Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast)
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Freelance Writer, Academic, anti fascism, authoritarianism,modern propaganda, weaponized unreality whisperer on the dystopia beat. iwwfju member bylines: splinternews
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I’m going to say it again, generative AI and the push for it to be used in every Avenue of learning and education is because generative AI literally is a weapon for knowledge destruction not a knowledge creation tool and silicon valleys goal is to monetize and gate off all of human knowledge
We all are learning to be candles in the darkness of fascism
There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry
January 25, 2026 at 4:34 AM
We all are learning to be candles in the darkness of fascism
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“I live on a rural island in Alaska, reachable only by plane or boat. In our little town, 50 to 100 people stand outside each week at our town's roundabout to protest and hold vigil and stand in solidarity with you. We hold signs supporting Minnesota and demanding ICE Out.”
Rachel, Alaska
Rachel, Alaska
i havent shut off the notification for this form and it has just been vibrating every minute in my hand.
just a steady beat.
just a steady beat.
Love Notes
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January 25, 2026 at 4:07 AM
“I live on a rural island in Alaska, reachable only by plane or boat. In our little town, 50 to 100 people stand outside each week at our town's roundabout to protest and hold vigil and stand in solidarity with you. We hold signs supporting Minnesota and demanding ICE Out.”
Rachel, Alaska
Rachel, Alaska
Alex you will not be forgotten.
three candles are lit in a dark room with a black background
ALT: three candles are lit in a dark room with a black background
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January 25, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Alex you will not be forgotten.
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Mood in minneapolis right now
January 24, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Mood in minneapolis right now
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This was a death squad.
January 24, 2026 at 9:37 PM
This was a death squad.
Large convoy of ice vehicles heading south on Nicolette at 31st. Bovino is with this convoy.
January 21, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Large convoy of ice vehicles heading south on Nicolette at 31st. Bovino is with this convoy.
The federal governments fascist war against the free people of America is accelerating everywhere now.
Another shooting from federal immigration agents. This time in California
abc7.com/post/shootin...
abc7.com/post/shootin...
Federal agent opens fire in Willowbrook, prompting massive response from authorities
A shooting involving a federal agent on Wednesday morning in Willowbrook prompted a large response from local and federal authorities.
abc7.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The federal governments fascist war against the free people of America is accelerating everywhere now.
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listen, you can’t hate america more than americans hate america.
January 21, 2026 at 3:39 PM
listen, you can’t hate america more than americans hate america.
They want to shoot us so badly.
Border Commander Greg Bovino stands outside a South Minneapolis gas station this morning with BORTAC officers in what seemed like an effort to draw more and more people to the scene as other agents shoot high resolution video of the crowd yelling and blowing whistles.
January 21, 2026 at 5:33 PM
They want to shoot us so badly.
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I have been told that this undercover ICE agent tried to get observers to scan a QR code “for his website”. The QR code did not resolve to a link.
DO NOT SCAN UNKNOWN QR CODES FROM STRANGERS.
This is a massive security risk! Bad things can happen to you if you do it!
Stay frosty, friends.
DO NOT SCAN UNKNOWN QR CODES FROM STRANGERS.
This is a massive security risk! Bad things can happen to you if you do it!
Stay frosty, friends.
Every day some story breaks me some. Today it’s the guy who approached parents at a school patrol, told them he was with Indivisible, and asked about how the patrol system works. The parents gave vague answers, followed him back to his car — and of course it was ICE.
January 21, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I have been told that this undercover ICE agent tried to get observers to scan a QR code “for his website”. The QR code did not resolve to a link.
DO NOT SCAN UNKNOWN QR CODES FROM STRANGERS.
This is a massive security risk! Bad things can happen to you if you do it!
Stay frosty, friends.
DO NOT SCAN UNKNOWN QR CODES FROM STRANGERS.
This is a massive security risk! Bad things can happen to you if you do it!
Stay frosty, friends.
white European liberals spent decades telling themselves and everyone that will listen that they have never been racist, imperialist or colonialist it was always just America that did that and everyone else was just a poor little bean.
Europe still can’t admit it’s racism or colonialism.
