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Steve Thornton says fight fascism and protect trans kids (and grownups).
Pinned
I really regret this.
I'm not Canadian, but I'm watching a helluva sporting event -- the Scotties, women's curling championship, and the final is incredible. Going into an extra end after a miracle shot by the red team.
February 2, 2026 at 2:47 AM
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Four bicycle riders stop for a photograph on the Alameda Avenue Bridge, Denver, Colorado
ca. 1905
February 1, 2026 at 7:35 PM
#jazzsky Dave Pike, Limbo Carnival, Prestige New Jazz, 1963 [2014 reissue].

Pike, vib mar; Leo Wright, f as; Jimmy Raney, g; Tommy Flanagan, p; George Duvivier, b; Ahmed Abdul-Malik, b; William Correo, d; Ray Barretto, conga

I got our good turntable back from the shop!
February 1, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Sergei Brin, Woody Allen, Richard Branson, (ex) Prince Andrew, Steve Bannon, Howard Lutnick, Casey Wasserman, Steven Tisch. How many more? These people all belong in prison. This should be an earthquake.
February 1, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
February 1, 2026 at 3:10 AM
#jazzsky Art Blakey Quintet, A Night at Birdland Volume 2, Blue Note, 1956 [this is the 2015 "75th Anniversary" reissue; originally on 10"; recorded Feb 21st, 1954].

Clifford Brown, t; Lou Donaldson, as; Horace Silver, p; Curly Russell, b; Art Blakey, d. Seminal hard bop, unmatched, unmatchable.
February 1, 2026 at 12:49 AM
#jazzsky Booker Little, Out Front, Candid, 1961 [2022 reissue]. Little, t; Eric Dolphy, as, bcl, f; Julian Priester, tb; Max Roach, d, tympani, vib; Art Davis or Ron Carter, b; Don Friedman, p.
January 31, 2026 at 11:27 PM
#jazzsky Charlie Parker, Bird at St. Nick's, Original Jazz Classics, 1983 [reissue of 1957 on Jazz Workshop; recorded 1950]. Parker, as; Al Haig, p; Roy Haynes, d; Red Rodney, t; Tommy Potter, b. Low fidelity, but high musicianship. @birdlives1.bsky.social will like this one!
January 31, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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Nonsense. It's not possible to steal AI technology. I know this because Google's own LLMs are built using a complete copy of my legal blog, and that's somehow not stealing because, as Google says, a complete copy of my legal blog is both trivial and utterly essential for their tech to work.
Ex-Google Engineer Convicted of Stealing A.I. Secrets for Start-Up in China
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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Let's not forget that Trump is putting on a huge show to distract us from the Epstein files.

ACCUSED OF RAPING CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 13. Today, 2 million new files and 2,000 videos were released.
January 30, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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Catherine O’Hara SCTV thread

youtu.be/990OaFr8EYw?...
SCTV - Lola's Love Spirit
YouTube video by The Second City
youtu.be
January 30, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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📍Rev. Kenny Callahan, a Minneapolis pastor, said “I’m not afraid.”
ICE pointed a gun in his face.

🧊 Then said: “You’re white. You wouldn’t be fun anyway.”

This was fear and Intimidation

PAXIS trains you to hold the line—legally, emotionally.

➡️ paxis.app
January 30, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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ilhan omar is actually one of the bravest people in the world.
January 28, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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To be fair, this kind of thing can happen if you've never actually talked to any women.
January 27, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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We need to get it broadly understood that Stephen Miller's ethnic cleansing will result in a permanent metastasized immigrant carceral state and paramilitary warfare on US streets that goes on *for years.*

The internal logic of his agenda dictates this of necessity.

newrepublic.com/article/2041...
January 26, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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as a parent I cannot imagine how absolutely fucking heartbreaking and awful it must be to have to put out a statement like this because the federal government killed your son and is telling monstrous lies about him
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."
January 25, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Remembering better days in Minnesota, like this forgotten indiepop classic from the Bomb Pops in 1994: youtu.be/fWqZHJ-6lwA?...
January 25, 2026 at 2:45 AM
#jazzsky Hank Mobley, Roll Call, Blue Note, 1961 [this is the 2025 Classic Vinyl Series reissue]. Mobley, ts; Freddie Hubbard, t; Wynton Kelly, p; Paul Chambers, b; Art Blakey, d. Whew!
January 25, 2026 at 12:57 AM
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One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
January 24, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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We’re supposed to believe this is a domestic terrorist attacking ICE with a gun
January 24, 2026 at 9:35 PM
#jazzsky Illinois Jacquet, Spectrum, Argo, 1965 [this Cadet release the same year]. Jacquet & Buddy Lucas, ts; Ernest Royal & James Nottingham, t; Haywood Henry, bs; Edwin Stout or Patricia Bown, p; Eric Gale & Billy Butler, g; Leonard Gaskin or George Duvivier, b; Herbert Lovelle or Grady Tate, d.
January 24, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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"After the shooting, an angry crowd gathered and screamed profanities at federal officers, calling them 'cowards' and telling them to go home. One officer responded mockingly as he walked away, telling them: 'Boo hoo.' Agents elsewhere shoved a yelling protester into a car."
Man shot during Minneapolis immigration crackdown has died, hospital record shows
A 51-year-old man shot by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis has died, a hospital record obtained by The Associated Press shows. Gov.
apnews.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
January 24, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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Board of Peace - Season 1
January 24, 2026 at 7:45 AM