Canadienne Potentielle
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Blessed Ash Wednesday! Forgot to post yesterday that I’ll be mostly fasting from social media this Lent, save for Sundays, feast days, and if big news (ie: the Thing Happens). Please direct any urgent inquiries to my discord or my gf @ofvick.bsky.social and a good Lent or Ramadan to those observing!
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Going back in time to prevent the Gwen-Eric breakup at all costs. Tragic Kingdom will probably not be as good, but small prices and all
it’s so cool everything is either a scam or designed to take away human rights or both now
February 20, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Going back in time to prevent the Gwen-Eric breakup at all costs. Tragic Kingdom will probably not be as good, but small prices and all
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Cursed timeline. The KGB's First Chief Directorate played the long game and ensured posthumous victory by 1) putting the Main Adversary under the control of an asset, and 2) making its regime into a tragicomical parody spectacle of late-stage Soviet politics
oh my goodness they're now playing Trump propaganda videos 2 hours deep in this "Board of Peace" meeting
February 19, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Cursed timeline. The KGB's First Chief Directorate played the long game and ensured posthumous victory by 1) putting the Main Adversary under the control of an asset, and 2) making its regime into a tragicomical parody spectacle of late-stage Soviet politics
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we couldn't use government funds to buy coffee (like, folgers ground coffee) when i worked on a CDC outbreak emergency response
The executive jet that DHS says it needs has a “bedroom with a queen bed, showers, a kitchen, four large flat-screen TVs and even a bar ..”
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February 19, 2026 at 3:58 PM
we couldn't use government funds to buy coffee (like, folgers ground coffee) when i worked on a CDC outbreak emergency response
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Let me explain what this genuinely EVIL memo does. The admin is doubling down on its plan to arrest, detain, and interrogate tens of thousands of legally present refugees; people already vetted who’ve lived here legally for 1+ year.
Hundreds were arrested in Minnesota before a court blocked this.
Hundreds were arrested in Minnesota before a court blocked this.
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New Policy
When a refugee is admitted to the United States, the admission is conditional and subject to a mandatory review after one year of physical presence in the United States under INA § 209(a)(1), 8 U.S.C. § 1159(a)(1). [footnote 1] At one year after admission:
[Footnote 1] 18 C.F.R. § 209.1(a)(1) states that every refugee whose status has not been terminated "is required to apply to USCIS one year after entry in order for USCIS to determine his or her admissibility ." 8 C.F.R. § 209.1(b) provides that this [end fragment of footnote 1]
The refugee must return, or be returned, to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) custody for inspection and examination for admission as an LPR.
If the refugee does not voluntarily return, DHS will return the individual to custody (i.e., arrest and detain) for this purpose.
DHS may maintain custody for the duration of the inspection and examination process.
This detain-and-inspect requirement ensures that refugees are re-vetted after one year, aligns post-admission vetting with that applied to other applicants for admission, and promotes public safety.
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February 19, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Let me explain what this genuinely EVIL memo does. The admin is doubling down on its plan to arrest, detain, and interrogate tens of thousands of legally present refugees; people already vetted who’ve lived here legally for 1+ year.
Hundreds were arrested in Minnesota before a court blocked this.
Hundreds were arrested in Minnesota before a court blocked this.
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page up.
first demo out now. free/pay what you want.
"The Secret Police Keep Taking People Away" by Juno Rylee Schultz
junoryleeschultz.bandcamp.com/track/the-se...
first demo out now. free/pay what you want.
"The Secret Police Keep Taking People Away" by Juno Rylee Schultz
junoryleeschultz.bandcamp.com/track/the-se...
February 19, 2026 at 1:55 PM
page up.
first demo out now. free/pay what you want.
"The Secret Police Keep Taking People Away" by Juno Rylee Schultz
junoryleeschultz.bandcamp.com/track/the-se...
first demo out now. free/pay what you want.
"The Secret Police Keep Taking People Away" by Juno Rylee Schultz
junoryleeschultz.bandcamp.com/track/the-se...
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Former Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested
Former Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Arrested
Andrew, who has faced scrutiny over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, was taken into custody "on suspicion of misconduct in public office."
www.huffpost.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Former Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested
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Trump has signed an executive order to increase production of glyphosate, a weed killer thought to cause cancer.
