Anne Hedonia
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Companion to two ridiculous rabbits. Dabbler in music, knitting, and drawing
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And the government is pushing “100,000,000 deportation” white power propaganda extremely hard right now for a reason
Hopefully people at some point soon figure out this is an all or nothing war the fascists are waging against every single American.
Hopefully people at some point soon figure out this is an all or nothing war the fascists are waging against every single American.
Reminder: No government ever builds concentration camps it does not intend to fill.
February 20, 2026 at 6:31 AM
And the government is pushing “100,000,000 deportation” white power propaganda extremely hard right now for a reason
Hopefully people at some point soon figure out this is an all or nothing war the fascists are waging against every single American.
Hopefully people at some point soon figure out this is an all or nothing war the fascists are waging against every single American.
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a trailer park community put out a formal statement reminding the "public" that the community is private property and that any law enforcement officers require a warrant before even entering the community if you want an idea of how the raid escalations are going out in *squints* suburban kansas
February 19, 2026 at 8:35 PM
a trailer park community put out a formal statement reminding the "public" that the community is private property and that any law enforcement officers require a warrant before even entering the community if you want an idea of how the raid escalations are going out in *squints* suburban kansas
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I'm seeing people react to this in the replies and QTs like The TRiiBE said "this plan is good and Indiana is good", when their coverage doesn't do that.
It makes the narrow, very true point that the south side and Hammond are way more interconnected than the south side and Arlington Heights.
It makes the narrow, very true point that the south side and Hammond are way more interconnected than the south side and Arlington Heights.
NEW — If Northwest Indiana is the leading candidate for a new Chicago Bears stadium, it’s a trip most Black Chicagoans routinely make for cheaper goods and gas anyway.
The Indiana-Illinois border is fluid for those on the South Side and in the south suburbs.
thetriibe.com/2026/02/some...
The Indiana-Illinois border is fluid for those on the South Side and in the south suburbs.
thetriibe.com/2026/02/some...
Some Black Chicagoans prefer Northwest Indiana over Arlington Heights if the Bears must leave Soldier Field • The TRiiBE
Many Black Chicagoans, especially on the South Side, routinely make for cheaper goods and gas. 'I would still see them as Chicago's team.'
thetriibe.com
February 20, 2026 at 1:18 AM
I'm seeing people react to this in the replies and QTs like The TRiiBE said "this plan is good and Indiana is good", when their coverage doesn't do that.
It makes the narrow, very true point that the south side and Hammond are way more interconnected than the south side and Arlington Heights.
It makes the narrow, very true point that the south side and Hammond are way more interconnected than the south side and Arlington Heights.
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The Talmud is very clear on this. The rabbis considered the trolley problem long before it was known as such. If you’re in a position where you have to make that kind of choice you attack the person demanding it.
Israel plays fast and loose with conflating itself to the Jewish people. But that's the thing - EVEN IF THEY REPRESENT ALL JEWS, AND EVEN IF GENOCIDE WAS THE ONLY WAY TO SAVE US, IT'S STILL WRONG.
The end.
That's the point.
The end.
That's the point.
February 19, 2026 at 11:28 PM
The Talmud is very clear on this. The rabbis considered the trolley problem long before it was known as such. If you’re in a position where you have to make that kind of choice you attack the person demanding it.
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The framing is on its face bad faith. Genocide is not and cannot be justified, even as a means of survival. If I'm given a choice of "die or commit genocide," then "commit genocide" is the WRONG ANSWER. Always. Under all circumstances. Full stop.
I will not concede any mass murder is justified.
I will not concede any mass murder is justified.
February 19, 2026 at 11:41 PM
The framing is on its face bad faith. Genocide is not and cannot be justified, even as a means of survival. If I'm given a choice of "die or commit genocide," then "commit genocide" is the WRONG ANSWER. Always. Under all circumstances. Full stop.
I will not concede any mass murder is justified.
I will not concede any mass murder is justified.
