I and My Cloud
@bottleimp.bsky.social
Law, Lit, Drinks, Stringed Instruments, Bicycles, Leeds United, Detroit Red Wings, and the Decline of Man
Too many hobbies, too little time. He’ll never amount to anything with his dilettantish ways.
All my jokes are dad jokes. I am a dad.
Too many hobbies, too little time. He’ll never amount to anything with his dilettantish ways.
All my jokes are dad jokes. I am a dad.
Watching US foreign policy right now screaming “you’re shooting yourself in the foot” and the admin is saying “joke’s on you, we used localized anesthetic. We can shoot ourselves in both feet, the legs, and the dick and never feel it.” Then they open up on themselves with an AR-15.
January 18, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Watching US foreign policy right now screaming “you’re shooting yourself in the foot” and the admin is saying “joke’s on you, we used localized anesthetic. We can shoot ourselves in both feet, the legs, and the dick and never feel it.” Then they open up on themselves with an AR-15.
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pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
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I blame this on too many people having a reading of DS9 that just says "See! You thought the federation was all rainbows & Talarian puppies, but there was messy, GRITTY stuff there, man!"
…When the entire point of that show was about finding a way to live federation ideals, THROUGH the grit & mess.
…When the entire point of that show was about finding a way to live federation ideals, THROUGH the grit & mess.
I am (in general) concerned that storytellers in my cluster are taking old, relatively idealistic stories and reframing them as tarnished and nasty under the impression that makes them more meaningful, when impossible dreams have never been more precious in my lifetime.
January 16, 2026 at 4:10 PM
I blame this on too many people having a reading of DS9 that just says "See! You thought the federation was all rainbows & Talarian puppies, but there was messy, GRITTY stuff there, man!"
…When the entire point of that show was about finding a way to live federation ideals, THROUGH the grit & mess.
…When the entire point of that show was about finding a way to live federation ideals, THROUGH the grit & mess.
Supremely pissed at Klobuchar for her weak stance on ICE murdering and assaulting Minnesotans and for continuing to vote for Trump admin nominees, but she could win it all back by clubbing Schumer like a baby seal. 🔨🦭
Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"
January 16, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Supremely pissed at Klobuchar for her weak stance on ICE murdering and assaulting Minnesotans and for continuing to vote for Trump admin nominees, but she could win it all back by clubbing Schumer like a baby seal. 🔨🦭
I think a lot of very desperate feeling people are shouting at Walz to do things that aren’t actually a good idea, and would result in very bad outcomes. But I think a Stancil ride along would be a good thing TBH.
we're going to need to see Dem leaders in the streets
"please stop" is not working and they see it as weakness
you want to help, governor? go on an ICE patrol in Stancil's Honda Fit
"please stop" is not working and they see it as weakness
you want to help, governor? go on an ICE patrol in Stancil's Honda Fit
January 15, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I think a lot of very desperate feeling people are shouting at Walz to do things that aren’t actually a good idea, and would result in very bad outcomes. But I think a Stancil ride along would be a good thing TBH.
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Specifically, David Shor is explicitly saying that AOC's message that "Republicans are cutting healthcare to fund ICE, and therefore Democrats should cut ICE funding" is the most popular message among voters
January 15, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Specifically, David Shor is explicitly saying that AOC's message that "Republicans are cutting healthcare to fund ICE, and therefore Democrats should cut ICE funding" is the most popular message among voters
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Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Holy hell, what an obituary
They flashbanged a baby. This should be national news. Instead of helping the admin normalize the idea of absolute immunity for ICE, the NYT should be running articles that say “they murdered a lady then flashbanged a baby.”
Make people sit with it and don’t bother with the admin’s lies.
Make people sit with it and don’t bother with the admin’s lies.
January 15, 2026 at 4:49 PM
They flashbanged a baby. This should be national news. Instead of helping the admin normalize the idea of absolute immunity for ICE, the NYT should be running articles that say “they murdered a lady then flashbanged a baby.”
Make people sit with it and don’t bother with the admin’s lies.
Make people sit with it and don’t bother with the admin’s lies.
Many accounts who are not in MN appear to want the Twin Cities to go to war with the federal government and get slaughtered so they can have their priors about the admin confirmed.
Yes, the admin are evil SOBs. Yes, MN electeds are infuriatingly meek. Yes, you should shut the fuck up.
Yes, the admin are evil SOBs. Yes, MN electeds are infuriatingly meek. Yes, you should shut the fuck up.
January 15, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Many accounts who are not in MN appear to want the Twin Cities to go to war with the federal government and get slaughtered so they can have their priors about the admin confirmed.
Yes, the admin are evil SOBs. Yes, MN electeds are infuriatingly meek. Yes, you should shut the fuck up.
Yes, the admin are evil SOBs. Yes, MN electeds are infuriatingly meek. Yes, you should shut the fuck up.
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NYTimes has truly outdone itself with this latest in its "ask white guys in diner" genre. Thank goodness we get a perspective on what's happening in Minneapolis from people in **Nisswa** who probably mean Brainerd when they say they "prefer not to go the city anymore" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:25 PM
NYTimes has truly outdone itself with this latest in its "ask white guys in diner" genre. Thank goodness we get a perspective on what's happening in Minneapolis from people in **Nisswa** who probably mean Brainerd when they say they "prefer not to go the city anymore" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Ah. I see the NYT has gone to some rural diners in MN to find Minnesotans who hate the Twin Cities and think this is all justified.
