lithobolos
@lithobolos.bsky.social
I like learning....things.....
Most notably politics, MMA, and philosophy ^_^
Most notably politics, MMA, and philosophy ^_^
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Incredibly helpful rundown from Aaron here about how ICE has been formally instructed to act outside the bounds of the constitution
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Incredibly helpful rundown from Aaron here about how ICE has been formally instructed to act outside the bounds of the constitution
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There really was a Dinosaur sitcom on prime time TV in the 90s.
January 21, 2026 at 10:50 PM
There really was a Dinosaur sitcom on prime time TV in the 90s.
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It is time to choose between socialism and barbarism
January 21, 2026 at 10:21 PM
It is time to choose between socialism and barbarism
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I keep hearing about how criminal prosecution, and the courts have stood up.
But if we have a $180bn masked armed internal security force routinely going around the country and massively and publicly violating people’s rights (Ntm detention centers). That’s not rule of law.
But if we have a $180bn masked armed internal security force routinely going around the country and massively and publicly violating people’s rights (Ntm detention centers). That’s not rule of law.
That is an ICE agent pepper spraying a restrained victim in the face at close quarters; it's an unquestionable and indefensibly abusive use of excessive force that should (but won't) be criminally prosecuted as assault
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 10:18 PM
I keep hearing about how criminal prosecution, and the courts have stood up.
But if we have a $180bn masked armed internal security force routinely going around the country and massively and publicly violating people’s rights (Ntm detention centers). That’s not rule of law.
But if we have a $180bn masked armed internal security force routinely going around the country and massively and publicly violating people’s rights (Ntm detention centers). That’s not rule of law.
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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You can become disabled or homeless in an instant.
Even if you’re young and healthy.
Even if you have a “good job” and a back up plan.
Even if you think you’re doing everything right.
Disability and poverty are not moral failings.
They can happen to anyone.
Even if you’re young and healthy.
Even if you have a “good job” and a back up plan.
Even if you think you’re doing everything right.
Disability and poverty are not moral failings.
They can happen to anyone.
January 21, 2026 at 5:54 AM
You can become disabled or homeless in an instant.
Even if you’re young and healthy.
Even if you have a “good job” and a back up plan.
Even if you think you’re doing everything right.
Disability and poverty are not moral failings.
They can happen to anyone.
Even if you’re young and healthy.
Even if you have a “good job” and a back up plan.
Even if you think you’re doing everything right.
Disability and poverty are not moral failings.
They can happen to anyone.
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“She was so anemic and hungry that she resorted to eating clay, digging out the top layer of earth to get to the cleaner soil below, and charcoal. Her chart showed she gained fewer than 10 pounds during her entire pregnancy. Her baby, Nuru, was born at 33 weeks, weighing about 3.5 pounds.”
Expectant mothers were left so hungry after the U.S. cut foreign food aid that one woman ate clay and charcoal.
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
www.propublica.org
January 21, 2026 at 4:02 PM
“She was so anemic and hungry that she resorted to eating clay, digging out the top layer of earth to get to the cleaner soil below, and charcoal. Her chart showed she gained fewer than 10 pounds during her entire pregnancy. Her baby, Nuru, was born at 33 weeks, weighing about 3.5 pounds.”
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I’m tired of being talked down to by people like this. They are doing the Elon Musk Mars In 2 Years bit but have tied the entire U.S. economy to a bespoke compliment generator. It’s time to start talking about these AI mutants like delusional babies.
“There will be more than enough jobs for the citizens of your nation, esp. those with vocational training,” said Karp. “I do think these trends really do make it hard to imagine why we should have large-scale immigration unless you have a very specialized skill.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Palantir CEO Says AI to Make Large-Scale Immigration Obsolete
Artificial intelligence will displace so many jobs that it will eliminate the need for mass immigration, according to Palantir Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp.
www.bloomberg.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I’m tired of being talked down to by people like this. They are doing the Elon Musk Mars In 2 Years bit but have tied the entire U.S. economy to a bespoke compliment generator. It’s time to start talking about these AI mutants like delusional babies.
(It's important to note that a large portion of Greenland is indigenous but the point stands.)
January 21, 2026 at 7:17 PM
(It's important to note that a large portion of Greenland is indigenous but the point stands.)
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The failure of your political imagination is matched only by your failure to rise to this moment
January 21, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The failure of your political imagination is matched only by your failure to rise to this moment
If Al Gore ends up President it will be the wildest political comeback of all time....but also
What Year Is It GIF
ALT: What Year Is It GIF
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:14 PM
If Al Gore ends up President it will be the wildest political comeback of all time....but also
RoboCop level insanity.
January 21, 2026 at 1:07 PM
RoboCop level insanity.
Her entire office spends the day playing Sims4 trying to level up their cooking without dying in a fire.
January 21, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Her entire office spends the day playing Sims4 trying to level up their cooking without dying in a fire.
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The thing about newspapers, is that ppl just scan the article title & newspapers know that.
So it would be good to know what feral, wild & out of control situation US colleges were in, that they had to be tamed? Out of the top 50 on the planet, 23 make the list.
NYT keeps fanboying fascism?
So it would be good to know what feral, wild & out of control situation US colleges were in, that they had to be tamed? Out of the top 50 on the planet, 23 make the list.
NYT keeps fanboying fascism?
January 21, 2026 at 12:46 PM
The thing about newspapers, is that ppl just scan the article title & newspapers know that.
So it would be good to know what feral, wild & out of control situation US colleges were in, that they had to be tamed? Out of the top 50 on the planet, 23 make the list.
NYT keeps fanboying fascism?
So it would be good to know what feral, wild & out of control situation US colleges were in, that they had to be tamed? Out of the top 50 on the planet, 23 make the list.
NYT keeps fanboying fascism?
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'The majority of trans people in the UK now feel under attack by the UK government, government services and the UK legal system.'
My latest article:
northwestbylines.co.uk/opinion-corn...
My latest article:
northwestbylines.co.uk/opinion-corn...
Should trans people still trust NHSE?
A recent survey launched by NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire directed at young trans people sparked an outcry from the trans community
northwestbylines.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 8:42 AM
'The majority of trans people in the UK now feel under attack by the UK government, government services and the UK legal system.'
My latest article:
northwestbylines.co.uk/opinion-corn...
My latest article:
northwestbylines.co.uk/opinion-corn...
This is such an easy call but we live in a world where laws don't matter, even the Constitution of the United States.
January 21, 2026 at 11:18 AM
This is such an easy call but we live in a world where laws don't matter, even the Constitution of the United States.
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8 minutes!
MN Doctor: I learned that Renee Good still had a pulse 8 minutes after she was shot by an ICE agent. Yet the offer to administer aid from a physician on the scene was denied. I can't say how much that stirs the blood of everyone here as we try to fulfill our oath to care for the people of Minnesota
January 21, 2026 at 11:09 AM
8 minutes!
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The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 AM
The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
I think this might be the best Star Wars Andor video essay I've ever seen and I'm not even ten minutes in. It's jump from Les Miserables to Lenin.
#OneWayOut !
#OneWayOut !
The Thousand Faces of Cassian Andor
YouTube video by ArTorr
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 10:40 AM
I think this might be the best Star Wars Andor video essay I've ever seen and I'm not even ten minutes in. It's jump from Les Miserables to Lenin.
#OneWayOut !
#OneWayOut !
YouTube comments on old music videos are fucking depressing... shit.
January 21, 2026 at 9:13 AM
YouTube comments on old music videos are fucking depressing... shit.
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Transgender people have been simultaneously let down and attacked by so many people lately that I wouldn't be surprised if they trusted nobody.
January 21, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Transgender people have been simultaneously let down and attacked by so many people lately that I wouldn't be surprised if they trusted nobody.
Somehow felt magical and epic.
January 21, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Somehow felt magical and epic.
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In response to federal agents on a lawless rampage through the Twin Cities area, the Edina, City Council reaffirmed their support for the universal declaration of human rights, which right now is a radical anarchist, domestic terrorist kind of thing to do.
January 21, 2026 at 6:35 AM
In response to federal agents on a lawless rampage through the Twin Cities area, the Edina, City Council reaffirmed their support for the universal declaration of human rights, which right now is a radical anarchist, domestic terrorist kind of thing to do.
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i honestly don’t care what the polls say, if you’re still falling for the dems’ whole “we would love to oppose trump/the right and fight culture war stuff but it’s just not popular, we simply must follow the polls this time” song and dance, you’re a mark, sorry.
January 21, 2026 at 1:00 AM
i honestly don’t care what the polls say, if you’re still falling for the dems’ whole “we would love to oppose trump/the right and fight culture war stuff but it’s just not popular, we simply must follow the polls this time” song and dance, you’re a mark, sorry.