Kaj J
@speedofhuman.bsky.social
Weirdo nature nerd, 🪨hound, 👻 storyteller, #trans 🏳️⚧️⚧️, #genderqueer, #AuDHD #pwME #WUFO Liminal Earth Ambassador
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Kaj J
@speedofhuman.bsky.social
· Mar 14
I finally wrote up a field report zine about some of my wild experiences in Boyer Chute, which I alluded to a few weeks back in #WUFO
📖 You can check out "Fairy-Led at Boyer Chute" here (no need for an account - click "continue as guest"): new.express.adobe.com/publishedV2/...
📖 You can check out "Fairy-Led at Boyer Chute" here (no need for an account - click "continue as guest"): new.express.adobe.com/publishedV2/...
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🎥 Video: Strong winds (40–65 km/h) tear through makeshift tents sheltering displaced Palestinians, as the United States and Israel continue blocking the entry of mobile homes—conditioning basic shelter on Hamas ending resistance to Israeli occupation and fully disarming. From Mostafa Salah.
January 14, 2026 at 7:58 PM
🎥 Video: Strong winds (40–65 km/h) tear through makeshift tents sheltering displaced Palestinians, as the United States and Israel continue blocking the entry of mobile homes—conditioning basic shelter on Hamas ending resistance to Israeli occupation and fully disarming. From Mostafa Salah.
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He could have used his time to disavow the comments in the group chats. He could have called or had his staff call to get more insight before giving comment, as was suggested in the Mercury's initial email to his office. Instead he took a page out of the Trump playbook and just attacked our reporter
Portland City Councilor Dan Ryan blamed the press after taking heat for choosing not to address the contents of a story published in the Mercury the day prior.
Here are the receipts 🧾
Here are the receipts 🧾
City Councilor Lashes Out at Press After Mercury Story About Offensive Group Chat
Councilor Dan Ryan said he lacked appropriate context for a statement. Here are the receipts.
www.portlandmercury.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:54 AM
He could have used his time to disavow the comments in the group chats. He could have called or had his staff call to get more insight before giving comment, as was suggested in the Mercury's initial email to his office. Instead he took a page out of the Trump playbook and just attacked our reporter
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Heads up, Minneapolis.
ICE agents love to wave around paper that looks official. Most of it is a scam — administrative forms signed by ICE supervisors, not real judicial warrants signed by judges. Let's go through what that scam paper looks like versus a real judicial warrant.
How to Legally Protect People in Your Home from ICE | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland
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January 15, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Heads up, Minneapolis.
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They're literally taking hostages
"Homeland Security refused to release more information, unless the tribe 'entered into an immigration agreement with ICE.'"
I don't even know what to say at this point except fuck ICE and fuck the settler colonial government of the so-called united states
apnews.com/article/ice-...
I don't even know what to say at this point except fuck ICE and fuck the settler colonial government of the so-called united states
apnews.com/article/ice-...
Oglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detention
The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota said three of the four tribal members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis last week have been transferred to an ICE facility and called for th...
apnews.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:36 AM
They're literally taking hostages
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That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:09 AM
That is what was relayed
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Some ICE vehicles got taken and a streamer is saying that the entire MPLS city wide battle plan, operational overviews, tactical details and agent lists + id info just got found in the car lmao these clowns driving around with hatchbacks full of their whole shit like the villains in an immersive sim
January 15, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Some ICE vehicles got taken and a streamer is saying that the entire MPLS city wide battle plan, operational overviews, tactical details and agent lists + id info just got found in the car lmao these clowns driving around with hatchbacks full of their whole shit like the villains in an immersive sim
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Wherein your professor takes seriously the idea that reading is playful (and gets sentimental about Uncle Toby)
Free as usual (and also now up on YT if you don’t need a wee bibliography)
Free as usual (and also now up on YT if you don’t need a wee bibliography)
When Novels are Games: Playing with Tristram Shandy (Intro to Literary Studies) | Dr. Em Friedman
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January 14, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Wherein your professor takes seriously the idea that reading is playful (and gets sentimental about Uncle Toby)
Free as usual (and also now up on YT if you don’t need a wee bibliography)
Free as usual (and also now up on YT if you don’t need a wee bibliography)
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The complaint is difficult reading, but if you need a condensed timeline of events in Minneapolis... I think I missed this incident entirely:
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72132...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72132...
January 13, 2026 at 7:33 PM
The complaint is difficult reading, but if you need a condensed timeline of events in Minneapolis... I think I missed this incident entirely:
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72132...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72132...
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Unlike other businesses in Minneapolis, Starbucks is allowing ICE agents into stores against the concerns of baristas and our community.
