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Staunch advocate of Moss, Lichens, Newts and our rapidly disappearing coastal ecosystem. I am not actually a cat. I ♥️ #santacruzmountains
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Hello! I wanted to share a GoFundMe for Valerie David, who is facing a tough battle against a benign brain tumor. Your support can make a real difference in helping her cover medical bills and everyday expenses during recovery. Please consider donating or sharing the link with others. Thank you!
January 26, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Hello! I wanted to share a GoFundMe for Valerie David, who is facing a tough battle against a benign brain tumor. Your support can make a real difference in helping her cover medical bills and everyday expenses during recovery. Please consider donating or sharing the link with others. Thank you!
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after what happened with Twitter I’m deeply skeptical people will abandon a social network they’re invested in over an ownership change but if they really are immediately censoring TikTok in a notable way in the aftermath of a radicalizing event there’s a chance they actually fuck up this transition
This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
January 26, 2026 at 4:24 AM
after what happened with Twitter I’m deeply skeptical people will abandon a social network they’re invested in over an ownership change but if they really are immediately censoring TikTok in a notable way in the aftermath of a radicalizing event there’s a chance they actually fuck up this transition
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All 2025, based on constant focus groups & surveys on activation, we found prevailing assumption that dominant motivation for opposing regime is economic pain didn't hold. The argument for action, antidote to fear and concerns of efficacy, that most motivates is moral.
🚨"We wonder why people in the 1930s were quiet, we need to show we weren't quiet. History is gonna look back at all the people that didn't show up—their grandkids are gonna ask what were they doing! It's like -10 degrees and we're here!" -Minneapolis ICE protester. LIVE NOW⬇️
January 24, 2026 at 12:15 AM
All 2025, based on constant focus groups & surveys on activation, we found prevailing assumption that dominant motivation for opposing regime is economic pain didn't hold. The argument for action, antidote to fear and concerns of efficacy, that most motivates is moral.
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Murdered or executed are the words you’re looking for, @latimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Murdered or executed are the words you’re looking for, @latimes.com
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ICE killed the mainstream media passive voice?
I didn't know anyone had that kind of firepower.
I didn't know anyone had that kind of firepower.
January 24, 2026 at 5:38 PM
ICE killed the mainstream media passive voice?
I didn't know anyone had that kind of firepower.
I didn't know anyone had that kind of firepower.
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One step into admission of reality, one foot stuck in undermining truth. Note "swarmed" to characterize protesters; animalistic metaphors for human activity convey that people are out of control, perhaps dangerous mass. Locusts & angry bees "swarm." People gather in righteous, brave witness.
It has gotten so bad that the @nytimes.com has stopped using the passive voice to describe the violence.
January 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
One step into admission of reality, one foot stuck in undermining truth. Note "swarmed" to characterize protesters; animalistic metaphors for human activity convey that people are out of control, perhaps dangerous mass. Locusts & angry bees "swarm." People gather in righteous, brave witness.
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The way to beat the siren song of divide in order to conquer is to narrate the dog whistle. Authoritarians have a single narrative - your pain is because of "those people." We beat that but being clear - your pain is because of this regime of by and for the billionaires.
🔥REP. @aoc.bsky.social : “How rich @KristiNoem says showing up with a legal firearm is grounds for execution when they support Rittenhouse & pardon protestors… we cannot go down this road, countryman against countryman… they’re trying to keep us divided so they can line their own pockets.”
January 25, 2026 at 1:19 AM
The way to beat the siren song of divide in order to conquer is to narrate the dog whistle. Authoritarians have a single narrative - your pain is because of "those people." We beat that but being clear - your pain is because of this regime of by and for the billionaires.
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the coming of fascism is not intended as a distraction from the price of chips. they are doing the thing they want to do because they want to do it and youre letting them
January 20, 2026 at 3:04 AM
the coming of fascism is not intended as a distraction from the price of chips. they are doing the thing they want to do because they want to do it and youre letting them
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The aurora seems to be restrengthening as the Bz moves closer to zero. Some energy is already returning to the aurora through the By component. Mid-latitude auroral displays may strengthen if the Bz trend continues into the negatives!
January 20, 2026 at 3:21 AM
The aurora seems to be restrengthening as the Bz moves closer to zero. Some energy is already returning to the aurora through the By component. Mid-latitude auroral displays may strengthen if the Bz trend continues into the negatives!
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May Minnesota's business leaders someday find the courage of our high school journalists:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘My hands were really shaky’: high-school journalist documents ICE raids
Lila Dominguez was working on an article as agents came on to school grounds – their presence has jolted Minneapolis’s young people
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:14 AM
May Minnesota's business leaders someday find the courage of our high school journalists:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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John Birch Society having a totally normal moment.
January 20, 2026 at 3:27 AM
John Birch Society having a totally normal moment.
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Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
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Creating an environment in which people of color were basically hidden from public life, leaving them only white people to knock around on camera, was, in hindsight, a strategic error.
ICE and MAGA really did bet the farm on all of Minneapolis’s white people going “oh yes, please take away our disgusting, evil non-white-foreigner neighbors, oh thank you so much.”
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
it’s beautiful that they’ve been proven incredibly wrong about that - may the rest of the country do the same.
January 18, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Creating an environment in which people of color were basically hidden from public life, leaving them only white people to knock around on camera, was, in hindsight, a strategic error.
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Minneapolis mutuals, want one? I have M of the black, and S, M and XL of the white. lmk, going to the post office tomorrow
January 17, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Minneapolis mutuals, want one? I have M of the black, and S, M and XL of the white. lmk, going to the post office tomorrow
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We are America. How could you possibly target Native Americans - with ICE Officers - and then imprison us? That is impossible. It's legally impossible to do that. - Chase Iron Eyes
January 17, 2026 at 2:41 AM
We are America. How could you possibly target Native Americans - with ICE Officers - and then imprison us? That is impossible. It's legally impossible to do that. - Chase Iron Eyes
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Putin cannot defeat or destroy NATO.
But Trump can tear it apart for him.
And he will.
But Trump can tear it apart for him.
And he will.
January 17, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Putin cannot defeat or destroy NATO.
But Trump can tear it apart for him.
And he will.
But Trump can tear it apart for him.
And he will.
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Has anyone tracked these guys down? Would like to hear from them again.
“Do you support ICE?”
“Not really.”
“Hell f*ckin’ nah.”
These two dudes drink for free on us if we ever run into them in Minnesota 🍻
“Not really.”
“Hell f*ckin’ nah.”
These two dudes drink for free on us if we ever run into them in Minnesota 🍻
January 15, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Has anyone tracked these guys down? Would like to hear from them again.
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“Twitter is a defiant producer of illegal porn, the kidnapped president of Venezuela is on trial in New York, and Europe is scrambling to figure out a response to a potential US invasion of Greenland” ok bro, sure, those are things
January 11, 2026 at 3:25 AM
“Twitter is a defiant producer of illegal porn, the kidnapped president of Venezuela is on trial in New York, and Europe is scrambling to figure out a response to a potential US invasion of Greenland” ok bro, sure, those are things
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America is going to bomb many of its former allies in the coming months and years as its fascist war of terror against the world unfolds.
No one gets to say they weren’t warned. This was always their plan.
So many of us on the academic/research side tried to warn that this is where it was going
No one gets to say they weren’t warned. This was always their plan.
So many of us on the academic/research side tried to warn that this is where it was going
Official State Department Post.
They are going to get us all killed
They are going to get us all killed
January 10, 2026 at 2:55 AM
America is going to bomb many of its former allies in the coming months and years as its fascist war of terror against the world unfolds.
No one gets to say they weren’t warned. This was always their plan.
So many of us on the academic/research side tried to warn that this is where it was going
No one gets to say they weren’t warned. This was always their plan.
So many of us on the academic/research side tried to warn that this is where it was going
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Gonna have to rename the Streisand Effect the Bari Weiss Effect
A career federal agent says that in 25 years, a fleeing vehicle has never justified killing its occupant, and officers should never stand in front of a running car. CBS reportedly pulled the interview, but it posted on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Retired ICE agent breaks down deadly Minneapolis shooting
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Gonna have to rename the Streisand Effect the Bari Weiss Effect
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I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow.
January 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow.
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It’s always been about skin color.
Here’s your proof. There’s no one more a citizen of this land than a fucking Native American!
Here’s your proof. There’s no one more a citizen of this land than a fucking Native American!
Looks like ICE is now cracking down on … Native Americans.
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
This letter was just posted by the chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North/South Dakota:
“Our Nation is a sovereign government and our members are not immigrants. We are not subject to immigration enforcement on our own lands.”
January 10, 2026 at 12:43 AM
It’s always been about skin color.
Here’s your proof. There’s no one more a citizen of this land than a fucking Native American!
Here’s your proof. There’s no one more a citizen of this land than a fucking Native American!
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The government is so violent that schools must be closed to protect the safety of students and faculty
January 9, 2026 at 2:43 AM
The government is so violent that schools must be closed to protect the safety of students and faculty
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Midterms? They’re already laying the groundwork to rig them. At this rate, there may not even be another real election. Anyone still pretending this is normal isn’t paying attention.
January 9, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Midterms? They’re already laying the groundwork to rig them. At this rate, there may not even be another real election. Anyone still pretending this is normal isn’t paying attention.