Bastlynn
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She/Her spoken with the awe and fear as with which the Depths Of the Sea are named.
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For years, human rights advocates have been warning that mandatory online ID checks are a death sentence for activists, journalists, and ordinary people resisting authoritarian regimes, for this exact reason.
Forcibly associating online activity with your government name puts dissidents in danger.
Forcibly associating online activity with your government name puts dissidents in danger.
February 17, 2026 at 7:38 PM
For years, human rights advocates have been warning that mandatory online ID checks are a death sentence for activists, journalists, and ordinary people resisting authoritarian regimes, for this exact reason.
Forcibly associating online activity with your government name puts dissidents in danger.
Forcibly associating online activity with your government name puts dissidents in danger.
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Progressive lawmakers who care about human rights desperately need to connect these dots.
You can't claim to oppose the Trump admin's authoritarian crackdowns while supporting legislation that would expand Trump's censorship and surveillance powers.
Protect activists! Oppose online ID checks.
You can't claim to oppose the Trump admin's authoritarian crackdowns while supporting legislation that would expand Trump's censorship and surveillance powers.
Protect activists! Oppose online ID checks.
ONLINE ID CHECKS WILL RUIN THE INTERNET
www.stoponlineidchecks.org
February 17, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Progressive lawmakers who care about human rights desperately need to connect these dots.
You can't claim to oppose the Trump admin's authoritarian crackdowns while supporting legislation that would expand Trump's censorship and surveillance powers.
Protect activists! Oppose online ID checks.
You can't claim to oppose the Trump admin's authoritarian crackdowns while supporting legislation that would expand Trump's censorship and surveillance powers.
Protect activists! Oppose online ID checks.
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A lobbyist used AI to falsify 20,000 public comments to tip the scales against reducing deadly air pollution in homes. This has been illegal since at least 2019 - but enforcement would require a prosecutor brave enough to argue that "bot" can mean "AI". Crickets.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments
SoCal’s pollution authority scrapped a plan to phase out gas-powered appliances after receiving more than 20,000 emails sent by an AI-powered platform called CiviClick.
www.latimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:40 PM
A lobbyist used AI to falsify 20,000 public comments to tip the scales against reducing deadly air pollution in homes. This has been illegal since at least 2019 - but enforcement would require a prosecutor brave enough to argue that "bot" can mean "AI". Crickets.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
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Fascism is here. 🇺🇸
CBS is dead. ☠️
More people will now see this interview Trump tried to bury than ever would have otherwise. 👀
CBS is dead. ☠️
More people will now see this interview Trump tried to bury than ever would have otherwise. 👀
February 17, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Fascism is here. 🇺🇸
CBS is dead. ☠️
More people will now see this interview Trump tried to bury than ever would have otherwise. 👀
CBS is dead. ☠️
More people will now see this interview Trump tried to bury than ever would have otherwise. 👀
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this is so well done!
Its been a few years since I did any keyframe creature animation, so my most recent personal project has been exactly that :)
I referenced Daniel Fotheringham’s quadruped blog quite a bit while learning his workflow, it was a lot of fun :)
Rig by Yang Xiao and Agora Community
I referenced Daniel Fotheringham’s quadruped blog quite a bit while learning his workflow, it was a lot of fun :)
Rig by Yang Xiao and Agora Community
February 17, 2026 at 6:14 PM
this is so well done!
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"Cunningham and a small group of fellow Democrats have supplied votes to help them override Stein’s vetoes on immigration and other issues, including bills to expand gun rights and restrict LGBTQ+ rights."
NEW: When North Carolina's GOP wanted to pass a bill last year to require that local governments comply with ICE, they were one vote down.
A Democratic lawmaker gave that decisive vote—as she has on other GOP bills.
Now, she faces a primary challenge from a progressive activist... in 14 days.
A Democratic lawmaker gave that decisive vote—as she has on other GOP bills.
Now, she faces a primary challenge from a progressive activist... in 14 days.
The Feds Targeted Charlotte. Now a Local Democrat Who Helped ICE Faces Voters. - Bolts
North Carolina lawmaker Carla Cunningham voted to mandate compliance with ICE, and derided immigrants on the House floor. The Democrat faces an intense March primary.
boltsmag.org
February 17, 2026 at 5:08 PM
"Cunningham and a small group of fellow Democrats have supplied votes to help them override Stein’s vetoes on immigration and other issues, including bills to expand gun rights and restrict LGBTQ+ rights."
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There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns
The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize.
www.theverge.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
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One thing that's important to realize now is that, even in a scenario where Dems sweep to a crushing trifecta in 2028, Republicans will use their control of the courts to attempt to continue, as much as they can, to run executive agencies in exile, with DHS/ICE under Biden as the model
February 17, 2026 at 2:56 PM
One thing that's important to realize now is that, even in a scenario where Dems sweep to a crushing trifecta in 2028, Republicans will use their control of the courts to attempt to continue, as much as they can, to run executive agencies in exile, with DHS/ICE under Biden as the model
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Art Nouveau study
February 17, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Art Nouveau study
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Advising someone on fundraising for community rent support.
There are 67,000 people in MPLS facing eviction in March because they can't go to their jobs to make rent money. This is early-covid era levels of potential evictions.
MPLS RENT MORATORIUM NOW.
There are 67,000 people in MPLS facing eviction in March because they can't go to their jobs to make rent money. This is early-covid era levels of potential evictions.
MPLS RENT MORATORIUM NOW.
February 17, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Advising someone on fundraising for community rent support.
There are 67,000 people in MPLS facing eviction in March because they can't go to their jobs to make rent money. This is early-covid era levels of potential evictions.
MPLS RENT MORATORIUM NOW.
