Kit
@lilgreybirb.bsky.social
Bird-follower, especially the little grey birds. Long Covid, POTS from 2020 infection. Here for the dawn chorus.
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american’s are too polarized these days. it used to be that everyone believed some people deserved some rights. now one side believes everyone should die painfully and the other thinks most people should get to live. i am paid $500000 a year for my insights
February 14, 2026 at 1:40 PM
american’s are too polarized these days. it used to be that everyone believed some people deserved some rights. now one side believes everyone should die painfully and the other thinks most people should get to live. i am paid $500000 a year for my insights
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A beautiful and deeply important piece. Please read.
The Love We See in Minneapolis Isn’t Exceptional — It’s How We Survive Together
A beautiful web is being woven in Minnesota: not with new materials but with wisdom that was already here.
truthout.org
February 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM
A beautiful and deeply important piece. Please read.
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Bragging about the respectable path that delivered us to this moment.
Hillary Clinton: "More people were deported under my husband and Barack Obama without killing American citizens and without putting children into detention camps than were in the first Trump term or this first year of Trump's second term."
February 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Bragging about the respectable path that delivered us to this moment.
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General PSA: there is SO MUCH COVID going around right now. If you are feeling sick, you should test
February 11, 2026 at 6:39 PM
General PSA: there is SO MUCH COVID going around right now. If you are feeling sick, you should test
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I’m going to say again, infecting your allies with a potentially debilitating and deadly illness is extremely foolish behavior in any kind of movement. You’re doing work for the other guys.
PMC COVlD Report, Week of Feb 16, 2026 (U.S.)
14 states are still experiencing High/Very High COVlD levels amid a lingering 12th wave.
Minnesota may be at an all-time high.
THREAD 1 of 4 🧵
14 states are still experiencing High/Very High COVlD levels amid a lingering 12th wave.
Minnesota may be at an all-time high.
THREAD 1 of 4 🧵
February 16, 2026 at 5:47 AM
I’m going to say again, infecting your allies with a potentially debilitating and deadly illness is extremely foolish behavior in any kind of movement. You’re doing work for the other guys.
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It only took me a month, but I finally made a volunteer page on Stand With Minnesota. Because we are about to need a lot of freaking volunteers. Help us keep Minnesota housed!
Volunteer — Stand With Minnesota
www.standwithminnesota.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:53 PM
It only took me a month, but I finally made a volunteer page on Stand With Minnesota. Because we are about to need a lot of freaking volunteers. Help us keep Minnesota housed!
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consider that they are preparing you for the next pandemic by removing any pretense of protection—they never wanted it for covid, which is why sars2 remains in harmful circulation, & they don’t want it for the next novel pathogen.
this is the preparation. prepare to suffer.
better to mask up now.
this is the preparation. prepare to suffer.
better to mask up now.
After more than 1.2 Americans lost their lives to Covid, NIH director Jay Bhattacharya orders the agency to deprioritize pandemic preparedness & biodefense.
Make it make sense.
Scoop from @maxkozlov.bsky.social @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Make it make sense.
Scoop from @maxkozlov.bsky.social @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.
www.nature.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:26 PM
consider that they are preparing you for the next pandemic by removing any pretense of protection—they never wanted it for covid, which is why sars2 remains in harmful circulation, & they don’t want it for the next novel pathogen.
this is the preparation. prepare to suffer.
better to mask up now.
this is the preparation. prepare to suffer.
better to mask up now.
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I saw someone
buying roses
and I thought:
maybe that’s love.
I saw someone
carrying chocolates
and I thought:
maybe that’s love.
I saw someone
entering a jeweler’s
and I thought:
maybe that’s love.
And I saw someone
wearing a mask
and I thought:
that’s definitely love.
buying roses
and I thought:
maybe that’s love.
I saw someone
carrying chocolates
and I thought:
maybe that’s love.
I saw someone
entering a jeweler’s
and I thought:
maybe that’s love.
And I saw someone
wearing a mask
and I thought:
that’s definitely love.
February 14, 2026 at 12:01 AM
I saw someone
buying roses
and I thought:
maybe that’s love.
I saw someone
carrying chocolates
and I thought:
maybe that’s love.
I saw someone
entering a jeweler’s
and I thought:
maybe that’s love.
And I saw someone
wearing a mask
and I thought:
that’s definitely love.
buying roses
and I thought:
maybe that’s love.
I saw someone
carrying chocolates
and I thought:
maybe that’s love.
I saw someone
entering a jeweler’s
and I thought:
maybe that’s love.
And I saw someone
wearing a mask
and I thought:
that’s definitely love.
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Some Winter Olympics athletes, teams, and their loved ones are protecting themselves from airborne pathogens by masking and isolating.
Meanwhile, the media stigmatizes disease prevention while minimizing serious risks of Long COVID.
Read more from @mileswgriffis.bsky.social: bit.ly/4rHDA6R
Meanwhile, the media stigmatizes disease prevention while minimizing serious risks of Long COVID.
Read more from @mileswgriffis.bsky.social: bit.ly/4rHDA6R
February 11, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Some Winter Olympics athletes, teams, and their loved ones are protecting themselves from airborne pathogens by masking and isolating.
Meanwhile, the media stigmatizes disease prevention while minimizing serious risks of Long COVID.
Read more from @mileswgriffis.bsky.social: bit.ly/4rHDA6R
Meanwhile, the media stigmatizes disease prevention while minimizing serious risks of Long COVID.
Read more from @mileswgriffis.bsky.social: bit.ly/4rHDA6R
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I've finally managed to do some shop restock, so I'm going to schedule a thread today that showcases some of our favorite new (and old!) items.
Starting of course with the whistles. YOU CAN GET 100 WHISTLES FOR FREE at the link in my bio. But if you want THESE ones from US:
thebrokencircle.etsy...
Starting of course with the whistles. YOU CAN GET 100 WHISTLES FOR FREE at the link in my bio. But if you want THESE ones from US:
thebrokencircle.etsy...
February 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I've finally managed to do some shop restock, so I'm going to schedule a thread today that showcases some of our favorite new (and old!) items.
Starting of course with the whistles. YOU CAN GET 100 WHISTLES FOR FREE at the link in my bio. But if you want THESE ones from US:
thebrokencircle.etsy...
Starting of course with the whistles. YOU CAN GET 100 WHISTLES FOR FREE at the link in my bio. But if you want THESE ones from US:
thebrokencircle.etsy...
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oh FFS, maybe get them to throw some of that money into rent funds instead of a zip line
February 13, 2026 at 9:05 PM
oh FFS, maybe get them to throw some of that money into rent funds instead of a zip line
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AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
February 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
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An EMT was forced to watch George Floyd suffocate. A doctor was denied access to Renée Good.
For all the constant fucking hand wringing about protests blocking access to ambulance care, a thing that does not happen, the pigs kill us and force our healthcare professionals to watch us die publicly
For all the constant fucking hand wringing about protests blocking access to ambulance care, a thing that does not happen, the pigs kill us and force our healthcare professionals to watch us die publicly
“They were hellbent on not allowing anybody to help him until he was dead,” she said. “I was right there, and they — all of them — made the decision to deny me access to give him the best possible chance of survival.”
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept.
February 13, 2026 at 7:16 PM
An EMT was forced to watch George Floyd suffocate. A doctor was denied access to Renée Good.
For all the constant fucking hand wringing about protests blocking access to ambulance care, a thing that does not happen, the pigs kill us and force our healthcare professionals to watch us die publicly
For all the constant fucking hand wringing about protests blocking access to ambulance care, a thing that does not happen, the pigs kill us and force our healthcare professionals to watch us die publicly
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so many families are in awful positions because ICE’s bullshit has collapsed the already fragile social safety net.
this family is living in their van in minnesota in winter. they’ve applied for help at over a dozen orgs and are still unhoused. with babies.
this family is living in their van in minnesota in winter. they’ve applied for help at over a dozen orgs and are still unhoused. with babies.
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February 13, 2026 at 8:46 PM
so many families are in awful positions because ICE’s bullshit has collapsed the already fragile social safety net.
this family is living in their van in minnesota in winter. they’ve applied for help at over a dozen orgs and are still unhoused. with babies.
this family is living in their van in minnesota in winter. they’ve applied for help at over a dozen orgs and are still unhoused. with babies.
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I'm pretty proud of this poem I made out of the euphemisms that companies used to describe the ICE occupation in corporate communications. Also read the whole story: racketmn.com/corporate-co...
February 12, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I'm pretty proud of this poem I made out of the euphemisms that companies used to describe the ICE occupation in corporate communications. Also read the whole story: racketmn.com/corporate-co...
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I’ll believe it when I hear it from the people who live there.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal authorities announce end to Minnesota immigration crackdown that led to mass detentions, protests and two deaths.
February 12, 2026 at 2:25 PM
I’ll believe it when I hear it from the people who live there.
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"Medicaid cuts and immigration raids only make... already pressing issues worse. 32% of the home care workforce is staffed by immigrants, and immigrants make up 21% of staff in nursing homes."
Excellent piece by @racheldl.bsky.social for @aapd.com:
www.aapd.com/recent-immig...
Excellent piece by @racheldl.bsky.social for @aapd.com:
www.aapd.com/recent-immig...
Recent Changes to Immigration Policies Have Disastrous Impacts on Disabled People and Long-Term Care - AAPD
In January 2025, just two weeks before President Trump’s second inauguration, I was approved by the state of Wisconsin to receive Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS), a form of long-term care tha...
www.aapd.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:38 PM
"Medicaid cuts and immigration raids only make... already pressing issues worse. 32% of the home care workforce is staffed by immigrants, and immigrants make up 21% of staff in nursing homes."
Excellent piece by @racheldl.bsky.social for @aapd.com:
www.aapd.com/recent-immig...
Excellent piece by @racheldl.bsky.social for @aapd.com:
www.aapd.com/recent-immig...
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
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collaborators suddenly realize that they could cancel their contract for a concentration camp after insisting it wasn’t possible. a world of fascists who have never felt pushback once in their life, suddenly stunned to see everyone hates them. makes you think!
kansascitydefender.com/justice/plat...
kansascitydefender.com/justice/plat...
BREAKING: Platform Ventures Backs Down From ICE Detention Center Sale After Weeks of Mass Organizing and Protest – The Kansas City Defender
The people won. For now.
kansascitydefender.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:53 PM
collaborators suddenly realize that they could cancel their contract for a concentration camp after insisting it wasn’t possible. a world of fascists who have never felt pushback once in their life, suddenly stunned to see everyone hates them. makes you think!
kansascitydefender.com/justice/plat...
kansascitydefender.com/justice/plat...
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this looks great!
TONIGHT Death Panel x @haymarketbooks.org present
ABOLISH ICE, ABOLISH THE BORDER
Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social
Silky Shah @silkys13.bsky.social
Beatrice Adler-Bolton @reallandsend.bsky.social
7pm EST, register free here:
www.haymarketbooks.org/events/778-a...
ABOLISH ICE, ABOLISH THE BORDER
Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social
Silky Shah @silkys13.bsky.social
Beatrice Adler-Bolton @reallandsend.bsky.social
7pm EST, register free here:
www.haymarketbooks.org/events/778-a...
Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border
Join Harsha Walia, Silky Shah, and Beatrice Adler-Bolton of Death Panel for an urgent discussion on the brutal enforcement of immigration policing in Minneapolis and beyond, and why resistance calls f...
www.haymarketbooks.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:20 PM
this looks great!
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Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.
February 11, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.
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just an update from when we talked to the reporter: we’ve now successfully connected over 100 families for direct, peer to peer rent adoption. we’ve collected and immediately distributed…a lot.
it is a drop in the bucket, but all of this is. everyone is just doing what they can.
it is a drop in the bucket, but all of this is. everyone is just doing what they can.
February 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
just an update from when we talked to the reporter: we’ve now successfully connected over 100 families for direct, peer to peer rent adoption. we’ve collected and immediately distributed…a lot.
it is a drop in the bucket, but all of this is. everyone is just doing what they can.
it is a drop in the bucket, but all of this is. everyone is just doing what they can.
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When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
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EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells @thebarbedwire.com he spent years burying radioactive fracking waste, which melted the bones in his neck and jaw. Then a residential community — and an elementary school — was built on top. 🧵
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/11/a...
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/11/a...
Whistleblower Says Radioactive Fracking Waste Site Melted His Jaw. Now There’s an Elementary School There.
Then an elementary school was built on top of it.
thebarbedwire.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells @thebarbedwire.com he spent years burying radioactive fracking waste, which melted the bones in his neck and jaw. Then a residential community — and an elementary school — was built on top. 🧵
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/11/a...
thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/11/a...
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Multiple friends have caught COVID recently, including some of my more cautious pals. There are a lot of winter germs in crowded places right now, fam. Personally, I never feel that shopping or riding transit unmasked is worth potentially getting sick. You can always renew this practice.
February 9, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Multiple friends have caught COVID recently, including some of my more cautious pals. There are a lot of winter germs in crowded places right now, fam. Personally, I never feel that shopping or riding transit unmasked is worth potentially getting sick. You can always renew this practice.