Anarchic Squid
@leahanelson.bsky.social
Knower of things about Alabama, mass criminalization, fines and fees, healthcare access, capital punishment. Chair of the Praline Matzo Committee. Actively fearful of the Mariana Trench.
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Anarchic Squid
@leahanelson.bsky.social
· Jan 10
The Only Narcan Vending Machine In Alabama
oxfordamerican.org
In a postage stamp of a town at the southernmost tip of Appalachia, a minister and self-described anarchosocialist operates Alabama's only Narcan vending machine. I wrote about his lifesaving work in this, my first piece for @oxfordamerican.bsky.social.
oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/the-o...
oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/the-o...
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Thinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent
February 1, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Thinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent
Yes. Recently back from an illuminating visit to the RGV, including w in-laws who have worked work for CBP. But also: once the dynamics are learned, some work is in order to sort out what it will take to change them. Racism and nationalism don’t explain them alone. 👁️
lotta people about to learn about the fucked up dynamics in the Rio Grande Valley, where CBP has long been one of the biggest employers and the place where you are most likely to find people with brown skin and Mexican surnames casually dropping the most vile anti immigrant slurs non-stop
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.
February 1, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Yes. Recently back from an illuminating visit to the RGV, including w in-laws who have worked work for CBP. But also: once the dynamics are learned, some work is in order to sort out what it will take to change them. Racism and nationalism don’t explain them alone. 👁️
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A note from our editors:
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
A note from our editors:
Grudgingly revisiting my belief that Ryan Gosling and Ryan Reynolds are the same person. (Finally watched the Barbie movie and it is indeed good.)
February 1, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Grudgingly revisiting my belief that Ryan Gosling and Ryan Reynolds are the same person. (Finally watched the Barbie movie and it is indeed good.)
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He's going to post seize the means of production before Jeffries and Schumer agree we should defund ICE
Defund ICE.
Disable the grift.
Disempower the Epstein class.
Defy authoritarianism.
Discredit Trumpism.
Deconstruct MAGA.
Defeat the GOP.
Thank you for your attention to these matters.
Disable the grift.
Disempower the Epstein class.
Defy authoritarianism.
Discredit Trumpism.
Deconstruct MAGA.
Defeat the GOP.
Thank you for your attention to these matters.
February 1, 2026 at 2:48 PM
He's going to post seize the means of production before Jeffries and Schumer agree we should defund ICE
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Excited for stopantisemitism to tell off these holocaust survivors for being reminded
February 1, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Excited for stopantisemitism to tell off these holocaust survivors for being reminded
I’m so tired I am out by about 9:30 every night and I think it’s just all the unspeakable shittitude of everything generally
February 1, 2026 at 12:35 AM
I’m so tired I am out by about 9:30 every night and I think it’s just all the unspeakable shittitude of everything generally
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Maybe this newspaper should do some soul searching about how we ended up in a world where this is the sort of thing a major newspaper assumes every reader needs to know.
If you get pepper-sprayed, avoid rubbing your eyes. Instead, irrigate them with lots of water, says Dr. Trisha Pasricha, our Ask a Doctor columnist.
February 1, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Maybe this newspaper should do some soul searching about how we ended up in a world where this is the sort of thing a major newspaper assumes every reader needs to know.
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Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
![Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026.
_________________________________________________
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
[photo of Liam]
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
John 11:35](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:73t3muu2pudsajp7a2fj3aly/bafkreigfz6fzbu65haq7nfqgaoe7m42gsaonpinpmaaptuzd5atkqvya4i@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
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yes i am straight up going to say that if your response to “ernst runt” is “this is offensive to short people” then you are a) humorless and b) engaging in the kind of tiresome scolding that keeps people away from this place bsky.app/profile/fran...
“If you find my joke offensive you have no sense of humor”
January 31, 2026 at 5:49 PM
yes i am straight up going to say that if your response to “ernst runt” is “this is offensive to short people” then you are a) humorless and b) engaging in the kind of tiresome scolding that keeps people away from this place bsky.app/profile/fran...
I need a couple of good new slow cooker recipes. Looking for high on flavor and lower on calories
January 31, 2026 at 11:47 PM
I need a couple of good new slow cooker recipes. Looking for high on flavor and lower on calories
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The contrast between the complete cowardice of our civic institutions in the face of creeping authoritarianism, compared to the bravery and fortitude of ordinary citizens, is so glaring.
More than 34,000 Minnesotans signed up to be trained as ICED observers with various activist groups in recent weeks, many of them since Jan. 7, when a federal agent shot and killed Renée Good.
Thousands of new ICE watchers hit the streets after two killings
Minnesotans outraged by the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti have signed up in large numbers to monitor and protest ICE with other activists.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:46 PM
The contrast between the complete cowardice of our civic institutions in the face of creeping authoritarianism, compared to the bravery and fortitude of ordinary citizens, is so glaring.
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Kristol means Kristallnacht: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristal...
January 31, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Kristol means Kristallnacht: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristal...
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News you can use, 2026
If you get pepper-sprayed, avoid rubbing your eyes. Instead, irrigate them with lots of water, says Dr. Trisha Pasricha, our Ask a Doctor columnist.
