Shepherd
@neolithicsheep.bsky.social
"Swear to god you're like a Fox Fire book set in hell." - Ursula Vernon
"You puckish motherfucker." - Sarah Day
Trans and queer anarchist sheep farmer. Navy veteran attempting to redeem himself.
"You puckish motherfucker." - Sarah Day
Trans and queer anarchist sheep farmer. Navy veteran attempting to redeem himself.
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whenever possible, choose a fridge with french doors so as not to disturb the catgoyle
February 18, 2026 at 2:17 PM
whenever possible, choose a fridge with french doors so as not to disturb the catgoyle
Welp, time to get out of bed and start another day of desperately trying to keep my livestock alive and the pipes thawed out. The snow doesn't re-start for 24 hours. I have to manage to get to the feed store and get pelleted/chopped forage because I'm down to 3 bales hay.
February 18, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Welp, time to get out of bed and start another day of desperately trying to keep my livestock alive and the pipes thawed out. The snow doesn't re-start for 24 hours. I have to manage to get to the feed store and get pelleted/chopped forage because I'm down to 3 bales hay.
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These numbers demand a complete rethinking of immigration in this country and accountability for the terrorism of DHS/CBP/ICE.
Aesthetic reforms are just not enough.
Aesthetic reforms are just not enough.
Trump is very underwater on immigration.
There is no reason for Dems to cave on ICE funding.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
There is no reason for Dems to cave on ICE funding.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
February 18, 2026 at 1:08 PM
These numbers demand a complete rethinking of immigration in this country and accountability for the terrorism of DHS/CBP/ICE.
Aesthetic reforms are just not enough.
Aesthetic reforms are just not enough.
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one reset I'd personally appreciate: behind the insistence that we must offer the electorate a little bigotry is the idea that commoners are more bigoted than the richer and more educated, who can be appealed to with high minded policy. but then you Ctrl+F "phrenology" in the Epstein files
What strikes me is that 'the volk' have incredibly incoherent and everywhere ideas, but the people who claim to speak for them in the press are like clerics who think there are two poles for all politics and everything must fit between them. These poles are like, eight inches apart
February 18, 2026 at 1:19 PM
one reset I'd personally appreciate: behind the insistence that we must offer the electorate a little bigotry is the idea that commoners are more bigoted than the richer and more educated, who can be appealed to with high minded policy. but then you Ctrl+F "phrenology" in the Epstein files
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I saw an ad on the subway that I thought was for a 5/14 No Kings rally and I was like “wow they are really going all out” and then I realized it was an ad for a Springsteen show and he just really hates Trump
February 18, 2026 at 1:34 PM
I saw an ad on the subway that I thought was for a 5/14 No Kings rally and I was like “wow they are really going all out” and then I realized it was an ad for a Springsteen show and he just really hates Trump
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I give more of my net worth to the homeless on the street in an average year than Elon Musk has given to anyone, ever, in all forms of charity combined, over his entire life.
Fascinating chart with one outlier: Warren Buffett.
At the low end, giving 0.06% of one's wealth is equivalent to:
Net worth -> Lifetime Giving
50K->$30
100K->$60
500K->$300
$1M->$600
Most folks give far more by % in a *single year*.
www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...
At the low end, giving 0.06% of one's wealth is equivalent to:
Net worth -> Lifetime Giving
50K->$30
100K->$60
500K->$300
$1M->$600
Most folks give far more by % in a *single year*.
www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...
February 18, 2026 at 1:36 PM
I give more of my net worth to the homeless on the street in an average year than Elon Musk has given to anyone, ever, in all forms of charity combined, over his entire life.
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Yes. I took this approach with my boardhost message board back in the early 2000s, with people who wanted to argue about LGBTQ+ people’s right to exist. To argue is to accept an unacceptable frame. You wouldn’t waste time discussing if the number two represents three apples or if red is really blue.
I am more and more convinced that when cis people want to debate whether trans people get human rights, the only correct response is "I don't treat whether or not people get human rights as a debate topic or hang around people who do" followed by leaving.
February 18, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Yes. I took this approach with my boardhost message board back in the early 2000s, with people who wanted to argue about LGBTQ+ people’s right to exist. To argue is to accept an unacceptable frame. You wouldn’t waste time discussing if the number two represents three apples or if red is really blue.
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The new stickers are in. Last year, scientists discovered a whiplash squid hiding amidst polymetallic nodules on the abyssal plain.
