@inkandash.bsky.social
Just a writer in a world on fire.
Free Palestine
Trans Rights
Abolish ICE
Free Palestine
Trans Rights
Abolish ICE
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The Trump regime has fired an estimated 70 immigration judges since February. Nearly half previously defended immigrants in court.
Remember: it was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/06/g-s1-96437/trump-immigration-judges-fired
Remember: it was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/06/g-s1-96437/trump-immigration-judges-fired
The DOJ has been firing judges with immigrant defense backgrounds
NPR's data analysis shows that the DOJ has tended to fire judges with immigrant defense backgrounds in its recent rounds
www.npr.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The Trump regime has fired an estimated 70 immigration judges since February. Nearly half previously defended immigrants in court.
Remember: it was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/06/g-s1-96437/trump-immigration-judges-fired
Remember: it was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/06/g-s1-96437/trump-immigration-judges-fired
Day Log 272 of our journey toward the "Dead Line":
It's been four weeks since the great ship "Motivation" ran aground upon the ice brought in by an all too early seasonal depression front. Moral is low, but supplies hold steady, much to the chagrin of certain crew.
No progress to report today.
It's been four weeks since the great ship "Motivation" ran aground upon the ice brought in by an all too early seasonal depression front. Moral is low, but supplies hold steady, much to the chagrin of certain crew.
No progress to report today.
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Day Log 272 of our journey toward the "Dead Line":
It's been four weeks since the great ship "Motivation" ran aground upon the ice brought in by an all too early seasonal depression front. Moral is low, but supplies hold steady, much to the chagrin of certain crew.
No progress to report today.
It's been four weeks since the great ship "Motivation" ran aground upon the ice brought in by an all too early seasonal depression front. Moral is low, but supplies hold steady, much to the chagrin of certain crew.
No progress to report today.
Universal sign of thriving. Four hour binge watch of only the most emotionally distressing parts of your favorite games, TV shows, and movies.
November 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Universal sign of thriving. Four hour binge watch of only the most emotionally distressing parts of your favorite games, TV shows, and movies.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
It's amazing how much less comfortable a bed can feel at night when trying to scrape together some sleep as opposed to during the day when collapsing onto it in a chronic fatigued heap
October 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
It's amazing how much less comfortable a bed can feel at night when trying to scrape together some sleep as opposed to during the day when collapsing onto it in a chronic fatigued heap
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ICE agents abducting people off the streets. The National Guard unleashed in American cities. The Justice Department weaponized to prosecute political opponents. Threats by Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act.
The tyranny is on full display — and it's waking America up.
The tyranny is on full display — and it's waking America up.
What Trump’s Tyranny Is Revealing to America
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
ICE agents abducting people off the streets. The National Guard unleashed in American cities. The Justice Department weaponized to prosecute political opponents. Threats by Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act.
The tyranny is on full display — and it's waking America up.
The tyranny is on full display — and it's waking America up.
My goal this year was to have the first draft of my novel wrapped up by the end of September. It seemed achievable.
In unrelated news, I hear the end of December is a mighty fine deadline for writing projects.
In unrelated news, I hear the end of December is a mighty fine deadline for writing projects.
October 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
My goal this year was to have the first draft of my novel wrapped up by the end of September. It seemed achievable.
In unrelated news, I hear the end of December is a mighty fine deadline for writing projects.
In unrelated news, I hear the end of December is a mighty fine deadline for writing projects.
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Trump's FCC tried to take Jimmy Kimmel off the air...literally a month ago today! Do they think we are stupid?
Mike Johnson: "The last time I checked, Americans have more freedom right now to express themselves and speak their minds after Republicans took over ... it is the Republicans who restored your right to share and speak your mind."
October 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Trump's FCC tried to take Jimmy Kimmel off the air...literally a month ago today! Do they think we are stupid?
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This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
October 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.
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If we don’t speak up for the communities that Trump is terrorizing right now, we will be next.