Europe still can’t admit it’s racism or colonialism.
The idea that there are no protests in the US and no one is standing up to Trump is proving incredibly hard to kill over here in Germany. It’s become dogma, utterly detached from empirical reality.
I wonder if the people who keep talking like that understand they’re perpetuating regime propaganda.
I wonder if the people who keep talking like that understand they’re perpetuating regime propaganda.
January 21, 2026 at 3:52 PM
white European liberals spent decades telling themselves and everyone that will listen that they have never been racist, imperialist or colonialist it was always just America that did that and everyone else was just a poor little bean.
Europe still can’t admit it’s racism or colonialism.
Europe still can’t admit it’s racism or colonialism.
Like I said late last night it feels like the fascists are accelerating and expanding the raids here
Today already feels bad.
Today already feels bad.
They are absolutely fucking everywhere today. If you can be out, go out
Dear neighbor,
We are seeing an increase in immigration enforcement and federal agents across South Minneapolis. This includes the sighting of Bovino at 34th and Cedar. There’s definitely an uptick compared to the last few days. 1/
We are seeing an increase in immigration enforcement and federal agents across South Minneapolis. This includes the sighting of Bovino at 34th and Cedar. There’s definitely an uptick compared to the last few days. 1/
January 21, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Like I said late last night it feels like the fascists are accelerating and expanding the raids here
Today already feels bad.
Today already feels bad.
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Unless they are stopped, all the worst things that Trump and the Republican Party are going to do are in the future, not the past.
This makes stopping them the highest priority for the future of human life on the planet.
This makes stopping them the highest priority for the future of human life on the planet.
January 21, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Unless they are stopped, all the worst things that Trump and the Republican Party are going to do are in the future, not the past.
This makes stopping them the highest priority for the future of human life on the planet.
This makes stopping them the highest priority for the future of human life on the planet.
It’s fun when white dudes from London prove they are never going to change from being the loud, obnoxious colonizers with zero self awareness
I don't think the Americans, and yes, I mean all of you, are prepared for how hated you now are by everyone.
Its not going away folks. Youve lost all rights to speak to us without being told to go fuck yourselves.
Its not going away folks. Youve lost all rights to speak to us without being told to go fuck yourselves.
Lutnick heckled in Davos. FT: “The gathering on Tuesday night descended into uproar after combative remarks from Lutnick, the people said, with widespread jeering, some guests walking out and appeals for calm from Fink.”
January 21, 2026 at 3:42 PM
It’s fun when white dudes from London prove they are never going to change from being the loud, obnoxious colonizers with zero self awareness
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Anyone who thinks European libs "suddenly now" hate the US is a fucking mark Europe has used USA as a foil to disavow their own European colonial history and racism for decades, European libs and even leftists insisted racism only exists in the US and that USians are *various phobic stereotypes*
January 21, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Anyone who thinks European libs "suddenly now" hate the US is a fucking mark Europe has used USA as a foil to disavow their own European colonial history and racism for decades, European libs and even leftists insisted racism only exists in the US and that USians are *various phobic stereotypes*
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Dear neighbor,
We are seeing an increase in immigration enforcement and federal agents across South Minneapolis. This includes the sighting of Bovino at 34th and Cedar. There’s definitely an uptick compared to the last few days. 1/
We are seeing an increase in immigration enforcement and federal agents across South Minneapolis. This includes the sighting of Bovino at 34th and Cedar. There’s definitely an uptick compared to the last few days. 1/
January 21, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Dear neighbor,
We are seeing an increase in immigration enforcement and federal agents across South Minneapolis. This includes the sighting of Bovino at 34th and Cedar. There’s definitely an uptick compared to the last few days. 1/
We are seeing an increase in immigration enforcement and federal agents across South Minneapolis. This includes the sighting of Bovino at 34th and Cedar. There’s definitely an uptick compared to the last few days. 1/
that ring camera your neighbors have? It’s a fascist snitch and will be used to round up people you care about.
Your Alexa ?
Whelp I have some bad news about Amazon and it’s increasingly blurry relationship with law enforcement and ice.
Your Alexa ?
