Tortured Typewriter
@torturedtypewriter.bsky.social
Knee deep in the hoopla
Anti-corruption, pro-democracy, pragmatic progressive
Anti-corruption, pro-democracy, pragmatic progressive
The AMC microwave popcorn is the best microwave popcorn I've ever tried. Comes with the the butter oil stuff
February 19, 2026 at 5:02 AM
The AMC microwave popcorn is the best microwave popcorn I've ever tried. Comes with the the butter oil stuff
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The owner of a warehouse located in Socorro in El Paso Co, Texas, earmarked as a detention centre for illegal immigrants has refused to let the US government use the facility amid deepening unease over Donald Trump’s immigration policy. ft.trib.al/a4v3vgs
Texas town blocks ICE detention centre in backlash to Trump crackdown
Warehouse owner refuses to let government use facility amid deepening unease over US president’s immigration policy
ft.trib.al
February 19, 2026 at 1:40 AM
The owner of a warehouse located in Socorro in El Paso Co, Texas, earmarked as a detention centre for illegal immigrants has refused to let the US government use the facility amid deepening unease over Donald Trump’s immigration policy. ft.trib.al/a4v3vgs
U2 has entered the chat
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3zi...
U2 - American Obituary (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by U2
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:35 PM
U2 has entered the chat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3zi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3zi...
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Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico are both great, and either would be a terrific Senator. Each obviously thinks they are the better candidate.
But they should say now that, if they lose, they and their supporters will crawl over broken glass in a blizzard to vote for the other one in November.
But they should say now that, if they lose, they and their supporters will crawl over broken glass in a blizzard to vote for the other one in November.
February 18, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico are both great, and either would be a terrific Senator. Each obviously thinks they are the better candidate.
But they should say now that, if they lose, they and their supporters will crawl over broken glass in a blizzard to vote for the other one in November.
But they should say now that, if they lose, they and their supporters will crawl over broken glass in a blizzard to vote for the other one in November.
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This tracks
The National Geographic voice caps it off though ☠️
The National Geographic voice caps it off though ☠️
February 18, 2026 at 4:49 AM
This tracks
The National Geographic voice caps it off though ☠️
The National Geographic voice caps it off though ☠️
Yikes
So their advice is that she has to take responsibility for her own problems. No questions about his approach, whether he takes time with foreplay, cuddling, non-sexual intimacy, or whether they've tried using adaptive or non-penetrative methods to satisfy him and ease her back in.
So their advice is that she has to take responsibility for her own problems. No questions about his approach, whether he takes time with foreplay, cuddling, non-sexual intimacy, or whether they've tried using adaptive or non-penetrative methods to satisfy him and ease her back in.
Dear How to Do It: My girlfriend has a good reason for the sudden change in our sex life. But my patience is running out. slate.trib.al/VySg6Np
My Girlfriend Has a Good Reason for the Sudden Change in Our Sex Life. But My Patience Is Running Out.
Something needs to change.
slate.trib.al
February 18, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Yikes
So their advice is that she has to take responsibility for her own problems. No questions about his approach, whether he takes time with foreplay, cuddling, non-sexual intimacy, or whether they've tried using adaptive or non-penetrative methods to satisfy him and ease her back in.
So their advice is that she has to take responsibility for her own problems. No questions about his approach, whether he takes time with foreplay, cuddling, non-sexual intimacy, or whether they've tried using adaptive or non-penetrative methods to satisfy him and ease her back in.
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JUST IN: Federal prosecutors in Chicago move to dismiss another case tied to Operation Midway Blitz.
Assuming its’s granted, Jacqueline Guataquira would become the 17th of 32 known defendants cleared.
None of the 32 has been convicted.
Docket entry and original charging doc below:
Assuming its’s granted, Jacqueline Guataquira would become the 17th of 32 known defendants cleared.
None of the 32 has been convicted.
Docket entry and original charging doc below:
February 18, 2026 at 4:12 PM
JUST IN: Federal prosecutors in Chicago move to dismiss another case tied to Operation Midway Blitz.
