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Neal

@nskorpen.bsky.social

more of these at mudcompany.thecomicseries.com
#epsteinFiles #prosecuteThemAll

single panel cartoon titled "Right Wing Weirdos #235: Guardians of Pedophiles"
An elephant in a suit and red tie in the foreground says with a shrug, "Did rich and powerful individuals go to Epstein's island and rape children? There's just no way to know!"
In the backround, several elephants are furiously marking on papers with black markers. There are huge piles of paper and sheets flying through the air and littering the ground, with black redaction bars on them. Another elephant says to them angrily, "Hurry up!"

February 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM

Neal

@nskorpen.bsky.social

Tom deHomanize says the ICE surge in Minnesota will end over the next week.
He said some officers will remain, didn't say how many or for how long.
Meaning there is still a risk of getting kidnapped or shot by j6 thugs.
No reduction is enough, no reform is enough. Abolish ICE

February 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM

Reposted by Neal

Liquoricelino Printmaking

@liquoricelino.bsky.social

We're gonna need a bigger tree. Handmade lino print.

#birds #art #linocut #linoprint #printmaking

Liquoricelino.etsy.com

February 10, 2026 at 4:28 PM

Reposted by Neal

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@neuronaraka.bsky.social

This is the most perfect, and most Laibach thing ever. Watch this video now, and be prepared to shake your ass youtu.be/erR5PSfKo7w

Laibach - Allgorhythm (feat. Wiyaala) [Official Video]

YouTube video by Laibach

youtu.be

February 11, 2026 at 1:15 PM

Neal

@nskorpen.bsky.social

new page of Simane the Slayer. full comic at simane.thecomicseries.com
#webcomic #urbanFantasy #werewolf

panel 1. Simane's hand, catching the edge of a cage wall as it falls.
panel 2. simane's hand, quietly laying the cage wall on the grassy ground.
panel 3. A young-looking man in white stands inside the cage, now open on one side. Simane stands outside the opening, holding an artificial hand with burning fingers.
Simane: Go.
panel 4. The man walks past Simane warily, giving her the stink eye, as she watches calmly.
panel 5. The man runs toward a tall fence, outside the edges of two visible cages.
panel 6. The man vaults over the fence.
panel 7. The man is gone, Simane regards the fence where he jumped.

February 10, 2026 at 1:31 PM

Neal

@nskorpen.bsky.social

Seen on Mastadon:
"Kid Rock" is the new nickname for Epstein's island

February 9, 2026 at 4:24 PM

Neal

@nskorpen.bsky.social

James Gunn’s Superman does the best job of translating the visual language of contemporary superhero comics into cinematography. Certainly better than Ang Lee’s Hulk (cringe) or Zach Snyder’s anything (barf)

February 9, 2026 at 2:39 PM

Neal

@nskorpen.bsky.social

#silentSunday #photography #cactus

Photo: close up of a cactus house plant, one thick vertical stalk that flops over to the left at the top of the frame, brightly lit on the left side creating many shades of green, with a shaded gray background

February 8, 2026 at 2:32 PM

Neal

@nskorpen.bsky.social

#caturday

High contrast black and white photo of a cat sitting on a table, looking at the camera

February 7, 2026 at 4:15 PM

Neal

@nskorpen.bsky.social

Rumor has it ICE agents are not getting paid (whaat? This administration made a giant budget that’s not going where it’s supposed to? SHOCKER)

Wherever they turn up next, please-- film, document, spread alerts, prank, but don’t meet them with violence.
1/2
#abolishIce #noice

February 7, 2026 at 1:21 AM

Neal

@nskorpen.bsky.social

That they are still aggressively targeting Liam despite the atrocious optics tells you all you need to know

Just Jill 💖 @justjill.sheshed.rocks · 6d

Thank goodness. I’m so relieved for this family.
It’s wrong what they are putting them through.
This is good news so I may just have to end my evening with this.
Today has been many years.

#Pinks #SheShed #Peace

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6d

Breaking MS NOW:

The Department of Homeland Security *unsuccessfully* sought to expedite deportation proceedings against the family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, according to a local school official.

At an asylum hearing Friday, the family was granted a continuance.
www.ms.now/news/dhs-rep...

February 7, 2026 at 1:20 AM

Neal

@nskorpen.bsky.social

#iceOut #abolishIce

line drawing on a blue background of a person in a coat holding up a phone. Over the image is text reading "Minnesota Nice." A red circle and diagonal line are on top of the letters "ice". The circle could also be a letter O, making the text "no ice"

February 6, 2026 at 8:52 PM

Neal

@nskorpen.bsky.social

700 ICE agents are leaving MN.
People much smarter than me will have better analyses, but here are my takeaways:
-Good news for us, bad news for wherever they are deployed next
-It's a small retreat, but it's a retreat. Meaning they are failing.
-Minnesota tactics work. Replicate them everywhere

