Lynn Gazis-Sax
@empressnorton.bsky.social
DevOps Engineer, speculative fiction writer in my spare time, Quaker. I enjoy singing in several languages. Used to be in Katie Porter's district till I got redistricted to Young Kim's district. She/they.
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"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)
Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:49 PM
"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
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One man tracking people being deported & deportation flights at the Minneapolis airport.
One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions.
Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions.
Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
Minneapolis now has daily deportation flights. One man has been documenting them
A professional airplane enthusiast has been tracking the federally chartered deportation flights out of the Minneapolis airport as DHS sends immigration detainees to other states and, eventually, othe...
www.npr.org
February 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM
One man tracking people being deported & deportation flights at the Minneapolis airport.
One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions.
Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions.
Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
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i don’t know if it’s the jaunty bow tie or what but i cannot stop laughing at this
February 7, 2026 at 6:19 AM
i don’t know if it’s the jaunty bow tie or what but i cannot stop laughing at this
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Gift shop in the Minneapolis airport is selling "ICE OUT of St. Paul" posters next to cute onesies and fridge magnets.
February 8, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Gift shop in the Minneapolis airport is selling "ICE OUT of St. Paul" posters next to cute onesies and fridge magnets.
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Like Kendrick, political as hell precisely because it doesn't bother to acknowledge the haters. They're irrelevant, beneath attention. And nothing is more intolerable to fascists than the thought that their enemies are cool, enjoying themselves, and not thinking about them.
February 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Like Kendrick, political as hell precisely because it doesn't bother to acknowledge the haters. They're irrelevant, beneath attention. And nothing is more intolerable to fascists than the thought that their enemies are cool, enjoying themselves, and not thinking about them.
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and african-american culture. so much of what everyone considers “american” was created by black americans, whose ancestors were stolen from africa
February 9, 2026 at 4:05 AM
and african-american culture. so much of what everyone considers “american” was created by black americans, whose ancestors were stolen from africa
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Federalism alone is a massive institutional difference baked into the political culture of every large nation in the Americas but largely unknown in Europe outside of the German-speakers.
February 9, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Federalism alone is a massive institutional difference baked into the political culture of every large nation in the Americas but largely unknown in Europe outside of the German-speakers.
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It's true of political institutions, too, for better and for worse. Federalism, presidential systems, birthright citizenship.
February 9, 2026 at 3:46 AM
It's true of political institutions, too, for better and for worse. Federalism, presidential systems, birthright citizenship.
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i once got into an argument with someone when i told them that this country's closest cultural neighbors are mexico and brazil, not britain and france.
February 9, 2026 at 3:30 AM
i once got into an argument with someone when i told them that this country's closest cultural neighbors are mexico and brazil, not britain and france.
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Todos somos americanos isn't just a trite slogan, it is substantially true.
February 9, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Todos somos americanos isn't just a trite slogan, it is substantially true.
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The national currency of the United States is the "dollar" because Spanish silver dollars were in greater circulation in the colonial era than British pounds.
February 9, 2026 at 5:16 AM
The national currency of the United States is the "dollar" because Spanish silver dollars were in greater circulation in the colonial era than British pounds.
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American English incorporates Spanish loanwords to such a degree we often don't even think about it. Canyon, patio, rodeo, tornado, mustang, ranch, barbecue, stampede, vigilante, cargo, embargo, cafeteria, alligator, hurricane, mosquito. Brits only adopted those, if at all, by way of US influence.
February 9, 2026 at 5:12 AM
American English incorporates Spanish loanwords to such a degree we often don't even think about it. Canyon, patio, rodeo, tornado, mustang, ranch, barbecue, stampede, vigilante, cargo, embargo, cafeteria, alligator, hurricane, mosquito. Brits only adopted those, if at all, by way of US influence.
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If you were to run down a list of all the things distinctive about the United States in contrast to Old World Europe, most of it is stuff we instead have in common with Latin America. That's not some woke novelty, it's a deeply embedded centuries-old aspect of our culture and national identity.
