Green Owl
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“The population of CBP agents and officers who have been arrested would make it roughly the nation’s fourth largest police department — equal to the size of the entire Philadelphia police.”🤯
Criminality is so rampant inside CBP that it has seen one of its own agents or officers arrested every 24 to 36 hours since 2005.
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
February 13, 2026 at 2:14 PM
“The population of CBP agents and officers who have been arrested would make it roughly the nation’s fourth largest police department — equal to the size of the entire Philadelphia police.”🤯
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I testified Friday before Gov. Pritzker's commission studying abuses of ICE and CBP and tried to explain how the agencies went so far off track. It's actually way worse than I ever realized. Please read and share my testimony as Congress considers reform: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
Accountability for ICE and CBP
However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I testified Friday before Gov. Pritzker's commission studying abuses of ICE and CBP and tried to explain how the agencies went so far off track. It's actually way worse than I ever realized. Please read and share my testimony as Congress considers reform: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
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For my money, the way thousands of regular people are self-organizing to resist data centers is one of the most cautiously hopeful stories going right now.
www.themountaineer.com/news/no-cryp...
www.themountaineer.com/news/no-cryp...
No crypto in Canton: Town blocks data centers and crypto mining operations
Canton’s makeshift town hall in a tiny trailer was bursting at the seams Wednesday night with citizens united against data centers and cryptocurrency mining.
www.themountaineer.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:27 AM
For my money, the way thousands of regular people are self-organizing to resist data centers is one of the most cautiously hopeful stories going right now.
www.themountaineer.com/news/no-cryp...
www.themountaineer.com/news/no-cryp...
Media coverage increased right after marriage equality became law in the UK. Like in the US & sometimes funded by US groups, as soon as they lost on marriage/gay rights, they switched to attacking trans folk as a problem. The Murdochs did their usual. Once Rowling got involved, coverage shot up.
February 13, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Media coverage increased right after marriage equality became law in the UK. Like in the US & sometimes funded by US groups, as soon as they lost on marriage/gay rights, they switched to attacking trans folk as a problem. The Murdochs did their usual. Once Rowling got involved, coverage shot up.
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pure elite capture - the uk just folded to a hardline anti-trans campaign pushed by a tiny number of people
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight
An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.
www.thepinknews.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:23 PM
pure elite capture - the uk just folded to a hardline anti-trans campaign pushed by a tiny number of people
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
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February 13, 2026 at 8:01 AM
There's also the fact this era went through the apocalyptic collapse of the Burn & loss of warp travel. Societies were isolated from each other, Earth was isolated from the remains of the Federation. The cadets have been poor, slaves, nomadic refugees, Starfleet barely existed. They're rebuilding.
February 13, 2026 at 7:05 AM
There's also the fact this era went through the apocalyptic collapse of the Burn & loss of warp travel. Societies were isolated from each other, Earth was isolated from the remains of the Federation. The cadets have been poor, slaves, nomadic refugees, Starfleet barely existed. They're rebuilding.
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they wanna say "nobody's perfect, you gotta accept people with flaws," which sounds great, and then they say, "like this guy who got a nazi tattoo."
like okay sure let's accept him into group therapy and we'll see how it goes but i don't think he's entitled to immediately be a us senator???
like okay sure let's accept him into group therapy and we'll see how it goes but i don't think he's entitled to immediately be a us senator???
February 13, 2026 at 6:10 AM
they wanna say "nobody's perfect, you gotta accept people with flaws," which sounds great, and then they say, "like this guy who got a nazi tattoo."
like okay sure let's accept him into group therapy and we'll see how it goes but i don't think he's entitled to immediately be a us senator???
like okay sure let's accept him into group therapy and we'll see how it goes but i don't think he's entitled to immediately be a us senator???
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Poor Hound had a cyst removed and is now wearing the Cone of Shame.
HOUND: SORROW
ME: It’s…ah…not that bad?
HOUND: WOE
ME: It’s a fashion accessory? For very beautiful hounds?
