Kestrel Casey
@kestrelcasey.com
Author. Activist. Disabled. Queer. Defective manic pixie dream girl.
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Kestrel Casey
@kestrelcasey.com
· Jan 21
Okay, my follower count and mix on here is now such that I need to say this:
If you know me in real life, no you don't.
If you saw me at a place I can routinely be found, no you didn't.
Thank you for understanding.
If you know me in real life, no you don't.
If you saw me at a place I can routinely be found, no you didn't.
Thank you for understanding.
After two weeks of below-zero nights, it's finally starting to get to me.
I want to go OUTSIDE.
And have it be PLEASANT.
I want to go OUTSIDE.
And have it be PLEASANT.
February 10, 2026 at 4:53 AM
After two weeks of below-zero nights, it's finally starting to get to me.
I want to go OUTSIDE.
And have it be PLEASANT.
I want to go OUTSIDE.
And have it be PLEASANT.
Reposted by Kestrel Casey
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
interc.pt
February 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
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LMAO UHHHH TELL ME YOU HAVE NO MEDIA LITERACY WITHOUT TELLING ME bsky.app/profile/page...
Green Day avoids making political statement during Super Bowl 2026 opening performance
Green Day avoids making political statement during Super Bowl 2026 opening performance
A rocking start to the Super Bowl.
pagesix.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:26 PM
LMAO UHHHH TELL ME YOU HAVE NO MEDIA LITERACY WITHOUT TELLING ME bsky.app/profile/page...
I see it's When Did Green Day Get So Political Day again.
February 8, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I see it's When Did Green Day Get So Political Day again.
Okay, so, I thought of one, and then thought I would just go check collection and see what else was in there, and then I couldn't stop.
February 8, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Okay, so, I thought of one, and then thought I would just go check collection and see what else was in there, and then I couldn't stop.
Found True Lies in a dvd bin. Orpheus reviewed it as "not bad" so I watched it.
Folks, it's so bad.
The female lead (no slag for the actor) goes from "sexy if she would only take off her glasses" to "Jar Jar Binx in a little black dress."
This transformation is achieved by traumatizing her.
Folks, it's so bad.
The female lead (no slag for the actor) goes from "sexy if she would only take off her glasses" to "Jar Jar Binx in a little black dress."
This transformation is achieved by traumatizing her.
February 8, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Found True Lies in a dvd bin. Orpheus reviewed it as "not bad" so I watched it.
Folks, it's so bad.
The female lead (no slag for the actor) goes from "sexy if she would only take off her glasses" to "Jar Jar Binx in a little black dress."
This transformation is achieved by traumatizing her.
Folks, it's so bad.
The female lead (no slag for the actor) goes from "sexy if she would only take off her glasses" to "Jar Jar Binx in a little black dress."
This transformation is achieved by traumatizing her.
About a month after adopting a chronically deficient local free shelf, it has finally achieved hat saturation, meaning they don't all disappear the same day they're dropped off.
So I've moved from crocheting hats to thrifting winter socks and cleaning them up.
So I've moved from crocheting hats to thrifting winter socks and cleaning them up.
February 8, 2026 at 12:22 AM
About a month after adopting a chronically deficient local free shelf, it has finally achieved hat saturation, meaning they don't all disappear the same day they're dropped off.
So I've moved from crocheting hats to thrifting winter socks and cleaning them up.
So I've moved from crocheting hats to thrifting winter socks and cleaning them up.
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abolishing ICE is not enough its members need to be prosecuted
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 8:21 PM
abolishing ICE is not enough its members need to be prosecuted
It's the warmest day of the week, but the car wash was still experiencing technical difficulties.
February 6, 2026 at 10:33 PM
It's the warmest day of the week, but the car wash was still experiencing technical difficulties.
Could just one platform refrain from trying to destroy publishing, please
Bookshop partnering with Spotify, who will collect affiliate fees lol www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
Spotify Adds Physical Books to Audiobook Offering
The tech platform will allow readers to move between physical and audiobooks and offer the sale of books from independent bookstores.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Could just one platform refrain from trying to destroy publishing, please
This borders on a Bad a Leftist Confession post, but until today, I had an Amazon Prime credit card. I needed the signup bonus cash to get some basics when I moved. So shoot me.
Anyway, I called to cancel it today and had a pretty funny conversation.
Anyway, I called to cancel it today and had a pretty funny conversation.
February 5, 2026 at 8:21 PM
This borders on a Bad a Leftist Confession post, but until today, I had an Amazon Prime credit card. I needed the signup bonus cash to get some basics when I moved. So shoot me.
Anyway, I called to cancel it today and had a pretty funny conversation.
Anyway, I called to cancel it today and had a pretty funny conversation.
Me, medicated, trying to introduce a friend to Pat the Bunny.
February 4, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Me, medicated, trying to introduce a friend to Pat the Bunny.
Migraine day! 🙃 Actually, this is day three, but today the meds aren't working as well.
I wonder how many people get their first migraine as adults. And of them, I wonder how many think they're dying. Because this is not a normal human body feeling.
I wonder how many people get their first migraine as adults. And of them, I wonder how many think they're dying. Because this is not a normal human body feeling.
February 3, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Migraine day! 🙃 Actually, this is day three, but today the meds aren't working as well.
I wonder how many people get their first migraine as adults. And of them, I wonder how many think they're dying. Because this is not a normal human body feeling.
I wonder how many people get their first migraine as adults. And of them, I wonder how many think they're dying. Because this is not a normal human body feeling.