Whelp I have some bad news about Amazon and it’s increasingly blurry relationship with law enforcement and ice.
January 21, 2026 at 6:55 AM
that ring camera your neighbors have? It’s a fascist snitch and will be used to round up people you care about.
Your Alexa ?
Whelp I have some bad news about Amazon and it’s increasingly blurry relationship with law enforcement and ice.
Your Alexa ?
Whelp I have some bad news about Amazon and it’s increasingly blurry relationship with law enforcement and ice.
They are the two most dangerous people in the White House and they have a very similar worldview the same worldview we are already seeing play out. It’s always been their agenda this time around
Do we know anything about what the relationship is between Vance and Miller?
January 21, 2026 at 5:50 AM
They are the two most dangerous people in the White House and they have a very similar worldview the same worldview we are already seeing play out. It’s always been their agenda this time around
This is a concern I I’ve shared publicly many times recently but I will say it again.
The rightwing propaganda machine is actively creating a surrogate terror movement of civilians working in concert with fascist foot soldiers to instigate violence and unrest in blue cities and states
The rightwing propaganda machine is actively creating a surrogate terror movement of civilians working in concert with fascist foot soldiers to instigate violence and unrest in blue cities and states
🚨 SAC!: Yesterday, legal observers at the Sacramento anti-ICE camp were attacked with bats and bear spray by a parade of MAGA pro-Trump supporters.
If you have more information related to this event, please send to our email LavenderAngels@riseup.net
If you have more information related to this event, please send to our email LavenderAngels@riseup.net
January 21, 2026 at 4:03 AM
This is a concern I I’ve shared publicly many times recently but I will say it again.
The rightwing propaganda machine is actively creating a surrogate terror movement of civilians working in concert with fascist foot soldiers to instigate violence and unrest in blue cities and states
The rightwing propaganda machine is actively creating a surrogate terror movement of civilians working in concert with fascist foot soldiers to instigate violence and unrest in blue cities and states
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We cannot normalize this federal occupation of Minneapolis.
It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents.
This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.
It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents.
This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.
January 20, 2026 at 6:16 PM
We cannot normalize this federal occupation of Minneapolis.
It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents.
This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.
It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents.
This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.
Sorry the NeoLiberal consultant class has decided that that’s not an acceptable position to hold so the best they can do is offer you body cams and live cameras inside of the death camps.
January 21, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Sorry the NeoLiberal consultant class has decided that that’s not an acceptable position to hold so the best they can do is offer you body cams and live cameras inside of the death camps.
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politics the right way?
Nick Fuentes urging Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota: "Bro, do it. Do something. Just stop chickening out. I'm just tired of the idle threats... Please pull the trigger. Please kill them, Mr. President. Please just kill them."
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
Nick Fuentes: “Please pull the trigger. Please kill them, Mr. President. … I'm not actually wishing for violence, but please send in the military and restore order.”
www.mediamatters.org
January 21, 2026 at 1:54 AM
politics the right way?
Tonight it is really feeling like they are amping up the nighttime raids and attacks across the city. I’ve seen four different reports in the last 10 minutes from different distinct areas in Minneapolis saying they are seeing abductions and weapons drawn by federal forces.
January 21, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Tonight it is really feeling like they are amping up the nighttime raids and attacks across the city. I’ve seen four different reports in the last 10 minutes from different distinct areas in Minneapolis saying they are seeing abductions and weapons drawn by federal forces.
Remind her that nick Fuentes is one of the most influential voices in the Penright fascist movement that is backing Trump and since Charlie Kirk’s death has been radicalizing people nationwide at accelerated rate
Nick Fuentes urging Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota: "Bro, do it. Do something. Just stop chickening out. I'm just tired of the idle threats... Please pull the trigger. Please kill them, Mr. President. Please just kill them."
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
Nick Fuentes: “Please pull the trigger. Please kill them, Mr. President. … I'm not actually wishing for violence, but please send in the military and restore order.”
www.mediamatters.org
January 20, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Remind her that nick Fuentes is one of the most influential voices in the Penright fascist movement that is backing Trump and since Charlie Kirk’s death has been radicalizing people nationwide at accelerated rate