January spork
@strivingally.bsky.social
Trying to be better. Looking at how to pick apart kyriarchy. Intersectionality = win. Same handle on the Bird Hellsite (old Hellsite posts at @archivingally.bsky.social). He/him/his.
Pinned
Sweet jesus I forgot about people’s reading comprehension going down the toilet on here and dude who I have been posting in support of for months has now dragged me in front of his following and they are jumping to conclusions that are not validated.
I’m not encouraging violence against ICE.
I’m not encouraging violence against ICE.
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This sounds as close to a tear down as possible for a headline that says he won’t tear it down 🤦♂️
An update from Trump:
“I’m not ripping it down. I’ll be using the steel."
Still sounds like he's destroying it.
“I’m not ripping it down. I’ll be using the steel."
Still sounds like he's destroying it.
February 4, 2026 at 1:26 AM
This sounds as close to a tear down as possible for a headline that says he won’t tear it down 🤦♂️
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I have been doing investigative reporting on misconduct for years & it got harder and harder to do over time. Of course I blamed myself to an extent. But yeah, anyway, the plutocratic class & their minions destroyed the media & what remained formed up like Voltron to protect the worst of the worst.
To give u an idea of how powerful men protect each other, remember Moira Donegan's "Shitty Men in Media" list? Here are former Paris Review Editor Lorin Stein (who got fired for being named), Michael Wolff, & Epstein discussing backing Stephen Eliott to supress MeToo
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 3, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I have been doing investigative reporting on misconduct for years & it got harder and harder to do over time. Of course I blamed myself to an extent. But yeah, anyway, the plutocratic class & their minions destroyed the media & what remained formed up like Voltron to protect the worst of the worst.
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I just got off the phone with Elizabeth's dad...she and her mom were freed tonight! Updated story: sahanjournal.com/education/co...
February 4, 2026 at 3:50 AM
I just got off the phone with Elizabeth's dad...she and her mom were freed tonight! Updated story: sahanjournal.com/education/co...
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on instagram ilhan says liam’s classmates wrote letters for ICE “to be nice to him and not be mean to him.” the trauma they’re inflicting on every single child here is monstrous
February 1, 2026 at 5:33 PM
on instagram ilhan says liam’s classmates wrote letters for ICE “to be nice to him and not be mean to him.” the trauma they’re inflicting on every single child here is monstrous
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we need to take a moment to celebrate when a good thing happens. it is fuel for the work.
feel the joy. take a big breath in. let yourself cry.
we will win because we've got us.
feel the joy. take a big breath in. let yourself cry.
we will win because we've got us.
February 1, 2026 at 5:27 PM
we need to take a moment to celebrate when a good thing happens. it is fuel for the work.
feel the joy. take a big breath in. let yourself cry.
we will win because we've got us.
feel the joy. take a big breath in. let yourself cry.
we will win because we've got us.
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Liam was taken from Columbia Heights, the town just south of my high school in Fridley and just north of the Arts district in NE Minneapolis. I spent a lot of time with friends there after extracurriculars. News of his abduction completely broke my heart. I’m glad he’s home. #Comics4Liam
February 1, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Liam was taken from Columbia Heights, the town just south of my high school in Fridley and just north of the Arts district in NE Minneapolis. I spent a lot of time with friends there after extracurriculars. News of his abduction completely broke my heart. I’m glad he’s home. #Comics4Liam
Thinking of you, friend. Hope you are looking after yourself.
February 4, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Thinking of you, friend. Hope you are looking after yourself.
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Full on concentration camps. "We don't know half of what's going on in the camps, but we know enough" is echoing from 85 years ago.
Kelly Vargas writes about what happened to her, her husband, and their 6yo daughter in the family camp in Texas.
Filth, illness, medical abuse—her child has lasting complications from being injured by a staff member.
We don't know the half of what's happening in the camps, but we know enough.
Filth, illness, medical abuse—her child has lasting complications from being injured by a staff member.
We don't know the half of what's happening in the camps, but we know enough.
My Daughter Lived the Liam Ramos Nightmare. It Turned Out Worse for Us.
The constant threats took a toll on my health. My daughter’s health deteriorated even faster.
slate.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Full on concentration camps. "We don't know half of what's going on in the camps, but we know enough" is echoing from 85 years ago.
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Pressure works.
This is a fascinating story. ICE tried to buy a warehouse in VA from a Canadian company, to turn into a detention center. One of the company’s advertising partners basically told them that if they sold, they could kiss their ads goodbye.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
Canadian Company Cancels Sale of Virginia Warehouse to ICE
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Pressure works.
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If you are willing get another protester put on a terrorist database and possibly sent to jail over some light vandalism (and I'm sorry, but setting trash on fire is absolutely light vandalism, no one's torching houses here), you are a danger to movement.
February 4, 2026 at 2:17 AM
If you are willing get another protester put on a terrorist database and possibly sent to jail over some light vandalism (and I'm sorry, but setting trash on fire is absolutely light vandalism, no one's torching houses here), you are a danger to movement.
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What I think keeps getting lost I'm The Discourse is that there is a difference between disagreeing with a tactic (strategically or even on moral principle) and *endangering* the folks engaged in that tactic.
February 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
What I think keeps getting lost I'm The Discourse is that there is a difference between disagreeing with a tactic (strategically or even on moral principle) and *endangering* the folks engaged in that tactic.
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I understand the reasons why it’s more jarring and consequential to see it happen among billionaires, but the kind of shrugging disinterest or impishly approving encouragement of sexual abuse among Epstein’s circle is the same dynamic that happens in less powerful milieus.
February 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I understand the reasons why it’s more jarring and consequential to see it happen among billionaires, but the kind of shrugging disinterest or impishly approving encouragement of sexual abuse among Epstein’s circle is the same dynamic that happens in less powerful milieus.
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Important context for those blessedly not in the know: these aren't just any MAHA 'farmers.'
Hannah Neeleman of Ballerina Farm is the single most successful marketer of tradwife content on the planet right now.
Hannah Neeleman of Ballerina Farm is the single most successful marketer of tradwife content on the planet right now.
This is bonkers. MAHA 'farmers' with ecoli tainted raw milk admit they really don't know how to make the stuff after all.
"Producing raw milk takes careful planning from a facility and infrastructure standpoint. Unfortunately, we learned this after the fact."
people.com/ballerina-fa...
"Producing raw milk takes careful planning from a facility and infrastructure standpoint. Unfortunately, we learned this after the fact."
people.com/ballerina-fa...
Hannah Neeleman's Ballerina Farm Halts Sale of Raw Milk Due to Bacteria Concerns: Report
Hannah and Daniel Neeleman have paused Ballerina Farm's sale of raw milk following health violations discovered during routine testing. Screenings from summer 2025 showed high levels of coliform, the ...
people.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Important context for those blessedly not in the know: these aren't just any MAHA 'farmers.'
Hannah Neeleman of Ballerina Farm is the single most successful marketer of tradwife content on the planet right now.
Hannah Neeleman of Ballerina Farm is the single most successful marketer of tradwife content on the planet right now.
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My favorite genre of Epstein emails are powerful people emailing WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN about how MeToo has gone too far and the woke mob must be stopped.
February 4, 2026 at 2:22 AM
My favorite genre of Epstein emails are powerful people emailing WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN about how MeToo has gone too far and the woke mob must be stopped.
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This is action EVERY city in the country can take. If your hotels cooperate with ICE, goodbye liquor revenue.
A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.
Minneapolis Council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents
The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:57 AM
This is action EVERY city in the country can take. If your hotels cooperate with ICE, goodbye liquor revenue.
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ICE is demanding the employment records at a Maine jail after a sheriff openly criticized immigration agents for arresting one of his guards
ICE demanded Maine sheriff’s employment records following his criticism of arrest
The subpoena came a day after Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce blasted immigration agents for arresting one of his guards.
www.bangordailynews.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:49 PM
ICE is demanding the employment records at a Maine jail after a sheriff openly criticized immigration agents for arresting one of his guards
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If only there were some simple way to kill the bacteria so the milk would be safe to drink. If some genius were to invent such a process, we could even name it after him.
This is bonkers. MAHA 'farmers' with ecoli tainted raw milk admit they really don't know how to make the stuff after all.
"Producing raw milk takes careful planning from a facility and infrastructure standpoint. Unfortunately, we learned this after the fact."
people.com/ballerina-fa...
"Producing raw milk takes careful planning from a facility and infrastructure standpoint. Unfortunately, we learned this after the fact."
people.com/ballerina-fa...
Hannah Neeleman's Ballerina Farm Halts Sale of Raw Milk Due to Bacteria Concerns: Report
Hannah and Daniel Neeleman have paused Ballerina Farm's sale of raw milk following health violations discovered during routine testing. Screenings from summer 2025 showed high levels of coliform, the ...
people.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:20 AM
If only there were some simple way to kill the bacteria so the milk would be safe to drink. If some genius were to invent such a process, we could even name it after him.
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And that inbox is a glimpse of hundreds of lives scattered across this entire country. And what I'm seeing in there is why I'm not panicking anymore.
There are so many more of us than there are of them, and we are gonna win.
There are so many more of us than there are of them, and we are gonna win.
February 4, 2026 at 3:22 AM
And that inbox is a glimpse of hundreds of lives scattered across this entire country. And what I'm seeing in there is why I'm not panicking anymore.
