Renee
reneemc.bsky.social
Renee
@reneemc.bsky.social
Galaxy brain who just wants to brunch
My personality is 75% living in Ridgewood, Queens. The other 25% is CUNY.
Cut to me, a 26-year long resident of NYC, telling someone I was from Chicago the other day, only to find out he actually was from Rogers Park, and my immediate backpedal into naming several suburbs like Berwyn and Broadview so he didn't think I was from like Hoffman Estates or something.
But they do observe their peculiar geolocation convention downstate. Whenever I revealed my home town, my interlocutors identified as “Chicago.” Only upon further inquiry did they identify the suburbs they came from.
They hate the city, but want the bragging rights. 🤷‍♂️
February 2, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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It’s 2026. There is a measles outbreak in the prison for babies
February 2, 2026 at 7:15 AM
DELETE JIRA TICKETS!!! We all have a role.
Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)
February 2, 2026 at 3:14 AM
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Have I got a book for you…
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 2, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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Your job is to represent the people of New York.
Your job is to actually effectively manage your caucus
You are not especially good at either of these jobs, you should probably not try to take on others
Doesn't seem like this should be his job
February 2, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
February 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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This was the view after I moved away for some reprise. You can see after the flash bang grenade goes off a bird flying. Was a heartbreaking reminder it’s not just people impacted by this but animals and nature too.
February 1, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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i can’t believe the lead nazi is antisemitic
January 31, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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every epstein commentary is these immensely rich/powerful/influential people raving about what a genius epstein was, and every one of his emails is just “helo, my name jomfrie”
congragulations
January 31, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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January 30, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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Boycotts are necessary! Big protests are necessary! Economic blackouts are necessary! Workers calling out sick or taking time off to support these causes is necessary! Mutual aid is BEYOND necessary! But they are not strikes.
January 30, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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insisting on calling every mass day of protest or one-day boycott a "general strike" is not the move. it's good to see people rallying around the cause, it matters, but if you want to be part of a large-scale labor action that shuts down the gears of capital, start by unionizing your workplace!!!
January 30, 2026 at 6:39 PM
This general strike situation seems great. Every white-owned business in my rapidly gentrified/gentrifying neighborhood has assured us they will be open to "hold space" and give part of their profits to a charity.
January 30, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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It’s like if Teapot Dome, Watergate, Kent State, Credit Mobilier, and Iran Contra had all happened in the same week.
January 29, 2026 at 12:57 AM
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People are asking a lot “how is this happening?” It’s happening the way abolitionists have warned you for decades it’s happening — you can’t dehumanize whole groups of people, pay for their brutalization & not expect for more bounty hunters to come.
January 30, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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What. The. Fuck.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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guessing it’s never even occurred to schumer to demand the release of kidnapped people as part of this deal he’s negotiating
January 29, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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just saw 4 ice agents go up to a house and knock and within 1 minute there were 30 people out whistling and they left. we will not take our foot off the gas
January 28, 2026 at 4:28 PM
For some reason I followed the most normie, plus-size, Christian influencer on Insta ages ago and forgot about her because she rarely pops up in my algorithm. Today she did. What was the post? ABOLISH ICE, followed by a re-post about the Jan 30 General Strike.
January 28, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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Ah yes, letting the secret police just do night raids surely fixes the problem
"I'm gonna give Homan the benefit of the doubt"

"They should coordinate with local law enforcement, pick these people up in the middle of the night when they're not suspecting it"

Walz is capitulating to fascists and encouraging night raids. Genuinely disgusting. Why would anyone settle for this?
January 28, 2026 at 1:42 AM
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we’re right about ai too
January 27, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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I know this is small potatoes in the grand scheme of things but these guys are paid with your tax money and have no real job. ICE isn't necessary. They don't get rid of criminals. They just terrorize communities. And THAT'S why they should be abolished. No need for reins. It's not a job!
ICE being extremely professional
January 27, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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just one more body cam, bro
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:

DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools

"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Abolishing ICE also unites a lot of Dems.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:

DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools

"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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Again, we've been doing the "just move on an let the criminals retire" thing since at least Iran-Contra, but really since at least 1865, & it never works. We simply cannot do that anymore.
Once again, one of the primary reasons we have arrived at this point (completely out-of-control & unconstitutional abuse of executive power to conduct wildly illegal foreign policy) is that no one, including the most senior people involved, went to jail for the rest of their lives for Iran-Contra.
January 27, 2026 at 12:02 AM