ben
www.youtube.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:04 AM
yeah, whatevah
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Anyways, my ride is here
January 10, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Anyways, my ride is here
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From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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they call us irregulars, but that's just how we fight
the war on protein is asymmetrical warfare and i am a Fiber Guerrilla
January 12, 2026 at 3:11 PM
they call us irregulars, but that's just how we fight
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Who up pondering impermanence
January 12, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Who up pondering impermanence