Mikael Waernlund
@migao.bsky.social
On Twitter 2007 - 2022. Now focusing on Bluesky and Substack
Politics in USA, Texas, Dallas, EU, Sweden, Ronneby.
Golf, Football, Chinese Culture, Soccer, True Crime, Horology
My comments could be someone else’s.
Politics in USA, Texas, Dallas, EU, Sweden, Ronneby.
Golf, Football, Chinese Culture, Soccer, True Crime, Horology
My comments could be someone else’s.
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
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February 6, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Perfection
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 12:56 PM
Perfection
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"The Socialist leader also pledged to change Spanish law to make the chief executives of tech platforms "face criminal liability for failing to remove illegal or hateful content."
note: Sanchez is PM of Spain and also current president of the Socialist International
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
note: Sanchez is PM of Spain and also current president of the Socialist International
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Spain to seek social media ban for under-16s, PM says
Prime Minister Pedor Sanchez announced the proposed ban, after similar moves by countries including Australia, France and Portugal.
www.lemonde.fr
February 5, 2026 at 2:19 AM
"The Socialist leader also pledged to change Spanish law to make the chief executives of tech platforms "face criminal liability for failing to remove illegal or hateful content."
note: Sanchez is PM of Spain and also current president of the Socialist International
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
note: Sanchez is PM of Spain and also current president of the Socialist International
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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Here is a collection of sworn testimonies from detainees being held in ICE custody. Until reading these testimonies, I wasn't fully aware of what is happening. Please read them yourself. We need to know this. We need to understand the consequences of ICE/CBP arrests. assets.aclu.org/live/uploads...
assets.aclu.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Here is a collection of sworn testimonies from detainees being held in ICE custody. Until reading these testimonies, I wasn't fully aware of what is happening. Please read them yourself. We need to know this. We need to understand the consequences of ICE/CBP arrests. assets.aclu.org/live/uploads...
Grow a pair, journalists!
Georgia Fort: “I would challenge every journalist in America to ask themselves how it felt to them today to see their colleagues be arrested for reporting the news.
February 3, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Grow a pair, journalists!
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Georgia Fort: “I would challenge every journalist in America to ask themselves how it felt to them today to see their colleagues be arrested for reporting the news.
February 3, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Georgia Fort: “I would challenge every journalist in America to ask themselves how it felt to them today to see their colleagues be arrested for reporting the news.
I can't believe I have to read something like this in my lifetime.
"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm...None of these children or their parents had a criminal history anywhere in the world."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
Opinion | Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:00 AM
I can't believe I have to read something like this in my lifetime.
our government is hunting down likely criminals living at likely houses.
No previous investigation, no warrant, no judge, no nothing.
No previous investigation, no warrant, no judge, no nothing.
SCOOP: 404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, a tool Palantir made for ICE which brings up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
The full user guide here:
The full user guide here:
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
January 31, 2026 at 6:49 PM
our government is hunting down likely criminals living at likely houses.
No previous investigation, no warrant, no judge, no nothing.
No previous investigation, no warrant, no judge, no nothing.
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As I wrote earlier today, waiting for Maduro to say that Venezuela conspired with Obama to swing the 2016 and 2020 elections. Followed by Maduro and his wife being transferred to the same cushy prison occupied by Ghislaine Maxwell.
I doubt it’s a coincidence that Tulsi Gabbard was at the Georgia election office raid and Maduro is in custody. Her presence signals they could fabricate a foreign election interference claim. But not against Russia, of course.
January 31, 2026 at 4:37 AM
As I wrote earlier today, waiting for Maduro to say that Venezuela conspired with Obama to swing the 2016 and 2020 elections. Followed by Maduro and his wife being transferred to the same cushy prison occupied by Ghislaine Maxwell.
We need more journalists to get on this.
You can't reform this
"Healthcare workers confirm that ICE is abandoning half-naked kidnapping victims in the woods of Minnesota to die. "Individuals have shown up in emergency rooms who require amputations—some with cracked skulls." (1/29/26)"
www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Watch/...
www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Watch/...
January 31, 2026 at 4:54 PM
We need more journalists to get on this.
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Minnesota based Independent Journalist GEORGIA FORT has been arrested for filming a protest of the church pastor that works as an ICE manager. SPREAD THE WORD! Georgia has been doing outstanding reporting from ground zero!
