Darcy Conaty
@dconaty.bsky.social
Old queer nerd, recently retired. Books, games, currently LOTS of politics
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ESPECIALLY NOW in a world completely drowning in propaganda and misinformation and disinformation it is SO IMPORTANT to cite our sources and ask people to do so as well.
We HAVE to know where information comes from and we have to always be firm about asking.
We HAVE to know where information comes from and we have to always be firm about asking.
If I ask you to cite your sources and you get offended I’m just gonna go ahead and assume you don’t have any.
January 10, 2026 at 2:37 PM
ESPECIALLY NOW in a world completely drowning in propaganda and misinformation and disinformation it is SO IMPORTANT to cite our sources and ask people to do so as well.
We HAVE to know where information comes from and we have to always be firm about asking.
We HAVE to know where information comes from and we have to always be firm about asking.
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The decision has been made to break an American city. It is an experiment. We must do all we can (legally) to help Minneapolis hold on.
if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.
January 10, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The decision has been made to break an American city. It is an experiment. We must do all we can (legally) to help Minneapolis hold on.
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We put out a call for #ICEOutForGood vigils 24 hours ago. There are now more than 1000 events taking place across the country this weekend. Find yours: www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
January 10, 2026 at 2:42 AM
We put out a call for #ICEOutForGood vigils 24 hours ago. There are now more than 1000 events taking place across the country this weekend. Find yours: www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
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A career federal agent says that in 25 years, a fleeing vehicle has never justified killing its occupant, and officers should never stand in front of a running car. CBS reportedly pulled the interview, but it posted on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Retired ICE agent breaks down deadly Minneapolis shooting
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:55 AM
A career federal agent says that in 25 years, a fleeing vehicle has never justified killing its occupant, and officers should never stand in front of a running car. CBS reportedly pulled the interview, but it posted on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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"They shot my dog. I say my dog because this experience taught me something about fascists: if you don't admit to owning the world's stray dogs, they'll shoot them. And one day they'll be back. For you. With the boxcars."
-William Gibson
-William Gibson
March 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"They shot my dog. I say my dog because this experience taught me something about fascists: if you don't admit to owning the world's stray dogs, they'll shoot them. And one day they'll be back. For you. With the boxcars."
-William Gibson
-William Gibson
Part of me was picturing the "Stop, he's already dead" meme, but mostly I was cheering, "Yes, YES - hit them again!"
January 10, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Part of me was picturing the "Stop, he's already dead" meme, but mostly I was cheering, "Yes, YES - hit them again!"
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Lmao apparently people near me are freaking out about a non binary teacher
And I am watching the entire community come together to dunk on the much smaller group of transphobic dipshits and it is DELICIOUS
The local newspaper even snarkily wrote about them and I am CRYING
And I am watching the entire community come together to dunk on the much smaller group of transphobic dipshits and it is DELICIOUS
The local newspaper even snarkily wrote about them and I am CRYING
January 9, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Lmao apparently people near me are freaking out about a non binary teacher
And I am watching the entire community come together to dunk on the much smaller group of transphobic dipshits and it is DELICIOUS
The local newspaper even snarkily wrote about them and I am CRYING
And I am watching the entire community come together to dunk on the much smaller group of transphobic dipshits and it is DELICIOUS
The local newspaper even snarkily wrote about them and I am CRYING
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It would be nice if an entity could set up a web portal where non-Americans who changed their plans to vacation in the U.S. could log the money they spent traveling to and visiting their alternate destination. A real-time tally would be revealing and helpful in combatting this belligerent admin.
January 9, 2026 at 9:49 PM
It would be nice if an entity could set up a web portal where non-Americans who changed their plans to vacation in the U.S. could log the money they spent traveling to and visiting their alternate destination. A real-time tally would be revealing and helpful in combatting this belligerent admin.
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UPDATE: Someone who needs help with their Social Security could soon get directed to a staffer across the country, instead of at their local field office.
