Ian Crook
@icyvr.bsky.social
Vancouver-based amateur photographer, with occasional comments on political issues.
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Noem lies shamelessly: "An individual approached order Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived to inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement"
January 24, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Noem lies shamelessly: "An individual approached order Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived to inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement"
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In Pete's defense on this post specifically, this appeal is not to the typical Bluesky user. He's appealing directly to the users still on the Nazi site, so it makes sense to post there.
Beyond appeals to them at targeted moments, agreed we shouldn't hang there.
Beyond appeals to them at targeted moments, agreed we shouldn't hang there.
January 24, 2026 at 9:30 PM
In Pete's defense on this post specifically, this appeal is not to the typical Bluesky user. He's appealing directly to the users still on the Nazi site, so it makes sense to post there.
Beyond appeals to them at targeted moments, agreed we shouldn't hang there.
Beyond appeals to them at targeted moments, agreed we shouldn't hang there.
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Hi Pete's Staff.
I am BEGGING you to take the extra step of copying and pasting the actual text from the bad place, instead of just posting screenshots. It's minimal effort.
Thanks, and please use your status and access to push someone -- anyone -- to do SOMETHING to stop this.
Love,
Wil
I am BEGGING you to take the extra step of copying and pasting the actual text from the bad place, instead of just posting screenshots. It's minimal effort.
Thanks, and please use your status and access to push someone -- anyone -- to do SOMETHING to stop this.
Love,
Wil
January 24, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Hi Pete's Staff.
I am BEGGING you to take the extra step of copying and pasting the actual text from the bad place, instead of just posting screenshots. It's minimal effort.
Thanks, and please use your status and access to push someone -- anyone -- to do SOMETHING to stop this.
Love,
Wil
I am BEGGING you to take the extra step of copying and pasting the actual text from the bad place, instead of just posting screenshots. It's minimal effort.
Thanks, and please use your status and access to push someone -- anyone -- to do SOMETHING to stop this.
Love,
Wil
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The deadly shooting in Minneapolis today was a straight-up execution of a protester by Trump's federal brownshirts.
The thugs wrestled him to the ground. They pistol-whipped him, then shot him multiple times. They murdered him.
The thugs wrestled him to the ground. They pistol-whipped him, then shot him multiple times. They murdered him.
January 24, 2026 at 7:40 PM
The deadly shooting in Minneapolis today was a straight-up execution of a protester by Trump's federal brownshirts.
The thugs wrestled him to the ground. They pistol-whipped him, then shot him multiple times. They murdered him.
The thugs wrestled him to the ground. They pistol-whipped him, then shot him multiple times. They murdered him.
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The videos don't lie. A man is dead, killed in cold blood. There is no conceivable justification for this intentional homicide. And make no mistake, that intentional, unjustified homicide was committed on behalf of Donald J. Trump.
January 24, 2026 at 7:40 PM
The videos don't lie. A man is dead, killed in cold blood. There is no conceivable justification for this intentional homicide. And make no mistake, that intentional, unjustified homicide was committed on behalf of Donald J. Trump.
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Trump's militarization of Minneapolis and other parts of our nation isn't about illegal immigration. It's not about enhancing public safety. It's about destroying any sense of that safety—to intimidate political opponents, and to punish dissent.
January 24, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Trump's militarization of Minneapolis and other parts of our nation isn't about illegal immigration. It's not about enhancing public safety. It's about destroying any sense of that safety—to intimidate political opponents, and to punish dissent.
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It's about a corrupt, out-of-control regime's effort to provoke citizens in order to justify the violence it desires to commit against them so that it can expand and retain its power.
January 24, 2026 at 7:40 PM
It's about a corrupt, out-of-control regime's effort to provoke citizens in order to justify the violence it desires to commit against them so that it can expand and retain its power.
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That is fascism. It is tyranny. It is governmental criminality.
And the ultimate legal check the Framers of our Constitution provided to stop this kind of tyranny and criminality in the executive branch is impeachment and removal of the executive.
And the ultimate legal check the Framers of our Constitution provided to stop this kind of tyranny and criminality in the executive branch is impeachment and removal of the executive.
January 24, 2026 at 7:40 PM
That is fascism. It is tyranny. It is governmental criminality.
And the ultimate legal check the Framers of our Constitution provided to stop this kind of tyranny and criminality in the executive branch is impeachment and removal of the executive.
And the ultimate legal check the Framers of our Constitution provided to stop this kind of tyranny and criminality in the executive branch is impeachment and removal of the executive.
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Congress needs to do its job.
Now.
Before it's too late.
Now.
Before it's too late.
January 24, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Congress needs to do its job.
Now.
Before it's too late.
Now.
Before it's too late.
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What a lying piece of shit.
Sen. Hoeven: "We can't just go by what we saw on videos on social media. We've got to get the facts. But in a situation where an individual appears to have approached law enforcement, intervened while they're trying to do their job, and he has a loaded handgun, think about that."
January 24, 2026 at 9:47 PM
What a lying piece of shit.
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Holy shit.
He was filming. He went over to help a lady that ICE shoved down. Agents engaged him.
His hands were on the pavement when he was shot.
He never had his hand on a weapon.
Cold blooded murder.
He was filming. He went over to help a lady that ICE shoved down. Agents engaged him.
His hands were on the pavement when he was shot.