There are so many more of us than there are of them, and we are gonna win.
There are so many more of us than there are of them, and we are gonna win.
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And listen. People have never been exactly normal to me on bluesky dot com, and the past few weeks have been a near unending string of demands for why I am doing Y or lectures on how X is wrong.
I don't often explain myself because no, thank you.
But y'all we've thought this all through. DEEPLY.
I don't often explain myself because no, thank you.
But y'all we've thought this all through. DEEPLY.
February 4, 2026 at 3:21 AM
And listen. People have never been exactly normal to me on bluesky dot com, and the past few weeks have been a near unending string of demands for why I am doing Y or lectures on how X is wrong.
I don't often explain myself because no, thank you.
But y'all we've thought this all through. DEEPLY.
I don't often explain myself because no, thank you.
But y'all we've thought this all through. DEEPLY.
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Chicago and Minnesota have used those whistles *so effectively* and that will not be true for all communities. We are sending the huge batches to established organizations who have distribution plans & will get shit done.
But 100 whistles costs $2. If someone can form community, that's well spent.
But 100 whistles costs $2. If someone can form community, that's well spent.
February 4, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Chicago and Minnesota have used those whistles *so effectively* and that will not be true for all communities. We are sending the huge batches to established organizations who have distribution plans & will get shit done.
But 100 whistles costs $2. If someone can form community, that's well spent.
But 100 whistles costs $2. If someone can form community, that's well spent.
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We had a lot of discussion early on about "what if someone requests 100 whistles and doesn't know how to use them effectively" but our inbox tells us that 100 whistles is also dozens of potential interactions with people in their community, along with a new feeling of agency and determination.
It's a side effect, but I'm seeing printing whistles act as a useful on-ramp for a lot of folks who are pretty new to engaging in political activity other than voting and yelling at the news.
I think people often wonder this, and it's a great question, so let me explain the advantages of 3D printing whistles. There are many.
The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.
The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.
February 4, 2026 at 3:15 AM
We had a lot of discussion early on about "what if someone requests 100 whistles and doesn't know how to use them effectively" but our inbox tells us that 100 whistles is also dozens of potential interactions with people in their community, along with a new feeling of agency and determination.
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Tonight I was making whistle packets again at Pilsen Arts & Community House. Been talking to Teresa Magaña, the co-founder of PACH & the supreme BADASS who created the Form a Crowd zine, about cool stuff we might be able to do in future. Connecting people, creating, community. What Bree said ⬇️ 💚🔥👍
The whistles are the entry point. But the long game is the community that is being formed every time someone who has never really been engaged before decides to do This One Thing that gives them a reason to talk to their neighbors.
Community is what saves us in the end. That is my belief.
Community is what saves us in the end. That is my belief.
February 4, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Tonight I was making whistle packets again at Pilsen Arts & Community House. Been talking to Teresa Magaña, the co-founder of PACH & the supreme BADASS who created the Form a Crowd zine, about cool stuff we might be able to do in future. Connecting people, creating, community. What Bree said ⬇️ 💚🔥👍
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one thing the trump era has made clear, i think, is that the american people themselves are far more committed to the values of our founding documents than our elites
February 4, 2026 at 4:07 AM
one thing the trump era has made clear, i think, is that the american people themselves are far more committed to the values of our founding documents than our elites
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In some ways Labor are worse than the Coalition on climate change. They aren’t ignorant buffoons like their opponents: they know the damage they’re doing, and they do it anyway. And then they lie shamelessly about how they are addressing climate change, and ppl lap it up. The hypocrisy is sickening.
Bowen set for COP31 as Australia hits coal export record
The latest update from the department of industry shows that the September quarter in 2025 saw Australia’s highest volume of thermal coal exports, ever. it is a remarkable comeback for thermal coal af...
thepoint.com.au
February 4, 2026 at 3:42 AM
In some ways Labor are worse than the Coalition on climate change. They aren’t ignorant buffoons like their opponents: they know the damage they’re doing, and they do it anyway. And then they lie shamelessly about how they are addressing climate change, and ppl lap it up. The hypocrisy is sickening.
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The president of the ASPS is a huge Trump supporter if you're wondering why they shifted positions now to align with the Trump Administration. He's donated substantially to Trump and Ted Cruz. This was a political decision.
www.fec.gov/data/receipt...
www.fec.gov/data/receipt...
February 4, 2026 at 4:09 AM
The president of the ASPS is a huge Trump supporter if you're wondering why they shifted positions now to align with the Trump Administration. He's donated substantially to Trump and Ted Cruz. This was a political decision.
www.fec.gov/data/receipt...
www.fec.gov/data/receipt...