Fly
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but their pitch to America is "you can't have dolls or pencils or eggs or beef or health care or your weird little hobbies that are now tariffed into impossibility, and also we want to kidnap half your neighborhood & send them to foreign torture prisons & also AI is gonna take your job & also LOL"
January 17, 2026 at 11:20 PM
but their pitch to America is "you can't have dolls or pencils or eggs or beef or health care or your weird little hobbies that are now tariffed into impossibility, and also we want to kidnap half your neighborhood & send them to foreign torture prisons & also AI is gonna take your job & also LOL"
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The result, in the historical sections of the older literature led to state terror when states use threats of &/or actual violence to coerce their populations and terrorism when non-state actors do so. 5/
January 17, 2026 at 4:53 PM
The result, in the historical sections of the older literature led to state terror when states use threats of &/or actual violence to coerce their populations and terrorism when non-state actors do so. 5/
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Brief operational term of art 🧵 to help better define what we're experiencing. What we're experiencing is state terror. I've seen a lot of terms thrown around for what the Trump admin is doing w/ICE, CBP, & other federal law enforcement (LE). The now largely out of use term is state terror. 1/
January 17, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Brief operational term of art 🧵 to help better define what we're experiencing. What we're experiencing is state terror. I've seen a lot of terms thrown around for what the Trump admin is doing w/ICE, CBP, & other federal law enforcement (LE). The now largely out of use term is state terror. 1/
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And that is why him and anyone who gives him a platform is dead to me
The fact that Gavin Newsom is even talking to the likes of Shapiro is a sign that he’s a non-starter. I’ve never forgotten how Shapiro said that Trayvon Martin deserved to die. Not fucking ever.
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
And that is why him and anyone who gives him a platform is dead to me
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Old person to youngs: If at a certain point in your life people from long in your past start reaching out to you, like calling and texting and emailing you even though you haven't had anything to do with them for years, ANSWER THEM. It may be their last chance to talk with you. They may know it.
January 17, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Old person to youngs: If at a certain point in your life people from long in your past start reaching out to you, like calling and texting and emailing you even though you haven't had anything to do with them for years, ANSWER THEM. It may be their last chance to talk with you. They may know it.
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Russian winter did in the campaigns Napoleon AND Hitler.
“Do not engage in a winter campaign in bitterly cold areas. You will lose not just your army, but most likely your throne.” - literally every military historian ever
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
“GET IN THE CAR, LOSERS, WE’RE GONNA INVADE MINNESOTA IN LATE JANUARY” - the Trump administration
January 17, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Russian winter did in the campaigns Napoleon AND Hitler.
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Humans always think they’ve covered their tracks and deleted their data, but they’re wrong a lot.
January 17, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Humans always think they’ve covered their tracks and deleted their data, but they’re wrong a lot.
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My random, regular cry into the abyss is that fascism is fundamentally about gender, in that it's the ethos of Western white masculinism (Power, Dominance, Control, Strength, Force, Hierarchy) taken to its ultimate logical limit in worship of the strongman and purging of "weak" (feminine) elements
January 17, 2026 at 7:53 PM
My random, regular cry into the abyss is that fascism is fundamentally about gender, in that it's the ethos of Western white masculinism (Power, Dominance, Control, Strength, Force, Hierarchy) taken to its ultimate logical limit in worship of the strongman and purging of "weak" (feminine) elements
I heard Zack addressing a packed hall in Barnsley today, and I have to say, I am HERE for a politics of hope, community, diversity, protecting the environment and taxing the fucking billionaires.
Free bus travel for under 22s is just one step to help support those areas devastated by years of austerity.
KMPG analysis shows that for every £1 invested in bus services, we get an economic benefit ranging from £4.55 to £5.
news.sky.com/story/green-...
KMPG analysis shows that for every £1 invested in bus services, we get an economic benefit ranging from £4.55 to £5.
news.sky.com/story/green-...
Green Party calls for free bus travel in England for under-22s
Green Party leader Zack Polanski said young people had been shut out of work and training because of the cost of living, promising that Green councillors would push for the change if elected in May.
news.sky.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:30 PM
I heard Zack addressing a packed hall in Barnsley today, and I have to say, I am HERE for a politics of hope, community, diversity, protecting the environment and taxing the fucking billionaires.
I know some of you aren't ready to hear this, but the Trump movement's attitude toward Greenland--"I could use it, I want it, therefore I deserve to have it & am entitled to take it by any means available"--is the same attitude people who pirate novels have, simply writ large.
January 17, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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Somewhere, the thousand year old corpse of Erik the Red is realizing he really did pull off one of the greatest marketing coups in history.