February 4, 2026 at 7:12 PM

Neal

@nskorpen.bsky.social

It seems I’m at a point in my life where I read Edgar Allan Poe and visualize it in moody 70s cinematography

February 4, 2026 at 12:33 PM

Neal

@nskorpen.bsky.social

for 10 years this country has been Tina in the parking lot, unable to avoid crashing the car for no reason at all

Hey, legacy media; hey, timid democrats; hey, republicans with any shred of decency left:

TURN THE WHEEL

February 3, 2026 at 6:59 PM

Neal

@nskorpen.bsky.social

It is so vital right now, for leaders who are in a position to do so, to demonstrate what a functional state looks like

Worker's Justice Project @workersjusticep.bsky.social · 10d

📰 Deliveristas victory now featured in @thenation.com by @prajwalmanipal.

$5.2M is going back into Deliveristas’ pockets after apps admitted wage theft.
As @helloDCWP Comm. @saalevine said: “Cheating workers will not be tolerated.”

Read more 👇🏾
www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Mamdani Secures a Multimillion-Dollar Settlement Over Delivery Worker Wage Theft

Uber Eats, HungryPanda, and Fantuan also agreed to reinstate 10,000 wrongfully deactivated workers.

www.thenation.com

February 3, 2026 at 6:06 PM

Neal

@nskorpen.bsky.social

the latest in Simane the Slayer. full comic at simane.thecomicseries.com
#webcomic #urbanFantasy #werewolf

panel 1. Simane walks toward one of several cages with indistinct figures inside. She is holding the device she made: a mallet with wires wrapped around it, that extend out and hold five stubby fingers. The fingers are all on fire.
panel 2. Simane approaches a cage with a scruffy guy in white inside. He is a werewolf in human form. His left ear is visibly damaged.
Scruffy guy: Hey, Merlin! How about some food? Just because we don't have to eat on two legs doesn't mean we're not hungry!
panel 3. Close up view of the device in Simane's hand, looking past it to scruffy guy's disdainful face.
Scruffy guy: Is that supposed to be a hand of glory? Pathetic! What door do you think you'll open with that mess?
panel 4. Simane gestures with the hand of glory in a wide arc, trailing flames through the night air.
panel 5. One wall of the cage springs away. Scruffy guy is surprised. Simane stands with her hand of glory at the end of it's aec.

February 3, 2026 at 1:27 PM

Reposted by Neal

Ana Maertens

@anamartins.bsky.social

the calendar is brilliant, congrats ballotpedia.org/Elections_ca...

Elections calendar

Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics

ballotpedia.org

February 3, 2026 at 8:58 AM

Neal

@nskorpen.bsky.social

Family joined a protest on Lake Nokomis last night (drone photo not mine)
#MinneapolisProtests #iceOut #abolishIce

Photo of people gathered on a frozen lake at sunset, with rows of candles lighting the ground and low sunlight on the horizon

Photo of a small section of candles lined up to form a letter on a frozen lake surface

Drone photo from the air, showing “Ice Out” spelled out in candle light on a frozen lake, with people scattered and gathered around

February 1, 2026 at 6:05 PM

Neal

@nskorpen.bsky.social

From my Minneapolis neighborhood high school

WASHBURN CARES OUR COMMUNITY ANSWERED A CALL FOR NEED SINCE MID-DECEMBER, OUR WASHBURN COMMUNITY RALLIED TO SUPPORT IMMIGRANT FAMILIES-STARTING WITH LOCAL SUPPORT AND GROWING FAR BEYOND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. HERE'S WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR: *+ 100+ FAMILIES SUPPORTED 700+ RIDES TO SCHOOL & WORK o. 150+ GROCERY DELIVERIES THOUSANDS IN GROCERY GIFT CARDS RENT/MORTGAGE PAID FOR 18 FAMILIES UTILITIES COVERED FOR 15 FAMILIES $105,000+ RAISED FOR ESSENTIAL NEEDS BUT THE NEED ISN'T OVER: 39 FAMILIES STILL NEED HOUSING SUPPORT • 26 MORE UTILITY BILLS STILL NEED TO BE PAID • OUR MILLERS STILL NEED US. PLEASE DONATE AND SHARE.

January 31, 2026 at 10:12 PM

Neal

@nskorpen.bsky.social

Walnut in his signature spot, with his signature look of suspicion
#caturday

Black and white photo of a cat laying on a couch arm, with limbs hanging over each side, head raised slightly and looking toward the camera

January 31, 2026 at 3:07 PM

Neal

@nskorpen.bsky.social

The truth about immigration numbers under Biden and Trump.
Spoilers: 10M "encounters" does not equal 10M illegals crossing the border
Also spoilers: immigrants don't cause any of the problems the hysterical right blames them for

cmsny.org/correcting-r...

Correcting the Record: False or Misleading Statements on Immigration - The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS)

During the 2024 US campaign season, numerous false or misleading statements have been made about immigration which deserve correction.

cmsny.org

January 30, 2026 at 5:12 PM