Ignacio Gallup-Diaz
@igallupd.bsky.social
College teacher, Atlantic World historian, Poirot + Morse aficionado
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BREAKING — ChongLy Scott Thao's family has released a statement disputing DHS's outrageous justification for his arrest.
"He does not live with, nor has he ever lived with, the individuals DHS claims were targets of this operation...[the family] does not know the individuals DHS references."
"He does not live with, nor has he ever lived with, the individuals DHS claims were targets of this operation...[the family] does not know the individuals DHS references."
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 PM
BREAKING — ChongLy Scott Thao's family has released a statement disputing DHS's outrageous justification for his arrest.
"He does not live with, nor has he ever lived with, the individuals DHS claims were targets of this operation...[the family] does not know the individuals DHS references."
"He does not live with, nor has he ever lived with, the individuals DHS claims were targets of this operation...[the family] does not know the individuals DHS references."
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“The truth always lies somewhere in the middle” has to be one of my least favorite phrases. Sometimes, one side is actually truthful and one side is actually malicious and lying!
January 19, 2026 at 8:34 PM
“The truth always lies somewhere in the middle” has to be one of my least favorite phrases. Sometimes, one side is actually truthful and one side is actually malicious and lying!
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Please do not refer to this "Board of Peace" as a UN-like entity.
It is a Mar-a-Lago Club / Rose Garden Club inspired membership with ONE person collecting fees, ONE person being in charge with neither citizens nor leaders having ANY say about anything.
Let's keep our heads on a swivel. Please.
It is a Mar-a-Lago Club / Rose Garden Club inspired membership with ONE person collecting fees, ONE person being in charge with neither citizens nor leaders having ANY say about anything.
Let's keep our heads on a swivel. Please.
January 20, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Please do not refer to this "Board of Peace" as a UN-like entity.
It is a Mar-a-Lago Club / Rose Garden Club inspired membership with ONE person collecting fees, ONE person being in charge with neither citizens nor leaders having ANY say about anything.
Let's keep our heads on a swivel. Please.
It is a Mar-a-Lago Club / Rose Garden Club inspired membership with ONE person collecting fees, ONE person being in charge with neither citizens nor leaders having ANY say about anything.
Let's keep our heads on a swivel. Please.
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The ideal number of likes is still 2–34
Couldn't care less if Thread has a billion users and Blue Sky has 1000. I just need a steam vent where I can release whatever dumb jokes and observations enter my brain without contributing to the financial success of Musk or Zuck. Give me 2-34 likes on every one of these and I'm good.
January 20, 2026 at 12:04 AM
The ideal number of likes is still 2–34
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people.com/nj-girl-foun...
"6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
"6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
January 19, 2026 at 11:05 PM
people.com/nj-girl-foun...
"6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
"6 years old... walking by herself on the street, crying, crying out for her dad, asking, 'Where's Papi? Where's Papi?'..."
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New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home
DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 AM
New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for.
My story:
My story:
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Dozens of Nunavummiut braved the cold to stand in solidarity with Greenland and against threats of annexation by the United States.
About 90 per cent of its 60,000 people are Inuit.
About 90 per cent of its 60,000 people are Inuit.
Nunavummiut rally to support Greenland
Dozens of Nunavummiut gathered in Iqaluit to show their support for the people of Greenland who are under threat from the United States.
www.aptnnews.ca
January 20, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Dozens of Nunavummiut braved the cold to stand in solidarity with Greenland and against threats of annexation by the United States.
About 90 per cent of its 60,000 people are Inuit.
About 90 per cent of its 60,000 people are Inuit.
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Flagged for adult content on account of being archival erotica
Spent some time with this beauty today. 1650s King's Bench Plea Roll. TNA KB 27/1777
January 19, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Flagged for adult content on account of being archival erotica
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mookie time (blep)
January 19, 2026 at 11:01 PM
mookie time (blep)
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it’s apparently the anniversary of when i took this rooftop photo, whee
January 19, 2026 at 11:29 PM
it’s apparently the anniversary of when i took this rooftop photo, whee
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have you considered that your posts only appeal to bots, because that is exactly what this data is pointing to.
A tale of three apps. Identical post sent at the same time:
Twitter: 136,000 likes, 20,000 shares
Threads: 46,000 likes, 4,000 ahares
Bluesky: 149 likes, 45 shares
To be clear, I have 60k followers on Twitter, 15k on Bluesky, but only 7k on Threads.
I love Bluesky, but this isn't sustainable.
Twitter: 136,000 likes, 20,000 shares
Threads: 46,000 likes, 4,000 ahares
Bluesky: 149 likes, 45 shares
To be clear, I have 60k followers on Twitter, 15k on Bluesky, but only 7k on Threads.
I love Bluesky, but this isn't sustainable.
January 19, 2026 at 11:29 PM
have you considered that your posts only appeal to bots, because that is exactly what this data is pointing to.
