travis@mastodon.mit.edu
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yeah, like it says in the display name, I’m also on Mastodon now too as travis@mastodon.mit.edu
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it might not be popular but this is the ideal french racist phenotype
January 29, 2026 at 1:14 AM
it might not be popular but this is the ideal french racist phenotype
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Master race, eh? How about you master the shape of those teeth.
January 29, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Master race, eh? How about you master the shape of those teeth.
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"In theater" is a nice touch for describing Minneapolis. Worth noting the people involved, from Trump to Miller to Noem to Homan to Bovino to the majority of ICE and CBP goons, have never served in the military. They're playing out a war fantasy, dressing up in army costumes, like incredible losers.
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 3:51 PM
"In theater" is a nice touch for describing Minneapolis. Worth noting the people involved, from Trump to Miller to Noem to Homan to Bovino to the majority of ICE and CBP goons, have never served in the military. They're playing out a war fantasy, dressing up in army costumes, like incredible losers.
Markey was still voting against inter-racial marriage in 1994, right?
I dont know if I'm more flabbergasted at Markey blatantly lying about this or seeing *so* many ppl on here just willfully lap up those lies
January 29, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Markey was still voting against inter-racial marriage in 1994, right?
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I know this is screaming into the void at this point but we cannot get rid of ICE until 2029 at the minimum bc thats how much longer Trump (or Vance) is president until. Anyone telling you we can abolish it "right now" is lying to you—but its v clear a lot of ppl on this site prefer to be lied to
January 29, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I know this is screaming into the void at this point but we cannot get rid of ICE until 2029 at the minimum bc thats how much longer Trump (or Vance) is president until. Anyone telling you we can abolish it "right now" is lying to you—but its v clear a lot of ppl on this site prefer to be lied to
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"in theater" my guy is talking about getting yelled at in culver's like it's normandy
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 3:51 PM
"in theater" my guy is talking about getting yelled at in culver's like it's normandy
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kinda crazy that people had to get murdered on camera for this glaringly obvious reality to be confronted
Finally. A comprehensive look at the “neo-Nazi .. ethnic cleansing” content coming out of “the offices of the White House .. using official government accounts ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 5:04 PM
kinda crazy that people had to get murdered on camera for this glaringly obvious reality to be confronted
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You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.
Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
January 28, 2026 at 10:34 PM
You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.
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It’s like if Teapot Dome, Watergate, Kent State, Credit Mobilier, and Iran Contra had all happened in the same week.
January 29, 2026 at 12:57 AM
It’s like if Teapot Dome, Watergate, Kent State, Credit Mobilier, and Iran Contra had all happened in the same week.
Confedophiles. Every single one of ‘em.
Today’s crises come into focus once we understand that we are well into a war of Southern aggression—a neo-Confederate project to remake the entire country in its own image and win the war the South never conceded.
www.weekendreading.net/p/the-war-of...
www.weekendreading.net/p/the-war-of...
The War of Southern Aggression
The MAGA reconstruction of the North is well underway
www.weekendreading.net
January 29, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Confedophiles. Every single one of ‘em.
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This. Remember they cut healthcare for this.
January 28, 2026 at 9:35 PM
This. Remember they cut healthcare for this.
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It is wild to me that a military incursion to steal another country’s resources so the president can have a personal slush fund in Qatar is like the 5th most scandalous thing currently happening.
this is a straightforward impeachable offense for trump, vance, rubio and every other person down the line who enabled it and the framers would have thought impeachment for it did not go nearly far enough
Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"
January 29, 2026 at 12:54 AM
It is wild to me that a military incursion to steal another country’s resources so the president can have a personal slush fund in Qatar is like the 5th most scandalous thing currently happening.
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45% of all the money that microsoft expects to make but has not yet made yet is from openai contracting with them to provide them computers for training and running LLMs. if openai does not have enough cash on hand to meet those contracts microsoft is in trouble bsky.app/profile/harl...
Can someone explain to me how bad that is in words someone who knows nothing about business can understand?
