Will Stancil
@whstancil.bsky.social
Minnesota guy.
"This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
"This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
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The weirdest thing to me so far was seeing Bongo interviewing Kash on his podcast yesterday as though Kash wasn't his boss and the two of them, together, were running the FBI six months ago, until Bongo quit to go back to lying on his podcast. It seriously broke a part of my brain.
February 20, 2026 at 3:54 AM
The weirdest thing to me so far was seeing Bongo interviewing Kash on his podcast yesterday as though Kash wasn't his boss and the two of them, together, were running the FBI six months ago, until Bongo quit to go back to lying on his podcast. It seriously broke a part of my brain.
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Trump plans to send $10 billion in funds that Congress hasn’t appropriated from the US Treasury to an organization that he will continue to chair personally even after he is out of office.
This is looting.
This is looting.
Trump: "I want to let you know that United States is going to make a contribution of $10 billion to the Board of Peace." (Congress has not appropriated this money!)
February 20, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Trump plans to send $10 billion in funds that Congress hasn’t appropriated from the US Treasury to an organization that he will continue to chair personally even after he is out of office.
This is looting.
This is looting.
There were a couple people early on who kept using “terry” for “T” and, look, generally made-up phonetic alphabets are perfectly legible, but FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
DON’T USE “TERRY”
DON’T USE “TERRY”
You can tell the newbies by their creative non-NATO words for the letters. 😂😂😂
also one of the craziest evolutions of rapid response is how a month ago you'd be trying to get a plate check and you'd be like "VBZ 2552" and then have to repeat it 12 times and now 90% of us know the NATO alphabet and you'll get these girls going "Victor! Bravo! Zulu!" like they're fighter pilots
February 20, 2026 at 4:09 AM
There were a couple people early on who kept using “terry” for “T” and, look, generally made-up phonetic alphabets are perfectly legible, but FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
DON’T USE “TERRY”
DON’T USE “TERRY”
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You can tell the newbies by their creative non-NATO words for the letters. 😂😂😂
also one of the craziest evolutions of rapid response is how a month ago you'd be trying to get a plate check and you'd be like "VBZ 2552" and then have to repeat it 12 times and now 90% of us know the NATO alphabet and you'll get these girls going "Victor! Bravo! Zulu!" like they're fighter pilots
February 20, 2026 at 3:31 AM
You can tell the newbies by their creative non-NATO words for the letters. 😂😂😂
also one of the craziest evolutions of rapid response is how a month ago you'd be trying to get a plate check and you'd be like "VBZ 2552" and then have to repeat it 12 times and now 90% of us know the NATO alphabet and you'll get these girls going "Victor! Bravo! Zulu!" like they're fighter pilots
February 20, 2026 at 3:20 AM
also one of the craziest evolutions of rapid response is how a month ago you'd be trying to get a plate check and you'd be like "VBZ 2552" and then have to repeat it 12 times and now 90% of us know the NATO alphabet and you'll get these girls going "Victor! Bravo! Zulu!" like they're fighter pilots
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The Republic is being saved by several thousand people named, like, “Peanut,” “Dugtrio,” and “Green Pants”
And they’re turning in hour after hour of patrol time and commuting time, every day, in a state where their relationship with the law feels dicier all the time. Heroes one and all. One day I really hope I can tell you their names (well, their code names) and about all their heroism.
February 20, 2026 at 2:16 AM
The Republic is being saved by several thousand people named, like, “Peanut,” “Dugtrio,” and “Green Pants”
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by the eleventh “it’s a very sad thing” I started to wonder if maybe this guy is guilty
DOOCY: On Prince Andrew, do you think American associates of Jeffrey Epstein will wind up in handcuffs too?
TRUMP: I'm the expert in a way because I've been totally exonerated. That's very nice. I can actually speak about it very nicely. I think it's a shame. I did nothing.
TRUMP: I'm the expert in a way because I've been totally exonerated. That's very nice. I can actually speak about it very nicely. I think it's a shame. I did nothing.
February 19, 2026 at 10:08 PM
by the eleventh “it’s a very sad thing” I started to wonder if maybe this guy is guilty
There are so many incredible characters doing this. People who you’d never suspect would be capable of just relentless bravery and determination. People you’d walk past without noticing, but who are literally putting everything on the line to protect their neighbors, still, today, every day.
