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Ben Gleason
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I live in #SomervilleMA in the #Boston area. I'm married and we have a #dog.

I work in #publishing, ride a #bike, play #chess and #VideoGames, listen to #jazz […]

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"Stop using trans lives as outrage factory fodder."
4 frame comic. a street journalist (off frame) is in the subway near the stiles, approaching a big man in a khaki hat. he asks : Sir! Do you have an opinion on the "non-binary" Canadian who took a hair salon to court over being asked to chose between male or female haircuts? the man replies : you bet! It's a complete non-story. they've had court precedent that protects gender identity since the nineties. The only reason we're talking about this is because the salon refuses to pay the symbolic $500cad ($360usd) fine. And now, we get another full news cycle demonizing trans people. It's impossible to turn on the radio without hearing some rando chiming in. The national broad- caster even published an interview with a jurist famous for his transphobia today, in which he goes on and on about how this could lead to a full-on social "crisis". The media'S insistence on portraying the most insignificant story about trans and non-binary folks as cause for indignation lays bare its role in exacerbating anti-trans sentiment by fanning the flames of hate for clout. stop using Trans lives as outrage factory fodder.
February 19, 2026 at 6:25 PM
bengleason.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy
Dear Kristi Noem: you’re tracking down ICE critics? I’m one of them | Robert Reich | The Guardian

"I hear you’re trying to find the names of people who are making negative comments on social media about ICE enforcement. Look no further. I’ve done it frequently. I’m still doing it. This note to […]
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mastodon.online
February 19, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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https://boingboing.net/2026/02/18/criminal-defense-lawyers-launch-tracker-to-catalog-dojs-most-absurd-prosecutions.html
Criminal defense lawyers launch tracker to catalog DOJ's most absurd prosecutions
A D.C. jury recently acquitted Sean Charles Dunn of charges stemming from throwing a sandwich at a federal immigration officer. Another D.C. jury acquitted Jacob Samuel Winkler, a homeless man accused of pointing a laser at Marine One. Grand juries across the country have been refusing to return indictments that federal prosecutors request. — Read the rest The post Criminal defense lawyers launch tracker to catalog DOJ's most absurd prosecutions appeared first on Boing Boing.
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February 19, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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somershade.bsky.social
If you can safely do so (and the set of people for whom this is true continues to shrink), it is really important to keep showing up to protests.

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mass50501.bsky.social Mass50501 @mass50501.bsky.social · 2d
BOSTON!!! Time to SHOW UP! We rise in defiance of the oppressive federal regime and we stand FOR our communities and our country. Join us on March 28th as we proclaim AMERICA HAS NO KINGS!!!
February 18, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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#Colbert Doesn’t Give an #fcc About Calling Out CBS - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/arts/television/colbert-fcc-trump-talarico-cbs.html
February 17, 2026 at 12:58 PM
bengleason.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy
The #Colbert legal team wouldn't let him broadcast his interview with #texas state rep #tallarico - so he put it on YouTube instead.

https://youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
bengleason.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy
The #Colbert legal team wouldn't let him broadcast his interview with #texas state rep #tallarico - so he put it on YouTube instead.

https://youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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February 16, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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New Mexico House unanimously enacts Epstein ‘truth commission’ #newmexico

https://sourcenm.com/2026/02/16/new-mexico-house-unanimously-enacts-epstein-truth-commission/
February 17, 2026 at 2:19 AM
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assignedmale.bsky.social
Give trans kids a chance to be kids.
4 frame comic. it reads, on top of each frame : Give trans kids a chance to be kids without having to fight for the right to exist. first frame shows a kid playing soccer, second shows two kids drawing dinosaurs at a table, third shows a group of friends sitting by a fountain drinking bubble tea and eating chips, fourth shows a kid with long curly hair holding a trans flag.
February 16, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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**Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts**
_The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on ICE, officials and tech workers said._ […]
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expressional.social
February 15, 2026 at 4:38 AM
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assignedmale.bsky.social
That's not a question.
4 frame comic. a street journalist, off frame, asks someone with long hair exiting the subway : miss! do you think it's fair for biological female athletes to be forced to compete with transgenders? she replies : that's not a question. every year, new studies show that trans women have no inherent athletic advantages over cis women. science and research have settled this already.* *a meta-study published this month in the british journal of sports medicine reviewed 52 studies with 5252 trans athlete participants. https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/60/3/198 what's unfair is how female athletes, cis or trans, must endure constant, unrestrained sexual misconduct throughout their formative years to simply get a shot at competing at an elite level. just last month, a report* showed that 88% of surveyed u.k. elite athletes of the int'l women's sports collective reported sexual misconduct, and 40% reported sexual abuse. 93% of the time, perpetrators were cis men. *"Women’s experiences of sexual misconduct working in UK elite sport," summary report by Lindsey Simpson, 2026
February 15, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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The Trump regime is routinely telling US judges to go screw themselves -- ignoring and violating court orders, and flagrantly spitting on people's constitutional rights.

