David Lublin
@davidlublin.bsky.social
Writing code, making art, and other stuff. Mostly yelling into the void. He / Him.
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David Lublin
@davidlublin.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Someone told me that bluesky doesn’t have enough cute animal pics, and they are right. You can never have enough. This is what the Internet was made for.
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You cannot detain or arrest a baby, you can only kidnap her. These people need to wear a scarlet letter, need to ring a bell to loudly declare their moral bankruptcy. Everyone must be allowed to avoid them until they have made amends.
January 24, 2026 at 12:18 AM
You cannot detain or arrest a baby, you can only kidnap her. These people need to wear a scarlet letter, need to ring a bell to loudly declare their moral bankruptcy. Everyone must be allowed to avoid them until they have made amends.
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It's really important to note that ICE is absolutely in Texas right now. They have the cooperation of local cops and state troopers, as well as the cooperation of state and local governments. Texans are being terrorized by law enforcement every single day. And we are also resisting hard.
January 23, 2026 at 10:23 PM
It's really important to note that ICE is absolutely in Texas right now. They have the cooperation of local cops and state troopers, as well as the cooperation of state and local governments. Texans are being terrorized by law enforcement every single day. And we are also resisting hard.
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A reminder that city idiot @ezraklein.bsky.social has been whining over & over the Dems need to run more candidates like Glusenkamp Perez and anti abortion creeps like Henry Cuellar to ‘win’
The seven Democrats who sided with Republicans were Reps. Henry Cuellar (Texas), Jared Golden (Maine), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.), Laura Gillen (N.Y.), Don Davis (N.C.), Tom Suozzi (N.Y.) and Vicente Gonzalez (Texas).
NEW: Federal agents have detailed a Spokane 10-year-old and her father.
They remain in a Texas immigration detention center.
The judge that is set to oversee the case has a 90%+ denial rate for asylum claims. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
They remain in a Texas immigration detention center.
The judge that is set to oversee the case has a 90%+ denial rate for asylum claims. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
January 23, 2026 at 10:17 PM
A reminder that city idiot @ezraklein.bsky.social has been whining over & over the Dems need to run more candidates like Glusenkamp Perez and anti abortion creeps like Henry Cuellar to ‘win’
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"Now isn't the time to bring up history." Really, because the people you claim to oppose are definitely making time to erase it.
"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
January 23, 2026 at 6:07 PM
"Now isn't the time to bring up history." Really, because the people you claim to oppose are definitely making time to erase it.
61% of responses said ICE has gone too far, 11% say not far enough, but somehow this equates to voters being split because the NYT has to “both sides” everything. 61% is closer to 2/3 than it is to a split down the middle, last time I checked my math here.
The Minnesota strike has made it to the top story on NYT. I am not a knee jerk NYT hater, but imo this is noteworthy given the paper’s relative lack of interest in other recent anti-Trump protest activity
January 23, 2026 at 2:49 PM
61% of responses said ICE has gone too far, 11% say not far enough, but somehow this equates to voters being split because the NYT has to “both sides” everything. 61% is closer to 2/3 than it is to a split down the middle, last time I checked my math here.
Remember how the ADL honored Jared Kushner back in 2024?
January 23, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Remember how the ADL honored Jared Kushner back in 2024?
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This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges
The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colle...
apnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:45 PM
This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.
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Hey if you have a problem with the White House sharing A.I. generated photos of their political enemies great reminder to not also do that
January 23, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Hey if you have a problem with the White House sharing A.I. generated photos of their political enemies great reminder to not also do that
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People “be” like JD Vance went to Yale Law school
Does that make it better or worse?
Does that make it better or worse?
January 23, 2026 at 2:15 PM
People “be” like JD Vance went to Yale Law school
Does that make it better or worse?
Does that make it better or worse?
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If I were running this account, I might’ve run a check first to see how many AFL-CIO–affiliated police bargaining units have existing contracts to work for ICE. I count at least four.
The horrific stories of the Trump admin’s militarized immigration enforcement are every parent’s worst nightmare.
ICE must immediately stop these dangerous operations and leave our communities and workplaces.
