em dash surrealiuS ⚙️_⚙️ [a brighter future for darker times]
@larvalstage.bsky.social
by day sculpture fabricator and restorer.
by night activities include sculpture, RPGs, visual design
and other anomalies both online and off.
he/sidhe/they
by night activities include sculpture, RPGs, visual design
and other anomalies both online and off.
he/sidhe/they
Pinned
it's a cold afternoon in the small Minnesota town. in the saloon the piano is silent. a few people are eating lunch and in a corner three men are playing cards.
the bartender looks up as the door flies open with a bang. a grizzly stands there, 3m tall, 390kg, wearing a bandolier and a Stetson.
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the bartender looks up as the door flies open with a bang. a grizzly stands there, 3m tall, 390kg, wearing a bandolier and a Stetson.
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The hypocrisy:
🇺🇸 State Dept. X post in Persian": “It takes a lot of courage to accuse peaceful Iranians of terrorism when the Islamic Republic itself is resorting to violence and intimidation to suppress its people" (Source: Al Jazeera)
ICE & US govt.: peaceful protestors are domestic terrorists.
🇺🇸 State Dept. X post in Persian": “It takes a lot of courage to accuse peaceful Iranians of terrorism when the Islamic Republic itself is resorting to violence and intimidation to suppress its people" (Source: Al Jazeera)
ICE & US govt.: peaceful protestors are domestic terrorists.
January 27, 2026 at 9:36 AM
The hypocrisy:
🇺🇸 State Dept. X post in Persian": “It takes a lot of courage to accuse peaceful Iranians of terrorism when the Islamic Republic itself is resorting to violence and intimidation to suppress its people" (Source: Al Jazeera)
ICE & US govt.: peaceful protestors are domestic terrorists.
🇺🇸 State Dept. X post in Persian": “It takes a lot of courage to accuse peaceful Iranians of terrorism when the Islamic Republic itself is resorting to violence and intimidation to suppress its people" (Source: Al Jazeera)
ICE & US govt.: peaceful protestors are domestic terrorists.
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I've been sent video from the end of the ICE raid at the Zipps on 32nd and Shea.
It shows protesters -- on the sidewalk, impeding no one -- getting drive-by maced by an ICE agent from a truck as it rolls away down the road.
Hard to see how such tactics are justifiable.
It shows protesters -- on the sidewalk, impeding no one -- getting drive-by maced by an ICE agent from a truck as it rolls away down the road.
Hard to see how such tactics are justifiable.
January 27, 2026 at 6:07 AM
I've been sent video from the end of the ICE raid at the Zipps on 32nd and Shea.
It shows protesters -- on the sidewalk, impeding no one -- getting drive-by maced by an ICE agent from a truck as it rolls away down the road.
Hard to see how such tactics are justifiable.
It shows protesters -- on the sidewalk, impeding no one -- getting drive-by maced by an ICE agent from a truck as it rolls away down the road.
Hard to see how such tactics are justifiable.
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Anyone surprised by this story has been living in a fantasy world. Since Jan 2025, the Trump administration has been using lots of different tactics to force Ukraine to commit strategic suicide. This is just the latest.
The real story is that people have not grasped this reality.
The real story is that people have not grasped this reality.
⚡️Ukraine war latest live: US presses Ukraine, not Russia, to pull back troops for proposed Donbas buffer zone – FT reports
Ukraine war latest updates: US not demanding Russian withdrawal from eastern border of proposed Donbas demilitarized zone, FT reports (5)
Live coverage of Russia’s war against Ukraine with breaking news and frontline updates, updated 5 times today. The U.S. is pressing Ukraine, but not Russia, to pull back troops from Donetsk and Luhans...
kyivindependent.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Anyone surprised by this story has been living in a fantasy world. Since Jan 2025, the Trump administration has been using lots of different tactics to force Ukraine to commit strategic suicide. This is just the latest.
The real story is that people have not grasped this reality.
The real story is that people have not grasped this reality.
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I don't think @reuters.com posted it here, but I'm just kind of shocked that anyone working in media could have gone into the second Trump administration thinking, "I don't think in those first few days we understood what an organized agenda they had."
They made a 900-page playbook, Sally!
They made a 900-page playbook, Sally!
January 26, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I don't think @reuters.com posted it here, but I'm just kind of shocked that anyone working in media could have gone into the second Trump administration thinking, "I don't think in those first few days we understood what an organized agenda they had."
They made a 900-page playbook, Sally!
They made a 900-page playbook, Sally!