Social Security needs full staffing — NOT a scheme destined to fail.
More details in the 🧵
Social Security needs full staffing — NOT a scheme destined to fail.
More details in the 🧵
January 9, 2026 at 9:51 PM
UPDATE: Someone who needs help with their Social Security could soon get directed to a staffer across the country, instead of at their local field office.
Social Security needs full staffing — NOT a scheme destined to fail.
More details in the 🧵
Social Security needs full staffing — NOT a scheme destined to fail.
More details in the 🧵
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Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org
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religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
Elon Musk Just Endorsed Blatant White Nationalism And the Silence is Deafening
On Thursday morning Elon Musk retweeted (with a ‘100%’ endorsement) a post declaring that:
If white men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while...
religiondispatches.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
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Hey, First Nations and Native North American folks: new model of land sovereignty embraced by US government
Trump talks about Denmark and Greenland just now: "The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land."
January 9, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Hey, First Nations and Native North American folks: new model of land sovereignty embraced by US government
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“Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on Friday called on members of the public to send any video or other evidence in the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis directly to her office.” #minn #Good 🤳⚖️
January 9, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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Literally the first news outlet I've seen directly quoting her wife. Even the NPR piece on Renee Good that aired this morning made no mention of Becca Good whatsoever.
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she ‘nurtured kindness’
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
www.mprnews.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Literally the first news outlet I've seen directly quoting her wife. Even the NPR piece on Renee Good that aired this morning made no mention of Becca Good whatsoever.
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To reiterate, there is no liability for naming any law officer who uses force -- whether justified or not. Courts have consistently ruled that an officer's name, rank, posting and employment history are PUBLIC INFORMATION. Do not confuse the issue by implying anyone erred by delivering that info.
If anyone is liable for identifying the killer, it’s Noem. She made the mistake of mentioning another incident with a vehicle he was in, and it was easy to look back for the reports that named Ross.
Note from a veteran police reporter:
NAMING law officers who use lethal force under any and every circumstance IS NOT doxxing. It is journalism. Officers who invoke lethal force are ID'd publicly as a standard -- or were when we were a republic. Asdress, no. Name, rank, posting, etc. -- yes.
NAMING law officers who use lethal force under any and every circumstance IS NOT doxxing. It is journalism. Officers who invoke lethal force are ID'd publicly as a standard -- or were when we were a republic. Asdress, no. Name, rank, posting, etc. -- yes.
January 9, 2026 at 4:36 PM
To reiterate, there is no liability for naming any law officer who uses force -- whether justified or not. Courts have consistently ruled that an officer's name, rank, posting and employment history are PUBLIC INFORMATION. Do not confuse the issue by implying anyone erred by delivering that info.
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FREE THE FROG
Protest Frog, 5 others arrested near ICE building after Border Patrol shoots 2 people in SE Portland
Most of the arrests occurred around 9 p.m. after officers, using a loudspeaker, instructed demonstrators to move out of the street to allow car traffic in the area.
www.oregonlive.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:36 PM
FREE THE FROG
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Stop falling for the “untrained” narrative.
NEW: Jonathan Ross is former National Guard and Border Patrol and has been part of ICE's SWAT equivalent, a team leader overseeing FBI, ATF, and IRS agents, and a firearms instructor, according to testimony obtained by WIRED. This is from @hudsongiles.bsky.social and me:
ICE Agent Who Reportedly Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer, Per Testimony
Jonathan Ross told a federal court in December about his professional background, including “hundreds” of encounters with drivers during enforcement actions, according to testimony obtained by WIRED.
www.wired.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Stop falling for the “untrained” narrative.
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One reason I feel like I'm going mad is, even if Musk did immediately halt Grok and issue a grovelling apology - rather than PAYWALLING IT - he should *still* be prosecuted and his website banned. Very obviously! You don't get out of CSAM charges by just stopping. AND HE STILL HASN'T STOPPED.
Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:46 AM
One reason I feel like I'm going mad is, even if Musk did immediately halt Grok and issue a grovelling apology - rather than PAYWALLING IT - he should *still* be prosecuted and his website banned. Very obviously! You don't get out of CSAM charges by just stopping. AND HE STILL HASN'T STOPPED.
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Pope Leo in State of the World address: “War is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading. The principle established after the Second World War, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
January 9, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Pope Leo in State of the World address: “War is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading. The principle established after the Second World War, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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New in PN: The dehumanization machine speeds up
"Months after the nation and world were appalled by George Floyd’s murder, it became an event with two different truths. With the killing of Good, the right has not even deigned to admit the heinousness of the event before deciding she had it coming."
"Months after the nation and world were appalled by George Floyd’s murder, it became an event with two different truths. With the killing of Good, the right has not even deigned to admit the heinousness of the event before deciding she had it coming."
The right-wing dehumanization machine is speeding up
They're skipping right past thoughts and prayers.
www.publicnotice.co
January 9, 2026 at 12:43 PM
New in PN: The dehumanization machine speeds up
"Months after the nation and world were appalled by George Floyd’s murder, it became an event with two different truths. With the killing of Good, the right has not even deigned to admit the heinousness of the event before deciding she had it coming."
"Months after the nation and world were appalled by George Floyd’s murder, it became an event with two different truths. With the killing of Good, the right has not even deigned to admit the heinousness of the event before deciding she had it coming."
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Great thread. I will add one thing: it’s very clear that when ICE is going into a new city, it’s not going into a city who hasn’t learned. Organizers are sharing. They start and people already have every license plate number they’ve used and are tracking their vehicles on day one.
They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
"The Department of Homeland Security plans to pause operations in Chicago — where Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, has led controversial arrest efforts — to support the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota."
January 9, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Great thread. I will add one thing: it’s very clear that when ICE is going into a new city, it’s not going into a city who hasn’t learned. Organizers are sharing. They start and people already have every license plate number they’ve used and are tracking their vehicles on day one.
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They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
"The Department of Homeland Security plans to pause operations in Chicago — where Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, has led controversial arrest efforts — to support the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota."
Trump Administration Deploying More Border Patrol Agents to Minnesota
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:17 PM
They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
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This book -- "The War Before the War" by Andrew Delbanco -- tracks how the Fugitive Slave Act made the Civil War inevitable by making it impossible for Northerners to avoid the human horrors of slavery. A lot of echoes: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/529299...
January 9, 2026 at 12:44 PM
This book -- "The War Before the War" by Andrew Delbanco -- tracks how the Fugitive Slave Act made the Civil War inevitable by making it impossible for Northerners to avoid the human horrors of slavery. A lot of echoes: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/529299...
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Looking for someone who studies vaccine hesitancy for a story in Nature. Short turnaround, so need someone today or Monday. If that's you, drop me a line!
January 9, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Looking for someone who studies vaccine hesitancy for a story in Nature. Short turnaround, so need someone today or Monday. If that's you, drop me a line!
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This afternoon, retired Army general Stanley McChrystal spoke at the retirement ceremony hosted by HRC for six trans service members who were forced out under Trump’s ban.
“I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”
Full remarks:
“I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”
Full remarks:
January 8, 2026 at 11:39 PM
This afternoon, retired Army general Stanley McChrystal spoke at the retirement ceremony hosted by HRC for six trans service members who were forced out under Trump’s ban.
“I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”
Full remarks:
“I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”
Full remarks:
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The deadline to register & be Hugo-voting-eligible is January 31st!
Did you know that ANYONE can vote in the Hugo Awards? Read on to find out how:
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Anyone Can Vote in the Hugo Awards — And Here's How - Reactor
You — yes, you! — can nominate work and vote for the winners of the 2026 Hugo Awards!
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January 9, 2026 at 12:03 AM
The deadline to register & be Hugo-voting-eligible is January 31st!