JediKat
@jedikat71.bsky.social
My friends call me Kate (pronouns: She/Her), and I'm a lifelong Trekkie and Star Wars fan. I enjoy movies, TV, and comic books, and I also write fanfiction. I'd be posting more fandom stuff if the world wasn't going to heck.
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Jake Tapper is a tool.
God the gall of @jaketapper.bsky.social lecturing that Minneapolis small business owner about the meaning of the word "concentration camp" while people are being crammed into poorly resourced buildings by the thousands and shuttled off never to be heard from again
February 15, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Jake Tapper is a tool.
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I can think of several dozen historians who would be happy to lecture @jaketapper.bsky.social about why "concentration camp" is, in fact, an apt term.
God the gall of @jaketapper.bsky.social lecturing that Minneapolis small business owner about the meaning of the word "concentration camp" while people are being crammed into poorly resourced buildings by the thousands and shuttled off never to be heard from again
February 13, 2026 at 1:00 AM
I can think of several dozen historians who would be happy to lecture @jaketapper.bsky.social about why "concentration camp" is, in fact, an apt term.
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NYT: Trump secretly deported 9 migrants despite court orders to not remove them to their home nations. So, he sent them to prison in Cameroon: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:25 AM
NYT: Trump secretly deported 9 migrants despite court orders to not remove them to their home nations. So, he sent them to prison in Cameroon: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
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Benedict and Sophie celebrate eleven years of marriage today!
February 14, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Benedict and Sophie celebrate eleven years of marriage today!
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Brasileiros voadores no topo
February 14, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Brasileiros voadores no topo
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valentine's day isn't just for couples, it's also a day to celebrate love. for instance, i would love it if housing prices came down.
February 14, 2026 at 8:11 PM
valentine's day isn't just for couples, it's also a day to celebrate love. for instance, i would love it if housing prices came down.
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It's @startrek 's 60th -- and #StarfleetAcademy is in San Francisco -- so we're celebrating with a Bay Cruise! #StarTrekSF #StarTrekOnPPlus
February 14, 2026 at 7:43 PM
It's @startrek 's 60th -- and #StarfleetAcademy is in San Francisco -- so we're celebrating with a Bay Cruise! #StarTrekSF #StarTrekOnPPlus
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Been on all day trying to bring in any donations because we're struggling hard and nothing is coming in.
Please help with even a few bucks? linktr.ee/wylder
Please help with even a few bucks? linktr.ee/wylder
February 14, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Been on all day trying to bring in any donations because we're struggling hard and nothing is coming in.
Please help with even a few bucks? linktr.ee/wylder
Please help with even a few bucks? linktr.ee/wylder
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Andrew Robinson is 84 today
It's been fully three years now since I started selling Friend of Garak merch. Here's an actual photo of Andy Robinson seeing it for the first time, sent to me by a customer in Finland because despite everything the internet is still amazing.
February 14, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Andrew Robinson is 84 today
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To every cis person glazing Gavin Newsom by insisting he’s “better for trans people” when the primaries haven’t even happened yet: Fuck you.
Ignoring our warnings that Newsom is a transphobic billionaire puppet is bad enough but leveraging our struggles to defend him? Seriously, fuck you.
Ignoring our warnings that Newsom is a transphobic billionaire puppet is bad enough but leveraging our struggles to defend him? Seriously, fuck you.
February 14, 2026 at 4:16 PM
To every cis person glazing Gavin Newsom by insisting he’s “better for trans people” when the primaries haven’t even happened yet: Fuck you.
Ignoring our warnings that Newsom is a transphobic billionaire puppet is bad enough but leveraging our struggles to defend him? Seriously, fuck you.
Ignoring our warnings that Newsom is a transphobic billionaire puppet is bad enough but leveraging our struggles to defend him? Seriously, fuck you.
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The $38.3 billion they are going to spend for interment camps could fund the annual budget of NASA, the EPA, and all clean energy R&D at the Department of Energy—combined.
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:14 AM
The $38.3 billion they are going to spend for interment camps could fund the annual budget of NASA, the EPA, and all clean energy R&D at the Department of Energy—combined.
