Craig Tyhurst
@thewilytouchstone.bsky.social
Crafter of characters, master of games, and teller of stories.
Any/all personal pronouns.
Any/all personal pronouns.
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A good thing you can do about this instead of dooming is Google “how to become a poll observer in [your town]”
Breaking:
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
The White House press secretary just said she "can't guarantee" that ICE won't be around polling locations in November.
February 5, 2026 at 9:39 PM
A good thing you can do about this instead of dooming is Google “how to become a poll observer in [your town]”
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You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
Epstein Backed ‘Billionaires’ Dinner’ Network of Prominent Anti-Trans Figures
Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and other anti-trans influencers personally benefited from a right-wing academic social group backed by infamous human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, somet...
transnews.network
February 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
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Well?
You gonna prove 'em wrong?
You gonna prove 'em wrong?
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 7, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Well?
You gonna prove 'em wrong?
You gonna prove 'em wrong?
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I swear, racist people have so much time on their hands 🙃
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:22 PM
I swear, racist people have so much time on their hands 🙃
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Given all the work we do (thru the MUTCD) to ensure that our road signs and markings are safe and uniform nationally, having backup drivers that aren’t licensed for driving in America seems like a less-safe deviation than, say, some pavement art in curb extensions.
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Given all the work we do (thru the MUTCD) to ensure that our road signs and markings are safe and uniform nationally, having backup drivers that aren’t licensed for driving in America seems like a less-safe deviation than, say, some pavement art in curb extensions.
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I'm Aaron, a fantasy illustrator working on non-Eurocentric stories including my own Pan-African fantasy world of #Ha-Nahn. I've done work for the Wagadu Chronicles, Into the Motherlands, @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social and more.
Find me at www.aaronradney.com and patreon.com/aaronradney
Find me at www.aaronradney.com and patreon.com/aaronradney
February 6, 2026 at 3:10 PM
I'm Aaron, a fantasy illustrator working on non-Eurocentric stories including my own Pan-African fantasy world of #Ha-Nahn. I've done work for the Wagadu Chronicles, Into the Motherlands, @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social and more.
Find me at www.aaronradney.com and patreon.com/aaronradney
Find me at www.aaronradney.com and patreon.com/aaronradney
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‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
![…
25. This Cibola jail was horrible. It was cramped. I was chained up again.
The officers mocked
me and called me their enemy. They laughed at me. I was kept at the jail for what felt like around three hours. I wasn't given an explanation for why I was there.
26. Security
guards then put me on a bus. I think it was around January 27.
No one said
anything about where I was going. I was handcuffed. It felt like the middle of the night. It was freezing cold in the bus because the driver had the AC on. We had no jackets. The bus eventually took me back to El Paso in the carly morning of Tuesday, January 27th.
27. I was put in a cold cell where I had to sleep on the bare cement floor. Around 10 in the morning my cellmate asked to speak to an ICE officer. Three officers came into the cell so I had a chance to speak to them too. One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." She told me that if I fought my case, I would spend two to three more months here in El Paso. She offered me $2600 to self-deport. I refused. I wanted to talk to my attorney. They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota. If I hadn't managed to talk to my attorney who told me a while back that I was ordered released. I might have given up at this point and signed the self-deportation forms because the conditions were so unbearable.
…
30. When I was taken back to the detention center from the airport, after missing the flight, I overheard an ICE officer saying in English, "the judge in Minnesota wants this one back." I was put in a cold jail cell again until early next morning (January 28). But again no one had told me directly that a judge had ordered my release
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32. When I arrived in Minneapolis, I was handed off to ICE
… I had to sign lots of papers saying that I wasn't going to be a part of any "groups." I didn't know what they meant by "groups." They never told me why I was detained](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5cn3kbi4g5blrtahon34xbu4/bafkreiccqxmfncofjqinoveiqscwale2ox5xpiqt46veqjdh3jmimkrxhq@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
‘One officer told me that I "had no chance of returning to Minnesota" and that "the best thing for (me] is self-deportation." …
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
She offered me $2600 to self-deport.
I refused.
I wanted to talk to my attorney.
They didn't tell me the judge had already ordered my release and return to Minnesota.’