January 31, 2026 at 11:07 PM
News you can use, 2026
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straight up Gestapo shit
January 31, 2026 at 8:54 PM
straight up Gestapo shit
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In July 1946, a whole year after the end of the Holocaust, there was a pogrom that resulted in the murders of 42 Jews, caused in part by the fact that Poles who had moved into homes stolen from local deported Jews did not like it when some of the Jews returned and wanted their homes back.
January 31, 2026 at 9:43 PM
In July 1946, a whole year after the end of the Holocaust, there was a pogrom that resulted in the murders of 42 Jews, caused in part by the fact that Poles who had moved into homes stolen from local deported Jews did not like it when some of the Jews returned and wanted their homes back.
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Target called the police on peaceful Minnesotans today, telling us we were on private property.
But when ICE comes to brutalize and abduct people in their stores, Target says it’s public space and can’t stop it.
Target needs to decide - do they stand with Minnesotans, or masked abductors? #ICEOut
But when ICE comes to brutalize and abduct people in their stores, Target says it’s public space and can’t stop it.
Target needs to decide - do they stand with Minnesotans, or masked abductors? #ICEOut
January 31, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Target called the police on peaceful Minnesotans today, telling us we were on private property.
But when ICE comes to brutalize and abduct people in their stores, Target says it’s public space and can’t stop it.
Target needs to decide - do they stand with Minnesotans, or masked abductors? #ICEOut
But when ICE comes to brutalize and abduct people in their stores, Target says it’s public space and can’t stop it.
Target needs to decide - do they stand with Minnesotans, or masked abductors? #ICEOut
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i can confirm that the east river is frozen
January 30, 2026 at 10:57 PM
i can confirm that the east river is frozen
Looking forward to us ritualistically defenestrating a prominent-but-no-longer-at-the-peak-of-his-power academic-, entertainment-, or business-leader-who-shows-pedophilic-tendencies as part of our semi-regular national catharsis
Who will it be this time?
Who will it be this time?
January 31, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Looking forward to us ritualistically defenestrating a prominent-but-no-longer-at-the-peak-of-his-power academic-, entertainment-, or business-leader-who-shows-pedophilic-tendencies as part of our semi-regular national catharsis
Who will it be this time?
Who will it be this time?
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I think it is OUTRAGEOUS that people are LEAPING to the conclusion that some our post prominent Americans are child rapists when it is EQUALLY PLAUSIBLE that they are simply indifferent to whether other people are child rapists so long as those other people can offer them access to power.
January 31, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I think it is OUTRAGEOUS that people are LEAPING to the conclusion that some our post prominent Americans are child rapists when it is EQUALLY PLAUSIBLE that they are simply indifferent to whether other people are child rapists so long as those other people can offer them access to power.
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An entire political movement founded on uncovering hidden messages in documents to discover the powerful secret pedophiles and meanwhile the powerful pedophiles out here sending gmails saying "Hi fellow pedophile when are we meeting to do pedophilia again"
Disgusting.
In an email on Sept. 11, 2013, Mr. Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, wrote to Mr. Epstein, “It was really nice seeing you yesterday.” He added: “Any time you’re in the area would love to see you. As long as you bring your harem!”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
In an email on Sept. 11, 2013, Mr. Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, wrote to Mr. Epstein, “It was really nice seeing you yesterday.” He added: “Any time you’re in the area would love to see you. As long as you bring your harem!”
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: Millions of Pages of Epstein Documents Released
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:47 AM
An entire political movement founded on uncovering hidden messages in documents to discover the powerful secret pedophiles and meanwhile the powerful pedophiles out here sending gmails saying "Hi fellow pedophile when are we meeting to do pedophilia again"
Seems noteworthy that the NYT editorial board is warning that Trump will probably try to mess with the midterms
January 31, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Seems noteworthy that the NYT editorial board is warning that Trump will probably try to mess with the midterms
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And so we wind up with stuff like this—a 2017 email in which one of Epstein's prominent buddies jokes with him about how the networks keep calling him for comment on the Lolita Express.
Name and email address of sender redacted.
Name and email address of sender redacted.
January 31, 2026 at 1:31 PM
And so we wind up with stuff like this—a 2017 email in which one of Epstein's prominent buddies jokes with him about how the networks keep calling him for comment on the Lolita Express.
Name and email address of sender redacted.
Name and email address of sender redacted.
reading Tolstoy is helping me understand unspoken power structures in Alabama
which is not a compliment to Alabama —but it is one to Tolstoy who is, it turns out, not overrated
which is not a compliment to Alabama —but it is one to Tolstoy who is, it turns out, not overrated
January 31, 2026 at 4:09 AM
reading Tolstoy is helping me understand unspoken power structures in Alabama
which is not a compliment to Alabama —but it is one to Tolstoy who is, it turns out, not overrated
which is not a compliment to Alabama —but it is one to Tolstoy who is, it turns out, not overrated
I can’t explain it but this pelican defies the rules of Euclidean geometry
Wow, today was a real fucked one.
Let's do some of that again, but not most of it.
Definitely not most of of it.
Here's something that happened you DIDN'T know about, for I was the only one capturing, thus everyone NOT on bluesky is missing out!
I give you January 30th's Full Pelican 🪶
Let's do some of that again, but not most of it.
Definitely not most of of it.
Here's something that happened you DIDN'T know about, for I was the only one capturing, thus everyone NOT on bluesky is missing out!
I give you January 30th's Full Pelican 🪶
January 31, 2026 at 3:55 AM
I can’t explain it but this pelican defies the rules of Euclidean geometry