Josey
@cestus.bsky.social
Writer, gamer, dog mom. Lurker rather than poster. She/her
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This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.
January 12, 2026 at 6:47 PM
This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.
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Sen. Kelly: “If Pete Hegseth succeeds in silencing me, then he and every other Secretary of Defense who comes after him will have license to punish any retired veteran of any political persuasion for the things that they say.”
January 12, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Sen. Kelly: “If Pete Hegseth succeeds in silencing me, then he and every other Secretary of Defense who comes after him will have license to punish any retired veteran of any political persuasion for the things that they say.”
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I once called Zahawi a child's drawing of pure greed, superimposed onto a competitively evil gonad, which is funny, but there is something more serious to consider.
Reform are turning into Re-Formed.
You can't be "the different party" if you're made of all the same idiots.
Reform are turning into Re-Formed.
You can't be "the different party" if you're made of all the same idiots.
NEW: Former Tory Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform.
Most senior member of the last Conservative govt yet to join the party.
Most senior member of the last Conservative govt yet to join the party.
January 12, 2026 at 11:27 AM
I once called Zahawi a child's drawing of pure greed, superimposed onto a competitively evil gonad, which is funny, but there is something more serious to consider.
Reform are turning into Re-Formed.
You can't be "the different party" if you're made of all the same idiots.
Reform are turning into Re-Formed.
You can't be "the different party" if you're made of all the same idiots.
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Midnight Diner available on Netflix is beautiful, haunting, affecting. Subtitles not dubbing. Poetry of the city from a great Japanese director. www.netflix.com/watch/80113542
Watch Midnight Diner | Netflix
A scarred man operates a midnight diner in the backstreets of Shinjuku. No one knows his name or his story, but his customers each bring him theirs.
www.netflix.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Midnight Diner available on Netflix is beautiful, haunting, affecting. Subtitles not dubbing. Poetry of the city from a great Japanese director. www.netflix.com/watch/80113542
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Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
January 12, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
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'Mystical Archway' Photograph taken in St Michael's Tower on Glastonbury Tor. This was a misty morning yesterday as it is blowing a gale and very overcast today.
January 11, 2026 at 9:06 AM
'Mystical Archway' Photograph taken in St Michael's Tower on Glastonbury Tor. This was a misty morning yesterday as it is blowing a gale and very overcast today.
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I’m kind of over the whole “America is bad, at least my country is good” as if the rise of a xenophobic right wing isn’t a broadly Western problem and every country tut-tutting about the US’s fall doesn’t have a failing neoliberal order constantly in tug-of-war with The Racism Party
January 10, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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The mists below. Photograph taken from Glastonbury Tor this morning.
January 10, 2026 at 9:34 AM
The mists below. Photograph taken from Glastonbury Tor this morning.
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The thing about fragile masculinity and all the things marketed to those susceptible to it is that there far cheaper ways to be all alone at the end of the evening, masturbating into a sock, so why not just save your money
January 9, 2026 at 11:28 PM
The thing about fragile masculinity and all the things marketed to those susceptible to it is that there far cheaper ways to be all alone at the end of the evening, masturbating into a sock, so why not just save your money
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When Renee Good said "I'm not mad at you" what the ICE goon heard was "I'm not scared of you."
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
January 9, 2026 at 9:49 PM
When Renee Good said "I'm not mad at you" what the ICE goon heard was "I'm not scared of you."
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
That's what enraged him. The populace wasn't fully terrorized and cowed into submission yet, so he acted to make that happen.
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If a Pakistani Muslim owned X, distributed indecent images of girls on a platform where govt do their PR, where some receive payments for posts, they would have distanced themselves by now. X would be shutdown and Braverman and Farage would be calling for a ban and investigation into Pakistani men.
January 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
If a Pakistani Muslim owned X, distributed indecent images of girls on a platform where govt do their PR, where some receive payments for posts, they would have distanced themselves by now. X would be shutdown and Braverman and Farage would be calling for a ban and investigation into Pakistani men.
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It's not exaggerating to say that one of the most important things to do to START fixing US law enforcement is to not allow masks and above all STOP LETTING THEM DRESS LIKE SPECIAL FORCES.
I think the militarization of police and the attitudes toward civilians it breeds are fundamental.
I think the militarization of police and the attitudes toward civilians it breeds are fundamental.
January 8, 2026 at 11:50 AM
It's not exaggerating to say that one of the most important things to do to START fixing US law enforcement is to not allow masks and above all STOP LETTING THEM DRESS LIKE SPECIAL FORCES.
I think the militarization of police and the attitudes toward civilians it breeds are fundamental.
I think the militarization of police and the attitudes toward civilians it breeds are fundamental.
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The invasion of MN is, I strongly believe, an attempt to create cause to invoke Insurrection Act.
It is a pivotal moment to attempt to discredit the goons or face civil war.
Greg Bovino's job, from day one, has been to create excuses to invade military.
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/07/t...
It is a pivotal moment to attempt to discredit the goons or face civil war.
Greg Bovino's job, from day one, has been to create excuses to invade military.
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/07/t...
Time to Ask if Stephen Miller Has Authorized Assault and Murder of Peaceful ICE Observers - emptywheel
Given how consistently Greg Bovino is at the scene of unjustified violence against ICE observers, including today's shooting, and given Bovino's refusal to answer whether Stephen Miller has given him ...
www.emptywheel.net
January 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM
The invasion of MN is, I strongly believe, an attempt to create cause to invoke Insurrection Act.
It is a pivotal moment to attempt to discredit the goons or face civil war.
Greg Bovino's job, from day one, has been to create excuses to invade military.
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/07/t...
It is a pivotal moment to attempt to discredit the goons or face civil war.
Greg Bovino's job, from day one, has been to create excuses to invade military.
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/07/t...
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ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
June 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.
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Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
January 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
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Are we really still clinging to the idea that we can't provoke Russia cos we have an amazing military & we have serious red lines? Even as we near the 5th year of this disaster?
Seek help.
Seek help.
January 7, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Are we really still clinging to the idea that we can't provoke Russia cos we have an amazing military & we have serious red lines? Even as we near the 5th year of this disaster?
Seek help.
Seek help.
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New in PN: Corporation for Public Broadcasting's patriotic goodbye
"We’re in thrall to a con man who denigrates the very idea of truth and uses media only to distract and divide. And so the CPB board members broke their plowshares lest they be beaten into swords by a deranged demagogue."
"We’re in thrall to a con man who denigrates the very idea of truth and uses media only to distract and divide. And so the CPB board members broke their plowshares lest they be beaten into swords by a deranged demagogue."
Corporation for Public Broadcasting's patriotic goodbye
Better nothing than a MAGA mouthpiece.
www.publicnotice.co
January 7, 2026 at 12:43 PM
New in PN: Corporation for Public Broadcasting's patriotic goodbye
"We’re in thrall to a con man who denigrates the very idea of truth and uses media only to distract and divide. And so the CPB board members broke their plowshares lest they be beaten into swords by a deranged demagogue."
"We’re in thrall to a con man who denigrates the very idea of truth and uses media only to distract and divide. And so the CPB board members broke their plowshares lest they be beaten into swords by a deranged demagogue."
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Telling isn't it that all the "protect our girls" people are still on X despite what Grok is doing.
January 7, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Telling isn't it that all the "protect our girls" people are still on X despite what Grok is doing.
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European countries now need to seriously consider what kind of an adversary the US might be, especially in the event of Donald Trump ordering an attack on Greenland.
US intentions towards Greenland threaten NATO’s future. But European countries are not helpless
US threats to annex Greenland following the attack on Venezuela should be taken seriously. European countries have important leverage they should be prepared to use.
www.chathamhouse.org
January 6, 2026 at 9:00 PM
European countries now need to seriously consider what kind of an adversary the US might be, especially in the event of Donald Trump ordering an attack on Greenland.
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You cannot cheer America’s illegal attack on Venezuela while condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s threats against Taiwan. Selective application of international law means no rule of law.
January 5, 2026 at 1:51 PM
You cannot cheer America’s illegal attack on Venezuela while condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s threats against Taiwan. Selective application of international law means no rule of law.
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The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
January 5, 2026 at 1:10 AM
The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
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Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
January 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.