February 19, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Trump has signed an executive order to increase production of glyphosate, a weed killer thought to cause cancer.
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A development as unexpected and surprising to me as the Pope elected in 2013 turning out to be a liberal is that Charles III seems good at being King.
King Charles has issued a statement following his brother Andrew’s arrest
February 19, 2026 at 3:15 PM
A development as unexpected and surprising to me as the Pope elected in 2013 turning out to be a liberal is that Charles III seems good at being King.
Blessed Ash Wednesday! Forgot to post yesterday that I’ll be mostly fasting from social media this Lent, save for Sundays, feast days, and if big news (ie: the Thing Happens). Please direct any urgent inquiries to my discord or my gf @ofvick.bsky.social and a good Lent or Ramadan to those observing!
February 18, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Blessed Ash Wednesday! Forgot to post yesterday that I’ll be mostly fasting from social media this Lent, save for Sundays, feast days, and if big news (ie: the Thing Happens). Please direct any urgent inquiries to my discord or my gf @ofvick.bsky.social and a good Lent or Ramadan to those observing!
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There must be trials. Not as an emotive aspiration, rhetorical meme, or empty threat. A concrete plan. A dedicated special court for it. Structural legislation and prosecutors and funding and all the rest of it. Everything necessary for it can be done constitutionally. All it takes is the will.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 18, 2026 at 3:35 AM
There must be trials. Not as an emotive aspiration, rhetorical meme, or empty threat. A concrete plan. A dedicated special court for it. Structural legislation and prosecutors and funding and all the rest of it. Everything necessary for it can be done constitutionally. All it takes is the will.
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another for the file of "maga people attacking the weakest person in any given group"
MAGA man jumps out of his truck to assault teen girl at anti-ICE protest—classmates defend her and beat him off.
Students who had been peacefully protesting started punching back at the man—saving girl from the full grown adult.
Michael Brown was arrested for child abuse in Grand Island, Nebraska
Students who had been peacefully protesting started punching back at the man—saving girl from the full grown adult.
Michael Brown was arrested for child abuse in Grand Island, Nebraska
February 18, 2026 at 7:07 AM
another for the file of "maga people attacking the weakest person in any given group"
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"We think nothing less complex and showy than a computer or a jet bomber deserves to be called “technology” at all...as if paper, ink, wheels, knives, clocks, chairs, aspirin pills...steel saucepans...and fleece vests...grew on trees, and we just picked them when they were ripe"
—Le Guin
—Le Guin
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 4:08 AM
"We think nothing less complex and showy than a computer or a jet bomber deserves to be called “technology” at all...as if paper, ink, wheels, knives, clocks, chairs, aspirin pills...steel saucepans...and fleece vests...grew on trees, and we just picked them when they were ripe"
—Le Guin
—Le Guin
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This thread goes so hard
what if i told you, through the power of forensic analysis, we are closer than ever to knowing the exact Far Side cartoon that is making Sting smile in this iconic photo. 🧵 👇
February 18, 2026 at 3:49 AM
This thread goes so hard
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Yglesias has, for many years now, simply refused to accept that these are not reforms being pushed by the Left, they are massive, ongoing intrusions into the private sphere by the Right which liberals oppose because they are, practically speaking, unworkable and incoherent to actually implement.
Like this. "You must strategically abandon the specific issues that the right has rendered toxic & focus on others."
But then ... why wouldn't the right just be able to do the same thing on those other issues?
But then ... why wouldn't the right just be able to do the same thing on those other issues?
February 18, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Yglesias has, for many years now, simply refused to accept that these are not reforms being pushed by the Left, they are massive, ongoing intrusions into the private sphere by the Right which liberals oppose because they are, practically speaking, unworkable and incoherent to actually implement.
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I went to DC with a bunch of Minnesotans who are asking Congress to defund ICE, and to make sure what happened here doesn’t happen anywhere else.
Minnesotans travel to D.C. to press for ICE funding cuts after Operation Metro Surge minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/17/m...
Minnesotans travel to D.C. to press for ICE funding cuts after Operation Metro Surge • Minnesota Reformer
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Salah Mohamed was 21 the first time he visited Washington D.C. It was 2003, and he arrived on a bus full of Minnesotans traveling to the nation’s capital to protest the Iraq War. T...
