marijane white
@marijane.bsky.social
ask me about the blanche devereaux mortification scale
everything is wilhoit's law, murc's law, or gender
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everything is wilhoit's law, murc's law, or gender
anti-conservative | librarian | enginerd | cat lady | adhd | gen x | pdx
she/they
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marijane white
@marijane.bsky.social
· Aug 17
I have one needy cat and one kneady cat.
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Also: The Minnesota Historical Society has this flag but *doesn’t keep it on display,* because it’s, you know, a confederate flag and that’s gross.
So deeply Minnesotan. “We humiliated our opponent but the real prize is that we refuse to display the trophy. They know we have it.”
So deeply Minnesotan. “We humiliated our opponent but the real prize is that we refuse to display the trophy. They know we have it.”
A good time to remind everyone of the Minnesota First. One of the earliest state militias to volunteer to fight in the Civil War—three years after joining the Union! Provided one of the essential turning points at Gettysburg. Took the flag of the Virginia regiment they captured AND STILL HAVE IT.
January 18, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Also: The Minnesota Historical Society has this flag but *doesn’t keep it on display,* because it’s, you know, a confederate flag and that’s gross.
So deeply Minnesotan. “We humiliated our opponent but the real prize is that we refuse to display the trophy. They know we have it.”
So deeply Minnesotan. “We humiliated our opponent but the real prize is that we refuse to display the trophy. They know we have it.”
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Fight and help win a world war.
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
January 18, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Fight and help win a world war.
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
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Great thread here.
In December local media hadn't quite picked up on the tenor of the MN occupation but they have since been great in understanding what's going on. But the last week means you have international media showing up & there's a huge difference. They simply cannot process events except through their priors
January 18, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Great thread here.
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if you stay drunk technically whiskey friday with tony dokoupil never ends
January 18, 2026 at 4:42 PM
if you stay drunk technically whiskey friday with tony dokoupil never ends
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No one from the GOP Congressional majority does anything about all this because they're into it.
That's the Occam's razor explanation. Yet there's more focus on finding excuses for them. "No, you have to understand, honoring the Constitution is bad for their job prospects."
OK. So they're into it.
That's the Occam's razor explanation. Yet there's more focus on finding excuses for them. "No, you have to understand, honoring the Constitution is bad for their job prospects."
OK. So they're into it.
January 18, 2026 at 4:46 PM
No one from the GOP Congressional majority does anything about all this because they're into it.
That's the Occam's razor explanation. Yet there's more focus on finding excuses for them. "No, you have to understand, honoring the Constitution is bad for their job prospects."
OK. So they're into it.
That's the Occam's razor explanation. Yet there's more focus on finding excuses for them. "No, you have to understand, honoring the Constitution is bad for their job prospects."
OK. So they're into it.
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probably my single least favorite thing about posting here; you can say, explicitly, “I am not endorsing this, I think it’s bad, I’m just explaining how it works” and you will get attacked for endorsing it anyway
this site seems to genuinely have an issue with viewing explanation as a form of endorsement
Me outlining the conclusions the tribunal reached is not me endorsing them. Especially when I emphasised repeatedly that this is a first instance decision and non-binding. I'm really not sure what more I can do to make my position on this clear - it has quite literally been my entire life since FWS.
January 17, 2026 at 4:33 PM
probably my single least favorite thing about posting here; you can say, explicitly, “I am not endorsing this, I think it’s bad, I’m just explaining how it works” and you will get attacked for endorsing it anyway
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What’s happening is a war of treason being waged by the Republican Party’s paramilitary against the citizens of the United States in support of ethnic cleansing.
National media: Please stop describing what’s happening in Minneapolis as “protests.” There has been a modest, sustained protest outside the Whipple federal building, about 10 miles from downtown, but... 1/3
January 18, 2026 at 4:49 PM
What’s happening is a war of treason being waged by the Republican Party’s paramilitary against the citizens of the United States in support of ethnic cleansing.
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He’s talking about how this stuff is reaching into the real observer networks and I do really think we need to identify the accounts doing this and then shun them completely
I don’t have time nor inclination to think much about this right now but in the last 12 hours or so a ton of people in the left of this site have suddenly been attacking me, including with carefully edited screenshots of old tweets, and I’m pretty confused what’s happening.