That's why our union is taking action. Across Minnesota, baristas are demanding that Starbucks update their guidance around ICE immediately.
That's why our union is taking action. Across Minnesota, baristas are demanding that Starbucks update their guidance around ICE immediately.
January 14, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Unlike other businesses in Minneapolis, Starbucks is allowing ICE agents into stores against the concerns of baristas and our community.
That's why our union is taking action. Across Minnesota, baristas are demanding that Starbucks update their guidance around ICE immediately.
That's why our union is taking action. Across Minnesota, baristas are demanding that Starbucks update their guidance around ICE immediately.
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There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
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Just want to stress that this was a woman who was simply trying to get to a doctor's appointment.
We are so far past the Rubicon that it isn't worth having a discussion anymore as to whether Trump is acting as an authoritarian. The only question is whether we have the strength and courage to get back to the other side.
January 14, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Just want to stress that this was a woman who was simply trying to get to a doctor's appointment.
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So a blue-wave resister account picks a fight with a farm sanctuary out of nowhere and then targets Cats of Yore, including contact outside of the site, and not only is she back but she didn't even have to delete that gross post to get her account back?
January 14, 2026 at 9:46 PM
So a blue-wave resister account picks a fight with a farm sanctuary out of nowhere and then targets Cats of Yore, including contact outside of the site, and not only is she back but she didn't even have to delete that gross post to get her account back?
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It really cannot be overstated at this point enough that literally in some of the whitest suburbs of the city, we have armed Gestapo agents going door-to-door, asking people to turn in their neighbors.
I live in Cottage Grove and they were in my neighborhood last week. It’s ridiculous.
January 14, 2026 at 9:59 PM
It really cannot be overstated at this point enough that literally in some of the whitest suburbs of the city, we have armed Gestapo agents going door-to-door, asking people to turn in their neighbors.
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Our new series, Backyard Birds Revealed, takes you up close with slowed‑down footage of familiar birds & revealing details you’d miss at normal speed. This episode reveals some wintertime survival tricks of our avian neighbors. hubs.la/Q03YxfCM0
January 14, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Our new series, Backyard Birds Revealed, takes you up close with slowed‑down footage of familiar birds & revealing details you’d miss at normal speed. This episode reveals some wintertime survival tricks of our avian neighbors. hubs.la/Q03YxfCM0
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ICE just confronted us in our car saying it’s our first & final warning. There’s nothing illegal about driving your car safely on Stinson, Lowry, or any street in our community.
They are purposefully surging at school get out times terrorizing our families. Ice needs to stay away from our kids.
They are purposefully surging at school get out times terrorizing our families. Ice needs to stay away from our kids.
January 14, 2026 at 9:57 PM
ICE just confronted us in our car saying it’s our first & final warning. There’s nothing illegal about driving your car safely on Stinson, Lowry, or any street in our community.
They are purposefully surging at school get out times terrorizing our families. Ice needs to stay away from our kids.
They are purposefully surging at school get out times terrorizing our families. Ice needs to stay away from our kids.
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you know that post that's like "if only i could find The Vitamin"
WHY ARE YOU TAKING AWAY FROM PEOPLE THE VITAMIN
WHY ARE YOU TAKING AWAY FROM PEOPLE THE VITAMIN
If this was any other set of medical treatments, the entire medical community would be scrambling to study how they could improve their own treatments.
January 14, 2026 at 10:02 PM
you know that post that's like "if only i could find The Vitamin"
WHY ARE YOU TAKING AWAY FROM PEOPLE THE VITAMIN
WHY ARE YOU TAKING AWAY FROM PEOPLE THE VITAMIN
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Biggest losers of the day are Tina Kotek and Laurie Wimmer fwiw. Both had their access to council leadership cleaved (good for the city)
Vote
Dunphy - 9
Novick - 2 (smith, Ryan)
EPG - 1 (Novick)
🎉
Dunphy - 9
Novick - 2 (smith, Ryan)
EPG - 1 (Novick)
🎉
January 14, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Biggest losers of the day are Tina Kotek and Laurie Wimmer fwiw. Both had their access to council leadership cleaved (good for the city)
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I am absolutely infuriated that the best damned account in this place has been run off due to the ridiculously piss-poor moderation here.
I deleted my previous posts about my harasser to protect the sanctuary, but I will not be using this bluesky account anymore if someone can threaten me here, via email, and on the phone without consequences. Bye for now.
January 14, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I am absolutely infuriated that the best damned account in this place has been run off due to the ridiculously piss-poor moderation here.
