ricky cilantro
@rickycilantro.bsky.social
est. 1983. photography, TTRPGs, sci-fi, baseball, recovering conflict scholar
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ricky cilantro
@rickycilantro.bsky.social
· Nov 20
if I’m arguing with you instead of just blocking you: know that I am taking a shit
I only argue on this website when I’m on the toilet having a push
I only argue on this website when I’m on the toilet having a push
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More McIver (D-NJ) to ICE chief at today's hearing:
-"How do you think Judgment Day will work for you, with so much blood on your hands?"
-"Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"
-"How many government agencies are you aware of that routinely kill American citizens and still get funding?"
-"How do you think Judgment Day will work for you, with so much blood on your hands?"
-"Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"
-"How many government agencies are you aware of that routinely kill American citizens and still get funding?"
February 10, 2026 at 6:39 PM
More McIver (D-NJ) to ICE chief at today's hearing:
-"How do you think Judgment Day will work for you, with so much blood on your hands?"
-"Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"
-"How many government agencies are you aware of that routinely kill American citizens and still get funding?"
-"How do you think Judgment Day will work for you, with so much blood on your hands?"
-"Do you think you're going to hell, Mr. Lyons?"
-"How many government agencies are you aware of that routinely kill American citizens and still get funding?"
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It's like the guy is bragging. I went to molestation Island and none of my kids got touched. I'm just built different
VAN HOLLEN: Did you in fact make the visit to Epstein's private island?
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
February 10, 2026 at 6:41 PM
It's like the guy is bragging. I went to molestation Island and none of my kids got touched. I'm just built different
“You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress [them], for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” Sh. 22:20 (NJPS Gender-Sensitive Tanakh)
“Do not bring death on those who are innocent and in the right... You shall not oppress a stranger.” Sh. 23:7, 9 (NJPS Gender-Sensitive Tanakh)
“Do not bring death on those who are innocent and in the right... You shall not oppress a stranger.” Sh. 23:7, 9 (NJPS Gender-Sensitive Tanakh)
The Christian left exists and is angry. This isn’t a trap question. It’s a cry from the soul.
February 10, 2026 at 6:35 PM
“You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress [them], for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” Sh. 22:20 (NJPS Gender-Sensitive Tanakh)
“Do not bring death on those who are innocent and in the right... You shall not oppress a stranger.” Sh. 23:7, 9 (NJPS Gender-Sensitive Tanakh)
“Do not bring death on those who are innocent and in the right... You shall not oppress a stranger.” Sh. 23:7, 9 (NJPS Gender-Sensitive Tanakh)
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Rep. LaMonica McIver, for New Jersey’s 10th.
Yielded back just after saying, “and that’s why I support abolishing ICE.”
Yielded back just after saying, “and that’s why I support abolishing ICE.”
McIVER: Do you consider yourself a religious man?
LYONS: Yes mam
McIVER: How do you think judgment day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?
LYONS: I'm not going to entertain that question
McIVER: Do you think you're going to hell, Mr Lyons?
LYONS: Yes mam
McIVER: How do you think judgment day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?
LYONS: I'm not going to entertain that question
McIVER: Do you think you're going to hell, Mr Lyons?
February 10, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Rep. LaMonica McIver, for New Jersey’s 10th.
Yielded back just after saying, “and that’s why I support abolishing ICE.”
Yielded back just after saying, “and that’s why I support abolishing ICE.”
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Our 2026 Pledge Drive continues and so here's more of our work, now un-paywalled as a gift from our subscribers.
In April, we wrote about how Warhammer's Grand Cathay products are a welcome break from previously flawed attempts at representing non-Western cultures.
www.rascal.news/grand-cathay...
In April, we wrote about how Warhammer's Grand Cathay products are a welcome break from previously flawed attempts at representing non-Western cultures.
www.rascal.news/grand-cathay...
