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Wait hold on someone's reading this?
Formerly @aspirational_no over on twitter. That is a he/him tower viewer.
Formerly @aspirational_no over on twitter. That is a he/him tower viewer.
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@weaselproof.bsky.social
· Nov 14
It looks like the bluesky folks are too busy kicking the servers back to life so I'll do a bit of work for them
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That newspapers can perform a necessary public service does not mean they have an intrinsic right to exist even when not actually performing it.
The fact is, it would have been a lot harder to destroy major journalistic outlets in America if they had given people more faith in them.
The fact is, it would have been a lot harder to destroy major journalistic outlets in America if they had given people more faith in them.
The notion that we should give the NYT and WaPo and rest of the mainstream media a pass despite decades of them forwarding a right wing agenda, pushing war lies and other misdeeds that have actively harmed and killed millions of people across the world is one of the dumbest notions ever.
Attn @owillis.bsky.social you hack
February 5, 2026 at 11:40 AM
That newspapers can perform a necessary public service does not mean they have an intrinsic right to exist even when not actually performing it.
The fact is, it would have been a lot harder to destroy major journalistic outlets in America if they had given people more faith in them.
The fact is, it would have been a lot harder to destroy major journalistic outlets in America if they had given people more faith in them.
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trayvon martin would be 31 today 😢
February 5, 2026 at 10:55 AM
trayvon martin would be 31 today 😢
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🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
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People think these people are going to pack the court or impeach Trump?
By a vote of 58-39, the Senate confirmed the nomination of Aaron Christian Peterson to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska. Democrat Senators voting aye: Duckworth, Durbin, Hassan, Kaine, Kelly, Shaheen, and Whitehouse. Senators not voting: Crapo, McConnell, and Murphy.
February 4, 2026 at 10:12 PM
People think these people are going to pack the court or impeach Trump?
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While schoolteachers try to find their disappeared students, Jeffries & Schumer are "negotiating" the terms for okaying future kidnappings.
February 5, 2026 at 4:19 AM
While schoolteachers try to find their disappeared students, Jeffries & Schumer are "negotiating" the terms for okaying future kidnappings.
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If they said 3,000 agents were leaving MN today, I would not fully rejoice. Because those 3,000 would be headed elsewhere.
I don’t want them kidnapping ANYONE. I don’t want them breaking up ANY families.
I don’t want those 700 headed off to destroy other families!
Abolish ICE is the floor.
I don’t want them kidnapping ANYONE. I don’t want them breaking up ANY families.
I don’t want those 700 headed off to destroy other families!
Abolish ICE is the floor.
February 5, 2026 at 2:46 AM
If they said 3,000 agents were leaving MN today, I would not fully rejoice. Because those 3,000 would be headed elsewhere.
I don’t want them kidnapping ANYONE. I don’t want them breaking up ANY families.
I don’t want those 700 headed off to destroy other families!
Abolish ICE is the floor.
I don’t want them kidnapping ANYONE. I don’t want them breaking up ANY families.
I don’t want those 700 headed off to destroy other families!
Abolish ICE is the floor.
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drove my 8yo to music lessons. passed a different "ICE kidnapped someone here" sign i hadn't seen before. that's two in one afternoon on routes i happened to travel today.
nothing has changed. it's all still happening. relentless awfulness.
nothing has changed. it's all still happening. relentless awfulness.
February 4, 2026 at 11:39 PM
drove my 8yo to music lessons. passed a different "ICE kidnapped someone here" sign i hadn't seen before. that's two in one afternoon on routes i happened to travel today.
nothing has changed. it's all still happening. relentless awfulness.
nothing has changed. it's all still happening. relentless awfulness.
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This is a great time to get off Substack. Beehive and Ghost are good alternatives.
As an added benefit, your blog won't be driving traffic to Nazis and their sycophants.
As an added benefit, your blog won't be driving traffic to Nazis and their sycophants.
The popular blogging platform Substack – used by numerous British comic creators to promote their work – has suffered a data breach. The company is warning users to take extra caution with any emails or text messages you receive…
https://downthetubes.net/substack-data-breach-hits-comic-creators/
https://downthetubes.net/substack-data-breach-hits-comic-creators/
February 5, 2026 at 7:14 AM
This is a great time to get off Substack. Beehive and Ghost are good alternatives.
As an added benefit, your blog won't be driving traffic to Nazis and their sycophants.
As an added benefit, your blog won't be driving traffic to Nazis and their sycophants.
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“abolition is ridiculously utopian. you know what’s realistic? peaceful dragon unicorn bunnies.”
February 5, 2026 at 1:16 AM
“abolition is ridiculously utopian. you know what’s realistic? peaceful dragon unicorn bunnies.”
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Fucking *imploring* Democrats to understand that it is fair and accurate to describe the entire party as full of sexual predators, pedophiles, and the enablers of same
It’s not just Trump, it’s all of them, and it was happening long before Trump ever got here
It’s not just Trump, it’s all of them, and it was happening long before Trump ever got here
Reminder that basically every time a state where child marriage is legal tries to change that, one party reliably steps in to make sure they get to keep marrying children, and it’s not Democrats
Kinda wild that these people are just in charge of things isn’t it
February 3, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Fucking *imploring* Democrats to understand that it is fair and accurate to describe the entire party as full of sexual predators, pedophiles, and the enablers of same
It’s not just Trump, it’s all of them, and it was happening long before Trump ever got here
It’s not just Trump, it’s all of them, and it was happening long before Trump ever got here
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our government used a Blackhawk helicopter in a major American city, detained children and zip-tied U.S. citizens all to target... squatters
and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building
The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...
www.propublica.org
February 4, 2026 at 11:46 PM
our government used a Blackhawk helicopter in a major American city, detained children and zip-tied U.S. citizens all to target... squatters
and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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Kiddies who made it out of the ICE dungeon report sighting a schoolmate. Before this, the school district had no information on their whereabouts. The family has now been connected with a lawyer.
Youngsters who escape a govt dungeon are the only way to track abducted children? This is fine!
Youngsters who escape a govt dungeon are the only way to track abducted children? This is fine!
The two children who returned to MN today say they saw one of their Valley View schoolmates at a detention center in TX. This is a child whose family was last in contact with the school on January 9. No one has known where they were until now.
February 5, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Kiddies who made it out of the ICE dungeon report sighting a schoolmate. Before this, the school district had no information on their whereabouts. The family has now been connected with a lawyer.
Youngsters who escape a govt dungeon are the only way to track abducted children? This is fine!
Youngsters who escape a govt dungeon are the only way to track abducted children? This is fine!
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Been in this industry long enough to remember when people said billionaires buying up media outlets would provide new jobs, long-term funding, and financial stability 🤡
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 5, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Been in this industry long enough to remember when people said billionaires buying up media outlets would provide new jobs, long-term funding, and financial stability 🤡
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I’ve watched this about 20 times already
February 5, 2026 at 1:28 AM
I’ve watched this about 20 times already
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Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
February 5, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
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As terrible as what is happening right now to journalism, we actually should dismantle the romantic myths we have of the press in America.
I teach in my class about colonial press censorship, and then how the independent press was a tool for the wealthy, white power holders to maintain dominance.
I teach in my class about colonial press censorship, and then how the independent press was a tool for the wealthy, white power holders to maintain dominance.
This is it.
And the founders also never really envisioned a system like industrial and post-industrial capitalism that would be *fundamentally at odds* with their vision of a democratic republic.
Which is why capitalism must be dismantled.
And the founders also never really envisioned a system like industrial and post-industrial capitalism that would be *fundamentally at odds* with their vision of a democratic republic.
Which is why capitalism must be dismantled.
Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
February 4, 2026 at 9:16 PM
As terrible as what is happening right now to journalism, we actually should dismantle the romantic myths we have of the press in America.
I teach in my class about colonial press censorship, and then how the independent press was a tool for the wealthy, white power holders to maintain dominance.
I teach in my class about colonial press censorship, and then how the independent press was a tool for the wealthy, white power holders to maintain dominance.
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NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons.
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
Read more:
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
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Identified: the El Paso BORTAC crew rampaging through the Midwest
One violent duo in particular, U.S. Border Patrol agents Michael Sveum (EZ-2) and Edgar Vazquez (EZ-17), have been frequently seen alongside former commander-at-large Greg Bovino terrorizing crowds wi...
unraveledpress.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:24 PM
NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons.
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
Read more:
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
Read more:
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Find you a newspaper that loves reporting as much as The New York Times loves lionizing fascist propagandists and terrorists.
February 4, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Find you a newspaper that loves reporting as much as The New York Times loves lionizing fascist propagandists and terrorists.
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The headline should be, "DHS to keep 2,000 immigration officers in Minnesota."
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
Homan in Minneapolis: "Effective immediately, we will draw down 700 people effective today."
February 4, 2026 at 3:43 PM
The headline should be, "DHS to keep 2,000 immigration officers in Minnesota."
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
Instead, it seems the entirety of the traditional media went with, "DHS to withdraw 700 immigration officers from Minnesota."
This presser worked like a charm.
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In case anyone thinks OP is exaggerating the point
February 4, 2026 at 6:27 PM
In case anyone thinks OP is exaggerating the point
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The left Joe Rogan is Hasan Piker but establishment Dems hate him. There is no centrist Joe Rogan because it is impossible to be a centrist and build a slavish political fanbase because you stand for nothing, not even something atrocious.
I wrote a bit about the misguided effort by Democrats to replicate Joe Rogan the right-wing podcast ecosystem.
February 4, 2026 at 6:53 PM
The left Joe Rogan is Hasan Piker but establishment Dems hate him. There is no centrist Joe Rogan because it is impossible to be a centrist and build a slavish political fanbase because you stand for nothing, not even something atrocious.
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Yeah that's what I thought too when I first started in food safety.
And for a lot of people, it's true!
Unfortunately, the way wealthy people learn that "being stupid can lose money" is by watching their friends do it. So you have to start over every time you got a fresh batch of rich people
And for a lot of people, it's true!
Unfortunately, the way wealthy people learn that "being stupid can lose money" is by watching their friends do it. So you have to start over every time you got a fresh batch of rich people
this is so weird to me bc supposedly people with money are protective of it. i know my first thought when i do big things is “how do i not get sued” which, if you’re not *intentionally* jeopardizing people, leads directly to safety
February 4, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Yeah that's what I thought too when I first started in food safety.
And for a lot of people, it's true!
Unfortunately, the way wealthy people learn that "being stupid can lose money" is by watching their friends do it. So you have to start over every time you got a fresh batch of rich people
And for a lot of people, it's true!
Unfortunately, the way wealthy people learn that "being stupid can lose money" is by watching their friends do it. So you have to start over every time you got a fresh batch of rich people
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In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD. Just some facts I think bear repeating.
February 4, 2026 at 4:57 PM
In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD. Just some facts I think bear repeating.