Jen
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Once compared to a summer’s day and found to be significantly more frigid.
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‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
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25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again.
The officers mocked
me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there.
26. Security
guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27.
No one said
anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th.
27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable.
…
30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release
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32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE
… I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cn3kbi4g5blrtahon34xbu4/bafkreiccqxmfncofjqinoveiqscwale2ox5xpiqt46veqjdh3jmimkrxhq@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
🚨 PUPPY AT THE REGISTER 🚨
This is Rusty. Last time Rusty came in they were even smaller, so small that I almost cried because I was about to have my period and Rusty was incredibly small but had very big, very floppy ears.
This is Rusty. Last time Rusty came in they were even smaller, so small that I almost cried because I was about to have my period and Rusty was incredibly small but had very big, very floppy ears.
February 6, 2026 at 4:18 AM
🚨 PUPPY AT THE REGISTER 🚨
This is Rusty. Last time Rusty came in they were even smaller, so small that I almost cried because I was about to have my period and Rusty was incredibly small but had very big, very floppy ears.
This is Rusty. Last time Rusty came in they were even smaller, so small that I almost cried because I was about to have my period and Rusty was incredibly small but had very big, very floppy ears.
Second last colour change!
February 5, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Second last colour change!
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wow that’s so sad Alexa play tick tock by Kesha
February 5, 2026 at 2:33 AM
wow that’s so sad Alexa play tick tock by Kesha
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Police have charged a 31-year-old man with terrorism over the alleged attempted bombing of an Invasion Day protest in Perth.
In a joint press conference on Thursday, WA premier, Roger Cook, said “we must call this what it is”.
In a joint press conference on Thursday, WA premier, Roger Cook, said “we must call this what it is”.
February 5, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Police have charged a 31-year-old man with terrorism over the alleged attempted bombing of an Invasion Day protest in Perth.
In a joint press conference on Thursday, WA premier, Roger Cook, said “we must call this what it is”.
In a joint press conference on Thursday, WA premier, Roger Cook, said “we must call this what it is”.
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For everyone whose elderly parents’ iPhones just updated to “glass” :
Accessibility:
Motion>reduce motion
Display&text size>reduce transparency and increase contrast
Wallpaper:
Click on customize
Click on the clock typeface
>solid
Accessibility:
Motion>reduce motion
Display&text size>reduce transparency and increase contrast
Wallpaper:
Click on customize
Click on the clock typeface
>solid
February 5, 2026 at 2:20 AM
For everyone whose elderly parents’ iPhones just updated to “glass” :
Accessibility:
Motion>reduce motion
Display&text size>reduce transparency and increase contrast
Wallpaper:
Click on customize
Click on the clock typeface
>solid
Accessibility:
Motion>reduce motion
Display&text size>reduce transparency and increase contrast
Wallpaper:
Click on customize
Click on the clock typeface
>solid
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In America, the social fabric is starting to collapse. Australia must also learn that words shape our world | Martin Luther King III
In America, the social fabric is starting to collapse. Australia must also learn that words shape our world | Martin Luther King III
The work of strengthening social cohesion begins with a commitment to responsible language and civility that goes beyond legislation
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As I travel the world, I am reminded again and again that the health of a society is revealed not only in its laws or its institutions but in the way its people speak to, and about, one another. My father taught that nonviolence begins with language and the discipline to choose words that uplift rather than degrade, that clarify rather than distort and that build community rather than fracture it.
Last month in the United States, we marked the holiday that bears his name at a time when our own social cohesion is under immense strain. The rhetoric of public life has grown sharper, more cynical and more divisive. Too often, we speak as if our neighbours are adversaries rather than fellow citizens. But this erosion of respect is not unique to America. It is a global challenge and Australia is not exempt. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:53 AM
In America, the social fabric is starting to collapse. Australia must also learn that words shape our world | Martin Luther King III
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it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world
February 5, 2026 at 1:16 AM
it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world
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#BREAKING 🚨 WA premier Roger Cook says the attempted bombing of an Invasion Day rally in Perth has been formally declared an act of terrorism
A 31-year-old man has now been charged with one count of engaging in a terrorist act
A 31-year-old man has now been charged with one count of engaging in a terrorist act
February 5, 2026 at 2:27 AM
#BREAKING 🚨 WA premier Roger Cook says the attempted bombing of an Invasion Day rally in Perth has been formally declared an act of terrorism
A 31-year-old man has now been charged with one count of engaging in a terrorist act
A 31-year-old man has now been charged with one count of engaging in a terrorist act
Maybe it’s the film school in me, maybe it’s the elder millennial but the fact this kind of thinking exists en masse now actually terrifies me??? You would rather have a pretend photo of a real thing you did? Who is that for?! Can’t be you, you know it’s a lie. Revisionism, emotional and physical.