HOUND: *walks into corner and is trapped like a lost Roomba*
ME: Oh dear…
HOUND: NO ONE HAS SUFFERED LIKE HOUND SUFFERS NOW
HOUND: SORROW
ME: It’s…ah…not that bad?
HOUND: WOE
ME: It’s a fashion accessory? For very beautiful hounds?
HOUND: *walks into corner and is trapped like a lost Roomba*
ME: Oh dear…
HOUND: NO ONE HAS SUFFERED LIKE HOUND SUFFERS NOW
February 13, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Poor Hound had a cyst removed and is now wearing the Cone of Shame.
HOUND: SORROW
ME: It’s…ah…not that bad?
HOUND: WOE
ME: It’s a fashion accessory? For very beautiful hounds?
HOUND: *walks into corner and is trapped like a lost Roomba*
ME: Oh dear…
HOUND: NO ONE HAS SUFFERED LIKE HOUND SUFFERS NOW
HOUND: SORROW
ME: It’s…ah…not that bad?
HOUND: WOE
ME: It’s a fashion accessory? For very beautiful hounds?
HOUND: *walks into corner and is trapped like a lost Roomba*
ME: Oh dear…
HOUND: NO ONE HAS SUFFERED LIKE HOUND SUFFERS NOW
Technically, the "working class" was/is the lower middle class. Below them is the poor/working poor. Then there's the middle class (petit bourgeois) & then the upper middle class (lower wealthy). So really we should have just come up w/ more names than middle class.
February 13, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Technically, the "working class" was/is the lower middle class. Below them is the poor/working poor. Then there's the middle class (petit bourgeois) & then the upper middle class (lower wealthy). So really we should have just come up w/ more names than middle class.
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New post at CAMPAIGN TRAILS on protests and photos:
A Thousand Words
Leaders of the civil rights movement called their protests "demonstrations" because they aimed to make visible the systems of political repression and physical violence that were all too often hidden ...
campaign-trails.ghost.io
February 12, 2026 at 4:33 PM
New post at CAMPAIGN TRAILS on protests and photos:
The economists say we're already in a "labor recession". No one can afford to buy homes, especially the young. Thousands being laid off. Rents are still awful & evictions are up, not enough lower income housing etc. Same as late 80's before '91 recession & before housing bubble collapse in 2007.
February 12, 2026 at 8:20 PM
The economists say we're already in a "labor recession". No one can afford to buy homes, especially the young. Thousands being laid off. Rents are still awful & evictions are up, not enough lower income housing etc. Same as late 80's before '91 recession & before housing bubble collapse in 2007.
So they caught all the immigrant "criminals" in the Twin Cities, did they? "Insurgent" rioter crisis somehow averted after only a few weeks, after they murdered & shot several people, kidnapped kids & Dems threatened shutdowns & hearings? The lies would be pathetic if they didn't come w/ violence.
February 12, 2026 at 7:44 PM
So they caught all the immigrant "criminals" in the Twin Cities, did they? "Insurgent" rioter crisis somehow averted after only a few weeks, after they murdered & shot several people, kidnapped kids & Dems threatened shutdowns & hearings? The lies would be pathetic if they didn't come w/ violence.
I think it's also possible the military leaders pitched a fit about extended Guard deployment, esp after a Guard shot in DC & state officials going to court. They're willing to bomb fishing boats, invade countries, etc. but they don't want to hang w/ ICE yahoos. So they pulled them back except DC.
February 12, 2026 at 4:57 PM
I think it's also possible the military leaders pitched a fit about extended Guard deployment, esp after a Guard shot in DC & state officials going to court. They're willing to bomb fishing boats, invade countries, etc. but they don't want to hang w/ ICE yahoos. So they pulled them back except DC.
Taller, denser built women who would count out doing pairs skating because they're not "small" enough to supposedly be lifted, might come in as lifters & quite easily replace the guys. Which is what they're scared of. There are 4.5 billion women, we fit every style.
February 12, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Taller, denser built women who would count out doing pairs skating because they're not "small" enough to supposedly be lifted, might come in as lifters & quite easily replace the guys. Which is what they're scared of. There are 4.5 billion women, we fit every style.
