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Tedra Osell
@tedos.bsky.social
· Oct 27
Take all posts for what they are: something I threw together while eating rice and beans and scrolling on my phone.
(Quote shamelessly plagiarized from J Bouie)
(Quote shamelessly plagiarized from J Bouie)
This is inadvertently? hilarious. What a shitshow.
February 13, 2026 at 3:43 AM
This is inadvertently? hilarious. What a shitshow.
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Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
buff.ly
February 13, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.
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Happy Valentine’s Day in particular to immig parents like Narciso Barranco. His deportation case got dismissed today. Following his release last yr, he worried about the ppl he met in detention: “I want to tell their families they have faith, they miss you all, & even in that place, they have hope.”
As my colleague @tusk81.bsky.social beautifully wrote in this piece, "This Valentine’s Day, let’s all come together to reject the attacks on our immigrant neighbors and to let them know they are valued, appreciated, and deserving of their place here in this country we all call home."
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Happy Valentine’s Day To Immigrants Everywhere
This Valentine’s Day, let’s all come together to reject the attacks on our immigrant neighbors and to let them know they are valued and loved.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day in particular to immig parents like Narciso Barranco. His deportation case got dismissed today. Following his release last yr, he worried about the ppl he met in detention: “I want to tell their families they have faith, they miss you all, & even in that place, they have hope.”
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I'm pretty proud of this poem I made out of the euphemisms that companies used to describe the ICE occupation in corporate communications. Also read the whole story: racketmn.com/corporate-co...
February 12, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I'm pretty proud of this poem I made out of the euphemisms that companies used to describe the ICE occupation in corporate communications. Also read the whole story: racketmn.com/corporate-co...
Sigh. I mean, I’m glad but jfc
The American Medical Association is launching an effort to evaluate vaccine safety and effectiveness independently of U.S. government health agencies
Top medical groups join forces to review vaccine science as CDC faces criticism
The American Medical Association is launching an effort to evaluate vaccine safety and effectiveness independently of U.S. government health agencies
www.scientificamerican.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Sigh. I mean, I’m glad but jfc
Damn this is a real indictment of getting high
Coworker said they got high and went to see Melania because they were bored....
a man is wearing a black sweater and making a funny face .
ALT: a man is wearing a black sweater and making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Damn this is a real indictment of getting high
“OpenAI’s mission is for all humanity to benefit, so we’ve added a security layer that asks ‘Are you sure?’ before generating a video of a Haitian immigrant barbecuing a baby.”
OpenAI Introduces Premium Video Generator For White House Advisors Manipulating Trump
SAN FRANCISCO—Heralding what it called a “bold new age” in warping the mind of the nation’s elderly leader, OpenAI introduced a new premium video generator Thursday marketed toward White House advisor...
theonion.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:07 PM
“OpenAI’s mission is for all humanity to benefit, so we’ve added a security layer that asks ‘Are you sure?’ before generating a video of a Haitian immigrant barbecuing a baby.”
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it really can't be said enough that this is a person who has dined with the president of the united states
Fuentes then fantasizes about “breeding gulags”: “So just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women… They go to the breeding gulags. The good ones will be liberated. The bad ones will toil in the mines forever.”
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
it really can't be said enough that this is a person who has dined with the president of the united states
“ORR’s acting director, Angie Salazar, instructed agency staff to send “any pregnant children” to San Benito beginning July 22, 2025”
PREGNANT CHILDREN
PREGNANT CHILDREN
The Trump administration is incarcerating migrant girls in, essentially, a forced pregnancy camp.
Trump administration is sending pregnant migrant girls to South Texas shelter flagged as medically inadequate
Government sources and advocates for the children worry the goal is to concentrate them in Texas, where abortion is banned.
www.kut.org
February 12, 2026 at 4:37 PM
“ORR’s acting director, Angie Salazar, instructed agency staff to send “any pregnant children” to San Benito beginning July 22, 2025”
PREGNANT CHILDREN
PREGNANT CHILDREN
This kitty is very dear. And also her neediness is hard to take when I am struggling to breathe.
February 12, 2026 at 4:35 PM
This kitty is very dear. And also her neediness is hard to take when I am struggling to breathe.
Tell me you don’t understand how writing works without saying you “don’t understand how writing works”
Nothing to see here other than a university telling its research community that AI can appropriately be used to "generate first drafts."
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unbcloud.sharepoint.com/sites/AI-at-...
February 12, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Tell me you don’t understand how writing works without saying you “don’t understand how writing works”
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A lot of people are asking very good questions about the age for starting colorectal cancer screening.
These guidelines are set by the United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF), which had 2 out of 3 of their meetings cancelled in 2025 by RFK Jr.
He also wants to fire every member.
These guidelines are set by the United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF), which had 2 out of 3 of their meetings cancelled in 2025 by RFK Jr.
