Diziet Sma
@gravitasproblem.bsky.social
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seeing other diy resources blatantly copy from pghrt.diy makes me feel both proud and incredibly smug (it's good because the goal is spreading understanding, but also annoying that they don't always explain the crucial WHY), but also annoying I'M the one who gets bad-faith "ermm source???" criticism
January 13, 2026 at 10:53 PM
seeing other diy resources blatantly copy from pghrt.diy makes me feel both proud and incredibly smug (it's good because the goal is spreading understanding, but also annoying that they don't always explain the crucial WHY), but also annoying I'M the one who gets bad-faith "ermm source???" criticism
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fun fact, dhs isn't a branch of the military so you can legally discriminate against fmr ice agents when you throw their resume in the trash
January 13, 2026 at 11:14 PM
fun fact, dhs isn't a branch of the military so you can legally discriminate against fmr ice agents when you throw their resume in the trash
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I found out that you can reuse a decades old calendar if its year’s dates line up with the current year’s, so this year I got a lovely 1998 Xena: Warrior Princess calendar. The way they added show events into it is cracking me up.
January 13, 2026 at 11:50 PM
I found out that you can reuse a decades old calendar if its year’s dates line up with the current year’s, so this year I got a lovely 1998 Xena: Warrior Princess calendar. The way they added show events into it is cracking me up.
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ICE shot out a young trans man's eyes for the crime of caring about his neighbors.
Protester is 21 yrs old. ICE agent dragged him and held his head down in his own pool of blood, mocked him about losing his eye. They fired pepper pellets at the HEAD of a witness recording the incident.
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week...
www.latimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:53 PM
ICE shot out a young trans man's eyes for the crime of caring about his neighbors.
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Bernie an co have no idea what to do with themselves now that the a non insignificant portion of the democrat electorate is to the left of them
January 14, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Bernie an co have no idea what to do with themselves now that the a non insignificant portion of the democrat electorate is to the left of them
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you are not obligated to like every trans book you read but considering your platform I think you *are* obligated to handle it with a little more delicacy than "transwrecks"
you are from this scene, you should know better. this kind of thing can destroy fragile livelihoods.
you are from this scene, you should know better. this kind of thing can destroy fragile livelihoods.
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 AM
you are not obligated to like every trans book you read but considering your platform I think you *are* obligated to handle it with a little more delicacy than "transwrecks"
you are from this scene, you should know better. this kind of thing can destroy fragile livelihoods.
you are from this scene, you should know better. this kind of thing can destroy fragile livelihoods.
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hey, elected officials? nobody who says anything like revamp or reform or rehabilitate or retrain ICE has my vote. i don't want ICE 2.0. i don't want "hurt and terrorize and murder and abduct my neighbors but in a more socially acceptable way." get them fucking gone and maybe we'll talk
January 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
hey, elected officials? nobody who says anything like revamp or reform or rehabilitate or retrain ICE has my vote. i don't want ICE 2.0. i don't want "hurt and terrorize and murder and abduct my neighbors but in a more socially acceptable way." get them fucking gone and maybe we'll talk
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We could have paid teachers at any time.
We could have simply offered a dignified wage to do any of the work we need done at any time.
San Fransisco could be clean right now.
It was always a matter of political will.
We could have simply offered a dignified wage to do any of the work we need done at any time.
San Fransisco could be clean right now.
It was always a matter of political will.
ICE AGENT: “I love my job. I can’t believe they pay me to do this. I’d do it for free. I only went to high school and I make $200,000.”
January 14, 2026 at 1:33 AM
We could have paid teachers at any time.
We could have simply offered a dignified wage to do any of the work we need done at any time.
San Fransisco could be clean right now.
It was always a matter of political will.
We could have simply offered a dignified wage to do any of the work we need done at any time.
San Fransisco could be clean right now.
It was always a matter of political will.
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For the rest of my life:
"We can't pay for--" fuck you they paid for ICE to ravage our cities.
"We can't just defund--" fuck you they abolished the Department of Education.
"We can't pay for--" fuck you they paid for ICE to ravage our cities.
"We can't just defund--" fuck you they abolished the Department of Education.
We could have paid teachers at any time.
We could have simply offered a dignified wage to do any of the work we need done at any time.
San Fransisco could be clean right now.
It was always a matter of political will.
We could have simply offered a dignified wage to do any of the work we need done at any time.
San Fransisco could be clean right now.
It was always a matter of political will.
ICE AGENT: “I love my job. I can’t believe they pay me to do this. I’d do it for free. I only went to high school and I make $200,000.”
January 14, 2026 at 2:16 AM
For the rest of my life:
"We can't pay for--" fuck you they paid for ICE to ravage our cities.
"We can't just defund--" fuck you they abolished the Department of Education.
"We can't pay for--" fuck you they paid for ICE to ravage our cities.
"We can't just defund--" fuck you they abolished the Department of Education.
