Manyakitty
@manyakitty.bsky.social
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Proud jackal.
Wonker.
Ally.
We are all connected. Let's start acting like it.
🇺🇲🇺🇦 (🇮🇱 Israel, yes. Netanyahu, no)
ALL VIEWS ARE MINE
Words, music, food, nature, space, cats, fiber arts and crafts, and social justice.
Star Trek>Star Wars.
Proud jackal.
Wonker.
Ally.
We are all connected. Let's start acting like it.
🇺🇲🇺🇦 (🇮🇱 Israel, yes. Netanyahu, no)
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We can now say, without risk of challenge, that never in the history of civilisation has a more tragic human being walked the earth.
In terms of grace and leadership, he is our black hole.
In terms of grace and leadership, he is our black hole.
January 16, 2026 at 12:32 PM
We can now say, without risk of challenge, that never in the history of civilisation has a more tragic human being walked the earth.
In terms of grace and leadership, he is our black hole.
In terms of grace and leadership, he is our black hole.
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If you want to read something that doesn't make you end by concluding "well, shit, we're cooked," like everything else does, read this
"The first thing I noticed when I got to Minneapolis last weekend was the new language: The work C was doing has a name—“commuting”—a deliberately mundane term for pursuing, tailing, and deliberately irritating ICE agents moving through the city in unmarked cars." slate.com/news-and-pol...
Trump and ICE Thought They Knew How to Handle Minneapolis. I Saw Up Close What’s Happening Instead.
ICE declared war on Minneapolis. The city had its own ideas.
slate.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:06 PM
If you want to read something that doesn't make you end by concluding "well, shit, we're cooked," like everything else does, read this
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Donald Trump is a terrorist leader who hates our freedom. We gotta smoke him and his regime out of their holes and bring him to justice.
I learned the right rhetoric to use when talking about Trump because I spent 8 years listening to the Bush team talking about Iraq
January 16, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Donald Trump is a terrorist leader who hates our freedom. We gotta smoke him and his regime out of their holes and bring him to justice.
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Here, I recommend 20 African novels that we can incorporate into our teaching to ensure we produce learning environments that do not consign Africa and her peoples to the silence of ignorance and distorted narratives. Further suggestions are very welcome!!!
folukeafrica.com/20-contempor...
folukeafrica.com/20-contempor...
20 Contemporary African Novels as Pedagogical Material
African fiction can teach us about African realities
folukeafrica.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Here, I recommend 20 African novels that we can incorporate into our teaching to ensure we produce learning environments that do not consign Africa and her peoples to the silence of ignorance and distorted narratives. Further suggestions are very welcome!!!
folukeafrica.com/20-contempor...
folukeafrica.com/20-contempor...
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📌At his core, Donald Trump is nothing but a weak, fragile baby who was never loved, and has spent his entire life making that everybody else's problem.
Taking a secondhand Nobel Peace Prize and calling it his own, has to be the single-most pathetic thing I have ever seen.
Taking a secondhand Nobel Peace Prize and calling it his own, has to be the single-most pathetic thing I have ever seen.
January 16, 2026 at 3:12 AM
📌At his core, Donald Trump is nothing but a weak, fragile baby who was never loved, and has spent his entire life making that everybody else's problem.
Taking a secondhand Nobel Peace Prize and calling it his own, has to be the single-most pathetic thing I have ever seen.
Taking a secondhand Nobel Peace Prize and calling it his own, has to be the single-most pathetic thing I have ever seen.
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Folks the man illegally taken when ICE rammed through the door on Sunday is free!!
January 16, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Folks the man illegally taken when ICE rammed through the door on Sunday is free!!
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💡🇺🇦 As a result of continuous Russian attacks, there is no power plant in Ukraine that has not been damaged since the start of the full-scale war.
For example, in Kyiv residents have electricity for 3 hours and are without it for 10 hours.
Read more 👀
theukrainianreview.info/no-intact-po...
For example, in Kyiv residents have electricity for 3 hours and are without it for 10 hours.
Read more 👀
theukrainianreview.info/no-intact-po...
No Intact Power Plants Remain in Ukraine
As a result of continuous Russian attacks, there is no power plant in Ukraine that has not been damaged since the start of the full-scale war. This was stated b
theukrainianreview.info
January 16, 2026 at 12:26 PM
💡🇺🇦 As a result of continuous Russian attacks, there is no power plant in Ukraine that has not been damaged since the start of the full-scale war.
For example, in Kyiv residents have electricity for 3 hours and are without it for 10 hours.
