The Short Mars
@shortmars.bsky.social
🖖 💌 🎀 middle-aged texan cat loving space enthusiast (she/her)
Probably screaming about Star Trek or Taskmaster
Probably screaming about Star Trek or Taskmaster
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That last sentence? That's the strategy. They've been pretty open about it.
“They’re trapped in this little confinement cell, a dark cell with no sunlight, with multiple people,” said Shaan Chatterjee, an attorney at New England Immigration Law. “They’re basically torturing people into signing off on their own deportation.”
(Free article) www.sunjournal.com/2026/02/07/i...
(Free article) www.sunjournal.com/2026/02/07/i...
ICE detainees from Maine being held under ‘inhumane’ conditions in Mass. facility, attorneys say
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson said the allegations of overcrowding and lack of access to lawyers are false.
www.sunjournal.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:59 PM
That last sentence? That's the strategy. They've been pretty open about it.
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advertise your account with a gif
(fuck fortnite tho!)
(fuck fortnite tho!)
February 17, 2026 at 4:29 PM
advertise your account with a gif
(fuck fortnite tho!)
(fuck fortnite tho!)
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
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CBS not airing James Talarico’s interview with Stephen Colbert because they were supposedly worried about FCC backlash is a really big deal. Stephen Colbert was told not to say anything and did so anyways. This man is not getting enough credit for standing up for free speech.
February 17, 2026 at 3:15 PM
CBS not airing James Talarico’s interview with Stephen Colbert because they were supposedly worried about FCC backlash is a really big deal. Stephen Colbert was told not to say anything and did so anyways. This man is not getting enough credit for standing up for free speech.
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Happy Pancake Day 🥞
February 17, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Happy Pancake Day 🥞
When I first heard about Pancake Day, I thought it was something they made up for @thehornesection.bsky.social
I’m still not convinced it’s real.
I’m still not convinced it’s real.
February 17, 2026 at 1:34 PM
When I first heard about Pancake Day, I thought it was something they made up for @thehornesection.bsky.social
I’m still not convinced it’s real.
I’m still not convinced it’s real.
I was explaining not 30 minutes ago to a friend that I don’t want a robot vac because I have 3 cats who occasionally puke.
My wife went on holiday with her friends and left me with a 'to do list'. I bought a robot vacuum cleaner to make things easy. I programmed it and went to work. Came back to a dog with a bad stomach, made much worse, by a robot dog poo paint roller.
February 16, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I was explaining not 30 minutes ago to a friend that I don’t want a robot vac because I have 3 cats who occasionally puke.
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Lookie what I made!! Thank you so much to @shortmars.bsky.social for the idea!
February 16, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Lookie what I made!! Thank you so much to @shortmars.bsky.social for the idea!
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Watching the most recent Starfleet Academy episode
February 15, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Watching the most recent Starfleet Academy episode
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Happy birthday to Andrew Robinson, who played Garak on Deep Space Nine and voiced him on Lower Decks. He also directed one DS9 episode and two episodes of Voyager, and he wrote the novel A Stitch in Time, which tells the story of Garak's past.
February 14, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Happy birthday to Andrew Robinson, who played Garak on Deep Space Nine and voiced him on Lower Decks. He also directed one DS9 episode and two episodes of Voyager, and he wrote the novel A Stitch in Time, which tells the story of Garak's past.
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happy valentines to them 💘
lmao I need to be put down, actually. 😮💨🤞 (sorry the audio was trending…and I, well, er…)
February 14, 2026 at 12:38 PM
happy valentines to them 💘
Malie has impeccable taste. I also pick this book. The sequel Hell Bent made me openly weep on an airplane.
@flatironbooks.bsky.social
@flatironbooks.bsky.social
February 13, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Malie has impeccable taste. I also pick this book. The sequel Hell Bent made me openly weep on an airplane.
@flatironbooks.bsky.social
@flatironbooks.bsky.social
Three Friday the 13ths in 2026. That explains some things.
Wouldn’t mind being haunted by a certain someone today.
Wouldn’t mind being haunted by a certain someone today.
February 13, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Three Friday the 13ths in 2026. That explains some things.
Wouldn’t mind being haunted by a certain someone today.
Wouldn’t mind being haunted by a certain someone today.
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DS9 was always sensible, never silly
February 13, 2026 at 2:52 AM
DS9 was always sensible, never silly
February 13, 2026 at 1:32 AM
DS9 was always sensible, never silly
February 13, 2026 at 12:58 AM
DS9 was always sensible, never silly
Oh my GOD today’s Wordle is my friend’s starter word so I’m trying to figure out how to make sure he plays without letting the cat out of the bag.
February 12, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Oh my GOD today’s Wordle is my friend’s starter word so I’m trying to figure out how to make sure he plays without letting the cat out of the bag.
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January 22, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Two deaths of white people. How many more deaths of kidnapping victims?
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal authorities announce end to Minnesota immigration crackdown that led to mass detentions, protests and two deaths.
February 12, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Two deaths of white people. How many more deaths of kidnapping victims?
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If we are required to show a passport in order to vote, doesn’t that make passport fees an illegal poll tax?
February 12, 2026 at 12:30 AM
If we are required to show a passport in order to vote, doesn’t that make passport fees an illegal poll tax?
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See ICE wants these cases in Texas, where Trump-infected courts are more tolerant of their antics, more biased against non-citizens, more willing to let DHS fill up concentration camps.
(Not all Texas judges, for sure. Plenty are bravely faithful to the rule of law. ICE is playing the numbers)
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(Not all Texas judges, for sure. Plenty are bravely faithful to the rule of law. ICE is playing the numbers)
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
See ICE wants these cases in Texas, where Trump-infected courts are more tolerant of their antics, more biased against non-citizens, more willing to let DHS fill up concentration camps.
(Not all Texas judges, for sure. Plenty are bravely faithful to the rule of law. ICE is playing the numbers)
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(Not all Texas judges, for sure. Plenty are bravely faithful to the rule of law. ICE is playing the numbers)
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anyway, i’m at the point where people starting new substacks/remaining on substack really bums me out but can’t spend a ton of energy getting mad about it. bigger fish to fry and all. it just confuses me how so many continue to ignore the evidence of how much they suck.
February 12, 2026 at 4:32 AM
anyway, i’m at the point where people starting new substacks/remaining on substack really bums me out but can’t spend a ton of energy getting mad about it. bigger fish to fry and all. it just confuses me how so many continue to ignore the evidence of how much they suck.