Dragonfly Spiral
@spiraldragonfly.bsky.social
Living in a small house in the woods.
Interested in many things, including renewable energy, healthcare for all, basic income for all, freedom from discrimination for all, including trans folks.
Interested in many things, including renewable energy, healthcare for all, basic income for all, freedom from discrimination for all, including trans folks.
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Street Art Utopia 💔
January 27, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Street Art Utopia 💔
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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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not just the app stores but the credit card processors. that's the thing driving me the most nutso. they punished so many creators of legal, consensual adult content by destroying their livelihoods. and now, they let revenge porn thrive while skimming 3% off the top.
There's something so insane about the fact that the app stores will, to the best of their ability, prevent you from accessing consensual pornography while letting pornography that is, by default, nonconsensual pass with a shrug
A review of the app stores “found 55 nudify apps on Google Play and 47 in the Apple App Store…”
January 27, 2026 at 3:53 PM
not just the app stores but the credit card processors. that's the thing driving me the most nutso. they punished so many creators of legal, consensual adult content by destroying their livelihoods. and now, they let revenge porn thrive while skimming 3% off the top.
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TIL: The 1949 Chicago Colleens had a player named Punky Bellman
January 27, 2026 at 3:55 PM
TIL: The 1949 Chicago Colleens had a player named Punky Bellman
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Has Detained Twin Five Year Old Girls as Retribution for Speaking Out.
krassencast.com/p/trump-has-...
krassencast.com/p/trump-has-...
Trump Has Detained Twin Five Year Old Girls as Retribution for Speaking Out
5-year old twin girls and their family have been detained for over 8 months now, in prison-like conditions at Dilley Detention Center. A GoFundMe has been setup for the family.
krassencast.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:58 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Has Detained Twin Five Year Old Girls as Retribution for Speaking Out.
krassencast.com/p/trump-has-...
krassencast.com/p/trump-has-...
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Amid growing calls for the abolition of ICE, Rep. Delia Ramirez is calling for the entire DHS to be dismantled. Highlighting how much experience the officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti had, Ramirez said, “DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”
House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too
“The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights,” said Rep. Delia C. Ramirez.
truthout.org
January 27, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Amid growing calls for the abolition of ICE, Rep. Delia Ramirez is calling for the entire DHS to be dismantled. Highlighting how much experience the officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti had, Ramirez said, “DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need a lot more of this.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
January 27, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need a lot more of this.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
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nice piece about the early #trans internet and community making back in the day.
i'll always be proud of the communities we created with the Betty Boards, providing space for trans people to talk about family and relationships.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
thanks @assignedmedia.org !
i'll always be proud of the communities we created with the Betty Boards, providing space for trans people to talk about family and relationships.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
thanks @assignedmedia.org !
For ‘Love and Knowledge’: On the Frontlines of Trans Cyberspace — Assigned
The moderators of trans forums, many of them volunteers, have demonstrated remarkable resilience and resourcefulness over four decades and multiple digital eras.
www.assignedmedia.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:42 PM
nice piece about the early #trans internet and community making back in the day.
i'll always be proud of the communities we created with the Betty Boards, providing space for trans people to talk about family and relationships.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
thanks @assignedmedia.org !
i'll always be proud of the communities we created with the Betty Boards, providing space for trans people to talk about family and relationships.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
thanks @assignedmedia.org !
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"Everything i've done, i've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
Genuinely interesting. Kristi Noem is snitching that Stephen Miller is the one who made up the bullshit about Alex Pretti.
It would be genuinely useful if Congress can get her to admit that he has been dictating ALL OF THIS just like he dictated the murderboats.
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
It would be genuinely useful if Congress can get her to admit that he has been dictating ALL OF THIS just like he dictated the murderboats.
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
January 27, 2026 at 10:03 PM
"Everything i've done, i've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
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I sent my friend
an article about how
the “US government has lost
more than 10,000 STEM PhDs
since Trump took office,”
and my friend
(who is one of those 10,000)
replied that: “lost”
is a funny way of spelling
“were fired or driven out.”
an article about how
the “US government has lost
more than 10,000 STEM PhDs
since Trump took office,”
and my friend
(who is one of those 10,000)
replied that: “lost”
is a funny way of spelling
“were fired or driven out.”
January 27, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I sent my friend
an article about how
the “US government has lost
more than 10,000 STEM PhDs
since Trump took office,”
and my friend
(who is one of those 10,000)
replied that: “lost”
is a funny way of spelling
“were fired or driven out.”
an article about how
the “US government has lost
more than 10,000 STEM PhDs
since Trump took office,”
and my friend
(who is one of those 10,000)
replied that: “lost”
is a funny way of spelling
“were fired or driven out.”
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The clergy just keep coming to this anti-ICE protest.
Genuinely unclear where they all will go — it’s packed outside on the sidewalk already.
