Elyse Ribbons
@elyseribbons.bsky.social
Sinophile, Media Maven, owner of Chengdu Teahouse in Lansing, Michigan and former China resident for 20+ years
#woolfer
#woolfer
如果国王是一名疯子那谁都有危险。
January 10, 2026 at 4:06 AM
如果国王是一名疯子那谁都有危险。
I love hotpot but even the best hotpot would have a hard time getting America back together right now…
January 10, 2026 at 3:18 AM
I love hotpot but even the best hotpot would have a hard time getting America back together right now…
Within reason you’re very right ;)
January 10, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Within reason you’re very right ;)
Don’t know which hurts worse: my heart after reading the news or my head injury (yay concussions!) but either way this morning calls for a heated blanket and a bowl of millet porridge with Chinese dates and butter.
红枣小米粥（加黄油）
红枣小米粥（加黄油）
January 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Don’t know which hurts worse: my heart after reading the news or my head injury (yay concussions!) but either way this morning calls for a heated blanket and a bowl of millet porridge with Chinese dates and butter.
红枣小米粥（加黄油）
红枣小米粥（加黄油）
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Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸
January 9, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸
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Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread)
1. Pat Bagley
1. Pat Bagley
January 9, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread)
1. Pat Bagley
1. Pat Bagley
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The whole lot of them spent Jan. 6th lying about what happened 5 years ago. Why should anyone expect them to start telling the truth on January 7th?
January 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
The whole lot of them spent Jan. 6th lying about what happened 5 years ago. Why should anyone expect them to start telling the truth on January 7th?
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Naming a police officer is not doxxing. We aren’t supposed to have secret police in America.
January 9, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Naming a police officer is not doxxing. We aren’t supposed to have secret police in America.
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I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
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This is literally what they do whenever a Black person is killed by police. No matter how solid the evidence is, they will keep pushing that lie, not just to poison the conversation and make sure the killer walks free, but to reassert the political idea that these people deserve to be killed.
The shooting is shocking enough but the government's response is off the charts when you consider that this incident is forensically documented on video.
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
This is literally what they do whenever a Black person is killed by police. No matter how solid the evidence is, they will keep pushing that lie, not just to poison the conversation and make sure the killer walks free, but to reassert the political idea that these people deserve to be killed.
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Posts may be a bit more sporadic from me today as my kids are home from school because my city is being brutalized by the federal government to the extent that it's unsafe for schools to be open
January 8, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Posts may be a bit more sporadic from me today as my kids are home from school because my city is being brutalized by the federal government to the extent that it's unsafe for schools to be open
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Abolishing ICE is the bare minimum.
We need to dismantle DHS. We need restitution. And we need trials.
We need to dismantle DHS. We need restitution. And we need trials.
January 8, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Abolishing ICE is the bare minimum.
We need to dismantle DHS. We need restitution. And we need trials.
We need to dismantle DHS. We need restitution. And we need trials.
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Grok has been used to make a lot of child porn and revenge porn. In a just world, Musk would be testifying before a jury trying to stay out of jail right now.
www.newsweek.com/grok-apology...
www.newsweek.com/grok-apology...
www.newsweek.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Grok has been used to make a lot of child porn and revenge porn. In a just world, Musk would be testifying before a jury trying to stay out of jail right now.
www.newsweek.com/grok-apology...
www.newsweek.com/grok-apology...
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The terror, the violence, the escalation, ALL of it, is the point.
We are all of us on the chopping block, and that won’t end until we make it end.
We are all of us on the chopping block, and that won’t end until we make it end.
January 8, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The terror, the violence, the escalation, ALL of it, is the point.
We are all of us on the chopping block, and that won’t end until we make it end.
We are all of us on the chopping block, and that won’t end until we make it end.
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Good Morning Bluesky!
Things are horrible & I don't have much to offer but a borb who appears to be high AF. Jealous honestly.
Be good to yourselves & each other.
#watercolor #Art #Birds #Borbs
Things are horrible & I don't have much to offer but a borb who appears to be high AF. Jealous honestly.
Be good to yourselves & each other.
#watercolor #Art #Birds #Borbs
January 7, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Good Morning Bluesky!
Things are horrible & I don't have much to offer but a borb who appears to be high AF. Jealous honestly.
Be good to yourselves & each other.
#watercolor #Art #Birds #Borbs
Things are horrible & I don't have much to offer but a borb who appears to be high AF. Jealous honestly.
Be good to yourselves & each other.
#watercolor #Art #Birds #Borbs
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I don’t mean to be one to bring bad news.
But Star Trek WW3 started in 2026. 🖖
But Star Trek WW3 started in 2026. 🖖
January 7, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I don’t mean to be one to bring bad news.
But Star Trek WW3 started in 2026. 🖖
But Star Trek WW3 started in 2026. 🖖
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
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This is an excellent piece of reporting, and also quietly makes the case that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is an absolute lunatic whose wealth has protected him from ever developing empathy, a conscience or a moral compass.
NEW: @carolinehaskins.bsky.social obtained records documenting the aftermath of RFK Jr. dumping a dead bear cub in Central Park (to "be fun," he's said), including photos. Our paywall is down on this story per our policy on stories based on public records requests.
New Records Reveal the Mess RFK Jr. Left When He Dumped a Dead Bear in Central Park
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he left a bear cub's corpse in Central Park in 2014 to "be fun." Records newly obtained by WIRED show what he left New York civil servants to clean up.
www.wired.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This is an excellent piece of reporting, and also quietly makes the case that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is an absolute lunatic whose wealth has protected him from ever developing empathy, a conscience or a moral compass.
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Donald Trump is a child rapist. His victims deserve justice.
January 7, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Donald Trump is a child rapist. His victims deserve justice.
I think everyone with a brain cell needs to leave twitter - as long as people stay there the bots will keep warping the MAGAts
January 8, 2026 at 1:49 AM
I think everyone with a brain cell needs to leave twitter - as long as people stay there the bots will keep warping the MAGAts
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You see most of these anti-EU posts popping up on Twitter?
They are accounts paid for by pro-Russian oligarchs.
MAGA of course are not critical thinkers.
So they join in like the sheep they are.
This is how it’s been working for years.
And MAGA are still being “played.”
They are accounts paid for by pro-Russian oligarchs.
MAGA of course are not critical thinkers.
So they join in like the sheep they are.
This is how it’s been working for years.
And MAGA are still being “played.”
January 7, 2026 at 4:48 PM
You see most of these anti-EU posts popping up on Twitter?
They are accounts paid for by pro-Russian oligarchs.
MAGA of course are not critical thinkers.
So they join in like the sheep they are.
This is how it’s been working for years.
And MAGA are still being “played.”
They are accounts paid for by pro-Russian oligarchs.
MAGA of course are not critical thinkers.
So they join in like the sheep they are.
This is how it’s been working for years.
And MAGA are still being “played.”
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One year ago today, brutal and racist Border Patrol raids began in Kern County, CA. They hunted down farm workers, violently detaining our union members and terrorizing our communities.
This began a year of deadly force across the US that continues today. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
This began a year of deadly force across the US that continues today. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Farm workers remember anniversary of racist Border Patrol raid in Kern County
Kern County, CA — A year ago today, beginning in the early morning hours of January 7th, 2025, a 4-day raid by Border Patrol agents from the El Centro Sector unfolded across Kern County. Without warra...
www.dailykos.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:50 PM
One year ago today, brutal and racist Border Patrol raids began in Kern County, CA. They hunted down farm workers, violently detaining our union members and terrorizing our communities.
This began a year of deadly force across the US that continues today. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
This began a year of deadly force across the US that continues today. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...