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Wraithe
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Old-timey Internet user, IT Professional,Gamer, Marauder. He/Him/🤷🏻‍♀️/femme-aspiring

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Wraithe @wraithe.bsky.social · Oct 11
Hey, just an aside - please don’t feel like you have to follow me because I followed you - you don’t, this isn’t a trade.

That’s it. I could probably discuss more about why I “follow” people1️⃣, but that’s just really subtext.
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stevevladeck.bsky.social
Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction.

It's a tour de force:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: “America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions.”1 More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President Washington’s vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take. [screenshot of tweet]. So says the official responsible for overseeing the TPS program. And one of those (her word) “damn” countries is Haiti. Relevant here, three days before making the above post, Secretary Noem announced she would terminate Haiti’s TPS designation as of February 3, 2026. See 90 Fed. Reg. 54733 (Nov. 28, 2025) (Termination). Plaintiffs are five Haitian TPS holders. They are not, it emerges, “killers, leeches, or entitlement junkies.” They are instead: Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, a neuroscientist researching Alzheimer’s disease, Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl. (SAC)) ¶ 1; Rudolph Civil, a software engineer at a national bank, id. ¶ 2; Marlene Gail Noble, a laboratory assistant in a toxicology department, id. ¶ 3; Marica Merline Laguerre, a college economics major, id. ¶ 4; and Vilbrun Dorsainvil, a full-time registered nurse, id. ¶ 5. They claim that Secretary Noem’s decision violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 706(2), and the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Government counters that the Court does not have jurisdiction, and, in any case, the Secretary did not violate the law. Plaintiffs seek to stay the Secretary’s decision under 5 U.S.C. § 705 pending the outcome of this litigation. See Dkt. 81 (§ 705 Mot.). To decide their motion, the Court considers first whether it has jurisdiction. It does. See Part II. It then considers: whether Plaintiffs have a substantial likelihood of success on the merits; whether they will be irreparably harmed absent a stay; and whether a merged balance of the equities and public interest analysis favors a stay. See Part III. Each element favors Plaintiffs. See Parts IV, V, and VI. Plaintiffs charge that Secretary Noem preordained her termination decision and did so because of hostility to nonwhite immigrants. This seems substantially likely. Secretary Noem has terminated every TPS country designation to have reached her desk—twelve countries up, twelve countries down. See Section IV.A.2. Her conclusion that Haiti (a majority nonwhite country) faces merely “concerning” conditions cannot be squared with the “perfect storm of suffering” and “staggering” “humanitarian toll” described in page-after-page of the Certified Administrative Record (CAR). See Section IV.A.3.a. She ignored Congress’s requirement that she “review the conditions” in Haiti only “after” consulting “with appropriate agencies.” 8 U.S.C. § 1254a(b)(3)(A); see Section IV.A.1. Indeed, she did not consult other agencies at all. See id. Her “national interest” analysis focuses on Haitians outside the United States or here illegally, ignoring that Haitian TPS holders already live here, and legally so. See Section IV.A.3.b. And though she states that the analysis must include “economic considerations,” she ignores altogether the billions Haitian TPS holders contribute to the economy. See id. The Government’s primary response is that the TPS statute gives the Secretary unbounded discretion to make whatever determination she wants, any way she wants. And, yes, the statute does grant her some discretion. But not unbounded discretion. To the contrary, Congress passed the TPS statute to standardize the then ad hoc temporary protection system—to replace executive whim with statutory predictability. See Section I.A. As to irreparable harm, the Government contends that, at most, the harms to Haitian TPS holders are speculative. But the Department of State (State) warns [screenshot] Dkt. 100 (§ 705 Reply) at 20–21.4 “Do not travel to Haiti for any reason” does not exactly scream, as Secretary Noem concluded, suitable for return. And so, the Government studiously does not argue that Plaintiffs will suffer no harm if removed to Haiti. Instead, it argues Plaintiffs will not certainly suffer irreparable harm because DHS might not remove them. But this fails to take Secretary Noem at her word: “WE DON’T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.” See Section IV.B.2.b. Finally, the balance of equities and public interest favor a stay. The Government does not cite any reason termination must occur post haste. Secretary Noem complains of strains unlawful immigrants place on our immigration-enforcement system. Her answer? Turn 352,959 lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight. She complains of strains to our economy. Her answer? Turn employed lawful immigrants who contribute billions in taxes into the legally unemployable. She complains of strains to our healthcare system. Her answer? Turn the insured into the uninsured. This approach is many things—in the public interest is not one of them. For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Renewed Motion for a Stay Under 5 U.S.C. § 705, Dkt. 81.
February 3, 2026 at 1:06 AM
wraithe.bsky.social
Is “old and grumpy” some new street slang for “racist butthole”?

