Alan Braggins
@armb.bsky.social
Not deleting my account yet, but unlikely to active be on here for a while.
It might work better that the Fediverse in some ways, and the ownership isn't as bad as Twitter, but that's a very low bar.
https://armb.dreamwidth.org/291343.html
It might work better that the Fediverse in some ways, and the ownership isn't as bad as Twitter, but that's a very low bar.
https://armb.dreamwidth.org/291343.html
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Brett Kavanaugh: ICE agents can have a little racial profiling sometimes, as a treat
Kristi Noem: How DARE you accuse our glorious ICE agents of racial profiling.
Head of the Chicago raids: We are stopping people based on “how they look, how do they look compared to, say,” a tall, middle aged white guy.
Head of the Chicago raids: We are stopping people based on “how they look, how do they look compared to, say,” a tall, middle aged white guy.
In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
September 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Brett Kavanaugh: ICE agents can have a little racial profiling sometimes, as a treat
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Roz is a badass. Roz is also an amazing poet. But more than this, Roz is a walking talking reminder of how confected this stupid bloody trans panic of the last few years has been.
She's been a woman for longer than Wes "lickspittle cunt" Streeting has been alive, and she's worth a million of him.
She's been a woman for longer than Wes "lickspittle cunt" Streeting has been alive, and she's worth a million of him.
Even back in the 70s and 80s when I could be hassled by the police for walking while trans, no one ever tried to stop me pissing in the Ladies or tried to make me change into my swimsuit among men.
There is no dignity or respect involved in taking away rights I have exercised freely for forty years
There is no dignity or respect involved in taking away rights I have exercised freely for forty years
September 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Roz is a badass. Roz is also an amazing poet. But more than this, Roz is a walking talking reminder of how confected this stupid bloody trans panic of the last few years has been.
She's been a woman for longer than Wes "lickspittle cunt" Streeting has been alive, and she's worth a million of him.
She's been a woman for longer than Wes "lickspittle cunt" Streeting has been alive, and she's worth a million of him.
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I urge everyone in Oxfordshire (or who uses our rail systems) to reply to this consultation on the 2040 plans for rail. I've talked about how improving cycling connectivity up to our stations could be transformative for rail travel AND local communities (1/2)
letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxrail-2040
letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxrail-2040
OxRAIL 2040: Plan for Rail
OxRAIL 2040: Plan for Rail (the Plan) is Oxfordshire County Council’s bold plan to improve rail transport across the county over the next 15 years. We would like to hear your thoughts on the Plan to u...
letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk
September 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I urge everyone in Oxfordshire (or who uses our rail systems) to reply to this consultation on the 2040 plans for rail. I've talked about how improving cycling connectivity up to our stations could be transformative for rail travel AND local communities (1/2)
letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxrail-2040
letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxrail-2040
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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'Russia has systematically tortured Ukrainian civilians in over 100 detention centres in Russia and occupied Ukraine since the start of the war, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday.' www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Ukrainian civilians suffer systematic torture in Russian facilities, UN says
Russia has systematically tortured Ukrainian civilians in over 100 detention centres in Russia and occupied Ukraine since the start of the war, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
'Russia has systematically tortured Ukrainian civilians in over 100 detention centres in Russia and occupied Ukraine since the start of the war, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday.' www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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he says he thought it would be easiest to broker an end to the war in Ukraine because of his relationship with Putin, but war is full of surprises, who knew. he then goes on to say it's just making Russia look bad. the UN camera operator cuts to Zelensky, who looks like he's watching a camel juggle
September 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
he says he thought it would be easiest to broker an end to the war in Ukraine because of his relationship with Putin, but war is full of surprises, who knew. he then goes on to say it's just making Russia look bad. the UN camera operator cuts to Zelensky, who looks like he's watching a camel juggle
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The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Kash Patel https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-kash-patel/
September 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Kash Patel https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-kash-patel/
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Tucker Carlson tells a story that appears to blame Jews for killing Jesus (they didn’t) and also killing Charlie Kirk.
September 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Tucker Carlson tells a story that appears to blame Jews for killing Jesus (they didn’t) and also killing Charlie Kirk.
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The PC fan air cleaner above is described in our article on Healthy Debate /2
The simple metal box that could change the world - Healthy Debate
This quiet, repairable metal air cleaner is an inexpensive long-term disease prevention tool for public spaces.
healthydebate.ca
September 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The PC fan air cleaner above is described in our article on Healthy Debate /2
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In a month of lows, tonight's Newsnight was a new one. I felt very sorry for @davidfrum.bsky.social trying to explain the first amendment to a panel, incredibly, trying to both-sides a Trump administration nakedly, explicitly, and on-record blackmailing media companies into silence. WTAF
September 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
In a month of lows, tonight's Newsnight was a new one. I felt very sorry for @davidfrum.bsky.social trying to explain the first amendment to a panel, incredibly, trying to both-sides a Trump administration nakedly, explicitly, and on-record blackmailing media companies into silence. WTAF
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Madison Square Garden, 1939:
September 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Madison Square Garden, 1939:
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I've heard people wondering about ranked choice voting, so I'm reposting my explainer from 2021. The TLDR version is just rank your three favorite (or least unfavorite) candidates in order. But you can read this if you want a deep dive.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Understanding Ranked Choice Voting
Understanding Ranked Choice Voting Author: Josh Martin (@JoshMartinMpls); Last Updated 1/30/25 Note: If you want a simpler explainer with less reading and more pizza, check out this video from Minnea...
docs.google.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I've heard people wondering about ranked choice voting, so I'm reposting my explainer from 2021. The TLDR version is just rank your three favorite (or least unfavorite) candidates in order. But you can read this if you want a deep dive.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Trump and Vance’s contradictory messages on these killings:
1: Our glorious military carried out hyper-precise attacks on dastardly drug smugglers.
