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My store on Red Bubble IS UP! I have a special collection called "Fuck Ice", and part of the proceeds from every sale for those stickers and buttons will go to charities helping MN deal with ICE locally.
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February 7, 2026 at 11:50 PM
My store on Red Bubble IS UP! I have a special collection called "Fuck Ice", and part of the proceeds from every sale for those stickers and buttons will go to charities helping MN deal with ICE locally.
www.redbubble.com/people/Abyss...
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im not saying that there’s a lot of redeeming qualities to the trump era but it is nice that the lib-left coalition forming is basically “guys that i find palatable” and it was extremely unlikely for the chips to fall this way
the pro-globalization left is not something which existed 10 years ago. there were (non-self IDed) neoliberals of the clintonite variety who openly wanted to curtail the great society, there were marxists who wanted an internationale, but no one in the core american left
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like how we perceive immigration and trade and even things like support for multilateralism is totally turned on its head. the left was associated with like anti-globalization protests a couple decades ago!
February 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM
im not saying that there’s a lot of redeeming qualities to the trump era but it is nice that the lib-left coalition forming is basically “guys that i find palatable” and it was extremely unlikely for the chips to fall this way
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Members of congress, right now, unlike the rest of us, have a court order (and the law) saying they're allowed into ICE detention facilities whenever they want, no matter what kristi noem says. Because of that they have a unique responsibility. Don't come on social media and say "I was denied"
February 6, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Members of congress, right now, unlike the rest of us, have a court order (and the law) saying they're allowed into ICE detention facilities whenever they want, no matter what kristi noem says. Because of that they have a unique responsibility. Don't come on social media and say "I was denied"
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Slowly replace everyone in apartment building with paid agents/actors, except one guy. One of the actors becomes his friend. Offer him a “really intense trippy drug”. Take it in apartment. Totally insert substance. Various pyrotechnics and special effects around him that no one else reacts to.
there's a firm for the ultra-rich that does, among other things, recreations of the Battle of Midway for a small private audience, and honestly fine with those guys just doing their thing.
Imagine having enough money to run whatever total war game at high resolution, or commission the greatest gaming table ever created for a warhammer game, and still being unhappy? Skill issue
February 5, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Slowly replace everyone in apartment building with paid agents/actors, except one guy. One of the actors becomes his friend. Offer him a “really intense trippy drug”. Take it in apartment. Totally insert substance. Various pyrotechnics and special effects around him that no one else reacts to.
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I understand folks are scared but I want you to think about the mechanics of this.
There are more polling places (>100k) than ICE and CBP agents combined, so they can only pick a few districts to try to intimidate.
Now what happens when cell phone footage of that goes online in the early morning?
There are more polling places (>100k) than ICE and CBP agents combined, so they can only pick a few districts to try to intimidate.
Now what happens when cell phone footage of that goes online in the early morning?
i think people should consider the extent to which bannon, a known bullshit artist, knows that you will see this and panic. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:04 AM
I understand folks are scared but I want you to think about the mechanics of this.
There are more polling places (>100k) than ICE and CBP agents combined, so they can only pick a few districts to try to intimidate.
Now what happens when cell phone footage of that goes online in the early morning?
There are more polling places (>100k) than ICE and CBP agents combined, so they can only pick a few districts to try to intimidate.
Now what happens when cell phone footage of that goes online in the early morning?
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in real terms, #7 would give states leverage to put an end to surges, #8 would give states the ability to outright stop construction of new detention facilities, #1 and #6 would slow the rate at which DHS could train and deploy officers, #2 and #10 would likely shrink the pool of recruits
Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders
February 5, 2026 at 3:18 AM
in real terms, #7 would give states leverage to put an end to surges, #8 would give states the ability to outright stop construction of new detention facilities, #1 and #6 would slow the rate at which DHS could train and deploy officers, #2 and #10 would likely shrink the pool of recruits
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Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders
February 5, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders
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But far-right voices & some on the left are using his words as evidence of how "Jews" think. A sex trafficker becomes the spokesman for all Jews.
That is the oldest move in the antisemitic playbook: find the worst example, make him representative, collectivize the guilt.
That is the oldest move in the antisemitic playbook: find the worst example, make him representative, collectivize the guilt.
February 4, 2026 at 7:05 PM
But far-right voices & some on the left are using his words as evidence of how "Jews" think. A sex trafficker becomes the spokesman for all Jews.
That is the oldest move in the antisemitic playbook: find the worst example, make him representative, collectivize the guilt.
That is the oldest move in the antisemitic playbook: find the worst example, make him representative, collectivize the guilt.
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restaurant manager: hey so, sorry to bother you, but is that a service animal? it's just, we have a policy-
jabba the hutt: je wonna wonga, bazda wahota shonga
salacious b crumb: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
restaurant manager: ah. ok. cool
jabba the hutt: je wonna wonga, bazda wahota shonga
salacious b crumb: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
restaurant manager: ah. ok. cool
February 4, 2026 at 5:49 AM
restaurant manager: hey so, sorry to bother you, but is that a service animal? it's just, we have a policy-
jabba the hutt: je wonna wonga, bazda wahota shonga
salacious b crumb: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
restaurant manager: ah. ok. cool
jabba the hutt: je wonna wonga, bazda wahota shonga
salacious b crumb: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
restaurant manager: ah. ok. cool
Do you think obi wan had tv when he was in hiding on tatooine
Like was he really just sitting there meditating all day until one or the other skywalker kid got in trouble
Like was he really just sitting there meditating all day until one or the other skywalker kid got in trouble
February 3, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Do you think obi wan had tv when he was in hiding on tatooine
Like was he really just sitting there meditating all day until one or the other skywalker kid got in trouble
Like was he really just sitting there meditating all day until one or the other skywalker kid got in trouble
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DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?
DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.
C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?
DR: Now look
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Do you think “radical leftist tries to shoot his way through federal agents” is a development that would make Stephen Miller
a) sad
b) ecstatically happy
a) sad
b) ecstatically happy
If I die in a gunfight it's because I consider what I'm doing worth dying in a gunfight for.
February 2, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Do you think “radical leftist tries to shoot his way through federal agents” is a development that would make Stephen Miller
a) sad
b) ecstatically happy
a) sad
b) ecstatically happy
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many people are going to be tempted to say this proves the weakness of peaceful protest. this is incorrect because it assumes this happening is a failure of peaceful protest rather than the mechanism by which it succeeds
It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
February 1, 2026 at 5:46 AM
many people are going to be tempted to say this proves the weakness of peaceful protest. this is incorrect because it assumes this happening is a failure of peaceful protest rather than the mechanism by which it succeeds
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I head out to the march
I see a local grandmother holding a cardboard sign and taking a selfie
"REMOVE THE METADATA, CAROL," I scream through my balaclava
She looks confused. typical civilian. she’s already in a database. she’s practically a snitch.
I see a local grandmother holding a cardboard sign and taking a selfie
"REMOVE THE METADATA, CAROL," I scream through my balaclava
She looks confused. typical civilian. she’s already in a database. she’s practically a snitch.
February 1, 2026 at 1:37 AM
I head out to the march
I see a local grandmother holding a cardboard sign and taking a selfie
"REMOVE THE METADATA, CAROL," I scream through my balaclava
She looks confused. typical civilian. she’s already in a database. she’s practically a snitch.
I see a local grandmother holding a cardboard sign and taking a selfie
"REMOVE THE METADATA, CAROL," I scream through my balaclava
She looks confused. typical civilian. she’s already in a database. she’s practically a snitch.
“Moltbook” is funny because while it’s an entertaining experiment, it’s one of the dumbest possible things you could do to any AI you’re relying on for actual work
LLMs are notoriously likely to “yes-and” their way into psychotic delusions, and that’s even with HUMANS on the other end
LLMs are notoriously likely to “yes-and” their way into psychotic delusions, and that’s even with HUMANS on the other end
I am, uh, not an AI disliker type
but the moltbot thing is a bunch of people making terrible choices for themselves and I don't think the AI community on bsky (which is pretty great, imo) is likely to be improved by importing it
but the moltbot thing is a bunch of people making terrible choices for themselves and I don't think the AI community on bsky (which is pretty great, imo) is likely to be improved by importing it
We need to get the AI people over to Bluesky - in just the last few days Clawdbot, Moltbook and Genie 3 seems like… potentially really big deals?
They’re almost my entire timeline on Twitter – virtually nothing over here. Yet surely in the long run more important than the Gorton by-election?
They’re almost my entire timeline on Twitter – virtually nothing over here. Yet surely in the long run more important than the Gorton by-election?