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Saber-tooth creature
January 19, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Saber-tooth creature
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“One morally vacant aristocrat could not have accomplished today on his own. Everyone who was supposed to protect [us] from this failed in unforgivable ways … Every institution you may have believed had value revealed itself to be for-sale or out-to-lunch.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Everyone Who Was Supposed to Protect You From This Failed Miserably
Donald Trump will now be the president again. A colossal failure by every Republican, Democratic, legal, corporate, and media institution got us here.
www.rollingstone.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:39 AM
“One morally vacant aristocrat could not have accomplished today on his own. Everyone who was supposed to protect [us] from this failed in unforgivable ways … Every institution you may have believed had value revealed itself to be for-sale or out-to-lunch.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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In Louisiana, an ICE officer named David Courvelle has pleaded guilty on charges related to his monthslong sexual abuse of a Nicaraguan woman held in a detention center. www.wbrz.com/news/contrac...
Contract detention officer pleads guilty to sexually abusing Nicaraguan detainee at ICE facility in Basile
A former ICE detention officer pleaded guilty Monday to the sexual abuse of a Nicaraguan detainee at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile, according to court documents obtained by WBRZ.
www.wbrz.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:10 PM
In Louisiana, an ICE officer named David Courvelle has pleaded guilty on charges related to his monthslong sexual abuse of a Nicaraguan woman held in a detention center. www.wbrz.com/news/contrac...
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The message of Trump’s letter to the prime minister of Norway signals that the president “genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/U0fviLiM
January 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The message of Trump’s letter to the prime minister of Norway signals that the president “genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/U0fviLiM
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So far, my first 6 bills to be called up have all advanced in the legislative process.
We’ll see if I’m still rolling sixes tomorrow at 8:30AM when a Senate Finance & Appropriations sub takes up my bill SB 96 to create incentives for Braille shipping labels so more blind people can read their mail.
We’ll see if I’m still rolling sixes tomorrow at 8:30AM when a Senate Finance & Appropriations sub takes up my bill SB 96 to create incentives for Braille shipping labels so more blind people can read their mail.
January 19, 2026 at 11:16 PM
So far, my first 6 bills to be called up have all advanced in the legislative process.
We’ll see if I’m still rolling sixes tomorrow at 8:30AM when a Senate Finance & Appropriations sub takes up my bill SB 96 to create incentives for Braille shipping labels so more blind people can read their mail.
We’ll see if I’m still rolling sixes tomorrow at 8:30AM when a Senate Finance & Appropriations sub takes up my bill SB 96 to create incentives for Braille shipping labels so more blind people can read their mail.
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Every single thing about this is magical
Happy 11th anniversary of me losing my fucking mind over this QVC clip
January 19, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Every single thing about this is magical
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Ellison: This is the essence of dictatorship. It’s the essence of it. And we’ve got to get over the idea that this couldn’t happen here. Not only could it happen here—it’s happening here.
January 19, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Ellison: This is the essence of dictatorship. It’s the essence of it. And we’ve got to get over the idea that this couldn’t happen here. Not only could it happen here—it’s happening here.
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It's been a whole year without this face waking me up. A year with a Random sized hole in our lives that's not going away. I miss him so much!
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
It's been a whole year without this face waking me up. A year with a Random sized hole in our lives that's not going away. I miss him so much!
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ICE agents are trained on CPR but "It took more than 10 minutes after Macklin Good was shot by a federal immigration officer before someone gave her CPR." They also prevented a medical professional on the scene from intervening. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE agents are trained in CPR. They didn’t use it on Renee Macklin Good
Federal immigration agents waited three minutes to call 911 after one of their officers shot Renee Macklin Good in Minneapolis. After a brief medical assessment, they left her bleeding in her car. Age...
www.mprnews.org
January 19, 2026 at 3:49 PM
ICE agents are trained on CPR but "It took more than 10 minutes after Macklin Good was shot by a federal immigration officer before someone gave her CPR." They also prevented a medical professional on the scene from intervening. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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It's almost like the issue isn't training but the fact that these are terrible human beings working for inherently violent agencies.
ICE agents are trained on CPR but "It took more than 10 minutes after Macklin Good was shot by a federal immigration officer before someone gave her CPR." They also prevented a medical professional on the scene from intervening. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE agents are trained in CPR. They didn’t use it on Renee Macklin Good
Federal immigration agents waited three minutes to call 911 after one of their officers shot Renee Macklin Good in Minneapolis. After a brief medical assessment, they left her bleeding in her car. Age...
www.mprnews.org
January 19, 2026 at 9:40 PM
It's almost like the issue isn't training but the fact that these are terrible human beings working for inherently violent agencies.
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Tom Durie, court fool to Anne of Denmark, 1614. Fascinating, marvelous portrait by Marcus Gheeraerts, whose day is today.
January 19, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Tom Durie, court fool to Anne of Denmark, 1614. Fascinating, marvelous portrait by Marcus Gheeraerts, whose day is today.
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Obsessed with Veronika
January 19, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Obsessed with Veronika
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Excessive force by officers is not new. What is novel for the United States is the use of federal power afterward to stifle investigation and shield wrongdoing.
That path is unprecedented and indefensible. trib.al/G3Jt6TQ
That path is unprecedented and indefensible. trib.al/G3Jt6TQ
DOJ Resignations Over the Renee Good Shooting Confirm Our Worst Fears
Justice officials are obviously trying to insulate Jonathan Ross from accountability. And four senior career people couldn’t take it anymore.
trib.al
January 19, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Excessive force by officers is not new. What is novel for the United States is the use of federal power afterward to stifle investigation and shield wrongdoing.
That path is unprecedented and indefensible. trib.al/G3Jt6TQ
That path is unprecedented and indefensible. trib.al/G3Jt6TQ