ICE must immediately stop these dangerous operations and leave our communities and workplaces.
ICE detains four children from Minnesota school district, school officials say
U.S. immigration authorities detained at least four children including a 5-year-old from a Minneapolis-area school district this month, school district officials said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:11 PM
If I were running this account, I might’ve run a check first to see how many AFL-CIO–affiliated police bargaining units have existing contracts to work for ICE. I count at least four.
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Cynically, DeLauro issued blistering statements against ICE, then negotiated the ICE funding deal, then personally voted against it, then celebrated with Republicans after passage. She's 82, represents Yale, and has a primary challenger.
👀 House Approp. Committee’s “top Democrat” @delauro.house.gov takes a “victory photo” with the top Republican of the committee Tom Cole after passing massive bills to fund the Trump regime incl. its out of control DHS/ICE squads unleashed in MN and elsewhere (arresting 5 yr olds etc) @notus.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Cynically, DeLauro issued blistering statements against ICE, then negotiated the ICE funding deal, then personally voted against it, then celebrated with Republicans after passage. She's 82, represents Yale, and has a primary challenger.
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👀 House Approp. Committee’s “top Democrat” @delauro.house.gov takes a “victory photo” with the top Republican of the committee Tom Cole after passing massive bills to fund the Trump regime incl. its out of control DHS/ICE squads unleashed in MN and elsewhere (arresting 5 yr olds etc) @notus.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:46 PM
👀 House Approp. Committee’s “top Democrat” @delauro.house.gov takes a “victory photo” with the top Republican of the committee Tom Cole after passing massive bills to fund the Trump regime incl. its out of control DHS/ICE squads unleashed in MN and elsewhere (arresting 5 yr olds etc) @notus.com
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National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
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Another day, another outrage; ICE under Trump is going to deport dozens of people to Iran, including two gay men previously arrested by the regime who face the death penalty for their orientation, and despite the ongoing crackdowns which have killed thousands.
An administration of total inhumanity.
An administration of total inhumanity.
January 23, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Another day, another outrage; ICE under Trump is going to deport dozens of people to Iran, including two gay men previously arrested by the regime who face the death penalty for their orientation, and despite the ongoing crackdowns which have killed thousands.
An administration of total inhumanity.
An administration of total inhumanity.
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The law protects me and binds others, this can't be right!!
this one here from Maine:
"[Sherriff] Joyce said he was originally behind the federal government’s effort to get criminals off the street, but the recruit’s arrest and how it was done is changing his mind."
www.wwnytv.com/2026/01/23/s...
"[Sherriff] Joyce said he was originally behind the federal government’s effort to get criminals off the street, but the recruit’s arrest and how it was done is changing his mind."
www.wwnytv.com/2026/01/23/s...
Sheriff calls out ICE for detaining corrections officer recruit: ‘He was squeaky clean’
Video shows ICE agents detain a corrections officer recruit in the middle of the street.
www.wwnytv.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:19 PM
The law protects me and binds others, this can't be right!!
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I read The Anxious Generation and once I saw he compared being trans to a contagion it immediately cast not only the rest of the book in doubt but everyone who has bought what he's selling hook line and sinker
It's incredible how effective transphobia is as a litmus test for SO many issues. Every time I find a new pro-surveillance tech stooge, they're transphobic. I think people need to understand how tightly the belief that the internet is turning everyone trans is bound up w mass surveillance efforts
Jonathan Haidt Promoted a Fringe Theory on Trans Youth — Assigned
The author of “The Anxiety Generation” told Margaret Hoover for PBS that young people become trans due to peer contagion effects. There is no evidence for this claim.
www.assignedmedia.org
January 23, 2026 at 1:11 PM
I read The Anxious Generation and once I saw he compared being trans to a contagion it immediately cast not only the rest of the book in doubt but everyone who has bought what he's selling hook line and sinker
A friend in CT recently told me that his normie mom joined an ICE watch group months ago, and his sister had already been pepper sprayed by agents for blocking an ICE vehicle at a protest. Stuff happening there is going under the radar compared to the bigger invasions.
Fear, arrests and know-your-rights: How one school district is grappling with ICE coming to town
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — “They took her, they took her, they took her.” Those were some of the words Assistant Principal Cora Muñoz could discern while on the phone with the guardian of one of her students.…
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — “They took her, they took her, they took her.” Those were some of the words Assistant Principal Cora Muñoz could discern while on the phone with the guardian of one of her students.…
Fear, arrests and know-your-rights: How one school district is grappling with ICE coming to town
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — “They took her, they took her, they took her.” Those were some of the words Assistant Principal Cora Muñoz could discern while on the phone with the guardian of one of her students. As the caller sobbed and struggled to speak, Muñoz realized that immigration enforcement agents had detained a kid from Wilbur Cross, the high school she helps lead. Again. There was a reason why Muñoz was a go-to contact for the student and her guardian: She — and New Haven public schools more broadly — have worked hard to earn the trust of immigrant families in their diverse district, even as the second Trump administration has made it easier for immigration officers to enter schools and launched a mass deportation campaign.
hechingerreport.org
January 23, 2026 at 1:03 PM
A friend in CT recently told me that his normie mom joined an ICE watch group months ago, and his sister had already been pepper sprayed by agents for blocking an ICE vehicle at a protest. Stuff happening there is going under the radar compared to the bigger invasions.
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To be fair, 3 years ago they were claiming the "effects" took 5-7 years. In three years, it'll be "11-14 years".
One thing I've noticed from watching 'gender critical' activists is that consequences are always 10 years away, no matter when you ask them.
There's no study that shows that after 8 to 10 years trans people being to regret transition, of course.
This is based on nothing at all.
There's no study that shows that after 8 to 10 years trans people being to regret transition, of course.
This is based on nothing at all.
January 23, 2026 at 12:58 PM
To be fair, 3 years ago they were claiming the "effects" took 5-7 years. In three years, it'll be "11-14 years".
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the lack of webmidi support on safari & all iOS browsers pisses me off. thankyou for your attention to this matter.
January 23, 2026 at 12:54 PM
the lack of webmidi support on safari & all iOS browsers pisses me off. thankyou for your attention to this matter.
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Whenever I hear prominent Democrats saying "This is not who we are" after some racist violence I want to barf. Saying a false platitude is part of the reason we can't progress.
“If one is honest about the history of the United States, it prominently features white violence, terrorism and revanchism, particularly toward Black people, Indigenous people and women.” — @sorayanadiamcdonald.com
andscape.com/features/cap...
andscape.com/features/cap...
The dangerous magical thinking of ‘this is not who we are’ - Andscape
Since the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, there have been statements from white people across the political spectrum, including President-elect Joe Biden, that repeat variations of the sa...
andscape.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Whenever I hear prominent Democrats saying "This is not who we are" after some racist violence I want to barf. Saying a false platitude is part of the reason we can't progress.
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I know some people are cynical about everything now and just say “eh, what do you expect” at every new low, but really this is just astonishing and outrageous, and I don’t think we should shrug at that www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:32 AM
I know some people are cynical about everything now and just say “eh, what do you expect” at every new low, but really this is just astonishing and outrageous, and I don’t think we should shrug at that www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Long Island has two Dem reps and two Republican reps and they all voted for ICE funding
NEW: DHS appropriations bill funding ICE passes 220-207
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
January 23, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Long Island has two Dem reps and two Republican reps and they all voted for ICE funding
Once again tapping the sign for Dan Goldman openly saying that when it came to “antisemitism” he’s aligned and eager to work with the Trump administration. How much of what Noem and Rubio are doing is he personally aware of and signing off on?
!["I'm eager to work with President Trump on this issue [antisemitism], where we are very much aligned," Goldman continued. "And I think that the president understands that we're not going to agree on many things, but he would also, I think, support that view, that where we can, we should."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ssuntomcuqizr3jl53slgdrv/bafkreihfc7w6j2ztwesofn76w2ruzg6dep752ujeuc5rx4p2yp2ocm67oa@jpeg)
January 23, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Once again tapping the sign for Dan Goldman openly saying that when it came to “antisemitism” he’s aligned and eager to work with the Trump administration. How much of what Noem and Rubio are doing is he personally aware of and signing off on?
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