Kevin Atkinson
@ikeatkinson.bsky.social
Still skincare obsessed. Still gay. Still need to see more butt
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA
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that’s not very Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil of you diva
January 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM
that’s not very Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil of you diva
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From last week's NO KINGS NO WARS NO ICE march.
January 16, 2026 at 1:42 AM
From last week's NO KINGS NO WARS NO ICE march.
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Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
Breaking news: The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation alleging that they are impeding federal law enforcement officers’ abilities to do their jobs in the state.
Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation into impeding law enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
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most asinine shit I have read today and I have read some fucking abysmal shit. what do you think the governor should have said instead of "do not do violence." do you think the outcome would be better if the governor had said "you need to get out there and shoot feds." what is the "lesson," jackass.
January 17, 2026 at 12:20 AM
most asinine shit I have read today and I have read some fucking abysmal shit. what do you think the governor should have said instead of "do not do violence." do you think the outcome would be better if the governor had said "you need to get out there and shoot feds." what is the "lesson," jackass.
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For @wired.com, I wrote about how misogyny and homophobia have been used by the right to wage a campaign to destroy Renee Good www.wired.com/story/the-ca...
The Campaign to Destroy Renee Good
After an ICE agent shot and killed the Minneapolis mother, conservative media launched an all-out attack on her reputation. Her identity as a queer woman was central to it.
www.wired.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:46 PM
For @wired.com, I wrote about how misogyny and homophobia have been used by the right to wage a campaign to destroy Renee Good www.wired.com/story/the-ca...
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This isn't housing policy per se, but in a city where infant care averages $26k a year, universal child care would function as a massive, de facto housing subsidy—freeing up roughly $2,100 a month for rent.
More politicians need to grasp this: when it comes to "affordability," it's all connected.
More politicians need to grasp this: when it comes to "affordability," it's all connected.
Why universal child care is closer than ever in New York
One of Zohran Mamdani’s most expensive ideas has surprising early momentum.
www.vox.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:29 PM
This isn't housing policy per se, but in a city where infant care averages $26k a year, universal child care would function as a massive, de facto housing subsidy—freeing up roughly $2,100 a month for rent.
More politicians need to grasp this: when it comes to "affordability," it's all connected.
More politicians need to grasp this: when it comes to "affordability," it's all connected.
This guy on muni was so cute, and we couldn’t stop making awkward “try to avoid being seen looking at each other” eye contact and I think maybe my bar confidence needs to move into regular life confidence
January 16, 2026 at 3:27 AM
This guy on muni was so cute, and we couldn’t stop making awkward “try to avoid being seen looking at each other” eye contact and I think maybe my bar confidence needs to move into regular life confidence
This threat is actually terrible politics. Kirk’s death was a singular moment of outrage. This moment of outrage is so vast, undulating, and encompassing that it transcends politics. So employers would have to fire literally entire departments.
January 16, 2026 at 2:51 AM
This threat is actually terrible politics. Kirk’s death was a singular moment of outrage. This moment of outrage is so vast, undulating, and encompassing that it transcends politics. So employers would have to fire literally entire departments.
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girl that's a Tricia if I've ever seen one
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin on "acts of violence" against ICE agents in Minnesota: "Pouring water on the ground so that it would freeze the ground in front of our federal law enforcement vehicles so that they would potentially slide, crash, and potentially kill them"
January 16, 2026 at 2:36 AM
girl that's a Tricia if I've ever seen one
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This is what being around White people is like on the whole tbh.
They eat our food. Enjoy our music. Sip on our culture because they have none of their own. Then stand back and watch us get trampled.
They have been and will always be the weakest amongst us.
They eat our food. Enjoy our music. Sip on our culture because they have none of their own. Then stand back and watch us get trampled.
They have been and will always be the weakest amongst us.
One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.
January 16, 2026 at 2:45 AM
This is what being around White people is like on the whole tbh.
They eat our food. Enjoy our music. Sip on our culture because they have none of their own. Then stand back and watch us get trampled.
They have been and will always be the weakest amongst us.
They eat our food. Enjoy our music. Sip on our culture because they have none of their own. Then stand back and watch us get trampled.
They have been and will always be the weakest amongst us.
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One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.
January 16, 2026 at 12:56 AM
One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.
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You aren't actually overreacting other people are sleepwalking.
January 15, 2026 at 10:39 PM
You aren't actually overreacting other people are sleepwalking.
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Hey folks Calvary Food Shelf has been helping out people in Minneapolis for 30 years, and now they’re ramping up to meet the crisis, including doing home deliveries so people don’t have to risk going out.
They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?