There are 67,000 people in MPLS facing eviction in March because they can't go to their jobs to make rent money. This is early-covid era levels of potential evictions.
MPLS RENT MORATORIUM NOW.
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It's Vitamin K, which helps blood clot. Parents are refusing it because "it's a shot" and they don't know enough about human health to understand how to take care of a child.
More infants with preventable brain bleeding, that's what they mean by Making America Healthy Again. (gift link)
A Life-Saving Vitamin for Babies Is Getting Swept Up in Vaccine Backlash
There’s a growing resistance to anything that’s injected into babies, vaccine or not.
www.bloomberg.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:29 PM
It's Vitamin K, which helps blood clot. Parents are refusing it because "it's a shot" and they don't know enough about human health to understand how to take care of a child.
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This lawmaker, Cunningham, didn't just vote in favor of the pro-ICE bill. She also explained her vote on the floor of the House to say that "all cultures are not equal."
She now faces a pastor, Sadler, who has been active in the Moral Monday's movement in North Carolina.
She now faces a pastor, Sadler, who has been active in the Moral Monday's movement in North Carolina.
February 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM
This lawmaker, Cunningham, didn't just vote in favor of the pro-ICE bill. She also explained her vote on the floor of the House to say that "all cultures are not equal."
She now faces a pastor, Sadler, who has been active in the Moral Monday's movement in North Carolina.
She now faces a pastor, Sadler, who has been active in the Moral Monday's movement in North Carolina.
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I am considering leaving Substack for another newsletter platform. I would love to hear from those of you who have left, specifically about the user experience at your new home. What do you like and what don't you like? Did your Substack followers come along for the ride, specifically paid subs?
February 17, 2026 at 12:13 PM
I am considering leaving Substack for another newsletter platform. I would love to hear from those of you who have left, specifically about the user experience at your new home. What do you like and what don't you like? Did your Substack followers come along for the ride, specifically paid subs?
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Holy shit
February 17, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Holy shit
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So far it looks like Trump, Noem, and operation metro surge drained Minneapolis alone—not yet counting St. Paul, Bloomington, etc.— $203 million. This was a MAGA Trump assault on an American blue city. Nothing more. Start seeing it.
www.fox9.com/news/operati...
www.fox9.com/news/operati...
Operation Metro Surge cost Minneapolis at least $203 million, city officials say
Minneapolis officials have released an estimated tab on what Operation Metro Surge has cost city residents so far.
www.fox9.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:21 AM
So far it looks like Trump, Noem, and operation metro surge drained Minneapolis alone—not yet counting St. Paul, Bloomington, etc.— $203 million. This was a MAGA Trump assault on an American blue city. Nothing more. Start seeing it.
www.fox9.com/news/operati...
www.fox9.com/news/operati...
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De-incentivize voluminous verbiage through targeted rhetorical reproach.
February 17, 2026 at 1:21 PM
De-incentivize voluminous verbiage through targeted rhetorical reproach.
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Here’s some career advice: while it’s great that you have parents you can talk to about this stuff, by the time you’re a graduate student and therefore a college graduate in your mid 20s, you probably should not have your parents send professional emails on your behalf anymore.
February 17, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Here’s some career advice: while it’s great that you have parents you can talk to about this stuff, by the time you’re a graduate student and therefore a college graduate in your mid 20s, you probably should not have your parents send professional emails on your behalf anymore.
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I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.
Overnight, this probable ICE flight landed in Benin and is now returning to Senegal, likely for a crew layover.
February 16, 2026 at 10:57 AM
I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.
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Now considered one of the finest authors of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance, Nella Larsen Imes, the biracial daughter of a Danish seamstress and a Black cook from the Danish West Indies, was also a public health nurse and a respected nurse administrator in New York City.
#Lit #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth
#Lit #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth
February 16, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Now considered one of the finest authors of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance, Nella Larsen Imes, the biracial daughter of a Danish seamstress and a Black cook from the Danish West Indies, was also a public health nurse and a respected nurse administrator in New York City.
#Lit #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth
#Lit #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth
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Hey new york city, can anybody help out this poor little cat?
This super sweet female young cat was found in Bushwick. She's currently staying on a terrace because the cats living in that house are not very friendly, and she is looking for either a foster or a forever home. If anyone can help, please send me a DM
February 17, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Hey new york city, can anybody help out this poor little cat?
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Thomas Paine proposed a progressive tax on wealth, with the top tax rate being 100%. It's an idea that's as American as Apple Pie. www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
February 16, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Thomas Paine proposed a progressive tax on wealth, with the top tax rate being 100%. It's an idea that's as American as Apple Pie. www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
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February 17, 2026 at 4:45 AM
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We just hit THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION WHISTLES since mid-December, more than half of that total was printed and shipped THIS MONTH. At this rate we will hit a million by the end of the month. Let us get whistles to you too: whistlegoblins.fun
February 17, 2026 at 3:50 AM
We just hit THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION WHISTLES since mid-December, more than half of that total was printed and shipped THIS MONTH. At this rate we will hit a million by the end of the month. Let us get whistles to you too: whistlegoblins.fun
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I’d love to get every single Democrat on board with “abolish ICE and dismantle DHS” but you’re going to need some votes from folks who don’t want to embrace that particular rhetoric and good news “there’s just too much corruption we’ve got to dismantle it to solve the problem” is sitting right there
gotta do investigations into DHS “waste, fraud and abuse” as pretext for killing the agency
The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
February 17, 2026 at 4:48 AM
I’d love to get every single Democrat on board with “abolish ICE and dismantle DHS” but you’re going to need some votes from folks who don’t want to embrace that particular rhetoric and good news “there’s just too much corruption we’ve got to dismantle it to solve the problem” is sitting right there