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strilondian.bsky.social
new Epstein files. Yeah this seems. Damning
January 30, 2026 at 4:51 PM
strilondian.bsky.social
lmaooooo the trade deficit doubled this month
January 29, 2026 at 4:17 PM
strilondian.bsky.social
i just wanna live in a world where Jeff Rosenstock’s HELLMODE is irrelevant
January 29, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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swolecialism.bsky.social
Having tried it, I dont care for a low trust society, and would prefer a high trust one. Please look into this soonest
January 27, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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brendelbored.bsky.social
Happy 3 year anniversary to this post
We recommend avoiding general and often dehumanizing "the" labels such as the poor, the mentally ill, the French, the disabled, the college-educated. Instead, use wording such as people with mental illnesses. And use these descriptions only when clearly relevant. 9,742 L7 19.4K 43.8K 个 AP The Associated Press @AP Replying to @APStylebook The use of "the French" in this tweet by @AP was inappropriate and has caused unintended offense. An updated tweet is upcoming. 12:18 AM • Jan 27, 2023 • 382.8K Views
January 27, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting. 2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value. 3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE. 4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on. 5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle." 6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground. 7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack. 8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video. 9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk. 10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun. 11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him. 12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes. 13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times. 14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him. 15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1. 16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground. 17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building. 18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values. I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct. Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
strilondian.bsky.social
@shaheen.senate.gov you hear that????? you better not vote for this bill.
sahilkapur.bsky.social Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 6d
🚨 SCHUMER just now: “Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.”
January 25, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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maddow.bsky.social
a civil engineer

valid work visa

master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Maine in May 2023

in June 2023, started work at GEI Consultants in Portland

no criminal record

themainemonitor.org/masked-agent...
Masked agents detain civil engineer in Portland
The man is in the U.S. on a work visa after receiving a master’s degree. Agents left his car running in the street with a smashed window.
themainemonitor.org
January 24, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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dimitridrekonja.bsky.social
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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governorwalz.mn.gov
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.

The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
January 24, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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wandrme.paxex.aero
HB1703 is absolute trash. I used far more colorful language with the prime sponsor yesterday.

May as well install a toll booth at trail heads and make sure to charge people a tax on their sneakers, too, for walking on the same trails.

#nhpolitics
smithyjones389.bsky.social Doug Swain @smithyjones389.bsky.social · 6d
The purported goal is to fund cycling infrastructure. This estimates it'd bring in 400k a year. Not very much. And not clear how you provide proof you own the bike? I'm for the goal but this feels like an anti-cycling bill.

@wandrme.paxex.aero curious how you see it?
January 24, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy
Frodo: I wish so much unbelievably stupid shit had not happened in my time Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. This is all exceptionally stupid, though
January 19, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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violanorth.bsky.social
Speaking of which, did you know that Chris Pappas has not actually been anointed by God as the Democratic nominee? Did you know he has an awesome opponent who actually believes in things? I KNOW. Her name is @karishmaforsenate.bsky.social and I need everyone to stop acting like she doesn't exist.
January 19, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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wmur9.bsky.social
Karishma Manzur, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, discusses her race against Chris Pappas, her support for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Trump administration’s actions in Venezuela.
Karishma Manzur: Pappas is ‘just there’ in Washington, not fighting Trump | CloseUp
Karishma Manzur, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, discusses her race against Chris Pappas, her support for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Trump administration’s actions in Venezuela.
www.wmur.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:18 AM
strilondian.bsky.social
condemnation is nice, but what *action* are you taking about it.
repchrispappas.bsky.social Rep. Chris Pappas @repchrispappas.bsky.social · 18d
Attempts to politically weaponize the DOJ or violate the independence of the Federal Reserve must be condemned and stopped immediately.

This is an abuse of power by President Trump and his administration. I will continue to stand up for our rule of law.
January 17, 2026 at 7:16 PM
strilondian.bsky.social
@nhhousedems.bsky.social

It’s overwhelmingly clear - UNH students don’t want firearms on campus. Arming students doesn’t make us safer.

HB 1793 should not become law.
January 15, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social
I love that Wikipedia's edit history is public because it only takes two clicks to get to the very first version of the "ant" article in its entirety from 2001. Happy 25th birthday Wikipedia! You've come so far
January 15, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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vaporlight.bsky.social
america existed relatively functionally with extremely minimal immigration enforcement until way longer than most people assume. the first serious efforts to bar people from entry were explicitly born out of racist paranoia towards a wave of chinese economic arrivants
January 15, 2026 at 3:58 AM
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depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
strilondian.bsky.social
so is bluesky *deliberately* throttling search results, bc I bet people have mentioned Portland since 4 hours ago
January 9, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
IMO the argument is that you can make things into big enough deals that it matters. Khanna found Massey and found survivors and made the Epstein Files the gigantic story it should be. Only then did establishment Dems come along. You can, in fact, make things into big hairy deals if you do it right.
proptermalone.bsky.social post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 25d
if you want the Senate to do something, Senate Republicans must do something.

People are dunking on this but I'm not really sure what plays Schumer has other than to try to peel off Rs.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25d
Schumer: "Republicans must -- if there was ever a time, they must step up to the plate. This is the time. And if they don't, they're gonna feel the heat from their constituents."
January 6, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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katmabu.bsky.social
I want to help make a government that isn’t evil and works so well that you don’t really think about it
brendelbored.bsky.social Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 27d
I don’t know exactly what I’m looking for in a politician but not having every day be a nightmare of horrors would be pretty high up so someone should run on that
January 4, 2026 at 2:38 AM
strilondian.bsky.social
not sure what base Schumer and Jeffries are trying to play to.

Like I’m pretty “vote blue no matter who” (out of pragmatism not agreement), and the last few months have me looking for other options.
January 4, 2026 at 12:10 AM
strilondian.bsky.social
dennard dayle’s “everything abridged” was a fantastic way to kick off 2026

sorry for letting it sit on my nightstand for a year. i could tell it deserved my undivided attention, so it had to wait until a holiday
January 2, 2026 at 3:33 AM