Mostly Harmless
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Herding cats until the waveform collapses.
Mostly harmless, but do note that both my grandfathers killed fascists. GenX. Слава Україні. Meese is still a pig.
#OurFlagMeansDeath #ofmd #UglyDogs
Mostly harmless, but do note that both my grandfathers killed fascists. GenX. Слава Україні. Meese is still a pig.
#OurFlagMeansDeath #ofmd #UglyDogs
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Why Edmonton for #Worldcon?
Edmonton is as welcoming, safe, and diverse as it is dramatic and exciting. There are plenty of things to do, from top-notch restaurants to rugged wilderness and urban oddities.
Edmonton is as welcoming, safe, and diverse as it is dramatic and exciting. There are plenty of things to do, from top-notch restaurants to rugged wilderness and urban oddities.
January 19, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Why Edmonton for #Worldcon?
Edmonton is as welcoming, safe, and diverse as it is dramatic and exciting. There are plenty of things to do, from top-notch restaurants to rugged wilderness and urban oddities.
Edmonton is as welcoming, safe, and diverse as it is dramatic and exciting. There are plenty of things to do, from top-notch restaurants to rugged wilderness and urban oddities.
Looks like quite a few other Beacon Hill / South Seattle schools, daycares and elementaries are also going to "shelter in place" due to ICE activity. If you're a parent at work, check your messages to see what the kids' status is.
We knew Washington's turn would come eventually.
We knew Washington's turn would come eventually.
Heads up, Seattle: Aki Kurose Middle School in Hillman City and Cleveland STEM High School in Beacon Hill are sheltering in place after ICE activity was reported in the area.
Two Seattle schools shelter in place due to reported ICE activity
Seattle Public Schools that ICE agents might be trying to draw out families who intended to bring their children home from school after news of ICE activity.
www.seattletimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Looks like quite a few other Beacon Hill / South Seattle schools, daycares and elementaries are also going to "shelter in place" due to ICE activity. If you're a parent at work, check your messages to see what the kids' status is.
We knew Washington's turn would come eventually.
We knew Washington's turn would come eventually.
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Heads up, Seattle: Aki Kurose Middle School in Hillman City and Cleveland STEM High School in Beacon Hill are sheltering in place after ICE activity was reported in the area.
Two Seattle schools shelter in place due to reported ICE activity
Seattle Public Schools that ICE agents might be trying to draw out families who intended to bring their children home from school after news of ICE activity.
www.seattletimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Heads up, Seattle: Aki Kurose Middle School in Hillman City and Cleveland STEM High School in Beacon Hill are sheltering in place after ICE activity was reported in the area.
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I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
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jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
![YOUR RING CAMERA IS AN ICE AGENT
[a drawing of a ring camera with an ice agent dragging a person away in its field of vision]
"In October of 2025, Amazon's Ring announced its partnership with FLOCK, an A.I. surveillance group that freely shares its footage with ICE, the secret service, and the navy. Flock customers can use A.I. tools to sift through footage to assist in all manner of operations (like raids and deportations) without a warrant. Unplug Ring! Melt ICE! Protect your neighbors!
See: https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-expands-community-requests-to-additional-community-safety-partners/
https://www.404media.co/ice-secret-service-navy-all-had-access-to-flocks-nationwide-network-of-cameras/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ
https://www.aclum.org/campaigns-initiatives/get-the-flock-out-resource-guide/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p2aefnvhb3zmkrazk67dppxw/bafkreic7teyeocg7k5qcqxnc666k7clyiislh2zfi6iopcz6fs3e3lt6xy@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 8:15 PM
jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
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it is -10 here today. I was supposed to go do a volunteer shift standing outside loading groceries into people’s cars to deliver to families stuck at home. just got a call not to come in because they have too many volunteers already. if you were wondering if the cold would stop us.
January 19, 2026 at 5:09 PM
it is -10 here today. I was supposed to go do a volunteer shift standing outside loading groceries into people’s cars to deliver to families stuck at home. just got a call not to come in because they have too many volunteers already. if you were wondering if the cold would stop us.
Attempting to sew warp ikat fabric for the first time. Just some easy, dumb pajama pants, so it should be okay.
It's just... so... stretchy.
It's just... so... stretchy.
January 19, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Attempting to sew warp ikat fabric for the first time. Just some easy, dumb pajama pants, so it should be okay.
It's just... so... stretchy.
It's just... so... stretchy.
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people don’t care as much about prices when they are being occupied by a paramilitary, disappeared to concentration camps, shot in the face three times, or having grenades thrown at their children as they drive away from ICE
NEW: In this interview, Chuck Schumer describes the "five buckets" Dems think are key to their possibly winning a Senate majority in 2026: housing, "the high price of food [and] food monopolies playing a major role there," electricity, "the high cost of childcare," and health care.
Zero Chucks Left to Give
Chuck Schumer now sees a path back to the majority. Can he manage his way through it?
www.thebulwark.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:10 AM
people don’t care as much about prices when they are being occupied by a paramilitary, disappeared to concentration camps, shot in the face three times, or having grenades thrown at their children as they drive away from ICE
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ICE agents at a hotel in St. Paul woke up this morning to news that they’re getting kicked out of their hotel today at noon.
January 18, 2026 at 4:42 PM
ICE agents at a hotel in St. Paul woke up this morning to news that they’re getting kicked out of their hotel today at noon.
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ABC News reporting 1,500 active duty soldiers are on standby to deploy to MINNESOTA.
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
Hundreds of active-duty soldiers on standby, 2 defense officials say
abcnews.go.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:05 AM
ABC News reporting 1,500 active duty soldiers are on standby to deploy to MINNESOTA.
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
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If you work for ice please understand that your kids will laugh at a character based on you dying in an action movie before the end of the decade. They’ll be in movies for really little kids. Like Phineas and Ferb shit. There will be an action figure of you with a detachable head
January 17, 2026 at 8:40 PM
If you work for ice please understand that your kids will laugh at a character based on you dying in an action movie before the end of the decade. They’ll be in movies for really little kids. Like Phineas and Ferb shit. There will be an action figure of you with a detachable head
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you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 3:37 PM
you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review
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Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake
Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
January 16, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake
Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
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There are no two Star Wars films that I'm more excited for than Taika's movie and the Lando movie. Not only because Taika Waititi and Donald Glover have very distinct styles that Star Wars should embrace, but because they both have a shot to make the SW movie of my dreams.
I need them made so bad.
I need them made so bad.
Kathleen Kennedy discussed the status of Taika Waititi’s #StarWars film and Donald Glover’s ‘Lando’ with Deadline:
“Taika has turned in a script that I think is hilarious and great… Donald Glover has turned in a script… I think the ones by Taika and Donald are still somewhat alive...”
“Taika has turned in a script that I think is hilarious and great… Donald Glover has turned in a script… I think the ones by Taika and Donald are still somewhat alive...”
January 16, 2026 at 6:22 PM
There are no two Star Wars films that I'm more excited for than Taika's movie and the Lando movie. Not only because Taika Waititi and Donald Glover have very distinct styles that Star Wars should embrace, but because they both have a shot to make the SW movie of my dreams.
I need them made so bad.
I need them made so bad.
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This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
Measles outbreak in Western Washington.
A family from South Carolina brought their measles infections to airports, ferries and various locations in Washington state.
The health department says that they didn’t know they had measles.
But this is why unvaccinated people are a danger to communities, not just themselves.
The health department says that they didn’t know they had measles.
But this is why unvaccinated people are a danger to communities, not just themselves.
January 16, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Measles outbreak in Western Washington.
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I hate the Nazgûl’s treatment of the hobbits as much as you do but the security of Middle Earth is critical in this age. I believe we can strike a balance between the rights of Shire residents and black land border enforcement with proper training and funding.
January 12, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I hate the Nazgûl’s treatment of the hobbits as much as you do but the security of Middle Earth is critical in this age. I believe we can strike a balance between the rights of Shire residents and black land border enforcement with proper training and funding.
Gwar covering "Pink Pony Club."
1. This really exists.
2. I don't know what is wrong with my brain but I think I like this performance better than Chappell's.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5XR...
1. This really exists.
2. I don't know what is wrong with my brain but I think I like this performance better than Chappell's.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5XR...
GWAR cover “Pink Pony Club” by Chappell Roan
YouTube video by The A.V. Club
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Gwar covering "Pink Pony Club."
1. This really exists.
2. I don't know what is wrong with my brain but I think I like this performance better than Chappell's.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5XR...
1. This really exists.
2. I don't know what is wrong with my brain but I think I like this performance better than Chappell's.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5XR...
It gets a lot more Star Trek-ish after the first 10 thoroughly off-putting minutes. There are some nice touches. I think there's hope.
Watching the new Star Trek Academy. It's brutal and the Federation is fascist and if something Star Trek-like doesn't happen in the next 5 minutes I'm writing it off. I hate this.
January 16, 2026 at 4:54 AM
It gets a lot more Star Trek-ish after the first 10 thoroughly off-putting minutes. There are some nice touches. I think there's hope.
Watching the new Star Trek Academy. It's brutal and the Federation is fascist and if something Star Trek-like doesn't happen in the next 5 minutes I'm writing it off. I hate this.
January 16, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Watching the new Star Trek Academy. It's brutal and the Federation is fascist and if something Star Trek-like doesn't happen in the next 5 minutes I'm writing it off. I hate this.
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Big news story this morning in college basketball. From the indictment: Fixers conspired with "more than 39 players on more than 17 NCAA Division I men's basketball teams ... fixed and attempted to fix more than 29 games" in 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons. All players at the mid-/low-major level.
College basketball players among those charged in point-shaving scheme by FBI
The FBI found that more than 29 games were fixed as a result of its investigation
www.cbssports.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Big news story this morning in college basketball. From the indictment: Fixers conspired with "more than 39 players on more than 17 NCAA Division I men's basketball teams ... fixed and attempted to fix more than 29 games" in 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons. All players at the mid-/low-major level.
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Friends, Claudette Colvin—the 15-year-old who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in March 1955 & joined the federal case against bus segregation that went to the Supreme Court — died today at age 86. But there are lots of myths and mis-impressions about her. A short corrective thread:
January 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Friends, Claudette Colvin—the 15-year-old who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in March 1955 & joined the federal case against bus segregation that went to the Supreme Court — died today at age 86. But there are lots of myths and mis-impressions about her. A short corrective thread:
Outside my window there's a raven so large I automatically clicked on globe.adsbexchange.com to see if it's military or civilian.
ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live
ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live - aircraft flight history
globe.adsbexchange.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Outside my window there's a raven so large I automatically clicked on globe.adsbexchange.com to see if it's military or civilian.
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.