Cat Rocketship
@catrocketship.bsky.social
they/them
Sticker gremlin, mural conjurer, and skeleton doodler. Art fueled by bugs, queerness, and the pure chaos of existence. i used to work in comms for a political org so maybe we met there
https://linktr.ee/catrocketship for more art
Sticker gremlin, mural conjurer, and skeleton doodler. Art fueled by bugs, queerness, and the pure chaos of existence. i used to work in comms for a political org so maybe we met there
https://linktr.ee/catrocketship for more art
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Renee Good's widow shared this statement with us today. It's absolutely heart-wrenching. 💔
February 8, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Renee Good's widow shared this statement with us today. It's absolutely heart-wrenching. 💔
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And to think Minnesotans were asking Walz a month ago to use plows to block ICE from exiting Whipple to raid our communities, and finally he uses it FOR ICE. Outrageous.
Tim Walz going full on nazi collaborator by using the dnr to protect ice from protesters, and mndot plows to block ambulances from getting to whipple
February 8, 2026 at 5:15 AM
And to think Minnesotans were asking Walz a month ago to use plows to block ICE from exiting Whipple to raid our communities, and finally he uses it FOR ICE. Outrageous.
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My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.
February 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.
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If ICE gets even one of these facilities fully up and running, it’ll immediately be the second-largest jail in the country behind only Rikers Island.
The proposed centers are so large that some could house as many as 8,000 detainees at once, according to a DHS spreadsheet of more than 20 potential locations that was verified by NBC News. The largest federal prison in the U.S., for example, has roughly 4,000 inmates.
ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern
Sources at two government contractors told NBC News they were worried that new warehouses — and the large numbers of immigrants who would be housed in them — would present safety problems.
www.nbcnews.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:43 AM
If ICE gets even one of these facilities fully up and running, it’ll immediately be the second-largest jail in the country behind only Rikers Island.
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
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Alright folks, I’m back on my barnraising bullshit with @ziibiing.com and Stand With Minnesota. 🌻
There are 2 rent needs im barnraising for this weekend: one for $800 and one for $2600.
V: colocha_rachel
$: ColochaRachel
Please chip in or share as you can.
There are 2 rent needs im barnraising for this weekend: one for $800 and one for $2600.
V: colocha_rachel
$: ColochaRachel
Please chip in or share as you can.
a large red barn is being built in a grassy field with a cloud gif in the corner
Alt: a large red barn is being built by many people in a grassy field with a cloud gif in the corner
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Alright folks, I’m back on my barnraising bullshit with @ziibiing.com and Stand With Minnesota. 🌻
There are 2 rent needs im barnraising for this weekend: one for $800 and one for $2600.
V: colocha_rachel
$: ColochaRachel
Please chip in or share as you can.
There are 2 rent needs im barnraising for this weekend: one for $800 and one for $2600.
V: colocha_rachel
$: ColochaRachel
Please chip in or share as you can.
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You can be mad at the people documenting all you want but that won't change the fact that state and local police departments have played (and will continue to play) an instrumental role in allowing DHS to operate unimpeded. That's kind of just what cops are designed to do.
February 7, 2026 at 10:16 PM
You can be mad at the people documenting all you want but that won't change the fact that state and local police departments have played (and will continue to play) an instrumental role in allowing DHS to operate unimpeded. That's kind of just what cops are designed to do.
Local police. Not ICE. Because they will both put down resistance efforts in the same way.
🚨BREAKING: Local Minneapolis police SWARM ICE protesters making mass arrests in front of ICE prison. One protesters forehead is gushing blood ⬇️
February 7, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Local police. Not ICE. Because they will both put down resistance efforts in the same way.
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The problem with ICE is not “training” or “accountability.” It is the mission of the agency on its face.
DHS and ICE didn’t start up until 2003. It doesn’t have to be this way.
DHS and ICE didn’t start up until 2003. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.pressherald.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:42 PM
The problem with ICE is not “training” or “accountability.” It is the mission of the agency on its face.
DHS and ICE didn’t start up until 2003. It doesn’t have to be this way.
DHS and ICE didn’t start up until 2003. It doesn’t have to be this way.
