Mari
@margoose.bsky.social
I do research for a living.
💗 science, social justice, ttrpgs, music, accessibility
I'm pan, poly, and I don't put up with bigots.
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💗 science, social justice, ttrpgs, music, accessibility
I'm pan, poly, and I don't put up with bigots.
she/her
Profile pic: white woman wearing newsboy cap holding hands with stone orangutan
Header pic: orange cactus flower
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Mari
@margoose.bsky.social
· Jan 27
Survive the Tyrant! - Survive The Tyrant | Dungeon Masters Guild
An RPG-style guide for surviving an authoritarian and oppressive regime
www.dmsguild.com
I recently came across "Survive the Tyrant!"
It's a guide to living through and making a difference in a country with an authoritarian, oppressive, or dangerous regime, in the style of a ttrpg.
I thought I'd share.
www.dmsguild.com/product/5077...
It's a guide to living through and making a difference in a country with an authoritarian, oppressive, or dangerous regime, in the style of a ttrpg.
I thought I'd share.
www.dmsguild.com/product/5077...
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Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
February 6, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
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February 6, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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The fact that mainstream media stopped covering ICE kidnappings in LA isn't because ICE stopped kidnapping (they didn't)
Or ICE slowed down (they have actually increased their tempo)
Or that resistance to ICE slowed down (it never stopped, it grew)
It's the "political showdown" that stopped.
Or ICE slowed down (they have actually increased their tempo)
Or that resistance to ICE slowed down (it never stopped, it grew)
It's the "political showdown" that stopped.
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 AM
The fact that mainstream media stopped covering ICE kidnappings in LA isn't because ICE stopped kidnapping (they didn't)
Or ICE slowed down (they have actually increased their tempo)
Or that resistance to ICE slowed down (it never stopped, it grew)
It's the "political showdown" that stopped.
Or ICE slowed down (they have actually increased their tempo)
Or that resistance to ICE slowed down (it never stopped, it grew)
It's the "political showdown" that stopped.
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One reason Minneapolis remains in the world's eye is we have one of the most robust & independent media ecosystems remaining in the country. You all need this...and more! @mprnews.org @startribune.com @sahanjournal.bsky.social @minnesotareformer.com @minnpost.bsky.social @racketmn.com etc.
February 6, 2026 at 12:12 AM
One reason Minneapolis remains in the world's eye is we have one of the most robust & independent media ecosystems remaining in the country. You all need this...and more! @mprnews.org @startribune.com @sahanjournal.bsky.social @minnesotareformer.com @minnpost.bsky.social @racketmn.com etc.
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Kamala Harris ran a good, very aggressive campaign, but started at a significant deficit, and ran headlong into a ocean of misogyny, which has continued to dog her even more post-election, now that people feel empowered to say what they REALLY think about her
February 5, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Kamala Harris ran a good, very aggressive campaign, but started at a significant deficit, and ran headlong into a ocean of misogyny, which has continued to dog her even more post-election, now that people feel empowered to say what they REALLY think about her
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To everyone just now finding out Isaac Asimov was rather famously a sex pest: He's been gone 34 years now, you can handle this truth, I believe in you
February 5, 2026 at 10:54 PM
To everyone just now finding out Isaac Asimov was rather famously a sex pest: He's been gone 34 years now, you can handle this truth, I believe in you
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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If you like sci-fi horror as a genre, Overgrowth by Mira Grant (aka @seananmcguire.bsky.social) is on my list.
February 5, 2026 at 9:10 AM
If you like sci-fi horror as a genre, Overgrowth by Mira Grant (aka @seananmcguire.bsky.social) is on my list.
I am worried about finding out people I know are in the files, either as perpetrators or victims, because damn it, I have had to push for perpetrators to face consequences and I know victims and survivors.
It's not a joke. It's not FUNNY.
It's not a joke. It's not FUNNY.
And for these people to center themselves and their petty little egos and reputations at a time when the conversation should be centered around the victims, survivors and perpetrators...
February 5, 2026 at 4:15 PM
I am worried about finding out people I know are in the files, either as perpetrators or victims, because damn it, I have had to push for perpetrators to face consequences and I know victims and survivors.