He never had his hand on a weapon.
Cold blooded murder.
NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.
January 24, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Holy shit.
He was filming. He went over to help a lady that ICE shoved down. Agents engaged him.
His hands were on the pavement when he was shot.
He never had his hand on a weapon.
Cold blooded murder.
He was filming. He went over to help a lady that ICE shoved down. Agents engaged him.
His hands were on the pavement when he was shot.
He never had his hand on a weapon.
Cold blooded murder.
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Bellingcat is gold standard. Read entire thread
"A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man BEFORE THE FIRST shot was fired."
"At least 10 shots being heard in total. Most of them are fired after a brief delay, when the man is already lying motionless on the ground."
"A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man BEFORE THE FIRST shot was fired."
"At least 10 shots being heard in total. Most of them are fired after a brief delay, when the man is already lying motionless on the ground."
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
January 24, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Bellingcat is gold standard. Read entire thread
"A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man BEFORE THE FIRST shot was fired."
"At least 10 shots being heard in total. Most of them are fired after a brief delay, when the man is already lying motionless on the ground."
"A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man BEFORE THE FIRST shot was fired."
"At least 10 shots being heard in total. Most of them are fired after a brief delay, when the man is already lying motionless on the ground."
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No more funding for ICE. Period, full stop. This cannot be allowed to go on.
January 24, 2026 at 9:55 PM
No more funding for ICE. Period, full stop. This cannot be allowed to go on.
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What lying fucks they all are.
January 24, 2026 at 10:00 PM
What lying fucks they all are.
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Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 25, 2026
January 24, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 25, 2026
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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Other agents then pepper spray Mr. Pretti, who is holding a phone in one hand and nothing in the other, and pull him to the ground.
"His concealed weapon was found only after he was restrained on the sidewalk, the videos show. It appears to have been taken from him before the agents opened fire."
"His concealed weapon was found only after he was restrained on the sidewalk, the videos show. It appears to have been taken from him before the agents opened fire."
January 24, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Other agents then pepper spray Mr. Pretti, who is holding a phone in one hand and nothing in the other, and pull him to the ground.
"His concealed weapon was found only after he was restrained on the sidewalk, the videos show. It appears to have been taken from him before the agents opened fire."
"His concealed weapon was found only after he was restrained on the sidewalk, the videos show. It appears to have been taken from him before the agents opened fire."
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"Videos analyzed by The New York Times appear to contradict the accounts of federal officials, who said Mr. Pretti approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and the intent to 'massacre' them. Video footage shows Mr. Pretti stepping between a woman and an agent who is pepper spraying her. ...
January 24, 2026 at 10:51 PM
"Videos analyzed by The New York Times appear to contradict the accounts of federal officials, who said Mr. Pretti approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and the intent to 'massacre' them. Video footage shows Mr. Pretti stepping between a woman and an agent who is pepper spraying her. ...
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PM Carney really hit a nerve. 😂
Nothing says “stable global leadership” like rage-quitting a “very prestigious” imaginary club 😂 ‘cause PM didn’t bow properly
This isn’t diplomacy it’s barely breakup post written in ALL CAPS energy.😭📜🍿
Canada will survive without the Board of Self-Congratulation™
Nothing says “stable global leadership” like rage-quitting a “very prestigious” imaginary club 😂 ‘cause PM didn’t bow properly
This isn’t diplomacy it’s barely breakup post written in ALL CAPS energy.😭📜🍿
Canada will survive without the Board of Self-Congratulation™
January 23, 2026 at 2:12 AM
PM Carney really hit a nerve. 😂
Nothing says “stable global leadership” like rage-quitting a “very prestigious” imaginary club 😂 ‘cause PM didn’t bow properly
This isn’t diplomacy it’s barely breakup post written in ALL CAPS energy.😭📜🍿
Canada will survive without the Board of Self-Congratulation™
Nothing says “stable global leadership” like rage-quitting a “very prestigious” imaginary club 😂 ‘cause PM didn’t bow properly
This isn’t diplomacy it’s barely breakup post written in ALL CAPS energy.😭📜🍿
Canada will survive without the Board of Self-Congratulation™
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I’m just gonna leave this here:
PM Carney: “I take note from the president’s comments. I don’t take direction from it.”
— Mark Carney
Canada’s Prime Minister 🇨🇦
PM Carney: “I take note from the president’s comments. I don’t take direction from it.”
— Mark Carney
Canada’s Prime Minister 🇨🇦
January 23, 2026 at 2:23 AM
I’m just gonna leave this here:
PM Carney: “I take note from the president’s comments. I don’t take direction from it.”
— Mark Carney
Canada’s Prime Minister 🇨🇦
PM Carney: “I take note from the president’s comments. I don’t take direction from it.”
— Mark Carney
Canada’s Prime Minister 🇨🇦
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“Canada thrives because we are Canadian.”
— Mark Carney
Canada’s Prime Minister 🇨🇦
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA🇨🇦🍁❤️
— Mark Carney
Canada’s Prime Minister 🇨🇦
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA🇨🇦🍁❤️
January 23, 2026 at 3:35 AM
“Canada thrives because we are Canadian.”
— Mark Carney
Canada’s Prime Minister 🇨🇦
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA🇨🇦🍁❤️
— Mark Carney
Canada’s Prime Minister 🇨🇦
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA🇨🇦🍁❤️