RainSurname
@rainsurname.bsky.social
DC native, long time Portlander, haver of opinions & cats, which I post at @catssurname.bsky.social linktr.ee/RainSurname
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People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .
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I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
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oh for a world where people do not describe fucking Third Way as "the Democrats"
January 14, 2026 at 3:39 AM
oh for a world where people do not describe fucking Third Way as "the Democrats"
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A lot of people are misinterpreting Dems’ comments about ICE officers’ lack of training as saying “ICE would be fine if they were better trained.”
They’re just emphasizing that these guys are a bunch of undisciplined, unprofessional thugs loosed on our communities.
They’re just emphasizing that these guys are a bunch of undisciplined, unprofessional thugs loosed on our communities.
January 11, 2026 at 6:34 PM
A lot of people are misinterpreting Dems’ comments about ICE officers’ lack of training as saying “ICE would be fine if they were better trained.”
They’re just emphasizing that these guys are a bunch of undisciplined, unprofessional thugs loosed on our communities.
They’re just emphasizing that these guys are a bunch of undisciplined, unprofessional thugs loosed on our communities.
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the funniest part of this dumbass obsession with protein from people like RFK, jr. is that there's an actual political problem you could help solve here (farmers and excess soybeans) to help sell this message, but people like him are brain-melted into thinking that tofu is gay
white house social media manager: you get those photos of RFK, jr. for the protein post?
white house content creator: sure did boss, real fuckin' sinister, just like you asked
white house social media manager: what
white house content creator: sure did boss, real fuckin' sinister, just like you asked
white house social media manager: what
January 12, 2026 at 6:13 AM
the funniest part of this dumbass obsession with protein from people like RFK, jr. is that there's an actual political problem you could help solve here (farmers and excess soybeans) to help sell this message, but people like him are brain-melted into thinking that tofu is gay
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third way is not the democrats and they’re not center left
ICE may be shooting people in the face, sending people to concentration camps, and illegally occupying our cities but, apparently, the Democrats think saying, "abolish ICE" is "emotional" and politically "lethal."
January 13, 2026 at 9:13 PM
third way is not the democrats and they’re not center left
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A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
A lot of people who bash Dems for focusing on electoral politics instead of just doing whatever they think the moral thing is are now bashing Dems for not letting 42 million people go hungry to gain an electoral advantage
I myself think we need to touch the stove, but hungry mobs are unpredictable
I myself think we need to touch the stove, but hungry mobs are unpredictable
what really chafes me are the people who were shooting for the R's nuking the filibuster as a *goal.*
I'm sorry, but whatever the merits of doing so if/when we get back in power (at LEAST 3 years away! at LEAST!) right NOW it would be bad.
it's GOOD the GOP can't be pressured into it actually
I'm sorry, but whatever the merits of doing so if/when we get back in power (at LEAST 3 years away! at LEAST!) right NOW it would be bad.
it's GOOD the GOP can't be pressured into it actually
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A lot of people who bash Dems for focusing on electoral politics instead of just doing whatever they think the moral thing is are now bashing Dems for not letting 42 million people go hungry to gain an electoral advantage
I myself think we need to touch the stove, but hungry mobs are unpredictable
I myself think we need to touch the stove, but hungry mobs are unpredictable
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are we shaming people for having worked for companies that did ghastly shit elsewhere but far away organizationally because I'll be the first to say I ran a poop plant for a company that was/is major defense contractor and I'm pretty sure was involved with NEOM and *am* sure works with the UAE
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 AM
are we shaming people for having worked for companies that did ghastly shit elsewhere but far away organizationally because I'll be the first to say I ran a poop plant for a company that was/is major defense contractor and I'm pretty sure was involved with NEOM and *am* sure works with the UAE
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READ THIS. OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND IT ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
READ THIS. OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND IT ⬇️
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*deep breath*
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
*deep breath*
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 years ago is a welcome sign of progress. Young people’s ignorance of how homophobic American society was 30 y
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what he actually said was that mamdani doesn’t need his help and that he doesn’t live in new york but that he thought the race was very exciting and that cuomo disqualified himself, but, you know, hey, go ahead and make up people to get mad at if that makes your sunday morning more exciting
What nauseates about Mayor Pete is that he’s an Atlantic Monthly-reading retiree’s idea of what a young (ok, 43-yr-old) person should be like. Thank god for competitive primaries
November 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
what he actually said was that mamdani doesn’t need his help and that he doesn’t live in new york but that he thought the race was very exciting and that cuomo disqualified himself, but, you know, hey, go ahead and make up people to get mad at if that makes your sunday morning more exciting
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#GVerse Um. WTF???
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
#GVerse Um. WTF???
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
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Just going to put this here and move on🤷🏾♀️
Some of y’all have become so addicted to shitting on Democrats that you don’t even realize you’re doing it.
Fix your shit because it really is a form of voter suppression within our own ranks.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=NM8m...
Some of y’all have become so addicted to shitting on Democrats that you don’t even realize you’re doing it.
Fix your shit because it really is a form of voter suppression within our own ranks.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=NM8m...
November 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Just going to put this here and move on🤷🏾♀️
Some of y’all have become so addicted to shitting on Democrats that you don’t even realize you’re doing it.
Fix your shit because it really is a form of voter suppression within our own ranks.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=NM8m...
Some of y’all have become so addicted to shitting on Democrats that you don’t even realize you’re doing it.
Fix your shit because it really is a form of voter suppression within our own ranks.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=NM8m...
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I think this style is called Rococovfefe
November 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I think this style is called Rococovfefe
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
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The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html
November 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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ron wyden looking straight at the camera and saying “taxation is the compromise”
There is something deeply broken about an economy that creates trillionaires while people get buried under the cost of living and 42 million go hungry. The ultra-rich should realize that my Billionaires Income Tax, aimed at ensuring they pay their fair share, represents the moderate path forward.
Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire. https://cnn.it/43KZnkA
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
ron wyden looking straight at the camera and saying “taxation is the compromise”
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I don’t even have words for this.
One of the 2 guys responsible for this mass death wants a peace prize and the other wants $1trillion to be a bad CEO.
One of the 2 guys responsible for this mass death wants a peace prize and the other wants $1trillion to be a bad CEO.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I don’t even have words for this.
One of the 2 guys responsible for this mass death wants a peace prize and the other wants $1trillion to be a bad CEO.
One of the 2 guys responsible for this mass death wants a peace prize and the other wants $1trillion to be a bad CEO.
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time to unleash The Grilled Cheese Essay (which personally made padma lakshmi cry) on the newskies
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November 11, 2024 at 9:14 PM
time to unleash The Grilled Cheese Essay (which personally made padma lakshmi cry) on the newskies
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
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