Now you can get your own stealthy nodule squid by subscribing to my Patreon at the big sticker tier.
patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler
Now you can get your own stealthy nodule squid by subscribing to my Patreon at the big sticker tier.
patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler
February 17, 2026 at 9:40 PM
The new stickers are in. Last year, scientists discovered a whiplash squid hiding amidst polymetallic nodules on the abyssal plain.
Now you can get your own stealthy nodule squid by subscribing to my Patreon at the big sticker tier.
patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler
Now you can get your own stealthy nodule squid by subscribing to my Patreon at the big sticker tier.
patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler
I am more and more convinced that when cis people want to debate whether trans people get human rights, the only correct response is "I don't treat whether or not people get human rights as a debate topic or hang around people who do" followed by leaving.
February 18, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I am more and more convinced that when cis people want to debate whether trans people get human rights, the only correct response is "I don't treat whether or not people get human rights as a debate topic or hang around people who do" followed by leaving.
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P.S., If any has information on the holding cells at the ICE office in Hartford, Connecticut — let’s talk.
Signal: jeaton.04
email: joshua.eaton@hearstmediact.com
I’m happy to keep it between us.
Signal: jeaton.04
email: joshua.eaton@hearstmediact.com
I’m happy to keep it between us.
New in @dmagazine.bsky.social
"In June 2025, DHS waived the original 12-hour limit on holding people at field offices, increasing it to 72 hours...between July and October 15, at least 336 people were held at the Dallas ICE field office for more than 72 hours."
www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/...
"In June 2025, DHS waived the original 12-hour limit on holding people at field offices, increasing it to 72 hours...between July and October 15, at least 336 people were held at the Dallas ICE field office for more than 72 hours."
www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/...
Activists Want the City to Enforce Code Against the Dallas ICE Field Office. Can It Be Done?
Cities across the state and nation are finding ways to hold ICE accountable. Will Dallas?
www.dmagazine.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:40 AM
P.S., If any has information on the holding cells at the ICE office in Hartford, Connecticut — let’s talk.
Signal: jeaton.04
email: joshua.eaton@hearstmediact.com
I’m happy to keep it between us.
Signal: jeaton.04
email: joshua.eaton@hearstmediact.com
I’m happy to keep it between us.
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5,500 years ago, a teenage girl was buried with her father's bones on her chest, new DNA study reveals www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
5,500 years ago, a teenage girl was buried with her father's bones on her chest, new DNA study reveals
A novel DNA analysis of skeletons excavated from a Neolithic hunter-gatherer cemetery in Sweden has revealed surprising family relationships.
www.livescience.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:03 AM
5,500 years ago, a teenage girl was buried with her father's bones on her chest, new DNA study reveals www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
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One of my driver's ed instructors interrupted my lesson to go feed his macaw. He was much more interested in discussing Castle Wolfenstein than teaching me to drive.
okay one of my best friends just told me her driver's ed teacher was named
wait for it
Mr. Streetman
... and now, because the horrors are horroring, I wish to hear from Bluesky about all your great and bad and terrible and fun driver's ed stories
wait for it
Mr. Streetman
... and now, because the horrors are horroring, I wish to hear from Bluesky about all your great and bad and terrible and fun driver's ed stories
February 18, 2026 at 1:02 AM
One of my driver's ed instructors interrupted my lesson to go feed his macaw. He was much more interested in discussing Castle Wolfenstein than teaching me to drive.
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"...reporting noted an account that described its politics as “to the right of Hitler.” Separately, an X account connected to the shooter appears to show years of engagement with far-right and conspiratorial content." www.advocate.com/news/crime/r...
Rhode Island hockey mass shooting leaves family shattered and shooter’s identity in the spotlight
The shooter's history includes a Nazi tattoo and amplifying far-right conspiracy theories online.
www.advocate.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:04 AM
"...reporting noted an account that described its politics as “to the right of Hitler.” Separately, an X account connected to the shooter appears to show years of engagement with far-right and conspiratorial content." www.advocate.com/news/crime/r...
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Pro-Trump white supremacist with "SS" tattoo who shot and killed family members, is being painted as example of "trans terrorist" by far-Right due to their gender identity.
Comments in support of William Pierce, author of 'The Turner Diaries,' implies shooter was active neo-Nazi for decades.
Comments in support of William Pierce, author of 'The Turner Diaries,' implies shooter was active neo-Nazi for decades.
