Reda
@redakin.bsky.social
Ex-lawyer, game designer, and trans woman
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A lot of people don’t want to know about the thing; they’re just mad no one is pushing the magic button that will make the thing go away.
probably my single least favorite thing about posting here; you can say, explicitly, “I am not endorsing this, I think it’s bad, I’m just explaining how it works” and you will get attacked for endorsing it anyway
this site seems to genuinely have an issue with viewing explanation as a form of endorsement
January 17, 2026 at 10:01 PM
A lot of people don’t want to know about the thing; they’re just mad no one is pushing the magic button that will make the thing go away.
Spanberger understood that protecting trans rights slots perfectly into a wildly popular "Fuck the GOP" platform.
Abigail Spanberger was told to throw trans youth under the bus during her campaign. She refused to do so.
She won the election by 15 percent. A dominant victory. A landslide.
She was just sworn-in as the 75th Governor of Virginia, the first woman to lead the state.
She won the election by 15 percent. A dominant victory. A landslide.
She was just sworn-in as the 75th Governor of Virginia, the first woman to lead the state.
January 17, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Spanberger understood that protecting trans rights slots perfectly into a wildly popular "Fuck the GOP" platform.
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This is true and these people need to get into a mediocre sports team as an outlet like a normal person
I think there's a legitimate social identity of despair in social media where you basically need to constantly perform (already existing but in a lesser form) despair in order to reaffirm yourself as part of the group
half the userbase of this website is addicted to the dopamine hit that comes with "all is loss" bad news. they want to spiral out and resent you when you tell them something tethered to reality.
January 17, 2026 at 2:39 PM
This is true and these people need to get into a mediocre sports team as an outlet like a normal person
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Me: no one should follow that ICE account!
<hand to earpiece>
Correction: no one *except Will Stancil* should follow that ICE account!
<hand to earpiece>
Correction: no one *except Will Stancil* should follow that ICE account!
January 17, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Me: no one should follow that ICE account!
<hand to earpiece>
Correction: no one *except Will Stancil* should follow that ICE account!
<hand to earpiece>
Correction: no one *except Will Stancil* should follow that ICE account!
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It’s quite likely that being called a “fucking bitch” is one of the last things a dying Renee Good ever heard.
I demand leaders who are as filled with pure, diamond-hard rage over this as I am.
I believe this is absolutely not asking for too much.
I demand leaders who are as filled with pure, diamond-hard rage over this as I am.
I believe this is absolutely not asking for too much.
Not to be too morbid, but today's reporting is that she was actually still alive for several minutes. He said that to her while she was dying.
January 17, 2026 at 1:56 AM
It’s quite likely that being called a “fucking bitch” is one of the last things a dying Renee Good ever heard.
I demand leaders who are as filled with pure, diamond-hard rage over this as I am.
I believe this is absolutely not asking for too much.
I demand leaders who are as filled with pure, diamond-hard rage over this as I am.
I believe this is absolutely not asking for too much.
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NEW — ICE violence has spread well beyond Minneapolis, with agents landing in small cities like St. Cloud. I spoke with Alice Valentine, a local queer trans woman, who protested ICE on Monday and was pepper sprayed, beaten and jailed as a result, along with her girlfriend.
This is Alice's story:
This is Alice's story:
Queer trans ICE protester in small Minn. city recounts agents' violence and humiliation
Alice Valentine of St. Cloud was pepper sprayed and jailed by ICE for trying to protect immigrant neighbors.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 16, 2026 at 6:58 PM
NEW — ICE violence has spread well beyond Minneapolis, with agents landing in small cities like St. Cloud. I spoke with Alice Valentine, a local queer trans woman, who protested ICE on Monday and was pepper sprayed, beaten and jailed as a result, along with her girlfriend.
This is Alice's story:
This is Alice's story:
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"this is not who we are" is 90% of the time a normative statement of aspiration, it's not an empirical claim of "these events have never taken place in this country before". one of the most obnoxious genres of "actually..." is reacting like it's the latter when it's clearly the former.