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February 18, 2026 at 4:02 AM
I went to DC with a bunch of Minnesotans who are asking Congress to defund ICE, and to make sure what happened here doesn’t happen anywhere else.
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Simply brilliant
Also wanted to leave y'all with something better than my last one LOL
Also wanted to leave y'all with something better than my last one LOL
Glad that people _do_ recognize it :-)
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#LEGO #AliBati #SFW2025 #Skærbæk2025
manuschwendener.ch/horses
#LEGO #AliBati #SFW2025 #Skærbæk2025
February 18, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Simply brilliant
Also wanted to leave y'all with something better than my last one LOL
Also wanted to leave y'all with something better than my last one LOL
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Thank you Chicken 🙏
February 18, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Thank you Chicken 🙏
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The left tried for decades to pass green energy subsidies, passed them, the subsidies worked, and now literally the entire planet's electricity grid is going to convert to solar+battery. It just doesn't feel like "tech" because it mostly produces kinda boring blue collar jobs instead of billionaires
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 3:51 AM
The left tried for decades to pass green energy subsidies, passed them, the subsidies worked, and now literally the entire planet's electricity grid is going to convert to solar+battery. It just doesn't feel like "tech" because it mostly produces kinda boring blue collar jobs instead of billionaires
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Shouldn’t you be selling dinosaur embryos on the black market
February 18, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Shouldn’t you be selling dinosaur embryos on the black market
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"i visited the potemkin-village prison with the girlboss warden, and everything was real chill. except for the one guy who said they have a torture hole and they're gonna throw him in the tortue hole for telling us about the torture hole. shrug, maybe i'll look into it later."
How is this even possible? Rep. Haley Stevens, who is running for #MISen, "seemed generally impressed with the staff" at an ICE detention facility, per the @michiganadvance.com.
At the same event, Rep. Hillary Scholten spoke of a man "being kept in a freezing room where he couldn’t feel his toes."
At the same event, Rep. Hillary Scholten spoke of a man "being kept in a freezing room where he couldn’t feel his toes."
February 18, 2026 at 3:48 AM
"i visited the potemkin-village prison with the girlboss warden, and everything was real chill. except for the one guy who said they have a torture hole and they're gonna throw him in the tortue hole for telling us about the torture hole. shrug, maybe i'll look into it later."
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you could opt out of caring about the Trump Show last time. the institutions were still puttering along and the ACA repeal collapsed.
there is no such option for Trump II, you are trapped in here with the rest of us
there is no such option for Trump II, you are trapped in here with the rest of us
February 18, 2026 at 2:45 AM
you could opt out of caring about the Trump Show last time. the institutions were still puttering along and the ACA repeal collapsed.
there is no such option for Trump II, you are trapped in here with the rest of us
there is no such option for Trump II, you are trapped in here with the rest of us
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the skeleton key here is that the entire country is experiencing what liberals and leftists did in 2017-2021
Literally millions of people voted for the imaginary Trump in their heads and are extremely upset that they got Actually Existing Trump, because they're dumb motherfuckers rather than truly depraved monsters.
it has never been more over.
February 18, 2026 at 2:44 AM
the skeleton key here is that the entire country is experiencing what liberals and leftists did in 2017-2021
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Literally millions of people voted for the imaginary Trump in their heads and are extremely upset that they got Actually Existing Trump, because they're dumb motherfuckers rather than truly depraved monsters.
February 18, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Literally millions of people voted for the imaginary Trump in their heads and are extremely upset that they got Actually Existing Trump, because they're dumb motherfuckers rather than truly depraved monsters.
Hormone Replacement Therapy. The printing press. mRNA vaccines. Vaccines generally. MRI machines. High speed rail. Electric cars. Bicycles. Refrigeration. PrEP. Antibiotics. Anti-Retroviral Therapy. The radio. The telescope. Pasteurization. Elevators. 3D printing. Vibrators. The list goes on.
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Hormone Replacement Therapy. The printing press. mRNA vaccines. Vaccines generally. MRI machines. High speed rail. Electric cars. Bicycles. Refrigeration. PrEP. Antibiotics. Anti-Retroviral Therapy. The radio. The telescope. Pasteurization. Elevators. 3D printing. Vibrators. The list goes on.