Assuming its’s granted, Jacqueline Guataquira would become the 17th of 32 known defendants cleared.
None of the 32 has been convicted.
Docket entry and original charging doc below:
Assuming its’s granted, Jacqueline Guataquira would become the 17th of 32 known defendants cleared.
None of the 32 has been convicted.
Docket entry and original charging doc below:
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"There have been nine potential sales canceled since news of the planned camps broke. On February 6th, we learned a warehouse sale in Mississippi was canceled thanks in part to the opposition of Senator Roger Wicker"
“WEXMAC TITUS allows ICE to treat immigration enforcement like a national security operation rather than a standard civil immigration one,” Michael Wriston, a 20-year veteran military analyst who is now a researcher and reporter with @projectsaltbox.bsky.social told me.
For ICE to build concentration camps quickly, they're leaning on this Dept. of War program
WEXMAC TITUS helps contractors bypass the traditionally lengthy government contract bidding process
www.thehandbasket.co
February 18, 2026 at 3:24 AM
"There have been nine potential sales canceled since news of the planned camps broke. On February 6th, we learned a warehouse sale in Mississippi was canceled thanks in part to the opposition of Senator Roger Wicker"
So much focus on the 'married women' aspect that other really terrible things in the bill aren't being mentioned. The SAVE Act will also end vote by mail.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
New SAVE Act Bills Would Still Block Millions of Americans From Voting
The “show your papers” requirement is an attack on the freedom to vote.
www.brennancenter.org
February 18, 2026 at 4:22 AM
So much focus on the 'married women' aspect that other really terrible things in the bill aren't being mentioned. The SAVE Act will also end vote by mail.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
SAVE act updated to include two terrible additions:
1. Requirement for states to submit their voter rolls
2. Those voter rolls will be run through the SAVE database tool (different from legislative bill) and purge lists will be sent to states
The SAVE database tool has at least a 14% error rate.
1. Requirement for states to submit their voter rolls
2. Those voter rolls will be run through the SAVE database tool (different from legislative bill) and purge lists will be sent to states
The SAVE database tool has at least a 14% error rate.
SAVE tool keeps mistakenly flagging voters as noncitizens - The Texas Tribune
DHS rolled out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.
www.texastribune.org
February 18, 2026 at 1:48 AM
SAVE act updated to include two terrible additions:
1. Requirement for states to submit their voter rolls
2. Those voter rolls will be run through the SAVE database tool (different from legislative bill) and purge lists will be sent to states
The SAVE database tool has at least a 14% error rate.
1. Requirement for states to submit their voter rolls
2. Those voter rolls will be run through the SAVE database tool (different from legislative bill) and purge lists will be sent to states
The SAVE database tool has at least a 14% error rate.
Bluesky has the chance to do the greatest thing...
February 17, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Bluesky has the chance to do the greatest thing...
This was sufficiently mindblowing
It's not actually how music works, it's how this guy manages to play numerous parts on one guitar at the same time. He breaks down the pieces so you can see the parts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbfK...
It's not actually how music works, it's how this guy manages to play numerous parts on one guitar at the same time. He breaks down the pieces so you can see the parts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbfK...
HOW MUSIC WORKS - Marcin (Official Video)
YouTube video by Marcin
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:43 AM
This was sufficiently mindblowing
It's not actually how music works, it's how this guy manages to play numerous parts on one guitar at the same time. He breaks down the pieces so you can see the parts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbfK...
It's not actually how music works, it's how this guy manages to play numerous parts on one guitar at the same time. He breaks down the pieces so you can see the parts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbfK...
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Part of my theory of change is to share the words white men need to hear, spoken by white men. This is because creating defections is crucial to stopping authoritarianism and democratic backsliding. This is because almost everyone else is already off the Trump train.
"I never want to see a child ever run away from our own government ever again"
Notes on changing brains. And Brians.
www.thefarce.org
February 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Part of my theory of change is to share the words white men need to hear, spoken by white men. This is because creating defections is crucial to stopping authoritarianism and democratic backsliding. This is because almost everyone else is already off the Trump train.
I've never used an iPhone, but I thought they were harder to access? Seems DHS cloned this citizen's phone while they held him for 6 hours before releasing him without charges.
theintercept.com/2026/02/12/m...
theintercept.com/2026/02/12/m...
Marine Detained in Minneapolis Says Feds Copied His Phone Without a Warrant
He was observing after Alex Pretti’s killing. Feds detained him at gunpoint, sampled his DNA, scanned his face, and cloned his phone.
theintercept.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:41 PM
I've never used an iPhone, but I thought they were harder to access? Seems DHS cloned this citizen's phone while they held him for 6 hours before releasing him without charges.
theintercept.com/2026/02/12/m...
theintercept.com/2026/02/12/m...
I really love this lady's content
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2n4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2n4...
What Happens To Farmers Who Get "Too Political"? We're Fine, Thanks!
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I really love this lady's content
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2n4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2n4...
I remember reading about Black Cube and PsyGroup during the Mueller investigation era.
But something else just niggled my brain. Black Cube was also the company that Harvey Weinstein hired, referred by Ehud Barak, to discredit witnesses and kill the MeToo movement.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_C...
But something else just niggled my brain. Black Cube was also the company that Harvey Weinstein hired, referred by Ehud Barak, to discredit witnesses and kill the MeToo movement.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_C...
Black Cube - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 15, 2026 at 8:22 PM
I remember reading about Black Cube and PsyGroup during the Mueller investigation era.
But something else just niggled my brain. Black Cube was also the company that Harvey Weinstein hired, referred by Ehud Barak, to discredit witnesses and kill the MeToo movement.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_C...
But something else just niggled my brain. Black Cube was also the company that Harvey Weinstein hired, referred by Ehud Barak, to discredit witnesses and kill the MeToo movement.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_C...
The source of the Biden-Burisma lie is now known, indicted, and has pleaded guilty
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Former FBI informant pleads guilty to lying about fake bribery scheme involving the Bidens
A former FBI informant has pleaded guilty to lying about a phony bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, that became central to a Republican impeachment inquiry in Congress.
www.pbs.org
February 15, 2026 at 7:44 PM
The source of the Biden-Burisma lie is now known, indicted, and has pleaded guilty
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Having a bad week? Swing by and marry someone for a mood boost.
It's like visiting the nursery when you work at a hospital.
It's like visiting the nursery when you work at a hospital.
As someone who has both gotten married at City Hall in Manhattan and officiated a couple of weddings, I think this would be a pretty fun way to spend my time if I were mayor of New York City.
Everyone in the world comes to get married at the NYC Marriage Bureau. Last week, the Mayor stopped by to officiate a few of those ceremonies.
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.
Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.
Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
February 14, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Having a bad week? Swing by and marry someone for a mood boost.
It's like visiting the nursery when you work at a hospital.
It's like visiting the nursery when you work at a hospital.
I have been pleasantly surprised by how aggressive Gallego has been recently. I've criticized him plenty in the past.
Goes to show that even more centrist pols can be among the ones who stand strong and radical for democracy.
Goes to show that even more centrist pols can be among the ones who stand strong and radical for democracy.
Gallego: National strike if Trump disrupts election - KTAR.com
Arizona U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego stated that he would call for a national strike if President Donald Trump disrupted the November election.
ktar.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I have been pleasantly surprised by how aggressive Gallego has been recently. I've criticized him plenty in the past.
Goes to show that even more centrist pols can be among the ones who stand strong and radical for democracy.
Goes to show that even more centrist pols can be among the ones who stand strong and radical for democracy.
I don't know why I do this to myself every so often, because I'm usually quite able to forget all the creepy crawlies living around me
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L7u...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L7u...
Big vinegaroons found in Arizona
YouTube video by General Apathy
www.youtube.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:19 AM
I don't know why I do this to myself every so often, because I'm usually quite able to forget all the creepy crawlies living around me
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L7u...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L7u...
I'll have to spend more time with the clips from this event, but what I've seen so far has been good. I think she made a smart choice showing her foreign policy chops in this kind of environment. She excels in town hall style settings.