It's not a joke. It's not FUNNY.
It's not a joke. It's not FUNNY.
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I will just say that we are currently collecting our quiet whistles & misprints & disasters to send to my mother, a Minneapolis artist who does assemblage sculptures, because it does feel like this would be a really fun way to recycle the misprints & memorialize this moment. 💓
Suddenly realizing that in 10-20 years, the MN Historical Society will have an exhibit about *all this* and there will be a whole wall showing different types of whistles
We have favorite whistles now. I never could have imagined.
February 5, 2026 at 5:17 AM
I will just say that we are currently collecting our quiet whistles & misprints & disasters to send to my mother, a Minneapolis artist who does assemblage sculptures, because it does feel like this would be a really fun way to recycle the misprints & memorialize this moment. 💓
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Remember that midnight raid in Chicago supposedly to arrest Tren del Aragua members? Newly revealed court docs show that the raid was facilitated by the building owners who are now accused of using the raid to evict tenants. DHS never mentions TDA in their filings: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building
The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...
www.propublica.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Remember that midnight raid in Chicago supposedly to arrest Tren del Aragua members? Newly revealed court docs show that the raid was facilitated by the building owners who are now accused of using the raid to evict tenants. DHS never mentions TDA in their filings: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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Jerome Deangelo Richardson, a 21-year-old Temple University student and activist, was arrested by federal agents on Monday in connection to an anti-ICE protest that took place at a church in Minnesota. #BlackskyNews
thegrio.com/2026/02/02/d...
thegrio.com/2026/02/02/d...
DOJ arrests 21-year-old student activist who helped Don Lemon with Minneapolis protest coverage
The GoFundMe page for Temple college senior Jerome Richardson's legal defense has already raised over $11,000.
thegrio.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Jerome Deangelo Richardson, a 21-year-old Temple University student and activist, was arrested by federal agents on Monday in connection to an anti-ICE protest that took place at a church in Minnesota. #BlackskyNews
thegrio.com/2026/02/02/d...
thegrio.com/2026/02/02/d...
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I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home.
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 2, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I know you've heard that a federal judge ordered the release of 5 year old Liam Conejo Arias and his father, and that they're now home.
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
But did you look at the judge's order?
It's less than 2.5 pages and well worth a minute. "Jesus wept."
Link to pdf: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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You don’t do this bc you believe it will definitely succeed. You do this because if you don’t try ppl won’t trust that you care. You do this because it forces Rs to vote against you—and you hang that vote around their necks in the next election.
Build the pressure.
Thank you @sanders.senate.gov
Build the pressure.
Thank you @sanders.senate.gov
👀 Every Senate Democrat + Collins and Murkowski just voted for the Bernie Sanders amendment to repeal the $75 billion in additional ICE funding under Trump’s “big beautiful bill.” The measure failed 49-51.
January 30, 2026 at 11:35 PM
You don’t do this bc you believe it will definitely succeed. You do this because if you don’t try ppl won’t trust that you care. You do this because it forces Rs to vote against you—and you hang that vote around their necks in the next election.
Build the pressure.
Thank you @sanders.senate.gov
Build the pressure.
Thank you @sanders.senate.gov
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When I resigned as co-chair of the National Association of Black Journalists convention after their decision to platform Trump, I took a lot of heat for it.
I was told “Black journalists are going to expose his racism and save America”
Today, the Trump regime is arresting Black journalists.
I was told “Black journalists are going to expose his racism and save America”
Today, the Trump regime is arresting Black journalists.
January 30, 2026 at 10:32 PM
When I resigned as co-chair of the National Association of Black Journalists convention after their decision to platform Trump, I took a lot of heat for it.
I was told “Black journalists are going to expose his racism and save America”
Today, the Trump regime is arresting Black journalists.
I was told “Black journalists are going to expose his racism and save America”
Today, the Trump regime is arresting Black journalists.
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We held our kid’s 4th bday party at a local park and some guy down the street was welding in the same basement where kept a shitload of fireworks. First lots of booms and then 5 or 6 different fire departments sent trucks. The 4 yo thought it was all for his birthday and loved it.