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Erika Kirk hit with new 'grooming' claim over alleged messages to 15-year-old
us.cheatsheet.com/erika-kirk-h...
us.cheatsheet.com/erika-kirk-h...
Erika Kirk Hit With New ‘Grooming’ Claim Over Alleged Messages to 15-Year-Old
Erika Kirk also allegedly sent chocolate-covered strawberries to the teenager apart from the overly friendly texts.
us.cheatsheet.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:46 AM
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DHS is just a relic from the overreaction to 9/11 and all the opportunistic skullduggery that took advantage of it. There was never any need for it. Let it be dead. Its abrupt dissolution will be a bit chaotic but fuck it we ball.
February 14, 2026 at 7:35 AM
DHS is just a relic from the overreaction to 9/11 and all the opportunistic skullduggery that took advantage of it. There was never any need for it. Let it be dead. Its abrupt dissolution will be a bit chaotic but fuck it we ball.
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Restore Customs and the Secret Service to the Treasury.
Restore TSA and the Coast Guard to the Dept. of Transportation.
Restore FEMA to its original independent status - hell, make it a whole Department, we're going to need it.
Restore all the small random agencies to Justice.
Be done with it.
Restore TSA and the Coast Guard to the Dept. of Transportation.
Restore FEMA to its original independent status - hell, make it a whole Department, we're going to need it.
Restore all the small random agencies to Justice.
Be done with it.
shutdowns aren't generally a negotiating strategy—people don't usually get more than they otherwise would have out of a shutdown.
but in this case I think Ds are hearing from the base that they'd rather the thing just be defunded.
but in this case I think Ds are hearing from the base that they'd rather the thing just be defunded.
February 14, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Restore Customs and the Secret Service to the Treasury.
Restore TSA and the Coast Guard to the Dept. of Transportation.
Restore FEMA to its original independent status - hell, make it a whole Department, we're going to need it.
Restore all the small random agencies to Justice.
Be done with it.
Restore TSA and the Coast Guard to the Dept. of Transportation.
Restore FEMA to its original independent status - hell, make it a whole Department, we're going to need it.
Restore all the small random agencies to Justice.
Be done with it.
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"If you started out today on a trip around the world, you would find friends of Minneapolis, everywhere."
Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Co. advertisement, May 1928.
Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Co. advertisement, May 1928.
February 14, 2026 at 7:24 PM
"If you started out today on a trip around the world, you would find friends of Minneapolis, everywhere."
Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Co. advertisement, May 1928.
Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Co. advertisement, May 1928.
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They keep changing tactics but keep kidnapping my neighbors. Every time they claim they’re drawing down things get a little worse.
ICE observers in Minnesota are skeptical about the White House's claims of a federal drawdown.
But they have noticed in recent weeks a shift from aggressive street sweeps in Minneapolis to instead target people in the suburbs or quietly waiting in unmarked vehicles of residential areas.
But they have noticed in recent weeks a shift from aggressive street sweeps in Minneapolis to instead target people in the suburbs or quietly waiting in unmarked vehicles of residential areas.
From chaos to radio silence: How ICE tactics changed in weeks leading to Homan announcement
In recent days, observers have noticed a shift in methods.
bit.ly
February 14, 2026 at 11:00 PM
They keep changing tactics but keep kidnapping my neighbors. Every time they claim they’re drawing down things get a little worse.
Another bad scenario would be someone falsely reporting abuse because they hate their relative and want them dead.
As a child protection professional, I can tell you the death penalty is NOT an awesome solution to child sexual abuse. Most children are abused by family members; they will not report if their family members will die as a result.
February 15, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Another bad scenario would be someone falsely reporting abuse because they hate their relative and want them dead.
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yeah anyone who thinks this is a great idea wants a five year old victim to have to choose if they want their relative to die
As a child protection professional, I can tell you the death penalty is NOT an awesome solution to child sexual abuse. Most children are abused by family members; they will not report if their family members will die as a result.
February 15, 2026 at 3:33 AM
yeah anyone who thinks this is a great idea wants a five year old victim to have to choose if they want their relative to die
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DID YOU KNOW
that if an AFAB person (including teen) goes on Accutane for acne, they must join a federal program called iPLEDGE (because the meds are "potentially harmful to fetuses")
wherein they must get bloodwork & a pregnancy test
each month
& fill out forms re: what birth control they're on
that if an AFAB person (including teen) goes on Accutane for acne, they must join a federal program called iPLEDGE (because the meds are "potentially harmful to fetuses")
wherein they must get bloodwork & a pregnancy test
each month
& fill out forms re: what birth control they're on
February 13, 2026 at 4:24 PM
DID YOU KNOW
that if an AFAB person (including teen) goes on Accutane for acne, they must join a federal program called iPLEDGE (because the meds are "potentially harmful to fetuses")
wherein they must get bloodwork & a pregnancy test
each month
& fill out forms re: what birth control they're on
that if an AFAB person (including teen) goes on Accutane for acne, they must join a federal program called iPLEDGE (because the meds are "potentially harmful to fetuses")
wherein they must get bloodwork & a pregnancy test
each month
& fill out forms re: what birth control they're on
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What you need to do, in the midterms and in 2028, is exactly the same as what you failed to do in 2024.
And what you failed to do in 2020.
And what you failed to do in 2016.
And what you failed to do in every US election in history.
Protect Black voters from racism and racist voter suppression.
And what you failed to do in 2020.
And what you failed to do in 2016.
And what you failed to do in every US election in history.
Protect Black voters from racism and racist voter suppression.
February 14, 2026 at 5:39 PM
What you need to do, in the midterms and in 2028, is exactly the same as what you failed to do in 2024.
And what you failed to do in 2020.
And what you failed to do in 2016.
And what you failed to do in every US election in history.
Protect Black voters from racism and racist voter suppression.
And what you failed to do in 2020.
And what you failed to do in 2016.
And what you failed to do in every US election in history.
Protect Black voters from racism and racist voter suppression.
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This.
3 things are true:
1) Trump will try to interfere in these elections to a higher degree than has ever happened before. Facts.
2) This has been true every election since 2016.
3) There has never been a single election in US history that didn't involve racist attempts to suppress the vote.
3 things are true:
1) Trump will try to interfere in these elections to a higher degree than has ever happened before. Facts.
2) This has been true every election since 2016.
3) There has never been a single election in US history that didn't involve racist attempts to suppress the vote.
His attacks on the midterms are real and dangerous… and aren’t going to work. Running down the case for an optimistic threat assessment @theunpopulist.net :
Worry, Don't Panic, Over Trump's Efforts to Subvert the Elections
America's system is quite foolproof but he can still try to delegitimize it
www.theunpopulist.net
February 14, 2026 at 5:36 PM
This.
3 things are true:
1) Trump will try to interfere in these elections to a higher degree than has ever happened before. Facts.
2) This has been true every election since 2016.
3) There has never been a single election in US history that didn't involve racist attempts to suppress the vote.
3 things are true:
1) Trump will try to interfere in these elections to a higher degree than has ever happened before. Facts.
2) This has been true every election since 2016.
3) There has never been a single election in US history that didn't involve racist attempts to suppress the vote.
"Hungry Like the Wolf" - Duran Duran
February 15, 2026 at 6:59 AM
"Hungry Like the Wolf" - Duran Duran
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The thing that makes this extra funny to me is that I think the cat is about to say this is all moving too fast…
February 15, 2026 at 4:39 AM
The thing that makes this extra funny to me is that I think the cat is about to say this is all moving too fast…
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AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
February 15, 2026 at 6:32 AM
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
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I find this discussion uniquely upsetting, particularly since many of the people minimizing, gaslighting, and doing gymnastics to defend this claim to be progressives
"disclosures" is a crazy word for blatant bigotry, misogyny and ss nazi support.
So tired of this "whoops i did a nazi tattoo" crap.
So tired of this "whoops i did a nazi tattoo" crap.
February 15, 2026 at 6:34 AM
I find this discussion uniquely upsetting, particularly since many of the people minimizing, gaslighting, and doing gymnastics to defend this claim to be progressives