I admit to being behind the times with the new hoopy slang.
kenwhite.bsky.social Gambled And Lost Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1h
Forgive me, Jesus, because I genuinely deeply enjoy how perpetually unhappy and desolate these losers are.
February 3, 2026 at 2:58 AM
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joolia.bsky.social
DHS said that the woman CBP shot in the chest in Portland was “involved” in a gang shooting.

Her ~involvement~ was that suspected gang members sexually assaulted and robbed her.
samtlevin.bsky.social Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 2h
After Border Patrol shot two people in Portland, DHS claimed they were "vicious gang members" tied to a past shooting.

But records I obtained reveal a US prosecutor has since directly contradicted DHS, saying, "We're not suggesting he is a gang member." My dive into how DHS' claims have collapsed:
DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’
Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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brendelbored.bsky.social
This guy literally had himself photographed dressed up like Christ on the cross while holding a sign saying “atheist”
February 3, 2026 at 12:34 AM
wraithe.bsky.social
You can at least understand why Trump is closing the Kennedy center;

Basically it was close the center or have:

"Ted Nugent, live at the Trump/Kennedy Center, July 2026 to…the foreseeable future! um, well let's just say he's in residence"
February 3, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
one thing you can say about jeffrey epstein is that he simply loved emailing
February 2, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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chadbourn.bsky.social
CNN is reporting the real reason Trump is closing the Kennedy Centre for two years is not for renovation: “the Kennedy Center does not have a 2026/2027 season. There would not have been any programming to announce."
February 2, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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rincewind.run
Discworld QOTD, from I Shall Wear Midnight
“No one controls the music, Mr. Pretty - you know that. It just turns up when people have had enough. No one knows where it starts. People look around, and catch on another's eye, and give each other a little nod, and other people see that. Other people catch their eye and so, very slowly, the music starts and somebody picks up a spoon and bangs it on a plate, and then somebody else bangs a jug on the table and boots starts to stamp on the floor, louder and louder. It is the sound of anger, it is the sound of people who have had enough. Do you want to face the music?
February 2, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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scalzi.com
As an aside to the above note, just today I saw some dudes still seethingly furious about something I wrote in 2012, on how being a straight white dude in the US is the Lowest Difficulty Setting in the game of life. That's longevity in writing for you!

