Laura K Mac
@lauramac95.bsky.social
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Beer-league ballerina, hockey fan, mathy person
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Trans-inclusive normie feminist
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Profile pic = me after ballet class (selfie of a redheaded white woman in a gray sweatshirt & pink mask). Banner = my 3 dogs on the couch.
Beer-league ballerina, hockey fan, mathy person
Dog person
Trans-inclusive normie feminist
Team shiitake
Profile pic = me after ballet class (selfie of a redheaded white woman in a gray sweatshirt & pink mask). Banner = my 3 dogs on the couch.
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Laura K Mac
@lauramac95.bsky.social
· Mar 2
As an offshoot of this thread, let’s talk about what happens if federal, state, or local officials text, email, call, or show up at your door wanting to talk to you about what you said about the President.
I have a theme, a thesis, a throughline, a leitmotif, which is SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH.
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I have a theme, a thesis, a throughline, a leitmotif, which is SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH.
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This is a First Amendment question combined with a practical question. The answer is as follows.
First, the First Amendment protects advocating the moral and practical necessity of breaking the law in the abstract.
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First, the First Amendment protects advocating the moral and practical necessity of breaking the law in the abstract.
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Dr Oz inviting ol Jeffrey to his V Day bash in 2016
February 12, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Dr Oz inviting ol Jeffrey to his V Day bash in 2016
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Using AI on Notepad is like … I don’t know, carpeting the room your water heater is in. You do not need to do it, and all you do is create more opportunities for something bad to happen.
In fact the whole point of notepad is that it is as barebones as fucking possible.
The AI features added to Notepad created a critical exploit vulnerable to loading a compromised txt file.
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
February 11, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Using AI on Notepad is like … I don’t know, carpeting the room your water heater is in. You do not need to do it, and all you do is create more opportunities for something bad to happen.
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
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"We can agree that we're not going to have 100% unity of ideas, but we can have a unity of action." -Sam Hamilton
Fighting ICE's Warehouse Prisons - It Could Happen Here @coolzonemedia.bsky.social @jamesstout.bsky.social
Fighting ICE's Warehouse Prisons - It Could Happen Here @coolzonemedia.bsky.social @jamesstout.bsky.social
Fighting ICE’s Warehouse Prisons
Podcast Episode · It Could Happen Here · 02/11/2026 · 32m
podcasts.apple.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:34 PM
"We can agree that we're not going to have 100% unity of ideas, but we can have a unity of action." -Sam Hamilton
Fighting ICE's Warehouse Prisons - It Could Happen Here @coolzonemedia.bsky.social @jamesstout.bsky.social
Fighting ICE's Warehouse Prisons - It Could Happen Here @coolzonemedia.bsky.social @jamesstout.bsky.social
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this may be the most English man ever to exist.
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
this may be the most English man ever to exist.
omg she matches the mushrooms! This is so great. @plastastica.bsky.social @yersiniapestis.bsky.social come look at this pigeon
February 11, 2026 at 8:29 PM
omg she matches the mushrooms! This is so great. @plastastica.bsky.social @yersiniapestis.bsky.social come look at this pigeon
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Analilia Mejia was doing ICE Watch trainings at her campaign events. She was preparing future constituents for encounters with immigration agents. And she won.
In an interview with @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social, one of her big priorities: end ICE's mass surveillance.
prospect.org/2026/02/11/p...
In an interview with @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social, one of her big priorities: end ICE's mass surveillance.
prospect.org/2026/02/11/p...
Progressive Win in New Jersey Hinged on Anti-ICE Organizing - The American Prospect
Analilia Mejia won a close congressional primary race by preparing constituents for encounters with ICE. She warned that the agency’s surveillance technology needs more attention.
prospect.org
February 11, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Analilia Mejia was doing ICE Watch trainings at her campaign events. She was preparing future constituents for encounters with immigration agents. And she won.
In an interview with @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social, one of her big priorities: end ICE's mass surveillance.
prospect.org/2026/02/11/p...
In an interview with @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social, one of her big priorities: end ICE's mass surveillance.
prospect.org/2026/02/11/p...
