Elliott Vanskike
@twonnet.bsky.social
liberal/progressive, union forever, writing (poetry, essays), reading, music, sports (Nottingham Forest, cycling, biathlon, and, um, Mets)
parapoison
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
parapoison
brb learning Swedish so I can talk to the fish in this bag
January 16, 2026 at 8:17 PM
brb learning Swedish so I can talk to the fish in this bag
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it’s just been me and dad since calgon took mom in ‘86
January 16, 2026 at 1:57 PM
it’s just been me and dad since calgon took mom in ‘86
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So she had a pulse. That’s what the doctor on the scene wanted to check. She wasn’t breathing, but she had a pulse. He could have started CPR right away.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
January 16, 2026 at 3:03 PM
So she had a pulse. That’s what the doctor on the scene wanted to check. She wasn’t breathing, but she had a pulse. He could have started CPR right away.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
who could've foreseen that aggressive tariffs would benefit China?
January 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM
who could've foreseen that aggressive tariffs would benefit China?
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pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
making a decision not based solely on money is unthinkable to the worst kind of people
Look at this absolute queen
January 16, 2026 at 3:51 PM
making a decision not based solely on money is unthinkable to the worst kind of people
just in case you haven't seen it yet, this woman KICKS ASS
Oh my god this lady rules. I love this.
Just make fun of these poseurs.
Just make fun of these poseurs.
January 15, 2026 at 5:53 PM
just in case you haven't seen it yet, this woman KICKS ASS
what state elected you? not Minnesota? then sit down and STFU
Sen. Jon Husted: "What the Insurrection Act threat means to be is Gov. Walz, Mayor Frey, take action or you'll see an escalation"
January 15, 2026 at 3:47 PM
what state elected you? not Minnesota? then sit down and STFU
well, they sound like they deserve each other
Lot to unpack—
"Disgraced congressman Duncan Hunter got a Trump pardon....Hunter is using what’s left of his political influence to help Raymond Liddy, son of infamous Watergate figure G. Gordon Liddy, escape his conviction for child pornography."
"Disgraced congressman Duncan Hunter got a Trump pardon....Hunter is using what’s left of his political influence to help Raymond Liddy, son of infamous Watergate figure G. Gordon Liddy, escape his conviction for child pornography."
Disgraced congressman Duncan Hunter got a Trump pardon. Now he wants one for another notorious San Diego son of Washington.
Hunter is using what’s left of his political influence to help Raymond Liddy, son of infamous Watergate figure G. Gordon Liddy, escape his conviction for child pornography.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:54 PM
well, they sound like they deserve each other
Ok, but then shouldn't Hegseth be behind bars too?
Bondi statement on FBI search at Washington Post reporter’s home:
January 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Ok, but then shouldn't Hegseth be behind bars too?
please enjoy
January 14, 2026 at 4:06 PM
please enjoy
got it, so a theme restaurant for overweening pricks
Update — Here is what the new apparent CBS News segment "Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil" may look like:
January 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM
got it, so a theme restaurant for overweening pricks
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Shouldn't it be a bigger story that the immigration cops are seizing and imprisoning people who CANNOT POSSIBLY BE IMMIGRANTS
Oglala Sioux Tribe demands the release of Lakota men detained by ICE www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Oglala Sioux Tribe demands the release of Lakota men detained by ICE
The Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota has demanded the Department of Homeland Security release tribally enrolled citizens held by ICE, according to a statement released by the tribe.
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Shouldn't it be a bigger story that the immigration cops are seizing and imprisoning people who CANNOT POSSIBLY BE IMMIGRANTS
learned your lesson yet, WaPo? remake your editorial policy to please Trump and still get illegal searches by his goons
January 14, 2026 at 2:19 PM
learned your lesson yet, WaPo? remake your editorial policy to please Trump and still get illegal searches by his goons
just gonna post Robyn’s anachronistic assessment of Bari Weiss’s short tenure at CBS youtu.be/2C8UXZrN9UY?...
January 13, 2026 at 10:57 PM
just gonna post Robyn’s anachronistic assessment of Bari Weiss’s short tenure at CBS youtu.be/2C8UXZrN9UY?...
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A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
ICE in St. Paul: Man roughly detained at gas station, Border Patrol chief jeered in Midway Target
Videos and photos show a prevalence of federal agents in St. Paul recently.
trib.al
January 13, 2026 at 6:07 PM
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
very presidential, very tiny
Trump is seen flipping off Ford worker who appears to yell "pedophile protector" as he walks by
January 13, 2026 at 10:41 PM
very presidential, very tiny
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Don't look now but the last horse is about to finish the race
“.. Are we really gonna be the Gestapo, 'Where's your papers?' Is that what we've come to?"
January 13, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Don't look now but the last horse is about to finish the race
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Federal prosecutors in the U.S. attorney's office in Minnesota are resigning after the DOJ is pushing the office to investigate the widow of Renee Good.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Federal prosecutors in the U.S. attorney's office in Minnesota are resigning after the DOJ is pushing the office to investigate the widow of Renee Good.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
welcome to the resistance, People Magazine
“Minneapolis ICE shooter told longtime neighbor he was a botanist,” @people.com reports.
"He said he worked with plants, as a botanist, so he lied about what he did," she said.
people.com/ice-agent-jo...
"He said he worked with plants, as a botanist, so he lied about what he did," she said.
people.com/ice-agent-jo...
Minneapolis ICE Shooter Told Longtime Neighbor He Was a Botanist: 'I Had No Idea He Was an ICE Agent' (Exclusive)
ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, once told neighbors he was a botanist, a woman who lives nearby tells PEOPLE. 'I had no idea he was an ICE agent,' she...
people.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:00 AM
welcome to the resistance, People Magazine
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Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."