whatever.scalzi.com/2012/05/15/s...
Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is
I’ve been thinking of a way to explain to straight white men how life works for them, without invoking the dreaded word “privilege,” to which they react like vampires being fed a …
whatever.scalzi.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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levin.bsky.social
ICE was stealing equipment from the Islip Long Island fire department and a Islip Forward member documented it. ICE tried to arrest the community member but the firemen said “I don’t think so” www.islipforward.org
Press statement From Islip Forward: At approximately 9:30 a.m. this morning, federal agents were documented using infrastructure located on the property of the Central Islip Fire Department Station 2, at 110 Wheeler Road-without prior authorization to be on or use that space. When a volunteer with Islip Forward approached to document the activity, federal agents threatened the volunteer with arrest for alleged trespassing, despite the agents themselves operating in an area where no prior permission had been granted. Immediately following this interaction, the Central Islip Fire Department took swift action to protect its property and the public. Temporary restrictions were implemented, including closing the gate to the area being used and preventing external access. The use of municipal fire department property for federal enforcement activity—without authorization-and the subsequent threat directed at a community volunteer raise serious concerns about transparency, overreach, and respect for local institutions. We are deeply grateful to the volunteer firefighters of the Central Islip Fire Department for their decisive and responsible response.
February 2, 2026 at 5:32 PM
wraithe.bsky.social
So I’m thinking of a sequel for “Hogfather” and I’m betting Death won’t interfere for this one, now I have to go talk to Lord Downey.
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14h
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil is said to have seen his shadow, predicting 6 more weeks of winter weather.
February 2, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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sotreu.blacksky.app
Anyways. In spite of everything I'm still here l, and sadly so are my bills. If ya wanna help a Black trans researcher who's apparently been a downstream target of Epstein & his circle, it would be appreciated. ❤️‍🩹🙏🏾

