Jill Draper (Makes Stuff)
@jillmakesstuff.bsky.social
Making things sheep to skein in the USA
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In case it isn’t clear yet, the fascists are carrying out a project where they drain all programs focused on the public good and well-being and dividing the money between themselves, their friends, and new programs designed to oppress and control.
NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
www.wired.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
In case it isn’t clear yet, the fascists are carrying out a project where they drain all programs focused on the public good and well-being and dividing the money between themselves, their friends, and new programs designed to oppress and control.
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fuck then fuck again every single “alternatives to spotify” list that doesn’t include buying music so that you own it and musicians get paid
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
Four alternatives to Spotify: swapping is easier than you think
Artists and listeners are leaving the platform after its CEO invested in defence technology. Here are your options – along with how to keep your playlists
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
fuck then fuck again every single “alternatives to spotify” list that doesn’t include buying music so that you own it and musicians get paid
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
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You just can't say it enough times: lots of Americans are going to suffer and die so that people they don't want to be Americans will also suffer and die.
July 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
You just can't say it enough times: lots of Americans are going to suffer and die so that people they don't want to be Americans will also suffer and die.
This is how they treat a state senator who was asking a question at a press conference when they know they are being filmed, what do you think this means for civilians?
Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A.
June 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This is how they treat a state senator who was asking a question at a press conference when they know they are being filmed, what do you think this means for civilians?
In theory this is the most simple case for AI to get right. A list of actual books that exist to read. That’s it. But it can’t even do that. So are we going to let it make insurance decisions? Really?
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
May 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
In theory this is the most simple case for AI to get right. A list of actual books that exist to read. That’s it. But it can’t even do that. So are we going to let it make insurance decisions? Really?
Just got a notice that the scour is charging a credit card processing fee going forward so here's the first increased input to my 100% US made yarn. B to B services charging a CC fee is one of my bugbears.
April 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Just got a notice that the scour is charging a credit card processing fee going forward so here's the first increased input to my 100% US made yarn. B to B services charging a CC fee is one of my bugbears.
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90 percent. They sent innocent people to a gulag so Trump could look like a tough guy. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
About 90% of Migrants Deported to El Salvador Had No US Criminal Record
Trump administration officials have described the men deported to El Salvador prisons last month as “the worst of the worst,” suggesting they were gang members involved in murder, rape and kidnapping.
www.bloomberg.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
90 percent. They sent innocent people to a gulag so Trump could look like a tough guy. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The intermingling of fascist paramilitary and propaganda groups with the federal government is a literal hallmark of fascism.
Do with that information what you will and really sit with what it means that a stochastic terrorist is now essentially deputized by the state to do as she pleases.
Do with that information what you will and really sit with what it means that a stochastic terrorist is now essentially deputized by the state to do as she pleases.
I’m loosing my god damn mind… why the fuck is Chaya out doing morning ICE raids??
April 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The intermingling of fascist paramilitary and propaganda groups with the federal government is a literal hallmark of fascism.
Do with that information what you will and really sit with what it means that a stochastic terrorist is now essentially deputized by the state to do as she pleases.
Do with that information what you will and really sit with what it means that a stochastic terrorist is now essentially deputized by the state to do as she pleases.
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Is now a good time to say that people convicted of crimes deserve rights, due process, and not to be deported, let alone to a third country slave prison
On X, VP Vance falsely claims that Mr. Abrego was a "convicted MS-13 gang member."
In fact, Mr. Abrego has no criminal record at all. He was arrested (but not charged) while looking for day labor outside a Home Depot in 2019. Local cops then said a "confidential informant" said he was in MS-13.
In fact, Mr. Abrego has no criminal record at all. He was arrested (but not charged) while looking for day labor outside a Home Depot in 2019. Local cops then said a "confidential informant" said he was in MS-13.
April 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Is now a good time to say that people convicted of crimes deserve rights, due process, and not to be deported, let alone to a third country slave prison
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I don't give a shit what he chooses or declines to rule out. It's not his fucking choice. Stop writing about it as if his opinion matters. Write about it like it is: unquestionably illegal, not a debate, not his call, not going to fucking happen.
President Donald Trump on Sunday declined to rule out seeking a third presidential term — an unconstitutional act explicitly barred under the 22nd Amendment — saying that “there are methods which you could do it.”