January 16, 2026 at 9:58 PM
"this is not who we are" is 90% of the time a normative statement of aspiration, it's not an empirical claim of "these events have never taken place in this country before". one of the most obnoxious genres of "actually..." is reacting like it's the latter when it's clearly the former.
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I will give him this: He looks like the president in a movie where the president reads a satanic book out loud at the state of the union and unleashes demons upon the earth and only Bruce Campbell can save the day.
January 16, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I will give him this: He looks like the president in a movie where the president reads a satanic book out loud at the state of the union and unleashes demons upon the earth and only Bruce Campbell can save the day.
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If all you're willing to do is say "We're cooked" on a social media site, maybe it is all over.
If you're willing to struggle alongside your friends and neighbors for democracy, then we've got a chance.
If you're willing to struggle alongside your friends and neighbors for democracy, then we've got a chance.
January 15, 2026 at 8:38 PM
If all you're willing to do is say "We're cooked" on a social media site, maybe it is all over.
If you're willing to struggle alongside your friends and neighbors for democracy, then we've got a chance.
If you're willing to struggle alongside your friends and neighbors for democracy, then we've got a chance.
The follow-up to this post is delightful...AND THAT'S BEFORE YOU REALIZE HIS HUSBAND IS TONY KUSHNER!
My husband was on the 2 train and a guy started braying about how Renee Good deserved to die and her "lesbian lover" did too. My husband got pissed and said, "You're absolutely disgusting." "Fuck you!" the guy said. "Fuck YOU!" my husband said. The guy left.
See? We just need to talk to each other.
See? We just need to talk to each other.
January 15, 2026 at 1:44 AM
The follow-up to this post is delightful...AND THAT'S BEFORE YOU REALIZE HIS HUSBAND IS TONY KUSHNER!
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this is all to say that should democrats win the house and senate this november, they should hold similarly dramatic — which is to say televised and highly publicized — hearings on the conduct of ICE and CBP, with testimony from victims. we want as much of *this* as possible in the record. (3/?)
ICE detained Arlit Maria Martinez on her way to work. 2 days later, her 15 yo son died of cancer. They wouldn't let her out to say goodbye. The family had planned to move back to Mexico prior to the cancer diagnosis but stayed for his treatment. Now, Mr Martinez has lost his wife to ICE & his son.
Teen dies of cancer days after mother arrested by ICE: ‘She’s never gonna see him’
The mother's family pleaded with federal officers for her release from custody to say her final goodbyes to her son, but their requests went unanswered.
www.wsaz.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:09 AM
this is all to say that should democrats win the house and senate this november, they should hold similarly dramatic — which is to say televised and highly publicized — hearings on the conduct of ICE and CBP, with testimony from victims. we want as much of *this* as possible in the record. (3/?)
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"Jacobin" has a huge article on Jewish politics in which they claim the fact that Mamdani's career was not destroyed by allegations of antisemitism, as Jeremy Corbyn's was, is evidence politics are changing.
They do not even consider the possibility Corbyn is an antisemite and Mamdani is not.
They do not even consider the possibility Corbyn is an antisemite and Mamdani is not.
January 13, 2026 at 5:33 PM
"Jacobin" has a huge article on Jewish politics in which they claim the fact that Mamdani's career was not destroyed by allegations of antisemitism, as Jeremy Corbyn's was, is evidence politics are changing.
They do not even consider the possibility Corbyn is an antisemite and Mamdani is not.
They do not even consider the possibility Corbyn is an antisemite and Mamdani is not.
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At long last, we have created the tyrannical king from the classic declaration
January 12, 2026 at 2:37 AM
At long last, we have created the tyrannical king from the classic declaration
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Male to New Yorker / Male to Marisa Tomei
January 11, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Male to New Yorker / Male to Marisa Tomei
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look I am generally cautious about applying the language of martyrdom to contemporary events before all the facts are known, but everything that has come out in the last few days makes me feel only more comfortable using that language for what happened to Renee Good
January 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM
look I am generally cautious about applying the language of martyrdom to contemporary events before all the facts are known, but everything that has come out in the last few days makes me feel only more comfortable using that language for what happened to Renee Good
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To be clear this is a heartbreaking and beautiful statement from a wife in mourning, that's most important.