January 28, 2026 at 9:43 PM
45% of all the money that microsoft expects to make but has not yet made yet is from openai contracting with them to provide them computers for training and running LLMs. if openai does not have enough cash on hand to meet those contracts microsoft is in trouble bsky.app/profile/harl...
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Once again, it’s been clear forever that pussy-signaling (making it OK for weak-willed pussies to act like weak-willed pussies in public) is Trump’s superpower.
one of the agents said “okay we know” when we were whistling so i leaned in and whistled louder and he threatened to pepper spray me. i then said “are you scared of a fucking whistle dawg” and he very meekly said “no i’m not scared of a whistle”
January 28, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Once again, it’s been clear forever that pussy-signaling (making it OK for weak-willed pussies to act like weak-willed pussies in public) is Trump’s superpower.
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Damn who would have thought that Dr. Oz, an Armenian Genocide denier, would immediately start targeting Armenians once he was given a slice of power.
January 28, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Damn who would have thought that Dr. Oz, an Armenian Genocide denier, would immediately start targeting Armenians once he was given a slice of power.
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trump is sort of a rorschach test for every dipshit and moron in this country but its funny he attracts like a global south fascist internationale who he couldnt care less about
January 28, 2026 at 3:52 PM
trump is sort of a rorschach test for every dipshit and moron in this country but its funny he attracts like a global south fascist internationale who he couldnt care less about
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nuts how many americans have been like “trump will be my vehicle for righting the wrongs against my grandparents by crushing [ethnic group/lower classes/communists/some combination of those] in my home country”
Absolutely crazy that Mehmet Oz is calling Armenian a "dialect" while trying to gin up a crackdown on alleged systemic fraud (which he blames on ethnic organized crime)
January 28, 2026 at 3:49 PM
nuts how many americans have been like “trump will be my vehicle for righting the wrongs against my grandparents by crushing [ethnic group/lower classes/communists/some combination of those] in my home country”
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I think I need to make a clarifying addition here: when I say “Democrats”, I don’t just mean elected officials. I’m talking every person who calls themselves a Democrat has an obligation to get out and persuade people, learn to push back against RW media bullshit and change minds, everywhere.
One of the main reasons why Democrats have to lash themselves to a permissive immigration system, as a value, is because we live in a country with multiple RW television media networks. You are not going to ever “win” the game by meeting folks on that side, you have to oppose them.
January 28, 2026 at 6:56 PM
I think I need to make a clarifying addition here: when I say “Democrats”, I don’t just mean elected officials. I’m talking every person who calls themselves a Democrat has an obligation to get out and persuade people, learn to push back against RW media bullshit and change minds, everywhere.
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Oh she’s BROKE broke
January 28, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Oh she’s BROKE broke
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Amaterasu is READY!!! 🔥🔥🔥
January 28, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Amaterasu is READY!!! 🔥🔥🔥
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Incredibly, this is an actual photo New York Post used for the guy who attacked Ilhan Omar.
January 28, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Incredibly, this is an actual photo New York Post used for the guy who attacked Ilhan Omar.
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Gonna keep banging the drum that AOC's line "they took your healthcare to pay for kidnap squads" is easy, effective, and worth repeating literally every time you're in front of a mic.
January 27, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Gonna keep banging the drum that AOC's line "they took your healthcare to pay for kidnap squads" is easy, effective, and worth repeating literally every time you're in front of a mic.
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Oh man the Dem Tea Party is here
January 28, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Oh man the Dem Tea Party is here
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100%. I honestly believe political leaders ask too little of people. The thinking is you need an extraordinarily low bar - so ask people for money or to sign something. People want to be part of something and they're eager to do real meaningful work in defense of their community and their rights.
I have begun to think that Minnesota pushback to ICE was unique and a model because it gave people something to do. It wasn’t about just going out in streets for rallying purposes. People had a mission: videos, whistles, information and communication flow to communities. They had something to do.
January 28, 2026 at 3:10 AM
100%. I honestly believe political leaders ask too little of people. The thinking is you need an extraordinarily low bar - so ask people for money or to sign something. People want to be part of something and they're eager to do real meaningful work in defense of their community and their rights.