February 5, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Maybe it’s the film school in me, maybe it’s the elder millennial but the fact this kind of thinking exists en masse now actually terrifies me??? You would rather have a pretend photo of a real thing you did? Who is that for?! Can’t be you, you know it’s a lie. Revisionism, emotional and physical.
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If I had limitless money I would buy things and then make them noticeably better, mainly so people would praise me for it. I think it would be really easy to avoid making things noticeably worse, if I had limitless money
February 4, 2026 at 2:31 PM
If I had limitless money I would buy things and then make them noticeably better, mainly so people would praise me for it. I think it would be really easy to avoid making things noticeably worse, if I had limitless money
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Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
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again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
February 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM
again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
Finished season 4 of The Wire, seems like a good place to stop crocheting for now! Forgot how intensely depressing that season was.
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Finished season 4 of The Wire, seems like a good place to stop crocheting for now! Forgot how intensely depressing that season was.
Only a few colour changes left and this blanket will be finished minus a border! Cluster spike stitch was annoying for the first 2 rows but after that it’s worked up quickly, and fun. #crochet
February 4, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Only a few colour changes left and this blanket will be finished minus a border! Cluster spike stitch was annoying for the first 2 rows but after that it’s worked up quickly, and fun. #crochet
Compensating for my left leg all day has fucked my right leg WHO COULD HAVE FORESEEN
I’m so sick my body not working!
I’m so sick my body not working!
February 4, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Compensating for my left leg all day has fucked my right leg WHO COULD HAVE FORESEEN
I’m so sick my body not working!
I’m so sick my body not working!
Fun Art Project: Take almost 3000mg of aspirin when you’re on your period.
I just gave birth to a jellyfish.
I just gave birth to a jellyfish.
February 3, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Fun Art Project: Take almost 3000mg of aspirin when you’re on your period.
I just gave birth to a jellyfish.
I just gave birth to a jellyfish.
All my Paddington Dreams!
February 3, 2026 at 1:35 AM
All my Paddington Dreams!
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Amazing coda here.
February 2, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Amazing coda here.
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Support the Jewish Council of Australia.
Jewish Council of Australia
The Jewish Council of Australia is a coalition of Jewish academics, lawyers, writers and experts on antisemitism and racism.
www.jewishcouncil.com.au
January 18, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Support the Jewish Council of Australia.
Thought I was having a rough start to Tuesday with 7/10 nerve pain leg spasm waking me up, then Jeremy sent me a video of our car post Yank Tank Ute smashing into it!!!!!!!!!
The tow ball was so high up that it penetrated the side of the car and ‘opened it up like a tin can’ (Jeremy’s quote)
The tow ball was so high up that it penetrated the side of the car and ‘opened it up like a tin can’ (Jeremy’s quote)
February 2, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Thought I was having a rough start to Tuesday with 7/10 nerve pain leg spasm waking me up, then Jeremy sent me a video of our car post Yank Tank Ute smashing into it!!!!!!!!!
The tow ball was so high up that it penetrated the side of the car and ‘opened it up like a tin can’ (Jeremy’s quote)
The tow ball was so high up that it penetrated the side of the car and ‘opened it up like a tin can’ (Jeremy’s quote)
One of my favourite running bits in our house is that initially I couldn’t remember the name of the film Saltburn so I just called it The Cum Bathtub Movie & for some reason Jeremy absolutely could not abide that, so of course I now do it every time.
February 2, 2026 at 10:15 AM
One of my favourite running bits in our house is that initially I couldn’t remember the name of the film Saltburn so I just called it The Cum Bathtub Movie & for some reason Jeremy absolutely could not abide that, so of course I now do it every time.
The coffee won, btw. But fortunately the telehealth was a full half hour behind 😂
Telehealth Appointment 15 Minutes Late And Counting vs The Coffee I Drank 3 Hours Ago
God help me
God help me
February 2, 2026 at 5:40 AM
The coffee won, btw. But fortunately the telehealth was a full half hour behind 😂
Telehealth Appointment 15 Minutes Late And Counting vs The Coffee I Drank 3 Hours Ago
God help me
God help me
February 2, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Telehealth Appointment 15 Minutes Late And Counting vs The Coffee I Drank 3 Hours Ago
God help me
God help me
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Billie Eilish. No one is illegal on stolen land
February 2, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Billie Eilish. No one is illegal on stolen land