Eric Schultz
@wwahammy.com
FOSS and #DigitalAutonomy activist. Senior Software Engineer Software for Good. Engineering Lead CommitChange. Houdini Project Leader. Opinions are my own. Genderfluid. Cover photo from: https://t.co/7rVeNC
You can't control a military along with a massive paramilitary, do nothing in this situation and expect people to only protest.
I don't support violent retaliation from people. But dude, what are their options?
There is an illegal invasion of the state and you're choosing not to defend it.
I don't support violent retaliation from people. But dude, what are their options?
There is an illegal invasion of the state and you're choosing not to defend it.
State investigators have been on the scene in North Minneapolis.
I know you’re angry. I’m angry. What Donald Trump wants is violence in the streets.
But Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
Don’t give him what he wants.
I know you’re angry. I’m angry. What Donald Trump wants is violence in the streets.
But Minnesota will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace.
Don’t give him what he wants.
January 16, 2026 at 7:07 AM
You can't control a military along with a massive paramilitary, do nothing in this situation and expect people to only protest.
I don't support violent retaliation from people. But dude, what are their options?
There is an illegal invasion of the state and you're choosing not to defend it.
I don't support violent retaliation from people. But dude, what are their options?
There is an illegal invasion of the state and you're choosing not to defend it.
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Seriously. I have issues with how the press handles statements from law enforcement—but this is something else. This admin, this agency, these same officials have constantly lied the whole time, including lying about events on video. It is dishonest for journalists to simply repeat their claims.
WHY are news stations reading DHS statements out loud as if they have ANY credibility at all? They literally murdered a woman in cold blood LAST WEEK and are still lying about what happened, even though we can see what happened. That any credibility would be given to their statement is insane
January 15, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Seriously. I have issues with how the press handles statements from law enforcement—but this is something else. This admin, this agency, these same officials have constantly lied the whole time, including lying about events on video. It is dishonest for journalists to simply repeat their claims.
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protestors have painted what appears to be a tunnel on the side of the mountain, causing ICE agents to run into the mountain at full speed.
disgusting.
disgusting.
January 16, 2026 at 1:34 AM
protestors have painted what appears to be a tunnel on the side of the mountain, causing ICE agents to run into the mountain at full speed.
disgusting.
disgusting.
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It will become increasingly important for people to take video and protect and save that video so that when there is finally an accounting for what’s happening, there will be evidence.
January 16, 2026 at 12:29 AM
It will become increasingly important for people to take video and protect and save that video so that when there is finally an accounting for what’s happening, there will be evidence.
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“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy
January 16, 2026 at 3:49 AM
“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy
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The reason why Dems like Newsom feel like they can't poll well on supporting trans people isn't because trans rights doesn't poll well.
It's because they hate trans people too much to be able to explain why they support our rights to exist, even as a lie. They look like idiots and cede the issue.
It's because they hate trans people too much to be able to explain why they support our rights to exist, even as a lie. They look like idiots and cede the issue.
BEN: in politics it's a barrier to entry 4 ppl when a boy can become a girl
GAV: i respect if that's ur barrier to listening to ppl, so be it, it is what it is
BEN: strange we can't admit boys can't be girls. why is this so difficult
GAV: i understand ur point of view & also i respect caitlyn jenner
GAV: i respect if that's ur barrier to listening to ppl, so be it, it is what it is
BEN: strange we can't admit boys can't be girls. why is this so difficult
GAV: i understand ur point of view & also i respect caitlyn jenner
January 16, 2026 at 5:53 AM
The reason why Dems like Newsom feel like they can't poll well on supporting trans people isn't because trans rights doesn't poll well.
It's because they hate trans people too much to be able to explain why they support our rights to exist, even as a lie. They look like idiots and cede the issue.
It's because they hate trans people too much to be able to explain why they support our rights to exist, even as a lie. They look like idiots and cede the issue.
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Thought @nytpitchbot.bsky.social had outdone itself, but no, it’s real: NYTimes sent four reporters to a town 150 miles from Minneapolis to interview a group of folks at the Ye Olde Pickle Factory bar while they drink beer at 10am and watch The Price Is Right and share deep political thoughts.