He also wants to fire every member.
February 12, 2026 at 2:39 PM
A lot of people are asking very good questions about the age for starting colorectal cancer screening.
These guidelines are set by the United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF), which had 2 out of 3 of their meetings cancelled in 2025 by RFK Jr.
He also wants to fire every member.
These guidelines are set by the United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF), which had 2 out of 3 of their meetings cancelled in 2025 by RFK Jr.
He also wants to fire every member.
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
February 12, 2026 at 3:12 PM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
Why hasn’t someone invented a little suction tube like the ones the dentist uses only for sucking phlegm out of your throat/lungs
February 12, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Why hasn’t someone invented a little suction tube like the ones the dentist uses only for sucking phlegm out of your throat/lungs
In other news I am sick with some flulike crud and it sucks asssssssssss. I have just added wheezing to the fever/chills/body aches/hacking cough cornucopia of delight.
(Covid test negative)
(Covid test negative)
February 12, 2026 at 12:40 AM
In other news I am sick with some flulike crud and it sucks asssssssssss. I have just added wheezing to the fever/chills/body aches/hacking cough cornucopia of delight.
(Covid test negative)
(Covid test negative)
I totally made fun of the first passel of 🧊 thugs I ran into back in the day: “we’re a bunch of middle aged women. I’m wearing gardening clogs and shorts ffs. But you’re afraid of us?!? Come the fuck on.”
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 12, 2026 at 12:34 AM
I totally made fun of the first passel of 🧊 thugs I ran into back in the day: “we’re a bunch of middle aged women. I’m wearing gardening clogs and shorts ffs. But you’re afraid of us?!? Come the fuck on.”
Important 🧵
“if you’re okay with this, that’s not a political opinion. That is a moral failing.”
“if you’re okay with this, that’s not a political opinion. That is a moral failing.”
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
1/
February 11, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Important 🧵
“if you’re okay with this, that’s not a political opinion. That is a moral failing.”
“if you’re okay with this, that’s not a political opinion. That is a moral failing.”
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NEW: This was the last essay I was supposed to publish at the Washington Post. But they fired me.
I'm publishing it anyway-- about my family's connection to a sword the British looted from Ghana in 1874.
If youve ever wondered why I love swords, here's why.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
I'm publishing it anyway-- about my family's connection to a sword the British looted from Ghana in 1874.
If youve ever wondered why I love swords, here's why.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
The "Return" of the Golden Sword
My grandfather guarded it. The British stole it. I'm named after it—and I'm going to fight for it.
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:20 PM
NEW: This was the last essay I was supposed to publish at the Washington Post. But they fired me.
I'm publishing it anyway-- about my family's connection to a sword the British looted from Ghana in 1874.
If youve ever wondered why I love swords, here's why.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
I'm publishing it anyway-- about my family's connection to a sword the British looted from Ghana in 1874.
If youve ever wondered why I love swords, here's why.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
Louder for the folks at the back
“The husband & wife before this court are charged w/civil violations of our country's immigration laws. Civil. Not criminal. That distinction is not a technicality or a formality. It’s the line the law draws betwn regulation & punishment. Yet these working parents appear in unmistakable prison garb.
Another memorable ruling out of West Virginia, where Judge Goodwin — a Clinton appointee — excoriates the treatment of ICE detainees.
"This is not what civil enforcement looks like in a humane system of government under law."
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"This is not what civil enforcement looks like in a humane system of government under law."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 11, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Louder for the folks at the back
Take a couple minutes and watch this to start your day right.
another entry in the "what WAS journalism" pantheon, this one always held a special place in my heart:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5C2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5C2...
WJW Fox 8 Cleveland does a ridiculous story on a bear in a lady's backyard
YouTube video by downtownmcs
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Take a couple minutes and watch this to start your day right.
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We’ve all had days where we’ve woken up, forgotten to brush our teeth, and closed all El Paso airspace for an hour instead.
February 11, 2026 at 2:21 PM
We’ve all had days where we’ve woken up, forgotten to brush our teeth, and closed all El Paso airspace for an hour instead.
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THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
February 11, 2026 at 5:07 AM
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Holy shit
“Historians call this passageway a masterwork of deliberate concealment, designed to be absolutely invisible to slave catchers or city marshals during the 19th-century”
Safe house linked to Underground Railroad discovered in Manhattan
The Merchant's House is the first landmarked building in Manhattan.
ny1.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Holy shit
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English-only California: the golden state with Spanish place names removed. First map I ever commissioned, to commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, whereby the US made Mexico give up its northern half, adding California and the Southwest to the Union.
February 10, 2026 at 1:44 AM
English-only California: the golden state with Spanish place names removed. First map I ever commissioned, to commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, whereby the US made Mexico give up its northern half, adding California and the Southwest to the Union.
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Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
February 10, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le