Kate
@lightningfield.bsky.social
Online privacy, human rights, feminism, Liberation Tech, art.
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When you're a sociopath with a LOT to hide and need something else on the front page:
#EpsteinFiles #climate
#EpsteinFiles #climate
February 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
When you're a sociopath with a LOT to hide and need something else on the front page:
#EpsteinFiles #climate
#EpsteinFiles #climate
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It ain’t over til Minnesota has ICE’s battle flag
February 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
It ain’t over til Minnesota has ICE’s battle flag
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
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Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
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Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 11, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
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The City of Philadelphia has introduced legislation to limited ICE in the city. The Federal Agents can not be masked, must have ID visible, must have arrested warrants signed by federal judges. They can't attack people. If they can't do this, they will be arrested.
youtu.be/i5Yvg_HHfbE?...
youtu.be/i5Yvg_HHfbE?...
WATCH: Philadelphia lawmakers introduce 'ICE Out' legislation to restrict federal operations in city
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The City of Philadelphia has introduced legislation to limited ICE in the city. The Federal Agents can not be masked, must have ID visible, must have arrested warrants signed by federal judges. They can't attack people. If they can't do this, they will be arrested.
youtu.be/i5Yvg_HHfbE?...
youtu.be/i5Yvg_HHfbE?...
Shout out to @kibblesmith.com for the term
Gotcha Doomerism.
It replaces strategy and imagination. Cut it out, people.
Gotcha Doomerism.
It replaces strategy and imagination. Cut it out, people.
January 29, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Shout out to @kibblesmith.com for the term
Gotcha Doomerism.
It replaces strategy and imagination. Cut it out, people.
Gotcha Doomerism.
It replaces strategy and imagination. Cut it out, people.
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Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
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“Minnesotans’ relentlessness offers a blueprint for how to react when ICE inevitably arrives to stir up trouble where there was none; how to look violence dead in the eye and say not in my town; how to provide aid laterally when you know those at the top won’t be passing any down.”
My latest—
My latest—
Crackdown
Writing through history and heartbreak.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 29, 2026 at 1:46 AM
“Minnesotans’ relentlessness offers a blueprint for how to react when ICE inevitably arrives to stir up trouble where there was none; how to look violence dead in the eye and say not in my town; how to provide aid laterally when you know those at the top won’t be passing any down.”
My latest—
My latest—
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Veterans Affairs employees have not received any agencywide acknowledgment of the killing of Alex Pretti, who worked at the Minneapolis VA.
Officials also initially blocked hospital employees there from holding a memorial, though that was later reversed.
Officials also initially blocked hospital employees there from holding a memorial, though that was later reversed.
VA leaders have barely acknowledged Alex Pretti’s death, workers say
Employees at the Minneapolis VA hospital were initially told they could not hold a memorial for Pretti, though that decision was later reversed.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Veterans Affairs employees have not received any agencywide acknowledgment of the killing of Alex Pretti, who worked at the Minneapolis VA.
Officials also initially blocked hospital employees there from holding a memorial, though that was later reversed.
Officials also initially blocked hospital employees there from holding a memorial, though that was later reversed.
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Not surprisingly, kids are not faring well in the for-profit family concentration camp. They are distressed, sleeping a lot, not getting enough to eat. Rep. Castro reports that a 2-month-old baby is in there
I just visited Liam and his father. I also met with countless more children and families who have done nothing wrong and should not be detained.
My full update on visiting the Dilley detention center:
youtu.be/j9FcMwyWN2I?...
My full update on visiting the Dilley detention center:
youtu.be/j9FcMwyWN2I?...
I just visited Liam and his father. My full update on visiting the Dilley detention center:
YouTube video by JoaquinCastroTX
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Not surprisingly, kids are not faring well in the for-profit family concentration camp. They are distressed, sleeping a lot, not getting enough to eat. Rep. Castro reports that a 2-month-old baby is in there
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SCOOP: Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:11 PM
SCOOP: Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers.
More here:
www.wired.com/story/palant...