But also the fact that I've seen a dozen articles with comments from a grandpa across the country and about Renee's deceased husband and this is the only one about her wife I've seen is vile.
But also the fact that I've seen a dozen articles with comments from a grandpa across the country and about Renee's deceased husband and this is the only one about her wife I've seen is vile.
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she ‘nurtured kindness’
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
www.mprnews.org
January 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
To be clear this is a heartbreaking and beautiful statement from a wife in mourning, that's most important.
But also the fact that I've seen a dozen articles with comments from a grandpa across the country and about Renee's deceased husband and this is the only one about her wife I've seen is vile.
But also the fact that I've seen a dozen articles with comments from a grandpa across the country and about Renee's deceased husband and this is the only one about her wife I've seen is vile.
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I feel like it was probably a mistake to posit misogyny as the silly, self-indulgent, optional, not-really-a-problem-any-more form of oppression
He didn't think a woman should be able to take a sharp tone with him, so he decided to kill her. Happens every day, but now it's government policy.
January 9, 2026 at 9:42 PM
I feel like it was probably a mistake to posit misogyny as the silly, self-indulgent, optional, not-really-a-problem-any-more form of oppression
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Have barely been able to get anything done this week, so I wrote this instead.
In this week's Friday newsletter: Emily St. James (@emilystjams.bsky.social) on cycles of trauma and the necessity of abolishing ICE.
The only way to fix ICE is to get rid of it
The nation's traumatized response to 9/11 has spiraled utterly out of control.
episodes.ghost.io
January 9, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Have barely been able to get anything done this week, so I wrote this instead.
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they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
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On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she ‘nurtured kindness’
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
www.mprnews.org
January 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
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Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
archive.is/ur35j
archive.is/ur35j
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:
archive.is/ur35j
archive.is/ur35j
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/2 In light of that, I am in awe and deep respect of the people who are still showing up to monitor the ICE Gestapo, protect and defend their neighbors, do whatever they can to hold ICE to account and call out their lawlessness. What incredible bravery.
January 9, 2026 at 3:46 PM
/2 In light of that, I am in awe and deep respect of the people who are still showing up to monitor the ICE Gestapo, protect and defend their neighbors, do whatever they can to hold ICE to account and call out their lawlessness. What incredible bravery.
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the spectrum of queer experience is vast and complex, and none of us know what's going on inside families that are not our own
but my feed is full of media outlets describing a woman with a very-much-living-and-in-the-picture wife first and foremost as though she was a man's widow, and I just
but my feed is full of media outlets describing a woman with a very-much-living-and-in-the-picture wife first and foremost as though she was a man's widow, and I just
January 8, 2026 at 10:06 PM
the spectrum of queer experience is vast and complex, and none of us know what's going on inside families that are not our own
but my feed is full of media outlets describing a woman with a very-much-living-and-in-the-picture wife first and foremost as though she was a man's widow, and I just
but my feed is full of media outlets describing a woman with a very-much-living-and-in-the-picture wife first and foremost as though she was a man's widow, and I just
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I know one day most of us will be looking at this time in the rearview mirror, but right now I’m looking down the barrel of three years that each promise to be worse than the last, after the shit-ass year we’ve just had, and I just have a hard time even understanding what that looks like.
January 8, 2026 at 1:40 AM
I know one day most of us will be looking at this time in the rearview mirror, but right now I’m looking down the barrel of three years that each promise to be worse than the last, after the shit-ass year we’ve just had, and I just have a hard time even understanding what that looks like.
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I've been a-blockin' and a-mutin' all afternoon but I want everyone to know that I never block for this reply, though the universe gives me multiple opportunities every day. Many would block, but I have the patience of a saint. Go in peace, little one.
Sorry but you must phrase that in the form of a question.
January 7, 2026 at 11:01 PM
I've been a-blockin' and a-mutin' all afternoon but I want everyone to know that I never block for this reply, though the universe gives me multiple opportunities every day. Many would block, but I have the patience of a saint. Go in peace, little one.