Maria McMahon
@mariamcmahon.bsky.social
US-born, immigrated to Scotland
Pro #ScottishIndependence 🏴
Trans rights are human rights 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Words/opinions my own
#AbolishICE
#ProsecuteICE
Expect film, art, books, music, cooking, politics and general maundering
Pro #ScottishIndependence 🏴
Trans rights are human rights 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Words/opinions my own
#AbolishICE
#ProsecuteICE
Expect film, art, books, music, cooking, politics and general maundering
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If this is what they do when they're out on the street with people pointing cameras at them, what do you think is happening inside the ICE prison camps that they keep denying Members of Congress access to?
January 25, 2026 at 7:20 AM
If this is what they do when they're out on the street with people pointing cameras at them, what do you think is happening inside the ICE prison camps that they keep denying Members of Congress access to?
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Remember that literally every single one of the billionaire freaks behind generative AI has very publicly aligned themselves with trump and his policies
Their CEO's are in and out of the oval office for photo ops, they're donating mountains of money to him, they're literally getting military titles
Their CEO's are in and out of the oval office for photo ops, they're donating mountains of money to him, they're literally getting military titles
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Remember that literally every single one of the billionaire freaks behind generative AI has very publicly aligned themselves with trump and his policies
Their CEO's are in and out of the oval office for photo ops, they're donating mountains of money to him, they're literally getting military titles
Their CEO's are in and out of the oval office for photo ops, they're donating mountains of money to him, they're literally getting military titles
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All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
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they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
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Boycott Hilton. Boycott Target. Boycott any local establishment or major corporation that serves ICE agents. Primary any Democrat that votes to continue funding this American Gestapo. Call your reps. Protest. Donate to legal orgs doing work on the ground in Minnesota. All hands on deck.
January 24, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Boycott Hilton. Boycott Target. Boycott any local establishment or major corporation that serves ICE agents. Primary any Democrat that votes to continue funding this American Gestapo. Call your reps. Protest. Donate to legal orgs doing work on the ground in Minnesota. All hands on deck.
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The Uncivilised Cat, 1930, painting by Agnes Miller Parker, Scottish artist.
January 23, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The Uncivilised Cat, 1930, painting by Agnes Miller Parker, Scottish artist.
Excellent thread explaining the how/why of where we find ourselves. Please read the whole thing. Really cogent insights.
🧵 @jburnmurdoch.ft.com is spot on about the conditions in his FT piece. Liberal democracy held it together thanks to growth, good demographics, and the promise of a better future. Those days are gone, and that’s the "why" behind the erosion. However...
Democratic politicians have, though, pursued growth in GDP at the expense of other values. One response to @jburnmurdoch.ft.com pessimistic scenario is refocus on those values, combined with egalitarianism, sufficiency and quality of life. Not "it's the economy, stupid" but "it's the the society"
January 23, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Excellent thread explaining the how/why of where we find ourselves. Please read the whole thing. Really cogent insights.
I went on a foreign exchange summer school program to Germany when I was at university in the 90s. I was in a bar in Köln talking with a mohawked punk guy who was about my age. At one point, he told me that his grandfather had been in the SS. 🧵
January 23, 2026 at 9:24 AM
I went on a foreign exchange summer school program to Germany when I was at university in the 90s. I was in a bar in Köln talking with a mohawked punk guy who was about my age. At one point, he told me that his grandfather had been in the SS. 🧵
Welp.
We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start | Claire Finkelstein
Developments in Minnesota closely mirror a scenario explored in a 2024 exercise conducted at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, which I direct
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Welp.
New Order - Blue Monday 88 (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by New Order
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Sad news: the owner who was going to surrender wee Marvel got cold feet and decided to keep her. So I won't be getting a new doggo after all. I'm disappointed, but I feel like what's for me won't go by me. This just wasn't the one for me. 😢
January 18, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Sad news: the owner who was going to surrender wee Marvel got cold feet and decided to keep her. So I won't be getting a new doggo after all. I'm disappointed, but I feel like what's for me won't go by me. This just wasn't the one for me. 😢
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
I applied to adopt this 3-yo ♀️ rescue dog & my interview with the rescue is tonight! (squeeeee!) I don't know how many people are in the running to adopt her, but I hope I'm chosen. Please keep your fingers crossed for me! (Also depends on whether she gets on with my current dog.)🤞#DogsOfBluesky
January 16, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I applied to adopt this 3-yo ♀️ rescue dog & my interview with the rescue is tonight! (squeeeee!) I don't know how many people are in the running to adopt her, but I hope I'm chosen. Please keep your fingers crossed for me! (Also depends on whether she gets on with my current dog.)🤞#DogsOfBluesky
I'm not crying, YOU'RE crying! 😭 #DogsOfBluesky
January 16, 2026 at 1:58 PM
I'm not crying, YOU'RE crying! 😭 #DogsOfBluesky
So how's all that "very concerned" do-nothing harrumphing working out for you, Susan Collins?
