Puddleglum
@oakspuddle.bsky.social
I pretty much hate social media, don't really intend to post much at this point, not in it for followers, just here to browse news and interests.
🚫MAGA, unrequested lists. These are some dark and crazy days for the US, try to stay sane, good people. ❤️
🚫MAGA, unrequested lists. These are some dark and crazy days for the US, try to stay sane, good people. ❤️
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ICE are slave catchers and y'all want better trained slave catchers? Y'all want slave catchers with better rules? Fuck out of here
February 2, 2026 at 2:04 AM
ICE are slave catchers and y'all want better trained slave catchers? Y'all want slave catchers with better rules? Fuck out of here
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🟥ICE IS CHANGING🟥
THEIR TACTICS and THEIR APPEARANCE
ICE IS INFILTRATING EMAIL CHAINS
ICE going undercover as delivery drivers, Uber drivers, repair people, even driving a plumbing company work van
They are adding stuffed toys & things to their SUVs
🟥WARNING🟥
www.instagram.com/reel/DT6ec8D...
THEIR TACTICS and THEIR APPEARANCE
ICE IS INFILTRATING EMAIL CHAINS
ICE going undercover as delivery drivers, Uber drivers, repair people, even driving a plumbing company work van
They are adding stuffed toys & things to their SUVs
🟥WARNING🟥
www.instagram.com/reel/DT6ec8D...
Lee Stedman on Instagram: "1/24/26 - This was supposed to go up yesterday after I got done at Whipple.
ICE agents are changing their tactics rapidly and are ramping up their efforts and their level ...
242K likes, 5,542 comments - ghost_lee19 on January 24, 2026: "1/24/26 - This was supposed to go up yesterday after I got done at Whipple.
ICE agents are changing their tactics rapidly and are rampi...
www.instagram.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:05 PM
🟥ICE IS CHANGING🟥
THEIR TACTICS and THEIR APPEARANCE
ICE IS INFILTRATING EMAIL CHAINS
ICE going undercover as delivery drivers, Uber drivers, repair people, even driving a plumbing company work van
They are adding stuffed toys & things to their SUVs
🟥WARNING🟥
www.instagram.com/reel/DT6ec8D...
THEIR TACTICS and THEIR APPEARANCE
ICE IS INFILTRATING EMAIL CHAINS
ICE going undercover as delivery drivers, Uber drivers, repair people, even driving a plumbing company work van
They are adding stuffed toys & things to their SUVs
🟥WARNING🟥
www.instagram.com/reel/DT6ec8D...
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Already seeing people on here like "we're getting back on track!" like what the fuck
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 27, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Already seeing people on here like "we're getting back on track!" like what the fuck
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On NPR on Friday, there was a story of a 4-year-old--an American citizen--who hasn't left her house since early December, not even to play in the yard. And her 8-year-old brother recently stopped going to school, too. Their father is undocumented, and the family doesn't want to risk him being taken.
January 26, 2026 at 3:47 AM
On NPR on Friday, there was a story of a 4-year-old--an American citizen--who hasn't left her house since early December, not even to play in the yard. And her 8-year-old brother recently stopped going to school, too. Their father is undocumented, and the family doesn't want to risk him being taken.
Gift freebie. If you're seeing it you know, algorithms maintain the bubbles. Wish it would blow into the brains of every citizen who's buying the BS and just scream the truth until they can't not get it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Timeline: A Moment-by-Moment Look at the Shooting of Alex Pretti
A moment-by-moment analysis of videos from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when shots were fired. The footage contradicts the federal government’s account of the fatal shooting.
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Gift freebie. If you're seeing it you know, algorithms maintain the bubbles. Wish it would blow into the brains of every citizen who's buying the BS and just scream the truth until they can't not get it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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wrote about the camps for my newsletter this weekend www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
January 25, 2026 at 12:01 AM
wrote about the camps for my newsletter this weekend www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
I don't know if I can ever force myself to give a damn about Democrats again after all this, but if I did I'd suggest they run their platform on anti-corruption, not affordability. But first they'd have to follow some uncomfortable money trails of their own. Warren could head that up. Fat chance.
January 25, 2026 at 12:16 AM
I don't know if I can ever force myself to give a damn about Democrats again after all this, but if I did I'd suggest they run their platform on anti-corruption, not affordability. But first they'd have to follow some uncomfortable money trails of their own. Warren could head that up. Fat chance.
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A good guy with a gun approached a woman who was shoved down by a bad guy with a gun to try & help her up & the bad guy fucking killed him for it
January 24, 2026 at 10:31 PM
A good guy with a gun approached a woman who was shoved down by a bad guy with a gun to try & help her up & the bad guy fucking killed him for it
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8th circuit gives ICE go ahead to use force against peaceful demonstrators, a decision which will immediately lead to injury.
US appeals court pauses lower court order restraining immigration agents' use of force against Minnesota protesters
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals paused a lower court's order on Wednesday that had restrained federal immigration agents' use of force against peaceful protesters.
www.reuters.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:47 PM
8th circuit gives ICE go ahead to use force against peaceful demonstrators, a decision which will immediately lead to injury.
Highly recommend The Night Manager series, especially season 2 if you read Sarah Kendzior. That's what she's talking about.
January 21, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Highly recommend The Night Manager series, especially season 2 if you read Sarah Kendzior. That's what she's talking about.
If anyone's at all shaky on Greenland's status or any other claims made by Trump today at Davos, here's a good old (gift) fact check with details. article)https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/us/politics/fact-check-trump-davos-speech.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GFA.lSIz.OpkpTa6uo0PX&smid=url-share
January 21, 2026 at 7:55 PM
If anyone's at all shaky on Greenland's status or any other claims made by Trump today at Davos, here's a good old (gift) fact check with details. article)https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/us/politics/fact-check-trump-davos-speech.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GFA.lSIz.OpkpTa6uo0PX&smid=url-share
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This is how concentration camps become death camps.
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 2:45 PM
This is how concentration camps become death camps.
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Little Canada, Minnesota: "Ice followed cousin from dropping off daughter at bus stop. 15+ DHS agents came to detain her."
January 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Little Canada, Minnesota: "Ice followed cousin from dropping off daughter at bus stop. 15+ DHS agents came to detain her."
Wish there was someone like him sitting on the Democrat's future-president candidate's bench. But they crushed Bernie and will never support a candidate that could actually inspire an effective opposition to the atrocious madness they've allowed to unfold.
This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Wish there was someone like him sitting on the Democrat's future-president candidate's bench. But they crushed Bernie and will never support a candidate that could actually inspire an effective opposition to the atrocious madness they've allowed to unfold.
Renee Love's poem. It's not what I expected from the title - an earnest college kid's sensitive vegan something. Nope. Those last four lines... overheardec.substack.com/p/on-learnin...
On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs
by Renée Nicole Macklin
overheardec.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Renee Love's poem. It's not what I expected from the title - an earnest college kid's sensitive vegan something. Nope. Those last four lines... overheardec.substack.com/p/on-learnin...
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🚨"F*ck you! Evil! Where's the f*cking humanity? Why don't you back the f*ck up off our people? Stop f*cking killing us! You guys are evil mother f*ckers! You should be marching with us!" -Minneapolis ICE protester screams at ICE agents as they point guns at her. Via our Jon Farina ⬇️
January 8, 2026 at 4:58 PM
🚨"F*ck you! Evil! Where's the f*cking humanity? Why don't you back the f*ck up off our people? Stop f*cking killing us! You guys are evil mother f*ckers! You should be marching with us!" -Minneapolis ICE protester screams at ICE agents as they point guns at her. Via our Jon Farina ⬇️
Especially notable for the author's nervousness about writing the article, what's safe to say, what won't be published, what opinions might be punished. In England. This is everywhere, know it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Greta Thunberg came to stay – and my kid may have inadvertently helped her get arrested | Arwa Mahdawi
The activist had held a sign written with my daughter’s crayon. Try explaining that to a four-year-old
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Especially notable for the author's nervousness about writing the article, what's safe to say, what won't be published, what opinions might be punished. In England. This is everywhere, know it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
January 3, 2026 at 9:19 PM
the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
Follow Sarah. She's the best and the brightest, a meticulous, dogged scholar and great stout heart. And she's always five steps ahead of autocracy's game, has seen every move coming from the start.
January 6, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Follow Sarah. She's the best and the brightest, a meticulous, dogged scholar and great stout heart. And she's always five steps ahead of autocracy's game, has seen every move coming from the start.
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The “Venezuela distracts from Epstein” line is ridiculous because 1) many awful things happen at once 2) Same Iran-Contra crowd pushing Venezuela invasion are or were involved with Epstein/Maxwell 3) Epstein associates (for ex, Dershowitz) want Iran invasion and see Venezuela as a test run for Iran
January 4, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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There is overlap in officials who support the Venezuela invasion and the Gaza genocide. Overlap in funders, overlap in goals. Iraq War redux with a weaker US. The US sold off much of its own sovereignty to foreign criminals while also invading sovereign countries. Follow the money all the way…
January 4, 2026 at 12:13 AM
There is overlap in officials who support the Venezuela invasion and the Gaza genocide. Overlap in funders, overlap in goals. Iraq War redux with a weaker US. The US sold off much of its own sovereignty to foreign criminals while also invading sovereign countries. Follow the money all the way…
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One year this month and 7 years since this original Greenland post from @sarahkendzior.bsky.social .
My take on Trump and Greenland, written in 2019. My views haven't changed:
January 6, 2026 at 5:34 AM
One year this month and 7 years since this original Greenland post from @sarahkendzior.bsky.social .
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Everything happening now was obvious by March 2021. That's why I wrote about it *then*.
This matters because this is a planned autocracy. Feigned surprise at horrors is meant to rewrite history and present our plight as if it wasn't a plan obvious four years ago and countenanced by both parties.
This matters because this is a planned autocracy. Feigned surprise at horrors is meant to rewrite history and present our plight as if it wasn't a plan obvious four years ago and countenanced by both parties.
July 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Everything happening now was obvious by March 2021. That's why I wrote about it *then*.
This matters because this is a planned autocracy. Feigned surprise at horrors is meant to rewrite history and present our plight as if it wasn't a plan obvious four years ago and countenanced by both parties.
This matters because this is a planned autocracy. Feigned surprise at horrors is meant to rewrite history and present our plight as if it wasn't a plan obvious four years ago and countenanced by both parties.