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Marc Jacobs (he/him)
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Not *that* Marc Jacobs.
Nik is a TTRPG reference.
Same nik on Mastodon.

Avatar: me at Neuschwanstein castle, Bavaria.
Profile: rainy street in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.
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Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week.

ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
January 18, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Finished “Sunburst, the rise of Japanese Naval Air Power, 1909-1941,” by Mark R Peattie.

Outstanding. Does for IJN aviation what previous book Kaigun did for traditional navy.

Both highly recommended.

His explanation of pros & cons of the Mitsubishi Zero? Chef’s kiss.

#AmReading
January 18, 2026 at 6:29 AM
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hard not to notice that as trump's polls crater and gop gets crushed in election after election, news orgs are not racing around hiring progressive commenters and boasting about how they're reaching out to real americans by following the will of the volk.
January 18, 2026 at 5:58 AM
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East Window, 2008 by Iranian artist Shirazeh Houshiary, St Martin-in-the-Field, London #womensart
January 18, 2026 at 5:43 AM
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Minnesota art is always political. This one got a cheer from everyone in the crowd. #photography
Justice for Renee Good!
January 18, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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If you exaggerate about the effects of tear gas or smoke, or just make up some nonsense, or take some pseudoscientific conclusions, or just play fast and loose with terms, you are helping ICE and their fascist tactics
January 17, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Listening to the Haggis Horns “Enter the Haggis.” The soundtrack to a 1970s Scots-ploitation film that was never made.

#music #funk
January 17, 2026 at 5:46 AM
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“Reform and retrain” ICE is some seriously weak shit. Call it laboratory liberalism. The data clearly justifies a more aggressive approach. “Reduce ICE funds and restore ACA spending” probably the most popular message rn.
What voter is moved to vote D by “retraining” ICE? Come on
January 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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"People are being too purist about Gavin Newsom."

He invited yet another rightwing extremist to have a podcast conversation and instead of pushing back against that extremism, Newsom, yet again, backed down immediately.

I want a leader who isn't going to placate extremists. That's not a tough ask.
January 17, 2026 at 4:26 AM
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Any DoJ attorney who participates in this investigation should suffer professional and social shunning that makes it effectively impossible to continue to work as an attorney.
January 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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I need to apologize for something I did. The @bostonherald.com is right, there is no place for profanities in politics.
January 16, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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Californians are NOT going to vote for Gavin Newsom. They're telling you now, with YEARS to go before the election. Fair warning. Please support better candidates, there will be many to choose from.
January 16, 2026 at 5:39 AM
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I love when you tell people how terrible Newsom is, they're always like, "Well, it's nice to have ideals, but if it comes down to him or the Nazi in the general, *I* am going to vote for him"

WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.
January 16, 2026 at 5:06 AM
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Sister and Friend, 2024 ♀
by Betty Acquah, Ghanaian feminist painter #WomensArt
January 16, 2026 at 5:36 AM
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Adam Tooze on professional Dems: “If you had any self-respect, you would not be on any podium again, ever, sounding off about anything. Because comrades, if we were in the 30s, I would have taken you out and shot you. You fail like this, you don’t get to come back and show off your wounds.”

👑
January 15, 2026 at 11:55 PM
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Based on a WW2 anti-Nazi poster where a bayonet stabs a Bible. Our enemy today is within, destroying the U.S. Constitution, which governs this land, and not a king.

If you were a patron, you'd have seen this already! www.patreon.com/emilyk
January 13, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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i don't really give a shit if consultants think being anti-ICE is "good messaging" or whatever when people are actively being shot, beat, gassed and jailed.
January 15, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Greater American [East Asian] Co-Prosperity Sphere
FOX BUSINESS: What can we anticipate from Trump's Davos speech?

HASSETT: There's gonna be some look at the new world order that President Trump is creating
January 15, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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Wednesday is TRANSPHOBES ARE TRASH DAY!

Congratulations to those who celebrate this wonderful day.

Also, every other day is also Transphobes are Trash Day, I forgot to mention that.
January 14, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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When I did This Guilty Land, I spent the year before its publication carefully & consistently framing its argument and its approach, and I do feel it's incumbent on someone making a serious game on a sensitive topic to do that. But to demonstrate your thoughtfulness you need to *be* thoughtful. 🧵
And one thing I want to make clear: I dont think anyone who saw this and reacted negatively has to give it the benefit of the doubt.

If you are designing a game on a sensitive issue, it is on *you* to show that you did the work and it is *your* job to convince the audience that this should exist.
January 14, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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I see we’re at the, “C’mon, the Alabama state troopers were really being treated disrespectfully at the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Also, a couple of them got scratches that day,” level of ICE apologetics.
January 14, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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Mike Johnson compellingly making the case for abolishing ICE ...
Mike Johnson: "ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do"
Mike Johnson comes out against additional guardrails on ICE as Democrats call for it.

“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
January 14, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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And here we are: the entire transatlantic alliance is now talking about Greenland, instead of talking about ending the war in Ukraine.
January 14, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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Adams was Trump's Riefenstahl writ tiny, tiny, tiny.
Trump: "Sadly, the Great Influencer, Scott Adams, has passed away. He was a fantastic guy, who liked and respected me when it wasn’t fashionable to do so. He bravely fought a long battle against a terrible disease. My condolences go out to his family, and all of his many friends and listeners."
January 13, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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January 13, 2026 at 6:21 AM