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Amy Dallen
@enthusiamy.bsky.social
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Always wanted to live in stories. Surprisingly close! Chapters: WOTC, DC, G&S, 📚! Comics forever. She/her.
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enthusiamy.bsky.social
‘Struth! A Sunday Sleuth!

We’re playing Crimson Diamond and seeking mystery mastery!

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A woman strikes a thoughtful pose in a casual selfie, lifting one eyebrow quizzically. Added to the photo is an image: an emoji of a female detective, which has been placed on the woman’s shoulder.
February 15, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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aistobascistod on tumblr: Pick a lock : Lockpick :: Cut a hair : Haircut :: Reuse a chart : Chartreuse
February 6, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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standupforscience.bsky.social
BREAKING: Over 680 members of the National Academy of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering have endorsed articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
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Top of the photo in white text reads: "BREAKING OVER 680 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES MEMBERS, INCLUDING 10 NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATES, ENDORSE IMPEACHING RFK JR." Below that in black text is a statement reading: "We, the undersigned Members of the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering, writing in our private capacities, endorse the Articles of Impeachment introduced in the House of Representatives on Dec 10, 2025 by Representative Haley Stevens." Below that is the red "STAND UP FOR SCIENCE " logo. Below that is a link in white text reading: "standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr".
February 5, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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lindaholmes.bsky.social
One of the reasons I so greatly dislike the “can men and women be friends?” nonsense (yes, full stop, shut up) is that it casts suspicion on people with opposite-sex friends instead of where it more often belongs: on people with no opposite-sex friends.
angus.bsky.social Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 13d
Anyway, yeah. The overwhelming impression one gets from so many of these emails is that a lot of them are guys who have never had a real, serious friendship with a woman in their lives.

Which sucks for them, but also sucks for every woman who has to deal with them, ever.
February 5, 2026 at 6:47 PM
enthusiamy.bsky.social
“But we lost all those girls.”

I think about this a lot—but unsurprisingly, Seanan puts the perfect words around it.

::cries in comics… and games… and movies… and books… and apparently everywhere else, also::
seananmcguire.bsky.social Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 13d
"We would have lost so much if we'd driven him away" is the justification.

But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?
February 5, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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ilhanmn.bsky.social
Liam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad.

Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
February 1, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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jeffrueter.bsky.social
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
enthusiamy.bsky.social
The predictably excellent @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social is on here right now, and he’s matching donations for Minnesota. I’m in for $100–if you’ve got anything to spare, join in!
brennanleemulligan.bsky.social Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social · 25d
For those who can, here are links to donate directly to local efforts on the ground resisting ICE's terrorizing of Minneapolis. Let me know what you donated to where, and I'll match it until I get a panicked call from my bank!

linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid
@mplsmutualaid | Linktree
Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors
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January 25, 2026 at 12:45 AM
enthusiamy.bsky.social
I can’t stop thinking about him.

Credit for Spider-Man goes to Stan Lee and Steve Ditko—respectively, the child and grandchild of immigrants.

Community support recommendation from a local friend: check standwithminnesota.com for good places to donate.
An image with a photograph at center and outlines added, with some doodles on either side. The photo is from a Washington Post article (Jan 22 2026) on the detention of a five-year-old in Minnesota. The child looks scared. He is wearing a bright blue winter hat with pom poms and a Spider-Man backpack. An adult in black, mostly out of frame, firmly grips the child by that backpack. There is snow on the ground. Doodles on the right show versions of Spider-Man’s head, one with “Spidey-Sense” tingling. Left side: “With great power comes great responsibility.” Bottom right, small text: “WaPo/School District. After Romita. Lee/Ditko/Kirby. AD26”). Modifications are by OP (me)
January 22, 2026 at 11:45 PM
enthusiamy.bsky.social
“Always treat your collaborators well, but especially when they're doing mission critical work that doesn't come with much credit or visibility.”
^^^

Gold standard advice from Jim Zub (in reference to comics, here, but of course: applicable everywhere)
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jimzub.bsky.social Jim Zub @jimzub.bsky.social · 28d
And notice that pattern - Assistant Editors gain experience and become Editors. They remember who they've worked with and how they were treated.