2: If you’re an innocent fisherman, watch out because we might kill you by mistake!
1: Our glorious military carried out hyper-precise attacks on dastardly drug smugglers.
2: If you’re an innocent fisherman, watch out because we might kill you by mistake!
Trump: "I think water fishing, I think almost anything we have to get into a boat right now in that area would not be doing too well."
September 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Trump and Vance’s contradictory messages on these killings:
1: Our glorious military carried out hyper-precise attacks on dastardly drug smugglers.
2: If you’re an innocent fisherman, watch out because we might kill you by mistake!
1: Our glorious military carried out hyper-precise attacks on dastardly drug smugglers.
2: If you’re an innocent fisherman, watch out because we might kill you by mistake!
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‘Law & order’ latest.
Tom Homan, now the president’s border czar, was recorded last year accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash by undercover FBI agents in an investigation the Trump Justice Department later closed, The New York Times reported.
New York Times: Justice Department closed probe into Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, for accepting bag of cash | CNN Politics
Tom Homan, now the president’s border czar, was recorded last year accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash by undercover FBI agents in an investigation the Trump Justice Department later closed, The New ...
www.cnn.com
September 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
‘Law & order’ latest.
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Literally fascism. Literally what the Nazis did with Horst Wessel.
Possible slogans discussed include “Charlie has awakened a generation of warriors.” There is talk of using Turning Point USA chapters as recruitment centers.
Military leaders consider recruiting campaign centered around Charlie Kirk
Possible slogans discussed include “Charlie has awakened a generation of warriors.” There is talk of using Turning Point USA chapters as recruitment centers.
nbcnews.to
September 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Literally fascism. Literally what the Nazis did with Horst Wessel.
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I’m reading a book about the history of conversion therapy in 20th Century 🇬🇧 and it’s striking how much the NHS had exactly the same institutional issues back then as they have in trans healthcare right now. Everyone blamed everyone else, complaints went nowhere, and politicians ignored it
September 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I’m reading a book about the history of conversion therapy in 20th Century 🇬🇧 and it’s striking how much the NHS had exactly the same institutional issues back then as they have in trans healthcare right now. Everyone blamed everyone else, complaints went nowhere, and politicians ignored it
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Heard from a friend at Disney+ that there are multiple levels of freakout internally, both from internal dissatisfaction, concerns about subscription cancelations, and of course the big one: concern about a boycott spilling over into parks and cruises.
September 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Heard from a friend at Disney+ that there are multiple levels of freakout internally, both from internal dissatisfaction, concerns about subscription cancelations, and of course the big one: concern about a boycott spilling over into parks and cruises.
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Heritage Foundation has released an absolutely insane policy proposal to label all trans people as domestic terrorists. It uses completely made up instances of terrorism and made up statistics but facts don't matter to them.
They want us all eradicated.
They want us all eradicated.
September 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Heritage Foundation has released an absolutely insane policy proposal to label all trans people as domestic terrorists. It uses completely made up instances of terrorism and made up statistics but facts don't matter to them.
They want us all eradicated.
They want us all eradicated.
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A master plan to exterminate trans people would have this document as a stepping stone.
It is from the Far Right Heritage Foundation - who Labour Ministers have chosen to meet.
It is from the Far Right Heritage Foundation - who Labour Ministers have chosen to meet.
Heritage Foundation has released an absolutely insane policy proposal to label all trans people as domestic terrorists. It uses completely made up instances of terrorism and made up statistics but facts don't matter to them.
They want us all eradicated.
They want us all eradicated.
September 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
A master plan to exterminate trans people would have this document as a stepping stone.
It is from the Far Right Heritage Foundation - who Labour Ministers have chosen to meet.
It is from the Far Right Heritage Foundation - who Labour Ministers have chosen to meet.
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This is a 9-0 Supreme Court decision from just last year.
September 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This is a 9-0 Supreme Court decision from just last year.
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Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
September 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
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"Outrageous incident" turns out, in fact, to be manufactured outrage by, checks notes, a right-wing individual. Twisted on so many levels, including the fact that people could have been hurt. The store had to close because of threats based on disinformation.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/19/v...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/19/v...
Chicago Starbucks Worker Did Not Write 'Loser' On Order Honoring Charlie Kirk, Company Says
A Starbucks spokesperson said time-stamped surveillance footage shows an employee did not write the note, which had prompted online outrage and the store's temporary closure this week.
blockclubchicago.org
September 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"Outrageous incident" turns out, in fact, to be manufactured outrage by, checks notes, a right-wing individual. Twisted on so many levels, including the fact that people could have been hurt. The store had to close because of threats based on disinformation.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/19/v...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/19/v...
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First of all, how dare you.
Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate https://theonion.com/left-wing-group-too-disorganized-for-fbi-agents-to-infi-1848923025/
September 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
First of all, how dare you.
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When we get to pleading in my first-year Civil Procedure class, my students often ask me just how over the top a complaint would have to be for a judge to strike it without even being *asked* to do so.
Thanks to President Trump, we have an answer:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Thanks to President Trump, we have an answer:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
When we get to pleading in my first-year Civil Procedure class, my students often ask me just how over the top a complaint would have to be for a judge to strike it without even being *asked* to do so.
Thanks to President Trump, we have an answer:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Thanks to President Trump, we have an answer:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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You almost certainly aren’t going to get out of the war crimes tribunal by producing a letter that you solicited because you were aware that the legality of your orders was questionable.
Dems ought to be telling people now these letters are worth absolutely nothing.
September 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
You almost certainly aren’t going to get out of the war crimes tribunal by producing a letter that you solicited because you were aware that the legality of your orders was questionable.