#AbolishICE
#AbolishICE
ICE is headed to Maine
The Mayors of Portland and Lewiston confirmed Wednesday ICE's imminent presence.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 16, 2026 at 11:25 AM
So how's all that "very concerned" do-nothing harrumphing working out for you, Susan Collins?
#AbolishICE
#AbolishICE
lolololololol!!!!! 😂
Eat it, cockmunch! WELCOME TO THE MIDWEST, DUMBASS! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Eat it, cockmunch! WELCOME TO THE MIDWEST, DUMBASS! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
January 11, 2026 at 6:49 PM
lolololololol!!!!! 😂
Eat it, cockmunch! WELCOME TO THE MIDWEST, DUMBASS! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Eat it, cockmunch! WELCOME TO THE MIDWEST, DUMBASS! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You're telling me that it ain't safe for you to walk through your town
Because of what's going down
The clammy hand of the law!
Behind the blue steel of their trucks
They're laughing like hyenas...
...But this ain't a police state yet!
Gestapo I-C-E
#AbolishICE
#Punk #80sPunk #TheBlood
Because of what's going down
The clammy hand of the law!
Behind the blue steel of their trucks
They're laughing like hyenas...
...But this ain't a police state yet!
Gestapo I-C-E
#AbolishICE
#Punk #80sPunk #TheBlood
The Blood - Gestapo Khazi
YouTube video by elballeston
youtu.be
January 11, 2026 at 12:40 PM
You're telling me that it ain't safe for you to walk through your town
Because of what's going down
The clammy hand of the law!
Behind the blue steel of their trucks
They're laughing like hyenas...
...But this ain't a police state yet!
Gestapo I-C-E
#AbolishICE
#Punk #80sPunk #TheBlood
Because of what's going down
The clammy hand of the law!
Behind the blue steel of their trucks
They're laughing like hyenas...
...But this ain't a police state yet!
Gestapo I-C-E
#AbolishICE
#Punk #80sPunk #TheBlood
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This is the exact shit everyone should be doing at even the pettiest level
No gas station bathroom key for nazis
No gas station bathroom key for nazis
January 5, 2026 at 9:26 PM
This is the exact shit everyone should be doing at even the pettiest level
No gas station bathroom key for nazis
No gas station bathroom key for nazis
My co-worker just got a rescue puppy and I have SUCH puppy envy right now.
Why, yes! I *would* like a small, furry, expensive, destructive, 4-legged velociraptor poop and pee machine in my house again!
Why?? BECASE I AM CERTIFIABLY INSANE.
(*wheedle* I can has puppy now?) #DogsOfBluesky
Why, yes! I *would* like a small, furry, expensive, destructive, 4-legged velociraptor poop and pee machine in my house again!
Why?? BECASE I AM CERTIFIABLY INSANE.
(*wheedle* I can has puppy now?) #DogsOfBluesky
December 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
My co-worker just got a rescue puppy and I have SUCH puppy envy right now.
Why, yes! I *would* like a small, furry, expensive, destructive, 4-legged velociraptor poop and pee machine in my house again!
Why?? BECASE I AM CERTIFIABLY INSANE.
(*wheedle* I can has puppy now?) #DogsOfBluesky
Why, yes! I *would* like a small, furry, expensive, destructive, 4-legged velociraptor poop and pee machine in my house again!
Why?? BECASE I AM CERTIFIABLY INSANE.
(*wheedle* I can has puppy now?) #DogsOfBluesky
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Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Yet more reason not to travel to the US. I'm from the US & I have no desire to go back, ever. The only reason I can see going back is to attend my Mom's funeral, and I'll be getting a burner phone for that trip when it (sadly) comes. (She's in late-stage Alzheimer's, so it's in the mail.) 😞
5 countries that could ban British travellers over social media posts
Anyone hoping to visit the US may be forced to hand over details about their social media posts, under new proposals.
uk.yahoo.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Yet more reason not to travel to the US. I'm from the US & I have no desire to go back, ever. The only reason I can see going back is to attend my Mom's funeral, and I'll be getting a burner phone for that trip when it (sadly) comes. (She's in late-stage Alzheimer's, so it's in the mail.) 😞
For dinner tonight: Chicken pasta of your dreams! Verdict: OH MY GOD YUM. 🍽️ Recipe link in comments.
Definitely not diet food, but once in a while is OK, right?
#WhatsCooking #RecipeTinEats #HomeCooking #Pasta
Definitely not diet food, but once in a while is OK, right?
#WhatsCooking #RecipeTinEats #HomeCooking #Pasta
December 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
For dinner tonight: Chicken pasta of your dreams! Verdict: OH MY GOD YUM. 🍽️ Recipe link in comments.
Definitely not diet food, but once in a while is OK, right?
#WhatsCooking #RecipeTinEats #HomeCooking #Pasta
Definitely not diet food, but once in a while is OK, right?
#WhatsCooking #RecipeTinEats #HomeCooking #Pasta