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New potato pie of defiance
@drlatigo.bsky.social
Veterinarian and weenie dog herder. Pie-man, blue boxes, Treks and Discworld. She/her/Dr. LLAP
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“Fear is a strange soil. Mainly it grows obedience like corn, which grows in rows and makes weeding easy. But sometimes it grows the potatoes of defiance, which flourish underground”
Sir Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
Pili likes to sit on the back of the couch like a kitty. Enjoy the fuzzy foot view
January 29, 2026 at 4:33 AM
The Boss says, you effed up-
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:
So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?
January 27, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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gee whiz it would be really great if the opposition party smelled blood in the water right now and went on a full offensive to harness this spark of momentum
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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Long way to go yet but I think it's worth pointing out that the entire rightwing media ecosystem went all in on the idea that Americans, or at least enough of us, would accept the idea that the government should be able to murder people in the street and they failed utterly
January 27, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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CTA Defend Trans Kids: If you're a clinician, a parent, a trans adult, or just someone who cares, I wrote a guide on how to submit effective comments opposing the federal ban on gender-affirming care for minors.

Deadline 2/17/26

🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/149210... 🔗
January 27, 2026 at 2:41 AM
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NEW TRAILER! A storm is gathering... 🌧️ Doctor Who: Cloud Eight is due for release on 3 February 2026: bgfn.sh/cloud8
January 26, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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The GOP are going to live to regret that they successfully trained Americans not to be all that afraid of guns.
January 24, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This has to be my favorite speech of all time. Here are some of the unedited take from the awesome director Rachel Talalay
Unseen footage The Doctor Falls. especially for actors/writers. Tribute to Capaldi/Moffat.
New content on my youTube channel: youtu.be/9-ysp77GKN0
Unseen, Uncut Dailies & Edits: The Doctor Falls "Be Kind" Speech
YouTube video by How I Filmed This - Rachel Talalay
youtu.be
January 26, 2026 at 2:42 AM
How about a Charlie in the snow?
January 25, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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We all need a good timeline cleanse, so here is Pickles the AT-AT, living his best life, in the 25-30cm of light, powdery snow that we received overnight.

#SnowDay
#PicklesTheATAT
#TimelineCleanse
January 25, 2026 at 9:02 PM
I’m absolutely certain that during their initiation, ICE and DHS goons are shown a video of Twat 47 promising full pardons. They assume that they can be as violent as they want to, and kill/maim indiscriminately.

States and politicians need to investigate, prosecute and jail these criminals NOW
January 25, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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It's hard to sleep.
January 25, 2026 at 6:39 AM
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May I interrupt the horrors to show you pictures of my sister's chickens in cowboy hats
January 25, 2026 at 1:17 AM
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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The World Cup in the US must be boycotted by foreign nations. Outside financial pressure is the only thing the thugs in suits (as opposed to the thugs in camo) will respond to.
January 24, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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This is crazy. These are just regular people out here, wearing snow goggles and gas masks, holding cardboard signs telling ICE to GTFO of MN as federal agents spray tear gas and set off flash bangs or whatever the hell those booms are.

More people rolling out trash cans, and now couches.
January 24, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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I have given my love to what is worthy of love. Is that not the kingdom and the unperishing spring?
January 24, 2026 at 5:57 AM
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Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is
January 23, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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Now: With double digit windchill, thousands marching in Downtown Minneapolis during a general strike. Marching and protest against the actions of ICE. Prince dance party outside First Avenue and the Prince mural - where there’s been many Prince dance parties before.

Minneapolis January 23, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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TFW you realize your mother is wearing socks with your face on them
January 24, 2026 at 5:14 AM
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There's a pair of great horned owls at my home away from home; I missed seeing them for over a year, but they were back this evening 🥹
Love their quiet hoots.
January 24, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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Hi from your friendly gun violence researcher!

Want to know one thing we did differently? Since 2022, we have approached firearm homicide (the most common type) not just as a crime problem, but also using all the tools of public health - education, environment change, etc.
The U.S. remains in a multiyear trend of falling rates of homicides and other crimes in cities nationwide, according to a Post analysis. Rates of aggravated assault and burglary hit their lowest point last year since the start of the pandemic in 2020. https://wapo.st/4qE0b4j
January 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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obviously this does not help with the actual real harms. but it massively helps with the emotional churn, which then leaves you some inner breathing room to think about what to do about the actual harms.
January 22, 2026 at 10:09 PM