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February 2, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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victoriadecapua.bsky.social
I normally try to limit how much I do this but I hit the fucking roof when I saw this and I need everyone to know how *fucking pissed* I am I just had to waste minutes of my life seeing it and responding to it.
Hi Mod Team, I’m the founder of StoriesPal, an Android & iOS app that transforms text-based Reddit stories into high-quality audio experiences. Users use our app to listen to their favorite threads on the go, using lifelike AI narration. I’m reaching out to explore a partnership to feature StoriesPal on your subreddit. We are looking for niche communities that fit our business model and would love to collaborate with you. The Proposal: We are interested in a paid sponsorship (pinned post or sidebar space) and would also like to invite your mod team to our Ambassador Program. Ambassador Benefits for Mods: We have a tiered referral system for regular users, but as a Community Ambassador, you would bypass all entry requirements and immediately unlock Top-Tier (Tier 5) Status. * Zero Grind: No minimum referral counts needed. * Highest Payout: You earn $3.00 USD per month for every user who subscribes to StoriesPal through your referral link. * Recurring Revenue: This is a recurring commission for as long as the user remains subscribed. * Exclusive Status: Your profile in the app will be highlighted with our exclusive Ambassador Gold/Amber branding. We’d love to discuss a flat rate for an initial advertisement placement to get things started, combined with the long-term revenue potential of the Ambassador program. Are you open to discussing this? Best, Founder, StoriesPal What is it with you people and not being able to read? I genuinely want to know, because every AI beggar who comes along asking if our "niche" community will accept the grace and favour of your attention apparently can't pass the basic test of reviewing our rules. We're actually not niche, we're the largest screenwriting community in the world, with 1.7 million members. We believe in and protect authentic human creativity - again, it's right there in the rules. Many of our members belong to the WGA, which spearheaded the preservation of the rights of human writers. There is no reason we would compromise our professional relationships and community integrity in order to sell out to your little nothing scam. We bury AI scams all the time. We've successfully excluded AI from this community because this community doesn't want anything to do with your nonsense. Here's what's going to happen, because you have pissed of some real humans. You're getting a permanent ban and a mute, and "StoriesPal" is going to be keyword black-listed here. We'll also let friends know about your parasitic, totally fraudulent "business". We'll make sure that anyone who needs to knows you're a terrible, topically confused little pyramid scheme run by quaterasses who are too incompetent to realize your offensive offer will earn you nothing but contempt. We'll also report you to Reddit because you're almost definitely violating their terms of service by soliciting financial involvement and advertising. Also, two seconds of using your human eyeballs would've told you that the "audio thread" bullshit you're peddling doesn't even make sense. "Screen" is right there in our name. Your subliteracy level is concerning, so please address that, and have a lovely day.
February 2, 2026 at 1:28 PM
wraithe.bsky.social
10/10 nuking.
Would watch that sucker scream in through the atmosphere and land on target again.
victoriadecapua.bsky.social Victoria De Capua @victoriadecapua.bsky.social · 13h
I normally try to limit how much I do this but I hit the fucking roof when I saw this and I need everyone to know how *fucking pissed* I am I just had to waste minutes of my life seeing it and responding to it.
Hi Mod Team, I’m the founder of StoriesPal, an Android & iOS app that transforms text-based Reddit stories into high-quality audio experiences. Users use our app to listen to their favorite threads on the go, using lifelike AI narration. I’m reaching out to explore a partnership to feature StoriesPal on your subreddit. We are looking for niche communities that fit our business model and would love to collaborate with you. The Proposal: We are interested in a paid sponsorship (pinned post or sidebar space) and would also like to invite your mod team to our Ambassador Program. Ambassador Benefits for Mods: We have a tiered referral system for regular users, but as a Community Ambassador, you would bypass all entry requirements and immediately unlock Top-Tier (Tier 5) Status. * Zero Grind: No minimum referral counts needed. * Highest Payout: You earn $3.00 USD per month for every user who subscribes to StoriesPal through your referral link. * Recurring Revenue: This is a recurring commission for as long as the user remains subscribed. * Exclusive Status: Your profile in the app will be highlighted with our exclusive Ambassador Gold/Amber branding. We’d love to discuss a flat rate for an initial advertisement placement to get things started, combined with the long-term revenue potential of the Ambassador program. Are you open to discussing this? Best, Founder, StoriesPal What is it with you people and not being able to read? I genuinely want to know, because every AI beggar who comes along asking if our "niche" community will accept the grace and favour of your attention apparently can't pass the basic test of reviewing our rules. We're actually not niche, we're the largest screenwriting community in the world, with 1.7 million members. We believe in and protect authentic human creativity - again, it's right there in the rules. Many of our members belong to the WGA, which spearheaded the preservation of the rights of human writers. There is no reason we would compromise our professional relationships and community integrity in order to sell out to your little nothing scam. We bury AI scams all the time. We've successfully excluded AI from this community because this community doesn't want anything to do with your nonsense. Here's what's going to happen, because you have pissed of some real humans. You're getting a permanent ban and a mute, and "StoriesPal" is going to be keyword black-listed here. We'll also let friends know about your parasitic, totally fraudulent "business". We'll make sure that anyone who needs to knows you're a terrible, topically confused little pyramid scheme run by quaterasses who are too incompetent to realize your offensive offer will earn you nothing but contempt. We'll also report you to Reddit because you're almost definitely violating their terms of service by soliciting financial involvement and advertising. Also, two seconds of using your human eyeballs would've told you that the "audio thread" bullshit you're peddling doesn't even make sense. "Screen" is right there in our name. Your subliteracy level is concerning, so please address that, and have a lovely day.
February 2, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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juliusgoat.bsky.social
Whenever abuse starts getting exposed in a culture of abuse, the question posed is "where does it all end?" to avoid asking “*how* will we make this end?”

But I'll answer. Where does it end?