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More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
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⚡️US military aid to Ukraine dropped 99% in 2025, report finds.
European countries stepped in to fill the gap, increasing military aid to Ukraine by 67% and non-military support by 59% in 2025, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
European countries stepped in to fill the gap, increasing military aid to Ukraine by 67% and non-military support by 59% in 2025, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
US military aid to Ukraine dropped 99% in 2025, report finds
European countries stepped in to fill the gap, increasing military aid to Ukraine by 67% and non-military support by 59% in 2025, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
kyivindependent.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:03 PM
⚡️US military aid to Ukraine dropped 99% in 2025, report finds.
European countries stepped in to fill the gap, increasing military aid to Ukraine by 67% and non-military support by 59% in 2025, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
European countries stepped in to fill the gap, increasing military aid to Ukraine by 67% and non-military support by 59% in 2025, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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If the government can take away your voting rights for a felony conviction, and they also decide what constitutes a felony, and they also decide who’s charged with the felony, and they also decide who’s prosecuted for the felony, you don’t have a right to vote.
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger endorsed a constitutional amendment to automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions when they leave prison. State lawmakers passed the amendment and it will now appear on the state ballot.
“It’s Time”: Virginia Lawmakers Ask Voters to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting
Voters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They
boltsmag.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:10 AM
If the government can take away your voting rights for a felony conviction, and they also decide what constitutes a felony, and they also decide who’s charged with the felony, and they also decide who’s prosecuted for the felony, you don’t have a right to vote.
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Trump’s EPA is moving to scrap a landmark emissions policy as part of its deregulatory agenda, a shift that would also gut a key legal foundation for combating global warming.
Trump’s EPA Is Set to Scrap a Landmark Emissions Policy in Deregulatory Push
Among other things, the move would undo the legal basis of the fight against global warming.
truthout.org
February 11, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Trump’s EPA is moving to scrap a landmark emissions policy as part of its deregulatory agenda, a shift that would also gut a key legal foundation for combating global warming.
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I don't care how many have cameras. I'm concerned that 13,000 ICE agents have jobs.
BREAKING: ICE Director Todd Lyons says 3000 out of 13,000 ICE Agents have cameras
Watch hearing live here:
youtube.com/watch?v=mmDo...
Watch hearing live here:
youtube.com/watch?v=mmDo...
February 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
I don't care how many have cameras. I'm concerned that 13,000 ICE agents have jobs.
Geometry was my best, favorite math area. I rocked at geometric proofs. Women tend to be better at math in general bc we're trained to be thorough & pay attention to detail. & we're mostly great at spatial stuff. Men just don't like letting us pack the car or becoming engineers.
February 11, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Geometry was my best, favorite math area. I rocked at geometric proofs. Women tend to be better at math in general bc we're trained to be thorough & pay attention to detail. & we're mostly great at spatial stuff. Men just don't like letting us pack the car or becoming engineers.
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the people who spread the “female brains are bad at math and spatial reasoning” lies should be tried at the Hague
Another fun wrinkle from that period (that might still exist): I was good at math and loved it and then my geometry teacher told me that I'd probably struggle because female brains were bad at spatial thinking. I kept loving math & being good at it but assumed that would end so I ended it first.
Those who weren’t resigned to the Math Idiot Garbage Bin as kids may not grasp how much “if you’re bad at math, you’ll die in a ditch and all will be better off for it” sentiment was floating around in the 90s and 2000s, but it sure felt real to me.
(my parents are great! It didn’t come from them!)
(my parents are great! It didn’t come from them!)
February 11, 2026 at 2:41 PM
the people who spread the “female brains are bad at math and spatial reasoning” lies should be tried at the Hague
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“Historians call this passageway a masterwork of deliberate concealment, designed to be absolutely invisible to slave catchers or city marshals during the 19th-century”
Safe house linked to Underground Railroad discovered in Manhattan
The Merchant's House is the first landmarked building in Manhattan.
ny1.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:59 AM
“Historians call this passageway a masterwork of deliberate concealment, designed to be absolutely invisible to slave catchers or city marshals during the 19th-century”
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years