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Good. "But DHS isn't just ICE, it's also..." nope, wrong. DHS no longer serves any useful functions, the whole thing has been reassigned to repression. FEMA isn't even paying out to states. All DHS does is shooting, teargassing, facial recognition, and administrative warrants. Shut it down.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Secu…
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Good. "But DHS isn't just ICE, it's also..." nope, wrong. DHS no longer serves any useful functions, the whole thing has been reassigned to repression. FEMA isn't even paying out to states. All DHS does is shooting, teargassing, facial recognition, and administrative warrants. Shut it down.
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New mini print I’ll have this weekend at Neosho Artcon, and then on my online shop afterwards!
February 5, 2026 at 11:57 PM
New mini print I’ll have this weekend at Neosho Artcon, and then on my online shop afterwards!
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Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
February 6, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Swear to god, ICE could just announce they're leaving a city but not leave and the media will just stop covering that city completely even though ICE never left.
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
It's what ICE and the media did with LA and they're doing it with Minneapolis too
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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I’m trying to raise $165 to get my Internet working again
Hi everyone, my internet got unexpectedly cut off today and I can't pay it until my birthday on the 8th, I'm grateful for any help people can provide, Thank you
ko-fi.com/dare2dream
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Buy Dare Hickman a Coffee
Become a supporter of Dare Hickman today!
ko-fi.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:09 AM
I’m trying to raise $165 to get my Internet working again
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Today we remember Alice Ball, an African American chemist who developed the 1st effective treatment for leprosy prior to antibiotics. After Ball died at 24, a male colleague stole her research. Ball was not recognized until a historian found her original thesis. Feb 28 is Alice Augusta Ball Day
February 6, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Today we remember Alice Ball, an African American chemist who developed the 1st effective treatment for leprosy prior to antibiotics. After Ball died at 24, a male colleague stole her research. Ball was not recognized until a historian found her original thesis. Feb 28 is Alice Augusta Ball Day
ICE is not a legitimate department of the federal government.
Agents are not required to have any form of legal or crimnal justice training, they have no oversight or accountability; just thugs who are given a gun, a target, a quota, and the flimsiest excuses possible to justify their abuses.
Agents are not required to have any form of legal or crimnal justice training, they have no oversight or accountability; just thugs who are given a gun, a target, a quota, and the flimsiest excuses possible to justify their abuses.
Far too many ICE agents are lawless, cruel and despicable bullies.
February 5, 2026 at 6:55 PM
ICE is not a legitimate department of the federal government.
Agents are not required to have any form of legal or crimnal justice training, they have no oversight or accountability; just thugs who are given a gun, a target, a quota, and the flimsiest excuses possible to justify their abuses.
Agents are not required to have any form of legal or crimnal justice training, they have no oversight or accountability; just thugs who are given a gun, a target, a quota, and the flimsiest excuses possible to justify their abuses.
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Not letting people have a permanent license to at least have access to their projects is crazy work. So unnecessary evil
I AM FURIOUS.
Adobe Animate remains an industry standard for TV animation. Star Trek: Lower Decks was made in Animate. Haunted Hotel was made in Animate. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was made in Animate.
And because you can't buy a permanent licence anymore, it'll just be gone.
Adobe Animate remains an industry standard for TV animation. Star Trek: Lower Decks was made in Animate. Haunted Hotel was made in Animate. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was made in Animate.
And because you can't buy a permanent licence anymore, it'll just be gone.
February 2, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Not letting people have a permanent license to at least have access to their projects is crazy work. So unnecessary evil
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Hi. I'm Chris. I am an actual play/TTRPG performer. Since I GM quite often, that also makes me a bit of a writer as well.
I love writing awful villains & playing kind-hearted criminals.
I also love signal boosting indie video games.
linktr.ee/ChrisTheeCha...
I love writing awful villains & playing kind-hearted criminals.
I also love signal boosting indie video games.
linktr.ee/ChrisTheeCha...
It's #BlackHistoryMonth and I want to use that follower count for some good today. If you are a Black creative, QRP with your links.
Note: this one is for Black folks to share their work. Not self appointed allies and performative list making of Black folks to follow & support UwU!
Note: this one is for Black folks to share their work. Not self appointed allies and performative list making of Black folks to follow & support UwU!
