Erik Tanouye
@toyns.bsky.social
Historically a writer/performer at UCB. Constantly trying to quit social media. And yet here I am writing another bio for a new account. Also into beans and bags.
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This is tremendous. Take the time to watch it.
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 1:48 PM
This is tremendous. Take the time to watch it.
My favorite podcast is “Guernica” by Pablo Picasso. I also really liked “Cheers,“ the podcast about people hanging out at a bar in Boston. Podcasts are great. What are some of your favorite podcasts?
February 2, 2026 at 5:53 PM
My favorite podcast is “Guernica” by Pablo Picasso. I also really liked “Cheers,“ the podcast about people hanging out at a bar in Boston. Podcasts are great. What are some of your favorite podcasts?
"If we go light on the Ratner, Polanski, Trump, and Riefenstahl parts, I wouldn't complain, because it could dwarf everything else.”
February 2, 2026 at 12:11 AM
"If we go light on the Ratner, Polanski, Trump, and Riefenstahl parts, I wouldn't complain, because it could dwarf everything else.”
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This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 6:13 PM
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
A lot of journalists gonna be more outraged about Don Lemon’s arrest than they were about the non-journalists being murdered in the streets.
January 30, 2026 at 2:47 PM
A lot of journalists gonna be more outraged about Don Lemon’s arrest than they were about the non-journalists being murdered in the streets.
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Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
January 28, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
Reminder that you don’t need a new iPhone or Apple Watch every year. Or really at all. My Casio watch works fine and doesn’t ruin movies for other people in the theater.
Tim Cook had ‘a good conversation’ with Trump about deescalation
Tim Cook had ‘a good conversation’ with Trump about deescalation
Oh thank goodness.
buff.ly
January 28, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Reminder that you don’t need a new iPhone or Apple Watch every year. Or really at all. My Casio watch works fine and doesn’t ruin movies for other people in the theater.
Write to your senators. They are spineless, but it doesn’t hurt to try.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Write to your senators. They are spineless, but it doesn’t hurt to try.
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I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
Ghouls taking a moment then firing extra bullets into somebody already shot on the ground. Disgusting.
This is horrible. Another ICE murder in front of Glam Doll Donuts https://v.redd.it/iivuad4ngbfg1
(Edited 09:39 via @skeetsapp.com)
(Edited 09:39 via @skeetsapp.com)
January 24, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Ghouls taking a moment then firing extra bullets into somebody already shot on the ground. Disgusting.
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Jury finds Chicago man not guilty in murder-for-hire case involving U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino
Live updates via @chicago.suntimes.com : chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
Live updates via @chicago.suntimes.com : chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
Verdict reached in murder-for-hire trial involving U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino: live updates
The unusually swift trial is the first to result from the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign in Chicago, known as Operation Midway Blitz.
chicago.suntimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Jury finds Chicago man not guilty in murder-for-hire case involving U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino
Live updates via @chicago.suntimes.com : chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
Live updates via @chicago.suntimes.com : chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
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BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
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Shin turns to the exchange in which Oscar Martinez wrote "Not worth 10k."
Shin: "You wrote that because you were trying to talk your brother out of it?"
Oscar Martinez: "I wrote it because Bovino's not worth 10k."
Shin: "You wrote that because you were trying to talk your brother out of it?"
Oscar Martinez: "I wrote it because Bovino's not worth 10k."
January 21, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Shin turns to the exchange in which Oscar Martinez wrote "Not worth 10k."
Shin: "You wrote that because you were trying to talk your brother out of it?"
Oscar Martinez: "I wrote it because Bovino's not worth 10k."
Shin: "You wrote that because you were trying to talk your brother out of it?"
Oscar Martinez: "I wrote it because Bovino's not worth 10k."
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People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
January 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
ICE hasn’t even been around as long as The Wire.
January 15, 2026 at 9:53 PM
ICE hasn’t even been around as long as The Wire.
I hope my 2026 is just like my 2025.
January 3, 2026 at 3:12 AM
I hope my 2026 is just like my 2025.
Whether Avatar has cultural impact or not, there is nothing sadder to me than the argument that it hasn’t had cultural impact because it didn’t generate enough memes.
December 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Whether Avatar has cultural impact or not, there is nothing sadder to me than the argument that it hasn’t had cultural impact because it didn’t generate enough memes.
A lot of people think Miggs throwing semen at Clarice in The Silence of the Lambs was in the script, but
December 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A lot of people think Miggs throwing semen at Clarice in The Silence of the Lambs was in the script, but
Top 40 AI Prompt Writers Under 40
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(presented by Bag of Digital Turds Magazine)
December 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Top 40 AI Prompt Writers Under 40
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(presented by Bag of Digital Turds Magazine)
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“Why did they make fascism so hard to get rid of? We have a shampoo that gets rid of dandruff, but I guess we’re stuck with fascism. If you ask me, I’d rather have dandruff.”
December 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
“Why did they make fascism so hard to get rid of? We have a shampoo that gets rid of dandruff, but I guess we’re stuck with fascism. If you ask me, I’d rather have dandruff.”
“Why did they make fascism so hard to get rid of? We have a shampoo that gets rid of dandruff, but I guess we’re stuck with fascism. If you ask me, I’d rather have dandruff.”
December 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
“Why did they make fascism so hard to get rid of? We have a shampoo that gets rid of dandruff, but I guess we’re stuck with fascism. If you ask me, I’d rather have dandruff.”