Add another entry in the Book of Plumber Crimes: I thought at first this was Homeowner Crimes but then got to "He informed IFD that he was aware of the use of a blow torch on active gas pipes but noted his experience as a plumber"
ATTN: @rahaeli.bsky.social , I have found Brand New Levels of PLUMBER CRIMES. (Thanks to a friend sharing a screenshot image with me.)
local12.com/news/nation-...
local12.com/news/nation-...
January 30, 2026 at 6:31 PM
We held our kid’s 4th bday party at a local park and some guy down the street was welding in the same basement where kept a shitload of fireworks. First lots of booms and then 5 or 6 different fire departments sent trucks. The 4 yo thought it was all for his birthday and loved it.
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If journalism becomes a crime, fascism isn’t coming. It’s already here.
January 30, 2026 at 5:27 PM
If journalism becomes a crime, fascism isn’t coming. It’s already here.
Writers’ Voices Increasingly Missing in Iran Protests As Regime Targets Democracy Advocates at www.justsecurity.org/130031/iran-...
Writers’ Voices Increasingly Missing in Iran Protests As Regime Targets Democracy Advocates
Iran’s writers, once voices of resistance, face prison or worse, as protests for freedom wane after a deadly crackdown and internet blackout.
www.justsecurity.org
January 30, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Writers’ Voices Increasingly Missing in Iran Protests As Regime Targets Democracy Advocates at www.justsecurity.org/130031/iran-...
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I got to see a very early version of this and it's got a lot of charm to it. I highly recommend checking it out for yourself.
Follow this project it'll make my sister happy.
(it's her first published game, I'm just handling logistics)
(it's her first published game, I'm just handling logistics)
January 30, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I got to see a very early version of this and it's got a lot of charm to it. I highly recommend checking it out for yourself.
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A new statement from Epstein survivors:
"Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. That is outrageous."
"Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. That is outrageous."
January 30, 2026 at 10:33 PM
A new statement from Epstein survivors:
"Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. That is outrageous."
"Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. That is outrageous."
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Instacart shopper of souls
Death is terrible at his job. He must be a man because he keeps getting our orders wrong.
January 30, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Instacart shopper of souls
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One down....three to go
Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)
January 30, 2026 at 9:52 PM
One down....three to go
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@indivisible.org can you guys lend a hand?
🚨🚨🚨URGENT!!! ICE ABDUCTION IN DC METRO AREA!!!🚨🚨🚨
My friend's former manager, Sara Alvarado was disappeared by #ICE outside of immigration court in the DC Metro area. This mother of four will be HUMAN TRAFFICKED to Honduras if we can't help her! Everything we know is below.
My friend's former manager, Sara Alvarado was disappeared by #ICE outside of immigration court in the DC Metro area. This mother of four will be HUMAN TRAFFICKED to Honduras if we can't help her! Everything we know is below.
January 30, 2026 at 8:43 PM
@indivisible.org can you guys lend a hand?
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These are all Black people. The regime is betting that you wont care Jamael & Trahern the way you care about Alex & Renée
feds have arrested jamael lundy alongside journalists georgia fort and don lemon for the protest at a st. paul church led by an ICE agent
lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember
www.jlundyforsd65.com
lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember
www.jlundyforsd65.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:08 PM
These are all Black people. The regime is betting that you wont care Jamael & Trahern the way you care about Alex & Renée
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for those uninitiated to their own history, the wilmington massacre against black people
including this FASCISM BONUS:
the ONLY political coup on american soil allowed to stand by the government and the people (at least until our administration of 2025)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilming...
including this FASCISM BONUS:
the ONLY political coup on american soil allowed to stand by the government and the people (at least until our administration of 2025)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilming...
January 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM
for those uninitiated to their own history, the wilmington massacre against black people
including this FASCISM BONUS:
the ONLY political coup on american soil allowed to stand by the government and the people (at least until our administration of 2025)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilming...
including this FASCISM BONUS:
the ONLY political coup on american soil allowed to stand by the government and the people (at least until our administration of 2025)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilming...