Felicity Tiggs
@fiztig.bsky.social
Waywurru Country. Victoria, Australia.
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Felicity Tiggs
@fiztig.bsky.social
· Sep 13
Yet again the left have to play the serious mom figure who has to be responsible and play by the rules of civility while the right gets to be a deadbeat dad who ties firecrackers to his friend’s testicles and lights them up just to see what happens and everyone has a jolly laugh and a beer 😒
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just choked on my beverage
January 29, 2026 at 11:19 PM
just choked on my beverage
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The ocean freighting industry is woke now (the containers spell Renee, for Renee Good).
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January 27, 2026 at 4:13 AM
The ocean freighting industry is woke now (the containers spell Renee, for Renee Good).
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Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
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"We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start" | Must read piece in @theguardian.com by @upenn.edu's Claire Finkelstein: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start | Claire Finkelstein
Developments in Minnesota closely mirror a scenario explored in a 2024 exercise conducted at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, which I direct
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:16 PM
"We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start" | Must read piece in @theguardian.com by @upenn.edu's Claire Finkelstein: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“It should no longer be possible to say that the Trump administration seeks merely to govern this nation. It seeks to reduce us all to a state of constant fear— a fear of violence…from which no one will ever be truly safe. That is our new national reality. State terror has arrived.” Via @nytimes.com
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:11 AM
“It should no longer be possible to say that the Trump administration seeks merely to govern this nation. It seeks to reduce us all to a state of constant fear— a fear of violence…from which no one will ever be truly safe. That is our new national reality. State terror has arrived.” Via @nytimes.com
My word, we get to see Ser Arlan of Pennytree in all his, uh, glory in Episode 2 😳
#KotSK
#KnightOfTheSevenKingdoms
#KotSK
#KnightOfTheSevenKingdoms
January 26, 2026 at 4:00 AM
My word, we get to see Ser Arlan of Pennytree in all his, uh, glory in Episode 2 😳
#KotSK
#KnightOfTheSevenKingdoms
#KotSK
#KnightOfTheSevenKingdoms
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Deep Dive: The Pentagon’s 2026 National Defense Strategy: What It Signals — and Why the World Should Be Alarmed
www.onestnetwork.com/post/deep-di...
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Deep Dive: The Pentagon’s 2026 National Defense Strategy: What It Signals — and Why the World Should Be Alarmed
The Pentagon’s 2026 National Defense Strategy marks a sharp break from the post-Cold War global order. This ONEST deep dive examines what the U.S. is promising, what it is enforcing, and how condition...
www.onestnetwork.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Deep Dive: The Pentagon’s 2026 National Defense Strategy: What It Signals — and Why the World Should Be Alarmed
www.onestnetwork.com/post/deep-di...
www.onestnetwork.com/post/deep-di...
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BREAKING! WORLD FIRST! 🔥Australia's public broadcaster publishes extended #AtlasNetwork explainer by Gareth Hutchens. When I went on ABC radio 3 years ago to talk about the global Atlas network of 550+ orgs, no one had heard of it. Atlas HQ wanted to keep it that way.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
January 25, 2026 at 10:40 PM
BREAKING! WORLD FIRST! 🔥Australia's public broadcaster publishes extended #AtlasNetwork explainer by Gareth Hutchens. When I went on ABC radio 3 years ago to talk about the global Atlas network of 550+ orgs, no one had heard of it. Atlas HQ wanted to keep it that way.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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congratulations everybody
TikTok US venture to collect precise user location data
Details on the expanded access to location information was published in a new privacy policy for the popular social media app.
www.bbc.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:44 PM
congratulations everybody
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Joel Berry, Managing Editor of the Babylon Bee, wrote this AM that: “If we lose heart every time a feral Communist commits suicide by cop, our country isn’t gonna make it *** I’m so beyond letting my Christian compassion get weaponized by Leftist death-worshippers…” (His “Christian compassion”) 1/
January 25, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Joel Berry, Managing Editor of the Babylon Bee, wrote this AM that: “If we lose heart every time a feral Communist commits suicide by cop, our country isn’t gonna make it *** I’m so beyond letting my Christian compassion get weaponized by Leftist death-worshippers…” (His “Christian compassion”) 1/
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Some of them really, really did.
Did anyone actually vote to have masked Federal agents hold US citizens down and shoot them in the back?
January 25, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Some of them really, really did.
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Sending people right back out into the field after they shoot somebody is what you to do with soldiers in war zones. That's how the Administration sees Minneapolis. Adjust your priors accordingly.
January 25, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Sending people right back out into the field after they shoot somebody is what you to do with soldiers in war zones. That's how the Administration sees Minneapolis. Adjust your priors accordingly.
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Literally EVERYTHING else aside:
Officers involved in shootings - even shootings that everybody agrees were justified - always take time off to emotionally process their experience, go to therapy, process it.
Sending somebody right back out says "this is an everyday part of your job, expect it."
Officers involved in shootings - even shootings that everybody agrees were justified - always take time off to emotionally process their experience, go to therapy, process it.
Sending somebody right back out says "this is an everyday part of your job, expect it."
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Literally EVERYTHING else aside:
Officers involved in shootings - even shootings that everybody agrees were justified - always take time off to emotionally process their experience, go to therapy, process it.
Sending somebody right back out says "this is an everyday part of your job, expect it."
Officers involved in shootings - even shootings that everybody agrees were justified - always take time off to emotionally process their experience, go to therapy, process it.
Sending somebody right back out says "this is an everyday part of your job, expect it."
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"How did ordinary people succumb to such a poisonous ideology? At a time of rising xenophobia and division, that feels like an important question to address"
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‘The play we need now’ — how images of Auschwitz staff at leisure became Here There Are Blueberries
A drama based on an SS officer’s long-forgotten photo album forces uncomfortable reflection
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January 25, 2026 at 10:40 AM
"How did ordinary people succumb to such a poisonous ideology? At a time of rising xenophobia and division, that feels like an important question to address"
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They are not going to help. Stop hoping for the good Nazis to help.
January 24, 2026 at 11:18 PM
They are not going to help. Stop hoping for the good Nazis to help.
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Reporters should be asking congressional Republicans what *other* kinds of Americans they think deserve to be executed in the street by the president's goon squad.
"So you support the murder of a mom and a VA nurse, but what about an Eagle Scout or a kindergarten teacher? How about a priest?"
"So you support the murder of a mom and a VA nurse, but what about an Eagle Scout or a kindergarten teacher? How about a priest?"
January 24, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Reporters should be asking congressional Republicans what *other* kinds of Americans they think deserve to be executed in the street by the president's goon squad.
"So you support the murder of a mom and a VA nurse, but what about an Eagle Scout or a kindergarten teacher? How about a priest?"
"So you support the murder of a mom and a VA nurse, but what about an Eagle Scout or a kindergarten teacher? How about a priest?"
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I don't know much about auto racing but I don't think these sorts of cars usually do hard 90° turns through intersections on city streets.
Trump shared an AI-generated video showing an IndyCar race surrounding the Capitol Building
January 24, 2026 at 12:40 AM
I don't know much about auto racing but I don't think these sorts of cars usually do hard 90° turns through intersections on city streets.
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Key findings:
✅ Inoculated users showed a 21 ppt increase in their ability to spot emotional manipulation (baseline ability was low)
✅ These effects remained detectable 5 months.
✅ We also increased information-seeking behavior, treatment users were 3x more likely to click on the ad.
3/3
✅ Inoculated users showed a 21 ppt increase in their ability to spot emotional manipulation (baseline ability was low)
✅ These effects remained detectable 5 months.
✅ We also increased information-seeking behavior, treatment users were 3x more likely to click on the ad.
3/3
January 23, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Key findings:
✅ Inoculated users showed a 21 ppt increase in their ability to spot emotional manipulation (baseline ability was low)
✅ These effects remained detectable 5 months.
✅ We also increased information-seeking behavior, treatment users were 3x more likely to click on the ad.
3/3
✅ Inoculated users showed a 21 ppt increase in their ability to spot emotional manipulation (baseline ability was low)
✅ These effects remained detectable 5 months.
✅ We also increased information-seeking behavior, treatment users were 3x more likely to click on the ad.
3/3
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*every fucking winter*
yes, grandpa it still gets cold
yes, grandpa it still gets cold
January 23, 2026 at 7:49 PM
*every fucking winter*
yes, grandpa it still gets cold
yes, grandpa it still gets cold
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Washington Post seems to think the UN should just prostrate itself for Republican voters and only them
January 23, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Washington Post seems to think the UN should just prostrate itself for Republican voters and only them
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55 years ago this morning, BANEBERRY—a 10-kiloton, weapons-related, underground nuclear test 912 feet beneath the Nevada Test Site—accidentally vented, releasing 6.7 million curies of radioactive debris, including 80,000 curies of iodine-131, the second largest venting in US history. (THREAD)
December 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
55 years ago this morning, BANEBERRY—a 10-kiloton, weapons-related, underground nuclear test 912 feet beneath the Nevada Test Site—accidentally vented, releasing 6.7 million curies of radioactive debris, including 80,000 curies of iodine-131, the second largest venting in US history. (THREAD)
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The White House Military Office Coast Guard aide was on “Football” duty earlier tonight for Emperor Trump’s return to the White House. The ~45-pound satchel accompanies Trump 24/7, enabling him alone to authorize the use of any of our ~1,770 deployed nuclear weapons—up to 900 on alert—at any time.
January 23, 2026 at 5:37 AM
The White House Military Office Coast Guard aide was on “Football” duty earlier tonight for Emperor Trump’s return to the White House. The ~45-pound satchel accompanies Trump 24/7, enabling him alone to authorize the use of any of our ~1,770 deployed nuclear weapons—up to 900 on alert—at any time.
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Going out on a limb, but I think it's bad for the world's richest man to have his own pet federal judge he can direct all his cases to.
January 23, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Going out on a limb, but I think it's bad for the world's richest man to have his own pet federal judge he can direct all his cases to.
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Picturing Mike Burgess on a jetski, doing fifty knots, a life vest on top of his aegean blue business suit and subdued tie, shouting in a doomed attempt to talk to Kash Patel about IRG surveillance of Iranian expats
January 23, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Picturing Mike Burgess on a jetski, doing fifty knots, a life vest on top of his aegean blue business suit and subdued tie, shouting in a doomed attempt to talk to Kash Patel about IRG surveillance of Iranian expats