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we don't have very much but we can strip anybody who works for ICE of any social niceties whatsoever. you find out somebody is with them? they don't get to be ANYTHING to you anymore. and tell them WHY. it SUCKS to be ostracized and stigmatized. please use it on somebody who's earned it for once
January 14, 2026 at 2:20 AM
we don't have very much but we can strip anybody who works for ICE of any social niceties whatsoever. you find out somebody is with them? they don't get to be ANYTHING to you anymore. and tell them WHY. it SUCKS to be ostracized and stigmatized. please use it on somebody who's earned it for once
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skimming these texts:
January 14, 2026 at 2:26 AM
skimming these texts:
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You do not hate Congress enough
"I asked a number of Senate Democrats if increasing ICE funding is a red line for them in the upcoming budget negotiations. Most of the lawmakers I spoke with refrained from describing it in that way"
www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-dem...
www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-dem...
Democrats Appear Ready to Duck a Key Fight on ICE
Top Senate Democrats are focused on other priorities in the government funding fight.
www.thebulwark.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:27 AM
You do not hate Congress enough
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The trans experience of having signed up for something over a year ago because you thought the government would have killed you by now but they haven't and now you have to do the thing you signed up for.
January 14, 2026 at 2:28 AM
The trans experience of having signed up for something over a year ago because you thought the government would have killed you by now but they haven't and now you have to do the thing you signed up for.
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There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
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You know how people are like "well we should just have a general strike it's simple" and then us folks who've done labor stuff are like "cute yeah try pulling that off without unions"
Well
Well
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
inthesetimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:33 AM
You know how people are like "well we should just have a general strike it's simple" and then us folks who've done labor stuff are like "cute yeah try pulling that off without unions"
Well
Well
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Reminder that Third Way is a Republican group attempting to pretend to be democrats to try and hamstring the left, and a good way to operate is to do the exact opposite of whatever they suggest.
ICE may be shooting people in the face, sending people to concentration camps, and illegally occupying our cities but, apparently, the Democrats think saying, "abolish ICE" is "emotional" and politically "lethal."
January 14, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Reminder that Third Way is a Republican group attempting to pretend to be democrats to try and hamstring the left, and a good way to operate is to do the exact opposite of whatever they suggest.
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ICE may be shooting people in the face, sending people to concentration camps, and illegally occupying our cities but, apparently, the Democrats think saying, "abolish ICE" is "emotional" and politically "lethal."
January 13, 2026 at 4:33 PM
ICE may be shooting people in the face, sending people to concentration camps, and illegally occupying our cities but, apparently, the Democrats think saying, "abolish ICE" is "emotional" and politically "lethal."
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I wonder, seriously, how big the "ICE should be disbanded" percentage needs to get before either a) congressional leaders get on board or b) people decide congress isn't the best way to solve the problem
January 14, 2026 at 4:09 AM
I wonder, seriously, how big the "ICE should be disbanded" percentage needs to get before either a) congressional leaders get on board or b) people decide congress isn't the best way to solve the problem
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Great advice for the present moment too.
January 14, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Great advice for the present moment too.
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The Right: "Abolish the Department of Education, the Department of Health next, maybe the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau too"
Highly-Paid Political Pundits: "I think we should hear out their arguments"
The Left: "Abolish ICE"
Pundits: "Thar is a completely unreasonable political position"
Highly-Paid Political Pundits: "I think we should hear out their arguments"
The Left: "Abolish ICE"
Pundits: "Thar is a completely unreasonable political position"
January 14, 2026 at 4:32 AM
The Right: "Abolish the Department of Education, the Department of Health next, maybe the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau too"
Highly-Paid Political Pundits: "I think we should hear out their arguments"
The Left: "Abolish ICE"
Pundits: "Thar is a completely unreasonable political position"
Highly-Paid Political Pundits: "I think we should hear out their arguments"
The Left: "Abolish ICE"
Pundits: "Thar is a completely unreasonable political position"
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One of the things that has actually made me more socialist is reading the history of the civil war because you learn, through well documented primary sources, how much radical republicanism and reconstruction was betrayed, before the war even finished, because of liberal capitalist imperialism.
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 AM
One of the things that has actually made me more socialist is reading the history of the civil war because you learn, through well documented primary sources, how much radical republicanism and reconstruction was betrayed, before the war even finished, because of liberal capitalist imperialism.
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Bari Weiss eating shit over and over and over has been a small pleasure in the wasteland.
Viewers are rejecting Tony Dokoupil's "CBS Evening News," with the show down 23% in viewers year over year.
"CBS isn’t losing the evening news race, they already lost it," one veteran TV exec told me. Another called the debut a "big whiff."
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/tony-dokou...
"CBS isn’t losing the evening news race, they already lost it," one veteran TV exec told me. Another called the debut a "big whiff."
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/tony-dokou...
The Dokoupil Dud
Despite wall-to-wall promotion, Tony Dokoupil’s "CBS Evening News" debut has delivered a ratings dud—and perhaps exposed the limits of Bari Weiss' MAGA-ification of the network.
www.status.news
January 14, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Bari Weiss eating shit over and over and over has been a small pleasure in the wasteland.
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Neighbors standing guard over churches so that parents can have secret meetings about how to keep daycares safe. This is what's happening in the Twin Cities right now.
January 14, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Neighbors standing guard over churches so that parents can have secret meetings about how to keep daycares safe. This is what's happening in the Twin Cities right now.
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Commiserations to Matty Yglesias, the merry band of well funded centrists, and all the major politics desks behind them
January 14, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Commiserations to Matty Yglesias, the merry band of well funded centrists, and all the major politics desks behind them