Xtine
@sameasdixtinary.bsky.social
Realistic optimist - just tell me what’s in the 1/2 full glass. Juris Doctor & Civil Servant. In the afterlife, I will still get bills for student loans. Winston Churchill’s mom 🐱🐈
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Xtine
@sameasdixtinary.bsky.social
· Dec 12
Winston Churchill loves his Union Construction Worker stuffie!
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Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
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Despite the focus on small boats, most refugees stay in poor countries.
I went to Sudan, where nearly 1/3 of the population has left their homes, to see how the UN is coping with Trump's cuts and the west's retreat.
Sudan is a brutal, forgotten war. Please do read: as.ft.com/r/7db76b9a-8...
I went to Sudan, where nearly 1/3 of the population has left their homes, to see how the UN is coping with Trump's cuts and the west's retreat.
Sudan is a brutal, forgotten war. Please do read: as.ft.com/r/7db76b9a-8...
Adapt, shrink or die: the global crisis in humanitarian aid
[FREE TO READ] The UN’s outgoing High Commissioner for Refugees on the west’s retreat in Sudan, the folly of abandoning state-building and ‘necessary anger’
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January 26, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Despite the focus on small boats, most refugees stay in poor countries.
I went to Sudan, where nearly 1/3 of the population has left their homes, to see how the UN is coping with Trump's cuts and the west's retreat.
Sudan is a brutal, forgotten war. Please do read: as.ft.com/r/7db76b9a-8...
I went to Sudan, where nearly 1/3 of the population has left their homes, to see how the UN is coping with Trump's cuts and the west's retreat.
Sudan is a brutal, forgotten war. Please do read: as.ft.com/r/7db76b9a-8...
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January 25, 2026 at 3:16 AM
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January 24, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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Thread of videos and pics from the peaceful protest in Boston tonight! #boston #abolishIce
January 25, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Thread of videos and pics from the peaceful protest in Boston tonight! #boston #abolishIce
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This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.
January 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.
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if someone punches your neighbor and you go to protect them, that does not make you a protester. that makes you someone who protects your neighbor.
January 18, 2026 at 4:43 PM
if someone punches your neighbor and you go to protect them, that does not make you a protester. that makes you someone who protects your neighbor.
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The good news? We’re winning universal childcare faster than anyone expected. The bad news? Ms. Rachel and I have to find some new song inspiration…
January 18, 2026 at 9:39 PM
The good news? We’re winning universal childcare faster than anyone expected. The bad news? Ms. Rachel and I have to find some new song inspiration…
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For some reason, very few people these days will stand up and say it, but: the US federal bureaucracy is one of the great wonders of the world, staffed with incredibly diligent people who do their jobs well and care deeply.
Trump's destruction of the federal apparaus was a historic crime.
Trump's destruction of the federal apparaus was a historic crime.
The Purged
Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.
www.theatlantic.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:17 PM
For some reason, very few people these days will stand up and say it, but: the US federal bureaucracy is one of the great wonders of the world, staffed with incredibly diligent people who do their jobs well and care deeply.
Trump's destruction of the federal apparaus was a historic crime.
Trump's destruction of the federal apparaus was a historic crime.
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If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
January 17, 2026 at 1:33 AM
If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
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Did you catch us on David Baddiel: Cat Man last night? 🐱
You can still stream it at Channel 4, and there's two more episodes to come!
www.channel4.com/programmes/d...
You can still stream it at Channel 4, and there's two more episodes to come!
www.channel4.com/programmes/d...
January 17, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Did you catch us on David Baddiel: Cat Man last night? 🐱
You can still stream it at Channel 4, and there's two more episodes to come!
www.channel4.com/programmes/d...
You can still stream it at Channel 4, and there's two more episodes to come!
www.channel4.com/programmes/d...
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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We need more of this, lots and lots more of this.
His humanity and kindness brought tears to my eyes because it is a tiny island of positivity in an ocean of cruelty we are surrounded by.
His humanity and kindness brought tears to my eyes because it is a tiny island of positivity in an ocean of cruelty we are surrounded by.
Outside Gracie Mansion. This is his job. But dare I day it he seems genuinely affected and happy to be there. There’s potentially immense power in that.
January 17, 2026 at 2:16 PM
We need more of this, lots and lots more of this.
His humanity and kindness brought tears to my eyes because it is a tiny island of positivity in an ocean of cruelty we are surrounded by.
His humanity and kindness brought tears to my eyes because it is a tiny island of positivity in an ocean of cruelty we are surrounded by.
We need more of this, lots and lots more of this.
His humanity and kindness brought tears to my eyes because it is a tiny island of positivity in an ocean of cruelty we are surrounded by.
His humanity and kindness brought tears to my eyes because it is a tiny island of positivity in an ocean of cruelty we are surrounded by.
Outside Gracie Mansion. This is his job. But dare I day it he seems genuinely affected and happy to be there. There’s potentially immense power in that.
January 17, 2026 at 2:16 PM
We need more of this, lots and lots more of this.
His humanity and kindness brought tears to my eyes because it is a tiny island of positivity in an ocean of cruelty we are surrounded by.
His humanity and kindness brought tears to my eyes because it is a tiny island of positivity in an ocean of cruelty we are surrounded by.
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my onest reacshun to hearimg 'blorb u r a gogdamn catte, y r u allowimg dis spidor to hamg ovre ur momb's hed'
January 14, 2026 at 9:56 PM
my onest reacshun to hearimg 'blorb u r a gogdamn catte, y r u allowimg dis spidor to hamg ovre ur momb's hed'
We are shit-hole country.
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 13, 2026 at 11:42 PM
We are shit-hole country.
Absolutely horrific.
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Absolutely horrific.
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Larry the Cat, Chief Mouser at Downing Street, London, turns 19.
tribune.com.pk/story/258691...
tribune.com.pk/story/258691...
Britain’s most famous cat hits 19 as Larry’s long reign continues | The Express Tribune
Larry the cat marks his 19th birthday as the Downing Street resident is celebrated online for years of service widely
tribune.com.pk
January 13, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Larry the Cat, Chief Mouser at Downing Street, London, turns 19.
tribune.com.pk/story/258691...
tribune.com.pk/story/258691...
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The animating force at the heart of US conservatism currently is incandescent rage at the mere idea of women's autonomy and independence. An image of a smiling woman who looks insufficiently deferential for their tastes riles them up enough to tear up the social contract.
this is all it’s really about for them. Not domestic policy, not “economic anxiety”, just an endless desire to punish stand-ins for the Mommy who forced them take a bath, even if it tanks their own quality of life.
January 12, 2026 at 7:17 AM
The animating force at the heart of US conservatism currently is incandescent rage at the mere idea of women's autonomy and independence. An image of a smiling woman who looks insufficiently deferential for their tastes riles them up enough to tear up the social contract.
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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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At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 12:48 AM
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
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I guess the silver lining in all this is that it's obvious the 2nd Amendment is useless as a protection against tyranny and might as well be thrown away
January 8, 2026 at 2:33 AM
I guess the silver lining in all this is that it's obvious the 2nd Amendment is useless as a protection against tyranny and might as well be thrown away
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