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It's a little weird that people are angry with me for saying "death is preferable to doing genocide" but okay, I guess
February 19, 2026 at 11:54 PM
It's a little weird that people are angry with me for saying "death is preferable to doing genocide" but okay, I guess
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We desperately need to stop these framings of "security."
"We can have freedom for Palestinians AND security for Israel" 🙄
"We can have safety for women AND dignity for trans people" 🙄
How about NOT conditioning liberation and just saying oppression is always and unconditionally wrong?
"We can have freedom for Palestinians AND security for Israel" 🙄
"We can have safety for women AND dignity for trans people" 🙄
How about NOT conditioning liberation and just saying oppression is always and unconditionally wrong?
February 19, 2026 at 11:54 PM
We desperately need to stop these framings of "security."
"We can have freedom for Palestinians AND security for Israel" 🙄
"We can have safety for women AND dignity for trans people" 🙄
How about NOT conditioning liberation and just saying oppression is always and unconditionally wrong?
"We can have freedom for Palestinians AND security for Israel" 🙄
"We can have safety for women AND dignity for trans people" 🙄
How about NOT conditioning liberation and just saying oppression is always and unconditionally wrong?
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art is an enemy of capitalism because art exists for fun and anyone can make it
February 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM
art is an enemy of capitalism because art exists for fun and anyone can make it
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“Waste” is a hell of a frame to invoke at a time when the federal government is using this exact language to manufacture crises (MN daycares / CA hospice) to justify its border police to enact organized terror campaigns
Don't appreciate the most prominent socialist mayor in the country's spokesperson using the phrase "achieving efficiencies and cutting waste" when it comes to THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES that his budget did not even fund sufficiently to keep up with inflation.
gothamist.com/news/taking-...
gothamist.com/news/taking-...
Taking page from Adams, Mayor Mamdani proposes NYC library cuts
Library advocates called the mayor’s proposed budget “terrible.”
gothamist.com
February 20, 2026 at 12:02 AM
“Waste” is a hell of a frame to invoke at a time when the federal government is using this exact language to manufacture crises (MN daycares / CA hospice) to justify its border police to enact organized terror campaigns
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This quote from Le Guin is also emblematic of why you can't be an "A.I. writer". The process is *everything*.
A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
February 19, 2026 at 4:02 PM
This quote from Le Guin is also emblematic of why you can't be an "A.I. writer". The process is *everything*.
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And actually we see this all the time
"Margins are tight for restaurant owners!"
Are they tighter than the employees who work two full time jobs to keep from getting evicted?
"If we raise wages for cooks, the owners won't make any money!"
Why is the worker responsible for subsidizing the owner?
"Margins are tight for restaurant owners!"
Are they tighter than the employees who work two full time jobs to keep from getting evicted?
"If we raise wages for cooks, the owners won't make any money!"
Why is the worker responsible for subsidizing the owner?
Why are stakes ”too high“ for the hotel owners but not for the hotel workers?
February 19, 2026 at 5:15 PM
And actually we see this all the time
"Margins are tight for restaurant owners!"
Are they tighter than the employees who work two full time jobs to keep from getting evicted?
"If we raise wages for cooks, the owners won't make any money!"
Why is the worker responsible for subsidizing the owner?
"Margins are tight for restaurant owners!"
Are they tighter than the employees who work two full time jobs to keep from getting evicted?
"If we raise wages for cooks, the owners won't make any money!"
Why is the worker responsible for subsidizing the owner?
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I really It's kinda weird how the "The left hates technology (because AI)" mostly come from people whose experience with tech is on the level of vibecoding and the "left" they criticize consists to a significant part of people who've been actually building and maintaining systems for decades.
February 19, 2026 at 3:51 PM
I really It's kinda weird how the "The left hates technology (because AI)" mostly come from people whose experience with tech is on the level of vibecoding and the "left" they criticize consists to a significant part of people who've been actually building and maintaining systems for decades.
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"But the people will feel no better if the stick with which they are being beaten is labeled 'the people’s stick.'"