I was just writing about how the bad guys in Doctor Who often have buffoonish master plans only to read in the actual news that Trump intends to raise punitive taxes on Americans until Europe gives up & gives him Greenland
January 17, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Somewhere, the thousand year old corpse of Erik the Red is realizing he really did pull off one of the greatest marketing coups in history.
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In memory of Scott Adams, I think more people should be talking about the series finale of the Dilbert cartoon, a two part episode in which Dilbert is force-femmed by Mpreg
January 17, 2026 at 8:07 PM
In memory of Scott Adams, I think more people should be talking about the series finale of the Dilbert cartoon, a two part episode in which Dilbert is force-femmed by Mpreg
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nowadays, of course, this episode would be immediately obvious as weird transphobia but in the media environment of 2000, before broad public awareness of trans people, i assume scott adams was just trying to broadcast his disdain for women in general rather than trans women specifically
January 17, 2026 at 8:18 PM
nowadays, of course, this episode would be immediately obvious as weird transphobia but in the media environment of 2000, before broad public awareness of trans people, i assume scott adams was just trying to broadcast his disdain for women in general rather than trans women specifically
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First, he threatens to take Greenland by force, now he is threatening to tariff anyone who stands in his way.
First, he claimed tariffs were a way to fix the so-called trade imbalance.
Now he’s openly using them to bully the free world.
First, he claimed tariffs were a way to fix the so-called trade imbalance.
Now he’s openly using them to bully the free world.
January 17, 2026 at 6:06 PM
First, he threatens to take Greenland by force, now he is threatening to tariff anyone who stands in his way.
First, he claimed tariffs were a way to fix the so-called trade imbalance.
Now he’s openly using them to bully the free world.
First, he claimed tariffs were a way to fix the so-called trade imbalance.
Now he’s openly using them to bully the free world.
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i wrote about laughing at ICE and that one margaret atwood quote about men being afraid of women laughing at them
www.patreon.com/posts/148398...
www.patreon.com/posts/148398...
January 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM
i wrote about laughing at ICE and that one margaret atwood quote about men being afraid of women laughing at them
www.patreon.com/posts/148398...
www.patreon.com/posts/148398...
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'Desperately malnourished waif' wins the internet today 🤭
One of the most popular and crowd-pleasing arias in classical opera, "Perché non c'è cibo nella mia ciotola, donna?" tells an emotional tale of a desperately malnourished waif and translates into English as "Why Is There No Food In My Bowl, Woman?"
January 17, 2026 at 6:19 PM
'Desperately malnourished waif' wins the internet today 🤭
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You can tell by the eyes.
January 17, 2026 at 12:49 PM
You can tell by the eyes.
F a c t
I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
January 17, 2026 at 5:50 PM
F a c t
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If your entire identity is to make me feel bad about being fat, my entire identity is going to be feeding your mom fried chicken before I fuck her.
So.
Tit for tat.
So.
Tit for tat.
January 17, 2026 at 4:08 PM
If your entire identity is to make me feel bad about being fat, my entire identity is going to be feeding your mom fried chicken before I fuck her.
So.
Tit for tat.
So.
Tit for tat.
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So working as designed then.
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:19 PM
So working as designed then.
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Great! It has ALL the validity of his self-generated TIME "Man of the Year" cover.
January 16, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Great! It has ALL the validity of his self-generated TIME "Man of the Year" cover.
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A lot of people don't know that Nobel laureates get two medals. A real gold one usually kept in a safe deposit box and a gold plated duplicate for public display.
She gave him the dupe
She gave him the dupe
January 16, 2026 at 6:48 PM
A lot of people don't know that Nobel laureates get two medals. A real gold one usually kept in a safe deposit box and a gold plated duplicate for public display.
She gave him the dupe
She gave him the dupe
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BODIES OF MAGIC, out Sept 2026: Grey's Anatomy meets A Deadly Education, a mystery set during the final exam week of a magical medical school. (Or: five queer nerds solve a murder and have some feelings.)
Cover design by Jamie Stafford-Hill.
Preorder US: bit.ly/BoM-US
Preorder UK: bit.ly/BoM-UK
Cover design by Jamie Stafford-Hill.
Preorder US: bit.ly/BoM-US
Preorder UK: bit.ly/BoM-UK
January 16, 2026 at 7:12 PM
BODIES OF MAGIC, out Sept 2026: Grey's Anatomy meets A Deadly Education, a mystery set during the final exam week of a magical medical school. (Or: five queer nerds solve a murder and have some feelings.)
Cover design by Jamie Stafford-Hill.
Preorder US: bit.ly/BoM-US
Preorder UK: bit.ly/BoM-UK
Cover design by Jamie Stafford-Hill.
Preorder US: bit.ly/BoM-US
Preorder UK: bit.ly/BoM-UK