VirginiaM - owlet
@virginiam.bsky.social
Yep, that’s me
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Give me Leverage-style Dem comms teams:
- the policy wonk
- the storyteller
- the salesperson
- the CONSIZER (yeah okay the editor, and no that’s not a word)
- the policy wonk
- the storyteller
- the salesperson
- the CONSIZER (yeah okay the editor, and no that’s not a word)
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Breaking news: Composer Philip Glass withdrew his highly anticipated Symphony No. 15 from its scheduled Kennedy Center performance, saying “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony.”
Philip Glass pulls world premiere from Kennedy Center
The pioneering composer announced that “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message” of his Symphony No. 15: “Lincoln.”
wapo.st
January 27, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Breaking news: Composer Philip Glass withdrew his highly anticipated Symphony No. 15 from its scheduled Kennedy Center performance, saying “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony.”
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Conservative bewildered by the idea of people believing in a cause.
James O’Keefe responds to a comment
“Figured they (ICE protesters) were being paid…”
O’Keefe:
“No, it's more terrifying than that. It's not transactional.
They actually believe in their cause.
That truth is going to be hard for most people to understand or accept.”
“Figured they (ICE protesters) were being paid…”
O’Keefe:
“No, it's more terrifying than that. It's not transactional.
They actually believe in their cause.
That truth is going to be hard for most people to understand or accept.”
January 27, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Conservative bewildered by the idea of people believing in a cause.
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My report from Minneapolis, about the things you'll never see. newrepublic.com/article/2057...
January 27, 2026 at 2:18 PM
My report from Minneapolis, about the things you'll never see. newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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They're retreating. It's time to advance. Resignations, prosecutions. Motherfucking tribunals.
Sean Hannity: says ICE should stop “going into Home Depots and arresting people”
Sean Hannity says ICE should stop "going into Home Depots and arresting people"
www.mediamatters.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:58 AM
They're retreating. It's time to advance. Resignations, prosecutions. Motherfucking tribunals.
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It's like trying to explain to your five year old who is currently president and how he got there. Personification of scam culture for all time in gold office, labeled so he doesn't get lost.
I hope all the AI boosters understand that they’re training their kids that only chumps do things the hard way—by working diligently and going through the discomfort and hassle of learning and acquiring skills.
And also teaching them that a 30% error rate is good enough.
And also teaching them that a 30% error rate is good enough.
January 27, 2026 at 11:46 AM
It's like trying to explain to your five year old who is currently president and how he got there. Personification of scam culture for all time in gold office, labeled so he doesn't get lost.
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I need a cross-stitch that says “from the editorial board” to hang above my toilet
From the Editorial Board: You don’t need to share the Vances’ political views to be happy for them.
Editorial: A baby at 1 Observatory Circle
A new life is a reason for hope, a moment that invites optimism about the future. We wish Usha and the Vance family well.
trib.al
January 27, 2026 at 5:20 AM
I need a cross-stitch that says “from the editorial board” to hang above my toilet
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Fighting fire with fire: drops of male mosquitos full of bacteria that cause egg sterility where resident mosquitoes don't belong - and birds affected by avian malaria do. It's ingenious, audacious, and could save desperately endangered endemic bird species in Hawai'i.
January 27, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Fighting fire with fire: drops of male mosquitos full of bacteria that cause egg sterility where resident mosquitoes don't belong - and birds affected by avian malaria do. It's ingenious, audacious, and could save desperately endangered endemic bird species in Hawai'i.
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Wise words
January 27, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Wise words
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"Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve...The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In MN, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once."
January 27, 2026 at 7:03 AM
"Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve...The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In MN, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once."
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ARRAKEEN — Baron Vladimir Harkonnen announced today Rabban Harkonnen has been replaced as head of the Arrakis occupation.
The Baron has named Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen as the new overlord, promising that the Fremen will come to love him.
Chuck Schumer declared victory and voted to fund the Harkonnens.