Always treat your collaborators well, but especially when they're doing mission critical work that doesn't come with much credit or visibility.
January 21, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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allisonwgood.bsky.social
If you’re a sitting member of Congress and not reacting to this speech by calling for immediate impeachment, removal and conviction, why are we paying you?
January 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
enthusiamy.bsky.social
Oh dang I love that bit of Greek mythology, the tale of Castor and Castor and Castor and Castor and Castor and Castor and Pollux
philplait.bsky.social Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 29d
Castor, one of the stars marking Gemini's twins — and one of the brightest in the sky — is actually a sextuple star, a *six*-star system! Now, for the first time, astronomers have split some of those tightly bound stars.

badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/splitting-...

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Splitting Castor’s sextuple star system
Four stars seen separately in the system for the first time
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January 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” — Martin Luther King Jr.
#MLK #MLKDay
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” — a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr
January 19, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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billcorbett.bsky.social
People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .
Text: “A friend said those of us who live in Minneapolis should write about what's going on here for folks who live elsewhere. You need to know that whether you're a Republican, Independent or Democrat, the Constitution is being violated by our federal government. This is not about catching criminals, or even deporting people. It is about punishing an entire state, including citizens, for not supporting the president. Everyone in my part of Minneapolis is affected. On our streets, ICE is stopping people of color and demanding their papers. In America. US citizens do not have to prove citizenship to ICE. Yet people are being intimidated, some cases beaten up and detained, for requiring ICE to follow the law. ICE needs a judicial warrant to enter homes. Yet there are documented cases of them ignoring the law - violating a bedrock constitutional principle. Americans of color are staying home, afraid to go to work, school, to grocery shop, or fill their cars with gas. This isn't just "illegals" or immigrants with valid work permits, it is citizens who have had their cars rammed by ICE for merely looking Hispanic. Businesses are closing. Schools are 50 percent full. When they are open, fascists are calling in bomb threats because the president decided to make us a meme. After a daycare teacher with a valid work permit (through 2030) was snatched from her workplace, parents (and grandparents) have had to organize to watch their SCHOOLS, to make sure conditional rights are observed. This is being repeated throughout Minnesota. Imagine trying to do your job or live you life while also taking volunteer shifts to make sure the federal government doesn't act extrajudicially. Because of ICE's documented abuses, neighbors have organized to monitor federal actions. This observation is legal, as long as it doesn't interfere with a valid action. Yet since ICE killed Renee Good, they are increasingly stopping this observation, breaking car windows and …”
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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josephscrimshaw.bsky.social
My social media feed is full of people protecting their neighbors. Normally reserved Minnesotans screaming obscenities at lawless nazi ICE agents. And I keep thinking of the Mister Rogers quote, "Look for the helpers." My whole feed is helpers. Brave, foul-mouthed helpers.
January 13, 2026 at 12:19 AM
enthusiamy.bsky.social
Ta-ta, world—skipping the rest of this year to go live on this boat.
January 13, 2026 at 4:57 PM
enthusiamy.bsky.social
Where are the clues?! Are they in the… top left corner? Hasty selfie for a tasty Sunday Sleuth Day!

(Live on twitch!)
Selfie of a woman in headphones, looking thoughtfully up at the top left corner.
January 11, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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Minneapolis.
Demonstrators at the January 7, 2026, evening vigil for Renee Nicole Good. A tall flag reads "Fuck ICE."
January 8, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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Boosting.
dankennedy.net Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · Jan 7
If you're trying to follow the horror in Minneapolis, Sahan Journal, the Star Tribune, the Minnesota Reformer and Minnesota Public Radio are all providing excellent coverage. The Reformer posted the key video, showing that the victim was no threat to anyone.
January 7, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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flemtheparrot.bsky.social
Morning.
January 7, 2026 at 7:12 AM
enthusiamy.bsky.social
Well well well, what have we here?

🏆?!?!
umactually.bsky.social Um, Actually @umactually.bsky.social · Jan 6
☝️Um, Actually returns to Dropout January 20th

🏆And to celebrate 11 seasons of Um, Actually, we're ending the season with a new Tournament of Champions!
January 7, 2026 at 1:59 AM
enthusiamy.bsky.social
We’re back!
New Year’s Sleuthing is live on twitch, come help me mess up history.
twitch.tv/enthusiamy
January 4, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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dorsalstream.bsky.social
Cyber Monday is here and deals are going fast! These deals are diaphanous. They are receding even as we speak, becoming mere memories of deals, prices longed for but lost, hints at what could have been had for less. A golden slant of sun through window falls on an empty countertop. Act now.
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM