Kate Shaw / Tigerbat Tails
@tigerbattails.bsky.social
Host of Strange Animals Podcast, fursuit maker (Tigerbat Tails), writer (as K.C. Shaw), Mongolian language learner, drummer. I do too many things but I get bored. Codexian, former president of Furry Writers' Guild. she/her
https://linktr.ee/TigerbatTails
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Worth remembering that in 1952, Chaplin - for 40 years maybe the most famous man in the world - had his visa revoked as he sailed for Europe. J. Edgar Hoover didn't like that he was a vaguely left-wing pacifist who slept around. He never really got over it. His creativity didn't.
The first time Charlie Chaplin spoke onscreen, he implored the people of the world to resist the rising tide of fascism.
Nearly 90 years later, it remains a timely message.
Nearly 90 years later, it remains a timely message.
January 9, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Worth remembering that in 1952, Chaplin - for 40 years maybe the most famous man in the world - had his visa revoked as he sailed for Europe. J. Edgar Hoover didn't like that he was a vaguely left-wing pacifist who slept around. He never really got over it. His creativity didn't.
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Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was shot & killed by ICE on Sept 12
ICE chased Jaime Alanis off the roof of a greenhouse; he broke his neck & died on July 12
ICE chased Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez into traffic where he was hit & killed on Aug 14
Josué Castro Rivera was killed the same way on Oct 23
ICE chased Jaime Alanis off the roof of a greenhouse; he broke his neck & died on July 12
ICE chased Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez into traffic where he was hit & killed on Aug 14
Josué Castro Rivera was killed the same way on Oct 23
Renee Good is at least the fifth death to result in an aggressive immigration crackdown by the Trump administration. Other cases include a person fatally shot by ICE outside Chicago and two people who died after being struck by vehicles while fleeing authorities.
Driver shot in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person killed in U.S. immigration crackdown
A motorist who was fatally shot by an immigration officer in Minneapolis is at least the fifth person to die since the Trump administration launched its aggressive immigration crackdown last year. The...
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was shot & killed by ICE on Sept 12
ICE chased Jaime Alanis off the roof of a greenhouse; he broke his neck & died on July 12
ICE chased Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez into traffic where he was hit & killed on Aug 14
Josué Castro Rivera was killed the same way on Oct 23
ICE chased Jaime Alanis off the roof of a greenhouse; he broke his neck & died on July 12
ICE chased Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez into traffic where he was hit & killed on Aug 14
Josué Castro Rivera was killed the same way on Oct 23
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if you want to throw a few bucks to an organization that is doing really great work against ICE here in Portland, this is a Willett family rec
pircoregon.org
pircoregon.org
Home | Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition
Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC) support immigrant rights through direct assistance, education, legal support, advocacy, and community organizing.
pircoregon.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:10 AM
if you want to throw a few bucks to an organization that is doing really great work against ICE here in Portland, this is a Willett family rec
pircoregon.org
pircoregon.org
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I think people need to understand that when many of us are angry at religion, we usually aren’t angry at the spiritual traditions themselves, but at the conservative ways power has latched onto them and used them to control people, bodies, and communities.
January 8, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I think people need to understand that when many of us are angry at religion, we usually aren’t angry at the spiritual traditions themselves, but at the conservative ways power has latched onto them and used them to control people, bodies, and communities.
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American conservatives will look you right in the eye with a straight face and tell you that complete and utter subservience to masked federal police is patriotism, anything else deserves being executed in the street, and tax dollars for healthcare is tyranny.
January 9, 2026 at 12:12 AM
American conservatives will look you right in the eye with a straight face and tell you that complete and utter subservience to masked federal police is patriotism, anything else deserves being executed in the street, and tax dollars for healthcare is tyranny.
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Clear-eyed, fact-based, and written to explain to normies. No “both sidesing.” No “Trump officials disagree.”
No gaslighting that what we can see with our own eyes might not be true.
This is journalism. Well done, @people.com
No gaslighting that what we can see with our own eyes might not be true.
This is journalism. Well done, @people.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Clear-eyed, fact-based, and written to explain to normies. No “both sidesing.” No “Trump officials disagree.”
No gaslighting that what we can see with our own eyes might not be true.
This is journalism. Well done, @people.com
No gaslighting that what we can see with our own eyes might not be true.
This is journalism. Well done, @people.com
If you see this, post a Dracula that's not a vampire.
January 8, 2026 at 9:44 PM
If you see this, post a Dracula that's not a vampire.
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For afternoon peeps!
Good morning! If ye missed it, my new short story collection is up for preorder at one place and will be at all the other places soon, but THIS place, the publisher, will get you
• $3 off
• a signed copy and bookmark
• three spiffy Iron Druid stickers
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Yay for more Iron Druid!
• $3 off
• a signed copy and bookmark
• three spiffy Iron Druid stickers
tinyurl.com/3muvrcfd
Yay for more Iron Druid!
January 8, 2026 at 9:26 PM
For afternoon peeps!
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Days like today really are just stunning reminders that MAGA is, above all else, a movement for the weakest, most mediocre cowards trying to pretend they're something they're not.
January 8, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Days like today really are just stunning reminders that MAGA is, above all else, a movement for the weakest, most mediocre cowards trying to pretend they're something they're not.
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I will never stop reminding people of 2020 when #Seattle PD posted pictures of the memorial candle they'd kicked over, claiming it was an IED, with the word "candle" still visible on the dollar store label that they hadn't bothered to take off.
January 8, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I will never stop reminding people of 2020 when #Seattle PD posted pictures of the memorial candle they'd kicked over, claiming it was an IED, with the word "candle" still visible on the dollar store label that they hadn't bothered to take off.
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Exactly; protest the hotel (by reserving with different ones), not the convention (by not going at all).
As mentioned in their reply post, there’s also still value in INFORMING the convention, so that hopefully they can update their contracts once they’re able to do so - which could be years away.
As mentioned in their reply post, there’s also still value in INFORMING the convention, so that hopefully they can update their contracts once they’re able to do so - which could be years away.
This. If you abandon your rooms, guess what? The hotel STILL gets the money, it'd just be the furry convention paying the cost.
I'm all for protesting companies for supporting ICE, but please make sure you're not hurting or killing our community's conventions by doing it, is all.
I'm all for protesting companies for supporting ICE, but please make sure you're not hurting or killing our community's conventions by doing it, is all.
If you're gonna protest Hilton siding with ICE, I highly suggest you guys do some mutual aid shit to keep your favorite fur cons from sinking because of breaches of contract. Sadly, a common part of convention contracts is getting butts in rooms (hence, room blocks at special rates).
January 8, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Exactly; protest the hotel (by reserving with different ones), not the convention (by not going at all).
As mentioned in their reply post, there’s also still value in INFORMING the convention, so that hopefully they can update their contracts once they’re able to do so - which could be years away.
As mentioned in their reply post, there’s also still value in INFORMING the convention, so that hopefully they can update their contracts once they’re able to do so - which could be years away.
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This 1000%.
If you want to paywall your news site then fine. But if you demand I pay just to stop you force loading my machine with invasive cookies I can't choose or opt out from then that's not fine - that's extortion to secure my own privacy.
Fuck right off. And then fuck right off some more.
If you want to paywall your news site then fine. But if you demand I pay just to stop you force loading my machine with invasive cookies I can't choose or opt out from then that's not fine - that's extortion to secure my own privacy.
Fuck right off. And then fuck right off some more.
Sorry newspapers, but if my choice to read your article is either accept cookies or pay, I’ll just go elsewhere
The concept of paying for privacy is fundamentally disgusting
The concept of paying for privacy is fundamentally disgusting
January 8, 2026 at 12:29 PM
This 1000%.
If you want to paywall your news site then fine. But if you demand I pay just to stop you force loading my machine with invasive cookies I can't choose or opt out from then that's not fine - that's extortion to secure my own privacy.
Fuck right off. And then fuck right off some more.
If you want to paywall your news site then fine. But if you demand I pay just to stop you force loading my machine with invasive cookies I can't choose or opt out from then that's not fine - that's extortion to secure my own privacy.
Fuck right off. And then fuck right off some more.
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Today is very bad and we should all be very angry but I am here to remind us that the birthday we are celebrating this year is not for the Constitution but for our rebellion against monarchy. The sincerest form of flattery is imitation.
January 7, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Today is very bad and we should all be very angry but I am here to remind us that the birthday we are celebrating this year is not for the Constitution but for our rebellion against monarchy. The sincerest form of flattery is imitation.