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My latest: Applauding community defense is not enough. We are organizing resistance to a concentration camp regime. The front lines are everywhere.
(Plus resources and my must-reads list!)
(Plus resources and my must-reads list!)
When the Headlines Change but the Violence Doesn’t
“This is not a cruel novelty project. It’s infrastructure, designed for permanence and expansion.”
organizingmythoughts.org
February 7, 2026 at 3:52 PM
My latest: Applauding community defense is not enough. We are organizing resistance to a concentration camp regime. The front lines are everywhere.
(Plus resources and my must-reads list!)
(Plus resources and my must-reads list!)
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it also looks like shorter work weeks, universal free/low-cost childcare, rent caps, walkable cities/accessible and reliable public transport, free education and healthcare...essentially, eliminating the conditions that keep people exhausted, in debt, financially insecure and time-poor.
Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 7, 2026 at 5:17 AM
it also looks like shorter work weeks, universal free/low-cost childcare, rent caps, walkable cities/accessible and reliable public transport, free education and healthcare...essentially, eliminating the conditions that keep people exhausted, in debt, financially insecure and time-poor.
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And why is no one legally authorized to inspect them allowed inside?
Why isn't news of Trump building vast concentration camps being treated as a national emergency?
February 7, 2026 at 2:36 AM
And why is no one legally authorized to inspect them allowed inside?
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
Update: They succeeded: www.mississippifreepress.org/byhalia-ice-...
February 7, 2026 at 2:14 AM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
Woody said this many many times and did we listen
Woody Guthrie told us in 1950. Racism is a Trump family legacy.
February 7, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Woody said this many many times and did we listen
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one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it
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I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
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On a similar note, as Mamdani continues to notch W after W you’re going to start seeing opinion pieces about how this could never work in any city other than New York, etc., etc. Do not engage! It’s just entrenched power bullshit and that’s all! Don’t let them make that a conversation!
February 6, 2026 at 7:04 PM
On a similar note, as Mamdani continues to notch W after W you’re going to start seeing opinion pieces about how this could never work in any city other than New York, etc., etc. Do not engage! It’s just entrenched power bullshit and that’s all! Don’t let them make that a conversation!
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students lead
BREAKING: 4 students at the University of Minnesota are currently chained to Morrill Hall, demanding that their school end all cooperations with ICE and establish itself as a sanctuary campus.
February 6, 2026 at 9:26 PM
students lead
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BOISE: ICE raided Spanish speaking daycare this morning for a "targeted pick-up". One adult person taken, don't think any others but unsure. PODER is engaging and Wrest is aware and available to those impacted in a support capacity. Idaho Statesman had a reporter on scene shortly after.
February 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
BOISE: ICE raided Spanish speaking daycare this morning for a "targeted pick-up". One adult person taken, don't think any others but unsure. PODER is engaging and Wrest is aware and available to those impacted in a support capacity. Idaho Statesman had a reporter on scene shortly after.
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Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.
February 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.
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I'm at the Olympics and the entire stadium booed JD Vance. 😌
February 6, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I'm at the Olympics and the entire stadium booed JD Vance. 😌
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I know people the memory of goldfish but ICE is still very much active here in Los Angeles, LAPD helps them most of the time, and people are still resisting. Local media is still covering it so follow @lataco.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 3:08 AM
I know people the memory of goldfish but ICE is still very much active here in Los Angeles, LAPD helps them most of the time, and people are still resisting. Local media is still covering it so follow @lataco.bsky.social
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A good thing you can do about this instead of dooming is Google “how to become a poll observer in [your town]”
Breaking:
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
February 5, 2026 at 9:39 PM
A good thing you can do about this instead of dooming is Google “how to become a poll observer in [your town]”
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Incredible stuff happening at Spencer’s Gifts
February 5, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Incredible stuff happening at Spencer’s Gifts
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Another concentration camp is going up in NY
www.monroegazette.com/p/frequently...
www.monroegazette.com/p/frequently...
Frequently Asked Questions About the Concentration Camp Next Door
You have questions about what’s happening in Chester and how it impacts our region. I have answers.
www.monroegazette.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Another concentration camp is going up in NY
www.monroegazette.com/p/frequently...
www.monroegazette.com/p/frequently...