Grand Cathay finally brings positive East Asian rep to Warhammer
By exchanging a broad brush for a fine detail one, Games Workshop avoids messy mistakes.
www.rascal.news
February 10, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Our 2026 Pledge Drive continues and so here's more of our work, now un-paywalled as a gift from our subscribers.
In April, we wrote about how Warhammer's Grand Cathay products are a welcome break from previously flawed attempts at representing non-Western cultures.
www.rascal.news/grand-cathay...
In April, we wrote about how Warhammer's Grand Cathay products are a welcome break from previously flawed attempts at representing non-Western cultures.
www.rascal.news/grand-cathay...
the discord knows this is entrapment.
New Sydney Sweeney Lingerie Line Will Accommodate Sizes Humungo Through Awooga
February 10, 2026 at 6:03 PM
the discord knows this is entrapment.
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“Please put this pedophile issue to rest so we can work with you“ is mealy, good-faith garbage that would be shocking from anyone but the guy who said “Let’s stop this impeachment proceeding because I want to go home for Valentine’s Day.”
Sen. Coons to Howard Lutnick: “You said casually, ‘Well, I looked at my name and how it appeared in them, as does everyone.’ No, everyone isn't worried about their names being in the Epstein files.”
February 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
“Please put this pedophile issue to rest so we can work with you“ is mealy, good-faith garbage that would be shocking from anyone but the guy who said “Let’s stop this impeachment proceeding because I want to go home for Valentine’s Day.”
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Goldman to Lyons: "You said in your opening statement that references to ICE as 'the Gestapo' or 'secret police' encourages threats against ICE agents. The problem is you have it backwards. People are simply making valid observations about your tactics, which are un-American and outright fascist."
February 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Goldman to Lyons: "You said in your opening statement that references to ICE as 'the Gestapo' or 'secret police' encourages threats against ICE agents. The problem is you have it backwards. People are simply making valid observations about your tactics, which are un-American and outright fascist."
I have no idea who these people are lol
February 10, 2026 at 2:40 PM
I have no idea who these people are lol
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core part of the ostensible economic justification for mass deportation was that Americans would rush in to take all the jobs immigrants left, but now unemployment rates for native born Americans are rising and the admin is sending people out to do damage control
February 10, 2026 at 2:28 PM
core part of the ostensible economic justification for mass deportation was that Americans would rush in to take all the jobs immigrants left, but now unemployment rates for native born Americans are rising and the admin is sending people out to do damage control
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This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 AM
This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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You don't fight this hard to hide nothing
BREAKING: On February 2, Sec. Noem issued a memo asserting the lapse in appropriations for DHS meant there is no Sec. 527 — the provision protecting congressional oversight visits to immigration detention facilities — and she was issuing a new (third) policy requiring seven-day notice for visits.
February 10, 2026 at 1:10 AM
You don't fight this hard to hide nothing
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Well... I was expecting a straight up rejection from Offkai, but ah well, i guess...
Let's take a look at what stickers and keychains I was going to have exclusively at Offkai instead!
Starting with @arross.tv
Let's take a look at what stickers and keychains I was going to have exclusively at Offkai instead!
Starting with @arross.tv
February 10, 2026 at 2:19 AM
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Uhoh those the were load-bearing witches.
Etsy just kicked witches off their platform.
What could possibly go wrong.
www.vice.com/en/article/e...
What could possibly go wrong.
www.vice.com/en/article/e...
Etsy Witches Say Spell Casting Is No Longer Welcome on the Platform
For years, you could hire someone on Etsy to curse an evil ex, protect your home, or manifest better luck. Well, until now.
www.vice.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Uhoh those the were load-bearing witches.
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The Department of Homeland Security has released new details about a now-viral video showing immigration agents forcing their way into a San Antonio home during an attempted arrest.
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February 10, 2026 at 2:28 AM
The Department of Homeland Security has released new details about a now-viral video showing immigration agents forcing their way into a San Antonio home during an attempted arrest.