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"Asked if he would give the money back, Smith said, “If you give the money back … you’re saying, ‘Oh my God, I don’t trust myself'"" is so funny to me
Like mmmmI have an ethical obligation to accept bribes, if you really think about it
Like mmmmI have an ethical obligation to accept bribes, if you really think about it
Stay for this bonkers interview with Rep. Adam Smith about his financial support from Palantir, facilitators of the ICE panopticon.
prospect.org/2026/02/11/p...
prospect.org/2026/02/11/p...
February 11, 2026 at 8:09 PM
"Asked if he would give the money back, Smith said, “If you give the money back … you’re saying, ‘Oh my God, I don’t trust myself'"" is so funny to me
Like mmmmI have an ethical obligation to accept bribes, if you really think about it
Like mmmmI have an ethical obligation to accept bribes, if you really think about it
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If there was ever going to be any proof that WikiLeaks is essentially dead, it's the Epstein files. Integrating this sort of data and making it searchable is right up the organization's old alley.
The good news is that @ddosecrets.org and @dropsitenews.com joined forces with Jmail to do just that.
The good news is that @ddosecrets.org and @dropsitenews.com joined forces with Jmail to do just that.
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 AM
If there was ever going to be any proof that WikiLeaks is essentially dead, it's the Epstein files. Integrating this sort of data and making it searchable is right up the organization's old alley.
The good news is that @ddosecrets.org and @dropsitenews.com joined forces with Jmail to do just that.
The good news is that @ddosecrets.org and @dropsitenews.com joined forces with Jmail to do just that.
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tHinGs aRę wINdinG dØwN
February 11, 2026 at 4:49 PM
tHinGs aRę wINdinG dØwN
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“We are surrounded by Black Caribbean communities whose labor fuels this region while their humanity is routinely questioned.” www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/02/10/c... #BlackHistoryMonth
Commentary: Black History Month calls us to act
As Haitians’ Temporary Protected Status is under threat, a look at what it means to be Black in America in 2026.
www.orlandosentinel.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:46 PM
“We are surrounded by Black Caribbean communities whose labor fuels this region while their humanity is routinely questioned.” www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/02/10/c... #BlackHistoryMonth
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This is irresponsible. Not one elected official can claim this is a good return on investment or has increased public safety. This is bigger than “Somali Fraud” but yall don’t lose your shit over this ever.
If you thought MPD overspending their 2025 overtime budget by 50% was bad, get a load of 2026: "We have spent all of our overtime budgeted for police and fire this year in the first 3 weeks of January."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6Lg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6Lg...
Minneapolis City Council to debate $5M fund shift to support local businesses
A Minneapolis City Council member is proposing to allocate $5 million to support local businesses, but some argue the city lacks the funds. STORY:…
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February 11, 2026 at 3:16 AM
This is irresponsible. Not one elected official can claim this is a good return on investment or has increased public safety. This is bigger than “Somali Fraud” but yall don’t lose your shit over this ever.
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really can't get over the fact that i asked baylor if they knew why ken starr hosted epstein on campus in 2012 and they were just like "he died." like okay but isn't that crazy
February 11, 2026 at 3:46 PM
really can't get over the fact that i asked baylor if they knew why ken starr hosted epstein on campus in 2012 and they were just like "he died." like okay but isn't that crazy
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Ring is going all in on AI with their new Search Party tool which they introduced in a cute lil commercial about locating a dog.
@jasonkoebler.bsky.social on how they've sold fear to the American people and got consumers to build a surveillance dragnet.
Listen now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JK-...
@jasonkoebler.bsky.social on how they've sold fear to the American people and got consumers to build a surveillance dragnet.
Listen now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JK-...
February 11, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Ring is going all in on AI with their new Search Party tool which they introduced in a cute lil commercial about locating a dog.
@jasonkoebler.bsky.social on how they've sold fear to the American people and got consumers to build a surveillance dragnet.
Listen now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JK-...
@jasonkoebler.bsky.social on how they've sold fear to the American people and got consumers to build a surveillance dragnet.
Listen now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JK-...
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Want to help out Texas? Head to joseloya.com and toss in $5 for Mr Loya's campaign. He's a hell of a lot more Texan and more American than the dipshits in Austin now.
February 11, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Want to help out Texas? Head to joseloya.com and toss in $5 for Mr Loya's campaign. He's a hell of a lot more Texan and more American than the dipshits in Austin now.
Lovely thread 🥰
Minneapolis is great, I've put down roots & they're growing, it's home now too -- but Houston will *always* still be home.