January 18, 2026 at 3:01 PM
He’s talking about how this stuff is reaching into the real observer networks and I do really think we need to identify the accounts doing this and then shun them completely
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one thing i think is interesting: according to the Constitution, donald trump is not the president of the united states
January 17, 2026 at 8:44 PM
one thing i think is interesting: according to the Constitution, donald trump is not the president of the united states
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Minnesota wants to win a war of attrition
Sousveillance over civil war.
www.theverge.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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If the Danes take California do we get out of this cursed Newsom timeline because I could be on board for that
January 17, 2026 at 7:03 PM
If the Danes take California do we get out of this cursed Newsom timeline because I could be on board for that
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They must be SO mad watching Renee Good become the murdered folk hero they wanted Charlie Kirk to be
January 16, 2026 at 8:20 PM
They must be SO mad watching Renee Good become the murdered folk hero they wanted Charlie Kirk to be
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Woah. These photos are really amazing.
January 17, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Woah. These photos are really amazing.
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"this is not who we are" is 90% of the time a normative statement of aspiration, it's not an empirical claim of "these events have never taken place in this country before". one of the most obnoxious genres of "actually..." is reacting like it's the latter when it's clearly the former.
January 16, 2026 at 9:58 PM
"this is not who we are" is 90% of the time a normative statement of aspiration, it's not an empirical claim of "these events have never taken place in this country before". one of the most obnoxious genres of "actually..." is reacting like it's the latter when it's clearly the former.
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This is indeed the basis of popular revolution: elite institutions with a lot to lose comply, but those with less are willing to put up a fight, which means when the regime loses credibility they’re the ones with any popular legitimacy.
Also, when you defy Trump, you’re kind of implicitly making fools of the elite law firms and universities and media companies and billionaires and Congress, which is fun.
January 17, 2026 at 2:48 PM
This is indeed the basis of popular revolution: elite institutions with a lot to lose comply, but those with less are willing to put up a fight, which means when the regime loses credibility they’re the ones with any popular legitimacy.
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I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
January 17, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
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Democrats should support national service and just send kids to state schools to increase educational polarization
Every national service idea just seems to start with utter contempt for the idea that 18 year olds might have something better to do with their time lol
I propose Tyler Harper and Jay Kang go do a mandatory year of service rn so we don’t have to hear from them for a bit
January 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Democrats should support national service and just send kids to state schools to increase educational polarization
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Guy just walked past the theater wearing PJ pants emblazoned all over with the Maryland state flag and friends some days I am thrilled to be part of the two-legged zoo
January 17, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Guy just walked past the theater wearing PJ pants emblazoned all over with the Maryland state flag and friends some days I am thrilled to be part of the two-legged zoo
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I couldn't ask for better new neighbors.
January 17, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I couldn't ask for better new neighbors.
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"This is the native home of hope. When it fully learns that cooperation, not rugged individualism, is the quality that most characterizes and preserves it, then it will have achieved itself and outlived its origins. Then it has a chance to create a society to match its scenery." —Wallace Stegner
I keep thinking about the toxic, pervasive mythology of "rugged individualism" as a driving force in American culture, and how the collective efforts in the Twin Cities right now are proof that the only way through hard times is together, as a community.
January 17, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"This is the native home of hope. When it fully learns that cooperation, not rugged individualism, is the quality that most characterizes and preserves it, then it will have achieved itself and outlived its origins. Then it has a chance to create a society to match its scenery." —Wallace Stegner
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I noted this a few days ago, but there are no more dedicated members of the Trump cult than online left doomers.
posted a video on the “canceled election” stuff on my youtube and it is unbelievable how many people on the ostensible left believe that trump is an all-powerful god king whose words shape reality. “buh buh but what if he says the election is fraud?” okay. he says the election is fraud. and?
January 17, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I noted this a few days ago, but there are no more dedicated members of the Trump cult than online left doomers.
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At some point people need to realize conservatives have actual beliefs and values they uphold regardless of what liberals do and are not reverse marionettes who are subject to liberal control
January 17, 2026 at 3:23 PM
At some point people need to realize conservatives have actual beliefs and values they uphold regardless of what liberals do and are not reverse marionettes who are subject to liberal control
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Outside Gracie Mansion. This is his job. But dare I day it he seems genuinely affected and happy to be there. There’s potentially immense power in that.
January 17, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Outside Gracie Mansion. This is his job. But dare I day it he seems genuinely affected and happy to be there. There’s potentially immense power in that.
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He did that before! It didn’t work!
posted a video on the “canceled election” stuff on my youtube and it is unbelievable how many people on the ostensible left believe that trump is an all-powerful god king whose words shape reality. “buh buh but what if he says the election is fraud?” okay. he says the election is fraud. and?
January 17, 2026 at 3:14 PM
He did that before! It didn’t work!