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ICE shouldn't be allowed to retreat to some safer zone. There is no appropriate place for them. Every ICE employee should be charged with crimes against humanity, same for every member of the Trump administration. Nothing else is good enough. "ICE out" means "out of existence."
January 27, 2026 at 10:02 AM
ICE shouldn't be allowed to retreat to some safer zone. There is no appropriate place for them. Every ICE employee should be charged with crimes against humanity, same for every member of the Trump administration. Nothing else is good enough. "ICE out" means "out of existence."
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They're retreating. It's time to advance. Resignations, prosecutions. Motherfucking tribunals.
Sean Hannity: says ICE should stop “going into Home Depots and arresting people”
Sean Hannity says ICE should stop "going into Home Depots and arresting people"
www.mediamatters.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:58 AM
They're retreating. It's time to advance. Resignations, prosecutions. Motherfucking tribunals.
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🚨 El Ministerio de Trabajo de España abre, entre gallos y medianoche, la opción de «participación pública» para presentar aportaciones, hasta el próximo 2 de febrero, al Real Decreto sobre el Estatuto del Artista que PERMITE el uso de IA generativa en los sectores artístico-culturales ⚠️
January 24, 2026 at 10:09 PM
🚨 El Ministerio de Trabajo de España abre, entre gallos y medianoche, la opción de «participación pública» para presentar aportaciones, hasta el próximo 2 de febrero, al Real Decreto sobre el Estatuto del Artista que PERMITE el uso de IA generativa en los sectores artístico-culturales ⚠️
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I'm glad the worst people on earth are on their back foot today but until the two murderers are arrested and prosecuted this is all fluff
BREAKING: Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino and some agents are expected to leave Minneapolis tomorrow, an AP source says.
Border Patrol commander Bovino and some agents expected to leave Minneapolis
A federal judge is considering Minnesota’s challenge to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
bit.ly
January 26, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I'm glad the worst people on earth are on their back foot today but until the two murderers are arrested and prosecuted this is all fluff
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There might not be anyone to pick up the US tab as new bonds are issued, which means a slow and gradual decline together with slow or zero growth, higher deficit, higher interest rate and high US inflation. A slow death, not a quick one. www.jpmorgan.com/insights/mar...
Debunking the “Sell America” Trade: Why Europe’s Move Could Fall Short | J.P. Morgan
Despite policy uncertainty, the United States remains a high-conviction investment opportunity.
www.jpmorgan.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:20 AM
There might not be anyone to pick up the US tab as new bonds are issued, which means a slow and gradual decline together with slow or zero growth, higher deficit, higher interest rate and high US inflation. A slow death, not a quick one. www.jpmorgan.com/insights/mar...
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ICE & U.S. Customs & Border Protection employed at least 30 people with sexual & violent criminal histories in recent years.
At least 20 agents committed offenses with underage victims. The bulk of abuse happened within the last two years.
This article includes names of the agents.
At least 20 agents committed offenses with underage victims. The bulk of abuse happened within the last two years.
This article includes names of the agents.
Here’s How Many ICE and CBP Agents Allegedly Preyed on Children
Apparently the institutions are riddled with accused sex criminals.
www.yahoo.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:18 AM
ICE & U.S. Customs & Border Protection employed at least 30 people with sexual & violent criminal histories in recent years.
At least 20 agents committed offenses with underage victims. The bulk of abuse happened within the last two years.
This article includes names of the agents.
At least 20 agents committed offenses with underage victims. The bulk of abuse happened within the last two years.
This article includes names of the agents.
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ICE doesn't get to escape. "ICE out" means out of existence.
Today’s retreat is absolutely an attempt to take pressure off of Congress to rein in ICE so that a funding package can get through.
That pressure has been effective. We can celebrate Minneapolis’ win but we need to keep the pressure on. They’re not going to stop forever.
That pressure has been effective. We can celebrate Minneapolis’ win but we need to keep the pressure on. They’re not going to stop forever.
January 27, 2026 at 10:35 AM
ICE doesn't get to escape. "ICE out" means out of existence.
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You’ve doom scrolled your way to my art
January 27, 2026 at 10:38 AM
You’ve doom scrolled your way to my art
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We do not. It's been reported that the US Marshals Service does not know how much crypto they hold.
www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/...
www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/...
January 27, 2026 at 3:08 AM
We do not. It's been reported that the US Marshals Service does not know how much crypto they hold.
www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/...
www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/...
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Why NOBODY with a sense of self-preservation should go to the Winter Olympics: you'd be putting yourself in the gunsights of masked murderthugs:
BREAKING: ICE agents will have a security role during the upcoming Winter Olympics, U.S. embassy sources confirm.