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Thought @nytpitchbot.bsky.social had outdone itself, but no, it’s real: NYTimes sent four reporters to a town 150 miles from Minneapolis to interview a group of folks at the Ye Olde Pickle Factory bar while they drink beer at 10am and watch The Price Is Right and share deep political thoughts.
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I love when you tell people how terrible Newsom is, they're always like, "Well, it's nice to have ideals, but if it comes down to him or the Nazi in the general, *I* am going to vote for him"
WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.
WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.
January 16, 2026 at 5:06 AM
I love when you tell people how terrible Newsom is, they're always like, "Well, it's nice to have ideals, but if it comes down to him or the Nazi in the general, *I* am going to vote for him"
WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.
WE'RE TELLING YOU HOW TERRIBLE HE IS NOW SO IT'S *NOT* A CHOICE BTW HIM & A NAZI, CARL. THAT'S THE POINT.
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Dear God, please tell me that's not an original copy of the Declaration of Independence on the fucking wall of the Oval Office.
Grinning like a 5-year old getting his participation trophy at the post-season T-ball pizza party.
January 16, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Dear God, please tell me that's not an original copy of the Declaration of Independence on the fucking wall of the Oval Office.
I was thinking about this dynamic today in regard to his "I'll invoke the Insurrection Act" song and dance. At this point he's been saying he'd use it for almost 5 years.
Remember: TACO.
Remember: TACO.
smarter people than me can get into the various legal nuances and such. i trust you all when you say he can't actually do it! but it is important to remember that trump is a soft pudding bitch, and he folds like a paper card table at any sign of pushback
January 16, 2026 at 1:51 AM
I was thinking about this dynamic today in regard to his "I'll invoke the Insurrection Act" song and dance. At this point he's been saying he'd use it for almost 5 years.
Remember: TACO.
Remember: TACO.
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Oh, no
Did they suffer any internal bleeding
Did they suffer any internal bleeding
January 15, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Oh, no
Did they suffer any internal bleeding
Did they suffer any internal bleeding
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This is the dynamic across most of America: Liberal cities generate revenue, which state governments then transfer to benefit conservative rural areas, whose residents despite city-dwellers and consistently vote to harm them. But politicians endlessly pander to rural voters and demonize cities.
Another critical piece of missing context in this story: tax dollars flow from the MSP metro to rural Minnesota. People in the city subsidize the lifestyles of people living in the country minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/04/t...
January 15, 2026 at 3:48 PM
This is the dynamic across most of America: Liberal cities generate revenue, which state governments then transfer to benefit conservative rural areas, whose residents despite city-dwellers and consistently vote to harm them. But politicians endlessly pander to rural voters and demonize cities.
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If anyone was still pretending this isn’t just about excluding trans kids from public life, the Trump administration just opened a Title IX investigation into a Maine school district because a trans student is on a *co-ed* cheerleading squad.
Newport co-ed cheerleading team is at center of Trump transgender athlete crackdownTrump admin focuses on swimming, cheerleading in Maine transgender athlete probes
The U.S. Department of Education announced a slew of Title IX-related investigations this week that include 2 school districts in Maine.
www.pressherald.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:09 AM
If anyone was still pretending this isn’t just about excluding trans kids from public life, the Trump administration just opened a Title IX investigation into a Maine school district because a trans student is on a *co-ed* cheerleading squad.
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The AU esafety commission just released data confirming almost 5 million social media accounts connected to teen users have been banned.
Meanwhile, a recent JAMA study found that teens fare worse when they have no access to social media.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Meanwhile, a recent JAMA study found that teens fare worse when they have no access to social media.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Australia social media ban hits 4.7 million teen accounts in first month
Social media companies have collectively deactivated nearly five million accounts belonging to Australian teenagers just a month after a world-first ban on under‑16s took effect, the country's interne...
www.reuters.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:36 PM
The AU esafety commission just released data confirming almost 5 million social media accounts connected to teen users have been banned.
Meanwhile, a recent JAMA study found that teens fare worse when they have no access to social media.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Meanwhile, a recent JAMA study found that teens fare worse when they have no access to social media.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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The way that these guys are being constantly embarrassed, pushed around, and mobbed in a way they absolutely cannot control by the public in an increasingly dramatic fashion is giving me hope.
Today at the Whipple Federal Building in Minnesota while federal agents rushed the protest crowd, one agent is filmed pushing a protester and slipping on ICE. Another agent has his pepperball gun broken and he slips on the cartridge holder while dropping pepperballs all over.
January 16, 2026 at 1:01 AM
The way that these guys are being constantly embarrassed, pushed around, and mobbed in a way they absolutely cannot control by the public in an increasingly dramatic fashion is giving me hope.
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Yes, there will be elections. Sure, they'll be "free & fair," in the way 🇺🇸 elections are always "free & fair" (i.e., mass voter suppression & gerrymandering already make us not a real democracy), now also with paramilitaries walking around.
The real question is what happens on the day in Jan 2027:
The real question is what happens on the day in Jan 2027:
I'm with you on ~99% here & agree many don't grasp all of this in your 🧵. But I also worry about the last mile, where the GOP lies about voter fraud, Vance refuses to seat new Dem Senators, & the GOP plays games in the House to not seat new Reps 👇. It may be low probability but it's still nonzero.
January 15, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Yes, there will be elections. Sure, they'll be "free & fair," in the way 🇺🇸 elections are always "free & fair" (i.e., mass voter suppression & gerrymandering already make us not a real democracy), now also with paramilitaries walking around.
The real question is what happens on the day in Jan 2027:
The real question is what happens on the day in Jan 2027:
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the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
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wow I wonder what that's like
Was told that ICE is quite frustrated that can't go anywhere without being followed. Even when they aren't working.
January 15, 2026 at 2:43 PM
wow I wonder what that's like
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US higher education was a crown jewel, generating knowledge, wealth, prestige, and power unrivaled by anyone.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
US higher education was a crown jewel, generating knowledge, wealth, prestige, and power unrivaled by anyone.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.
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People really reacting to this without all the details. I am sure there are good and legitimate reasons why President Trump is taking the oil revenue ransom he extorted from Venezuela and is putting into a Middle Eastern bank account that Congress cannot control.
The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
www.semafor.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:13 PM
People really reacting to this without all the details. I am sure there are good and legitimate reasons why President Trump is taking the oil revenue ransom he extorted from Venezuela and is putting into a Middle Eastern bank account that Congress cannot control.
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
*throws hands up in the air*
God, I hate Trump.
God, I hate Trump.
January 15, 2026 at 1:53 AM
*throws hands up in the air*
God, I hate Trump.
God, I hate Trump.
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X updated its terms of service to declare that any lawsuit against it, even ones which are ongoing (as Musk’s suit against Media Matters is), must be heard by Reed O’Connor in Texas. Basically.
January 14, 2026 at 11:19 PM
X updated its terms of service to declare that any lawsuit against it, even ones which are ongoing (as Musk’s suit against Media Matters is), must be heard by Reed O’Connor in Texas. Basically.
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The faces ppl make when I say this and then, when they try to explain it to me, I go "I wasn't asking." It's funny in a really depressing way how inconceivable it is to so many that I have zero desire to ever use that thing.
People think I’m exaggerating when I say this, but I have absolutely no idea how to access ChatGPT. I don’t know if it’s an app, a website, or software that I have to download. I don’t care because I’ll never use it. But the people that think it’s universal have no idea how many people are like me.
Until I saw this "challenge" earlier today, I didn't even know how to access ChatGPT.
Having seen how easy it is, I'm even more determined to never use it and mock those who do for their "writing."
Having seen how easy it is, I'm even more determined to never use it and mock those who do for their "writing."
January 15, 2026 at 12:56 AM
The faces ppl make when I say this and then, when they try to explain it to me, I go "I wasn't asking." It's funny in a really depressing way how inconceivable it is to so many that I have zero desire to ever use that thing.