February 18, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Pro-Trump white supremacist with "SS" tattoo who shot and killed family members, is being painted as example of "trans terrorist" by far-Right due to their gender identity.
Comments in support of William Pierce, author of 'The Turner Diaries,' implies shooter was active neo-Nazi for decades.
Comments in support of William Pierce, author of 'The Turner Diaries,' implies shooter was active neo-Nazi for decades.
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If you don’t promise to sew your mouth to the asshole of the human centipede that is the DNC you are a wrecker
February 18, 2026 at 12:24 AM
If you don’t promise to sew your mouth to the asshole of the human centipede that is the DNC you are a wrecker
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So here's a shitty thing Pet Supplies Plus does: They automatically convert the reward points you've earned into coupons. THEN, they expire the coupons on you. So now my points are gone, unused.
February 17, 2026 at 11:38 PM
So here's a shitty thing Pet Supplies Plus does: They automatically convert the reward points you've earned into coupons. THEN, they expire the coupons on you. So now my points are gone, unused.
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Read this sentence slowly:
“Gov. Gavin Newsom, crypto executives and business leaders are ramping up efforts this week to stop the proposed wealth tax...”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
“Gov. Gavin Newsom, crypto executives and business leaders are ramping up efforts this week to stop the proposed wealth tax...”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
As Bernie Sanders Comes to California, Wealth Tax Opponents Intensify Efforts
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Read this sentence slowly:
“Gov. Gavin Newsom, crypto executives and business leaders are ramping up efforts this week to stop the proposed wealth tax...”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
“Gov. Gavin Newsom, crypto executives and business leaders are ramping up efforts this week to stop the proposed wealth tax...”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
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This starts a series of escalations.
You call me big dog, I’m calling you chief. You call me boss, I’m calling you hoss.
I grew up a fat kid in Texas. I know them all. You will not win.
You call me big dog, I’m calling you chief. You call me boss, I’m calling you hoss.
I grew up a fat kid in Texas. I know them all. You will not win.
February 17, 2026 at 10:32 PM
This starts a series of escalations.
You call me big dog, I’m calling you chief. You call me boss, I’m calling you hoss.
I grew up a fat kid in Texas. I know them all. You will not win.
You call me big dog, I’m calling you chief. You call me boss, I’m calling you hoss.
I grew up a fat kid in Texas. I know them all. You will not win.
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This guy (@glutelord.bsky.social) is correct about a lot of the discourse around "looksmaxxing" and so much of guys' ideas of what men should look like, and he should keep saying it.
February 17, 2026 at 7:57 PM
This guy (@glutelord.bsky.social) is correct about a lot of the discourse around "looksmaxxing" and so much of guys' ideas of what men should look like, and he should keep saying it.
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Heyyyyy UK readers! We got preorder discounts!
February 17, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Heyyyyy UK readers! We got preorder discounts!
In the 1950s my dad got a bad case of athlete's foot as a child that went septic. His life was saved by the new wonder drug penicillin.
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 8:13 PM
In the 1950s my dad got a bad case of athlete's foot as a child that went septic. His life was saved by the new wonder drug penicillin.
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Reupping this today
A Dem that runs as pro trans gets a SIXTY ONE POINT BUMP WITH DEM VOTERS and a NINE POINT BUMP WITH INDIES over ones that go silent.
The failure to get this is a prior beliefs/incentives problem but it's also a research problem. The current establishment's understanding of voters is utterly cooked.
The failure to get this is a prior beliefs/incentives problem but it's also a research problem. The current establishment's understanding of voters is utterly cooked.
Relevant to that is another finding in the poll. A theoretical officeholder that speaks up about these issues is preferred by:
ICE raids D+72 I+40
Trans D+61 I+9
Gaza genocide D+33 I-24
Guessing that Gaza one was a question wording effect, but if you're running a a Dem, those are your voters.
ICE raids D+72 I+40
Trans D+61 I+9
Gaza genocide D+33 I-24
Guessing that Gaza one was a question wording effect, but if you're running a a Dem, those are your voters.
February 17, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Reupping this today
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I’ve got hunting in my Jesus veins
and in my heart
and in my heart
February 17, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I’ve got hunting in my Jesus veins
and in my heart
and in my heart
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ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE
According to the Chatham County Police Department, Monday morning’s fatal crash was the result of a chase between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a suspect.
www.wtoc.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM
ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.