Read More👉 ebx.sh/YOJsgZ
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I think there's a reason all RW chuds are neurotically obsessed with Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carptenter, Billie Eilish etc is because they rightfully recognize them as figures with tremendous social power. Same with Gaga and, yes, Bad Bunny! Bad Bunny defies white supremacy *and* latino machismo!
February 10, 2026 at 2:25 AM
I think there's a reason all RW chuds are neurotically obsessed with Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carptenter, Billie Eilish etc is because they rightfully recognize them as figures with tremendous social power. Same with Gaga and, yes, Bad Bunny! Bad Bunny defies white supremacy *and* latino machismo!
an openly pan magic player from Plano who wears an inclusion flag at her competitions helped the US figure skating team win gold.
we’re gonna bury the bigots under a mount everest of love and acceptance.
no tolerance for the intolerant.
fix your hearts.
we’re gonna bury the bigots under a mount everest of love and acceptance.
no tolerance for the intolerant.
fix your hearts.
February 10, 2026 at 1:26 AM
an openly pan magic player from Plano who wears an inclusion flag at her competitions helped the US figure skating team win gold.
we’re gonna bury the bigots under a mount everest of love and acceptance.
no tolerance for the intolerant.
fix your hearts.
we’re gonna bury the bigots under a mount everest of love and acceptance.
no tolerance for the intolerant.
fix your hearts.
issuing a correction to my earlier skeet you do not under any circumstances have to hand it to M23
Keep him!
“Information continuing to emerge from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claims that the M23 armed group has detained Erik Prince, the American national known as the founder and former head of the private military company Blackwater.“
“Information continuing to emerge from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claims that the M23 armed group has detained Erik Prince, the American national known as the founder and former head of the private military company Blackwater.“
Reports Emerge Claiming M23 Detained Blackwater Founder Erik Prince in Eastern DRC
kigalidailynews.rw
February 10, 2026 at 1:18 AM
issuing a correction to my earlier skeet you do not under any circumstances have to hand it to M23
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New in Academe: "Artificial Intelligence as a Threat to Academic Labor" by Ulises A. Mejias: www.aaup.org/issue/winter...
@ulises-mejias.bsky.social
@ulises-mejias.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
New in Academe: "Artificial Intelligence as a Threat to Academic Labor" by Ulises A. Mejias: www.aaup.org/issue/winter...
@ulises-mejias.bsky.social
@ulises-mejias.bsky.social
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![Comic. [2x2 chart. Top left quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of dinosaurs stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, velociraptor, and long-neck dinosaur. Top right quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of mosasaur, quetzalcoatlus, dimetrodon, plesiosaur, and pteranodon. Bottom left quadrant: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of penguin, egret, ostrich, pigeon, falcon. Bottom right: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of squirrel, stapler, plant, person, and bicycle.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihcxd5wcrrf5nxz3g4riglsrccbucmdns6kxrtmtj6gjgwqibp3fi@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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And here's the individual creatures with their written descriptions in the alt text.
February 9, 2026 at 8:42 PM
And here's the individual creatures with their written descriptions in the alt text.
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There’s always AOL Instant Messenger.
There’s always AOL Instant Messenger.
why don't you join Teamspeak? everyone's on Guilded right now. Guilded is basically Mumble. Join Revolt, join Rootapp, join Stoat. Stoat is Discord but better. Everyone's on Stoat, you'll love Stoat. Stoat has it for you.
February 9, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Join aXolotl. Sign up for Klapbak. WhaleSong is the next big thing. Don’t like Subspace? Try Grond. Grond! Grond! Grond! GROND! GROND! GROND! GROND! GROND! GROND!
There’s always AOL Instant Messenger.
There’s always AOL Instant Messenger.
so I did the second thing and it told me, repeatedly and from the very beginning, to do the first thing unless I am very specifically battling the Amelakites and Moabites.
the first choice is literally what Jesus would teach, i feel like i'm losing my mind
February 9, 2026 at 6:20 PM
so I did the second thing and it told me, repeatedly and from the very beginning, to do the first thing unless I am very specifically battling the Amelakites and Moabites.