February 1, 2026 at 1:15 AM
“Moltbook” is funny because while it’s an entertaining experiment, it’s one of the dumbest possible things you could do to any AI you’re relying on for actual work
LLMs are notoriously likely to “yes-and” their way into psychotic delusions, and that’s even with HUMANS on the other end
LLMs are notoriously likely to “yes-and” their way into psychotic delusions, and that’s even with HUMANS on the other end
Remembering that one episode of TNG where they rescued a bunch of unwashed peasants from the Ireland planet
January 29, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Remembering that one episode of TNG where they rescued a bunch of unwashed peasants from the Ireland planet
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Now I’m personally of the view that we shouldn’t be doing aggressive immigration enforcement. But if you cared about that, you’d never pick this tactic.
“Immigration enforcement” is almost entirely pretextual here in Minnesota, an excuse to flood our communities with fear and violence.
“Immigration enforcement” is almost entirely pretextual here in Minnesota, an excuse to flood our communities with fear and violence.
January 28, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Now I’m personally of the view that we shouldn’t be doing aggressive immigration enforcement. But if you cared about that, you’d never pick this tactic.
“Immigration enforcement” is almost entirely pretextual here in Minnesota, an excuse to flood our communities with fear and violence.
“Immigration enforcement” is almost entirely pretextual here in Minnesota, an excuse to flood our communities with fear and violence.
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Agree with this thread, and not to be too much of a PR Theory Of Everything gal, but like, I do think democrats clearly message testing and carefully choosing language is a huge part of this. Everything is assumed to be calculated because everything *is* calculated
I'm going to bang this drum again: a lot of the Democratic party's problems are downstream of them having no credibility with their base. Some of this is due to bad faith online criticism from lefty content farmers, but it is by no means the majority, and I'm sick of people suggesting such. 1/
January 27, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Agree with this thread, and not to be too much of a PR Theory Of Everything gal, but like, I do think democrats clearly message testing and carefully choosing language is a huge part of this. Everything is assumed to be calculated because everything *is* calculated
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the idea that it's better politically for the caucus to cave together than to have Thune have to pick off individual Dems is so fucking backwards I can barely wrap my head around it. one of these is doing the work of the enemy for them, and for what?? a bunch of regulations with no teeth?
January 27, 2026 at 6:17 PM
the idea that it's better politically for the caucus to cave together than to have Thune have to pick off individual Dems is so fucking backwards I can barely wrap my head around it. one of these is doing the work of the enemy for them, and for what?? a bunch of regulations with no teeth?
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this is a fake problem. no one is saying this to regular, offline people who are coming around. they’re saying it to people who are engaged in professional political analysis who committed professional malpractice by scolding people who saw what was coming.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 2:49 PM
this is a fake problem. no one is saying this to regular, offline people who are coming around. they’re saying it to people who are engaged in professional political analysis who committed professional malpractice by scolding people who saw what was coming.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
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The minimal electoral argument (voting is extremely easy for you, the person reading this post, just do it) is extremely obviously true, but a lot of people have decided to believe in a turboelectoralism where (1) there are no other political actions (2) you have to respect a mandate of whoever wins
January 26, 2026 at 8:21 AM
The minimal electoral argument (voting is extremely easy for you, the person reading this post, just do it) is extremely obviously true, but a lot of people have decided to believe in a turboelectoralism where (1) there are no other political actions (2) you have to respect a mandate of whoever wins
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Huh. That's so crazy. I was told that it was downright irresponsible to suggest that the democratic party do something like this. That it was asking too much. That it was blaming the wrong people for inaction. Why would he do this? Why a sudden concern? I don't get it?
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Chuck Schumer says Senate Dems won't support DHS funding. This thing is really moving now.
January 25, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Huh. That's so crazy. I was told that it was downright irresponsible to suggest that the democratic party do something like this. That it was asking too much. That it was blaming the wrong people for inaction. Why would he do this? Why a sudden concern? I don't get it?
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under most circumstances a gun will not make you safer. it will be used as evidence that your death was justified.
January 24, 2026 at 7:50 PM
under most circumstances a gun will not make you safer. it will be used as evidence that your death was justified.
I have a very strong hate in my heart for public bathrooms that don’t have a coat hook to hang things on
Y’all know winter exists right
What the fuck are we supposed to do with our coats if we need to pee
Y’all know winter exists right
What the fuck are we supposed to do with our coats if we need to pee
January 23, 2026 at 10:13 PM
I have a very strong hate in my heart for public bathrooms that don’t have a coat hook to hang things on
Y’all know winter exists right
What the fuck are we supposed to do with our coats if we need to pee
Y’all know winter exists right
What the fuck are we supposed to do with our coats if we need to pee