needleclicker
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Archivist, IR overlord, and doer of ALL THE THINGS. When I'm not sidetracked by books, knitting, chain maille, etc. Opinions my own.
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CTA Defend Trans Kids: If you're a clinician, a parent, a trans adult, or just someone who cares, I wrote a guide on how to submit effective comments opposing the federal ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
Deadline 2/17/26
🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/149210... 🔗
Deadline 2/17/26
🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/149210... 🔗
January 27, 2026 at 2:41 AM
CTA Defend Trans Kids: If you're a clinician, a parent, a trans adult, or just someone who cares, I wrote a guide on how to submit effective comments opposing the federal ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
Deadline 2/17/26
🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/149210... 🔗
Deadline 2/17/26
🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/149210... 🔗
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
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"CBP stays at the border" might sound like a win, but keep in mind that this is what "the border" means to them www.aclumaine.org/know-your-ri...
January 27, 2026 at 3:03 PM
"CBP stays at the border" might sound like a win, but keep in mind that this is what "the border" means to them www.aclumaine.org/know-your-ri...
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I want to say something else about Holocaust education today.
One of the earliest terms used for it was "crime against humanity." Setting aside the legal specificities of how this is charged and prosecuted, the term originates in descriptions of the slave trade and Belgian atrocities in the Congo.
One of the earliest terms used for it was "crime against humanity." Setting aside the legal specificities of how this is charged and prosecuted, the term originates in descriptions of the slave trade and Belgian atrocities in the Congo.
Trump-run board now, you can disregard anything they say
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I want to say something else about Holocaust education today.
One of the earliest terms used for it was "crime against humanity." Setting aside the legal specificities of how this is charged and prosecuted, the term originates in descriptions of the slave trade and Belgian atrocities in the Congo.
One of the earliest terms used for it was "crime against humanity." Setting aside the legal specificities of how this is charged and prosecuted, the term originates in descriptions of the slave trade and Belgian atrocities in the Congo.
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If caring about a white man who stood ten toes down against oppression and injustice will stop the killings and detentions, even if they only care because they see themselves in them...
Maybe another baby won't go to jail.
Maybe another Brown or Black person's blood won't cry out from the ground.
Maybe another baby won't go to jail.
Maybe another Brown or Black person's blood won't cry out from the ground.
January 27, 2026 at 6:32 PM
If caring about a white man who stood ten toes down against oppression and injustice will stop the killings and detentions, even if they only care because they see themselves in them...
Maybe another baby won't go to jail.
Maybe another Brown or Black person's blood won't cry out from the ground.
Maybe another baby won't go to jail.
Maybe another Brown or Black person's blood won't cry out from the ground.
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Ikogaan mikwam! = Ice out!
Ojibwe word of the day! Learning languages is fun and honors our ancestors and future generations. Follow #Ojibwe WOD: www.youtube.com/@anton.treuer Miigwech (thank you)! #ice
Ojibwe word of the day! Learning languages is fun and honors our ancestors and future generations. Follow #Ojibwe WOD: www.youtube.com/@anton.treuer Miigwech (thank you)! #ice
January 26, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Ikogaan mikwam! = Ice out!
Ojibwe word of the day! Learning languages is fun and honors our ancestors and future generations. Follow #Ojibwe WOD: www.youtube.com/@anton.treuer Miigwech (thank you)! #ice
Ojibwe word of the day! Learning languages is fun and honors our ancestors and future generations. Follow #Ojibwe WOD: www.youtube.com/@anton.treuer Miigwech (thank you)! #ice
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If you want to tell me that I am celebrating prematurely, I would like to refer you to Emma Goldman, who knew that if you can't dance, it's not your revolution.
We mourn our losses, we celebrate our wins, and we do the work.
We mourn our losses, we celebrate our wins, and we do the work.
January 27, 2026 at 1:23 AM
If you want to tell me that I am celebrating prematurely, I would like to refer you to Emma Goldman, who knew that if you can't dance, it's not your revolution.
We mourn our losses, we celebrate our wins, and we do the work.
We mourn our losses, we celebrate our wins, and we do the work.
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AND we don’t just want them bringing this elsewhere.
It’s not “get out of Minneapolis”
it’s “get out of everywhere, get prosecuted for the crimes, and then we salt whatever ground made this happen don’t doesn’t happen again to anyone anywhere”
Won’t fit on a poster but that’s the demand.
It’s not “get out of Minneapolis”
it’s “get out of everywhere, get prosecuted for the crimes, and then we salt whatever ground made this happen don’t doesn’t happen again to anyone anywhere”
Won’t fit on a poster but that’s the demand.
THIS!!! They’re not gone until they’re GONE.
We can’t get complacent, they’ll still be here kidnapping & brutalizing our neighbors until we kick them out permanently
We can’t get complacent, they’ll still be here kidnapping & brutalizing our neighbors until we kick them out permanently
dont let a few ICE agents leaving mn fool you. nothing on the ground has changed yet. this is a way for them to distract and give a scapegoat so the rest of the world will turn a blind eye.
January 27, 2026 at 12:04 AM
AND we don’t just want them bringing this elsewhere.
It’s not “get out of Minneapolis”
it’s “get out of everywhere, get prosecuted for the crimes, and then we salt whatever ground made this happen don’t doesn’t happen again to anyone anywhere”
Won’t fit on a poster but that’s the demand.
It’s not “get out of Minneapolis”
it’s “get out of everywhere, get prosecuted for the crimes, and then we salt whatever ground made this happen don’t doesn’t happen again to anyone anywhere”
Won’t fit on a poster but that’s the demand.
I am so so itchy. Not sure if it's the dry air (work was sitting at 9% humidity) or a systemic reaction to....something....but I just want to peel all the flesh from my bones. Especially face and scalp.
a woman in a blue dress is standing in front of a red curtain with her eyes closed .
Alt: a woman in a blue dress is standing in front of a red curtain with her eyes closed, her flesh and muscle melting away to expose her skeleton
media.tenor.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 AM
I am so so itchy. Not sure if it's the dry air (work was sitting at 9% humidity) or a systemic reaction to....something....but I just want to peel all the flesh from my bones. Especially face and scalp.
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Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
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Even when they show signs of weakness or forced regret, we must not give an inch. Authoritarian governments still respond to public opinion, which is why sustained pressure matters. We have to keep making clear that these thuggish actions are unconscionable and will not be tolerated. Don’t let up.
January 26, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Even when they show signs of weakness or forced regret, we must not give an inch. Authoritarian governments still respond to public opinion, which is why sustained pressure matters. We have to keep making clear that these thuggish actions are unconscionable and will not be tolerated. Don’t let up.
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Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
January 26, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
"Sometimes the places that you love grow teeth. Sometimes, home can swallow you. And even if that hurts, losing it still seems worse - because what if you let go and never find a better place? What if there's nothing else?" - Asunder p. 236 #quotes 📚
January 27, 2026 at 12:39 AM
"Sometimes the places that you love grow teeth. Sometimes, home can swallow you. And even if that hurts, losing it still seems worse - because what if you let go and never find a better place? What if there's nothing else?" - Asunder p. 236 #quotes 📚
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Everything that you think of as a Red State is deeply Purple.
They are heavily gerrymandered with a lot of voter suppression going on. Even with all of that, the votes are often:
- 52% Republican
-46% Democrat
- 2% Other
Republicans aren't in power because of voters, but because of crimes.
They are heavily gerrymandered with a lot of voter suppression going on. Even with all of that, the votes are often:
- 52% Republican
-46% Democrat
- 2% Other
Republicans aren't in power because of voters, but because of crimes.
January 27, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Everything that you think of as a Red State is deeply Purple.
They are heavily gerrymandered with a lot of voter suppression going on. Even with all of that, the votes are often:
- 52% Republican
-46% Democrat
- 2% Other
Republicans aren't in power because of voters, but because of crimes.
They are heavily gerrymandered with a lot of voter suppression going on. Even with all of that, the votes are often:
- 52% Republican
-46% Democrat
- 2% Other
Republicans aren't in power because of voters, but because of crimes.
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This hit so fucking hard today.
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This hit so fucking hard today.
