Lex Bertch
@bertch313.bsky.social
they/them
Assimilated Wt on paper Indigenous | #nonbinary | www/40+ | digi&analog #artist 🚫AI | Waawiyaatanong Detroit
LANDBACK / AIM
1sts, awards, can't care
I cannot afford to feed my rescue cat
plz support us
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Assimilated Wt on paper Indigenous | #nonbinary | www/40+ | digi&analog #artist 🚫AI | Waawiyaatanong Detroit
LANDBACK / AIM
1sts, awards, can't care
I cannot afford to feed my rescue cat
plz support us
Linkr.bio/BERTCH
I block back 🤷
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We've got a small (but growing) collective of makers sending whistles (and sometimes other things) to support neighborhoods across the US. If you're a 3D printer owner who wants to help, we'd love to give you the support and guidance you need to do it.
linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
3D Printed Whistle Fundraisers | Linktree
Ways to support people 3D printing and shipping whistles. Each link buys supplies for an individual printer supporting community safety.
linktr.ee
January 13, 2026 at 4:29 PM
We've got a small (but growing) collective of makers sending whistles (and sometimes other things) to support neighborhoods across the US. If you're a 3D printer owner who wants to help, we'd love to give you the support and guidance you need to do it.
linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
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We have multiple volunteer meetings, and two events over the next two weeks. Care about transit in Detroit or Michigan? Now's your chance to get involved!
Find dates, times, and RSVP's at DetroitTransit.org/E... for all of these meetings and events!
#DetroitTransit
Find dates, times, and RSVP's at DetroitTransit.org/E... for all of these meetings and events!
#DetroitTransit
January 12, 2026 at 9:54 PM
We have multiple volunteer meetings, and two events over the next two weeks. Care about transit in Detroit or Michigan? Now's your chance to get involved!
Find dates, times, and RSVP's at DetroitTransit.org/E... for all of these meetings and events!
#DetroitTransit
Find dates, times, and RSVP's at DetroitTransit.org/E... for all of these meetings and events!
#DetroitTransit
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1977: "Bridges" (Arista). This is the one with "We Almost Lost Detroit," one of the greatest tunes in history (about the nuclear meltdown at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station)
Live version from ‘77, recorded at The Bottom Line. UNBELIEVABLE.
You’re welcome.
9/19
youtu.be/1cZiSgTTlHE
Live version from ‘77, recorded at The Bottom Line. UNBELIEVABLE.
You’re welcome.
9/19
youtu.be/1cZiSgTTlHE
Gil Scott-Heron - Almost Lost Detroit - Live at the Bottom Line '77
YouTube video by estede81
youtu.be
January 11, 2026 at 12:04 PM
1977: "Bridges" (Arista). This is the one with "We Almost Lost Detroit," one of the greatest tunes in history (about the nuclear meltdown at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station)
Live version from ‘77, recorded at The Bottom Line. UNBELIEVABLE.
You’re welcome.
9/19
youtu.be/1cZiSgTTlHE
Live version from ‘77, recorded at The Bottom Line. UNBELIEVABLE.
You’re welcome.
9/19
youtu.be/1cZiSgTTlHE
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“ICE’s recruitment push is so sloppy that the administration effectively has no idea who’s joining the agency’s ranks. We’re all, collectively, in the dark about whom the state is arming, tasking with the most sensitive of law enforcement work, and then sending into America’s streets.”
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
“ICE’s recruitment push is so sloppy that the administration effectively has no idea who’s joining the agency’s ranks. We’re all, collectively, in the dark about whom the state is arming, tasking with the most sensitive of law enforcement work, and then sending into America’s streets.”
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Red kite.. posing atop an ash tree in north Hampshire, England 10/01/2026
January 12, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Red kite.. posing atop an ash tree in north Hampshire, England 10/01/2026
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Pretty willd how the DOJ just straight up stopped releasing the Epstein files even though they're legally obligated to do so.
January 12, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Pretty willd how the DOJ just straight up stopped releasing the Epstein files even though they're legally obligated to do so.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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Revoking the “Patriot Act” wipes out DHS, ICE, ODNI and a lot of other evils that came from inept legislators who refused to listen to experts in the wake of 9/11. All they listened to were the “give up your freedoms so we can protect you” fascists.
January 12, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Revoking the “Patriot Act” wipes out DHS, ICE, ODNI and a lot of other evils that came from inept legislators who refused to listen to experts in the wake of 9/11. All they listened to were the “give up your freedoms so we can protect you” fascists.
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minneapolis is under siege and it is taking basically all of ICE’s manpower
they cannot replicate this across the country and they aren’t close to recruiting the kind of numbers they’d need to even get close
they are, flatly, not going to be able to get there
they cannot replicate this across the country and they aren’t close to recruiting the kind of numbers they’d need to even get close
they are, flatly, not going to be able to get there
January 11, 2026 at 7:02 PM
minneapolis is under siege and it is taking basically all of ICE’s manpower
they cannot replicate this across the country and they aren’t close to recruiting the kind of numbers they’d need to even get close
they are, flatly, not going to be able to get there
they cannot replicate this across the country and they aren’t close to recruiting the kind of numbers they’d need to even get close
they are, flatly, not going to be able to get there
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Seriously, enough of this shit about training. This is how cops act. We saw it with MOVE, we saw it with Leonard Peltier, we saw it with Rodney King, we saw it with Breonna Taylor, we saw it with Laquan McDonald, we saw it with George Floyd, we saw it with Dakota Access, we saw it with Cop City...
Fellow whites: What happened in Minneapolis is horrific but to pretend that it is unusual or an escalation is insulting. Maybe you're just now figuring out what police are, welcome to the movement, but don't act like what happened here is special for any reason other than it was a white woman.
January 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Seriously, enough of this shit about training. This is how cops act. We saw it with MOVE, we saw it with Leonard Peltier, we saw it with Rodney King, we saw it with Breonna Taylor, we saw it with Laquan McDonald, we saw it with George Floyd, we saw it with Dakota Access, we saw it with Cop City...
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In the finale of this four-part episode, Margaret concludes her conversation with Miriam about two centuries of resistance to American imperialism, from Crazy Horse to Leonard Peltier.
@margaret.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
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@margaret.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
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January 7, 2026 at 8:09 PM
In the finale of this four-part episode, Margaret concludes her conversation with Miriam about two centuries of resistance to American imperialism, from Crazy Horse to Leonard Peltier.
@margaret.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
@margaret.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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As an Indigenous person, watching Trump make plans to invade an Indigenous territory is fucking terrifying. Everyone is making this about Denmark, but it will be Inuit facing this new wave of violent colonization.
January 11, 2026 at 6:25 PM
As an Indigenous person, watching Trump make plans to invade an Indigenous territory is fucking terrifying. Everyone is making this about Denmark, but it will be Inuit facing this new wave of violent colonization.
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WARNING to ST. Paul: ICE is going door to door with weapons drawn.
January 11, 2026 at 10:43 PM
WARNING to ST. Paul: ICE is going door to door with weapons drawn.
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Fuck off, Palantir
January 11, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Fuck off, Palantir
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Amazing turnout today across the country! We just wanted to say thank you, you all are incredible!
January 11, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Amazing turnout today across the country! We just wanted to say thank you, you all are incredible!
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I wrote about one of the many thoughts about Renee Good that’s been keeping me up at night https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/01/renee-good-killing-ice-watch-mom.html
January 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I wrote about one of the many thoughts about Renee Good that’s been keeping me up at night https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/01/renee-good-killing-ice-watch-mom.html
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ICE just reported its fourth in-custody death of 2026. It’s only January 10.
January 11, 2026 at 12:39 AM
ICE just reported its fourth in-custody death of 2026. It’s only January 10.
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when folks add my patches to things, our energy collaborates. my intentions making the art are transmuted into something new and uniquely expressive to the wearer. we cast a spell together, ingredient and execution. it’s my favorite part of making this kind of art.
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
when folks add my patches to things, our energy collaborates. my intentions making the art are transmuted into something new and uniquely expressive to the wearer. we cast a spell together, ingredient and execution. it’s my favorite part of making this kind of art.
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Punk rock? What about punk frog?
January 10, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Punk rock? What about punk frog?
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Hey remember how all of Mississippi was blocked on BlueSky due to an age verification law?! They're going to try to do that in Washington State! COMMENT and CALL on this one!
www.wired.com/story/bluesk...
www.wired.com/story/bluesk...
January 11, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Hey remember how all of Mississippi was blocked on BlueSky due to an age verification law?! They're going to try to do that in Washington State! COMMENT and CALL on this one!
www.wired.com/story/bluesk...
www.wired.com/story/bluesk...