roxlobster
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optical physicist. amateur instigator. i love my wife @therealduckwife.bsky.social
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An LRAD was used on protestors a couple days ago in Minnesota for crowd control. Although they thankfully didn't use the warning tone, which is the most damaging sound LRADs can make, it's important to know that Minnesota State Patrol has them out: www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Fact Check: Minnesota authorities used LRAD sound weapon on anti-ICE protesters. But that's not the full story
In extreme cases, sonic weapons can cause nausea, dizziness, and even permanent damage. In this case, officials used it to declare unlawful assembly.
www.yahoo.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:06 AM
An LRAD was used on protestors a couple days ago in Minnesota for crowd control. Although they thankfully didn't use the warning tone, which is the most damaging sound LRADs can make, it's important to know that Minnesota State Patrol has them out: www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Solidary with Sudan, ever think about that? Solidarity with Haiti. Solidarity with Congo. Solidarity with Venezuela. Solidarity with other people harmed by America who are harmed worse than us by it.
January 29, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Solidary with Sudan, ever think about that? Solidarity with Haiti. Solidarity with Congo. Solidarity with Venezuela. Solidarity with other people harmed by America who are harmed worse than us by it.
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i hate this type of vague tease-y headline. he sucks the bone marrow out of three child corpses every morning. there, saved you a click
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed his secret breakfast indulgence to CBS News' Kelly O'Grady — and he made her promise not to tell Human and Health Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
January 29, 2026 at 2:50 PM
i hate this type of vague tease-y headline. he sucks the bone marrow out of three child corpses every morning. there, saved you a click
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I’m struggling with how to promote this one, so I’ll just say I hope you read it and that it makes you feel less alone.
Crackdown
Writing through history and heartbreak.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 29, 2026 at 1:53 AM
I’m struggling with how to promote this one, so I’ll just say I hope you read it and that it makes you feel less alone.
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No child should live in detainment. No child is illegal. A country that jails children must be stopped.
January 28, 2026 at 3:34 PM
No child should live in detainment. No child is illegal. A country that jails children must be stopped.
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To put it another way: Courageous jurists on the lower courts have held back Trump from inflicting even more damage on civil rights and liberties. This timeline sucks, but the one in which the judiciary doesn't even try to push back is FAR worse. We insult these judges when we dismiss their impact.
I’m done with this shit. This isn’t a game. And if you don’t realize that the work of Judges Xinis and Boasberg and Ellis has been an essential part of forcing this administration to account for its actions, you’re not a serious person.
January 27, 2026 at 2:49 PM
To put it another way: Courageous jurists on the lower courts have held back Trump from inflicting even more damage on civil rights and liberties. This timeline sucks, but the one in which the judiciary doesn't even try to push back is FAR worse. We insult these judges when we dismiss their impact.
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People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
January 25, 2026 at 11:00 PM
People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
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They kill us for their sport.
January 26, 2026 at 5:50 PM
They kill us for their sport.
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new york magazine has a very nasty article out about my beautiful golden throne, which they say is the only thing keeping me alive. when I'm sitting on my big beautiful throne I am NOT ASLEEP!! I am directing the beacon of the astronomican, something sleepy joe did very badly may I add
January 26, 2026 at 4:11 PM
new york magazine has a very nasty article out about my beautiful golden throne, which they say is the only thing keeping me alive. when I'm sitting on my big beautiful throne I am NOT ASLEEP!! I am directing the beacon of the astronomican, something sleepy joe did very badly may I add
the old order depended on men being over represented. as we correct this it is necessarily true that men will see their influence and presence wane- until they are no longer over represented. this is good actually.
January 25, 2026 at 3:39 PM
the old order depended on men being over represented. as we correct this it is necessarily true that men will see their influence and presence wane- until they are no longer over represented. this is good actually.
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Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
January 24, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
very interesting to me to keep track of who used to yell about 'innocent until proven guilty' when it was trump charged with crimes but who now gleefully repeat claims that immigrants are 'criminal illegals' despite no court process. lotta people with no interest in justice and only in winning
January 23, 2026 at 5:18 PM
very interesting to me to keep track of who used to yell about 'innocent until proven guilty' when it was trump charged with crimes but who now gleefully repeat claims that immigrants are 'criminal illegals' despite no court process. lotta people with no interest in justice and only in winning
i'm 8-10 years in. so far zero negative effects and zero regret
One thing I've noticed from watching 'gender critical' activists is that consequences are always 10 years away, no matter when you ask them.
