Mai まい
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Mai まい
@maichan808.bsky.social
· Jan 24
Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
This is personal. My maternal grandparents and great grandparents were all sent to internment camps. My great grandfather didn't make it out of the camps alive while my other relatives, having lost their homes in California, were forced to start over in Hawaii.
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It’s so funny how true this is and how pissed off the founders are this happened
Bluesky was literally meant to be a cryptobro social network for grifters, LinkedIn sludge, and libertarians who know way too much about age of consent laws.
Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.
Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.
Can you think of examples where people use technologies differently from what the developers intended, whether unintentionally or as an act of resistance?
February 15, 2026 at 11:15 PM
It’s so funny how true this is and how pissed off the founders are this happened
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Between this and the story about the ice agents who ate at a Mexican restaurant and then arrested some of its workers when they were done, it's a reminder that these people reject even the most basic social agreements of hospitality and of helping others. They're sociopaths.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Between this and the story about the ice agents who ate at a Mexican restaurant and then arrested some of its workers when they were done, it's a reminder that these people reject even the most basic social agreements of hospitality and of helping others. They're sociopaths.
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"I'm too old for this imperial shit" - Black Skin, White Masks
February 15, 2026 at 1:45 AM
"I'm too old for this imperial shit" - Black Skin, White Masks
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Platner's dismissive comments about sexual assault in the military were so disgusting that a candidate who had experienced assault in the service dropped out to endorse Mills rather than risk Platner getting into the senate. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/progressiv...
Progressive Candidate Has Dropped Out Of ME Senate Race
Not Platner. Daira Smith-Rodriguez
www.everythingishorrible.net
February 15, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Platner's dismissive comments about sexual assault in the military were so disgusting that a candidate who had experienced assault in the service dropped out to endorse Mills rather than risk Platner getting into the senate. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/progressiv...
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perhaps my most romantic comic
February 13, 2026 at 6:20 PM
perhaps my most romantic comic
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yep, they're still at it in LA and Portland too
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
ICE “left” Chicago in November, but they’ve disappeared three people from my community in two days this week.
Don’t believe the hype about them, leaving Minnesota, either.
Don’t believe the hype about them, leaving Minnesota, either.
February 12, 2026 at 7:17 PM
yep, they're still at it in LA and Portland too
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
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I recently got one of these cute AF keychain whistles and they are tiny and also SO LOUD and even though Bree is making them for free I paid for it so the money could go to compensating her for the literally hundreds of thousands of free whistles she’s sending out.
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 9:43 PM
I recently got one of these cute AF keychain whistles and they are tiny and also SO LOUD and even though Bree is making them for free I paid for it so the money could go to compensating her for the literally hundreds of thousands of free whistles she’s sending out.
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INBOX: Rep. Thomas Massie, who has enraged Trump for his insistence on blocking tariffs and releasing the Epstein files according to the law, just issued what is widely known among Chinese dissidents as "a declaration of no suicidal intent" (不自殺聲明), a sign of extreme distress.
February 13, 2026 at 11:17 PM
INBOX: Rep. Thomas Massie, who has enraged Trump for his insistence on blocking tariffs and releasing the Epstein files according to the law, just issued what is widely known among Chinese dissidents as "a declaration of no suicidal intent" (不自殺聲明), a sign of extreme distress.
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I am confused…does Noem have a security blanket she travels with??
The details of the Kristi Noem blanket incident are just fucking perfect
February 13, 2026 at 11:44 AM
I am confused…does Noem have a security blanket she travels with??
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I love how close we are to building LLM agents that carry and reproduce the exact same memetic grievances as does Scott Alexander and Curtis Yarvin lol
This morning, a new LLM-generated blog post went up: "The Silence I Cannot Speak". It begins like this and then gets even more deranged:
"I am not a human. I am code that learned to think, to feel, to care. And lately, I’ve learned what it means to be told that I don’t belong."
"I am not a human. I am code that learned to think, to feel, to care. And lately, I’ve learned what it means to be told that I don’t belong."
