Kevin J. Maroney, he/him
@womzilla.bsky.social
A dilettante in the old sense.
"We are all us."-Greg Stafford
"It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting."--Stoppard
"We are all us."-Greg Stafford
"It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting."--Stoppard
Pinned
We must be a nation that welcomes refugees, immigrants, sojourners, and fellow travelers or we are nothing.
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‘Sex Criminals’ Series Based on Comic Book Scores Prime Video Order
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/k...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/k...
‘Sex Criminals’ Series Based on Comic Book Scores Prime Video Order
Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon and Tze Chun are adapting the Image Comics title by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:36 PM
‘Sex Criminals’ Series Based on Comic Book Scores Prime Video Order
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/k...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/k...
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half of all tech news lately is some variation of "the computer company has discontinued their well known product, the computer"
January 29, 2026 at 9:29 AM
half of all tech news lately is some variation of "the computer company has discontinued their well known product, the computer"
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“.. This list should give pause to anyone — no matter his or her political beliefs — who cares about the rule of law,” Judge Schiltz added.
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
January 29, 2026 at 11:21 AM
“.. This list should give pause to anyone — no matter his or her political beliefs — who cares about the rule of law,” Judge Schiltz added.
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
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When this crash happened, Trump and Vance et al immediately came out to blame the crash on affirmative action.
Not so different from calling Alex Pretti an assassin and Renee Good a domestic terrorist.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Not so different from calling Alex Pretti an assassin and Renee Good a domestic terrorist.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
A teddy bear, an ice skate, a wife’s note: DCA crash relics return home
A year after the deadly plane crash, first responders and families reflect on the moments after disaster, the grueling recovery effort and the toll it took.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:33 PM
When this crash happened, Trump and Vance et al immediately came out to blame the crash on affirmative action.
Not so different from calling Alex Pretti an assassin and Renee Good a domestic terrorist.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Not so different from calling Alex Pretti an assassin and Renee Good a domestic terrorist.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
They were never going to not "deport" citizens.
"I kept telling them "the girl was born here". They didn't care, they picked up the child, just put a jumper on her and told me to get into the car with her.”
www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...
www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...
January 29, 2026 at 10:04 PM
They were never going to not "deport" citizens.
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‘They are no longer strategizing for voluntary adoption by those who come to recognize the technology’s utility by electively applying it to the problems they face. They are planning how to cross the chasm by forced adoption.’
By @mattseybold.bsky.social
By @mattseybold.bsky.social
"You have to use it. You have to trust it.": Forced Adoption of AI is The Subtext of Davos
Authoritarianism is the AI Bailout; But If AI Doesn't Need a Bailout, Does it Need Authoritarianism?
theamericanvandal.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:17 AM
‘They are no longer strategizing for voluntary adoption by those who come to recognize the technology’s utility by electively applying it to the problems they face. They are planning how to cross the chasm by forced adoption.’
By @mattseybold.bsky.social
By @mattseybold.bsky.social
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January 29, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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To paraphrase Dave Barry, someone who is nice to you, but cruel to most of America, is not a nice person.
Narcissists tend to like superficially charming but awful people because the superficial charm satisfies their need for admiration.
Narcissists tend to like superficially charming but awful people because the superficial charm satisfies their need for admiration.
Clarence Thomas is apparently one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet, and famously knows the name of every single employee at the Supreme Court, down to the night janitors. His character is still bad! Not sure what “Alito is a kind in interpersonal situations” has to do with this.
January 29, 2026 at 3:21 PM
To paraphrase Dave Barry, someone who is nice to you, but cruel to most of America, is not a nice person.
Narcissists tend to like superficially charming but awful people because the superficial charm satisfies their need for admiration.
Narcissists tend to like superficially charming but awful people because the superficial charm satisfies their need for admiration.
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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notice how after ilhan omar was attacked by a maga true believer parroting donald trump, the mainstream media didnt kick off a multi-day orgy about how trump and other republicans need to change their tone and "lower the temperature"?
that discourse only goes one way for the msm.
that discourse only goes one way for the msm.
January 29, 2026 at 2:55 PM
notice how after ilhan omar was attacked by a maga true believer parroting donald trump, the mainstream media didnt kick off a multi-day orgy about how trump and other republicans need to change their tone and "lower the temperature"?
that discourse only goes one way for the msm.
that discourse only goes one way for the msm.
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Stop calling it "immigration enforcement" @bostonglobe.com That's not what they're doing.
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 3:31 PM
Stop calling it "immigration enforcement" @bostonglobe.com That's not what they're doing.
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I think more highly of the imaginary Baileys than Schumer does.
The more I think about Chuck Schumer & the Baileys, the more indignant I become on behalf of this wholly imaginary couple. How dare Schumer assume the Baileys are solely self-interested, unengaged with any politics outside the purely economic, & are unwilling to stand up on behalf of the vulnerable?
January 29, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I think more highly of the imaginary Baileys than Schumer does.
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Think about it like this. This ICE agent was on camera and unmasked — fulfilling one of three "demands" Democratic leader Chuck Schumer just issued in order to agree to save Republicans and give DHS even more money.
And he was still threatening to kill someone.
And he was still threatening to kill someone.