His authoritarianism will come for all of us in the end. https://youtu.be/tkaBlgXR8tY?si=bJcUxXZWMrae4kwx
His authoritarianism will come for all of us in the end. https://youtu.be/tkaBlgXR8tY?si=bJcUxXZWMrae4kwx
No One Is Safe From Trump's Authoritarianism
Robert Reich
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
If we don’t speak up for the communities that Trump is terrorizing right now, we will be next.
His authoritarianism will come for all of us in the end. https://youtu.be/tkaBlgXR8tY?si=bJcUxXZWMrae4kwx
His authoritarianism will come for all of us in the end. https://youtu.be/tkaBlgXR8tY?si=bJcUxXZWMrae4kwx
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Trump claims ICE’s reign of terror in Chicago is targeting the “worst of the worst.”
But out of the 1,000 undocumented immigrants that have swept up, the agency has only cited 10 men with a criminal background.
Don’t believe his lies for a second.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
But out of the 1,000 undocumented immigrants that have swept up, the agency has only cited 10 men with a criminal background.
Don’t believe his lies for a second.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Trump says migrants drive violent crime in Illinois. But ICE can’t find many violent criminals.
Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters. Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.
www.msnbc.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Trump claims ICE’s reign of terror in Chicago is targeting the “worst of the worst.”
But out of the 1,000 undocumented immigrants that have swept up, the agency has only cited 10 men with a criminal background.
Don’t believe his lies for a second.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
But out of the 1,000 undocumented immigrants that have swept up, the agency has only cited 10 men with a criminal background.
Don’t believe his lies for a second.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
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Adelita Grijalva won her election 19 days ago and she still hasn’t been sworn in.
The government has been shut down for 12 days with no end in sight.
They can stall as long as they want but the Epstein files ain’t going away.
The government has been shut down for 12 days with no end in sight.
They can stall as long as they want but the Epstein files ain’t going away.
October 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Adelita Grijalva won her election 19 days ago and she still hasn’t been sworn in.
The government has been shut down for 12 days with no end in sight.
They can stall as long as they want but the Epstein files ain’t going away.
The government has been shut down for 12 days with no end in sight.
They can stall as long as they want but the Epstein files ain’t going away.
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The federal food program helping more than 1 in 4 young children access fresh produce, milk, and formula will run out of funding next week.
Over 5 million children could lose food assistance — all thanks to the Trump-Republican shutdown.
The cruelty is endless.
Over 5 million children could lose food assistance — all thanks to the Trump-Republican shutdown.
The cruelty is endless.
October 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The federal food program helping more than 1 in 4 young children access fresh produce, milk, and formula will run out of funding next week.
Over 5 million children could lose food assistance — all thanks to the Trump-Republican shutdown.
The cruelty is endless.
Over 5 million children could lose food assistance — all thanks to the Trump-Republican shutdown.
The cruelty is endless.
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I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
October 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
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As ICE terrorizes communities, remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies that will make bank off his budget bill.
And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants.
Cashing in on cruelty.
And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants.
Cashing in on cruelty.
October 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
As ICE terrorizes communities, remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies that will make bank off his budget bill.
And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants.
Cashing in on cruelty.
And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants.
Cashing in on cruelty.
Good news, bad news.
Good news: The house is cleaned spotless.
Bad news: The authoritarian slide of America continues apace. Oh and now I need to find a new excuse to procrastinate on writing, that too.
Good news: The house is cleaned spotless.
Bad news: The authoritarian slide of America continues apace. Oh and now I need to find a new excuse to procrastinate on writing, that too.
October 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Good news, bad news.
Good news: The house is cleaned spotless.
Bad news: The authoritarian slide of America continues apace. Oh and now I need to find a new excuse to procrastinate on writing, that too.
Good news: The house is cleaned spotless.
Bad news: The authoritarian slide of America continues apace. Oh and now I need to find a new excuse to procrastinate on writing, that too.
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“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow
October 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow
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Let us in. Hold ICE accountable. Tear down the fence.