Fuck them and the NYT. So many people eager to justify or praise the suffering of others.
Fuck them and the NYT. So many people eager to justify or praise the suffering of others.
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Ah. I see the NYT has gone to some rural diners in MN to find Minnesotans who hate the Twin Cities and think this is all justified.
Fuck them and the NYT. So many people eager to justify or praise the suffering of others.
Fuck them and the NYT. So many people eager to justify or praise the suffering of others.
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A parent waiting with their kid at the bus stop.
Parent arrested by ICE agents while waiting for school bus with child, principal says
School officials say students on the bus and at the stop might have seen the encounter.
www.kare11.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:40 AM
A parent waiting with their kid at the bus stop.
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Saint Paul schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for optional online learning.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
January 15, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Saint Paul schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for optional online learning.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
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ICE just confronted us in our car saying it’s our first & final warning. There’s nothing illegal about driving your car safely on Stinson, Lowry, or any street in our community.
They are purposefully surging at school get out times terrorizing our families. Ice needs to stay away from our kids.
They are purposefully surging at school get out times terrorizing our families. Ice needs to stay away from our kids.
January 14, 2026 at 9:57 PM
ICE just confronted us in our car saying it’s our first & final warning. There’s nothing illegal about driving your car safely on Stinson, Lowry, or any street in our community.
They are purposefully surging at school get out times terrorizing our families. Ice needs to stay away from our kids.
They are purposefully surging at school get out times terrorizing our families. Ice needs to stay away from our kids.
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Mind-boggling stuff: ICE has detained 4 Oglala men and is apparently demanding the Lakota--a nation of the continent's original inhabitants--“enter into an immigration agreement with ICE." www.twincities.com/2026/01/13/i...
Oglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detention
The detained tribal members are experiencing homelessness and living under a bridge in Minneapolis.
www.twincities.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mind-boggling stuff: ICE has detained 4 Oglala men and is apparently demanding the Lakota--a nation of the continent's original inhabitants--“enter into an immigration agreement with ICE." www.twincities.com/2026/01/13/i...
Can I link to a sad trombone sound in a product prospectus, and if I do, will I be able to resist rickrolling in a product prospectus?
January 14, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Can I link to a sad trombone sound in a product prospectus, and if I do, will I be able to resist rickrolling in a product prospectus?
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The fact that she had to have her wife write a column in the outlet she owns to defend her is really pathetic.
January 14, 2026 at 6:42 PM
The fact that she had to have her wife write a column in the outlet she owns to defend her is really pathetic.
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She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..."
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
‘I was flooded with fear’: Minnesotans describe their encounters with ICE, being detained
From an Uber driver to a school drop off, MPR News spoke with Minnesotans who were stopped or detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:42 PM
She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..."
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
If you tell people good things are possible, those good things will become popular as people come to believe in the vision of that better world.
We need to pick up this Overton Window and throw it as far as we can. Stop waiting for shit to “be popular” and start advocating for what is transparently right.
January 14, 2026 at 3:09 PM
If you tell people good things are possible, those good things will become popular as people come to believe in the vision of that better world.
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We need to pick up this Overton Window and throw it as far as we can. Stop waiting for shit to “be popular” and start advocating for what is transparently right.
January 14, 2026 at 3:02 PM
We need to pick up this Overton Window and throw it as far as we can. Stop waiting for shit to “be popular” and start advocating for what is transparently right.
The cold weather can’t get here fast enough. And we’ve got some sleet as prologue. I’m hoping for lots of frostbitten fascists breaking their coccyx falling down.
To any ICE agents reading this who are from down south—you have never experienced anything like this cold. Our European climate equivalent is literally Stalingrad. It will hurt to breathe. You will be outside in it. So will we, but we are used to it.
Next week is what will break you.
Next week is what will break you.
We've lead charmed weather lives so far in January.
Temperatures are +5F to +10F across MN so far this month. 🌡️
We're about to be reminded what persistent cold and occasional snow feels like. ❄️
MSP could bottom out -10 to -20 next Tue.
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Temperatures are +5F to +10F across MN so far this month. 🌡️
We're about to be reminded what persistent cold and occasional snow feels like. ❄️
MSP could bottom out -10 to -20 next Tue.
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 14, 2026 at 2:58 AM
The cold weather can’t get here fast enough. And we’ve got some sleet as prologue. I’m hoping for lots of frostbitten fascists breaking their coccyx falling down.
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We 100% need to abolish ICE. We also need a plan for what to do when these undereducated, armed, mad dudes lose their $200k gigs. They're not going to go quietly.
ICE AGENT: “I love my job. I can’t believe they pay me to do this. I’d do it for free. I only went to high school and I make $200,000.”
January 14, 2026 at 2:43 AM
We 100% need to abolish ICE. We also need a plan for what to do when these undereducated, armed, mad dudes lose their $200k gigs. They're not going to go quietly.
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Fighting ICE is fighting for the sort of pluralistic nation where Jews are safest.
The main fundraiser for the ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good was created by a self-described "White Independent Journalist" with a history of antisemitic online behavior.
Fundraiser for ICE Killer Is Busted Spewing Antisemitism
“Seems like a bad sign when the people raising money for you are Nazis,” one journalist noted.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Fighting ICE is fighting for the sort of pluralistic nation where Jews are safest.
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
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Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.