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Trump regime ICE forces are mutilating unarmed civilians. Regime forces are firing kinetic impact projectiles at close range, causing severe injuries that can result in permanent disability or death. Today, they tore off part of a woman’s hand. #3E #GoodvsEvil
January 26, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Trump regime ICE forces are mutilating unarmed civilians. Regime forces are firing kinetic impact projectiles at close range, causing severe injuries that can result in permanent disability or death. Today, they tore off part of a woman’s hand. #3E #GoodvsEvil
I've taken over 70 (70!) french lessons on Zoom with an actual French person for $20 each. They've been great; I recently used French to successfully negotiate a parking garage problem. I felt like a french genius! 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷 Try it out: preply.com/en/?pref=MTc... #French #languagelearning #languages
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January 26, 2026 at 5:45 AM
I've taken over 70 (70!) french lessons on Zoom with an actual French person for $20 each. They've been great; I recently used French to successfully negotiate a parking garage problem. I felt like a french genius! 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷 Try it out: preply.com/en/?pref=MTc... #French #languagelearning #languages
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Again the foreign media seems to have such a better sense of how f’d up this country is and states it plainly and accurately. No word salad headlines.
January 24, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Again the foreign media seems to have such a better sense of how f’d up this country is and states it plainly and accurately. No word salad headlines.
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the nyt style section vs. der spiegel
January 24, 2026 at 11:20 PM
the nyt style section vs. der spiegel
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Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
January 24, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
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Please note that NYT is leading with what the videos show, not the lies from the feds. This is what every news organization should be doing. This is how you cover a government that lies as it breathes. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice
Minneapolis Live Updates: Man Killed by Federal Agents Was Holding a Phone, Not a Gun
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Please note that NYT is leading with what the videos show, not the lies from the feds. This is what every news organization should be doing. This is how you cover a government that lies as it breathes. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice
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January 25, 2026 at 4:10 AM
The Star-Tribune is taking donations to help fund the purchase vital newsroom supplies and equipment, including protective and tactical gear for street reporters and photogs. If you live in MSP, pls subscribe. If you don't and want to help, here's a way -- www.startribunecompany.com/donate-payme....
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ICE actually needs less training because ICE shouldn’t exist
January 25, 2026 at 4:33 AM
ICE actually needs less training because ICE shouldn’t exist
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We *only* watch old school Sesame Street in our house, for this exact reason.
They deliberately cast it to have white cast members in the minority.
The Mr. Hooper actor did time on the McCarthy blacklist.
The racial integration was so in your face, Mississippi stations initially refused to air it
They deliberately cast it to have white cast members in the minority.
The Mr. Hooper actor did time on the McCarthy blacklist.
The racial integration was so in your face, Mississippi stations initially refused to air it
Most of the moral messaging in children's television programming when I was a kid was utterly uncontroversial at the time, and would be attacked as woke indoctrination today.
This is quite literally one of the stupidest human beings alive
January 23, 2026 at 2:05 AM
We *only* watch old school Sesame Street in our house, for this exact reason.
They deliberately cast it to have white cast members in the minority.
The Mr. Hooper actor did time on the McCarthy blacklist.
The racial integration was so in your face, Mississippi stations initially refused to air it
They deliberately cast it to have white cast members in the minority.
The Mr. Hooper actor did time on the McCarthy blacklist.
The racial integration was so in your face, Mississippi stations initially refused to air it
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if you scale 2026 down to a week, it’s not even 8am on the first day
January 18, 2026 at 3:06 AM
if you scale 2026 down to a week, it’s not even 8am on the first day
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More than 5,000 people here in Powderhorn Park protesting ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis.
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
January 10, 2026 at 7:58 PM
More than 5,000 people here in Powderhorn Park protesting ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis.
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
#FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
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you’re already ahead. stay with it. minneapolis stripped these forces of legitimacy (a battle other cities won’t have to repeat). remember they are completely outmanned. their only real advantage is their organizational capacity. out-organize them & the illusion of control will collapse.
I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 10, 2026 at 9:03 PM
you’re already ahead. stay with it. minneapolis stripped these forces of legitimacy (a battle other cities won’t have to repeat). remember they are completely outmanned. their only real advantage is their organizational capacity. out-organize them & the illusion of control will collapse.