So far, not even one regime apparatchik has been held accountable in any serious way […]
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mastodon.social
February 16, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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I think I just had THE fediverse moment:
Scrolling through my timeline watching text posts, photos, a peertube video...A short video.

"ah nice MTB video" , I thought. Until I saw the handle: someone@loops. Wait.. I see a loops here. This isn't just a video. This is a video on A DIFFERENT […]
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mastodon.social
February 15, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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@ErikUden a version I saved, no source
Meme of the above text
February 13, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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assignedmale.bsky.social
Ghouls.
4 frame comic. The author, in a blue dress, is holding some flowers. She says : the mass shooting that happened today in tumbler ridge is one of the worst to ever happen in Canada. my thoughts are with the families of the victims. we are all mourning with you. In the second frame, someone off-frame yells : the shooter was trans! this far-right blog known for its conspiracy theories is citing exclusive anonymous sources! The author replies : what? you said the same thing about every other recent mass shooting. all that we know so far is that authorities said the shooter was "born a girl" and wearing a dress... The off-frame person adds : here are photos of an unrelated trans teenager who lives 2000 km away. it's surely him, you can see the wickedness in his male eyes! The author yells, in the last frame : wtf is wrong with you?!
February 11, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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A 2025 study found that going car-free is the most effective way for individuals to lower their carbon footprint. To reduce car dependency, cities should focus on raising awareness about the benefits of car-free living, supporting compact cities through policy, and investing in public […]
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mastodon.world
February 12, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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So federal agents rammed the vehicle of a Marimar Martinez in Chicago as she followed them. One agent, Charles Exum, then got out of a vehicle and shot the unarned Ms. Martinez five times. She survived. Mr. Exum should be charged with Attempted Murder. He should also be charged with Perjury or a […]
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mastdn.social
February 12, 2026 at 2:42 AM
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Nearly 3 in 4 Americans say ICE needs to be overhauled or abolished after Minnesota killings of Good and Pretti: poll | The Independent

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-reformed-abolished-trump-poll-b2918192.html
Nearly 3 in 4 say ICE needs to be overhauled or abolished after Minnesota killings
President Donald Trump’s popularity also slumps after deadly shootings and public backlash
www.independent.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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somershade.bsky.social
It's Wednesday, ICE took somebody in Somerville just yesterday, and no matter how much bad shit comes out they just keep doubling down - so off to Burlington I go, to join @bearingwitnessice.bsky.social outside the ICE field headquarters for a couple hours this morning.

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somershade.bsky.social Chris Dwan (he/him) @somershade.bsky.social · Jan 14
I learned some horrible shit about the detention facility here in Burlington. I think I’ll be back to this protest whenever I can.

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February 11, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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A detailed thread on a horrible topic:

ICE is scaling up as though it plans to detain hundreds of thousands of people for the long-term - potentially until they die.

If the point was to quickly process and either deport or release people, they wouldn’t need warehouses.

Concentration. Camps.
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11d
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.

If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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BOOST OR QUOTE THIS!

Trying to find out how many people see a post without hashtags. Thank you!
February 10, 2026 at 6:38 AM
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I swear to god I love how liberals overthink everything. But I also hate it so much. It makes me want to die.

You know what's "performative" ? The most performative thing in the world?

Talking about what's performative is SO performative.

And here's the spicy take: performative isn't bad […]
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sauropods.win
February 9, 2026 at 11:23 AM
bengleason.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy
So I'm watching #onebattleafteranothermovie and I get the feeling that MAGA doesn't quite dig it.
February 9, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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assignedmale.bsky.social
The right should be worried.
4 frame comic. A street reporter is interviewing a bearded man. The reporter asks, off-frame : sir! do you think liberals will stop caring about the Epstein files now that it's becoming clear that it doesn't contain anything that could incriminate Trump? The bearded man replies : do you know who are in the epstein files? rich Cis white elites who are being exposed for spending the last decade engineering a #metoo backlash to make sure that they will never again be held accountable for their actions. do you know who are not in the epstein files? trans people. and we now have proofs that the anti-trans moral panic was largely master- minded by Epstein and his associates. actually, there's one trans girl in there: Ava cordero, an early victim of epstein who the press mocked. we now have proof that her case was settled off-court. what people on the right should worry about today isn't whether Trump will survive this or not, but how naked the truth is: that their whole "anti-woke" movement was engineered to protect pedophiles and sexual abusers.
February 8, 2026 at 10:17 PM