Kalarchis
@kalarchis.bsky.social
I've been a lifelong opponent of the death penalty and here I am legit reconsidering.
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:49 PM
I've been a lifelong opponent of the death penalty and here I am legit reconsidering.
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*much of America will be punished with a 10% tax hike on European goods for Europe not giving us Greenland
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Trump says much of Europe will be charged a 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM
*much of America will be punished with a 10% tax hike on European goods for Europe not giving us Greenland
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The Hmong are here because they fought for the US in a war we lost.
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
January 14, 2026 at 2:57 PM
The Hmong are here because they fought for the US in a war we lost.
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one payoff of being a bureaucracy understander is functionally achieving goal of ‘abolish ICE’ without the slogan and its political overhead. republicans know how to do this and have done it often
The case against Graeberism and for Mamdanism dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
January 12, 2026 at 6:21 PM
one payoff of being a bureaucracy understander is functionally achieving goal of ‘abolish ICE’ without the slogan and its political overhead. republicans know how to do this and have done it often
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Also of note is this article from 2014. This is a pattern. www.thenation.com/article/arch...
US Border Agents Intentionally Stepped in Front of Moving Vehicles to Justify Shooting at Them
An internal review of the US Border Patrol raises serious questions about the agency’s use-of-force policy.
www.thenation.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Also of note is this article from 2014. This is a pattern. www.thenation.com/article/arch...
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WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings
A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.
www.wsj.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:44 PM
WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
This post was about Venezuela, but it's been even worse in response to the Renee Good murder.
Know that if you click on a Breaking News video on YouTube, it is neck deep in bots. They are fast and coordinated. They flood the comments so by the time you see it there's a "consensus" already.
Know that if you click on a Breaking News video on YouTube, it is neck deep in bots. They are fast and coordinated. They flood the comments so by the time you see it there's a "consensus" already.
Whenever a big news event like this happens I have a weird fascination with going to the breaking news YouTube videos and observing all the bot activity in the comments. Not sure why! Calibrates my sensors I guess.
It's also nice to watch authentic posters shut down the bots in real time.
It's also nice to watch authentic posters shut down the bots in real time.
January 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
This post was about Venezuela, but it's been even worse in response to the Renee Good murder.
Know that if you click on a Breaking News video on YouTube, it is neck deep in bots. They are fast and coordinated. They flood the comments so by the time you see it there's a "consensus" already.
Know that if you click on a Breaking News video on YouTube, it is neck deep in bots. They are fast and coordinated. They flood the comments so by the time you see it there's a "consensus" already.
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Again this lone comment would be grounds for immediate impeachment for literally any other president.
January 5, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Again this lone comment would be grounds for immediate impeachment for literally any other president.
Whenever a big news event like this happens I have a weird fascination with going to the breaking news YouTube videos and observing all the bot activity in the comments. Not sure why! Calibrates my sensors I guess.
It's also nice to watch authentic posters shut down the bots in real time.
It's also nice to watch authentic posters shut down the bots in real time.
January 4, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Whenever a big news event like this happens I have a weird fascination with going to the breaking news YouTube videos and observing all the bot activity in the comments. Not sure why! Calibrates my sensors I guess.
It's also nice to watch authentic posters shut down the bots in real time.
It's also nice to watch authentic posters shut down the bots in real time.
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it seems pretty obvious that there's no future for the left where we don't have a clear and central position that international law should be extremely real as far as the united states is concerned
January 3, 2026 at 10:55 PM
it seems pretty obvious that there's no future for the left where we don't have a clear and central position that international law should be extremely real as far as the united states is concerned
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those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Soul Cake
YouTube video by Sting - Topic
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December 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
You know I used to insist on still calling it Twitter but I'm honestly ok calling it X now. Twitter is dead. X is puppeting the corpse.
You can’t “fix” X, The Everything App by going back and posting there because the owner has this thumb on the scale of the algorithm to promote the worst ideas and people. It’s not a viable solution, you have to let it go.
Dear Bluesky liberals. Come back to Twitter. Please. PLEASE.
December 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
You know I used to insist on still calling it Twitter but I'm honestly ok calling it X now. Twitter is dead. X is puppeting the corpse.
$10 for a fast food milkshake and fries, WTF
December 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
$10 for a fast food milkshake and fries, WTF
Hey ChatGPT, what's a midwife?
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Hey ChatGPT, what's a midwife?
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Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
Beautiful lichen thriving in the cold.
December 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Beautiful lichen thriving in the cold.
Alton Brown Cooks Food | Episode 1: The Big Bird
YouTube video by Alton Brown
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I was going to reply to this with "deficits into dominance" and a pic of the SpaceX rocket that just blew up, and I can't even find a pic of it on an image search, the company has had SO MANY other rocket explosions. Just unreal.
November 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I was going to reply to this with "deficits into dominance" and a pic of the SpaceX rocket that just blew up, and I can't even find a pic of it on an image search, the company has had SO MANY other rocket explosions. Just unreal.
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
This series lived and died with Metroid Prime 1 and 2. No other games in the series were released, or will be released. I will be taking no further questions at this time.
Oof. 😢
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This series lived and died with Metroid Prime 1 and 2. No other games in the series were released, or will be released. I will be taking no further questions at this time.