Trump suggests ‘methods’ exist for bid for unconstitutional third term
President Donald Trump again raised the idea of running for a third term in office, an unconstitutional idea that would run afoul of the 22nd Amendment.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I don't give a shit what he chooses or declines to rule out. It's not his fucking choice. Stop writing about it as if his opinion matters. Write about it like it is: unquestionably illegal, not a debate, not his call, not going to fucking happen.
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AI art is the aesthetic of fascism
March 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
AI art is the aesthetic of fascism
Though not the most wild part of this, I do find it interesting the "people only wear masks to do bad things crowd" makes sure to mask up while kidnapping students off the streets. And we cannot be resigned to this as normal or acceptable.
The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Though not the most wild part of this, I do find it interesting the "people only wear masks to do bad things crowd" makes sure to mask up while kidnapping students off the streets. And we cannot be resigned to this as normal or acceptable.
If you just need a stroll through low stakes drama & we are in a season of TRULY perplexing posts on r/gardening. I suspect some of the posters have never encountered a plant before.
March 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If you just need a stroll through low stakes drama & we are in a season of TRULY perplexing posts on r/gardening. I suspect some of the posters have never encountered a plant before.
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‘No Way to Please Everyone’ Says Only University Where Students Are Regularly Kidnapped
‘No Way’ to Please Everyone: Columbia’s President Confronts Trump’s Ultimatum
With Trump intent on making an example of Columbia, Armstrong is at the center of a fight over the future of higher education.
www.wsj.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
‘No Way to Please Everyone’ Says Only University Where Students Are Regularly Kidnapped
"I have always believed that my duty is not only to liberate myself from the oppressor, but also to liberate my oppressors from their hatred and fear"
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Read this letter from Mahmoud Khalil.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Read this letter from Mahmoud Khalil.
Letter from a Palestinian Political Prisoner in Louisiana March 18, 2025
www.documentcloud.org
March 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"I have always believed that my duty is not only to liberate myself from the oppressor, but also to liberate my oppressors from their hatred and fear"
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Read this letter from Mahmoud Khalil.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Read this letter from Mahmoud Khalil.
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mass media had led me to believe that the government kidnapping and torturing a citizen of another country would be an international incident but i guess not?
March 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
mass media had led me to believe that the government kidnapping and torturing a citizen of another country would be an international incident but i guess not?
The government is disappearing people with no due process & filming facist propaganda about it while people cheer. Grim.
March 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The government is disappearing people with no due process & filming facist propaganda about it while people cheer. Grim.
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If we can "avoid a government shutdown" by voting for this CR, then why is the entire Department of Education closed today? Why is USAID closed? Why are hundreds of billions in grant contracts frozen?
We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.
We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.
March 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If we can "avoid a government shutdown" by voting for this CR, then why is the entire Department of Education closed today? Why is USAID closed? Why are hundreds of billions in grant contracts frozen?
We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.
We are already in the shutdown. And your votes DON'T stop it. In fact, they allow it to expand.
I have both called & emailed Schumer, if you live in NY I suggest you do the same if this sounds bad to you, tell him NO on the CR & NO on Cloture. Phone: (518) 431-4070 Albany, (202) 224-6542 DC
BREAKING: @schumer.senate.gov is whipping Ds to vote for the Trump-Musk coup continuing resolution.
March 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I have both called & emailed Schumer, if you live in NY I suggest you do the same if this sounds bad to you, tell him NO on the CR & NO on Cloture. Phone: (518) 431-4070 Albany, (202) 224-6542 DC
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Don't know if it's true, but it's consistent with Schumer's decision to still have no public stance on it.
Presumably his idea is to get enough Dems to vote for cloture and then vote against the CR; such should be interpreted as intentionally enabling the Trump/Musk agenda, because it is.
Presumably his idea is to get enough Dems to vote for cloture and then vote against the CR; such should be interpreted as intentionally enabling the Trump/Musk agenda, because it is.
BREAKING: @schumer.senate.gov is whipping Ds to vote for the Trump-Musk coup continuing resolution.
March 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Don't know if it's true, but it's consistent with Schumer's decision to still have no public stance on it.
Presumably his idea is to get enough Dems to vote for cloture and then vote against the CR; such should be interpreted as intentionally enabling the Trump/Musk agenda, because it is.
Presumably his idea is to get enough Dems to vote for cloture and then vote against the CR; such should be interpreted as intentionally enabling the Trump/Musk agenda, because it is.
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🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
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The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run
The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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How could you possibly vote for a funding bill that the Vice President is telling you will be overruled by the executive?
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
March 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
How could you possibly vote for a funding bill that the Vice President is telling you will be overruled by the executive?
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...