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Go home, @moderation.bsky.app, you're drunk.
January 8, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Go home, @moderation.bsky.app, you're drunk.
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So this happened in Appalachia! There was some Land Back!
January 7, 2026 at 9:23 PM
So this happened in Appalachia! There was some Land Back!
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Create queer art.
Create weird art.
Never let them put out that light inside of you.
Create weird art.
Never let them put out that light inside of you.
January 8, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Create queer art.
Create weird art.
Never let them put out that light inside of you.
Create weird art.
Never let them put out that light inside of you.
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It's wild listening to cable news talking heads pretend to believe it's possible the Trump administration is confused about the shooting.
No, they're lying. We don't need to bend ourselves into pretzels here. They are always lying.
No, they're lying. We don't need to bend ourselves into pretzels here. They are always lying.
January 8, 2026 at 11:46 AM
It's wild listening to cable news talking heads pretend to believe it's possible the Trump administration is confused about the shooting.
No, they're lying. We don't need to bend ourselves into pretzels here. They are always lying.
No, they're lying. We don't need to bend ourselves into pretzels here. They are always lying.
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heyy party people, I need funds for food so im opening one character sheet slot! this page is projected for completion about six months out so need to be okay with that to claim! $80 gets you a four pose/expression page but more can be added for additional $! Dm to claim💖
#furry #art #commissions
#furry #art #commissions
January 6, 2026 at 8:13 PM
heyy party people, I need funds for food so im opening one character sheet slot! this page is projected for completion about six months out so need to be okay with that to claim! $80 gets you a four pose/expression page but more can be added for additional $! Dm to claim💖
#furry #art #commissions
#furry #art #commissions
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Among the organizations named in this order are organizations that promote freedom of expression online and organizations that monitor hybrid threats such as anti-democratic disinformation and state-sponsored terror campaigns.
The US government is fucking evil.
The US government is fucking evil.
This is insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Among the organizations named in this order are organizations that promote freedom of expression online and organizations that monitor hybrid threats such as anti-democratic disinformation and state-sponsored terror campaigns.
The US government is fucking evil.
The US government is fucking evil.
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protecting the murderer.
All republicans voted down a subpoena of all records and footage related to the murder of Renee Good by ICE agent
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM
protecting the murderer.
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You can do this. You can do SOMETHING.
Look up X on the App Store, scroll down to Report a Problem and fill out the form with this information.
January 8, 2026 at 3:04 AM
You can do this. You can do SOMETHING.
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Lots of ongoing media discussion in #Mongolia abt parl ad hoc cmtte report on #OyuTolgoi.
With @ananddairtan.bsky.social & Dolgion, we considered political context in our last podcast episode.
www.agulamedia.com/podcast/e017
⛏️🇲🇳🎙️
With @ananddairtan.bsky.social & Dolgion, we considered political context in our last podcast episode.
www.agulamedia.com/podcast/e017
⛏️🇲🇳🎙️
Episode 17: Mongolia Questions Rio Again — Agula Media
www.agulamedia.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Lots of ongoing media discussion in #Mongolia abt parl ad hoc cmtte report on #OyuTolgoi.
With @ananddairtan.bsky.social & Dolgion, we considered political context in our last podcast episode.
www.agulamedia.com/podcast/e017
⛏️🇲🇳🎙️
With @ananddairtan.bsky.social & Dolgion, we considered political context in our last podcast episode.
www.agulamedia.com/podcast/e017
⛏️🇲🇳🎙️
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The woman killed by ICE today was a poet. She won the 2020 Academy of American Poets, University & College Poetry Prize at Old Dominion University.
(And this is Renee from confirmed socials- a photo of a different woman with red lipstick is going around, but that was a classmate.)
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(And this is Renee from confirmed socials- a photo of a different woman with red lipstick is going around, but that was a classmate.)
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January 8, 2026 at 12:13 AM
The woman killed by ICE today was a poet. She won the 2020 Academy of American Poets, University & College Poetry Prize at Old Dominion University.
(And this is Renee from confirmed socials- a photo of a different woman with red lipstick is going around, but that was a classmate.)
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(And this is Renee from confirmed socials- a photo of a different woman with red lipstick is going around, but that was a classmate.)
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
January 8, 2026 at 5:35 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.
That is called murder when they do that.
Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.