There's no study that shows that after 8 to 10 years trans people being to regret transition, of course.
This is based on nothing at all.
There's no study that shows that after 8 to 10 years trans people being to regret transition, of course.
This is based on nothing at all.
January 23, 2026 at 1:52 PM
i'm 8-10 years in. so far zero negative effects and zero regret
pretty shit time to be canadian in america!
January 22, 2026 at 6:04 PM
pretty shit time to be canadian in america!
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THEY WERE EVIL THEY WERE GODLESS HEATHENS WHO WORSHIPPED MAMMON THEY WERE THE GREAT SIN OF THIS NATION ABOLITION WAS A HOLY CRUSADE JOHN BROWN WAS A PROPHET THIS IS GOD'S COUNTRY AND SATAN SHALL HAVE NO SEAT IN IT EVERY MAN SHALL BE FREE
JD Vance: “I feel like something happened like 10 years ago where every, it’s like you have to think that every single person that who fought for the Confederate side was an evil person. I just think that’s so stupid.”
June 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
THEY WERE EVIL THEY WERE GODLESS HEATHENS WHO WORSHIPPED MAMMON THEY WERE THE GREAT SIN OF THIS NATION ABOLITION WAS A HOLY CRUSADE JOHN BROWN WAS A PROPHET THIS IS GOD'S COUNTRY AND SATAN SHALL HAVE NO SEAT IN IT EVERY MAN SHALL BE FREE
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the spermaceti itself, how bland and creamy that is
January 22, 2026 at 7:47 AM
the spermaceti itself, how bland and creamy that is
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We still have a leader of a sovereign nation and his wife locked in a cage in New York City
January 21, 2026 at 7:40 PM
We still have a leader of a sovereign nation and his wife locked in a cage in New York City
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Boy Who Grew Up Playing New Vegas Still Enjoys It as Grown Woman hard-drive.net/boy-who-grew...
January 21, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Boy Who Grew Up Playing New Vegas Still Enjoys It as Grown Woman hard-drive.net/boy-who-grew...
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New — ChongLy Scott Thao's family has put out a press release disputing DHS's justification for his wrongful ICE detainment, saying "the timeline of incarceration and residence records" for the two men they were supposedly seeking "makes DHS’s claim factually implausible."
Full release:
Full release:
January 21, 2026 at 5:16 PM
New — ChongLy Scott Thao's family has put out a press release disputing DHS's justification for his wrongful ICE detainment, saying "the timeline of incarceration and residence records" for the two men they were supposedly seeking "makes DHS’s claim factually implausible."
Full release:
Full release:
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1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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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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ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
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NEW — ICE violence has spread well beyond Minneapolis, with agents landing in small cities like St. Cloud. I spoke with Alice Valentine, a local queer trans woman, who protested ICE on Monday and was pepper sprayed, beaten and jailed as a result, along with her girlfriend.
This is Alice's story:
This is Alice's story:
Queer trans ICE protester in small Minn. city recounts agents' violence and humiliation
Alice Valentine of St. Cloud was pepper sprayed and jailed by ICE for trying to protect immigrant neighbors.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 16, 2026 at 6:58 PM
NEW — ICE violence has spread well beyond Minneapolis, with agents landing in small cities like St. Cloud. I spoke with Alice Valentine, a local queer trans woman, who protested ICE on Monday and was pepper sprayed, beaten and jailed as a result, along with her girlfriend.
This is Alice's story:
This is Alice's story:
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published this and was then immediately without internet for 3+ hours to share it so please read 🙏
ICE is headed to Maine
The Mayors of Portland and Lewiston confirmed Wednesday ICE's imminent presence.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 15, 2026 at 2:42 AM
published this and was then immediately without internet for 3+ hours to share it so please read 🙏
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AS HE DIED TO MAKE MEN HOLY LET US LIVE TO MAKE MEN FREE
January 15, 2026 at 8:20 AM
AS HE DIED TO MAKE MEN HOLY LET US LIVE TO MAKE MEN FREE