Minneapolis is great, I've put down roots & they're growing, it's home now too -- but Houston will *always* still be home.
Shit, if not for Texas politics I'd happily live there. I cannot emphasize enough the generosity of spirit and hospitality I have encountered when I have found myself in Texas. Texas is your uncle with some improbable stories who loves you and tiny animals but has a parole officer who's a real dick.
February 11, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Lovely thread 🥰
Minneapolis is great, I've put down roots & they're growing, it's home now too -- but Houston will *always* still be home.
Minneapolis is great, I've put down roots & they're growing, it's home now too -- but Houston will *always* still be home.
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it's so, so, so frustrating how they act like people applying for asylum are subject to removal proceedings. that is not the law!!!!
Just heard back from DHS on why they abruptly expedited Ramos' asylum hearing:
“These are regular removal proceedings. This is standard procedure and there is nothing retaliatory about enforcing the nation’s immigration laws. He will receive full due process."
(This is not standard procedure.)
“These are regular removal proceedings. This is standard procedure and there is nothing retaliatory about enforcing the nation’s immigration laws. He will receive full due process."
(This is not standard procedure.)
February 6, 2026 at 8:17 PM
it's so, so, so frustrating how they act like people applying for asylum are subject to removal proceedings. that is not the law!!!!
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We're traumatizing thousands of kids for life. The people behind this are monsters.
This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 8:54 PM
We're traumatizing thousands of kids for life. The people behind this are monsters.
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I can’t stop wondering how many of the women that were in these labs and offices are reading these emails and realizing - maybe for the first time, or potentially again - just what kind of people they worked for.
all these emails between academics and Epstein are more testimony of what women in academia have to contend with 😡
February 5, 2026 at 4:27 AM
I can’t stop wondering how many of the women that were in these labs and offices are reading these emails and realizing - maybe for the first time, or potentially again - just what kind of people they worked for.
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If you're building a startup in 2026, you are expected to work with the world's largest venture capital firm (which is not even really a VC firm), where one partner strangled my neighbor to death for being Black, and another actively sought Jeffrey Epstein's counsel for years. This is *normal*.
February 6, 2026 at 10:44 PM
If you're building a startup in 2026, you are expected to work with the world's largest venture capital firm (which is not even really a VC firm), where one partner strangled my neighbor to death for being Black, and another actively sought Jeffrey Epstein's counsel for years. This is *normal*.
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He's disabled. They're going to murder him because he's disabled.
A man taken into custody in Rochester Thursday by federal immigration agents and now held at the Whipple Federal Building in the Twin Cities is a recent organ transplant recipient who is without his needed anti-rejection medication, state Rep. Kim Hicks tells MPR News.
Transplant recipient arrested by federal agents in Rochester needs medicine, state representative says
State Rep. Kim Hicks told MPR News she drove to the Whipple Federal Building near Ft. Snelling Thursday night to give the man his medication but authorities wouldn't take it without a doctor's note. S...
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 9:18 PM
He's disabled. They're going to murder him because he's disabled.
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They didn’t nominate “the city,” they nominated THE PEOPLE OF the city. The distinction matters, not least because “the city” seems to have forgotten that the whole damn metro area is resisting the occupation, which is something THE PEOPLE of Minneapolis are constantly reminding out-of-towners
The bravery, resilience and sacrifice of many in our city to protect and support vulnerable communities show the world Minneapolis’ values. We’re honored the city was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize – and it’s because of your courageous solidarity to promote democracy, human rights and peace.
February 6, 2026 at 9:12 PM
They didn’t nominate “the city,” they nominated THE PEOPLE OF the city. The distinction matters, not least because “the city” seems to have forgotten that the whole damn metro area is resisting the occupation, which is something THE PEOPLE of Minneapolis are constantly reminding out-of-towners
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
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the storyboards from the best star wars movie in recent memory
February 6, 2026 at 6:50 PM
the storyboards from the best star wars movie in recent memory
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I agree with this, but, and this is important, I really also wish we had listened to the law students who spoke out about his sexual harassment, and about his wife (Amy Chua) enabling and threatening those who also spoke out about it.
February 5, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I agree with this, but, and this is important, I really also wish we had listened to the law students who spoke out about his sexual harassment, and about his wife (Amy Chua) enabling and threatening those who also spoke out about it.