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so much to cover right now, but a thread i just want to throw out there from my reporting is that the car rental market in minneapolis is reportedly totally screwed up right now because ICE has cleared the inventory. rental companies should have to answer for supplying vehicles used in terror.
January 14, 2026 at 8:59 PM
so much to cover right now, but a thread i just want to throw out there from my reporting is that the car rental market in minneapolis is reportedly totally screwed up right now because ICE has cleared the inventory. rental companies should have to answer for supplying vehicles used in terror.
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Dunphy wins vote for 2026 portland city council president w 9 votes including Zimmerman, EPG, Clark, nearly unanimous actual support
#PortlandCityCouncil
#PeacockCaucus
#PortlandCouncilPresident
Elana Pirtle-Guiney tears up as she speaks ready to hand over gavel after a testing year
#PortlandCityCouncil
#PeacockCaucus
#PortlandCouncilPresident
Elana Pirtle-Guiney tears up as she speaks ready to hand over gavel after a testing year
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BREAKING: east portland D1 councilor Jamie Dunphy, independent music leader and former staffer for legendary elected official Nick Fish now speaking as if he has the votes for council president (?!)
BREAKING: east portland D1 councilor Jamie Dunphy, independent music leader and former staffer for legendary elected official Nick Fish now speaking as if he has the votes for council president (?!)
January 14, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Dunphy wins vote for 2026 portland city council president w 9 votes including Zimmerman, EPG, Clark, nearly unanimous actual support
#PortlandCityCouncil
#PeacockCaucus
#PortlandCouncilPresident
Elana Pirtle-Guiney tears up as she speaks ready to hand over gavel after a testing year
#PortlandCityCouncil
#PeacockCaucus
#PortlandCouncilPresident
Elana Pirtle-Guiney tears up as she speaks ready to hand over gavel after a testing year
Congratulations @councilordunphy.bsky.social ! Looking forward to your leadership & getting things moving in PDX. We need to do better than a Beautiful PDF City as you so rightly noted.
January 14, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Congratulations @councilordunphy.bsky.social ! Looking forward to your leadership & getting things moving in PDX. We need to do better than a Beautiful PDF City as you so rightly noted.
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“There are no fairytale endings & no shortcuts. What we have is each other & our will to remake the world… we and the world are worth fighting for... Yes there is joy in struggle, even as the world falls down. There is dancing amid the destruction” ~Kelly Hayes from Read This When Things Fall Apart
January 14, 2026 at 8:43 PM
“There are no fairytale endings & no shortcuts. What we have is each other & our will to remake the world… we and the world are worth fighting for... Yes there is joy in struggle, even as the world falls down. There is dancing amid the destruction” ~Kelly Hayes from Read This When Things Fall Apart
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god i was just going to post earlier about how the attack on trans healthcare is a trojan horse for attacking all healthcare which is some shit i've been on for a while now but i feel like it's just proven true more and more each day
"Trans healthcare is healthcare" disappeared one day in 2020 and hasn't been seen since.
I can't help but notice that as trans acceptance backslides that casual allyship amonst cis people, even those that claim allyship loudly, is down noticeably.
A few years ago, cis strangers would defend my pronouns, now it's back to mostly close friends, mostly queer people.
A few years ago, cis strangers would defend my pronouns, now it's back to mostly close friends, mostly queer people.
January 14, 2026 at 8:48 PM
god i was just going to post earlier about how the attack on trans healthcare is a trojan horse for attacking all healthcare which is some shit i've been on for a while now but i feel like it's just proven true more and more each day
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The Mayo Clinic says when you are sick with covid to mask up around pets, don't sleep with them, try to stay away from them, wash your hands before handling them while masked
I know we've all gotten lax, but pets can catch it. Covid started zoonotic, so it easily spreads to animals and between them
I know we've all gotten lax, but pets can catch it. Covid started zoonotic, so it easily spreads to animals and between them
You can give covid to your pets, as a reminder.
Cats can get covid as they can catch coronaviruses, AND dogs can have neurological problems after being exposed to covid.
This isn't fearmongering. You should mask up around your pets if you're sick.
Cats can get covid as they can catch coronaviruses, AND dogs can have neurological problems after being exposed to covid.
This isn't fearmongering. You should mask up around your pets if you're sick.
Neurologic Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Transmitted among Dogs
Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Transmitted among Dogs
wwwnc.cdc.gov
January 14, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The Mayo Clinic says when you are sick with covid to mask up around pets, don't sleep with them, try to stay away from them, wash your hands before handling them while masked
I know we've all gotten lax, but pets can catch it. Covid started zoonotic, so it easily spreads to animals and between them
I know we've all gotten lax, but pets can catch it. Covid started zoonotic, so it easily spreads to animals and between them