The anti-ICE citizen's watch really is the closest thing we have to real life superheroes
February 20, 2026 at 1:34 AM
There are so many incredible characters doing this. People who you’d never suspect would be capable of just relentless bravery and determination. People you’d walk past without noticing, but who are literally putting everything on the line to protect their neighbors, still, today, every day.
Did an interview for this and I really appreciate NPR for continuing to cover the surreal situation facing observers and commuters here in Minneapolis, even as the attention of the world moves on.
ICE officers often tell people tracking and watching them that they are breaking federal law in doing so, but legal experts say the vast majority of observers are exercising their constitutional rights. n.pr/4qPmLGr
The Trump administration is increasingly trying to criminalize observing ICE
ICE officers often tell people tracking and watching them that they are breaking federal law in doing so, but legal experts say the vast majority of observers are exercising their constitutional rights.
n.pr
February 20, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Did an interview for this and I really appreciate NPR for continuing to cover the surreal situation facing observers and commuters here in Minneapolis, even as the attention of the world moves on.
Common now as ICE draws down in MN: observers pursue some known ICE vehicle for miles, only to discover it had been returned to the rental agency and re-rented to some poor tourist.
We clear the vehicle, but we tell them: complain to the agency they're blacklisting their cars by renting to ICE
We clear the vehicle, but we tell them: complain to the agency they're blacklisting their cars by renting to ICE
February 19, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Common now as ICE draws down in MN: observers pursue some known ICE vehicle for miles, only to discover it had been returned to the rental agency and re-rented to some poor tourist.
We clear the vehicle, but we tell them: complain to the agency they're blacklisting their cars by renting to ICE
We clear the vehicle, but we tell them: complain to the agency they're blacklisting their cars by renting to ICE
My view on masks is simply that I do not personally wear one unless explicitly asked. But you should really delete the initial post, which many people are obviously misreading, in large part because there’s only one name in it and it’s mine!
February 19, 2026 at 5:19 PM
My view on masks is simply that I do not personally wear one unless explicitly asked. But you should really delete the initial post, which many people are obviously misreading, in large part because there’s only one name in it and it’s mine!
But please sort of try to reason that out. Why would the fact that I, personally, am always a little broke have any bearing on how I evaluate the economic conditions of the entire country? These two things clearly have next to zero relationship
It's certainly a lot compared to one month! I hope you're able to build it up. I think the fact that you are in the roughly half the country that lacks even this basic amount might make you more sympathetic to the argument that economic conditions in the US aren't good
February 19, 2026 at 3:49 PM
But please sort of try to reason that out. Why would the fact that I, personally, am always a little broke have any bearing on how I evaluate the economic conditions of the entire country? These two things clearly have next to zero relationship
If something is true of 50%+, it is the norm!
i'm getting ragebaited but i think it's obvious that the word most implies that something is like the norm. it's kinda weird to say that most people alive are male or like, most positive integers smaller than a billion are odd.
February 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
If something is true of 50%+, it is the norm!
this is the same person listed fifteen times?
it's so funny to try to legitimize a moronic argument by claiming that it is supported by a growing movement of diverse thinkers and then you list the people who belong to that movement and every single one is stupid and/or racist
February 19, 2026 at 2:37 PM
this is the same person listed fifteen times?
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Ossoff: "If you live in a major democracy, and the nation's spy chief is showing up at raids on sensitive election sites, something has gone wrong."
February 19, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Ossoff: "If you live in a major democracy, and the nation's spy chief is showing up at raids on sensitive election sites, something has gone wrong."
It conveys that the group of Americans who have 3 months of savings is greater in quantity than the group that does not.
In fact, this is the case: about 53% have 3 months of savings or more.
In fact, this is the case: about 53% have 3 months of savings or more.
I agree. "More than" doesn't suggest "most". 51% is "more than" 49% (just). "Most" has generally been used to suggest a larger share than half in my experience. Reading 'most Americans have 3 months worth of savings' conveys something different than 'half of Americans have 3 months worth of savings'
February 19, 2026 at 2:34 PM
It conveys that the group of Americans who have 3 months of savings is greater in quantity than the group that does not.
In fact, this is the case: about 53% have 3 months of savings or more.
In fact, this is the case: about 53% have 3 months of savings or more.
Yes, guys: “the most” means the “the largest share.” It’s just that, when you’re talking about 2 groups that sum to 100%, “the largest share” implies “50%+”
I really don’t think this is rocket science lol
I really don’t think this is rocket science lol
Not a great example for your point.
"the most" is the other definition of "most", which is "greatest number" vs "majority".
I have 37 apples, you have 35 apples, Alice has 28 apples.
Who has "the most" apples?
"the most" is the other definition of "most", which is "greatest number" vs "majority".
I have 37 apples, you have 35 apples, Alice has 28 apples.
Who has "the most" apples?
February 19, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Yes, guys: “the most” means the “the largest share.” It’s just that, when you’re talking about 2 groups that sum to 100%, “the largest share” implies “50%+”
I really don’t think this is rocket science lol
I really don’t think this is rocket science lol
If I have 53 apples, and you have 47 apples, do I have the most apples, do you have the most apples, or does nobody have the most apples?
"thinking that the word 'most' implies a larger proportion than 'fifty percent plus exactly one' is an example of how Americans are dumb shits who can't read words"
Bro, I believe that many people have mental-illness overreactions to you, but with a take like this I can see how they get that way...
Bro, I believe that many people have mental-illness overreactions to you, but with a take like this I can see how they get that way...
February 19, 2026 at 2:12 PM
If I have 53 apples, and you have 47 apples, do I have the most apples, do you have the most apples, or does nobody have the most apples?
“Most” just means “more than not” which I think for some reason people struggle to parse as “greater than 50%,” probably because they think of quantities in ultra-vague terms which means anything close to fifty is understood as being the same - “about half” - which is unviable in many contexts
there's a large and completely reasonable middle ground here between "you're lying to say 51% is 'most'" which of course it technically does, and "saying 51% isn't 'most' means you can't read on a baseline level in a way people have been using as a dig" which is why this man pisses people off so bad
three cueing :(
February 19, 2026 at 1:21 PM
“Most” just means “more than not” which I think for some reason people struggle to parse as “greater than 50%,” probably because they think of quantities in ultra-vague terms which means anything close to fifty is understood as being the same - “about half” - which is unviable in many contexts
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"excuse me sir, there must be some mistake- i voted to create the camps, not live in the zone of interest" is like every trump voter
“my children might see the children I voted to put in shackles, how shall they grow up”
February 19, 2026 at 5:31 AM
"excuse me sir, there must be some mistake- i voted to create the camps, not live in the zone of interest" is like every trump voter
I’ve long done WHAT now???
February 19, 2026 at 12:35 PM
I’ve long done WHAT now???
Also this is a real offer. I don’t think these guys really use Bluesky and I don’t use Twitter - like, I don’t open the site - so if anyone wants to alert @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social or @jvl.bsky.social I’ll probably be on patrol at least 4 hours today and they can come try to see ICE up close
totally forgot the bulwark folks are in town, if any of the @thebulwark.com people want to go on ice patrol tomorrow, let me know. @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social I know you have the heart of an antifascist warrior
February 19, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Also this is a real offer. I don’t think these guys really use Bluesky and I don’t use Twitter - like, I don’t open the site - so if anyone wants to alert @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social or @jvl.bsky.social I’ll probably be on patrol at least 4 hours today and they can come try to see ICE up close
The permamasking community is furious at me for this podcast appearance where masking was called “unneighborly”… except, guys, that’s not me speaking!
February 19, 2026 at 12:15 PM
The permamasking community is furious at me for this podcast appearance where masking was called “unneighborly”… except, guys, that’s not me speaking!
okay @jvl.bsky.social let's do it. you, me, my buddy who platechecks, the open road, and 1500 heavily armed ICE agents
I feel that JVL would absolutely go.
February 19, 2026 at 4:08 AM
okay @jvl.bsky.social let's do it. you, me, my buddy who platechecks, the open road, and 1500 heavily armed ICE agents