They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?
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January 15, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Hey folks Calvary Food Shelf has been helping out people in Minneapolis for 30 years, and now they’re ramping up to meet the crisis, including doing home deliveries so people don’t have to risk going out.
They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?
They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?
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.@PabloReports: What do you make of the Ford worker who called Trump a pedophile protector?
AOC: He’s right
AOC: He’s right
January 14, 2026 at 11:18 PM
.@PabloReports: What do you make of the Ford worker who called Trump a pedophile protector?
AOC: He’s right
AOC: He’s right
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I often think Overton Window rhetoric is sometimes a little simplistic, but abolishing ICE is like gay marriage in 2012: on its way to being a mainstream opinion.
the only reason "abolish ICE" is seen as radical is that no one will say it but the far left. if every normie Democrat started saying it tomorrow it would move the overton window so far you'd have to squint to find it. my kingdom for leaders who understand they can shape public opinion.
Democrats officially going all in on the mealy mouthed “ICE needs training” narrative.
No. ABOLISH ICE.
No. ABOLISH ICE.
January 16, 2026 at 1:50 AM
I often think Overton Window rhetoric is sometimes a little simplistic, but abolishing ICE is like gay marriage in 2012: on its way to being a mainstream opinion.
Alright it’s gonna be dumplings tonight, so the real question: beef chow fun or pork fried rice?
January 16, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Alright it’s gonna be dumplings tonight, so the real question: beef chow fun or pork fried rice?
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A big part of why the Right is furious at White women right now is because they're increasingly using their Whiteness as shield and a weapon and it's honestly fucking great.
January 15, 2026 at 10:06 PM
A big part of why the Right is furious at White women right now is because they're increasingly using their Whiteness as shield and a weapon and it's honestly fucking great.
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btw we addicts had a community meeting about this and we voted that it's OK for us to relapse when it happens bc on that day we will be pure of heart and freed of our disease
January 16, 2026 at 1:15 AM
btw we addicts had a community meeting about this and we voted that it's OK for us to relapse when it happens bc on that day we will be pure of heart and freed of our disease
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Some of the stories in here are absolutely chilling. One US citizen of Somali descent was just riding an elevator with ICE agents and then they detained him for almost half an hour in the freezing cold despite him showing agents his passport card. They only let him go once protestors showed up.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Some of the stories in here are absolutely chilling. One US citizen of Somali descent was just riding an elevator with ICE agents and then they detained him for almost half an hour in the freezing cold despite him showing agents his passport card. They only let him go once protestors showed up.
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This is important and, also, not not new. There were reports of this in LA, Portland, and Chicago, at least, as well.
Just so people outside of MN know - a lot of the US citizens getting “arrested” by ICE never get processed at Whipple. They are roughed up during the arrest and then often dropped off miles from where they were picked up. It means we don’t know the true scale of what ICE is doing based on ICE stats
January 15, 2026 at 7:04 PM
This is important and, also, not not new. There were reports of this in LA, Portland, and Chicago, at least, as well.
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Just so people outside of MN know - a lot of the US citizens getting “arrested” by ICE never get processed at Whipple. They are roughed up during the arrest and then often dropped off miles from where they were picked up. It means we don’t know the true scale of what ICE is doing based on ICE stats
January 15, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Just so people outside of MN know - a lot of the US citizens getting “arrested” by ICE never get processed at Whipple. They are roughed up during the arrest and then often dropped off miles from where they were picked up. It means we don’t know the true scale of what ICE is doing based on ICE stats
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i’m getting really sick of people calling this administration’s various actions “distractions” when the actions all align with the same authoritarian agenda. If we’re gonna recognize our collective struggle, we need to recognize their collective agenda.
January 15, 2026 at 9:02 PM
i’m getting really sick of people calling this administration’s various actions “distractions” when the actions all align with the same authoritarian agenda. If we’re gonna recognize our collective struggle, we need to recognize their collective agenda.
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AOC, once again, doing a better job of articulating the Democratic party's supposed platform better than everyone in the actual party leadership combined
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 15, 2026 at 9:24 PM
AOC, once again, doing a better job of articulating the Democratic party's supposed platform better than everyone in the actual party leadership combined
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"Officers threw flash bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car"
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
January 15, 2026 at 8:22 PM
"Officers threw flash bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car"
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
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"Their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness."
North Minneapolis ICE shooting: 6 children hospitalized after flash bang hits van
A family was caught in clashes between protesters and law enforcement during civil unrest in north Minneapolis, leading to six children, including a 6-month-old baby, being hospitalized.
www.fox9.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:56 PM
"Their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness."