Municipal Solid Waste
@maiambic.bsky.social
Personal account. Posting through it since Livejournal.
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The whole recent set of Events has persuaded me that there's not really a majority for the new right authoritarianism in the Anglophone world. The public don't actually like it when they see what it is these people revel in. But also various failures in our democracies mean that might not stop them.
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 6:46 AM
The whole recent set of Events has persuaded me that there's not really a majority for the new right authoritarianism in the Anglophone world. The public don't actually like it when they see what it is these people revel in. But also various failures in our democracies mean that might not stop them.
“The federal government doesn’t need to attack schools.”
An incredible sentence.
An incredible sentence.
January 8, 2026 at 3:23 PM
“The federal government doesn’t need to attack schools.”
An incredible sentence.
An incredible sentence.
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Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Woah the US withdrawing from this feels like it could be a big deal, and very bad news indeed. This has been one of the primary means of coordinating the scientific community's advice giving to governments and international organisations.
January 8, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Woah the US withdrawing from this feels like it could be a big deal, and very bad news indeed. This has been one of the primary means of coordinating the scientific community's advice giving to governments and international organisations.
what an interesting read. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_...
Alfred Teves - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 8, 2026 at 2:57 PM
what an interesting read. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_...
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queen of the bond theme!
Happy Birthday Dame Shirley Bassey! Explore her musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here: album.ink/SBasseyHBD
January 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM
queen of the bond theme!
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What we have now is what's happened after so-called reforms, with increased police budgets, despite historic reductions in violent crime in many places.
I live in Los Angeles, so I'll share this: abc7.com/post/mayor-b...
I live in Los Angeles, so I'll share this: abc7.com/post/mayor-b...
January 7, 2026 at 8:43 PM
What we have now is what's happened after so-called reforms, with increased police budgets, despite historic reductions in violent crime in many places.
I live in Los Angeles, so I'll share this: abc7.com/post/mayor-b...
I live in Los Angeles, so I'll share this: abc7.com/post/mayor-b...
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I want people to realize prosecuting the police is always a long shot and even when successful that it hasn’t produced any observable change in behavior from the police in general.
January 7, 2026 at 7:22 PM
I want people to realize prosecuting the police is always a long shot and even when successful that it hasn’t produced any observable change in behavior from the police in general.
i have to believe that there are more kind strangers than ones who would break you, but the problem is kind strangers can also break things by accident. Sometimes *you're* the stranger. It's all a muddle.
January 8, 2026 at 1:27 PM
i have to believe that there are more kind strangers than ones who would break you, but the problem is kind strangers can also break things by accident. Sometimes *you're* the stranger. It's all a muddle.
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well, first he appeals it off, and then he adrops it on the floor
January 7, 2026 at 3:30 AM
well, first he appeals it off, and then he adrops it on the floor
This needs an award. Does AO3 give Emmy’s or ?
Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who runs the lottery in Shirley Jackson's The Lottery
January 7, 2026 at 1:05 PM
This needs an award. Does AO3 give Emmy’s or ?
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Took an evening walk. For all of the people who thought I had misidentified the otters as beavers, THIS is a beaver.
January 7, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Took an evening walk. For all of the people who thought I had misidentified the otters as beavers, THIS is a beaver.
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Daily orienting questions:
What are you already doing?
What else can you do?
What are you doing together with others?
What are you already doing?
What else can you do?
What are you doing together with others?
January 7, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Daily orienting questions:
What are you already doing?
What else can you do?
What are you doing together with others?
What are you already doing?
What else can you do?
What are you doing together with others?
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The FEDS drugged and shot Fred Hampton in bed.
Philly cops blew up a building in the 1980s and most people don't even know the MOVE bombing happened.
I think you're downplaying how normalized US death is.
Philly cops blew up a building in the 1980s and most people don't even know the MOVE bombing happened.
I think you're downplaying how normalized US death is.
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 6, 2026 at 7:26 PM
The FEDS drugged and shot Fred Hampton in bed.
Philly cops blew up a building in the 1980s and most people don't even know the MOVE bombing happened.
I think you're downplaying how normalized US death is.
Philly cops blew up a building in the 1980s and most people don't even know the MOVE bombing happened.
I think you're downplaying how normalized US death is.
The largest labor uprising *post-Civil War. No offense meant, lead me to this interesting list also
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
January 7, 2026 at 12:25 PM
The largest labor uprising *post-Civil War. No offense meant, lead me to this interesting list also
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
McRibterlings 😭
January 7, 2026 at 12:41 AM
McRibterlings 😭
Happy to say, Peter and the Wolf still fuckin slaps
January 7, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Happy to say, Peter and the Wolf still fuckin slaps
greenland is in/of the kingdom of denmark ??
Joint European statement on Greenland. They moved quickly after Miller’s comments about annexation last night.
January 6, 2026 at 3:33 PM
greenland is in/of the kingdom of denmark ??
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After European snow cover extent fell to record lows last month the picture has greatly transformed in recent days.
Northern Europe is now covered apart from the UK & Ireland 😬
Northern Europe is now covered apart from the UK & Ireland 😬
January 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
After European snow cover extent fell to record lows last month the picture has greatly transformed in recent days.
Northern Europe is now covered apart from the UK & Ireland 😬
Northern Europe is now covered apart from the UK & Ireland 😬
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Today’s 401 knitting. Pattern “Stella” by B Perron-Dahlen, yarn BFL worsted by E Gillies in colour “hot damn”.
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Today’s 401 knitting. Pattern “Stella” by B Perron-Dahlen, yarn BFL worsted by E Gillies in colour “hot damn”.
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Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza.
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
January 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Happening now: several hundred people are pouring into Chicago's downtown Federal Plaza.
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
It's 25 degrees outside.
Organizers are leading the crowd in a chant of, "no boots on the ground, no bombs in the air!"
Two protesters hold a large banner reading, "no war for Venezuela oil."
(Please know this is NOT about you OP)
DUKAT GETS NO REDEMPTION. He and Wynn can burn in hell together. Still. 😡
Now if you’re talking good redemption arc, Damarr is right there, gnashing his teeth
DUKAT GETS NO REDEMPTION. He and Wynn can burn in hell together. Still. 😡
Now if you’re talking good redemption arc, Damarr is right there, gnashing his teeth
January 3, 2026 at 11:15 PM
(Please know this is NOT about you OP)
DUKAT GETS NO REDEMPTION. He and Wynn can burn in hell together. Still. 😡
Now if you’re talking good redemption arc, Damarr is right there, gnashing his teeth
DUKAT GETS NO REDEMPTION. He and Wynn can burn in hell together. Still. 😡
Now if you’re talking good redemption arc, Damarr is right there, gnashing his teeth
Buy nothing January
Buy nothing January
(Saving for February 😭🫡)
Buy nothing January
(Saving for February 😭🫡)
January 3, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Buy nothing January
Buy nothing January
(Saving for February 😭🫡)
Buy nothing January
(Saving for February 😭🫡)
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