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
February 14, 2026 at 12:21 AM
I'll have to spend more time with the clips from this event, but what I've seen so far has been good. I think she made a smart choice showing her foreign policy chops in this kind of environment. She excels in town hall style settings.
He has the cadence of a preacher, pausing every few words. Always feels like a performance. Can't seem to make an efficient point. Instead of "Do you think we'd trust Bondi after what we saw yesterday?" it's a roundabout journey of preacher pauses that fail to emphasize his wayward fucking point.
Jeffries: "Y'all saw the embarrassing display by the so-called attorney general the other day. Who would trust her or the weaponized DOJ to independently investigate wrongdoing by Trump administration officials or by ICE agents? That's a reasonable demand. It's also a hard line in the sand."
February 14, 2026 at 12:17 AM
He has the cadence of a preacher, pausing every few words. Always feels like a performance. Can't seem to make an efficient point. Instead of "Do you think we'd trust Bondi after what we saw yesterday?" it's a roundabout journey of preacher pauses that fail to emphasize his wayward fucking point.
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Two thoughts:
- Do not commit arson. Period. And if you are going to commit arson, do not do it in broad daylight while on camera, making your felony conviction guaranteed.
- I had been wondering if someone was going to do this. Guess so, but in the most moronic way possible.
- Do not commit arson. Period. And if you are going to commit arson, do not do it in broad daylight while on camera, making your felony conviction guaranteed.
- I had been wondering if someone was going to do this. Guess so, but in the most moronic way possible.
KMBC: "A woman tried to set a fire at a South Kansas City warehouse that had been rumored as a possible ICE detention center. Earlier today, the company that owns the property confirmed it is no longer moving forward with a sale to the U.S. government."
February 13, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Two thoughts:
- Do not commit arson. Period. And if you are going to commit arson, do not do it in broad daylight while on camera, making your felony conviction guaranteed.
- I had been wondering if someone was going to do this. Guess so, but in the most moronic way possible.
- Do not commit arson. Period. And if you are going to commit arson, do not do it in broad daylight while on camera, making your felony conviction guaranteed.
- I had been wondering if someone was going to do this. Guess so, but in the most moronic way possible.
Ppl probably already knew this, but I didn't.
Looks like Epstein was the one to initiate contact with Bannon after Trump won the first time? There was some mention of him in emails, sharing articles, but it wasn't until early 2017 that Epstein asked to be put in contact with him.
Looks like Epstein was the one to initiate contact with Bannon after Trump won the first time? There was some mention of him in emails, sharing articles, but it wasn't until early 2017 that Epstein asked to be put in contact with him.
www.justice.gov
February 13, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Ppl probably already knew this, but I didn't.
Looks like Epstein was the one to initiate contact with Bannon after Trump won the first time? There was some mention of him in emails, sharing articles, but it wasn't until early 2017 that Epstein asked to be put in contact with him.
Looks like Epstein was the one to initiate contact with Bannon after Trump won the first time? There was some mention of him in emails, sharing articles, but it wasn't until early 2017 that Epstein asked to be put in contact with him.
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While I agree w all the practical and political objections to the SAVE Act, I actually believe those are secondary and miss the primary objection:
There is NO EVIDENCE of non-citizens voting in federal elections: 77-85 cases between 1999-2023.
There is NEITHER NEED nor JUSTIFICATION for a law
There is NO EVIDENCE of non-citizens voting in federal elections: 77-85 cases between 1999-2023.
There is NEITHER NEED nor JUSTIFICATION for a law
February 12, 2026 at 8:39 PM
While I agree w all the practical and political objections to the SAVE Act, I actually believe those are secondary and miss the primary objection:
There is NO EVIDENCE of non-citizens voting in federal elections: 77-85 cases between 1999-2023.
There is NEITHER NEED nor JUSTIFICATION for a law
There is NO EVIDENCE of non-citizens voting in federal elections: 77-85 cases between 1999-2023.
There is NEITHER NEED nor JUSTIFICATION for a law