The Baron has named Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen as the new overlord, promising that the Fremen will come to love him.
Chuck Schumer declared victory and voted to fund the Harkonnens.
a black and white photo of a military parade with the letter l on a flag
Alt: Harkonnen armies massed in Dune
media.tenor.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:51 AM
ARRAKEEN — Baron Vladimir Harkonnen announced today Rabban Harkonnen has been replaced as head of the Arrakis occupation.
The Baron has named Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen as the new overlord, promising that the Fremen will come to love him.
Chuck Schumer declared victory and voted to fund the Harkonnens.
The Baron has named Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen as the new overlord, promising that the Fremen will come to love him.
Chuck Schumer declared victory and voted to fund the Harkonnens.
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The Sesame Street account posted some tips for talking to your kids. If you’re a parent even to grown kids, Lordy please check in on them.
www.instagram.com/p/DT_kWPtDHy...
www.instagram.com/p/DT_kWPtDHy...
January 27, 2026 at 12:51 AM
The Sesame Street account posted some tips for talking to your kids. If you’re a parent even to grown kids, Lordy please check in on them.
www.instagram.com/p/DT_kWPtDHy...
www.instagram.com/p/DT_kWPtDHy...
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Wishing Alpha-Gal syndrome on red meat obsessed fascists is next level petty and I am here for it.
May his retirement be very, very long and may he never sleep more than an hour of it. May he wake up sweating to find his only company is the silence of vengeful ghosts.
Also may a Minnesota tick give him a red meat allergy, because he seems like the type who would absolutely melt down.
Also may a Minnesota tick give him a red meat allergy, because he seems like the type who would absolutely melt down.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 27, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Wishing Alpha-Gal syndrome on red meat obsessed fascists is next level petty and I am here for it.
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Harm-reduction: www.preblestreet.org/2026/01/22/p...
Mutual aid: www.presentemaine.org
Immigrant rights org: maineimmigrantrights.org
Immigrant legal aid: ilapmaine.org
Immigrant aid: www.ptla.org
Mutual aid: www.presentemaine.org
Immigrant rights org: maineimmigrantrights.org
Immigrant legal aid: ilapmaine.org
Immigrant aid: www.ptla.org
January 26, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Harm-reduction: www.preblestreet.org/2026/01/22/p...
Mutual aid: www.presentemaine.org
Immigrant rights org: maineimmigrantrights.org
Immigrant legal aid: ilapmaine.org
Immigrant aid: www.ptla.org
Mutual aid: www.presentemaine.org
Immigrant rights org: maineimmigrantrights.org
Immigrant legal aid: ilapmaine.org
Immigrant aid: www.ptla.org
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Maine Needs is looking for supplies and donations for the people too scared to leave their house. They provide food with vetted volunteers. Maineneeds.org
January 26, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Maine Needs is looking for supplies and donations for the people too scared to leave their house. They provide food with vetted volunteers. Maineneeds.org
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Right now normie places are spitting mad about the murder. Miller is a viscerally unpleasant person who says unhinged shit on national television regularly. Seems like a campaign to flood social media with reels of his worst shit edited together would be handy, to pick one idea that occurs to me
if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
January 27, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Right now normie places are spitting mad about the murder. Miller is a viscerally unpleasant person who says unhinged shit on national television regularly. Seems like a campaign to flood social media with reels of his worst shit edited together would be handy, to pick one idea that occurs to me
Strong agree but also I am luxuriating in how upset the bambini bovini is this fine evening, he must be just SQUEAKIN mad
The Bovino demotion is seriously welcome news, but please keep up your calls to your Senators.
DO NOT let any of them point at his demotion as a sign of reform/justification to go ahead w/ supporting DHS.
DO NOT let any of them point at his demotion as a sign of reform/justification to go ahead w/ supporting DHS.
January 27, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Strong agree but also I am luxuriating in how upset the bambini bovini is this fine evening, he must be just SQUEAKIN mad
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Liam himself is five goddamned years old and should be at home with an adult he trusts right now no matter who his parents are. It would not matter if they were literal criminal masterminds, Liam Ramos is a baby and babies do not belong in prison.