ICE agents will have a security role at Milan-Cortina Olympics, US sources say
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will have a security role during the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games, according to sources at the U.S. embassy in Rome.
bit.ly
January 27, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Why NOBODY with a sense of self-preservation should go to the Winter Olympics: you'd be putting yourself in the gunsights of masked murderthugs:
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"In a rare moment of quiet, our crew of about a dozen asks the kitchen staff if we can use the prep-station as an equipment closet. I help organize gauze, bandages, handwarmers, mylar blankets, saline, and gadgets I don’t have the medical experience or words to describe."
A first-person account from the Copper Hen's restaurant and ad-hoc field hospital, where volunteer medics helped tear gassed protesters as staffers ran around with cinnamon buns and coffee orders.
How Neighbors Transformed a Brunch Spot Into a Field Hospital After ICE Assaulted Eat Street - Racket
On Saturday, restaurants and businesses all along Nicollet Avenue opened their doors for protesters and mourners.
racketmn.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:36 PM
"In a rare moment of quiet, our crew of about a dozen asks the kitchen staff if we can use the prep-station as an equipment closet. I help organize gauze, bandages, handwarmers, mylar blankets, saline, and gadgets I don’t have the medical experience or words to describe."
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Everything they learned in Minnesota they’re applying in Maine from day one. They started off doing fast-moving snatch and grabs on the street, recording and using facial id on observers, and threatening observers directly. They’ll do it all where you live too.
Why is the msm outside of Maine not covering this? It seems like a huge and very troubling story to me. ICE coming to observers houses or calling them on the phone warning them to back off??!! www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Everything they learned in Minnesota they’re applying in Maine from day one. They started off doing fast-moving snatch and grabs on the street, recording and using facial id on observers, and threatening observers directly. They’ll do it all where you live too.
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Pro Football Hall of Famer John Randle posted a statement about ICE as text overlays on various portraits of himself and I kind of love it
January 26, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Pro Football Hall of Famer John Randle posted a statement about ICE as text overlays on various portraits of himself and I kind of love it
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real conversation in my family
mom (a career bookkeeper), dubiously, judgmentally, to me: you throw away your receipts??
dad: even /I/ know i'm not supposed to do /THAT/
mom: yes. only because i tell you not to
me: why, is it bad
dad, shrugging: idk. i've never really asked
*mom, sighing deeply*
mom (a career bookkeeper), dubiously, judgmentally, to me: you throw away your receipts??
dad: even /I/ know i'm not supposed to do /THAT/
mom: yes. only because i tell you not to
me: why, is it bad
dad, shrugging: idk. i've never really asked
*mom, sighing deeply*
I have been printing these out and leaving them lying around on desks in the office. Nobody throws receipts away in offices just in case they are important.
January 26, 2026 at 11:25 PM
real conversation in my family
mom (a career bookkeeper), dubiously, judgmentally, to me: you throw away your receipts??
dad: even /I/ know i'm not supposed to do /THAT/
mom: yes. only because i tell you not to
me: why, is it bad
dad, shrugging: idk. i've never really asked
*mom, sighing deeply*
mom (a career bookkeeper), dubiously, judgmentally, to me: you throw away your receipts??
dad: even /I/ know i'm not supposed to do /THAT/
mom: yes. only because i tell you not to
me: why, is it bad
dad, shrugging: idk. i've never really asked
*mom, sighing deeply*
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THIS.
I really wish people understood that the fake-ass apology to get you to shut up is part of the abuse cycle and we don't have to fucking participate in this shit.
I really wish people understood that the fake-ass apology to get you to shut up is part of the abuse cycle and we don't have to fucking participate in this shit.
This behavior of theirs is SO abusive.
"Welcome them with open arms, they've admitted they were wrong"
Yeah, I did that with my abuser many times, all it meant was he said one thing to get back into my good graces so he could abuse me more.
Go play your tiny violin, motherfuckers.
"Welcome them with open arms, they've admitted they were wrong"
Yeah, I did that with my abuser many times, all it meant was he said one thing to get back into my good graces so he could abuse me more.
Go play your tiny violin, motherfuckers.
January 26, 2026 at 3:24 PM
THIS.
I really wish people understood that the fake-ass apology to get you to shut up is part of the abuse cycle and we don't have to fucking participate in this shit.
I really wish people understood that the fake-ass apology to get you to shut up is part of the abuse cycle and we don't have to fucking participate in this shit.
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