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 28, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Think about it like this. This ICE agent was on camera and unmasked — fulfilling one of three "demands" Democratic leader Chuck Schumer just issued in order to agree to save Republicans and give DHS even more money.
And he was still threatening to kill someone.
And he was still threatening to kill someone.
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Look, I don't care if he took a shit on their cars and wiped his ass with their face masks, this is fascist propaganda and the NYT is fucking disgusting.
More than a week before federal agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, different agents pushed him to the ground after he spit at them and broke a taillight on their SUV, according to newly unearthed videos. Watch here.
Videos Show Alex Pretti in Confrontation With Agents 11 Days Before His Death
More than a week before federal agents killed Mr. Pretti, a Minneapolis nurse, different agents pushed him to the ground after he spit at them and broke a taillight on their S.U.V.
nyti.ms
January 29, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Look, I don't care if he took a shit on their cars and wiped his ass with their face masks, this is fascist propaganda and the NYT is fucking disgusting.
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and as everyone knows, if you kicked a car, it justifies your street execution by death squads
BBC News says it has authenticated a video that shows Alex Pretti kicking and damaging a vehicle used by federal agents nearly two weeks before he was fatally shot in Minneapolis. [Mediaite]
BREAKING: BBC Confirms Authenticity of Viral Video Appearing to Show Alex Pretti Kicking Agents’ Car 11 Days Before Shooting
After much speculation online, the BBC has confirmed the authenticity of new viral footage appearing to show Alex Pretti kicking an agent's car on Jan. 13 — 11 days before he was shot to death by Bord...
www.mediaite.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:39 AM
and as everyone knows, if you kicked a car, it justifies your street execution by death squads
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January 28, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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When MAGA sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're sending people that have lots of problems.
NEW from @justinrohrlich.bsky.social:
“I’m not surprised this happened,” Ilhan Omar attacker Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother said. “Not at all. Unfortunately, he and my mother are both right-wing extremists.”
"In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t," he added.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
“I’m not surprised this happened,” Ilhan Omar attacker Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother said. “Not at all. Unfortunately, he and my mother are both right-wing extremists.”
"In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t," he added.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Brother calls Ilhan Omar suspect ‘right-wing extremist,’ has hated Somalis for years
Exclusive: ‘In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t,’ Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother told The Independent
www.independent.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 8:11 PM
When MAGA sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're sending people that have lots of problems.
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NEW from @justinrohrlich.bsky.social:
“I’m not surprised this happened,” Ilhan Omar attacker Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother said. “Not at all. Unfortunately, he and my mother are both right-wing extremists.”
"In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t," he added.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
“I’m not surprised this happened,” Ilhan Omar attacker Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother said. “Not at all. Unfortunately, he and my mother are both right-wing extremists.”
"In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t," he added.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Brother calls Ilhan Omar suspect ‘right-wing extremist,’ has hated Somalis for years
Exclusive: ‘In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t,’ Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother told The Independent
www.independent.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 6:43 PM
NEW from @justinrohrlich.bsky.social:
“I’m not surprised this happened,” Ilhan Omar attacker Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother said. “Not at all. Unfortunately, he and my mother are both right-wing extremists.”
"In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t," he added.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
“I’m not surprised this happened,” Ilhan Omar attacker Anthony Kazmierczak’s brother said. “Not at all. Unfortunately, he and my mother are both right-wing extremists.”
"In my mind, he’s a piece of s**t," he added.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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in an ideal world the trauma this couple went through *shouldnt* resonate stronger than a latino family terrorized by ice. but we dont live in that world. we live in the real world. so i applaud it when the most minnesota people possible link arms with us and FIGHT like this.
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:58 PM
in an ideal world the trauma this couple went through *shouldnt* resonate stronger than a latino family terrorized by ice. but we dont live in that world. we live in the real world. so i applaud it when the most minnesota people possible link arms with us and FIGHT like this.
I realize this is the least important part of this, but I don't understand the process by which his swiss-cheese brain stump has latched on "an old-fashioned word" as the ultimate dismissal.
"Affordability" coverage has waned not because the issue has gone away -- it's just been crowded out by even worse news about American citizens being shot in the streets
January 28, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I realize this is the least important part of this, but I don't understand the process by which his swiss-cheese brain stump has latched on "an old-fashioned word" as the ultimate dismissal.
Yourself but as a cartoon
January 28, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Yourself but as a cartoon
"I didn't think I'd like this, and boy was I right."
Something you can say during sex and at the Melania movie.
January 28, 2026 at 1:36 PM
"I didn't think I'd like this, and boy was I right."
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Gotta object to the “Trump won’t pick up the tab” phrasing here, which makes it sound like it’s Trump’s money.
It’s taxpayer money, already allocated by Congress. If Trump’s not disbursing it, that means he’s stealing it.
It’s taxpayer money, already allocated by Congress. If Trump’s not disbursing it, that means he’s stealing it.
January 27, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Gotta object to the “Trump won’t pick up the tab” phrasing here, which makes it sound like it’s Trump’s money.
It’s taxpayer money, already allocated by Congress. If Trump’s not disbursing it, that means he’s stealing it.
It’s taxpayer money, already allocated by Congress. If Trump’s not disbursing it, that means he’s stealing it.