Wintry Mix
@wintrymix.bsky.social
Queer therapist in the Boston burbs. Race, media, trans rights, fandom, climate. Heated Rivalry obsessed. She/they.
Would have to be “Standing outside a broken phone booth with money in my hands” by Primitive Radio Gods
Deleted a post about “what’s your least favorite song” because the vibes are bad enough already.
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
February 4, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Would have to be “Standing outside a broken phone booth with money in my hands” by Primitive Radio Gods
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If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
Yes, Peter decided that the continued existence of our democracies isn't compatible with his desired level of personal freedom.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
February 3, 2026 at 12:17 AM
If you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
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I thought for sure this was an old quote. He said this statement this morning.
February 2, 2026 at 12:25 AM
I thought for sure this was an old quote. He said this statement this morning.
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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability
February 1, 2026 at 9:27 PM
the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability
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i don't know if i've ever seen a chotining where chotiner gives up in the middle and goes "ok buddy. here's your petard." www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
What a “Melania” Cinematographer Hoped to Accomplish
Dante Spinotti has had a legendary Hollywood career. Why is he making propaganda for the Trump family?
www.newyorker.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:32 AM
i don't know if i've ever seen a chotining where chotiner gives up in the middle and goes "ok buddy. here's your petard." www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
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the Republican Party will get worse before it gets worse, but God willing it will also get a whole lot smaller
February 1, 2026 at 9:39 PM
the Republican Party will get worse before it gets worse, but God willing it will also get a whole lot smaller
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In many of the first generation of modern concentration camp systems (near the turn of the twentieth century), the vast majority of deaths were caused by disease and malnutrition. Most of the victims were women and children.
It appears there is now a measles outbreak at the Dilley family detention facility. www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
Source: Measles outbreak reported at ICE's Dilley family detention facility
DPS troopers stand guard in front of the Dilley detention center during a protest last weekend. After a week of public outcry over the Dilley, Texas South
www.sacurrent.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:29 AM
In many of the first generation of modern concentration camp systems (near the turn of the twentieth century), the vast majority of deaths were caused by disease and malnutrition. Most of the victims were women and children.
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Gonna beg media not to just repeat Trump's obviously bullshit framing in the headlines. Tell readers the truth in the headlines.
Alternatives:
"With Artists and Audience Fleeing, Trump Closes Kennedy Center Indefinitely"
"Trump Says Kennedy Center Needs Renovation, Despite Recent $250M Renovation"
Alternatives:
"With Artists and Audience Fleeing, Trump Closes Kennedy Center Indefinitely"
"Trump Says Kennedy Center Needs Renovation, Despite Recent $250M Renovation"
Breaking news: President Trump said that the Kennedy Center could temporarily close for roughly two years to undergo construction.
https://wapo.st/49VsdCk
https://wapo.st/49VsdCk
February 2, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Gonna beg media not to just repeat Trump's obviously bullshit framing in the headlines. Tell readers the truth in the headlines.
Alternatives:
"With Artists and Audience Fleeing, Trump Closes Kennedy Center Indefinitely"
"Trump Says Kennedy Center Needs Renovation, Despite Recent $250M Renovation"
Alternatives:
"With Artists and Audience Fleeing, Trump Closes Kennedy Center Indefinitely"
"Trump Says Kennedy Center Needs Renovation, Despite Recent $250M Renovation"
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Ok so as a fiber nerd, I need to supply some facts about underwater basket weaving:
- basket weaving has never been automated
- any basket you buy was made by a human (if it was cheap, they were severely underpaid)
- this is why there are so many faux baskets made of plastic
- basket weaving has never been automated
- any basket you buy was made by a human (if it was cheap, they were severely underpaid)
- this is why there are so many faux baskets made of plastic
January 31, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Ok so as a fiber nerd, I need to supply some facts about underwater basket weaving:
- basket weaving has never been automated
- any basket you buy was made by a human (if it was cheap, they were severely underpaid)
- this is why there are so many faux baskets made of plastic
- basket weaving has never been automated
- any basket you buy was made by a human (if it was cheap, they were severely underpaid)
- this is why there are so many faux baskets made of plastic
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it delights me that the youths have invented a new second person plural pronoun with "chat"
January 31, 2026 at 3:57 PM
it delights me that the youths have invented a new second person plural pronoun with "chat"
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URGENT Please amplify this post
One of our MA activists with About Face and Veterans for Peace, Noah, a veteran himself, who has been doing work as a medic in MN, was violently arrested and is being held without bail. See pics for details! He needs his medication!
One of our MA activists with About Face and Veterans for Peace, Noah, a veteran himself, who has been doing work as a medic in MN, was violently arrested and is being held without bail. See pics for details! He needs his medication!
January 31, 2026 at 2:17 PM
URGENT Please amplify this post
One of our MA activists with About Face and Veterans for Peace, Noah, a veteran himself, who has been doing work as a medic in MN, was violently arrested and is being held without bail. See pics for details! He needs his medication!
One of our MA activists with About Face and Veterans for Peace, Noah, a veteran himself, who has been doing work as a medic in MN, was violently arrested and is being held without bail. See pics for details! He needs his medication!
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NEW: School hallways are silent. Grandparents patrol outside in shifts. Two more kids taken from Liam Ramos' school.
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
ICE Is Circling Minnesota Schools, Looking For Children to Take
Liam Ramos, 5, isn’t the only child in detention. Teachers and parents describe kids being hunted by federal agents.
www.huffpost.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:32 PM
NEW: School hallways are silent. Grandparents patrol outside in shifts. Two more kids taken from Liam Ramos' school.
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
Trump isn't deescalating ICE at all at MN schools.
“I stopped wearing my high heels to work. I wear my boots to work because I have had to run." www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-mi...
