POLIO IS BAD ACTUALLY
@iraettemperantia.bsky.social
queer. trans. anarchist. AuDHD. they/them. DV survivor advocate and stalking survivor. altruistic individualist. agency maximizing consequentialist. southerner on the west coast. aggressively pro youth lib.
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"Not having friends anymore is worse than BEING SENT TO LITERAL PRISON FOR YEARSSS" 😭😭😭 - every abuser and apologist ever
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Minnesota is the dam holding back the flood of tyranny. The resistance is stronger than ever but we need your help.
There is safety in numbers and already thousands in the streets. Minnesota is drawing a line in the sand. What are you waiting for?
A poster.
crimethinc.com/posters/minn...
There is safety in numbers and already thousands in the streets. Minnesota is drawing a line in the sand. What are you waiting for?
A poster.
crimethinc.com/posters/minn...
January 26, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Minnesota is the dam holding back the flood of tyranny. The resistance is stronger than ever but we need your help.
There is safety in numbers and already thousands in the streets. Minnesota is drawing a line in the sand. What are you waiting for?
A poster.
crimethinc.com/posters/minn...
There is safety in numbers and already thousands in the streets. Minnesota is drawing a line in the sand. What are you waiting for?
A poster.
crimethinc.com/posters/minn...
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Preschool building boiler is busted, it's 18 degrees out, four moms just organized two new impromptu preschools at two different houses in less than 6 hours and I am chortling anew thinking about all the far right chuds being like "WHERE DID THESE MN INSURGENTS LEARN LOGISTICS"
January 28, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Preschool building boiler is busted, it's 18 degrees out, four moms just organized two new impromptu preschools at two different houses in less than 6 hours and I am chortling anew thinking about all the far right chuds being like "WHERE DID THESE MN INSURGENTS LEARN LOGISTICS"
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Imagine having Bruce Springsteen AND Billy Bragg release songs about how much you fucking suck and how much the people fighting you rule you within the same 48 hours
January 28, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Imagine having Bruce Springsteen AND Billy Bragg release songs about how much you fucking suck and how much the people fighting you rule you within the same 48 hours
I can't decide if it sucks or rules that the only consolation prize you get for being on the other side of someone else's annihilation drive is that they look like a fucking unhinged, embarrassing loser and everyone else can see it but them
January 28, 2026 at 11:54 PM
I can't decide if it sucks or rules that the only consolation prize you get for being on the other side of someone else's annihilation drive is that they look like a fucking unhinged, embarrassing loser and everyone else can see it but them
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My favorite thing of the moment is the cats trying to figure out the heating pad.
They know its a rectangle that gets warm, but they can't decipher the how and why, so they'll just sit on it and yell at me when it's not warm so I cam fix it 😂
They know its a rectangle that gets warm, but they can't decipher the how and why, so they'll just sit on it and yell at me when it's not warm so I cam fix it 😂
January 28, 2026 at 10:35 PM
My favorite thing of the moment is the cats trying to figure out the heating pad.
They know its a rectangle that gets warm, but they can't decipher the how and why, so they'll just sit on it and yell at me when it's not warm so I cam fix it 😂
They know its a rectangle that gets warm, but they can't decipher the how and why, so they'll just sit on it and yell at me when it's not warm so I cam fix it 😂
Abusers 🤝 Fascists: same playbook
"Youre victimizing me by not letting me victimize you"
January 28, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Abusers 🤝 Fascists: same playbook
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Aka crybully fascism. It's always sort of been such to an extent, but it's remarkable how social media has really turbocharged the smol beans part vs an older school emphasis on for instance straight eugenics.
We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
January 28, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Aka crybully fascism. It's always sort of been such to an extent, but it's remarkable how social media has really turbocharged the smol beans part vs an older school emphasis on for instance straight eugenics.
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We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
January 28, 2026 at 9:25 PM
We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
I think there's something worth examining in the fact that the origins of "anti-cancel culture" are fundamentally reactionary, but the right is rapidly abandoning the position because they've realized that they can co-opt the tactic of "canceling" and get a neat 2 for 1 deal
according to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social, @darrenpjones.bsky.social, streeting and so on — who are totally on the right side of history — graham linehan is a kindly liberal and women's right activist who has been cruelly cancelled by the powerful trans lobby
'gender critical' is a far right pipeline
'gender critical' is a far right pipeline
January 28, 2026 at 9:41 PM
I think there's something worth examining in the fact that the origins of "anti-cancel culture" are fundamentally reactionary, but the right is rapidly abandoning the position because they've realized that they can co-opt the tactic of "canceling" and get a neat 2 for 1 deal
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If you can't petition the government to let them know why they are holding you and give you an audience with someone about your detention, do you have -other- civil liberties? If they don't need to ever tell you -why- they are detaining you, are you ever free at all
not an accident that habeas corpus is one of the absolute foundational rights--and not an accident that ICE is working overtime to undermine it as much as possible
Excellent explanation of how ICE moves immigrants from one prison facility to another to deny them access to justice.