Bakunin, Statism and Anarchy (1873)
Bakunin, Statism and Anarchy (1873)
Mamdani reboots homeless encampment sweeps in New York City
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has resumed the practice of clearing out homeless encampments, saying he has retooled the process.
apnews.com
February 19, 2026 at 3:52 PM
"But the people will feel no better if the stick with which they are being beaten is labeled 'the people’s stick.'"
Bakunin, Statism and Anarchy (1873)
Bakunin, Statism and Anarchy (1873)
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unhoused people, social workers, and advocates all say the same thing: encampment closures are incredibly destabilizing.
why are “progressive” leaders set on this policy? perhaps violence and classicism were always the intended result of a system that responds to poverty with guns and bulldozers.
why are “progressive” leaders set on this policy? perhaps violence and classicism were always the intended result of a system that responds to poverty with guns and bulldozers.
February 19, 2026 at 2:10 PM
unhoused people, social workers, and advocates all say the same thing: encampment closures are incredibly destabilizing.
why are “progressive” leaders set on this policy? perhaps violence and classicism were always the intended result of a system that responds to poverty with guns and bulldozers.
why are “progressive” leaders set on this policy? perhaps violence and classicism were always the intended result of a system that responds to poverty with guns and bulldozers.
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That’s $1.5 *million* in matching funds. Let’s go!
Today we are launching a new intitative of Stand With Minnesota—KeepMNHoused.com, a rent-relief campaign backed with a $1.5 matching fund from the Wilson Foundation.
Thousands of MN families are at risk of eviction because of the ICE occupation’s lasting impacts. We can keep them housed.
Thousands of MN families are at risk of eviction because of the ICE occupation’s lasting impacts. We can keep them housed.
February 19, 2026 at 3:42 PM
That’s $1.5 *million* in matching funds. Let’s go!
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THEY HAD THE “NO TAKE ONLY THROW” DOG MEME SIX THOUSAND YEARS AGO
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 PM
THEY HAD THE “NO TAKE ONLY THROW” DOG MEME SIX THOUSAND YEARS AGO
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you couldn't have pippi longstocking today. she'd be named pippi stockmaxxing
February 18, 2026 at 9:04 PM
you couldn't have pippi longstocking today. she'd be named pippi stockmaxxing
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they should invent a cost of living that goes down
February 18, 2026 at 8:57 PM
they should invent a cost of living that goes down
Yes, and they should invent a living that doesn’t cost
they should invent a cost of living that goes down
February 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Yes, and they should invent a living that doesn’t cost
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the problem with giving in on things that don't poll well is that as soon as the right wins on the the things that don't poll well, they move on and start lying about more popular things to manipulate public opinion, starting the cycle again.
Kevin Roberts, President of The Heritage Foundation, claims that evidence suggests a correlation between undergoing Trans Medical Care and acts of violence.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
February 18, 2026 at 12:08 PM
the problem with giving in on things that don't poll well is that as soon as the right wins on the the things that don't poll well, they move on and start lying about more popular things to manipulate public opinion, starting the cycle again.
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Who up adjusting they real time Risk boards?
February 18, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Who up adjusting they real time Risk boards?
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TOMORROW
Celebrate Ash Wednesday mass as part of Cardinal Cupich's procession to Broadview
Celebrate Ash Wednesday mass as part of Cardinal Cupich's procession to Broadview
February 17, 2026 at 5:33 PM
TOMORROW
Celebrate Ash Wednesday mass as part of Cardinal Cupich's procession to Broadview
Celebrate Ash Wednesday mass as part of Cardinal Cupich's procession to Broadview
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Someone demanding you agree to vote for Newsom is demanding absolution, they feel a building shame and guilt for their complicity in this system but rather than self-reflect or reconsider, they demand the more victimized absolve them by agreeing that there is no alternative to that complicity
February 16, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Someone demanding you agree to vote for Newsom is demanding absolution, they feel a building shame and guilt for their complicity in this system but rather than self-reflect or reconsider, they demand the more victimized absolve them by agreeing that there is no alternative to that complicity