Read more 👀
theukrainianreview.info/no-intact-po...
For example, in Kyiv residents have electricity for 3 hours and are without it for 10 hours.
Read more 👀
theukrainianreview.info/no-intact-po...
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New ICE Bucket Challenge just dropped.
January 16, 2026 at 12:59 AM
New ICE Bucket Challenge just dropped.
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Even the most innocuous-seeming shops in the Twin Cities have put out strong statements of support for our
immigrant neighbors and condemning the presence of ICE. We’ll just all start saying goodbye to one another after a
transaction with “Hey, have a nice day there. And dontcha forget,”Fuck ICE😁”
immigrant neighbors and condemning the presence of ICE. We’ll just all start saying goodbye to one another after a
transaction with “Hey, have a nice day there. And dontcha forget,”Fuck ICE😁”
January 16, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Even the most innocuous-seeming shops in the Twin Cities have put out strong statements of support for our
immigrant neighbors and condemning the presence of ICE. We’ll just all start saying goodbye to one another after a
transaction with “Hey, have a nice day there. And dontcha forget,”Fuck ICE😁”
immigrant neighbors and condemning the presence of ICE. We’ll just all start saying goodbye to one another after a
transaction with “Hey, have a nice day there. And dontcha forget,”Fuck ICE😁”
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Man who took Nobel Prize at gunpoint from winner and made her thank him for the privilege : we have to do something about these trans kids getting undeserved medals
January 16, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Man who took Nobel Prize at gunpoint from winner and made her thank him for the privilege : we have to do something about these trans kids getting undeserved medals
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🧵: There's been a lot of back & forth from a lot of thoughtful folks over the past day or so regarding what should be done, what various elected officials are saying versus seemingly doing, what could be done, what isn't being done, why you don't want to do certain things, etc. 1/
January 15, 2026 at 5:52 PM
🧵: There's been a lot of back & forth from a lot of thoughtful folks over the past day or so regarding what should be done, what various elected officials are saying versus seemingly doing, what could be done, what isn't being done, why you don't want to do certain things, etc. 1/
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Zero reason to believe any statement about the latest ICE shooting in Minneapolis from any level of law enforcement or DHS
January 15, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Zero reason to believe any statement about the latest ICE shooting in Minneapolis from any level of law enforcement or DHS
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This report is something I've been working on for months and I'm very proud to finally share with the public.
If you are looking for a comprehensive overview of what's going on with ICE detention and how ICE got there over the last year, this report will be enormously helpful.
Check it out!
If you are looking for a comprehensive overview of what's going on with ICE detention and how ICE got there over the last year, this report will be enormously helpful.
Check it out!
Rather than addressing serious public safety threats, the government is spending billions on mass detention to pressure people who pose no threat to give up their cases and accept deportation.
It is a system built to produce deportations, not justice.
Read the full report here ⬇️
It is a system built to produce deportations, not justice.
Read the full report here ⬇️
Immigration Detention Expansion in Trump’s Second Term - American Immigration Council
Executive Summary When President Trump took office in January 2025, there were roughly 40,000 people being held in immigration detention. By the start of December, that number had risen by almost 75 p...
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:37 PM
This report is something I've been working on for months and I'm very proud to finally share with the public.
If you are looking for a comprehensive overview of what's going on with ICE detention and how ICE got there over the last year, this report will be enormously helpful.
Check it out!
If you are looking for a comprehensive overview of what's going on with ICE detention and how ICE got there over the last year, this report will be enormously helpful.
Check it out!
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
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A Republican ex-Arizona house member and Turning Point stooge has been convicted of forging signatures after he accused Democrats of election interference.
These are state charges so Trump can fuck right off.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
These are state charges so Trump can fuck right off.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Ex-Arizona lawmaker who questioned election integrity to be sentenced for using forged signatures
A former Republican lawmaker who questioned the integrity of Arizona’s elections and served as a leader for the conservative group Turning Point Action is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday for using n...
abcnews.go.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:49 AM
A Republican ex-Arizona house member and Turning Point stooge has been convicted of forging signatures after he accused Democrats of election interference.
These are state charges so Trump can fuck right off.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
These are state charges so Trump can fuck right off.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
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Harsh, but fair:
Decades of Tax Cuts and Oligopoly rule have undone all of the post-World War Two Middle-class economic gains.
U.S workers just took home their smallest share of capital since 1947, at least
fortune.com/2026/01/13/u...
Decades of Tax Cuts and Oligopoly rule have undone all of the post-World War Two Middle-class economic gains.
U.S workers just took home their smallest share of capital since 1947, at least
fortune.com/2026/01/13/u...
U.S workers just took home their smallest share of capital since 1947, at least | Fortune
American workers aren’t just getting the smallest share of GDP since records began. Their share of employment is shrinking and shrinking
fortune.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Harsh, but fair:
Decades of Tax Cuts and Oligopoly rule have undone all of the post-World War Two Middle-class economic gains.
U.S workers just took home their smallest share of capital since 1947, at least
fortune.com/2026/01/13/u...
Decades of Tax Cuts and Oligopoly rule have undone all of the post-World War Two Middle-class economic gains.
U.S workers just took home their smallest share of capital since 1947, at least
fortune.com/2026/01/13/u...
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Members of Congress should be openly stating right now that military action against Greenland will result in impeachment and removal of the President and the Vice President.
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Members of Congress should be openly stating right now that military action against Greenland will result in impeachment and removal of the President and the Vice President.
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the horror of this is compounded by the fact that the whipple building sits on the same military fort where 1600+ Dakota, mostly women and children were held in a concentration camp in 1863, where over 300 died
Oglala Sioux Tribe demands the release of Lakota men detained by ICE www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Oglala Sioux Tribe demands the release of Lakota men detained by ICE
The Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota has demanded the Department of Homeland Security release tribally enrolled citizens held by ICE, according to a statement released by the tribe.
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:46 PM
the horror of this is compounded by the fact that the whipple building sits on the same military fort where 1600+ Dakota, mostly women and children were held in a concentration camp in 1863, where over 300 died
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Trump is selling seized Venezuelan oil and putting the cash in a bank account in Qatar. Nothing to see here. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
January 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Trump is selling seized Venezuelan oil and putting the cash in a bank account in Qatar. Nothing to see here. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
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In hindsight, it's only logical that their whole foreign policy would be couched in sex offender terms as well.
Rep. Carlos Gimenez: "The United States has demonstrated to the people around the world that we can touch you anywhere at any time or our choosing"
January 14, 2026 at 8:30 PM
In hindsight, it's only logical that their whole foreign policy would be couched in sex offender terms as well.
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Remarkable: David Shor's firm is circulating a memo among Dems that finds footage of ICE shooting significantly drives up Trump's disapproval. I obtained the memo here.
It also finds broad support for Dem plans to rein in ICE. If even Shor's firm is finding this...
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
It also finds broad support for Dem plans to rein in ICE. If even Shor's firm is finding this...
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
January 14, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Remarkable: David Shor's firm is circulating a memo among Dems that finds footage of ICE shooting significantly drives up Trump's disapproval. I obtained the memo here.
It also finds broad support for Dem plans to rein in ICE. If even Shor's firm is finding this...
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
It also finds broad support for Dem plans to rein in ICE. If even Shor's firm is finding this...
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
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🚨🚨Breaking: "Sweden has sent military to Greenland".
Denmark's message: The Kingdom's soldiers will shoot back if Greenland is attacked.
"It is at the request of Denmark," writes PM Ulf Kristersson. 🧵
www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...
Denmark's message: The Kingdom's soldiers will shoot back if Greenland is attacked.
"It is at the request of Denmark," writes PM Ulf Kristersson. 🧵
www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...
JUST NU: Danska beskedet – skjuter tillbaka vid attack
Danmarks besked: Kungarikets soldater skjuter tillbaka om Grönland attackeras. Sverige har skickat militär till ön – mitt i den inflammerade dragkampen om den. ”Det är på förfrågan från Danmark”, skri...
www.expressen.se
January 14, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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Some time back, @prisonculture.bsky.social posted on here something like: you could do worse than organize yourself around seeking ways to reduce suffering for others.
It struck me, b/c that is the heart of my own religious & intellectual life, as a Buddhist teacher & scholar of Buddhist studies...
It struck me, b/c that is the heart of my own religious & intellectual life, as a Buddhist teacher & scholar of Buddhist studies...
January 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Some time back, @prisonculture.bsky.social posted on here something like: you could do worse than organize yourself around seeking ways to reduce suffering for others.
It struck me, b/c that is the heart of my own religious & intellectual life, as a Buddhist teacher & scholar of Buddhist studies...
It struck me, b/c that is the heart of my own religious & intellectual life, as a Buddhist teacher & scholar of Buddhist studies...
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It’s a lawless totalitarian occupation of an American city.
I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness.
You could be next.
You could be next.
January 14, 2026 at 4:54 PM
It’s a lawless totalitarian occupation of an American city.