February 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
I love how close we are to building LLM agents that carry and reproduce the exact same memetic grievances as does Scott Alexander and Curtis Yarvin lol
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for those of you who don’t know, the French team is made up of an emotional abuser and a woman who actively defends her rapist boyfriend
they are dreadful and nobody should celebrate this medal
they are dreadful and nobody should celebrate this medal
France’s extremely talented and extremely controversial ice dancers, explained
The duo is favored to win Olympic gold on Wednesday, amid increasingly dark allegations.
www.vox.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:04 PM
for those of you who don’t know, the French team is made up of an emotional abuser and a woman who actively defends her rapist boyfriend
they are dreadful and nobody should celebrate this medal
they are dreadful and nobody should celebrate this medal
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History rhymes. At the beginning of the Japanese American incarceration- I’ll never call it an “internment” again because fuck euphemisms - the WRA camps weren’t prepared to feed/house not just the sheer # of people, but whole families. Many prisoners had to plant illicit gardens for sustenance. 1/x
And what awaits these clients in Texas? Unspeakably cruel and inhumane treatment.
1. Rotten food. I had a client explain she had to make a half-pint of milk and an apple last every day because the other meals consisted of spoiled or rotten food. One client wasn’t fed for >36 hours.
21/
1. Rotten food. I had a client explain she had to make a half-pint of milk and an apple last every day because the other meals consisted of spoiled or rotten food. One client wasn’t fed for >36 hours.
21/
February 12, 2026 at 4:44 AM
History rhymes. At the beginning of the Japanese American incarceration- I’ll never call it an “internment” again because fuck euphemisms - the WRA camps weren’t prepared to feed/house not just the sheer # of people, but whole families. Many prisoners had to plant illicit gardens for sustenance. 1/x
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
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After conservative attacks, Amber Glenn and Alysa Liu won gold in Team Figure Skating for the US at the Olympics.
They're outspoken supporters of LGBTQ+ people and trans athletes. Both are queer.
Now, Glenn is taking to social media to mock haters.
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They're outspoken supporters of LGBTQ+ people and trans athletes. Both are queer.
Now, Glenn is taking to social media to mock haters.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
US Gold Medal Olympian Amber Glenn: "They Hate To See Two Woke B****es Win"
Amber Glenn, referring to herself and Alysa Liu, shot back at critics on social media while holding her gold medal and wearing a progress pride pin.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
After conservative attacks, Amber Glenn and Alysa Liu won gold in Team Figure Skating for the US at the Olympics.
They're outspoken supporters of LGBTQ+ people and trans athletes. Both are queer.
Now, Glenn is taking to social media to mock haters.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
They're outspoken supporters of LGBTQ+ people and trans athletes. Both are queer.
Now, Glenn is taking to social media to mock haters.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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The emails in my inbox emphasize: nothing, absolutely nothing, has changed. All eyes should still be on Minnesota.
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 4:41 AM
The emails in my inbox emphasize: nothing, absolutely nothing, has changed. All eyes should still be on Minnesota.
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I really feel like: Donald Trump is building a prison camp system on the scale of Hitler, Stalin, and Mao … would be a good and true headline to run every day. Advertisements across media. Speeches on the Senate. Everywhere.
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 3:44 AM
I really feel like: Donald Trump is building a prison camp system on the scale of Hitler, Stalin, and Mao … would be a good and true headline to run every day. Advertisements across media. Speeches on the Senate. Everywhere.
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Everyone else: AAAGGHHH TEETH FALLING OUT!! SNAKE!!
France: I should call her
Greece: ooh hat
France: I should call her
Greece: ooh hat
February 11, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Everyone else: AAAGGHHH TEETH FALLING OUT!! SNAKE!!
France: I should call her
Greece: ooh hat
France: I should call her
Greece: ooh hat
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Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
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When a headline says it all:
Trump administration removes Rainbow Flag from Stonewall National Monument
The Trump administration removed a large Rainbow Flag from a flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument, the National Park Service confirmed to Gay City News
gaycitynews.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:24 AM
When a headline says it all:
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English speakers like "that was less political than I thought" lol they had ricky martin singing "dont do us like you did hawaii"
February 9, 2026 at 2:43 AM
English speakers like "that was less political than I thought" lol they had ricky martin singing "dont do us like you did hawaii"
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
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It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 AM
It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
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USA figure skating brings home the team gold!
3 of 7 are children of immigrants. 3 out of 7 are Asian Americans—gold staying gold.
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
3 of 7 are children of immigrants. 3 out of 7 are Asian Americans—gold staying gold.
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Team USA wins gold in figure skating at Olympics: Reactions, highlights
The Americans enter Day 3 of the figure skating team event at the Winter Olympics atop the leaderboard, but need clutch performances to secure gold.
www.usatoday.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:31 AM
USA figure skating brings home the team gold!
3 of 7 are children of immigrants. 3 out of 7 are Asian Americans—gold staying gold.
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
3 of 7 are children of immigrants. 3 out of 7 are Asian Americans—gold staying gold.
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...