François Arseneault
@frankars.bsky.social
Amateur Gamedev, Progressive, Atheist, Anti-fascist, Wildlife Photograph.
Also know as SmileyVR.
Also know as SmileyVR.
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"document everything" puts innocent people at risk because the state cares not that they have done nothing illegal. they will use OSINT from the video you took of a crowd with faces visible to identify people to prosecute.
your video "exculpating" them is useless because the ride is the punishment
your video "exculpating" them is useless because the ride is the punishment
I should not have to say this but if you are a legal observer your job is not to go snitch on any and all illegal things.
Your job is SPECIFICALLY AND EXCLUSIVELY to record law enforcement brutality, illegality, and overreach.
It is ABSOLUTELY NOT to snitch on protests you find too spicy.
Your job is SPECIFICALLY AND EXCLUSIVELY to record law enforcement brutality, illegality, and overreach.
It is ABSOLUTELY NOT to snitch on protests you find too spicy.
February 3, 2026 at 5:53 AM
"document everything" puts innocent people at risk because the state cares not that they have done nothing illegal. they will use OSINT from the video you took of a crowd with faces visible to identify people to prosecute.
your video "exculpating" them is useless because the ride is the punishment
your video "exculpating" them is useless because the ride is the punishment
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Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes."
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
February 3, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes."
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
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yeah this is regime collapse, at this level at least.
BREAKING: 8 more U.S. Attorneys in MN resign from Trump’s DOJ in protest as backlash grows.
This isn’t normal; isn’t routine reshuffling. It’s a rebellion.
Last month, 6 veteran prosecutors quit in protest. Normal staffing for the MN DOJ’s office is around 50 attorneys. They’re down to just 9.
This isn’t normal; isn’t routine reshuffling. It’s a rebellion.
Last month, 6 veteran prosecutors quit in protest. Normal staffing for the MN DOJ’s office is around 50 attorneys. They’re down to just 9.
February 3, 2026 at 4:45 AM
yeah this is regime collapse, at this level at least.
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Sometimes you have to say it out loud to appreciate how dire t all is:
The president just openly declared his plans to steal the midterm elections — in an interview with the former number two person at the FBI.
The president just openly declared his plans to steal the midterm elections — in an interview with the former number two person at the FBI.
Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"
February 2, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Sometimes you have to say it out loud to appreciate how dire t all is:
The president just openly declared his plans to steal the midterm elections — in an interview with the former number two person at the FBI.
The president just openly declared his plans to steal the midterm elections — in an interview with the former number two person at the FBI.
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Incrementalists take it on the chin again. This is why they hate Mamdani. He's giving up the game that people in power HAVE POWER and don't solely exist to beg you for $5 every day. He's ruining the Democratic Party by showing voters that they have the power to do stuff instead of crouching in fear
Incredible contrast between this and Keir Starmer running a delivery driver over
Mamdani Forces Delivery Apps to Pay Back $4.6 Million Cheated From Drivers
New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has already scored a major win for deliveristas working for three delivery giants.
futurism.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Incrementalists take it on the chin again. This is why they hate Mamdani. He's giving up the game that people in power HAVE POWER and don't solely exist to beg you for $5 every day. He's ruining the Democratic Party by showing voters that they have the power to do stuff instead of crouching in fear
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If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
Yes, Peter decided that the continued existence of our democracies isn't compatible with his desired level of personal freedom.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
February 3, 2026 at 12:17 AM
If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
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This is why I never answer when these scolds demand to know who I vote for. There's no reason to tell them because even if you did the thing they want, you'll still get in trouble for not doing it enthusiastically enough or for the sin of "identifying observable reality."
One thing many people refuse to understand is that voting for Kamala Harris doesn’t excuse you for telling everyone she sucks and convincing others not to vote for her
February 2, 2026 at 10:22 PM
This is why I never answer when these scolds demand to know who I vote for. There's no reason to tell them because even if you did the thing they want, you'll still get in trouble for not doing it enthusiastically enough or for the sin of "identifying observable reality."
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And today the Treasury Department told me it wouldn't expedite processing of a FOIA for the agreement allowing Qatar to hold the money because it couldn't identify an immediate public interest.
To help out Treasury: It rhymes with corruption. It's also spelled the same as corruption.
To help out Treasury: It rhymes with corruption. It's also spelled the same as corruption.
SHAHEEN: It's been reported that the oil sold for $500 million and $300 million went to Venezuelan government. What happened to the other $200 million?
RUBIO: It's still sitting in the account is my understanding
SHAHEEN: The account in Qatar?
RUBIO: Yes
RUBIO: It's still sitting in the account is my understanding
SHAHEEN: The account in Qatar?
RUBIO: Yes
February 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
And today the Treasury Department told me it wouldn't expedite processing of a FOIA for the agreement allowing Qatar to hold the money because it couldn't identify an immediate public interest.
To help out Treasury: It rhymes with corruption. It's also spelled the same as corruption.
To help out Treasury: It rhymes with corruption. It's also spelled the same as corruption.
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The killing of thousands of people in Gaza by Israel is all because Fuck Face wants luxury hotels.
February 1, 2026 at 4:36 PM
The killing of thousands of people in Gaza by Israel is all because Fuck Face wants luxury hotels.
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Whenever you see a story about how liberals aren't making their conservative peers feel welcome enough, this is who they're talking about.
University of Illinois college republicans advocate for executing protesters as “traitors” with art that takes a disturbing killing and makes it even more extreme.
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
dailyillini.com/news-stories...
‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini
In a post that included a graphic of a presumed officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE."
dailyillini.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Whenever you see a story about how liberals aren't making their conservative peers feel welcome enough, this is who they're talking about.
We made a culture that reward lack of empathy and encourage competition and tribalism while we are in fact a social, cooperative species.
Especially the masculine version of freedom, which is independence and freedom as lack of accountability and responsibility.
Especially the masculine version of freedom, which is independence and freedom as lack of accountability and responsibility.
February 2, 2026 at 6:39 AM
We made a culture that reward lack of empathy and encourage competition and tribalism while we are in fact a social, cooperative species.
Especially the masculine version of freedom, which is independence and freedom as lack of accountability and responsibility.
Especially the masculine version of freedom, which is independence and freedom as lack of accountability and responsibility.
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Bad Bunny at the Grammys: "Before I say thanks to God, I want to say ICE out. We're not savage, we're not animals, we're not aliens, we are humans, and we are Americans."
February 2, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Bad Bunny at the Grammys: "Before I say thanks to God, I want to say ICE out. We're not savage, we're not animals, we're not aliens, we are humans, and we are Americans."
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Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
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Billie Eilish used her acceptance speech to say: “No one is illegal on stolen land.” And CBS censored her when she said “Fuck ICE.”
February 2, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Billie Eilish used her acceptance speech to say: “No one is illegal on stolen land.” And CBS censored her when she said “Fuck ICE.”
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Good to see that many Dem elected officials now want to be seen getting involved in the cases of immigrants who have been wrongly detained by ICE.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
February 1, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Good to see that many Dem elected officials now want to be seen getting involved in the cases of immigrants who have been wrongly detained by ICE.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
Let's spare a word for @vanhollen.senate.gov, who did this for Kilmar Abrego Garcia back when wise pundits said this was politically dangerous.
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in retrospect in the wake of the epstein files being released, no wonder ‘me too’ was met with such anger and ultimately those in power it meant to target never face many consequences
February 1, 2026 at 5:28 PM
in retrospect in the wake of the epstein files being released, no wonder ‘me too’ was met with such anger and ultimately those in power it meant to target never face many consequences
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Doesn't seem like this should be his job
February 1, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Doesn't seem like this should be his job
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Secret police put a beat down on a grandmother in Oregon, tearing her rotator cuff while pulling her from a car, before dumping out her purse and fleeing the scene after finding a US passport.
U.S. citizen injured by federal agents in Salem who demanded to see “papers,” union says - Salem Reporter
A home care worker and union worker was pulled from her car and injured by federal agents Thursday according to a statement by SEIU 503. To comment on this story, use the form at the end of the repor...
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February 1, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Secret police put a beat down on a grandmother in Oregon, tearing her rotator cuff while pulling her from a car, before dumping out her purse and fleeing the scene after finding a US passport.
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Heads up - if you have a TikTok account the terms of service have just changed allowing the new MAGA owned branch to use your highly personal data as they see fit.
You have to agree to the TOS to delete your account! 😳… But there’s a hack to avoid it! 👇🏻
You have to agree to the TOS to delete your account! 😳… But there’s a hack to avoid it! 👇🏻
January 31, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Heads up - if you have a TikTok account the terms of service have just changed allowing the new MAGA owned branch to use your highly personal data as they see fit.
You have to agree to the TOS to delete your account! 😳… But there’s a hack to avoid it! 👇🏻
You have to agree to the TOS to delete your account! 😳… But there’s a hack to avoid it! 👇🏻
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Right now they're banking on the former. I'm serious. That's the strategy unless we cause hell. It's primary season. The people are enraged and we have the numbers. You have to bend the establishment to your will.
February 1, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Right now they're banking on the former. I'm serious. That's the strategy unless we cause hell. It's primary season. The people are enraged and we have the numbers. You have to bend the establishment to your will.
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Texas Republicans: hey guys check this shit out we gerrymandered a bunch of extremely safe +15R districts into very risky +5R districts, this is gonna rock for us
Also Texas Republicans: oh no all my gerrymanders gone
Also Texas Republicans: oh no all my gerrymanders gone
February 1, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Texas Republicans: hey guys check this shit out we gerrymandered a bunch of extremely safe +15R districts into very risky +5R districts, this is gonna rock for us
Also Texas Republicans: oh no all my gerrymanders gone
Also Texas Republicans: oh no all my gerrymanders gone
I think we might actually see a blue wave this time.
February 1, 2026 at 6:39 AM
I think we might actually see a blue wave this time.
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Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 1, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.
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They aren’t deescalating anything. They’re claiming new extra-constitutional powers.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:30 PM
They aren’t deescalating anything. They’re claiming new extra-constitutional powers.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...