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Liam himself is five goddamned years old and should be at home with an adult he trusts right now no matter who his parents are. It would not matter if they were literal criminal masterminds, Liam Ramos is a baby and babies do not belong in prison.
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donation links in this thread. start from the bottom of the list and work your way up.
Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
January 26, 2026 at 10:44 PM
donation links in this thread. start from the bottom of the list and work your way up.
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This right here is why we can never let up until detentions and removals are stopped. When someone is got, they are spirited away as quickly as possible with no notice or documentation. We have little to no visibility into what is occurring in the camps. We know we cannot believe DHS.
January 26, 2026 at 9:43 PM
This right here is why we can never let up until detentions and removals are stopped. When someone is got, they are spirited away as quickly as possible with no notice or documentation. We have little to no visibility into what is occurring in the camps. We know we cannot believe DHS.
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Taco editor José R. Ralat's work for Texas Monthly demands hundreds of hours on the road each year.
For him, being pulled over by immigration-enforcement officers has felt like an inevitability for months. https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/taco-editor-stopped-by-ice/
For him, being pulled over by immigration-enforcement officers has felt like an inevitability for months. https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/taco-editor-stopped-by-ice/
What It Feels Like Getting Stopped by ICE
My work for Texas Monthly demands hundreds of hours on the road each year. Being pulled over by immigration enforcement officers has felt like an inevitability for months.
www.texasmonthly.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Taco editor José R. Ralat's work for Texas Monthly demands hundreds of hours on the road each year.
For him, being pulled over by immigration-enforcement officers has felt like an inevitability for months. https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/taco-editor-stopped-by-ice/
For him, being pulled over by immigration-enforcement officers has felt like an inevitability for months. https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/taco-editor-stopped-by-ice/
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kristi noem set to retire from her post in order to spend more time at a big dog-killing farm upstate
January 26, 2026 at 7:13 PM
kristi noem set to retire from her post in order to spend more time at a big dog-killing farm upstate
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it’s really amazing if you think about it. people are feeding each other. doing each others laundry. taking in other people’s children even.
so much care is happening that you can’t see but you can feel.
so much care is happening that you can’t see but you can feel.
I just realized the alt text is only the first paragraph. Here is the version with both paragraphs.
Sorry about that
Sorry about that
January 26, 2026 at 8:49 PM
it’s really amazing if you think about it. people are feeding each other. doing each others laundry. taking in other people’s children even.
so much care is happening that you can’t see but you can feel.
so much care is happening that you can’t see but you can feel.
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Modern Times is a South Minneapolis staple, and a personal favorite haunt. For the duration of the occupation they're renaming themselves Post Modern Times and going to a donation-only model. Everyone but ICE can eat for free.
Donations:
Venmo: moderntimescafe
givemn.org/story/centralimpactfund
Donations:
Venmo: moderntimescafe
givemn.org/story/centralimpactfund
January 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Modern Times is a South Minneapolis staple, and a personal favorite haunt. For the duration of the occupation they're renaming themselves Post Modern Times and going to a donation-only model. Everyone but ICE can eat for free.
Donations:
Venmo: moderntimescafe
givemn.org/story/centralimpactfund
Donations:
Venmo: moderntimescafe
givemn.org/story/centralimpactfund
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Taxes are good, taxes are how governments pay for things.
Tax cuts are a right wing response to systemic problems that just make everything worse overall by weakening the government's ability to implement real solutions.
Tax cuts are a right wing response to systemic problems that just make everything worse overall by weakening the government's ability to implement real solutions.
January 26, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Taxes are good, taxes are how governments pay for things.
Tax cuts are a right wing response to systemic problems that just make everything worse overall by weakening the government's ability to implement real solutions.
Tax cuts are a right wing response to systemic problems that just make everything worse overall by weakening the government's ability to implement real solutions.