February 3, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Hi. I'm Chris. I am an actual play/TTRPG performer. Since I GM quite often, that also makes me a bit of a writer as well.
I love writing awful villains & playing kind-hearted criminals.
I also love signal boosting indie video games.
linktr.ee/ChrisTheeCha...
I love writing awful villains & playing kind-hearted criminals.
I also love signal boosting indie video games.
linktr.ee/ChrisTheeCha...
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The coordinates of Epstein's island are about 18.300, -64.821.
JK Rowling has owned the yacht Samsara (MMSI #319068100) since sometime in 2023. The table below shows when her yacht visited the area.
Thank you for your attention to this matter, and remember:
There's always another secret :)
JK Rowling has owned the yacht Samsara (MMSI #319068100) since sometime in 2023. The table below shows when her yacht visited the area.
Thank you for your attention to this matter, and remember:
There's always another secret :)
February 3, 2026 at 10:11 PM
The coordinates of Epstein's island are about 18.300, -64.821.
JK Rowling has owned the yacht Samsara (MMSI #319068100) since sometime in 2023. The table below shows when her yacht visited the area.
Thank you for your attention to this matter, and remember:
There's always another secret :)
JK Rowling has owned the yacht Samsara (MMSI #319068100) since sometime in 2023. The table below shows when her yacht visited the area.
Thank you for your attention to this matter, and remember:
There's always another secret :)
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I gave a talk to the @cartoonist.coop about how to keep your expenses organized for filing your taxes. And I end it with, don't use HR Block or Turbo Tax because they are keeping taxes complicated. If they aren't hiring an accountant, they should use www.freetaxusa.com instead
americans: whenever you see a turbotax advertisement, never let yourself forget that turbotax and companies like it are WHY we have to file taxes like we do in the first place.
February 3, 2026 at 11:10 PM
I gave a talk to the @cartoonist.coop about how to keep your expenses organized for filing your taxes. And I end it with, don't use HR Block or Turbo Tax because they are keeping taxes complicated. If they aren't hiring an accountant, they should use www.freetaxusa.com instead
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If Starbucks won’t respect workers at the bargaining table, they don’t deserve our clicks or orders.
Our call to action is simple:
📱 Delete the Starbucks app. #DeleteTheApp
bit.ly/deletetheapp
Our call to action is simple:
📱 Delete the Starbucks app. #DeleteTheApp
bit.ly/deletetheapp
February 3, 2026 at 2:10 AM
If Starbucks won’t respect workers at the bargaining table, they don’t deserve our clicks or orders.
Our call to action is simple:
📱 Delete the Starbucks app. #DeleteTheApp
bit.ly/deletetheapp
Our call to action is simple:
📱 Delete the Starbucks app. #DeleteTheApp
bit.ly/deletetheapp
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I am a black TTRPG performer! You can find me playing on @rollfourthpod.bsky.social we are a woman led group with authentic disability rep, and we have a lot of exciting projects to share this year!
It's #BlackHistoryMonth and I want to use that follower count for some good today. If you are a Black creative, QRP with your links.
Note: this one is for Black folks to share their work. Not self appointed allies and performative list making of Black folks to follow & support UwU!
Note: this one is for Black folks to share their work. Not self appointed allies and performative list making of Black folks to follow & support UwU!
February 3, 2026 at 10:45 PM
I am a black TTRPG performer! You can find me playing on @rollfourthpod.bsky.social we are a woman led group with authentic disability rep, and we have a lot of exciting projects to share this year!
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Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel?
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
They just blindly shot through the fucking door.
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Additional photographs show damage consistent with a bullet fragment lodged in a bedroom wall down the hallway — suggesting it traveled between a mattress and a portable crib in a room where several small children sleep."
"Photographic evidence from the shooting scene of a Venezuelan man by federal agents last month in Minneapolis supports the account of witnesses there – and appears to undercut the narrative provided by federal officials." www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
February 3, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel?
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again.
And they almost shot some kids in the process.
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The target boycott is pretty much the dream outcome of the corporate activism that’s been targeting Wal-Mart for decades now.
February 4, 2026 at 1:12 AM
The target boycott is pretty much the dream outcome of the corporate activism that’s been targeting Wal-Mart for decades now.