This is what we are demanding from the Broadview ICE facility, and nothing less.
Our leaders can decide whether they stand with the people or with ICE. There is no middle ground.
This is what we are demanding from the Broadview ICE facility, and nothing less.
Our leaders can decide whether they stand with the people or with ICE. There is no middle ground.
October 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Let us in. Hold ICE accountable. Tear down the fence.
This is what we are demanding from the Broadview ICE facility, and nothing less.
Our leaders can decide whether they stand with the people or with ICE. There is no middle ground.
This is what we are demanding from the Broadview ICE facility, and nothing less.
Our leaders can decide whether they stand with the people or with ICE. There is no middle ground.
Hitting another thousand words on this rough draft today is proving quite the challenge.
But, then I think of the poor genocide defenders and the struggle of having to beat their conscience to death every single day. And I realize how good I have it.
Hashtag perspective.
But, then I think of the poor genocide defenders and the struggle of having to beat their conscience to death every single day. And I realize how good I have it.
Hashtag perspective.
October 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Hitting another thousand words on this rough draft today is proving quite the challenge.
But, then I think of the poor genocide defenders and the struggle of having to beat their conscience to death every single day. And I realize how good I have it.
Hashtag perspective.
But, then I think of the poor genocide defenders and the struggle of having to beat their conscience to death every single day. And I realize how good I have it.
Hashtag perspective.
Here's to another creative writing session! Hoping for a thousand terrible but evocative words.
It's on days like today that I like to remember that you don't have to be good at writing, you just have to not be a genocidal nation abducting a freedom flotilla on an aid relief mission. Again.
It's on days like today that I like to remember that you don't have to be good at writing, you just have to not be a genocidal nation abducting a freedom flotilla on an aid relief mission. Again.
October 2, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Here's to another creative writing session! Hoping for a thousand terrible but evocative words.
It's on days like today that I like to remember that you don't have to be good at writing, you just have to not be a genocidal nation abducting a freedom flotilla on an aid relief mission. Again.
It's on days like today that I like to remember that you don't have to be good at writing, you just have to not be a genocidal nation abducting a freedom flotilla on an aid relief mission. Again.
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Google developer #1: "That's it. Our search engine is simple, efficient, and reliable. It's perfect. We're done."
Google developer #2, presumably: "But wouldn't it be *more* perfect if the first search result was always a robot who mansplained your search results to you incorrectly?"
Google developer #2, presumably: "But wouldn't it be *more* perfect if the first search result was always a robot who mansplained your search results to you incorrectly?"
September 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Google developer #1: "That's it. Our search engine is simple, efficient, and reliable. It's perfect. We're done."
Google developer #2, presumably: "But wouldn't it be *more* perfect if the first search result was always a robot who mansplained your search results to you incorrectly?"
Google developer #2, presumably: "But wouldn't it be *more* perfect if the first search result was always a robot who mansplained your search results to you incorrectly?"
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Chicago keeping art alive:
August 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Chicago keeping art alive:
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If the AI bubble really is bursting, please take this lesson from it:
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
August 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If the AI bubble really is bursting, please take this lesson from it:
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
Just finished "This Is How You Lose the Time War" by @amalelmohtar.com and @maxgladstone.bsky.social and cannot recommend it enough. It was weird and strange and wonderful, so different from anything I've read before. And I would love to see what a follow up collab between them might look like!
August 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Just finished "This Is How You Lose the Time War" by @amalelmohtar.com and @maxgladstone.bsky.social and cannot recommend it enough. It was weird and strange and wonderful, so different from anything I've read before. And I would love to see what a follow up collab between them might look like!
Torn between being bad at planning and pantsing in my writing so I'm trying an innovative new approach; staring at the blank document on my screen until the words manifest. Any minute now...
August 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Torn between being bad at planning and pantsing in my writing so I'm trying an innovative new approach; staring at the blank document on my screen until the words manifest. Any minute now...