It ends when we excise the abusive ice, from hummock to bummock. www.the-reframe.com/where-it-ends/
Where It Ends
Answering the enabler's constant question, and contemplating the depraved depths of the billionaire mindset.
www.the-reframe.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
The woke scolds are trying to make this about racism. But Musk is right. It's about historical and scientific integrity. When the God of Thunder disguises himself as a swan to seduce and fuck a queen and the resulting baby hatches from an egg, *of course* the baby will be white. It's just science.
Elon Musk claims Christopher Nolan has lost ‘integrity’ over The Odyssey casting
Lupita Nyong’o is reportedly set to play Helen of Troy in Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of Homer’s epic poem
www.independent.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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folukeifejola.bsky.social
Looking at my materials on my Law and Race unit for this term, I seem to have gone with "Make them laugh, make them cry and then enrage the hell out of them."
folukeifejola.bsky.social folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · Jul 15
The best advice I got on public speaking was from Dolly Parton in a concert she did in London in the 80s: "Make them laugh, make them cry and then scare the hell out of them."
February 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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glittergremlei.bsky.social
Reminder to cis women that our trans siblings of all genders have been warning us for fucking ever these people hate - HATE - women. All women. Cis TERFS being transphobic pieces of shit & throwing their lot in with men like these are not only evil, they’re empowering the people who hate rhem too.
dragonfish.bsky.social Dragon "Gay'ed Too Close to the Sun" Fish @dragonfish.bsky.social · 1d
O cool The hypothesis that the elite were trying to segrigate trans people from society purely to keep us as sex slaves was real, but only for trans women since they see trans men as undesirable for sex and want them eliminated which is EXACTLY THE POLICIES AND RHETORIC WE'RE SEEING HAPPEN RIGHT NOW
February 1, 2026 at 4:09 PM
wraithe.bsky.social
“Webelos…*lights cigarillo and takes a long drag*…now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a looooong time”
catrandall.bsky.social Cat Randall @catrandall.bsky.social · 1d
I made a Webelos den leader cry and curse me as a demon from hell. And when he had spent his rage, my best friend and I turned to each other in glee and went “YEAH!!!”

So of course I’m not a trans pity narrative. I fucking enjoyed it.
February 2, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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catrandall.bsky.social
My childhood was a time where “going to Denmark for the operation” was a joke and the best you could hope for was pity for your tragic plight, or a National Enquirer cover story about how you may be a sexy Playmate now but you were born a boy. So you can’t hurt me.
February 1, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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glittergremlei.bsky.social
Reminding us all, yet again, that Anne Frank - whose family the U.S. refused to accept as refugees or immigrants - died in the Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen of typhus.

Of infectious disease. Not gas or bullets or experimentation or any of those myriad other horrors. Typhus. Illness.
robertscotthorton.bsky.social Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d
ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
February 2, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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glennraucher.bsky.social
As always, profound moral clarity from @juliusgoat.bsky.social.

On abusers, enablers, aligning with repair and changing the calculus for those who prey on others.
""where does it all end?" So rarely is the question “how will we make this end?” But I'll answer the question, now. It ends with a society that doesn't permit abuse, and doesn't extend abuse as a perk of power. It ends with a society where wealth cannot buy abuse because human prosperity springs only from universal human plenty, and does not permit the sort of wealth that does. It ends with a world where power does not offer immunity, because power comes with an understanding that law enforcement mechanisms are for the powerful, not the powerless; that power is a sacred public trust and a grave responsibility, and will not bestow privileges of impunity and enablement, but rather will carry far greater regulation, far greater scrutiny, far greater expectation of transparency, and far greater penalty for abusing that trust, than the standard held by everyone else. It ends when we have a society not of supremacist abuse but of universal human thriving, where the cost of abuse is high and paid only by the abuser; where the natural costs of human society are shared equitably, whereby any who benefit more will also be naturally expected to pay more, and will not be permitted to pay less."
February 1, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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reniadeb.com
absolutely slammed with meetings today
a screenshot of a google calendar that shows "9am-1pm 'thinking about lunch', 1pm-2pm 'lunch', 2pm-6pm 'post-lunch nap'" in lime green blocks
February 2, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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professorbutts.com
lmao he’s got billion dollar corporations please-sir-may-i-have-anothering fines and he’s been there like three days
"For far too long, delivery and other online labor platform companies have not only underpaid workers, but deactivated them with abandon, denying workers the ability to make a living," he said. Perhaps surprisingly, Uber hasn't denied any wrongdoing and went as far as to thank officials for bringing light to the issue. In a statement to NYC Streetblog, Uber spokesman Josh Gold said that "we're glad to have this resolved."
February 2, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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thewrongstation.bsky.social
DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression.

CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school?

DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town.

C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name?

DR: Now look
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM