J. MacQuinn 🍵🐉
@psyfic.bsky.social
📚✍🏽psyfic is a wry, rueful, wicked, trenchant, whimsical, geeky nerd 🏳️🌈 married to the brilliant, lovely💕 clever nerdy geek @chazpure.bsky.social
Caring for mom w/long covid
Me: 1. Cancer: 0. Had radiation. Waiting for my superpowers. 🖖🏽💙⚖️🗽#persist
Caring for mom w/long covid
Me: 1. Cancer: 0. Had radiation. Waiting for my superpowers. 🖖🏽💙⚖️🗽#persist
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J. MacQuinn 🍵🐉
@psyfic.bsky.social
· Feb 21
In this week's column, I explore what I see as a very real prospect of systemic collapse, caused by Trump's actions, and suggest we start preparing.
I try to explain how complex systems fail, and suggest some of the failure paths we could be on.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I try to explain how complex systems fail, and suggest some of the failure paths we could be on.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There are many ways Trump could trigger a global collapse. Here’s how to survive if that happens | George Monbiot
It could be wildfires, a pandemic or a financial crisis. The super-rich will flee to their bunkers – the rest of us will have to fend for ourselves, writes columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
Prep for the worst, hope for the best.
*grumbles*something something unreasonable search and seizure*grumbles*
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Fact Check: Vance said ICE will go 'door-to-door' to check immigration status
In January 2026, Fox News' Jesse Watters interviewed the vice president about deportations.
www.yahoo.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:28 AM
*grumbles*something something unreasonable search and seizure*grumbles*
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
very necessary read here and if that link won't load fully, this one should [https://archive.is/WgbJ8]
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An overlooked detail in the Renee Good video
A small detail has stayed with me from the video of Renee Nicole Good being shot to death in Minneapolis by ICE officer Jonathan Ross.In the video, she’s behind the wheel, signaling with her left hand...
www.alternet.org
January 12, 2026 at 11:36 PM
very necessary read here and if that link won't load fully, this one should [https://archive.is/WgbJ8]
www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
Of course he does 😡
I've said it before I'll say it again, anyone in the government should only get healthcare for their term of service, unless they serve 20 years or more. The clerks and ss agents lose their healthcare when they leave, so should he.
I've said it before I'll say it again, anyone in the government should only get healthcare for their term of service, unless they serve 20 years or more. The clerks and ss agents lose their healthcare when they leave, so should he.
Trump says he might veto the 3 year extension of the ACA subsidies to keep health care costs higher for Americans
#MedicareForAllNOW
#MedicareForAllNOW
January 12, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Of course he does 😡
I've said it before I'll say it again, anyone in the government should only get healthcare for their term of service, unless they serve 20 years or more. The clerks and ss agents lose their healthcare when they leave, so should he.
I've said it before I'll say it again, anyone in the government should only get healthcare for their term of service, unless they serve 20 years or more. The clerks and ss agents lose their healthcare when they leave, so should he.
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The testimony also calls into question whether Ross failed to follow his training during the incident in which he reportedly shot and killed Minnesota citizen Renee Good. www.wired.com/story/fbi-ag...
FBI Agent’s Sworn Testimony Contradicts Claims ICE’s Jonathan Ross Made Under Oath
The testimony also calls into question whether Ross failed to follow his training during the incident in which he reportedly shot and killed Minnesota citizen Renee Good.
www.wired.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:18 PM
The testimony also calls into question whether Ross failed to follow his training during the incident in which he reportedly shot and killed Minnesota citizen Renee Good. www.wired.com/story/fbi-ag...
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
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January 11, 2026
January 11, 2026
The news has seemed to move more and more quickly in the last week.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:52 AM
January 11, 2026
Very glad more people won't hurt
apnews.com/article/iran...
apnews.com/article/iran...
Protesters try to attack driver after truck speeds through anti-Iran demonstration in Los Angeles
Los Angeles police responded after somebody drove a U-Haul box truck down a street crowded with marchers demonstrating in support of the Iranian people.
apnews.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Very glad more people won't hurt
apnews.com/article/iran...
apnews.com/article/iran...
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Blue state lawmakers have had it with ICE.State legislatures across the country are accelerating efforts to shape immigration enforcement policy after the deadly shooting of a Minnesota woman by a ...
States move to rein in ICE after fatal Minnesota shooting
Legislators nationwide are advancing bills to curb immigration enforcement and limit cooperation with federal agents.
www.politico.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Blue state lawmakers have had it with ICE.State legislatures across the country are accelerating efforts to shape immigration enforcement policy after the deadly shooting of a Minnesota woman by a ...
January 11, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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DAVE MATTHEWS: “I don’t want my taxes to pay for masked thugs to roam our streets & terrorize our communities... She was trying to get away. He shot her 3x in the head. Murdered in cold blood. They’re trying to tell us not to believe what we see. FUCK ICE.”
(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
January 10, 2026 at 6:11 PM
DAVE MATTHEWS: “I don’t want my taxes to pay for masked thugs to roam our streets & terrorize our communities... She was trying to get away. He shot her 3x in the head. Murdered in cold blood. They’re trying to tell us not to believe what we see. FUCK ICE.”
(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
(H/T @marcofoster.bsky.social )
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January 10, 2026
January 10, 2026
Yesterday, in an apparent attempt to regain control of the national narrative surrounding the deadly shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis, Vice President J.D.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:30 AM
January 10, 2026
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Amy Klobuchar: "There are now more ICE agents in Minnesota than there are police officers combined in Minneapolis and St. Paul. So they are outnumbering our own local police officers out on the streets."
January 10, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 1:47 AM
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
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Pope Leo has condemned ICE more than a dozen times—and wept after hearing migrants describe the terror they endured. Now, after ICE killed a widowed American mother, it’s clear: no Catholic can remain in ICE.
If you have the courage to take the first step, the Church will help you find better work.
If you have the courage to take the first step, the Church will help you find better work.
Every Catholic Must Resign from ICE — Today
After a year of inhumane raids and papal rebukes, it’s clear no Catholic can in good conscience remain with ICE any longer.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Pope Leo has condemned ICE more than a dozen times—and wept after hearing migrants describe the terror they endured. Now, after ICE killed a widowed American mother, it’s clear: no Catholic can remain in ICE.
If you have the courage to take the first step, the Church will help you find better work.
If you have the courage to take the first step, the Church will help you find better work.