Genuinely unclear where they all will go — it’s packed outside on the sidewalk already.
January 23, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The clergy just keep coming to this anti-ICE protest.
Genuinely unclear where they all will go — it’s packed outside on the sidewalk already.
Genuinely unclear where they all will go — it’s packed outside on the sidewalk already.
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The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
January 27, 2026 at 2:07 AM
The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
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"Amazon is owned by Jeff Bezos, a billionaire backer of the president," writes Neil Young. “The president's international policies and his support of ICE, make it impossible for me to ignore his actions.”
He also announced that anyone in Greenland can access his entire catalog for free at his site.
He also announced that anyone in Greenland can access his entire catalog for free at his site.
Neil Young Reasserts Amazon Boycott, Gifts Entire Catalog To Greenland
In October, Neil Young pulled his catalog from Amazon Music and called for a boycott. “BUY LOCAL. BUY DIRECT. BEZOS SUPPORTS THIS GOVERNMENT. IT DOES NOT SUPPORT YOU OR ME,” he wrote. Now, he’s reasse...
stereogum.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:38 AM
"Amazon is owned by Jeff Bezos, a billionaire backer of the president," writes Neil Young. “The president's international policies and his support of ICE, make it impossible for me to ignore his actions.”
He also announced that anyone in Greenland can access his entire catalog for free at his site.
He also announced that anyone in Greenland can access his entire catalog for free at his site.
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Minneapolis, when the whistles blew.
January 27, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Minneapolis, when the whistles blew.
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This March 1965 Herblock cartoon about police violence against civil rights activists has added relevance today.
January 26, 2026 at 1:08 PM
This March 1965 Herblock cartoon about police violence against civil rights activists has added relevance today.
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"You know Bovino leaving won't st..." Yes I fucking know. I shipped 800 whistles across the country today. I'll ship another 500 tomorrow. I will not stop until they are stopped and also I will take the fucking W when one of their top fash fucks gets the boot.
January 27, 2026 at 3:37 AM
"You know Bovino leaving won't st..." Yes I fucking know. I shipped 800 whistles across the country today. I'll ship another 500 tomorrow. I will not stop until they are stopped and also I will take the fucking W when one of their top fash fucks gets the boot.
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NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
January 26, 2026 at 6:39 PM
NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
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I interviewed over half a dozen ICE and Border Patrol agents who describe an agency that sounds like Reno 911!
“I thought federal agents were supposed to be clean cut but some of them pass around a flask as we are watching a suspect,” one told me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads
“I thought federal agents were supposed to be clean cut but some of them pass around a flask as we are watching a suspect,” one told me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads
ICE Unloads
Immigration officers speak out: “Fuck this.”
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:38 AM
I interviewed over half a dozen ICE and Border Patrol agents who describe an agency that sounds like Reno 911!
“I thought federal agents were supposed to be clean cut but some of them pass around a flask as we are watching a suspect,” one told me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads
“I thought federal agents were supposed to be clean cut but some of them pass around a flask as we are watching a suspect,” one told me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads
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I'm in deep cover somewhere red at the moment. I can confirm: the right pretty uniformly believes that Pretti was going for his gun.
The Nazi bar is convinced that Pretti pulled his gun which bodes well for a shutdown since the Republican senators are facing primary electorate that is out for blood.
January 27, 2026 at 4:44 AM
I'm in deep cover somewhere red at the moment. I can confirm: the right pretty uniformly believes that Pretti was going for his gun.
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I personally don't tell people who have been fighting their hearts out daily for weeks not to celebrate wins of any size. I certainly don't do that when I've been nowhere near the place where the fight has been happening and have done little more than make some donations from miles away.
January 27, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I personally don't tell people who have been fighting their hearts out daily for weeks not to celebrate wins of any size. I certainly don't do that when I've been nowhere near the place where the fight has been happening and have done little more than make some donations from miles away.
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Do not get it twisted. The REAL change we are seeing right now, and which we need to sustain, is the revealing of how much we have the power to care & provide for each other in ways the state has continually abdicated its supposed responsibility to do in order to consolidate power.
January 27, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Do not get it twisted. The REAL change we are seeing right now, and which we need to sustain, is the revealing of how much we have the power to care & provide for each other in ways the state has continually abdicated its supposed responsibility to do in order to consolidate power.
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(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
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"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:51 AM
(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
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The ocean freighting industry is woke now (the containers spell Renee, for Renee Good).
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 AM
The ocean freighting industry is woke now (the containers spell Renee, for Renee Good).
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
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This is the coolest fucking form of solidarity I have ever seen.
Bravo.
Bravo.
The ocean freighting industry is woke now (the containers spell Renee, for Renee Good).
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
January 27, 2026 at 4:23 AM
This is the coolest fucking form of solidarity I have ever seen.
Bravo.
Bravo.