February 9, 2026 at 3:28 AM
If you were to run down a list of all the things distinctive about the United States in contrast to Old World Europe, most of it is stuff we instead have in common with Latin America. That's not some woke novelty, it's a deeply embedded centuries-old aspect of our culture and national identity.
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To reject the US as a fundamentally American country with a deep shared history and commonality with the rest of the Americas, including that Spanish has long been our de facto national second language, is on a deep level anti-American. It's hating actual American culture and history and tradition.
February 9, 2026 at 3:19 AM
To reject the US as a fundamentally American country with a deep shared history and commonality with the rest of the Americas, including that Spanish has long been our de facto national second language, is on a deep level anti-American. It's hating actual American culture and history and tradition.
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Bad Bunny halftime show marquee.
February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Bad Bunny halftime show marquee.
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Was a version of himself as a kid - gave his child self a Grammy. Thats something else.
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
www.latitudemedia.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
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ICE adjusting strategy.
MAGA calling Minnesota an insurgency is absurd, but informs the Trump regime’s approach.
They’re reckless, they’ll mess up, but the people in charge are capable of recognizing error and making changes to reduce weaknesses and attack enemy strengths.
Do not underestimate.
MAGA calling Minnesota an insurgency is absurd, but informs the Trump regime’s approach.
They’re reckless, they’ll mess up, but the people in charge are capable of recognizing error and making changes to reduce weaknesses and attack enemy strengths.
Do not underestimate.
Here’s the situation in the Twin Cities:
Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down
Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged
Thuggish violence against observers: Way up
Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down
Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged
Thuggish violence against observers: Way up
February 8, 2026 at 10:09 PM
ICE adjusting strategy.
MAGA calling Minnesota an insurgency is absurd, but informs the Trump regime’s approach.
They’re reckless, they’ll mess up, but the people in charge are capable of recognizing error and making changes to reduce weaknesses and attack enemy strengths.
Do not underestimate.
MAGA calling Minnesota an insurgency is absurd, but informs the Trump regime’s approach.
They’re reckless, they’ll mess up, but the people in charge are capable of recognizing error and making changes to reduce weaknesses and attack enemy strengths.
Do not underestimate.
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I think one of the best things about Bad Bunny’s performance is that it was so *specific*. It so clearly had a point of view coming from real lived experience and actual emotion, actual heart, not cynical calculation. Just beautiful.
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I think one of the best things about Bad Bunny’s performance is that it was so *specific*. It so clearly had a point of view coming from real lived experience and actual emotion, actual heart, not cynical calculation. Just beautiful.
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loved every second of Bad Bunny. That message of inclusion and a celebration of cultures like Puerto Rico’s is just what America needs right now. Plus, his music just gets you in motion. 10/10
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM
loved every second of Bad Bunny. That message of inclusion and a celebration of cultures like Puerto Rico’s is just what America needs right now. Plus, his music just gets you in motion. 10/10
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He clearly made a political statement tonight but with plausible deniability. His thing on the Jumbotron is the same phrase he said shortly after Bad Bunny said “ICE Out” at the recent Grammys.
Idk what bad bunny gonna do tonight but for the Super Bowl execs who are all: he should focus on what unites us & not make political statements first of all, lol, second, if he says something as anodyne as immigrants are welcome, people should think long & hard about why they think that’s “political
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM
He clearly made a political statement tonight but with plausible deniability. His thing on the Jumbotron is the same phrase he said shortly after Bad Bunny said “ICE Out” at the recent Grammys.
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Speaking as a Brit it was nice to see the halftime Super Bowl, a side of America that I hadn’t seen in a while. Joyful and creative and, above all, kind.
February 9, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Speaking as a Brit it was nice to see the halftime Super Bowl, a side of America that I hadn’t seen in a while. Joyful and creative and, above all, kind.
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The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
“We cannot just abolish ICE!”
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
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This, from @jamellebouie.net is exactly right. And I think so many folks have refused to see or admit what Trump is because admitting implicates them, or their families, so denial is easier.
February 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
This, from @jamellebouie.net is exactly right. And I think so many folks have refused to see or admit what Trump is because admitting implicates them, or their families, so denial is easier.