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Art crosses boundaries in that you can have a scene of a revolutionary fighter talking about their bone-level conviction that the cause of humankind is freedom and equality and peace and a double digit % of the audience is gonna be like yeah that's right they cant stop me from saying slurs at work
January 29, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Art crosses boundaries in that you can have a scene of a revolutionary fighter talking about their bone-level conviction that the cause of humankind is freedom and equality and peace and a double digit % of the audience is gonna be like yeah that's right they cant stop me from saying slurs at work
Tell me five classes you took in college:
—Democracy, Equality, and Development in Mexico
—The Rome of Augustus
—Advanced Expository Writing
—Vision and the Brain
—The Love Story
—Democracy, Equality, and Development in Mexico
—The Rome of Augustus
—Advanced Expository Writing
—Vision and the Brain
—The Love Story
Tell me five classes you took in college:
Creation Myths
Advanced Physical Chemistry
Agony in Stony Places
Intro to the Gothic Language
Advanced Musical Skills
Creation Myths
Advanced Physical Chemistry
Agony in Stony Places
Intro to the Gothic Language
Advanced Musical Skills
Tell me five classes you took in college:
Germanic Literature (various)
Central European History (various)
French, Russian, Chinese
French Essayists
Film Criticism
Germanic Literature (various)
Central European History (various)
French, Russian, Chinese
French Essayists
Film Criticism
January 31, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Tell me five classes you took in college:
—Democracy, Equality, and Development in Mexico
—The Rome of Augustus
—Advanced Expository Writing
—Vision and the Brain
—The Love Story
—Democracy, Equality, and Development in Mexico
—The Rome of Augustus
—Advanced Expository Writing
—Vision and the Brain
—The Love Story
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It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
January 31, 2026 at 12:41 AM
It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
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Horrendous news.
An icon, a trailblazer, and a gift. I’ve been a fan since SCTV.
An icon, a trailblazer, and a gift. I’ve been a fan since SCTV.
Catherine O'Hara, 'Schitt’s Creek' Star and Comedy Legend, Dies at 71
Catherine O'Hara has died at the age of 71. O'Hara was known for her appearances in movies including 'Beetlejuice' and 'Home Alone', as well as her Emmy-winning role as Moira Rose on the TV sitcom 'Sc...
people.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Horrendous news.
An icon, a trailblazer, and a gift. I’ve been a fan since SCTV.
An icon, a trailblazer, and a gift. I’ve been a fan since SCTV.
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The Boston Dyke March this year will be Friday June 5th!
As we prepare for this year’s March, we thought you might like a list of all the important dates this year.
Want to be notified when tabling applications or volunteer sign-up open? The link in our bio can get you on the list.
As we prepare for this year’s March, we thought you might like a list of all the important dates this year.
Want to be notified when tabling applications or volunteer sign-up open? The link in our bio can get you on the list.
January 29, 2026 at 11:03 PM
The Boston Dyke March this year will be Friday June 5th!
As we prepare for this year’s March, we thought you might like a list of all the important dates this year.
Want to be notified when tabling applications or volunteer sign-up open? The link in our bio can get you on the list.
As we prepare for this year’s March, we thought you might like a list of all the important dates this year.
Want to be notified when tabling applications or volunteer sign-up open? The link in our bio can get you on the list.
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I am happy for people in Maine if this is true. ALSO, this suggests that the administration is unleashing ICE in blue cities and states as punishment for political reasons. Collins is up for re-election and they need her to keep their control of the Senate. This is GROTESQUE.
Maine Senator Susan Collins said Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem informed her that ICE will end the immigration enforcement surge in the state.
ICE ending Maine surge, Senator Collins says - The Boston Globe
Collins said in a statement that she had pushed Noem and other Trump administration officials to have ICE “reconsider its approach to immigration enforcement in the state.”
trib.al
January 29, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I am happy for people in Maine if this is true. ALSO, this suggests that the administration is unleashing ICE in blue cities and states as punishment for political reasons. Collins is up for re-election and they need her to keep their control of the Senate. This is GROTESQUE.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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We are not here to generate shareholder value. We are here, as Vonnegut said, to fart around.
Learn to sing, draw a picture, get laid, play dominoes in the park, lowball guys selling project stock cars on your local online yardsale, go count butterflies in a field.
Learn to sing, draw a picture, get laid, play dominoes in the park, lowball guys selling project stock cars on your local online yardsale, go count butterflies in a field.
I agree that it’s high fucking time that we stopped acting like we need to grovel and constantly justify the existence of some of our most incredibly elemental and ancient human pursuits.
Are the humanities the only disciplines whose classes begin with modules speaking to the importance of studying the humanities? "Why study the humanities?" and "Why the humanities are important" must be cliches.
January 28, 2026 at 2:09 AM
We are not here to generate shareholder value. We are here, as Vonnegut said, to fart around.
Learn to sing, draw a picture, get laid, play dominoes in the park, lowball guys selling project stock cars on your local online yardsale, go count butterflies in a field.
Learn to sing, draw a picture, get laid, play dominoes in the park, lowball guys selling project stock cars on your local online yardsale, go count butterflies in a field.
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Holy shit, there's an open carry #2A protest of ICE happening in Douglas County Colorado -- a very wealthy and very red suburb county of Denver. (I lived there for 16 years.) The Trump Administration pissing off committed gun owners sufficiently for them to join the protests against ICE is wild.
January 28, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Holy shit, there's an open carry #2A protest of ICE happening in Douglas County Colorado -- a very wealthy and very red suburb county of Denver. (I lived there for 16 years.) The Trump Administration pissing off committed gun owners sufficiently for them to join the protests against ICE is wild.
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.