"I love my country [Germany] but it's no secret my country's going insane. They don't hide it. I don't even think they're ashamed." Luz Long to Jesse Owens, in Race (2016). Wish that didn't hit so hard right now...
January 26, 2026 at 11:24 PM
"I love my country [Germany] but it's no secret my country's going insane. They don't hide it. I don't even think they're ashamed." Luz Long to Jesse Owens, in Race (2016). Wish that didn't hit so hard right now...
Plus this means I'll have to accept mixed formats in some of the longer running series I have in dead tree. Do not like.
I miss mass market paperbacks. They are the perfect size and I honestly want to choke whoever made this decision.
January 26, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Plus this means I'll have to accept mixed formats in some of the longer running series I have in dead tree. Do not like.
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Paul Bunyan sez FUCK ICE.
January 26, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Paul Bunyan sez FUCK ICE.
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Things are shitty. Want to hear about my side quest?
I'm working on securing images for my book, which means tracking down rights holders & making sure each image is of a good enough quality to reprint. As you may or may not know, the book is on early women doctors and their political activism. 🧵
I'm working on securing images for my book, which means tracking down rights holders & making sure each image is of a good enough quality to reprint. As you may or may not know, the book is on early women doctors and their political activism. 🧵
January 25, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Things are shitty. Want to hear about my side quest?
I'm working on securing images for my book, which means tracking down rights holders & making sure each image is of a good enough quality to reprint. As you may or may not know, the book is on early women doctors and their political activism. 🧵
I'm working on securing images for my book, which means tracking down rights holders & making sure each image is of a good enough quality to reprint. As you may or may not know, the book is on early women doctors and their political activism. 🧵
Watched a movie in "work mode" (need to draft questions for a panel discussion about it) and, despite finishing it over an hour ago, my brain is still too fast.
January 26, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Watched a movie in "work mode" (need to draft questions for a panel discussion about it) and, despite finishing it over an hour ago, my brain is still too fast.
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Gentle reminder that disabled and marginalized people can’t “just leave” to escape fascism.
Many are too sick to go anywhere.
Other countries won’t accept disabled people.
Leaving is not the solution.
People are scared. Leave no one behind.
Many are too sick to go anywhere.
Other countries won’t accept disabled people.
Leaving is not the solution.
People are scared. Leave no one behind.
January 25, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Gentle reminder that disabled and marginalized people can’t “just leave” to escape fascism.
Many are too sick to go anywhere.
Other countries won’t accept disabled people.
Leaving is not the solution.
People are scared. Leave no one behind.
Many are too sick to go anywhere.
Other countries won’t accept disabled people.
Leaving is not the solution.
People are scared. Leave no one behind.
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In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
January 25, 2026 at 10:21 PM
In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
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Generative AI is not just the instrument and aesthetics of fascism, but it has permanently sewn itself to fascism in a fucked up human centipede of scammers and grifters and guys who've long ago forgotten how to think.
January 25, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Generative AI is not just the instrument and aesthetics of fascism, but it has permanently sewn itself to fascism in a fucked up human centipede of scammers and grifters and guys who've long ago forgotten how to think.
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People are definitely setting up a barricade of trash cans and this couch, in the middle of the street where ICE is.
"That's my couch," said a woman standing nearby. "It's been on my porch for four years because it won't fit up the stairs. My neighbor will be pleased it's gone now."
"That's my couch," said a woman standing nearby. "It's been on my porch for four years because it won't fit up the stairs. My neighbor will be pleased it's gone now."
January 24, 2026 at 6:18 PM
People are definitely setting up a barricade of trash cans and this couch, in the middle of the street where ICE is.
"That's my couch," said a woman standing nearby. "It's been on my porch for four years because it won't fit up the stairs. My neighbor will be pleased it's gone now."
"That's my couch," said a woman standing nearby. "It's been on my porch for four years because it won't fit up the stairs. My neighbor will be pleased it's gone now."
Can of ginger ale fell off the counter, hit the floor just wrong and sprayed everywhere. Guess the afternoon is going to be spent scrubbing everything in the kitchen....
January 24, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Can of ginger ale fell off the counter, hit the floor just wrong and sprayed everywhere. Guess the afternoon is going to be spent scrubbing everything in the kitchen....