January 30, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Minnesota based Independent Journalist GEORGIA FORT has been arrested for filming a protest of the church pastor that works as an ICE manager. SPREAD THE WORD! Georgia has been doing outstanding reporting from ground zero!
There's a rumour that Chinese government will send a couple of Battleships to outside Washington DC. They won't use them if the US government stops killing protesters.
Two can play this game.
Two can play this game.
January 30, 2026 at 4:04 PM
There's a rumour that Chinese government will send a couple of Battleships to outside Washington DC. They won't use them if the US government stops killing protesters.
Two can play this game.
Two can play this game.
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The FBI raids an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia in search of 11,780 people to watch the Melania movie.
January 29, 2026 at 9:15 PM
The FBI raids an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia in search of 11,780 people to watch the Melania movie.
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In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law.
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
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The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
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January 28, 2026 at 1:41 PM
In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law.
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...
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Yep. Yep. This one hit me pretty fucking hard.
January 26, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Yep. Yep. This one hit me pretty fucking hard.
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What's next for the Bluesky app in 2026? Building on what Bluesky already does best, says @alexbenzer.com: "Bluesky is the best place to talk about what's happening in the world — live, together, in ways that closed platforms can't easily replicate."
Oh, also? DRAFTS
Oh, also? DRAFTS
What's Next at Bluesky - Bluesky
As we head into 2026, we're entering a new phase for the Bluesky app. Last year was about scaling through rapid growth and getting the fundamentals in place. This year is about leaning into what's wor...
bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 9:06 PM
What's next for the Bluesky app in 2026? Building on what Bluesky already does best, says @alexbenzer.com: "Bluesky is the best place to talk about what's happening in the world — live, together, in ways that closed platforms can't easily replicate."
Oh, also? DRAFTS
Oh, also? DRAFTS
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Do better. Call your buddy George W. Bush and show up together in Minneapolis.
Don’t just write statements. DO something with your megaphone.
Don’t just write statements. DO something with your megaphone.
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Do better. Call your buddy George W. Bush and show up together in Minneapolis.
Don’t just write statements. DO something with your megaphone.
Don’t just write statements. DO something with your megaphone.
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seeing conservatives admit alex pretti was disarmed and need to change their message to “well you know where you won’t get shot? at home” is just an impressive level of pathetic allegiance to their dictator
January 25, 2026 at 3:52 PM
seeing conservatives admit alex pretti was disarmed and need to change their message to “well you know where you won’t get shot? at home” is just an impressive level of pathetic allegiance to their dictator
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Criminal cover up of a homicide.
Bovino confirms that the agents involved in the shooting of Alex Pretti are no longer in Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Criminal cover up of a homicide.
Bovino says in a presser want to analyze data. He then says they have arrested 3,000 in Minnesota and shows ugly photos w no names & vague crimes. Where's the Data?
- List the 3,000 undocumented
- Specify exactly the crimes # per crime
- How, when & where arrest made
- What resistance was made
- List the 3,000 undocumented
- Specify exactly the crimes # per crime
- How, when & where arrest made
- What resistance was made
January 25, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Bovino says in a presser want to analyze data. He then says they have arrested 3,000 in Minnesota and shows ugly photos w no names & vague crimes. Where's the Data?
- List the 3,000 undocumented
- Specify exactly the crimes # per crime
- How, when & where arrest made
- What resistance was made
- List the 3,000 undocumented
- Specify exactly the crimes # per crime
- How, when & where arrest made
- What resistance was made
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Uttalande från den mördades familj.
January 25, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Uttalande från den mördades familj.
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From Angry Catfish, independent bicycle shop in Minneapolis
January 25, 2026 at 1:50 AM
From Angry Catfish, independent bicycle shop in Minneapolis
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These people cannot imagine being such a part of a community that the bicycle shop mourns you. It's as alien to them as a language they don't speak.
From Angry Catfish, independent bicycle shop in Minneapolis
January 25, 2026 at 2:26 AM
These people cannot imagine being such a part of a community that the bicycle shop mourns you. It's as alien to them as a language they don't speak.
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May the people who willingly are on the streets working for ICE in Minneapolis never get a good night’s sleep ever again.
January 25, 2026 at 1:44 AM
May the people who willingly are on the streets working for ICE in Minneapolis never get a good night’s sleep ever again.