News notifications lately have mostly just made me feel like I'm having a stroke, but this one is a more clear-eyed and sincere "What the fuck is happening?"
No idea how this will play out.
Guess we're gonna see.
Also, prepare for the news to be nothing but this for a while.
No idea how this will play out.
Guess we're gonna see.
Also, prepare for the news to be nothing but this for a while.
February 3, 2026 at 12:28 AM
News notifications lately have mostly just made me feel like I'm having a stroke, but this one is a more clear-eyed and sincere "What the fuck is happening?"
No idea how this will play out.
Guess we're gonna see.
Also, prepare for the news to be nothing but this for a while.
No idea how this will play out.
Guess we're gonna see.
Also, prepare for the news to be nothing but this for a while.
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the whole country is on fucking fire and Mamdani is just over there going down the checklist of shitty things no one should have allowed rich people to get away with, and honestly it gives me hope for a better world.
Incredible contrast between this and Keir Starmer running a delivery driver over
Mamdani Forces Delivery Apps to Pay Back $4.6 Million Cheated From Drivers
New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has already scored a major win for deliveristas working for three delivery giants.
futurism.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:05 PM
the whole country is on fucking fire and Mamdani is just over there going down the checklist of shitty things no one should have allowed rich people to get away with, and honestly it gives me hope for a better world.
Dreamed that a friend had negative feedback about one of my hacker books because there "wasn't enough detail about the architecture in it" and that was all they were interested in right now.
Woke up and solomnly made a note to sprinkle in more Boston building detail for the new edition.
Woke up and solomnly made a note to sprinkle in more Boston building detail for the new edition.
February 2, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Dreamed that a friend had negative feedback about one of my hacker books because there "wasn't enough detail about the architecture in it" and that was all they were interested in right now.
Woke up and solomnly made a note to sprinkle in more Boston building detail for the new edition.
Woke up and solomnly made a note to sprinkle in more Boston building detail for the new edition.
A little part of me wants to believe that bitcoin is crashing because I said something mean about it earlier today.
February 2, 2026 at 4:58 AM
A little part of me wants to believe that bitcoin is crashing because I said something mean about it earlier today.
There's too much "sad that immigrants did this" in the comments, so I would like to participate in putting a stop to that: if you actually read the article, it says both of these men are from Texas.
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 2, 2026 at 3:37 AM
There's too much "sad that immigrants did this" in the comments, so I would like to participate in putting a stop to that: if you actually read the article, it says both of these men are from Texas.
Reposted by Kestrel Casey
In the south side of Minneapolis, community members have started setting up filter blockades- which are make shift roundabouts. The intent is to slow down the erratic ICE driving behavior among other things. Full report to come on @statuscoupnews.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 6:52 PM
In the south side of Minneapolis, community members have started setting up filter blockades- which are make shift roundabouts. The intent is to slow down the erratic ICE driving behavior among other things. Full report to come on @statuscoupnews.bsky.social
Makes me wonder if organizers have read Pratchett's Night Watch.
Also, if you have winter clothes and a chair, that's all you need to participate.
Also, if you have winter clothes and a chair, that's all you need to participate.
These blockades are a beautiful experiment in improvised community defense. They are easy to start with just a couple friends, and whatever you have lying around.
Let's make the Twin Cities impassible to ICE and all supporting forces.
Let's make the Twin Cities impassible to ICE and all supporting forces.
February 1, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Makes me wonder if organizers have read Pratchett's Night Watch.
Also, if you have winter clothes and a chair, that's all you need to participate.
Also, if you have winter clothes and a chair, that's all you need to participate.
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liam and his dad are home!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
February 1, 2026 at 4:36 PM
liam and his dad are home!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
The defense in this article is "but a few people crossed the imaginary line in front of the ICE facility!"
That is not a good reason to tear gas hundreds of people, including kids.
That is not a good reason to tear gas hundreds of people, including kids.
Anti-ICE protest draws massive crowd at South Portland facility, feds deploy tear gas
Thousands of demonstrators marched on the ICE building, leading federal officers to launch pepper balls and tear gas at them.
www.oregonlive.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:13 AM
The defense in this article is "but a few people crossed the imaginary line in front of the ICE facility!"
That is not a good reason to tear gas hundreds of people, including kids.
That is not a good reason to tear gas hundreds of people, including kids.
The weather app does not know what is happening anymore
February 1, 2026 at 2:15 AM
The weather app does not know what is happening anymore
Unbelievably, it turns out that not doing a thing means you don't get good at that thing
“We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.”
Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
www.anthropic.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Unbelievably, it turns out that not doing a thing means you don't get good at that thing
My primary participation in the General Strike was to not shop today.
But I've spent the last year deleting accounts with tech monopolies, unsubscribing from all streaming services, and removing my books from Amazon, so.
Participation enough. Long-haul participation.
But I've spent the last year deleting accounts with tech monopolies, unsubscribing from all streaming services, and removing my books from Amazon, so.
Participation enough. Long-haul participation.
January 31, 2026 at 4:10 AM
My primary participation in the General Strike was to not shop today.
But I've spent the last year deleting accounts with tech monopolies, unsubscribing from all streaming services, and removing my books from Amazon, so.
Participation enough. Long-haul participation.
But I've spent the last year deleting accounts with tech monopolies, unsubscribing from all streaming services, and removing my books from Amazon, so.
Participation enough. Long-haul participation.