January 28, 2026 at 5:22 PM
If you can't petition the government to let them know why they are holding you and give you an audience with someone about your detention, do you have -other- civil liberties? If they don't need to ever tell you -why- they are detaining you, are you ever free at all
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Two people have been abducted from Scotland in the middle of the night by the US military. Despite an order from our highest court that they be kept here.
The Scottish Government must show that actions have consequences by evicting American troops from their base at publicly-owned Prestwick Airport
The Scottish Government must show that actions have consequences by evicting American troops from their base at publicly-owned Prestwick Airport
January 28, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Two people have been abducted from Scotland in the middle of the night by the US military. Despite an order from our highest court that they be kept here.
The Scottish Government must show that actions have consequences by evicting American troops from their base at publicly-owned Prestwick Airport
The Scottish Government must show that actions have consequences by evicting American troops from their base at publicly-owned Prestwick Airport
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"Don't say forcing children into hiding to avoid being taken and sent to detention camps is like the Holocaust, that's degrading it," says party who historically calls letting pregnant people deciding whether or not they want to give birth a Holocaust.
January 28, 2026 at 1:47 PM
"Don't say forcing children into hiding to avoid being taken and sent to detention camps is like the Holocaust, that's degrading it," says party who historically calls letting pregnant people deciding whether or not they want to give birth a Holocaust.
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cant reiterate often enough that conservatism has so fully devolved into fascism that official social media accounts are being run by 4chan style esoteric nazi trolls who are fully blackpilled, adhering to the same nihilistic, murder-suicide cult philosophy as school shooters and family annihilators
January 28, 2026 at 12:53 AM
cant reiterate often enough that conservatism has so fully devolved into fascism that official social media accounts are being run by 4chan style esoteric nazi trolls who are fully blackpilled, adhering to the same nihilistic, murder-suicide cult philosophy as school shooters and family annihilators
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If you missed what this latest bit of WTFness there's a new Dan Olson vid to explain it (and it's less than 4 mins long, and not a 2 hour+ video essay 😉) www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Wq...
January 28, 2026 at 3:41 PM
If you missed what this latest bit of WTFness there's a new Dan Olson vid to explain it (and it's less than 4 mins long, and not a 2 hour+ video essay 😉) www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Wq...
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Look, I know you mean well, but... I don't know how to explain that plenty of folks wear them at protests *as* a public health measure?
Because being at a protest means breathing around a large group of strangers? And because getting tear gassed is bad for your health?
Because being at a protest means breathing around a large group of strangers? And because getting tear gassed is bad for your health?
January 28, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Look, I know you mean well, but... I don't know how to explain that plenty of folks wear them at protests *as* a public health measure?
Because being at a protest means breathing around a large group of strangers? And because getting tear gassed is bad for your health?
Because being at a protest means breathing around a large group of strangers? And because getting tear gassed is bad for your health?
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rent is the biggest need right now now and this is a great place to give.
EMERGENCY RENT FUND: Support Workers in Minnesota
Rent is due FEBRUARY 1st. Support our Emergency Rent Fund for Minnesotan workers and families facing eviction due to ICE Raids. We are calling for a rent moratorium, but regardless of if that happens ...
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January 28, 2026 at 3:16 PM
rent is the biggest need right now now and this is a great place to give.
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Very little if anything seems to have changed on the ground. ICE is still out there terrorizing neighborhoods and trying to disappear neighbors. None of us on the ground are buying this bullshit. We will keep organizing and fighting.
The intense fallout from the killing of Alex Pretti has forced President Trump to publicly change course in Minneapolis.
Listen to our White House reporters discuss the changes on today's episode of "The Daily."
Listen to our White House reporters discuss the changes on today's episode of "The Daily."
Trump Changes Course in Minneapolis
The White House has been met with broad outcry over the killing of Alex Pretti, as well as pushback from Congress.
nyti.ms
January 28, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Very little if anything seems to have changed on the ground. ICE is still out there terrorizing neighborhoods and trying to disappear neighbors. None of us on the ground are buying this bullshit. We will keep organizing and fighting.
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I'm raising $ for Maine Solidarity Fund, to help our community members affected by ICE. Grab some stickers! ❌🧊
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January 27, 2026 at 11:04 PM
I'm raising $ for Maine Solidarity Fund, to help our community members affected by ICE. Grab some stickers! ❌🧊
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Federal deployment to Minneapolis "is steady state and expected to continue as planned," per Border Patrol memo leaked to me
January 27, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Federal deployment to Minneapolis "is steady state and expected to continue as planned," per Border Patrol memo leaked to me
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Louder and more annoying, huh? This should do just fine.
January 28, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Louder and more annoying, huh? This should do just fine.
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The "ban whistles" stuff is how you know whistles are working incredibly well
January 28, 2026 at 2:10 AM
The "ban whistles" stuff is how you know whistles are working incredibly well
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ok the full clip is way better than the little one going around. her whole team try to get her to bail on the event and she's like no, I came to speak. incredible example.
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
January 28, 2026 at 2:13 AM
ok the full clip is way better than the little one going around. her whole team try to get her to bail on the event and she's like no, I came to speak. incredible example.
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I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.